Jump Then Fall

25.

Meredith was sitting on Derek's couch, a bottle of water in her hands as we took Leighton up the stairs and too bed. Leighton had enjoyed the entire night, jumping up and down so it didn't surprise Meredith that she had fallen asleep before they had even left the parking lot. She too had enjoyed their night and maybe it was seeing Leighton light up or the way Derek had snuck in kisses or light touches on the back, but still it felt great. Now, she was just waiting on him.

"She's out like a light." Derek laughed, coming back into the living room

"I knew she would be when she started crying about having to walk back to the car."

"She told me the other day I needed to get her a big girl stroller." He laughed, taking a seat next to her, leaning over and pressing a kiss on her cheek.

"Of course she did."

"Thank you again for coming."

"Oh." Meredith smiled. "I had fun."

"So did I...and so did Leigh."

"I didn't realize she had so much energy."

"She is exhausting." Derek laughed, taking Meredith's hand.

"That she is."

"And now we're finally alone." He whispered, kissing her softly.

"Yeah we are." She giggled softly against his lips.

"No little kids and other staring parents." He smiled.

"That is true."

"All alone..."

"Thank you for my popcorn."

"Will you wear your t-shirt?â€

"I um..." She bit her lip, before looking over at Leighton's shirt sitting on top of the arm chair.

"It would look cute on you." Derek smirked

"As it would on your four and a half year old..."

"Hers is going to be too big...yours will just be..."

"Just what?" Meredith whispered.

"Perfect." Derek breathed, pressing a kiss on her cheek and then to her lips.

"Hey..." She stopped, kissing him softly before pulling back.

"What?"

"Has Trevor spoken to you about running for student council president?"

"I...no..."

"Oh." Meredith frowned.

"Why?" Derek asked, reaching for his bottle of water.

"Well he wants to do it really bad."

"He hasn't said anything."

"Well you've been really busy do you think..."

"No. I would know if he told me that."

"But maybe he never got the chance...I mean I was trying to tell you about something the other day and you had to rush off to take a surgery so..."

"Where is this coming from?"

"Where is what coming from?" Meredith asked.

"Has he talked to you about this?"

"Well he was stuck inside one day this week because he didn't finish something and we got to talking and..."

"He wants to run for student...what?" Derek asked.