41. Honeymoon

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And by the way, the hotel they're staying at really exists. And now I want to go to Venice just to stay there. Seriously, Google it. It's amazing. :P

If there was one thing Meredith and Derek were good at, besides sex and surgery, it was picking out hotels. The Hotel Concordia was just beautiful. It was situated in the heart of Venice overlooking Saint Mark's Basilica. Everything about it was gorgeous, from the silk sheets and marble bath to their very own balcony overlooking the square. Thankfully, they still had almost two weeks to spend there. And so far, they had enjoyed every minute of it.

Meredith rolled on top of her husband and ran her fingers through his hair. "Are we ever going to leave this hotel room?" she asked with a giggle.

"It's a nice room," Derek grinned. "And a nice bed."

"Which we've been naked in for three days straight," she added, pressing her lips to his. "Not that I mind the nakedness, But seriously, we're in Italy. We have to go do Italy things."

Derek trailed his fingers down the length of her spine and smiled up at her. "Okay."

"Hmm...yeah?" she asked softly, unable to resist the urge to kiss her husband again.

"We still have to go on the gondola ride," he murmured against her lips.

"Yes we do," she agreed, smiling slightly. "And then we could go to dinner somewhere romantic..."

"We could," Derek grinned. He hugged her tightly and rolled them to their sides. "Want to take a shower? Then we can go."

Meredith smirked. "Is this your way to sex me up again?"

"Is it that obvious?" he asked mischievously, brushing some hair off her face.

"We're on our honeymoon. I guess you can get away with your cheesiness here," she replied teasingly.

"Good to know," he said with a smile. "Maybe we should come here more often..."

She rolled her eyes. "Sure. We can come during our one day off every week."

"Sounds like a plan to me," Derek joked. He easily scooped her up in his arms and carried her to the bathroom of their Italian honeymoon suite for some more quality time together as man and wife.

--

As they sat in the gondola in Venice, Derek couldn't help but fall even more in love with his wife. She was wrapped in his arms, completely happy. Nothing could make life more perfect than it was right now. He kissed the top of her head, and she looked back at him and smiled. "I love you."

"I love you too," he said softly.

"I'm glad I'm in Italy with you," she whispered as she leaned in to kiss him.

Derek smiled against her lips and pulled her closer into his arms. "Hmm...me too."

"This is just so...I never thought I'd...I just really love you", she concluded with a simple shrug.

"I really love you", he grinned, kissing her again.

"I think Italy has turned us into saps,", she said with a giggle, rolling her eyes.

Derek smirked at her. "That may be true, but I think it's turned you even hornier than usual."

"What?" she asked, feigning shock and crossing her arms over her chest.

"I was brushing my teeth this morning, and you pretty much jumped me in the bathroom", he laughed. He poured some more wine into their small wine glasses and handed it back to her.

Meredith glared at him and accepted it into her hands. "Fine. I guess I won't jump you anymore," she said teasingly.

"I love it when you jump me," he grinned, kissing her again.

"Hmm...yeah?" she asked seductively as she rubbed her hand along his thigh.

Derek's breath caught in his throat at her touch, and he quickly took her hand into his own. "Mer...," he groaned. "Later."

Meredith bit her lip and smiled at him. "You mean you don't want to have sex with me in a gondola?"

"If there wasn't a guy standing on the back of it and rowing, we would have already had sex...multiple times," Derek said with a confident nod, combing his fingers through her hair.

"Good to know," she sighed contentedly, resting her head on his shoulder.

"So, what's the story with the Bridge of Sighs?" he asked her as he gently stroked her arm with his hand.

Meredith smiled slightly. "I had this patient a while ago. She was talking about how she and her husband planned this vacation to Italy. And she told me that if you went under the Bridge of Sighs with the love of your life, you'd be together for all eternity," she explained, pressing a kiss to his cheek.

"We will be," Derek replied assuredly, all the confidence in the world evident in his voice.

Meredith looked to her husband and smiled softly. "I know."

--

"I thought places like these only existed in movies...," Meredith giggled. After the gondola ride, they took a short walk to the Café Florian nearby. They were seated at an outdoor table, surrounded by grapevines and fountains; a small string of lights hung above their table, casting a warm glow over the two of them.

Derek smiled at her. "Nice, isn't it?"

"It's beautiful," Meredith whispered, looking around and taking in her surroundings. "Everything about this place is beautiful."

"You match the décor," he grinned amusedly, waiting for her reaction.

Meredith rolled her eyes and laughed. "You're already getting sex tonight. There's no need to try to win extra points."

"I already expected sex. I was just stating a fact," he pointed out, taking a sip of his wine.

"Uh huh," she giggled. "Okay."

Derek reached across the table and squeezed her hand. "I love you, Mer."

Meredith smiled at her husband and reciprocated the gesture. "I love you too."

The waiter walked over to them and told them of the dinner and wine specials for the evening. They decided to order different meals so they could share each others.

