Disclaimer: If I owned Grey's Anatomy, the spoilers would be a lot different because there would be a lot of Mer/Der action coming up. Actually, there would be a lot of Mer/Der action all the time.
I hope everyone had a great holiday. I did! I got a Seriously? Seriously! t-shirt along with a couple other nifty things I needed. Anyways, I'm very disappointed that I'm not getting a lot of reviews. I'm sensing this story isn't very popular. I've started the next few chapters, but if I don't get a lot of reaction after that, I don't know how far this is going to go. But until then…enjoy!
Derek and Addison were working on their relationship. They were happy. Well, happy as two people could be when one of them cheated on another with their best friend and then they decided to get back together because of the sacredness of marriage vows. Till death do us part and all that. But they were trying. Maybe not as successfully as they would have liked, but they were trying. They were in couples therapy twice a week, tried talking at home.
"What do you want Derek?" Addison asked.
"I don't know, Addison. I really don't know" he said, pinching the bridge of a nose like he always did when he was stressed.
"Meredith. You want Meredith," she whispered.
"Don't do that Addison. I chose you, didn't I?"
"Yeah. You chose me," she sighed.
"What do you want Addison? Tell me what you need from me. Tell me what we need to do to make this work."
"I want a family Derek."
"You said that when we were in New York. And then we both got busy.
"It's different here. It's…more peaceful. I really want a baby, Derek." Addison practically pleaded.
"Okay. Let's have a baby."
"Really?" Addison smiled.
"Really," Derek nodded.
"I have to go to the hospital and check on a patient, but what do you say we start trying tonight?"
They were going to try to have a family. A baby. A little life that would forever tie them together. Something that he and Meredith had kind of talked about when they were still a couple. Meredith. He had to tell her about this plan. He couldn't risk her finding out through the hospital rumor mill. Right now, being honest was the important thing if he wanted to maintain any chance they had of a relationship.
"Oh, hi…Dr. Shepherd," Izzie opened the door.
"We're not in the hospital. Call me Derek."
"Derek," she said awkwardly.
"I just brought some stuff for Doc," he said, holding up a bag from the pet store, "Is Mer here?"
"She's upstairs…Meredith! McDreamy's here!" Izzie yelled.
Derek winced at the use of his nickname.
"Derek?" Meredith asked as she came down the stairs, Doc running behind her, "What are you doing here?"
"I just thought I'd bring some treats for Doc," he smiled.
"What'd you get?" Meredith asked, as Doc ran up to Derek.
"Some toys and some more food. Did you make a vet appointment yet?" he asked, petting Doc.
"Yeah. I'm taking him next week."
"I can go with you...only if you want me to. He's your dog."
"He is half yours." Meredith said.
"Yeah. I guess so." he chuckled.
"So you never did tell me how you became such an expert on dogs," Meredith kneeled down, handing Doc a bone that Derek had brought.
"Yeah I did. I said I had a lot of dogs when I was a kid."
"Why did you have so many dogs?" Meredith smiled.
"We couldn't have just one dog for 5 kids. We didn't share very well. And I wanted a boy dog my sisters wanted a girl…That and Mark," Derek paused, "Mark ran over 2 of
them when he was learning how to drive."
"That Mark?" Meredith asked.
"That's the one." Derek agreed.
Meredith was silent for a moment and then burst out in giggles.
"It's not funny Meredith!" Derek tried not to smile at her infectious giggle, "I was devastated. I love dogs."
"I'm sorry," Meredith continued to laugh.
"Stop it," he said, starting to tickle her.
"Derek!" she squealed, trying to get away from him.
"No," he said laughing, "I'm not stopping until you apologize for making fun of all my dogs."
"I wasn't making fun of you," she giggled.
"Yes you were. Say you're sorry," he continued tickling her.
"It's funny. Der!" she half laughed, half screamed.
"You think it's funny huh?" he said, rolling on top of her.
"It's not….Derek," she said, his face inches from hers.
They're breathing got heavier as their faces moved closer together. This wasn't Derek's plan when he came over. He wanted to see Doc. And tell Meredith about Addison. But somehow it had turned to this. And now they on the living room floor, Derek lying on top of Meredith, their lips nearly touching.
"Meredith? Are you okay? Why are you…," George interrupted "…screaming?"
Derek rolled off of Meredith quickly and they both stopped laughing
"Hi George," Meredith said, standing up and fixing her clothes that had been messed up from rolling around on the floor.
"I didn't know what all the noise was…and Izzie and I want to order dinner and we wanted to know if you wanted anything," George said awkwardly.
"I'll be in the kitchen in a second."
"Okay," George quickly left the room.
"Addison's waiting for me so I have to…get going," Derek stood up, patting Doc on the head.
"Yeah. You shouldn't…Don't keep her waiting…She's your wife…" Meredith trailed off.
"So I'll see you tomorrow morning? Tiger Mountain Trail to walk Doc?"
"I'll be there," Meredith nodded, biting her lip, "You're turn to bring the coffee."
Derek nodded back, "My turn. Goodnight Meredith," he said, smiling at her as he walked out of the front door.
They had been dangerously close to kissing when he was tickling her on the floor. It was a good thing that George walked in or else they probably would have ended up forgetting Doc was even there. Doc was the reason Derek had been there in the first place. That was his excuse for going over to Meredith's house to talk to her about Addison. He was trying to be honest. And now all he was doing was trying to resist temptation.
See we still keep talkin' after you're gone.
You're still with me then, feels so good in my arms
They say you go blind, maybe it's true
We've all got our junk, and my junk is you
This chapter is mostly dialogue but I'd like to think it's good dialogue. I like this chapter. It's cute but you can sense heartbreak coming. I think. At least I can. But let me know what you think by clicking that cute little purple button and leaving me some reviews!
