The next morning Meredith woke up early, Derek's arms still wrapped around her. She still thought this could be a dream and was relieved that it wasn't. She kissed him and got up to put her clothes on laughing and her broken bra. "That was amazing." Derek muttered, eyes still closed. "Yea…" She said smiling. "You should come back to bed…" He patted his hand on the bed. Meredith, now fully clothed started brushing her hair. "Wish I could but I have to drive Ellie to school, she can't miss anymore days. Then I have go grocery shopping since Bailey is home and is going to need more food than a box of cereal. Ellie's not much of an eater, so I'm used to going months without shopping unless Bailey's home. Then I have a meeting with one of Ellie's school advisors... She's probably in trouble again. She's so smart but doesn't try, she won't apply herself. She skips classes, doesn't do homework unless she's in tennis season and has to, and she pulls so many pranks…" Meredith rambled on and on but Derek was thoroughly listening. "Then Zola needs to be picked up at the airport and I was thinking we could go out for dinner."
"So what should I do today, I could help you with everything." "I'd love you too but the physical therapist is coming over this morning, gotta get your body moving again." He laughed and winked, "I think I was moving pretty well last night…" "Haha yes you were. She kissed him as he sat up in bed. The kiss got deeper but Meredith pulled away. Derek was confused. "Seriously, Ellie can't be late and she's probably not even out of bed yet." "Seriously…" He repeated, kissing her like old times. They both laughed as they were reminded of the time when she was being serious about taking it slow and Derek couldn't keep his hands off of her. "You relax in bed longer, the PT will be here around 10. I will drop Ellie off and run some errands, then I'll come back and you can come to Ellie's school if you want, then we can pick up Zola together." "Sounds amazing." He said.
Meredith walked out to get Ellie out of bed, which was always a struggle. She hated school. Meredith was always so frustrated by that. Ellie was so smart she didn't even need to really try but she put no effort into it and was barely getting by. She finally got her up and out the door and to school, barely on time. She went to the bank and grocery shopping and came home to find Bailey playing video games on the couch while Derek was finishing his PT.
Shortly after, they informed Bailey what they were doing and asked him if he wanted to come. "I'm gonna catch up with the guys, but I can meet you at dinner once you pick up Zola, I'll pick up El after her detention and we'll see you there." Bailey stated. "Ellie has detention again?!" Meredith was clearly angry. "Yea haha she made some sort of bad smelling concoction in chemistry and put it in the vents… the whole school smelled terrible. She's a legend… I even heard about it through my friends not her. She's a genius." Bailey and Derek started laughing but Meredith saw no humor in the topic. Derek stopped laughing when he noticed how angry Meredith looked and the two left for the school.