"I'll have the spaghetti and meatballs," Meredith told the waiter with a smile, closing her menu and handing it to him.

Derek cleared his throat and looked up at the man. "I'll have the salmon scampi. Thank you," he nodded.

"You know I'll be sharing that with you, right?" Meredith asked with a giggle.

"One of the reasons why I ordered it," he grinned.

Meredith smiled at how well he knew her. "Aw, thank you."

"Spaghetti and meatballs...we should do that thing from the Disney movie about the dogs," he said teasingly.

"Where we share the same piece of spaghetti and end up lip-locked? I don't think so," she laughed, brushing some hair off her face.

"That's one of my favorite movies, you know," he informed her as he took a sip of his wine.

"I've never seen it; just that one scene that they always show from it," she explained, buttering a roll and taking a bite.

Derek cocked his head and smiled at her. "You've never seen Lady and the Tramp?"

"I wasn't exactly raised on Disney movies. I was the girl who popped in the surgery tapes when I was bored," she shrugged, laughing slightly.

"Four sisters. I was always outnumbered when it came to picking movies," he chuckled, thinking back to the memories of his childhood. "And then when I became Uncle Derek to a bunch of little girls, I watched Cinderella every weekend."

"That's because you're a good uncle," she smiled sincerely, leaning across the table to kiss him.

"I'd say you're a pretty good aunt too. Laura was so excited to see you at the wedding," he replied amusedly. "You were holding her for close to an hour."

Meredith smiled. "I'm glad we got some pictures with her."

"I think we got some good pictures," Derek said with a grin.

"Mark did put his suit jacket back on, right?" she asked.

Derek laughed before nodding. "In most of them, I think. There may be one or two where he's holding a glass of champagne though."

"Well, they'll be unique wedding photos," Meredith shrugged jokingly. "As long as we got some good ones and obviously some good ones of us two..."

"I'm glad we got a lot of them on the land and in front of the house," Derek smiled, gently grazing her hand with his thumb.

"We haven't gotten many honeymoon pictures yet," she pointed out playfully.

Derek gave her a coy smile and smirked. "Nothing we've been doing for the past three days belongs in the family photo album..."

Meredith giggled and Derek noticed her blush slightly, even in the soft moonlight. "Guess not..."

"We can do some sightseeing tomorrow....maybe do some shopping," he suggested.

"We still have another week and a half. So I suppose we could squeeze some sex in tomorrow too," she reasoned.

The waiter brought out their food and set the dishes in front of them. Meredith immediately took a bite of his salmon scampi and he smiled at her. "You're adorable," he laughed.

"Because I steal food off your plate?" she asked with a giggle.

"We're married now. You don't have to ask--not that you ever did," he said with a chuckle.

Meredith sighed and smiled sweetly. "You love me..."

Derek looked at her and grinned. "I do."

--

When they arrived back at the hotel suite after dinner, Meredith collapsed onto the bed and let out a breath. "I don't think I'm going to eat again for days..."

Derek dropped down next to her and wrapped his arm around her torso. "Me either."

"Italy has the best food ever," she giggled, pressing her forehead against his and kissing him lightly.

"If we moved here, we'd both gain five hundred pounds in a month," Derek said jokingly. "We'd just...eat."

Meredith ran her fingers through his hair and smiled. "Nothing wrong with that..."

"We could eat...," he said before kissing her. "...and have sex."

"Is that all we'd do?" she murmured against his lips.

Derek rolled her on top of him. "Yep."

"Fun," Meredith breathed; her body erupting into chills as he kissed her neck. Just as she went to straddle his legs, her cell phone rang in the side table drawer. "Who the hell...?" she groaned, rolling over to retrieve it.

Though she was annoyed that potential sex had been interrupted, she couldn't help but smile a little as she saw the name on the screen. "It's Cristina," she told Derek before answering.

Derek simply nodded and dropped his head against the pillows. Meredith's friends really did have bad timing...Alex and Izzie walking in on their kitchen counter sex, now Cristina putting a temporary hold on their honeymoon recreation.

"Hello?"

"Hey. It's me. Well, actually, it's all of us," Cristina responded; the sound of her friends present in the background.

Meredith smiled. "Am I on speakerphone?"

"Yes you are! Hey Mer!" Izzie called. "Having fun?"

"Yeah. We just got back from dinner. Where are you guys?", she asked curiously, kicking her heels off and lying down next to Derek on the bed.

"At work. Bailey said we could call you," George said.

"Well, I'm glad you got permission," Meredith giggled.

"We only have a few minutes, but we just wanted to see how you two were doing. How's all the honeymoon sex? " Izzie asked with a grin.

Derek looked over and Meredith and rolled his eyes. "I'm right here, Stevens."

"Oops. Sorry," Izzie laughed. "I should have figured..."

"We probably interrupted sex," Alex pointed out. "Leave them alone."

"Did we interrupt sex?" Izzie asked curiously.

