I'm working hard on my Sixteen but writing something with so much angst can be depressing, so while I figure out my move for my next upcoming chapters, here's a little fluff.
In this fanfic Meredith and Derek are married and have been for 7 years, they still got married with the post it and eventually went to city hall to make it legal. They have three kids: Two boys and a girl. There is no Zola in this story, even though she's adorable. I'm still using baby Bailey in this story but he was born much sooner, around season 4.
Derek Bailey Shepherd: Six years old, spitting image of his father. Aidan Alexander Shepherd: Five years old, looks more like Meredith, still has the McDreamy hair it's just a dirty blonde color and he has Meredith's eyes
Lilly Grace Shepherd: She's the youngest, has dark curly hair and blue eyes and looks a lot like Derek. She's 3 ½
In this story Meredith is a neurosurgeon because I hate her on general
"Sorry I'm late, my craniotomy ran over" Meredith said a little out of breath as she entered the dream home Derek had built for her and their family seven years prior. Derek was in the kitchen blending fruit in a blender to pack in the cooler he was preparing.
"How did it go?" Derek asked as Meredith set down her brief case and coffee cup and leaned up to kiss him
"Flawless" Meredith told him with a grin after her lips briefly grazed his.
Derek beamed full of pride for his wife "Of course it was, you had the best teacher" he replied with a wink in which Meredith gave him a playful slap to his bicep.
"Finally" Bailey said entering the kitchen with his hands on his hips. Meredith laughed at Bailey's impatience, he was becoming a very funny kid.
"I'm sorry baby, mommy had to do an important brain surgery" Meredith said picking Bailey up and holding him. Bailey scrunched up his eyebrows trying as hard as he could to look mad before he busted out laughing.
"You're so silly" Meredith told him as she began to tickle his stomach. This sent Bailey in a rage of more giggles. When Bailey stopped laughing he became serious and pointed to the front of his head "Frontal Lobe" he told them.
"We have baby geniuses" Derek told his wife with a wink as he packed the rest of the containers in the cooler "We do, you are so smart Bay" Meredith encouraged Bailey as she snuggled him closer
"Cuddles are for babies" Bailey protested wiggling down from his mom. Meredith poked her lip out as she set him down, Bailey grinned at her before he ran off to the den to play with his brother and sister.
"You can always cuddle with me" Derek whispered in Meredith's ear as he slid his arm around her waist and lightly kissed her temple.
"I knew I married you for a reason, that and the hair" Meredith told him playfully as she ran her hand through his dark curls. They both laughed before Meredith broke from his embrace
"The kids are oddly quiet today" Meredith said walking into the den with Derek following her
"That's because I have everything under control" Derek smirked before the smile fell from his face.
Cheerios were all over the floor, along with some type of juice that had spilt, Bailey had built some kind of fort that was all over the living room and Aidan and Lily were coloring on the walls.
"All under control" Meredith said sarcastically surveying the mess.
Derek raked a hand through his hair "I swear I just checked on them less than ten minutes ago, they were so quiet I figured they were watching one of their shows or something"
"If our children are ever quiet then that means something is wrong" Meredith said shaking her head.
Aidan and Lily immediately stopped coloring as soon as they saw their mother.
"Mommy, we drew you a picture" Aidan yelled.
"I see that" Meredith said picking Aidan up and hugging her to him
Derek picked up Lily and placed a kiss on her forehead, he blue eyes welled with tears.
"It's okay princess" Derek told her as he smoothed some of her curls
"Derek you're being too lenient, they have to know they aren't allowed to destroy the house"
"We don't allow coloring on the walls or furniture and if you guys spill something, me and mommy won't be mad, you just have to tell us so we can clean it up before it ruins the floors" Derek told the kids, trying his best to sound stern.
Lily wrapped her arms around her dad's neck and laid her little head on his shoulder. Even at only three she was a master manipulator when it came to Derek.
"See they're sorry" Derek said gesturing to Lily. Meredith playfully rolled her eyes
"Wrapped around her finger, come here baby "Meredith said reaching out for Lilly. Lilly happily went to her mom.
