I know I should be writing chapters for my story, but I got this idea while washing my car. This little girl, my neighbor, was outside with her dad enjoying Fall, so I decided to write this. (: It's a one-shot and MER/DER!
Background info: I don't know what year it is in here, but Meredith and Derek are married, for real, and they have a little girl who is about four years old. Hope you guys like it!
It was Saturday afternoon and like most weekends, Derek had the day off. Once he and Meredith got married and started their family they worked out a plan with the Chief to get every Saturday off and some Sundays to spend with each other. The Chief understood that they wanted to spend time with their family since he had regretted not doing the same years ago. The only times they had to go in on Saturdays were when they had a surgery or were paged in, which was why Meredith was sitting next to him watching their daughter.
Meredith got pregnant around their second anniversary and they were delighted to welcome a baby girl into the world nine months later. Grace Elizabeth Shepard was born at a healthy weight and length and after staying at the hospital for the recommended 48 hours, they brought her home to their house.
They had built their dream house in just enough time to move into it by the time they were married. It was perfectly located on top of their land in Seattle and the view was beautifully seen from the living room, dining room, and their bedroom. The porch in the front wrapped around and a love seat swing hung from ceiling for Derek and Meredith to spend time in the evenings. They often used it whenever they needed alone time or when they watched their daughter play in their yard. Their bedroom was perfect for each of them, painted a soft green and with a balcony off to the side of the room which held the view of Seattle. The room was perfect with a joining bathroom that they shared and got ready together in.
They decided on adding five other bedrooms. One they figured could be a nursery, which was located next to theirs, and then the others could be for possible future children or turned into guest rooms or an office. On the first floor it contained an office that they both shared with similar desks situated across from the others, a play room for their kids that was painted a happy yellow color, a living room, a dining room and finally their kitchen. It was a big house, but it was a home and they loved it.
Since Meredith was at the hospital working on a tough Neuro case she had, Derek sat sitting on the porch swing watching their daughter. Her blond curls blew in the light breeze as the colorful leaves sat around her. Fall had arrived and it was actually a nice day with the temperature being in the seventies. Gracie sat scooping up the leaves around her and her bright green eyes looked up at him in excitement.
"Daddy! I jump in them when I done?" she asked excited for the fall festivities.
"Sure sweetie, but you have to make a big pile first." He told her with a smile. She nodded with a smile and began to collect them around her.
He couldn't get over how much she looked like Meredith. Meredith had complained all nine months she was pregnant, that their kid probably wouldn't even look like her. She claimed his genes were more dominating then his and each kid she popped out would be a replica of him. They discovered the day she was born that, that was not true. Gracie looked just like her mother, and Derek was thrilled about that. He had dreamed of creating a child with Meredith for so long and holding a little girl that held her features, and now he had one.
Gracie wasn't all Meredith though. Somehow she had caught her own version of McDreaminess and when she pulled it out, he was mush. That combined with her eyes and his smile, he caved in when he knew he shouldn't. She was beautiful and a perfect combination of her parents. She was so intelligent, like both parents, and inspired to be a doctor just like her mommy and daddy.
He pulled out of his trance when he heard her giggle. That too she had received from Meredith, and Derek loved it more. He loved hearing Meredith giggle; he would try multiple ways just to get it out of her. Now, he had two girls that held that laugh. The house echoed with that melodic sound every night as they had family time. He loved his life.
"Daddy! Look!" She called out to him as she giggled some more.
"I see sweat heart! You got them all in one pile. Are you going to jump in them now?" he asked from the swing.
"Is it gonna hurt?" she asked carefully.
"No, it won't hurt. You're jumping into a soft pile of leaves." Derek told her.
"Ok then." She said with a shrug and he watched as she concentrated on jumping. She looked like Meredith when she did that too.
She leaped into the pile of colorful leaves and let out that sweet giggle. A smile grew on Derek's face as he watched his daughter enjoy the season of Fall. They had picked pumpkins at a pumpkin patch a week ago and they planned on carving them after dinner with Meredith.
