Derek woke up and looked over at the alarm clock to check the time it was already 7 in the morning and Derek didn't even bother getting up for a morning run, he just wanted to stay in that position holding Meredith as she used his chest as a pillow. He got his phone off the night stand to check if he had any messages. He didn't so he put his phone back down and watched Meredith sleeping. After a while of watching her the house phone started to ring. Derek got up and went to the phone.
"Hello" Derek said into the phone.
"Derek, is Meredith awake?" Derek noticed the voice as Ellis' and looked back at Mer who was still sleeping soundly.
"Nope actually she is still asleep." Derek told her back.
"Ok when she wakes up can you tell her I have a list of errands that has been left on the kitchen table for her to run before I get home and we start the cook out thing."
"Yes I will." Derek nodded even though he knew she couldn't see him.
"Ok I'm about to go into my last surgery of the day tell Meredith I should be home around 10."
"Ok I will tell her."
"Ok I have to go Derek I am being paged remember to invite your family."
"I will bye." He ended the call and when he looked back to Meredith she was laying on the bed awake now and looking at him confused. He went over to her and placed a kiss on her forehead and as he was about to go change she pulled him back to her and kissed his soft lips.
"Good morning." Meredith said pulling him in for another kiss.
"Mhm good morning." Derek said going to change in her bathroom.
"Who called?" Meredith asked from her closet where she was getting dressed as well.
"Your mom she just wanted to let you know there was a list in the kitchen of errands for you to run before she comes home which she said was around 10." Derek replied.
Meredith thought she would wear a cute summer dress. She chose on her white haslett dress that she bought with Cristina. And she wore black flip flops to match them. When she came out she went to her mirror to brush her hair. Derek came out and he grinned big when he saw Meredith.
"You look beautiful Mer." He told her pulling her in for a kiss.
Meredith looked Derek up and down. "Well you look handsome yourself I love the shorts." Meredith said giggling and giving Derek a peck on the cheek before going downstairs with him following close behind.
"They are actually called hurley outcast shorts which I bought from my favorite store and I prefer to call them sexy." He said laughing along with her.
"I don't mind they kind of do look sexy on you only because you look sexy in that blue v-neck shirt." Meredith said feeling his hard chest through his shirt. Derek smiled at her and leaned down for another kiss.
"And don't forget the shoes they put the whole sexy look together." Derek said looking at his perfectly white 106 Vulcanized Vans shoes.
"Yeah they do." Meredith said kissing him again. "Enough about clothes now I'm hungry come on I have the errand list we can stop at some place for breakfast and you have to actually eat food and not granola bars ok?" Derek nodded taking his keys and making sure he has his phone in his pocket. He went out to his car while Meredith was locking up and glancing at the list her mother left her with.
"Um Derek I think we should take my car." Meredith said when she noticed him walking off to his car. "This list has a lot of things to buy and no offense I love your sexy car but mines still have more room." She went to where he stood and he nodded and she gave him the keys to her car. "If it makes you feel better you can drive it." She smiled at him and he laughed and opened the door to her car to let her in.
"I just have to move my car so we can actually get out of the drive way." He said smiling at her as she got in the car. He closed the door and drove his car to the other side of the drive way that no car was on. He turned the car off, got out, and locked the doors after closing them. He went over to Meredith's car and got in the driver side and turned the car on. He looked over at Meredith who had her sunglasses on and her feet up on the dashboard.
"So where to first?" Derek asked before actually moving the car. Meredith went through her bag to get the list out.
"First of all we should go get breakfast because I'm hungry. Then we can go to Wal-Mart or something because they have everything on this list. Then we can go to the mall to get the rest but first before running any of these errands we have to go to the bank because my mother only left her credit card and I don't really like to pay with that because people give me the weirdest looks when they see a 16 year old paying with a credit card."
"Meredith I have money on me you don't need to pay for anything so lets just find a place to have breakfast at then we can go crazy about everything else." Derek smiled at her while pulling out of the drive way.
"Nope go to the bank Derek. You said you would pay for me and I really don't want you to pay for all these things so please at least just this one time can I just pay for all the things I buy." Meredith looked at him pouting and Derek couldn't help but give in.
"Ok but only if I pay for breakfast." Derek said turning into the bank that Meredith instructed him to go to. She nodded and leaned in to kiss him after he parked. She went inside the bank and in a few minutes she was outside again and in the car counting money.
"Woah Mer how much money do you think you are going to spend?" Derek asked. He was surprised to see Mer with all this money in her hand. He knew she had money and a lot of it but he didn't think she would be the one to spend all of it.
"Well I got $3000 like my mother wrote on the note." She said smiling at him. Derek had no clue that was even written on there. "But I don't think we are going to use it all so I'm keeping the rest of it because you know my mother is making my self rich and in a few years I'm going to be all set for about 20 years of my life. And plus she is paying me for not showing up every night. It's what she does."
