OK OK, so I'm going to be updating EVERYTHING between now and the tomorrow! Happy? OK so more good news! I've

decided, since everyone seemed to enjoy "Against All Odds" I'm doing a sequel! Set 5 years in the future. I'm taking a slightly

different approach to this. Meredith and Derek aren't married….. yet. They moved back to Seattle shortly after his arrival. Her

mother, having a lucid moment, decided she wanted out of the program and wanted to return to Seattle with them. Read and see.

Faithfully

Chapter 1: We Are Family

Meredith woke up to insistent little hands. "Emery. Please let mommy sleep." She begged her 4 year old daughter.

"Delaney pooped." The child informed her mother. Meredith groaned and gently nudged her fiancé, hoping he'd get the idea.

"Don't even think about it Mere. I have surgery in 2 hours." Derek mumbled as he turned his back to her, his voice husky with

sleep.

"Yeah, well, your son's been sitting on my bladder for the last 5 hours." She shot back. The lump next to her shifted, sighed, sat up

and swung his legs over the bed.

"C'mon Em, let's go see your sister." Derek grumbled as he padded out of the room, his blonde haired, blue eyed daughter close \

behind.

Meredith laid in bed for another 10 minutes before heaving herself to her feet. 7 months pregnant in the middle of July. She'd kill him

for his timing. She plodded to the bathroom and turned on the shower.

Derek finished cleaning up his 2 year old daughter and expertly attached a fresh diaper to her tiny little behind. "There you go

princess. Better now?" He asked as he handed Emery the dirty diaper. The older child pinched her nose with one hand and dropped

the soiled diaper expertly into the Diaper Genie in the corner. "Thanks baby." He said, ruffling her shaggy blonde hair.

Meredith stepped out of the shower and toweled off. She ran a comb through her wet blonde hair before stepping into loose fitting

knee length capris and a maternity tank top. She headed down the hall to the kitchen. She found Derek in there, situating the girls in

their seats. "I've got it. Go take your shower. You have surgery in 2 hours." She said playfully. He smiled, kissed his girls and

headed upstairs.

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