True Love is worth the wait

~ 9 ~

the door soon opened to reveal a little girl who looked exactly like Derek. she figured this was Violet.

"Are you Meredith?" she asked in a sweet soft voice and she opened the door further.

"Yes, I am," she smiled at the girls bright blue eyes, they were identical to Derek's.

"Then your Daddy's girlfriend. come inside please," she said before opening the door further.

"Thank you," she nodded before stepping inside. she didn't expect Violet to be so mature for her age.

"You must be Violet then?" she smiled. she didn't have much experience with children but she needed these ones to like her so she tried her best to seem friendly enough to be comfortable around.

"Yes! Daddy wasn't lying when he said he told you a lot about me," the little girl smiled brightly.

"No, he wasn't," she agreed.

"Where is your Dad anyways?" she asked.

"he's in the kitchen teaching Michael how to use a knife properly. come," she took Meredith's hand into her tiny one and lead her into the kitchen.

when they arrived in the kitchen Meredith saw Derek and I younger boy standing on a stool. he definitely took after Derek's hair.

"Daddy, Meredith's here," Violet said as she let go of Meredith's hand and walked over to stand next to him.

"Then go let her in," he said keeping his eyes on Michael holding the knife against the broccoli.

"I already did," she replied.

"what have I told you about letting people inside without knowing who's at the door?" he asked glancing over at Violet before taking his attention back to Michael making sure he didn't cut himself.

"You said Meredith was coming over and I saw her get out of the car," she shrugged.

"How did you know she was Meredith?" he asked.

"Because you told me what she looked like,"

"There's a lot of blonde women in the world, Violet, not all of them are Meredith," he said.

"Then why don't you go date one?" Meredith asked.

"Oh, Meredith, I didn't know you were here. put that down," he smiled at Meredith before taking the knife out of Michaels hand and placing it in the sink.

"But she just told you she let me in," she giggled slightly as Derek walked over to her and placed his hand on her waist.

"I thought she was just starting a conversation. so you two already met then?" he said looking back at Violet who smiled and nodded in return.

"Good, you can meet Michael then. Madeleine's still upstairs picking out a dress so you won't have to worry about her quite yet," he kissed her lightly on the lips before pulling away.

Violet watched back and smiled as she saw how happy her father was with the pretty woman.

Some time had passed now and Derek had finished cooking and they were going to eat.

Meredith set the table. Derek showed her where to sit.

Once everything was ready he placed it all on the table before sitting down in his place.

He sat at the end of the table so Meredith was at his right so she feel a bit more comfortable.

Derek reached across the table and held Meredith's hand in his, he felt that they were slightly cold.