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Meredith sighed as she opened her car door and got in. It had been a long day and all she wanted to do was sleep.

Resting her head on the steering wheel she took a deep breath and turned the ignition and drove home.

Walking into the door she threw her purse into the living room,

"Hey? What's wrong with you?" Izzie called from inside the room.

Meredith stopped and leaned against the door jam.

Izzie and Alex sat watching TV and sharing a bowl of popcorn.

"Long sucky day," Meredith replied.

"Hey maybe it could get better; you never know," Izzie told her taking a hand full of popcorn.

"It's 11:15, there are forty-five minutes left in the day…seriously?" Meredith was out of sorts.

Izzie just shrugged as Meredith moved out into the hallway again and up the stairs to her room.

Once upstairs Meredith noticed George's closed door and figured he was already asleep. He had gotten off an hour before her,

Lucky

Opening her door and stepping in her room she immediately moved to her closet where she pulled out her Dartmouth shirt and sweatpants.

Pulling off her shirt she moved to put the other on when she realized it wasn't her Dartmouth shirt at all but a skirt.

"Damn it," she said aloud and moved to turn her light on.

Flipping on the switch she nearly screamed seeing the other person in the room sitting in her chair smiling.

"Please don't let me stop you," Derek grinned.

Meredith's hand was still on her chest where she could have sworn she had had a heart attack.

"What are you doing here?" She smiled walking over to him.

"I haven't seen you in a while and thought I would stop by," he stood up and came face to face with her.

Meredith smiled at him,

"So you were just going to sit there and watch me undress?" Meredith asked

"No," Derek started innocently

"Right…"

"No, I would have stopped you…" Derek moved closer

"Sure," Meredith shook her head and stopped suddenly aware she was standing there in her bra and jeans.

Derek tucked a fallen piece of hair behind her ear,

"It's good to see you," he whispered

Meredith moved closer and kissed him.

Really kissing him for the first time in what felt like forever. Derek immediately kissed her back wrapping his arms around her and running his hands through her soft hair.

"I…missed…you…too…" Meredith responded in between kisses.

"Guess what…" Derek whispered against her lips

"Hmm" was the muffled response

"We have tomorrow off," he told her kissing her and slowly walking over to the bed.

Meredith giggled and broke away from him long enough to pull his shirt up and over his head.

"Finally," she said as Derek laughed and reached for her the button on her jeans.

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Meredith gave a small moan as the morning light hit her face,

It should be against the law to get up this early. What time is it?

Picking up her head she looked at her clock.

10:17

"10:17!" Meredith exclaimed sitting up.

"God, Mere lay back down," Derek said pulling her down beside him and putting a pillow over his head.

"Oh… did I wake you?" she asked slyly

Derek took the pillow off his head,

"Yes," he answered

"Poor you," she laughed moving so that she was resting her head on his chest.

Absent mindedly Derek began to run his fingers through her hair.

"I want to take you out tonight," he told her

"Great," she sighed just about asleep again when her phone rang shrilly.

"God! Who is calling me?" Meredith reached for the phone on her night stand annoyed.

Derek groaned at the interruption and turned over to the opposite wall as she got up to answer the phone.

Not looking to see who it was Meredith flipped open the phone,

"Hello?" She greeted the person on the other line with an annoyed tone.

"Jeez get over it, you need to be up anyway," came Christina's voice over the phone.

Meredith sighed and laid back down,

"What's up Christina?" She asked covering her eyes with her hand.

"Well, I pretty much wanted to ask you to be my matron of honor," Christina stood in the locker room pulling on her pants chomping loudly on a piece of gum.

"WHAT!" Meredith screamed into the phone causing Derek to sit up and look at her concerned,

"What's what?" He asked hurriedly.

Meredith waved him off and stood up,

"Mere what's going..."

"Shh!" She shushed him

"Christina are you kidding me? Seriously?" Meredith was so excited.

"Yeah... oh Mere hold on a sec," Christina put the phone down and pulled her shirt on over here head.

"Hey, so yeah will you do it?" She asked picking the phone up again.

"Of course! Of course I will!" Meredith cried into the phone, "This is great!"

"Uh yeah, look Mere I have to go Bailey will be on me if I'm not out there on the floor in five seconds. I'll talk to you later," Christina flipped her phone shut and slammed her locker walking out to start her day.

Meredith looked at the phone. Even in situations like this Christina could still be unemotional and totally detached.

"What's up with Christina?" Derek asked still in bed.

"She and Burke are getting married," Meredith replied putting her phone back on the night stand and stretching out her back.

"Really, that is great." Derek laughed. Watching her he smiled,

"What?" She asked noticing his staring

"Nothing," he smiled, "come back to bed,"

Meredith giggled and slid back under the covers and moved close to him once again placing her head on his chest and slowly drawing circles on his stomach.

