So here is my next story. The sequel to Space they cannot touch. I have been meaning to post for a few days but have been busy so here it is.
Enjoy..
Meredith woke on that Sunday morning. She was due any day now. She rolled over and turned to her husband. He didn't start his internship until next week. So he was hoping the baby would be born before he started. She kissed his forehead and he opened his eyes and smiled at her.
"Morning." He says.
"Morning to you to."
He pulls her as close to his body as her belly will allow.
"Any day now." He says.
"I know. I can't wait."
"Me either."
They hear the door of their bedroom open. The bed shifts as Kaylee jumps onto the bed.
"Morning Kaylee." Derek says.
"Morning daddy. Morning Mumma."
"How are you baby girl?" Meredith asks.
"Good mumma. When's the baby going to be born?"
"Soon sweetie."
"When's soon?" She asks.
"Today, tomorrow next Sunday."
"Next Sunday is too far away."
"I agree. Hopefully it's today or tomorrow." Derek says. "How about we go out for some breakfast since it might be a while until we get the next family breakfast."
"Sounds like a good idea." Meredith says. "Kaylee I'm going to get you dressed sweetie so let's go down now."
Meredith gets up off the bed. She holds Kaylee's hand as they walk down to her room. Meredith wanted her to pick her up but she could barely bend down anymore. Her stomach was so much bigger now that when she was with Kaylee.
Meredith dressed Kaylee and sent her downstairs while Meredith showered and got herself dressed. The shower was limited on space with her being at this stage of pregnancy.
She dried herself off and got dressed and went downstairs. Derek was watching TV with Kaylee. She walks into the lounge room.
"Ready?" She asks.
"We sure are." He says. "Come on sweetie let's go."
...
After breakfast they went to the park to let Kaylee run around and play. Meredith sat on the park bench while Derek pushed her on the swings and on chased her around the play ground. She giggled as Derek chased her and Meredith sat back and smiled at her.
As Meredith sat on the park bench Kathleen, John, Braden, Claire and Lacey walked towards them.
Kathleen had the girls in the pram and Braden was riding his bike. Kathleen walked over to her and sat down while John took Braden off his bike and the two of them went and played with Derek and Kaylee.
"Hi Kath. How are you?"
"I'm good. How are you? You're about to burst any day now."
"I'm good very excited."
"Same. What do you think you're having?"
"I want a little boy and I think we are having a boy. Derek is leading towards a girl this time but we had a bet last time that mothers know best and I was right so I think it's a baby boy."
"Well I need another boy nephew. I only have one."
"I know." She says with a smile.
"Mummy can I go and play with Daddy and Uncle Shepherd and Kaylee and Braden?" Claire asks.
"Sure Claire." Kathleen says as she takes Claire out of the pram to let her play.
They watch as she runs over straight to Derek and Derek picks her up and lifts her in the air. She laughs as he sets her back down on the ground.
"How's Lacey going?" Meredith coos to the little girl.
She just smiles and reaches her arms out to her.
"You can take her out if you want." Kathleen says.
"Sure. Come here Lacey."
Meredith takes Lacey out of the pram and sits her on her lap facing her.
"I can barley sit her on my lap."
"I know. Your stomach is so much bigger then when you where pregnant with Kaylee."
"I know. I'm scared of having a monster baby. Like this baby will be a 10 or 11 lbs. I am only tiny so I don't know how they are going to deliver the baby naturally"
"I'm sure that it won't be a 10 lbs. Kaylee was only a small baby and you are only a same frame. There is no one big in our family and I think that the baby will be delivered naturally. It is most likely the way the baby is laying." She says running her hands over Meredith's stomach. "How do you think Kaylee will adapt to the new arrival?"
"At the moment she is waiting and very excited about the baby but I have a fear that she won't adapt as well and have the sibling rivalry but I'm going to try and spend as much time with both of them."
"We did that with the kids but they were fine but since they were younger then Kaylee then I think it was easier. Kaylee is a little bit older and I think she will take it to heart more so watch out for that."
"I will." She passes Lacey back to Kathleen. "We better get going. We're going for lunch with Richard, Jackson and Charlie."
"How are you going without them being at home?"
"I miss them but we really needed the space for the new baby."
"Well at least now you don't have four kids to look after."
