(She had ordered in dinner for them…found some candles…turned on some music…and took some of the items from her suitcase that she had brought over from the house…the picture of them from the baby's nurserry…the bottle of wine that he bought before she left to celebrate their anniversary…their wedding album, she flipped through it as she waited. It got late…she changed into a nightshirt she had gotten from the house…laid on the bed to rest...she must have fallen asleep waiting because when he got home he found her sleeping in his bed…he stood in the doorway taking it all in…he couldn't believe that she was here…he knelt down next to the bed…softly kissing her lips and watching her stir…she opened her eyes and smiled. She slid over in the bed, pulling back the covers so he could crawl in with her. They both laid on the pillow facing each other…her eyes twinkling in the candlelight…the music still playing softly…they looked at each other.)
Meredith: Hey.
Derek: (smirking) Hey.
Meredith: So…what do we do now?
Derek: Has it really been that long? Do I need to draw you a picture?
Meredith: (slapping him playfully) I wasn't talking about sex…I was talking about us…what do we do now…where do we go from here?
Derek: I don't know…I mean I guess I should be angry…or afraid that you might leave again…
Meredith: I won't…
Derek: I know. Something traumatic happened…you handled it in your own way…I'm not going to say it didn't hurt me…but I do understand.
Meredith: How am I ever going to make this up to you?
Derek: (evil laugh) Ha ha…I've had two years to think about that…I have a very long list prepared…(she giggled as he pulled her face to his…both laughing at first…but as his lips touched hers, the emotions of the two years apart took over…tears wetting both their faces as their mouths hungrily searched each others. His hand slid up her nightshirt…pulling her bottom closer to him. He buried his face in her neck) I can't believe you're here…God, I've missed you. (she couldn't speak…just nodded her head in agreement as her tiny hands pulled his shirt over his head…sliding his jeans and his boxers off as well. There was no foreplay…he had waited two years to be with her…he couldn't wait another minute…their bodies coming together as she took all of him inside her.)
Meredith: Oooohhh…Derek…(she whispered in his ear…he pulled back to look down into her eyes, smiling up at him through the tears…he paused for a minute to kiss her…and then he couldn't hold back…his body needing to be further inside her…thrusting faster, harder, deeper…her fingers leaving impressions on his bare back as she encouraged him to continue. Their eyes were open…looking at each other…as if needing to be reminded that it was real…that this was actually happening. Finally she moved on top of him…pinning his hands over his head with hers…her mouth meeting his…his mouth moving down her neck over her bare breasts. She continued to rock on top of him…her body beginning to tingle…she stopped…not wanting it to end…but as his hands slid up and down her bare body…waves of pleasure rolled over her as she began to tremble…rocking softly on his lap with a final thrust he released as well…she collapsed on his bare chest…shaking softly…out of breath…not wanting to move. Finally she slid under the covers…her back against his bare chest…his fingers sliding playfully up and down her bare arm…neither said anything…they just laid together, thinking about what had just happened.)
Meredith: (She sat up) Oh, I forgot something…(she leaned toward the nightstand as he tried to pull her back under the covers)
Derek: Noooo…stay here…
(She slid open the drawer on the nightstand…needing to get the last item she had retrieved from the house…reaching inside…and turning to face him, she laid back onto the pillow smiling at him. She took his left hand in hers…sliding his wedding band back onto his ring finger…her thumb running over the ring securely back where it belonged. Her thumb them taking his face in her hands…wiping away the tears running down his cheek. She pulled his face to hers and kissed him.)
Derek: Where's yours?
Meredith: I still have it…it's in my purse.
Derek: Well, put it back on…
Meredith: I will…(she thought he was teasing, but saw the look on his face and realized he meant now)
Derek: Put it back on.
Meredith: Ok. (she went to her purse…found the ring that she always kept with her…and slid it back on her finger…crawling back into bed with him. He pulled her into his arms...finally at peace both drifted off to sleep.)
(He woke to the alarm clock blaring…his eyes still closed he reached for the snooze button. He felt the soft body of his wife snuggled up in his arms…pulling her closer he drifted back to sleep. His hand running up and down her bare body like they always did…almost out of habit…but then…his eyes shot open…he sat up…startling Meredith who opened her eyes to see the shocked look on his face.)
Meredith: Are you ok?
Derek: Yeah…we're…we're home…
Meredith: Uh…yes…
Derek: (the shock look still on his face he leaned down to kiss her swollen belly) Oh…thank god…(he slid his arms around her…lovingly caressing her growing belly. He felt a tiny flutter in her belly.)
Meredith: Did you FEEL that? He just kicked…did you feel it?
Derek: (his eyes filling) Yeah…yeah, I felt that. (he pulled her close…a long sigh…he had finally woken up from the nightmare…the baby was ok…his wife was here…had been here all along. (he kissed her temple…not wanting to upset her by telling her…but so relieved to have woken up from the nightmare.)