The Seventh Sense is Love

Talking to Richard

She could feel his warm breath on her skin, his lips gently kissing her neck. The sleepy fog quickly cleared from her brain when his strong hands slipped under her tee shirt and grazed across her stomach and up to gently cup and caress her breasts. Meredith felt her husband's erection against her butt and she pressed closer to him.

"You're awake," he whispers huskily into her ear.

"Mission accomplished," she giggles and reaches behind her to run her fingers up his warm, nicely muscled and naked thigh.

Derek groans and rolls Meredith over to kiss her properly. They continue to hungrily touch, kiss and taste one another awake. They love each other thoroughly and gratefully and then hold one another tightly while they doze a little longer. When their alarm clock rings Derek says, "You shower - I'll start some breakfast."

"Okay," Meredith sighs but doesn't move.

"We have to get up," Derek chuckles.

"I know," she answers, hugging him tighter.

Derek kisses her head and says," It'll be all right Mer."

"Today's the day we go talk to the Chief."

"And as I said, it'll be all right."

"Then why does it feel like a trip to the Principal's office in junior high?"

"Go shower," Derek states with a laugh. Once she's in the bathroom he let's out a huge sigh of his own. The truth is - he's as nervous as his beautiful wife. He's just trying to be very nonchalant about it for her sake.

Derek gets up to go make some breakfast for them. After they eat he'll take his shower and get ready to go to Seattle Grace with Meredith.
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"You just had to do things your way, didn't you?"

"Nice way to start the conversation, Richard," laughs Derek, resisting the urge to reach over and grab Meredith's hand. He can feel the nerves humming off of her skin.

"Of course we did," answers Meredith. She's forcing herself to be calm, cool and collected - even though she feels completely the opposite.

"Derek, you could have saved yourself - and Meredith - all the scrutiny and speculation of the board by just taking the job when I offered it to you a year ago," states Richard, slightly frustrated.

"I wasn't ready a year ago," Derek answers bluntly.

"I know," Richard sighs.

"Besides," Derek grins, "I would've fallen in love with Meredith anyway. Then there would've been all sorts of complicated crap about ethics and whether or not I was favoring her because I was sleeping with her."

"That's assuming I would've given you the time of day," Meredith grins. "You know, under those circumstances."

"You're disgusting," Richard says with a laugh, "the pair of you. The board is going to be very speculative as to whether or not you'll work well together. You're ready for that, right?"

"Yes," Derek and Meredith answer together.

"I would imagine the meeting will be a simple formality. There are plenty of instances where married doctors work together."

"True," concedes Richard, "but there are special circumstances in this case."

"Me being blind," Derek states.

"And whether or not he can effectively teach," Meredith adds.

"Yes," Richard answers with a sigh. "It stinks and technically they can't legally turn you down for having a disability. They will ask a lot of questions, though."