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Summary: Meredith wakes up one morning to find out that she is living the life she always wanted. Set after the Code Black incident.
Hope that you like the new chapter! Read the authors note at the bottom. VERY important
"What do you mean you don't remember the past six years?" Derek was beginning to worry
"The last thing I remember is you telling me about our last kiss, I don't remember anything after that"
"You don't remember our wedding or anything else?"
"I want to Derek, so bad, but I just cant" Finally the tears began to fall and Derek held Meredith for about 10 minutes until she stopped.
"It's ok, we'll try to figure out what happened"
"You don't think that maybe I might have" Meredith didn't continue, she couldn't say the word out loud
"No Meredith you don't have Alzheimer's, you don't show any of the symptoms. I'm thinking that when you fell last night it might have triggered something"
"You think I might have amnesia?"
"Retrograde amnesia more likely"
"When did I fall?"
"We were celebrating last night after finding out about the baby and after we finished for the second time" He smirked "You fell off the bed and hit your head. I wanted to go to the hospital to have it checked out but you said you were fine and went to bed" Meredith just looked at him trying to digest everything being said to her. "Damn it I'm a neurosurgeon I shouldn't have listened to you and taken you to the hospital."
"I'll be fine right?" he nodded "So we're married?" Her face turning into a smile for the first time since she had woken up this morning
"Yea almost 5 years now" He smiled at her "Are you ok?"
"I'll be fine, my memory should start gradually coming back soon, right?"
"Yea, do you want to watch our wedding video, it might trigger something"
"Yea, I'd love that"
They went back inside and Derek led Meredith into the family room. While he was looking for the video Meredith began to examine the house. It really was quite magnificent house. It reflected both of their personalities. She walked to the mantle and began to look at the pictures. One was of herself, Cristina, Izzie, George, and Alex all dressed in their dark blue scrubs except for Izzie who was in salmon ones. Another of her, Izzie and Addison which she was guessing was taken last month at Addison's wedding. Suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and relaxed once she realized it was Derek's.
"Who would have ever thought that my wife would end up being in my ex-wife's wedding."
"I was so surprised when Izzie told me"
"When did you talk to Izzie?"
"When I left I went to the hospital and Izzie told me a lot"
"Come on let's watch our wedding video" He reached out for her hand and they both sat comfortably on the couch within each other's arms
Soon the video started
True to Izzie's word they were married on a ferryboat with all of their family and friends surrounding then. First Izzie on Alex's arm was coming down the aisle dressed in an gorgeous deep red spaghetti strapped gown that went mid-calf. Next came Cristina dressed in the color but instead was an strapless gown that also went down to mid-calf. She walked down the aisle with Burke and he seemed to be absolutely in awe with her. Meredith was wearing a long flowing ivory A line gown with little detail. She was walked down the aisle by her father.
"Your father came to visit you one day at the hospital and you guys became really close after that"
She nodded her head.
The camera was then focused on Derek with tears on the verge of being released. Soon they were joined together at the front of the ferryboat.
Before the ceremony started, Derek said "I love you so much"
"We are gathered here today to celebrate the marriage of Meredith Grey and Derek Shepard. If anybody here feels that this two should not be together for eternity, speak now or forever hold your peace."
Everyone and thing was silent except for the sound of the water.
"Meredith and Derek have decided forgo traditional vows for ones they have prepared from their hearts. Derek you may go first"
"The night I met you in the bar forever changed my life. You were absolutely break taking. So imagine my surprise the next morning when you kick me out" Everyone laughed "But when I saw in the hospital that day I thanked God because fate at that moment was on our side. We may have had our share of problems but I am overwhelmed on how much I love you, your incredible. So as I stand here today with you I want to thank you for choosing me, picking me and loving me"
Meredith's eyes were on the verge of tears "Oh God your making this really hard on me to start my vows" Derek chuckled "Words can't even express how much I am in love with you. I always heard people say that there was difference from loving someone and actually being in love with someone and now I understand. I can't ever imagine my life with out you. You make all the problems I have in my life just disappear and I am so grateful for that. I am in love with you more than words can describe."
"So now I ask, Derek, do you take Meredith as you lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do you part?"
"I Do"
"And Meredith, do you take Derek as your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do you part?"
"I Do"
At this point they were both smiling like idiots but they didn't care.
"Can I have the ring?" The celebrant asked
Burke reached out from inside his suit and handed the rings to him. The celebrant held up the rings
"These rings are a symbol of everlasting love- a circle that never ends or breaks just like the love between a man and a woman." he handed a ring to Derek. "When you place this ring on Meredith's finger, please repeat after me…Meredith, with this ring, I thee wed."
With his fingers trembling, he repeated "Meredith with this ring, I thee wed"
"Now Meredith repeat…Derek, with this ring, I thee wed"
With tears and a smile on her face she repeated "Derek with this ring, I thee wed"
They both stood there starring in each other's eyes
"I take great pleasure in now pronouncing you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride"
Derek pulled Meredith into him and they both got lost in the kiss. Soon they were broken apart by Cristina.
"You might wanna save some of that for tonight"
Everyone began laughing
The video ended and Meredith was in tears. She still couldn't believe that she couldn't remember that past 6 years. "Where did we have the reception?"
Derek was hoping that the video may have triggered something but unfortunately it didn't "We had it right by the lake under a tent. People said it was the best wedding reception they had ever been to"
"Really?"
"Yea" She seemed to be in deep thought "Everything is going to be fine. This happens to people all the time and they eventually get their memory back"
"Derek you don't understand what it's like to wake up one day and its 6 years into the future. I'm married to a man I though was married to another woman. I'm no longer an intern but an attending and to top it off I'm pregnant. Just yesterday I thought I was going to die. So you can imagine how bad I want to remember what happened the past 6 years"
Derek couldn't do anything but just hold her in his arms.
Several hours went by and Derek and Meredith were looking through photo albums.
"So we're friends with Addison and Mark?" Meredith asked while looking at a picture of the four of them together at Joe's
"Yea, it took awhile but there was no need to be angry at each other anymore"
"By the way Addison mentioned something about dinner this Saturday?"
"Oh crap I forgot" Meredith looked confused "They come over every 2nd Saturday of the month for dinner. I arrange our schedules for we can"
"Why do you arrange the schedules? Why not Webber?"
"Richard retired a few years back and gave me the position of Chief"
Meredith's face lit up "Seriously?"
"Yea" He starred at her with their look
When she noticed this she quickly turned around to avoid his glare
"Are you ok?" he asked
"It's going to take some getting used to that we're married. The last time I saw you, you were married to someone else"
He nodded "I understand"
"So I want to know about everyone - Cristina, George, Izzie, Burke and even Alex"
So that's the end of this chapter. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews, they are greatly appreciated. So for future reference here are some things that you need to know. Everything after the Code Black incident happened except for a few things but hopefully this will clear up things.
- George and Meredith never slept together because it was so wrong
- Mark did come back and Derek did punch him. He came back because Addison wanted to start over with him
- Izzie did fall for Denny and he did die. She did cut the LVAD wire but didn't quit
- Meredith did find out about her mother and the chief but did not judge him
- Meredith doesn't have any stepsisters
- The fight between Addison and Derek never happened (the one where all the interns heard)
- Callie never happened because she just looks like she overpowers George and it's really disturbing (especially in that finale scene where they were kissing YUCK)
-The night Meredith went to go visit Thatcher was the start of their father/daughter relationship
If there is anything else I will put that in later
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