Come A Little Closer
Derek finished up with his patient and headed out of the operating room. He had been in surgery for the remainder of his afternoon with a 6 year old that had fallen off of a swing set. He always hated operating on children. It had gotten worse since he had become a father, but it always ate away at his heart that these children had to go through the trauma of brain surgery at such a young age. Luckily this one was going to be okay.
He headed towards the waiting area in search of the girl's parents to tell them the news. He finally found them and approached them with a friendly smile.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Johnston." He said as he reached out to shake thier hands. They were looking at him with anticipation. Derek held all of the answers to their future.
"Good Morning Dr. Shepherd. How did the operation go?" Mr. Johnston said.
"Sarah's going to be just fine. She sailed through without any complications and she is in recovery right now so you should be able to see her within the next hour or so." Derek replied.
"Thank you. We can't even begin to describe how much we appreciate you." Mrs. Johnston said as she threw her arms around her husband. Derek watched as he reached over and wiped his wife's tears that were rolling down her cheeks.
Derek nodded signaling a silent goodbye, to give them time together.
Come a little closer baby
I feel like layin' you down
On a bed of sweet surrender
Where we can work it all out
There ain't nothin' that love can't fix
Girl it's right here at our finger tips
So come a little closer baby
I feel like layin' you down
Meredith stumbled into the nearest on-call room and crashed into the bed. She had about an hour until her next surgery and she needed all of the rest she could get. She quickly sent Derek a text to tell him where she was and rolled over and closed her eyes. About five minutes later she heard the door quietly open and a pair of feet shuffle towards her bed. The person then proceeded to crawl into bed with Meredith and wrap their arms around her.
"Mmm...Derek. I missed you all morning. I've been super busy with surgery. Did you get a chance to visit Delia at all?" She asked, with drowsy eyes.
"Yes I checked on her right before I got paged into my case. I had a six year old, but she's going to be fine. It always makes me nervous, you know?" He said, running his fingertips along her soft arms.
"Oh, Derek, I'm glad she's okay. I get nervous too. Its worse when you are actually a parent." She replied, scooting herself into him more. She loved being held.
"Yeah I know." Derek replied, leaving little kisses along the nape of her neck.
"Oh, and Derek? I invited Mark over sometime this week for dinner. I told him you haven't seen many of your friends lately, and he seemed pretty happy about the invitation."
"Thank you Mer. That sounds great." He replied, happy that she had cared.
Come a little closer baby
I feel like lettin' go
Of everything that stands between us
And the love we used to know
I wanna touch you like a cleansing rain
And let it wash all the hurt away
So come a little closer baby
I feel like lettin' go
Derek snuggled his face into the back of her neck, inhaling her lavender scent and freshness of a shower. He felt like things were finally starting to head back into place, as he let his eyes slowly close to join Meredith in a deep sleep.
He felt like he was on top of the world.
If there's still a chance than take my hand
And we'll steal away
Off into the night
Until we make things right
The sun's gonna rise, on a better day
Every inch of you against my skin
I wanna be stronger than we've ever been
So come a little closer baby
Just a little bit closer baby
I feel like layin' you down