Guess who got a new job?
Guess who got a day off for some kind of religious celebration?
Guess who wrote her hands off?

Chapter 13

I could make you happy
make your dreams come true…

Boston, Massachusetts

Meredith FaceTimed Addison and put her phone on the desk, hoping to give her friend a nice view of her room. She was a girl on a mission.

"Hey, Mer!" Addison chirped, her face filling the screen. "Ready to get dressed?"

"Yes," she nodded, practically tearing the pjs off her body. "He told me semi formal. What the hell semi formal means?"

"Well, elegant but not too much," Addison guessed. "That's the lingerie you chose?"

"Yes," Meredith grinned, stopping in front of the screen to give Addison the full view of her balcony bra and thong, green lace and see-through.

Addison whistled. "Aren't you bold, for a virgin!"

Meredith showed her tongue at her best friend: "It's La Perla," she pointed up.

"La Perla?! I don't think everyone ever worn La Perla for Derek."

"He never dated rich," Meredith shrugged and Addison busted into laughers: "You're such a snob bitch!"

"We have an issue," Meredith declared when they stopped laughing. She held out a black and white silk dress. "This one?"

"You can do better," Addison snorted. "Which issue? Anyway, I love your hair like this. On webcam it's even better than the selfie you sent me."

"Thanks," Meredith grinned. "Anyway, if he asks me to sleep over what the hell do I tell my mom? Leave it to her to be at home the only night I have the most important date of my life."

"Uhm," Addison bit her bottom lip. "Yes, this is an issue. I guess you just have to stay late and then go home."

"I guess so, too," Meredith pouted. And then: "Found it!" she screamed. "I found the perfect dress!".

Perfectly on time, Derek parked next to Meredith's door. He thought about honking but it would have been ride so he got off and rang the doorbell.

He bit back a groan when Ellis in the flesh opened the door. Why wasn't she working? It was going to be beyond embarrassing picking Meredith up for their date in front of her terrible mother.

"Dr.- Derek," Ellis grimaced. She was doing it for Meredith but it was difficult, he could tell how much. "Come in, I guess."

She guessed? How polite. He had to fight the urge to roll his eyes, but thank God, as soon as he got inside he spotted Richard on the couch.

"Hey, Derek," he grinned, greeting him with kindness. Derek realized he had Summer on his lap, but as soon as she heard his voice, the puppy jumped down the couch to go greet him.

"Hello, dr. Webber," Derek smiled, and then he got on his knees. "Hey baby! How are you?" he petted the dog, who was furiously licking his hands. "Are you gonna stay in tonight? Uh? Daddy is bringing mommy out for dinner." He rubbed the little dog's head, but at the mommy and daddy comment he heard Ellis make a throat noise and he got up.

"Is Meredith ready?" he asked with a smile, and the reply she got was Meredith calling: "Der!"

She ran down the stairs and when Derek spotted her, he had to control his reaction because Meredith didn't look beautiful: she looked freaking amazing.

She was wearing a golden sleeveless romper with a pair of nude high-heeled sandals and a nude clutch. Her legs looked even longer than usually and her breasts looked fuller. And her hair – "Mer! Did you cut your hair?"

Her hair was shorter – until two days ago they had been wavy and mid-back, now it was shoulders length and it had bangs.

She looked older and hotter, exactly when he had been sure she couldn't look more beautiful.

"Yes," she grinned. She hugged him and kissed his cheek quickly. "Ready to go?"

"I am," he smiled, looking into her eyes. She had a light make up on but her lips were bare and full. Derek couldn't wait to have her alone to kiss the living daylight out of her.

Meredith kissed both Ellis and Richard, Derek said his hello and suddenly they were alone.

"How was work?" she asked as soon as they got in the car.

"Fine, but long and boring. I was in the pit all day but nothing interesting came in."

"You mean nothing neuro," she smiled widely.

"Exactly," he confirmed laughing and reached out to rub her knee.

"And how was your day?"

"Good. Reading, studying, walking Summer and choosing the outfit for tonight."

"Speaking of the outfit, have I told you how beautiful you look?"

"Not yet," she smirked. "You were too terrified by my mom."

"I was not, and you're mean."

"You were too," Meredith grinned.

"Well, maybe a little," he gave in.

"Now he admits it!"

"You love me anyway."

"I do," Meredith said softly after a pause of a couple of seconds.

It was Derek's turn to grin.

He drove downtown, parked the car and turned to Meredith.

"Hi," he said, stroking her cheek.

"Hi, mister," she said, her voice a velvet murmur. Immediately, it was too hot in the car.

"Do not ever talk to me in that tone in front of your mother," he told her, his eyes dark with passion.

She shove her fingers in his hair: "Why?"

"Because I'm already hard," he confessed, and he kissed her, long and deep, hard and wet, devouring her lips, his hand grabbing the back of her neck.

"You're so hot," he said against her lips. "I love your hair like this. I might be obsessed."

Meredith giggled. "Do we have reservations? Should we go in?"

"In a minute," he said and reached into his jeans pocket. "I have something for you. You know, instead of flowers."

Derek gave her a small box and Meredith ran her finger on the Troll Beads logo.

"Open up," he grinned. She did so and in the box she found a regular bracelet with three charms.

"I wanted to give you one of those because my sister Amelia says it is special because it tells your story," he explained, picking up the bracelet and putting it on Meredith's delicate wrist. "This one says our story," he went on softly. "See the apple charm? That one is for New York, the place we met. The second one is a dog and it represents our Summer; and the last one, well, it's a couple and it's us."

He searched her eyes: "Do you like it?"

Meredith raised her face and her eyes were full of tears. "This is beautiful," she whispered. "No, it's amazing. It's the most romantic thing ever." And she grinned, tears and everything. "Thank you, Derek," and with her hand still in his hair she pulled his head to hers and kissed his mouth sweetly and passionately.

"I love you," she murmured on his lips, because in that moment she couldn't not tell him. She felt the happiest girl in the world when Derek kissed her with all the passion he had.