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Chapter One

"The double stuffed ones are bestest."

Meredith turned to see a little girl with dark curls staring at her. "They are? Well maybe I'll have to try them."

"They're my favorite. Can you hand me one? I can't reach."

Meredith grabbed two containers off the shelf before bending down to the girls' level. "What's your name?"

"Kendra, what's yours?"

"Meredith." Meredith looked up and down the aisle before looking back to the little girl. "Where are your mommy and daddy?"

Kendra quickly looked up and down the aisle like Meredith had before turning back to Meredith with tears in her eyes. "I…I don't know Meri."

Meredith saw the tears and immediately reached forward and picked up the little girl. "It's okay sweetie. I'll help you find them. Let's go to the front, maybe they are waiting for you there."

Kendra held her cookies with one arm and put her other arm around Meredith's neck to let her carry her to the front. "Mommy," Kendra whimpered into Meredith's neck.

Once they were at the end of the aisle they heard a strong voice beside them. "Kendra Elizabeth Shepherd. How many times have I told you not to run off?"

Kendra pulled her head from Meredith's shoulder still with tears in her eyes and looked towards the voice. "Uncle Markie, I got cookies." She said in a sad voice and held them out to Mark.

"I told you no cookies, we have them at home. Kendra you could have gotten lost or worse." Mark said as he pulled her from Meredith's arms.

"I'm okay Uncle Markie, I'm with Meri. She likes double stuffed cookies too."

Mark looked to Meredith as if noticing her for the first time. "Dr. Grey, thank-you for taking care of my niece."

"You're welcome Dr. Sloan. I didn't know you had family here."

"Kendra, her sister, and father just moved here."

"That's good…that you have family here I mean."

"Mer. We need to get going, did you get…Dr. Sloan."

"Iz this is Kendra, my new friend and of course you know Dr. Sloan. Kendra, this is my friend Izzie but we all call her Iz."

"Hi Kendra, aren't you just adorable." Izzie gushed as she tickled her tummy.

Kendra giggled. "Do you like double stuffed cookies like me and Meri?"

Izzie smiled. "I do and I also like to bake my own cookies. Do you like to bake?"

"What's that?"

"Well…"

"That's enough Stephens. You and Grey have an early day and I need to get this little one home before bedtime. Say goodbye Kendra."

"Goodbye Kendra."

Meredith and Izzie giggled at the little girl while Mark tried to hide a smile.

"Goodbye Kendra." Meredith and Izzie both took turns saying before Mark turned and walked away.

Kendra waived to them both over his shoulder with a smile.

Meredith turned to Izzie and noticed a smile on her face. "What?"

"She's cute."

"Yes, so?"

"I'm just saying, she's cute."

"She is and she was with Dr. Sloan, Dr. Mark Sloan. Makes him a little more attractive in your eyes don't you think?"

"Shut up."

"I'm just saying, Uncle Markie is a little different than Dr. Sloan and I know how you feel about kids so I can only imagine what you are thinking about Uncle Markie."

Izzie was now blushing. "It's time to go, he was right we have an early day tomorrow."

Meredith giggled. "We always have an early day." She added while following Izzie to the register.

"Daddy, daddy, daddy!"

Derek was sitting on the couch as his youngest daughter came barreling through the doorway and jumped into his lap. "Whoa there, how are you princess?"

"I good daddy. I gots cookies."

"Cookies, I thought you were helping uncle Mark get groceries."

"Cookies daddy." Kendra smiled at him.

Derek stood with her still in his arms and started to the kitchen. "With all the cookies you eat, I'm surprised you aren't a cookie." Derek replied as he tickled her stomach and entered the kitchen to find Mark putting the groceries away. "So you did get more than just cookies?"

"Feel free to help."

Derek set Kendra down on a chair and started helping Mark. "You know I really appreciate you letting us stay with you until I find us a house."

"Will you stop saying that? There is nowhere else you could stay; besides I missed my nieces."

Derek was going to say more however he saw the sympathy in Mark's eyes and decided he didn't want to talk about it. "So what took you so long? I expected you two home an hour ago."

"Take a guess." Mark answered looking over towards the table.

Derek followed his gaze. "Kendra did you run away from Uncle Mark at the store?"

Kendra looked up with innocent eyes. "I gots us cookies daddy."

Derek walked over to her and kneeled in front of her. "Honey, I know you love your cookies but you know you can't run away from us like that. If you want something all you have to do is ask. We don't want something to happen to you princess."

"I sorry daddy."

"It's not me who you should be apologizing to."

Kendra climbed down and walked up to Mark. She put her hands up and he reached down to pick her up. Once she was in his arms she took her hands and placed them on each side of his mouth before pushing them together so that Marks lips squished together. "I sorry Uncle Markie. I luv you, I not do it again."

Mark looked at Derek who had a smirk on his face and then looked back to the little girl in his arms. "I love you too princess and I don't want anything to happen to you."

"Thank-you for the cookies."

"You are welcome. Why don't you go get your sister and tell her to come down for dinner?" Mark said before putting her down on the ground and watching her run out of the room.

"You've gone soft."

"She has your sad pouting eyes and she knows how to use them, I can't stay mad at her."

"I do not have sad pouting eyes."

"You do when you need them. That's why mom always yelled at me when WE did something wrong."

Derek smiled remembering some of the things him and Mark had done when they were younger. "She loved me more."

"It's good to see you smile again."

"It's time to move on. I don't want my daughters stuck in the past anymore."

