Okay, I am very sorry it took me so long to update, I have been very very busy. Now, this is definitely the last chapter, and I am really getting this sequel going in my head, I just have to write it. Hopefully that will start soon. Anyway, since I haven't written in a while this is what has happened. Christy couldn't take Derek and Addison fighting anymore so she yelled at them, and made them realise that they didn't love each other anymore and there marriage was over. Now, Derek and Addison are divorced and Christy is happy. Meredith and Derek decided to take some time before getting into anything and that is where we are at.

Begin at the Beginning

It had been about two weeks since the divorce, two weeks since Derek and Meredith had decided to take some time, for Derek it had been a long two weeks. He was finally free, there was nothing holding him back from Meredith. He had told her that he loved her, told her that staying with Addison was a mistake, and now they could be together, but they had to make the stupid decision to take time. Time apart to make sure that they wanted each other.

He decided that this would be a good time to take a vacation with his daughter. They were doing well now, but Christy was still adjusting to having two homes and not seeing her parents as much. So, he decided to take her on a fishing trip, up to the Seattle River for a weekend. He also asked Burke to come, because after all they were friends. But somehow, Burke turned into George too, which turned into Alex and the Chief as well. This really wasn't what he had had in mind, but it was his trip after all, so he couldn't just back out.

The morning that they were leaving, Derek and Christy woke up bright and early, ate breakfast, packed their gear, and put everything into the suv. They picked up Burke, who looked like a real fisherman, and then George and Alex, who were both at Meredith's house.

The doorbell rang and Meredith got up to answer it, knowing that George and Alex weren't quite ready yet. "Hey."

"Hi Mer."

"So, this is your idea of space…a camping trip with a bunch of city boy doctors and your daughter," Meredith asked, giggling at how Derek rolled his eyes.

"Well…this isn't exactly what I had planned, but I guess it still is space, space from the hospital, the city, Addison…"

"Me," Meredith interrupted.

"You, well ya but…" He was cut off, when George nearly fell down the stairs in front of him, with all of the luggage he was carrying.

"George!" Meredith exclaimed. "Be careful."

"Ya George," Izzie came in. "Here's your food, and you have everything you need?"

"Izzie, we are going camping for a weekend, not moving across the country," Derek stated, once again causing Meredith to laugh. They shared a moment where they looked at each other, and then Alex came in, picked up Georges bags and walked out the door. When nobody followed him he turned around and looked at them.

"Well are we going on this trip or not, let's go!" He said.

"I second that! C'mon, I am tired of waiting in this stupid car!" Christy, poked her head out of her open window and yelled.

"Looks like your tribe has spoken," Meredith said. "Have fun with your space…or whatever," She gestured to all of the men trying to shove the bags in the bag of the car. Derek smiled at her and then was out the door and they were on the road, after picking up the chief of course.

Meredith stood in the entranceway, staring at the place Derek had stood, long after he had left. He had been there maybe 10 minutes and had made her laugh more times than she had all week, just in that time. "So…you gonna give him another chance???" Izzie asked, coming up behind her friend.

"I don't know Iz, he was the one who walked away, I was broken and now I'm almost fixed. I don't know if I could handle being broken again."

"But you will never be fully fixed without him," Izzie stated wisely.

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The camping was going fairly well. Derek had the time to think, to figure out what he wanted, what he needed to do. It also gave him some quality time with his daughter. She was growing up faster than he could believe and he didn't want to miss any of it. She had been only 11 years old when he came to Seattle and both of their lives changed dramatically. Now she was almost 13, she had one more year in elementary school, and she was already a young lady. "Daaaaaadddd!!!" Well, most of the time. Derek looked about 60 feet up stream to find Christy struggling with her rod, which was very bent. She doesn't usually have a hard time with the fish, this must be a really big one, he thought.

He ran up the shoreline, "It's okay, I'm right here, did you set the hook?"

"Yes…but…help, its really pulling." Derek laughed as Christy struggled with the fish. She was so cute when she was concentrating; she stuck her tongue out the side of her mouth and furrowed her brows, she looked like the little girl she used to be. "Daaaaad."

"You're doing good, just keep reeling it in." He laughed again when she grunted at him. "Look, there it is…it's a nice one Sweetie." She finally got the fish reeled in and Derek scooped it into the net and took the hook out of its mouth, handing the fish to Christy to hold up while he took his camera out.

"It's huge dad," Christy exclaimed, and it certainly was a pretty big fish. Derek took a picture of Christy and her fish, a huge grin spread across her face. Oh this picture would definitely have to be his screen saver. Derek took the fish, slung his other arm around Christy's shoulders and they walked back to their camp site for dinner.

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Meredith sat at Joe's by herself, wondering when and if Derek was going to show up. It was then that he walked up beside her and stuck out his hand. "Hi, I'm Derek Shepherd."

"Ha ha, what are you doing?"

"We met at this bar remember. We met and you said…I'm just a girl, I said I'm just a guy, and we started this thing. You didn't know anything about me, the good, the bad, the wife, the daughter; you didn't even know my name. You didn't know me, I want you to know me, and I want to start over, from the beginning. So Hi, I'm Derek Shepherd."

"You walked away, and now it's too late, there's too much water under the thing or whatever."

"Meredith…Please." There was a pause, as she thought about her options, and then she realised.

"Hi, I'm Meredith Grey." Izzie was right, he may have broken her and she may be almost fixed, but she would never be completely fixed without Derek; that's just how it was. They leaned slowly closer and into the kiss, and that was it, they were starting from the beginning…properly.

THE END

Hope you liked my story. I realise the last chapter wasn't the greatest but it worked out. I will be writing a sequel so watch out for it. And just as a little spoiler…Mark is coming to Seattle. I haven't forgotten about him.