Derek looked at her and took her hand in his he drove all the way to IHOP which is where Meredith told him to go for breakfast. They went inside and Meredith ordered a breakfast sampler and Derek ordered a bacon temptation omelet and both of them ordered coffee to go with it. Derek smiled when he saw Meredith eat. She wasn't like all the other girls who watched their weight and cared about what they ate. They talked about almost everything and before they knew it they had to get going. Derek paid for the breakfast like Meredith promised he could. They went out to the car and Meredith put her music on and sang loudly and danced in her seat to the song. Derek couldn't help but keep looking over at her and how cute she looked.
Derek drove into Wal-Mart and found a park close to the entrance and she turned the music down. "So how do you want to do this do you want to split the list in half and go our separate ways or do you just want to go through the whole store together." Derek asked walking into the store together with Meredith and both of them got their own carts because of all the things that were on the list.
"Let's just go our together because I bet you any money that you know more about food then I do." Derek nodded and went in the first isle. They finished in about thirty minutes and when they went to pay the carts were both filled up to the top.
"Oh my god I am so tired." Meredith said resting her head on Derek's shoulder while they were waiting in line. Derek pulled Meredith into his chest and kissed her forehead.
"We only have a few more errands to run and then you can take a nap before the cookout thing." Derek told her.
"You know what? That actually doesn't sound like a bad idea to me." She said smiling at him and kissing him before going to put all the things on the conveyor belt. Once all the bags were in the two carts Meredith paid and they went outside to load the car up. Derek brought the carts back to the store while Meredith got in the car. He walked back and got in the drivers seat and drove to the mall like Meredith told him too because they had all the stores there and it would be easier to get everything.
They got out of the car and went in the mall hand in hand. "What do we need to get now?" Derek asked her.
"My mother told me to get beach towels because we only have about five at home and we need more than that. Oh yeah and you should ask any of your other friends other than Mark." Derek looked at her surprised.
"You want me to invite my friends?" he asked with his eyebrows raised.
"Yes because they are part of your life and I think it would be good for them to hang out with us and plus my mother is expecting lots of people and I don't want you to be left out just in case I'm hanging out with all my friends." Meredith rambled while walking into Target to buy beach towels.
"Yeah probably not my friends are just not friendly people and I really don't need them if they don't like you." He told her while holding all the towels she was stacking up on his arms.
"Well can you please just invite them and then see how it goes?" She asked him.
"Mer you really don't want them to come trust me." Derek said trying to convince her.
"Derek just invite them. Please?" She said trying to convince him. She pouted and put her arms around his neck and pulled him closer.
"Ok I will but don't come complaining to me." Meredith gave him a big grin and kissed him and took half the towels out of his arms and went to the pool section.
"We need pool things because we haven't used our pool in like forever and we don't have anything." In the pool isle Derek saw an empty cart and put the towels in it and Meredith put the ones in her arms as well.
"So you need things like noodles and goggles or what?" Meredith nodded and as they went down the isle Meredith took so many things including a bunch of colorful inner tubes, squirt guns, beach balls, and a few inflatable bed lounges. Meredith paid and they brought all the things in the car and there was only one more thing on the list and it was to buy which was extra swim wear in case someone forgot theirs.
"Ok lets go to PacSun since it's my favorite store and they sell a bunch of swim wear." Meredith said dragging Derek back into the mall.
"Seriously? That's my favorite store too." Derek said smiling and going into the store.
"Ok get around like 10 pairs of shorts and if you want you can get some for you too. And I will get all the bikinis and stuff." Meredith said giving Derek one last kiss before going into the girls section. She found one she really liked and she asked the guy to get her a dressing room for her to try it on. Derek was finished and saw Meredith go into the dressing room he smiled and went to go look at the other clothes.
He picked up a few shirts, shorts, and jeans for him. He also got a few flip flops. He went to pay for his things before Meredith would make him let her pay for everything. He was done and waiting for Meredith outside of the dressing room. When she came out she was surprised to see him all set and ready.
"You done already?" Meredith asked him grabbing his hand to follow her back to the girls section. She picked up 10 random bikinis and she went to pay for it all.
"Yep I was done for a while actually and I hope you don't mind but I paid for the all the shorts." Derek said holding up the bags filled with swimming shorts. Meredith nodded not really caring and walked hand in hand out to the car. They had spent an our shopping and now they had to carry everything in and Meredith still had to call the chef in to make all the food and the maids were supposed to decorate and prepare the whole outside.
When Meredith and Derek got home they got out of the car and when Meredith was going to go to the trunk to help Derek with the bags he stopped her. "Here take the keys and go inside and get some sleep you are exhausted and I promise I will take care of everything." Meredith looked at him and kissed him.
"Thank you for doing all of this." Meredith said kissing him one more time before going inside and going straight to her room to get some sleep. As soon as she hit her bed she fell asleep.
Derek carried everything in and put everything away in the kitchen and he blew up all the inflatable things and threw them in the pool. He put all the towels on a patio chair. He called the number for the chef that was on the paper and he did everything the maids were supposed to do. When he had extra time he invited his close friends and sent them the address. He looked at the time and he found out he still had about 30 minutes to relax so he went upstairs and lay on Meredith's bed with her. He pulled her close and he fell into a deep slumber.