I do not own grey's anatomy or Patrick Dempsey, trust me I checked. Also I just noticed that my computer has been stupid and changed Derek's last name and I finally fixed it. It will be spelled right, as in Shepherd.

So this is the night of the rehearsal dinner.

Meredith ran like a mad woman across her house. In the past months she, along with everyone else learned that George and Callie were transferring. They had already moved up there, but they were back for the wedding.

George was downstairs, helping load Derek's car full of things that needed to be taken to the church. Izzie went into Meredith's room to find her sitting in a corner chair, wearing her robe.

"Hey, why aren't you dressed?" Izzie said as she made Meredith's bed.

"I don't know. I started to do my makeup and I finished. I guess….I mean. I always thought even though my mother was 'different' that she would be here. To get me through my day, to at least be normal for once. But, she is gone. I just wanted normal in my own life, before Derek had to bring it to me." Meredith said as she picked a piece of lint off her robe. "Is that a weird thing to say?"

"No, it makes a lot of since actually. I mean, your mother was Ellis Grey. A widely known surgeon. So you go into a job, where you are always going to meet people who admire your mother. You did not have a chance for normal the moment you were born. On top of that, you spent so much time keeping your mothers illness a secret. She did not even know who you were. Meredith, I admire you. Not only are you smart and stunningly beautiful, but you are one hell of a person." Izzie said as she sat on Meredith's bed. "We're surgeons Meredith. You're a surgeon. You just happen to be the only daughter of Ellis Grey. But you are Dr. Meredith Grey, and this is the night before your wedding. Normal exists, and you are normal. This life you are about to make with Derek is going to be full of normal. Normal honeymoon, normal birthdays, because normal is determined by what you make it to be.

"Thanks Izzie."

"You're welcome, so you ready?" Izzie said as she walked over to hug her friend.

"Yes, just let me slide my clothes on and I need to fix my hair a little more." Meredith walked over to her closet and pulled a short green dress out.

"Alright, well we should leave within the next thirty minutes. I'll be downstairs unpacking whatever Derek and George packed.

"Okay." Meredith said with her typical annoyingly adorable giggle.

Twenty minutes later Meredith went downstairs. She could here Christina and Burke in the kitchen.

"Hey." Meredith said as she hugged Burke.

"Hey there. You ready for this Grey?" Burke said as he hugged Meredith tighter.

"I sure hope so. I guess it will be your turn soon." Meredith replied jokingly as she looked at Christina.

"Listen its your wedding tomorrow, so I think people would notice if I killed you." Christina said in her usual joking manner.

"Hey, we better get going. I told the pastor we would be there at 6:30." Derek said as he walked in to the kitchen.

"Alright, let's get going then." Meredith said he leaned in to kiss her. "Let me grab my purse."

"Alright, do you need any help?" Derek replied in a sexual tone.

"No, but maybe you could…"

"Okay, save it. You two are getting married tomorrow. Save it for the after party." Christina interrupted. "Callie is going to meet us there. So Izzie is riding with Burke and me. George, you can ride with the two teenagers."

"Hey." George and Meredith blurted in unison.

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The rehearsal and dinner ran smoothly. Meredith and Derek opted to use traditional vows, so it made it easier. Callie tripped on her practice walk down the church walkway and it broke the ice for the night. Meredith giggled every time she or Derek messed up a line of the vows. When they did their, "practice first kiss, Christina threatened to McVomit on Izzie.

After the dinner Derek and Meredith walked outside to say their final goodnight. They had spent hours in the restaurant and were not allowed to see each other after midnight.

"So, I can't see you tomorrow until we get married." Derek said as he stroked Meredith's golden hair.

"Nope, its bad luck." She spoke.

"Its bad luck." Derek mimicked. "Well, tomorrow we will be married."

"So I've heard." Meredith replied. She leaned in to kiss Derek.

Derek met her half way. After their warm embrace he put his arms around her. "I love you."

"I love you too and when…"Meredith was cut off as Callie walked up to them.

"Alright Cinderella, it is eleven fifty-seven. Which means say goodbye time for you two. Izzie is driving my rental since George and I had a few drinks. Burke is riding with Derek so you can pick which car you want to ride in. But get in your last kiss and bolt.

Meredith kissed Derek quickly, "Well I guess that makes you the Prince. You know, if I'm Cinderella."

"I guess so. I'll see you tomorrow." He said as Meredith bolted into Christina's car.

"Night Callie." Derek said nervously as she walked away. "Take good care of her."

"I will. Don't worry about your precious Meredith." Callie said as she got in the other car.

Derek had felt nervous since rehearsal. He had the typical pre-wedding jitters. At first they worried him, but when he realized that it was a good nervous. He had honestly never felt like this when he was married to Addison. Not one bit of good nerves hit him in the eleven years he was with her. Now he had Meredith and he knew this was it. Derek met Burke at the car and they drove to Joe's for a game of darts.

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Okay all!!! The wedding will be in the next chapter! I have not idea if it will be one chapter or two. I apologize for the amount of fluff that may come in the next chapters, but I just love MER-DER. Anyways please review…its keeps me writing!!!