"How bout I help? Daddy will rake the leaves and you can jump in them." Derek told her walking down the porch steps and walked over to the rake leaning against the railing. He began to drag the rake across the dying grass and collected her leaves into another pile. They got into a rhythm as Derek raked and she continued to jump. Her giggle still came with each leap like it was something completely new to her, instead of something she had been doing the past fifteen minutes.
"Mommy!" He heard Grace yell and he snapped his head up in surprise and anticipation at seeing his beautiful wife. She had gone in early that morning to do an emergency surgery and she had been there ever since.
"Hey baby girl!" Meredith said with excitement as she descended from her Chevy SUV and wrapped her arms around Grace to pick her up.
"I no baby, I big girl now Mommy! I four!" she cheered with a smile.
"Oh, that's right! Silly me." Meredith told her as she placed a kiss against her sandy blond locks. "I missed you today," Meredith told her.
"I miss you too mommy, how comes you weren't home? It was a home day." Gracie asked her. It was hard explaining why some days were weekdays and others were weekends to a child, so in their household, weekends were called home days. Because on those days, you got to stay home.
"I know sweetie, mommy had to go to work for a little bit." Meredith said softly.
"To fwix someone's brain?" Grace asked.
"Yeah, to fix someone's brain." Meredith told her daughter.
"Ok, I playin in leaves." Gracie informed her mother.
"You are? Is daddy helping?" She asked looking over at her husband for the first time with a smile as she saw the rake in his hand. They exchanged a loving look and soft smile before Meredith returned her attention to her daughter.
"Yep, he rakin and I jumpin!" The little girl exclaimed as she wiggled around.
"Awesome! You better tell him thank you for helping then, right?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, can I go play now?" Gracie asked meeting her mother's eyes that were duplicates of her own.
"Of course, after I get a hug and a kiss." Meredith told her.
The mini Meredith placed a soft kiss on her mother's lips and wrapped her arms around her neck to give a squeeze. "Wow! Such a great hug, thank you!" Meredith told her as she set her back on the ground. Gracie took off back to her leaves and her locks blew past her face.
"Hey," Meredith said in a soft voice as she came closer to her husband. He set the rake over against the railing again and wrapped his arms around her.
"Hey," He said in an equally soft tone as he buried his nose into her hair to smell the scent he loved the most. "How was work?" he asked as he pulled back slightly.
"It was fine, patient survived. It was just a really long surgery and took forever to finish charting." She told him with a tired sigh.
"We'll go to bed early tonight then." He told her.
"Oh, I don't think so. We need some Derek Meredith time tonight." She told him with a smirk.
"Oh, I like the way you think." He told her with a smirk of her own. He leaned in a placed a sweet kiss on her lips, but since they had been apart for so long this week because of work, it turned passionate.
"Tonight," Meredith told him softly. "Gracie is near." She told him with a little giggle.
"I missed you," he told her as he pulled her in his arms for a hug.
"I missed you too; I really wanted a day off to spend with you and Gracie." Meredith told him as she rested her head against his chest.
"Do you have tomorrow off?" he asked as he ran his hands up and down her spine in a soothing motion.
"Yes, thankfully." Meredith said with a sigh.
"We'll have a family day then." Derek told her.
"Sounds amazing." She told him looking up at him with a smile.
"Good, want to go sit on the swings?" he asked her.
She turned to look at their daughter and smiled as she seemed to still be amused by the leaves.
"Sure," she told him. He held his hand out to her and she grabbed it and walked to the porch with him. He sat down and instead of her taking the seat next to him she settled on his lap.
"Well then, this works." Derek said with a chuckle at her plopping down on his lap.
"I want you to hold me." She told him.
"Is everything ok?" he asked her worried.
"Everything is perfect. I just want to be close to you." She told him honestly.
"That's good, because I want to be close to you too." He told her.
She rested her head against his chest and breathed in his scent. Coming home to this after a stressful day always calmed her.
"How was she today?" Meredith asked.
"She was perfect," Derek answered.
"Really?" she asked. Gracie was a very well behaved child, but she knew that she could act up sometimes.