"Yeah I suppose. Anyway I guess I will see you soon. After the baby is born."
"I guess we will. Bye Mer."
Meredith goes over to Derek and they leave for Richard's house.
...
They arrive at the house. Derek helps Meredith out of the car and helps her and Kaylee up to the front door. Richard opens the door.
"Hey guys." He says.
"Hi Richard." Meredith says.
Richard hugs Meredith then bends down and picks Kaylee up into his arms.
"How's my Kaylee going?" He asks.
"Good poppy."
"Well I have a surprise for you."
"A present?"
"Maybe you will have to wait and see."
He leads them inside and takes them to the lounge room where Jackson and Charlie are.
"Hey Mer." Jackson says.
"Hi Jackson. Hey Charlie."
"Hey Mer. No baby yet?" Jackson asks not interested.
"Not yet. Soon though."
"We can see that. You barely fit through the door your that big." Jackson says.
"Thanks Jacko. That's a nice thing to say to your older sister."
"It was a joke."
"I know."
"But I'm serious. Hopefully you're not walking and the baby just slips out."
"Jackson how much do you know about childbirth and about the female reproductive system oh and babies."
"Um I know that babies don't slip out when you're walking. I know enough about babies. I lived with one for almost 4 years and I delivered her so there is something about childbirth." He says. "Oh and I know enough about the female reproductive system." He says with a sly smile.
"That is something that I didn't need to know." She says turning and leaving the room.
"You've been spending way too much time with Mark." Derek says as he leaves the room as well.
"What at least he teaches me stuff." Jackson yells after Derek.
They spend the rest of the afternoon at Richard's.
...
Once they got home Derek bathed Kaylee while Meredith sat on the toilet seat watching her splashing around in the water. Derek takes her out and they go down to her room. He lays her down on the bed and Meredith dresses her into her pyjamas. They read her a bedtime story. Kaylee had fallen asleep halfway through it. Meredith kisses her forehead and tucks her in.
They turn the light off and leave her room.
"I'm going to bed. I'm exhausted." Meredith says.
"Okay. Night, I'll be in soon." He says while giving her a kiss goodnight.
"Night."
She changes into her pyjama bottoms and top. She lies down in her bed and pulls the covers up to just on top of her stomach. She closes her eyes and is fast asleep.
She wakes 2 hour later to a sharp pain. She grasps onto her stomach and sits up in bed. She looks to her side and notices that Derek isn't there. She waits for the contraction to pass and gets up off the bed and goes down the stairs. She walks into the study and sees Derek lying down asleep in there.
"Derek."
"Hmm." He says sleepily.
"It's time."
"What."
"Your baby is ready to be born." She says.
He jumps up to her side.
"Really okay let's get going then. You stay down here. I'll get you some clothes to change into. I'll get changed and get Kaylee ready to drop off at Ma's."
"Okay."
In ten minutes they are ready to go. They have a sleepy Kaylee in the back seat. The hospital bag ready and the mother to be also ready to go.
They have dropped Kaylee of at Carolyn's and were on their way to the hospital. They let them know that they were on the way. On the way to the hospital Meredith's waters had broke.
They arrive at the hospital and Derek wheels her in to the front desk and they take her up to the maternity ward. The doctor had examined her and told her that it could be a while. She was only 3 centimetres. This was going to be a while.
"This one isn't as impatient as Kaylee." Derek says.
"I know. I'm guessing we are going to be here a while."
"Probably. So we have time. Why don't you rest? You will need it."
"Okay you better rest as well."
"I will."
They are both asleep and waiting for the slow delivery.
...
After four hours the doctor examined her again. She was only at 5 centimetres. This was going to be slow.
The hours past and the labour was going slowly. It was the morning and the doctor had just visited her again. She was only at 6 centimetres.
"God why is this going so slow?"
"I don't know. At least this time I'm actually here to see it."
"Yes you are."
8 hours had past and she was at 9 centimetres. The doctor said that it could be another hour or so.
...
After being in labour for almost 18 hours Meredith had delivered a healthy baby boy.
Cooper Isaac was born at 4.32pm on the 30th of June. He was a healthy 8 lbs and 52 centimetres.
Cooper had just been cleaned up and placed back into Meredith's arms. He was awake and looking at his mum and dad.
"He is finally here." Derek says.
"I know. Finally. He is so gorgeous."
