Christmas Miracle: Merder

The One With The First Official First Date

Wednesday morning, Meredith woke up to a text message from Derek which said "Dinner tonight?" In which she replied to "Yes, your pick, time and place." Which he ended up texting back a few hours later saying "7:30, SkyCity? I'll pick you up." "Perfect." Meredith replied back right away.

Meredith called a babysitter in to watch Aubrie for the night instead of leaving her off at the daycare at the hospital. Just because it was more convenient and wasn't out of the way.

Meredith started getting ready at around 6, she wore a tight black dress, red high heels, and put her hair up in an up-do, since the restaurant is more of a higher class restaurant.

At around 7:00 Meredith heard a knock on the door, and walked down the stairs to answer it.

When Meredith opened the door, Derek's whole face lit up, he looked her up, starting from her shoes, and working his way up to the top of her head.

"You look gorgeous." Were the only words that Derek could form. He was wearing a plain black suit, with a blue tie, which brought out his eyes, which Meredith loved.

"You don't look to bad yourself." She said back, grabbing her red clutch which was sitting on the side table next to the door.

"Shall we?" Derek said as reached his hand out, waiting for Meredith to put hers in his.

"We shall." She said putting her hand in his. before shutting and locking the door before walking out to Derek's car.

The car ride to the space needle where the restaurant was typical, small talk about how their days went, and how Aubrie was that day. When they got to the restaurant, Derek got out of the car and went to the passengers side to open the door for Meredith. Once they were inside and seated the waiter came over.

"Can I get you two some drinks? Maybe an starter?" The waiter asked.

"Chardonnay for both of us, and no I think we're good. You're good right?" Derek asked.

"Yeah, that's perfect." Meredith said back to Derek.

The waiter came back with the wine and poured a glass for Meredith and Derek.

"Are you two ready to order?" The waiter asked looking at both of us.

"Yeah I think we are. Derek you first." Meredith said.

"Prime New York Strip, cooked well done." Derek said to the waiter.

"And for you?" The waiter asked looking at Meredith.

"Prime New York Strip, medium rare." Meredith replied.

"I will get that right in for you." The waiter said before he left for the kitchen.

"So, how was your day?" Derek asked her.

"Very uneventful. Cleaning, and trying to decide which hospital I wanna work for."

"Did you decide?" He asked.

"I think so." She responded.

"And which one would that be?"

"Seattle Grace. But i'm still looking into Boston Med, but I kinda want to stay in Seattle."

"Well, I love the decision of you staying here."

"You love the decision of me staying here, because you would get to see me all the time." Meredith said with a chuckle.

"I mean, yes very true. But I mean it's your home here too."

"Yeah, plus it's sorta cheaper to live here, since I could live with my mom, or even if I wanted to live in an apartment or condo it's still significantly cheaper than it would be in Boston." She replied.

"Very true. My sister is coming into town in a few days, and I was wondering if you wanted to get together with her and her daughter, who's a few weeks older than Aubrie."

"Yeah, we can do that. I have nothing planned." She said as the waiter came over with the food.

"If there are any problems at all, just let me or another waiter know." He said before walking away to another table.

Meredith and Derek ate their New York Strips and the sides that came with them, talking about random things.

"Dessert?" Derek asked.

"You decide." Meredith answered.

"It's up to you, my dear."

"Fine. Let's get dessert. You get to pick though."

"Vanilla Creme Brulle?" He asked her.

"Sounds perfect."

They ordered dessert, just 1 in which they would split.

"Vanilla Creme Brulle with 2 spoons. I'll leave the check with you guys, and i'll be around in a little to pick it up."

"You picked a very fancy place for a first date."

"Only the best for you." He said as he placed his credit card in the check holder, then taking a spoonful of the dessert and eating it.

"In all the 24 years of my life, I have never been here. My mother said it wasn't a place for kids. Which I can totally see why now." Meredith said as she also ate some of the dessert.

"Well, she was right. Not really a kid place." He said before there was a long pause. "You look really beautiful tonight."

"Thank you. You're very full of compliments tonight aren't you?"

"Only for you." He said as he took the last bite of the dessert, and signed the receipt that the waiter had brought him. "Ready?" Derek asked as he stood up waiting for her.

"Mhm." Meredith said as she stood up and grabbed onto Derek's arm, walking to the elevator and riding down the space needle.

Once they got down and walked out of the space needle entrance. Derek stopped Meredith in her tracks.

"So, I have something to say to you." Derek said.

"Oh lord, what is it?" Meredith asked.

"Don't worry you'll like this one." Derek said. "I know we met in the weirdest way possible, I mean what were the chances of me meeting you on that plane? 1 in like 300 probably. I know this is very fast, but from the second I met you on the plane, I knew you were something special. I can see you're freaking out, don't. Your mom told me this is your favorite place in Seattle, because of the water, which is very ironic because I have a thing for ferryboats. You are something special Meredith Grey, and I think we could be unstoppable together. So, would you do me the honor of being your boyfriend?"

"Derek, i'm not freaking out. It's just my face. But, I will only do you the honor of being your girlfriend, if you do me the honor of being my boyfriend."

"Of course I will."

AN: I AM SO SORRY IT TOOK ME 900 YEARS TO UPDATE THIS. I had a crazy past week and wow i'm glad I got this chapter done and posted. Hope y'all enjoy it was a fun one to write.