Derek smiled down at her head and taking his hand tilted her head up to him,

"Hi," he said

"Hi," she responded

Derek smiled once again before capturing her lips. Meredith broke the kiss.

"We really shouldn't do this again; we should get up and do something with our day off..." Derek interrupted her by kissing her again.

"We...are...doing...something," Derek laughed in between kisses slowly rolling her under him.

"You're right I guess, what else could we be doing?" Meredith questioned just as Derek kissed her again.

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"We should definitely get up," Meredith said as she gently ran her hands through Derek's hair.

"Uh huh," was his sleepy reply.

"It's 12:20," Meredith told him

"So, I think..." Derek was interrupted by a muffled beeping coming from somewhere in the room.

He turned to her,

"That's my pager," he said getting up and looking for his pants.

Another beep went off,

"And that's mine," Meredith rolled out of bed and reached for her own pants.

"911" the both said at the same time.

"Wonderful," Meredith sighed immediately getting ready.

Derek sighed and looked over at her; they would never be able to just be would they?

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Meredith ran out of the locker room throwing her hair into a bun.

"Dr. Bailey!" she called seeing her resident.

"Grey! Did it take you long enough?" Bailey scolded

Not waiting for an answer she started walking,

"Follow me," she barked as she walked towards the elevator.

"What's going on?" Meredith asked

"Haven't you seen the news or listened to the radio?" Bailey asked pushing the button on the elevator that would take them to the ER.

"Uh no... I was...um doing some other things," Meredith stumbled.

Bailey raised her eyebrows at the other woman and shook her head,

"Ten car pile up... lots of surgical cases," Bailey said as they walked into the ER and Meredith grabbed a yellow cover up you wore while in the ER.

Bailey tied the back of it for her and led her into the chaos.

"Take that one right there; he needs to be prepped for OR 3, you can scrub in with Burke. The patient has a defibelator make sure to let Burke know," Bailey instructed Meredith and walked away towards another patient.

Sighing Meredith greeted the barley conscious man and rushed him to the OR.

Another day that will turn into days that Derek and I won't be able to be together. She thought to herself as she pushed the patient into the OR.

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"Nicely done Dr. Grey," Burke told the intern in the scrub room after the successful surgery.

"Thank you sir... I heard the news. Congratulations,"

Burke turned and smiled at her,

"Thanks Meredith. I'm sure Christina has asked you to be her matron of honor?" Burke asked as they walked out of the scrub room.

"Yes she has and I gladly accepted," Meredith replied.

"Wonderful. Please see Mr. Douglass to post op," Burke said as he turned the opposite direction.

Meredith nodded and headed off to her patient.

Meredith was once again walking out to her car exhausted. She had spent ten hours at the hospital. Ten hours she was supposed to be spending with Derek.

Life as a surgeon. She reminded herself.

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Walking up to her car she dug around for her keys. Pulling them out she also picked up her phone noticing she had a new message.

Opening it up she read the text message.

"Docks... 12:30," scrolling down she saw the sender 'Derek'

Smiling to herself she got into the car and headed down to the docks.

Parking she stepped out of her car and took a deep breath.

Meredith looked down and saw the nearly deserted area except for a bench with one occupant.

Walking towards him she smiled to herself as she watched him watch the ferry boats.

"I didn't even know they ran this late," she said as she sat down next to him.

Derek smiled as Meredith sat down and wrapped his arm around her.

"Well now you do,"

"You look creepy just sitting out here by yourself you know?" Meredith told him laying her head on his shoulder.

"Ah, but a sexy creep," Derek corrected.

Meredith shook her head and smiled. Looking up at him she replied,

"You always find a way to incorporate that word when talking about yourself don't you?"

"It's a gift," he grinned at her.

Meredith laughed and looked at him again.

His face this time was a little more serious but his eyes shone bright,

"I love you Meredith Grey,"

Meredith was taken aback. They had never said I love you before.

"I love you too Derek Shepard," she responded startled by how easy it was for her to respond to something like that.

They were silent for a moment before Derek spoke,

"So Delaney is coming back up again next week... to see George,"

Meredith smiled and nodded,

"Should I be concerned?" He asked

"No, George is a puppy dog, he is everything you would ever want for your sister," Meredith reassured him believe every word she said.

Derek nodded accepting the answer and they fell quite again.

Maybe adulthood is messy, confusing, damaging and all of that fun stuff- but

Meredith looked up at Derek as he smiled down at her and kissed the top of her head.

It's all worth it.

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A/N

So there ya go. I had a lot of fun writing this and every single one of you has been fantastic. Thank you SO much for all of the support and wonderful comments both have meant the world to me. I hope you enjoyed the story like I said I enjoyed writing it. I'm now going to spend some time reading all of your wonderful work and I may start writing a few shorter pieces here and there so look out for those. Once again you guys are awesome!

-Loti

P.S. I know those "oooooooooo" can get annoying but the line break thing isn't working so sorry!