"So McSteamy slept with McDreamy's wife?" Cristina questioned.

"But Derek didn't punch him because of that. He punched him because he was hitting on me." Meredith explained.

"You sure you want to be with him now? His past is coming back to bite him in the ass. Who's next to come? His McWife?"

"Ex-wife." Meredith corrected. "And why would she come? They're officially divorced."

"Mommy dearest could offer her a job too." Cristina pointed out. "Derek's the best neurosurgeon in the country; top five in the world. Sloan was the go to plastics guy on the East Coast. I bet Derek's wife is the go to something on the East Coast."

"Ex-wife." Meredith said again. "Why would she come to Seattle, Cristina? Leave her fabulous life in New York for Seattle? Seattle isn't the greatest. Do you need help?"

"Like you know how to do a single hand, left handed tie." Cristina laughed. Meredith grabbed the string, and Cristina was in disbelief she was able to do it. "Did you just- You're not even a doctor!"

"Yeah, but I learned to do this when I was ten. You're holding the string too tight."

"Oh, shut up." Cristina yanked the string from Meredith annoyed. "I hate you."

Derek came walking down the hallway and saw Meredith with Cristina sitting on a hospital bed. "Hey."

"Hi." Meredith smiled.

"Hey, did you know your girlfriend can do a single hand, left handed tie? I can't even do it."

"I told you, you're holding the string too tight."

"Like I'd listen to someone who didn't go to medical school."

Meredith rolled her eyes. "Well I don't need medical school when I had my mother teaching me everything from the moment I was born."

"She really wanted you to become a doctor, didn't she?" Derek asked.

"She did, and I almost did. I could barely get her to pay for my college after I told her how I was going into business instead."

"Ugh." Cristina groaned and jumped off the bed. "I'm done. I'm just done."

Meredith laughed. "If you need help, I'm here."

"So I was thinking tonight we could go out for dinner." Derek suggested. "And then after, we go back to your place and have," Derek mouthed sex which made Meredith laugh.

"Oh, really? Dinner sounds nice, but not sure about the second part."

"The second part isn't a question; a statement. It comes with dinner; a package deal."

"Mm... I better get ready then." Meredith jumped off the bed and gave Derek a kiss. "I'll see you tonight."


Derek picked Meredith up from her house around seven, and he took her to a five-star restaurant. Meredith had ordered a chicken dish, while Derek ordered a steak dish, and they both got a glass of wine each.

"So my mom wants to meet you." Derek brought up.

"I don't want want to meet your mom."

"I've met your mom."

"But there's a difference. She's your boss, and she doesn't know we're together."

"You still haven't told her?" Derek asked.

Meredith shook her head. "You're dating the boss's daughter. If we break up, she'll probably terrorize you just because she can; or maybe she'll terrorize you because you went after her daughter."

"Terrorize me?"

"Just like Doc does to my house. I will tell her, but I'm waiting until we get more serious. And it goes the same for meeting your parents; waiting until we're more serious."

"Okay. But just warning you from previous relationships, mom and my sisters will hunt you down if they don't meet you within a year."

"That makes me want to meet them even more now." She joked. "Maybe you can bring me home for Christmas then; if your'e going back anyways."

"I wasn't planning to, but we can. I'm sure everyone would be thrilled. But don't you want to spend it with your mother?"

"My mother usually works on Christmas and any other holiday, so I usually travel and spend my Christmas elsewhere. Like last Christmas I went to Germany. It's a fun experience to see how other countries celebrate certain holidays."

"So if we weren't dating, where would you had gone this year?"

"Maybe Australia. I've never been. Plus it's summer there, so I could be laying on the beach getting a tan unlike I would be here."

"That doesn't sound like a bad way to spend Christmas at all."

After dinner, the two of them went back to Meredith's and went straight up to the bedroom. Break out the candles, because they're having sex for the first time as a couple. They've been together for a little over a month, which meant it was time. But just like with dating in the very beginning, it was awkward because it was their first official time at it. They were drunk when they did it the first time months earlier before they became a couple, and the awkwardness wasn't there because they were drunk.

But now they're sober, and can remember every single thing that happened; if it was great or not. Of course it was great, though. Derek is amazing. Meredith just couldn't understand how his ex-wife could cheat on him; why she'd just want to give him up like that. But Meredith is happy she did because now she can have the amazing Derek Shepherd all to herself.

Meredith cuddled with Derek when they finished, and fell asleep in his arms. This was just the perfect way to end her night.

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