"Just like his mum." He says as he looks at her.
She looks up and meets his eyes. He leans in and kisses her.
"He doesn't look like you Derek at all."
"I know. That's why I said he was gorgeous like you."
"Thank you. Can we bring Kaylee in?"
"Sure I'll call Mum in just a second. I want to spend some more time with my baby boy."
30 minutes later Carolyn walked into Meredith's room with Kaylee. Kaylee runs over to the side of the bed and Derek picks her up so she can see Cooper.
"Kaylee this is your new baby brother." Meredith says. "Cooper."
"I got a brother."
"You sure did."
"Can I hold him?"
"If you want. Daddy will help you."
Kaylee sits down on the chair and Derek takes Cooper into his arms and lays him down in Kaylee's. He helps her hold him. Cooper is awake and looking at her the whole time. Kaylee gives up and Carolyn holds onto him.
"18 hours. He wasn't like Kaylee was he?"
"Not at all." Meredith says.
Carolyn and Kaylee had stayed for half an hour and then left. She had him asleep in her arms.
"You think we should let Richard know?" Derek asks.
"Yes I think we should."
Derek calls him and he is on his way down from his office.
He knocks on the door and walks inside. He kisses Meredith's forehead.
"We would like you to meet Cooper Isaac Shepherd." Meredith says.
"May I?" Richard asks.
Meredith places Cooper into Richard's arms. He rocks Cooper side to side.
His pager then goes off. He hands him back to Meredith.
"I'll pop in later and bring Charlie and Jackson with me." He says as he goes to the door. "Congratulations."
Meredith lays him down in the bassinet to let him sleep. Derek sits down on the bed next to her.
"So shall we let everyone else know or should we wait?" Meredith asks.
"Let's wait until tomorrow cause knowing them they will be here and we won't sleep for a while."
"Good idea because I'm absolutely exhausted."
"18 hours of labour will do that for you."
"I know."
She looks over at Cooper again.
"I'm so in love with him Derek."
"Me two. Now we have one of each."
"I know."
"Derek?"
"Yeah."
"No more babies until after med school and after I finish being an intern because I will fall behind if I'm a pregnant intern."
"I know. So no more getting drunk and having unprotected sex because that's how the last two were conceived."
"With Kaylee I wasn't drunk. You were drunk but not as drunk as 9 months ago when he was conceived. We were both smashed."
"I know. That's what happens when you play drinking games with Mark and come to think of it the night we conceived Kaylee I did get drunk at Mark's so he is to blame for the conception of our two kids."
"Derek we can't blame him because if we do and that never happened then we wouldn't have our two kids."
"I know. So next time we want to try to get pregnant we will get Mark to get us drunk?"
"That's not what I'm saying. I think it's more the idea of not using contraceptives."
"Yeah that works along with alcohol."
Meredith just giggles.
"So you promise that if we do have sex that you will wear a condom and I will go on the pill when we start having sex again." Meredith says.
"Deal. No more kids for a few years and contraceptives will be always in use unless we decide to start trying for another."
"Good. So we have time to get used to this one and watch him grow up."
"You sure you'll be fine with being at home while I'm at work."
"I will be Derek. I will also bring Kaylee and Cooper along to see you as often as possible."
"That's good because I don't think I will be home much when I start."
"I know that. It will be the same next year when I start."
"Kaylee will be in preschool by then and Coop will be already 1 year old. Time flies doesn't it?"
"It sure does. I still remember the day when we were at the hospital after Kaylee was born. She has grown up so fast."
"She sure has. Before we know it she will be graduating from high school and going off to uni."
"Do you think she will become a doctor?" Meredith asks.
"Maybe yes and maybe no. She will probably spend a lot of time here so she will but I hope she chooses a different career path."
"Me too."
They fall into a silence for a few minutes.
"Do you think they will judge you as an intern? Being married with two kids." She asks.
"Maybe at first. But they don't have a right to judge."
"It will be worse for me."
"Why?"
"Derek you will be a first year resident and I will be married to you and have two kids."
"So you tell them that they don't have the right to judge."
"I will but that isn't until next year so give me time."
"I am." He says. "You should get some rest Mer."
"Okay. Night Derek."
"Night."
They fall asleep in each other's arms.
What did you think? Anyway next chapter should be up in a few days
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