"Almost," Meredith admitted, much to Derek's embarrassment. He rolled on top of her and began kissing her neck to distract her. She tilted her head to the side and nearly dropped her phone on the floor.

Meredith moaned involuntarily at Derek's caresses and Cristina groaned. "He's on top of you, isn't he?"

Derek smiled against her skin and laughed. "Yes I am, Yang."

"Dude, hang up the phone. They want to do each other," Alex said knowingly.

"You always we're my favorite, Karev," Derek laughed.

"I'll call you guys in a few days, okay?" Meredith asked, giggling as Derek began tickling her sides.

"Have...fun," Cristina said, unable to think of a better word.

"Okay," Meredith laughed. "Bye."

"Your friends...worst timing ever," Derek sighed, leaving a trail of kisses down her collarbone.

Meredith's fingers found the button of his pants and she quickly undid it. She wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him closer. "Now it's just us..."

"Hmm...good," Derek breathed, lifting her up slightly to untie the back of her dress. He pushed it off her shoulders and kissed the newly exposed skin.

When she finally succeeded in undoing his pants, she used her feet to help kick them off his legs. Derek quickly rid himself of his shirt before trailing his hand up her thighs. "You wore panties," he pointed out, hooking his fingers in the waistband.

"I couldn't go pantyless on a gondola, Derek," she sighed, arching her body as he pulled them off her legs. "Too dangerous."

"Dangerous?" he asked curiously, moving back up her body to kiss her.

"Mmhmm....," she murmured against his lips.

Derek pulled her dress off the rest of the way. "Not dangerous enough for a bra," he groaned in appreciation, cupping her breasts in his hands and kissing each one gently.

"I didn't need one with this dress," she explained with a shiver; her body reacting to the attention her husband was giving her.

"No you didn't," he agreed, hastily removing his boxers and tossing them off the side of the king sized bed.

Meredith felt her heart beat quicken as she looked at him in all of his naked glory. She pulled him into her arms and kissed him. "Love you," she whispered, running her fingers through his hair.

"Love you...," he moaned as he slipped into her, groaning as she tightened herself around him.

Meredith's eyes flashed open and she pulled back slightly. "Der. Stop," she panted.

"Hmm?," he sighed, resting his forehead against hers.

"We--cond--you need to...," she stammered, pushing him off of her.

"Crap," he spat, quickly removing himself from her. "I um..."

"In the bag," she sighed, dropping her head into the pillows as she waited for him to come back.

Once Derek rejoined her on the bed, Meredith took the condom from his hands and gently rolled it onto him. "Okay," she said breathily, needing to have him inside of her once again.

Derek nodded and eased back into her, pressing soft kisses to her face as she tangled her fingers through his hair and moaned softly.

He braced his arms under her shoulders and looked into her darkened eyes. He tried to keep himself from moving while she adjusted herself beneath him.

When he knew she was ready, he began making love to her at a slow, torturous pace, wanting to draw out her pleasure as long as possible. Her pupils locked on his and her breathing became more erratic, so he reached between them and applied gentle pressure to the bundle of nerves between her legs. Meredith held him tightly and screamed her release, bucking her hips frantically.

Derek couldn't help but let himself go. He groaned deep in his throat and felt himself release. Afterward, he laid his head down on Meredith's chest and listened to her heartbeat as they both came down from their highs. "This whole...married, honeymoon sex thing...pretty good," he panted.

Meredith closed her eyes and smiled. "Hmm...," she murmured in agreement, running her fingers down his back. "We should have done this a long time ago."

He eased himself from her, tossed the condom into the waste basket and pulled her into his arms. "Probably," he chuckled.

"We've got a little ahead of ourselves," she stated almost nervously. Derek tickled her arm with his fingertips and nodded slightly.

"I just--no babies yet," she sighed, moving closer to him.

"Not yet," he agreed, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead. "Next year at this time, but not yet..."

Meredith nodded into his chest. "Mmhmm", she murmured.

"Can't wait--well, I can...you know what I mean," he laughed.

"I think you've picked up on my rambling, Der," she pointed out.

"It's cuter when you do it," he yawned.

"No one ever found my rambling cute before you came along," she admitted.

Derek simply smiled at her. "I'll always love the rambling."

"Hmm...I think we're both a little drunk on all the wine tonight," she giggled tiredly.

"Maybe a little," he agreed, pulling the silken sheets over their naked bodies. He noticed how her eyelids were fluttering to stay open and he kissed her gently. They were both completely exhausted from the day's activity. "Sleep," he whispered.

"Okay," she replied softly. "Love you."

"I love you too, Meredith," he said with a small smile, kissing his wife one last time before he, too, drifted off to sleep.

Sorry it's kind of short. I just wanted to have an update ready. There's more honeymooning to come in the next chapter.

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Also, for anyone interested, I wrote a MerDer Christmas one-shot based after 5.10. Hope you like it if you decide to read. And happy holidays! :)