"I'm glad. So what are you planning on doing tomorrow?"

"We are going to get Kayla enrolled in school and I was thinking about checking out the hospital daycare for Kendra. What about you?"

"I have surgeries all day."

"I still can't believe you like it here. I never pictured you as the teaching type."

"Well neither did I but there are some benefits." Mark smiled.

Derek studied his brother and figured out what the benefits were right away. "How many have you slept with?"

"I resent that. Why do you automatically assume I have slept with anyone?"

"I saw the smile."

"Well there were a few nurses before they started the club but now…"

"Club?"

"It's not important."

"So what now?"

"Well…" Mark was about to say more however he stopped when he saw his nieces enter the room. "Hello Kayla."

"Hey Uncle Mark what's for dinner?"

"Cookies!"

"Good try Kendra. I put the cookies away for later."

"Daddy."

"No, you know no cookies before dinner."

"Okay girls set the table while your dad and I finish dinner. And we are having spaghetti tonight."

After dinner they all went to the living room and watched a movie before the girls were sent to bed. They each said goodnight to Mark and Derek followed them upstairs to tuck them in. After reading a story to Kendra he checked once more on Kayla who was already sleeping and then headed back down to the living room where he found Mark with a beer in his hands. Derek quickly entered and made his way to the couch.

"Here I got one for you too." Mark handed him a beer.

"Thanks, so who did you meet at the grocery store?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Kendra said she heard mommy at the grocery store. Do you know what she is talking about?"

Mark thought for a minute before answering. "We ran into a couple residents but I have no idea what she is talking about. She didn't say anything in the car. Maybe you just misunderstood her."

"I know my daughter Mark."

"Derek I really have no idea what she meant by that. Just wait and see if she brings it up again."

"Yeah, I guess. So is there anything else I should know about before I start next week?"

"No I think I have told you everything. The main thing is the gossip. I know you know how bad gossip is in hospitals but I swear Grace is the worst."

Derek smiled. "I take it you know that first hand." Seeing the look on Mark's face and not hearing a response he knew there was a story there that he would have to get out of him eventually but not tonight. "So tell me about the residents."

"Well there's Bailey's group. They were her interns and boy did they cause some trouble their intern year. I think they were worse than you and I." Mark saw the question in Derek's eyes and went on to tell him the stories from the last three years.

When Mark was done, Derek was a little shocked. "Wow. They were a hand full. Bailey sounds scary. So what are their names again?"

"O'Malley is the shy quiet one. He's smart but a little insecure. Then there is Karev. He is the cocky one and he wants to go into plastics. He actually reminds me a lot of myself."

"That doesn't sound good."

"Shut up. Yang is the competitive one. She is interested in Cardio and she's very hard core. I actually haven't figured her out yet. Stephens is…she's the hot one."

"Mark."

"She is, her nick name is Barbie and she fits it. She is strong and loyal and she loves to bake. She is smart and great with her patients."

Derek noticed the smile on his brothers' face. "You like her."

"She won't give me the time of day."

Derek laughed. "So you have tried?"

"I've tried everything to get her to go out with me but she won't even give an inch. She keeps saying she won't go out with an attending. I know that once she has a taste she will want more but she won't even take a nibble."

"Once a manwhore always a manwhore."

"It's different with her. There is something about her Derek. I just want a chance."

Seeing the seriousness in his eyes, Derek decided not to joke. "If you really feel that way, don't give up."

"You'll see when you meet her."

"You said five."

"The last one is Grey."

"Grey as in…?"

"Yes Ellis Grey, the Grey Method."

"Have you met her?"

"I met her once soon after I first got here. She has Alzheimer's and was brought in. I didn't talk to her long and I know she had Alzheimer's then but Derek that woman was a witch. I don't know how she could have had a daughter. Anyway, Grey is the one to watch. You should be working with her the most because she is going Neuro. She finished first on her intern exam, pissed Yang off and she won the sparkle pager."

"Sounds like her mother."

"I don't know. From what I gather I think she is the opposite of her mother but then again who knows. She claims to be dark and twisty all the time but I don't know what she means by that."

"I thought you said Grace had the most gossip, shouldn't you be up on it all if that's true?"

"I am up on the gossip however there is something about Grey that only the five of them know and I think Richard, Burke, and Bailey. Whatever it is they are keeping it quiet. Anyways the five of them are really tight. They look out for each other like no other group of interns have."

"You and I looked out for each other."

"That was just the two of us. These five have stuck together for the last three years. Don't get me wrong they are all pretty competitive however they still have each other's backs."

"Well it certainly sounds like it's going to be very interesting here."

"Trust me Derek you have no idea but I think you will like it."

"I'm more worried about the girls."

"Don't worry about them; they will be happy now that they are with their Uncle Mark again."

"I hope you are right." Derek looked at his watch and then back to Mark. "I better get to bed, the girls are usually up by seven, what time do you go in?"

"Nine."

"Alright, see you in the morning and thanks again."

"I swear Derek if you say that one more time I will forget that you are my brother."

"Mom would disown you."

"She would understand once I explained everything to her."

"Goodnight Mark." Derek finished heading up the stairs after he saw Mark wave to him.

There you have Chapter one of my new story. I wanted to post the first story that I have ever started working on however when I started working on it again to fine tune it I could not get this story out of my head so here you go. I will try and update at least once a week however no promises since work has been busy recently. Yeah only 3 more days until the premier...I know I'm not the only one who is excited. Hope you enjoy and if you have a few moments please let me know what you think.