"Yeah, perfect. Like her mother." Derek told her.
Meredith burst into a fit of giggles at that comment and Derek sat watching her with love shining in his eyes.
"That is so not true." Meredith told him.
"Yeah, it is." He said with his own chuckle.
"Seriously Derek, you're already getting laid tonight." She told him amused.
"Ok, she was good. She always is, but she missed you and the stubborn gene came out a couple times." He told her honestly.
"I missed her too," Meredith said with a sigh. "I hate working weekends."
"Hey, it's ok. Her and I watched Sleeping Beauty for the hundredth time and we played outside a little. She says that you're sleeping beauty." Derek told her.
"What?" Meredith asked with a smile.
"Yeah, you're apparently Sleeping Beauty and I'm the prince." He told her amused.
"Does she have a reason for that?" Meredith asked.
"I don't know, ask her." Derek told her, even though he knew the answer it was so much cuter when Gracie said it.
"Hey Gracie sweetie, come here." Meredith called out.
Grace pulled herself away from the leaves and strolled to her mother's side.
"What mommy?" she asked with her green eyes sparkling.
"What did you do today with Daddy?" she asked.
"Ummm…." She started, thinking hard about her day, "We ate bweakfast, then watched Sweeping Beauty, then pwayed outside." She answered with a smile.
"Oh, sounds fun! You watched Sleeping Beauty again?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, it my favorite movie." She answered.
"Why do you like it?" Meredith asked.
"Because, the girl pwetty just like you mommy!" Gracie told her.
"Yeah Mommy," Derek told her in a husky voice that sent shivers down Meredith's spine. She shivered then pushed any other thoughts not pertaining to her daughter away.
"Thank you sweetie." Meredith told her. "Tell me what else you like about the movie."
"Well…the pwince and pwincess reminds me of you and daddy. They in love and kiss like you and daddy." She explained sweetly.
Meredith shared a smile with Derek and told Gracie that it was time to go in so they could get dinner ready.
The family of three sat around at the dinner table and listened to Gracie tell stories about things going on in her little life and Derek and Meredith laughed along with her and shared loving glances across the table.
They got Grace ready for bed together and tucked her in after a bedtime story.
"Good night sweetie," Meredith told her softly as she leaned down to her daughter lying in bed and placed a soft kiss on her head.
"Goodnight mommy. Tomorrow's a home day right?" she asked looking up at her mother with tired eyes.
"Yes it is, and mommy's staying home." Meredith told her with a smile.
"Yay," the little girl said in a tired voice.
"Goodnight Gracie bug," Derek told her as he gave her a kiss goodnight as well.
Meredith and Derek turned on the soft night light next to the door and exited together.
"She's so tired." Meredith told him.
"Must have been all that jumping in leaves she did." He told her as he pulled her close.
"Play time for us now?" Meredith asked with a smirk.
"Definitely about time." Derek told her with a smile.
They made their way to their bedroom and closed and locked the door behind them before turning to each other.
"Wait, I have to tell you something." Meredith told him before he could come close.
"What?" he asked worried.
"Well, I know we've briefly talked about it lately, but well…I'm…."
"Meredith…" Derek told her to get her to spit it out, now was not the time for a ramble.
"I'm pregnant." She told him.
"What?" he asked.
"I'm pregnant." She answered, nervous for his reaction.
"I love you," he told her as he moved to her and enveloped her in a hug. He kissed her passionately then pulled away. "I love you so much." He told her.
"I love you too. I'm glad you're happy." She told him with a smile.
"I'm thrilled. Maybe this one will look like me." He teased.
"Hey, I didn't even think she would, we got lucky." Meredith told him. "And you love that she looks like me."
"I do, I really do." He told her as he kissed her passionately again that led to them falling against their soft mattress and celebrating their news in adoring love making.
There you go!! I've put off doing homework just to get this all out! (: I just got inspired and wanted to write a little one shot on them married with a child since my story is so far away from that. Reviews would make me THRILLED!!!! Thank you for reading!!
