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Derek woke up to the sunlight peeking in through the curtains. He slowly stretched every limb away from his body and slid his feet down onto the cold wooden floor. He actually had a day off from work. He knew that they wanted to take things slow and just start as friends, but being this much closer to her and Delia made all of the difference. He knew it would take a lot of work just to get through the stress of what had happened with Rose, but Meredith seemed willing to try and get past it.

He slipped on some pajama pants over his boxers, as well as a T-shirt, and headed down the hallway towards the nursery to check on Delia, who was starting to whimper.

"Shhh Shhh sweet girl" he said as he cradled her into his arms. He walked over to the changing table and quickly checked her diaper. "Well, you must be hungry then." He said as he scooped her back up and headed downstairs to the kitchen to make her a bottle.

The house seemed strangely quiet to him, but Meredith and Izzie's cars were still in the driveway so they must have stayed asleep a little later than normal. He made his way towards the refrigerator and grabbed a pre-mixed bottle and stuck it in the microwave for a few seconds. After checking the temperature of the milk he finally slipped it into Delia's mouth turning her wrinkled, crying face into one of content happiness.

"There you go Peanut" Derek said with a smile on his face. He was still getting used to the fact that this was actually his daughter. Through all of the pain and horrible things that he had gone through throughout his life, she was definitely the best thing that had ever happened to him. He decided to walk back up to the nursery and sit in the rocking chair until she finished eating.

After Delia finished up her bottle, Derek finally got her back down and he headed back to the kitchen. He grabbed eggs and bacon out of the refrigerator an decided to cook breakfast for everyone. After getting most of it finished up and on the table he started the pot of coffee and then headed upstairs to get them up.

Derek slowly pushed open Meredith's bedroom door to find her curled up in bed peacefully asleep. As he heard her snores, he laughed to himself, remembering the time she gave him earplugs. He made his way over to the bed and quietly slipped in beside her and slipped his arms around her taking in her lavender scented hair. It had been so long since he had held her like this. He never wanted to move again.

Derek felt Meredith start to stir in her sleep a little bit as he ran his fingertips up and down her arm.

"Mer, I made breakfast." He whispered to her as she started to flutter her eyes.

"Humph" she mumbled as she turned over and dug her face into his chest.

Derek laughed at her reaction. He grabbed her sides and started to tickle her in all of the places she couldn't stand causing her legs to shoot out straight in front of her and her body stiffen like a 2x4.

"DEREK STOP! I'M AWAKE. I'M AWAKE!" She screamed through fits of giggles and laughter. "Derek, stop, I have to go check on Delia." She said with a serious look on her face.

"She's already been fed and put back down." He said, looking confident and proud of himself.

He finally stopped and rolled over to face her. "Mer, I'm sorry about everything. I really am. I want to start over with you. I want to start this family over. I can't leave you guys again, you're my family." He said as he ran his hand over her cheek and through her hair. She looked beautiful, even after just waking up. A smile crept across her face as she reached for him. "I know Derek." She responded, right before their lips met.

"Oh god! I'm sorry!" Izzie shrieked as she walked in on Derek and Meredith kissing each other in bed.

"No, Iz, come back, its ok!" Meredith yelled back as she made her way back in the room.

"Well, morning to you to." Izzie said with a smile as she walked over and sat on the foot of the bed.

"Yeah, Derek just woke me up." Meredith replied getting out of bed and grabbing her robe off of the bathroom door.

"I made everyone breakfast, its downstairs ready on the table." Derek informed them.

"Thank you Derek that was nice…" Izzie said as she got up to head out into the hallway only to be knocked down by a panicked Cristina.

"Who screamed, what happened?" She said in a low voice, still in pajamas with the wildest hair you had ever lay your eyes on.

Everyone just laughed as the headed down the stair explaining how Derek had woken up Meredith and Izzie thought she had walked in on sex.

They all enjoyed breakfast and had started cleaning it up together when Delia started to scream filling the kitchen with noise from the baby monitor. Meredith started to head towards the stairs, until Derek stopped her and said he wanted to take care of it. He always wanted to be the one who checked on her since he had moved back in.

He picked her up and quickly changed her diaper and put on some day clothes. He had an idea. After getting her diaper bag filled and getting her situated he headed downstairs and put her into her baby bouncer.

"Meredith, why don't we get dressed and go up to the hospital together with Delia and talk to Miranda about enrolling Delia in the hospital daycare and get you scheduled into work sometime soon. I know you miss being there, Mer." He said with a smile on his face. She looked up at him, confused, but happy that he thought of her. Things were definitely different.

"Ok, let me go hop in the shower. Thank you for breakfast." She said as she pecked him a kiss on the cheek.