"Let's get this place cleaned up and then we can go to the pumpkin patch" Meredith told the kids with a smile.
"Pumpkin Patch!" Bailey screamed at the top of his lungs
"Pumpkin Patch!" Aidan repeated just as excitedly.
After they quickly cleaned up the mess Meredith told the boys to put their jackets on. They set off at lightning speed.
"They have been talking about getting a pumpkin non-stop all morning" Derek told his wife
"That's your fault" Meredith said smugly, softly rubbing Lilly's back.
"How's that my fault?" Derek faked being hurt
"You provided the chatty gene, damn that Shepherd S.P.E.R.M" Meredith spelled out so that Lilly wouldn't repeat the word.
"I happen to have very good S.P.E.R.M"
"You do, we have very genius and beautiful and chatty babies" Meredith giggled
"Are you feeling better Lilly-Bug" Meredith asked and the little girl nodded
"Not so chatty today" Meredith teased Derek as she stroked Lilly's head
"I took her temperature its back down to 96.5, so I think whatever it was she was fighting the past couple of days, her immune system knocked out, I think she's just tired" Derek informed his wife while he played with one of Lilly's dark curls.
"Lilly, you want to go to the pumpkin patch and get a big pumpkin?" Meredith asked animatedly
"Big Pumkin?" Lilly asked as her eyes lit up like a firework on fourth of July
"YES!" She sang
Meredith and Derek laughed "I'll go check on the boys, will you go change her out of her princess costume, I want to get a nice family picture today" Meredith asked Derek.
Derek took Lilly upstairs and set her on the changing table they still had, "Okay princess, what do you want to wear today?" Derek asked
"Pwincess Dwess" Lilly told him stubbornly
"You can put that back on when we get home, we need to pick out something else so mommy can get a pretty picture of you"
Lilly's face scrunched up "Pwincess Dwess" she said again in frustration
"No Lily, look at all these other dresses you can wear" Derek said motioning to her closet
Lilly shook her head "Ugly" she yelled out
"Then I guess I'm going to have to pick out your outfit for you" Derek told her and her big blue eyes welled with tears
"Princess don't cry, mommy will be mad at me if your face is blotchy in the picture"
Lilly began to sniffle and Derek knew the water works were coming
"Okay you can wear the princess dress" he told her and Lilly immediately stopped crying. He knew he had to stop giving into her so much or she would become spoiled.
"But you are putting on a pair of legging and a jacket because its cold outside"
"Tay Daddy" Lilly agreed.
A few minutes later, Derek came down the stairs holding Lilly
"Derek, she's still wearing that costume" Meredith said annoyed
"Cuz I'm a pwincess" Lilly told her mom
"She's a hell of a negotiator" Derek told his wife
"No, you're just a softie"
"She wears that thing every day, does it ever get washed?" Bailey asked pinching his nose to indicate that it smelled bad.
"No" Meredith deadpanned with a smirk
The family made their way to the pumpkin patch and the kids all burst out with excitement as they surveyed all the different pumpkins they could pick from
"I want this one, no this one, no this one" Aidan said as he climbed over all the different options. Lilly ventured out too but Meredith and Derek made sure to keep an eye on all the kids
"They outnumber us" Derek told Meredith as he held her hand and they followed their kids around the pumpkin patch
"You knew that was going to happen when you asked for a third" Meredith told him with a smile
"You wanted three too"
"I did, and they are all so cute and perfect"
Bailey of course picked the biggest pumpkin in the entire patch. Derek picked it up and brought it to the register with Bailey trying desperately to help his dad carry it. Aidan picked a large one too
"His name is Fred the pumpkin" Aidan informed his parents
"That's a good name" Meredith agreed. Aidan wrapped his arm around the pumpkin before Derek picked both Aidan and the pumpkin up at the same time and kissed Aidan on the forehead. Lilly was taking the longest to pick
"Lilly, you have to pick faster" Bailey told his sister
She ignored him and continued petting all the pumpkins
"It's settled, Lilly wants them all" Bailey told his family seriously and they couldn't help but laugh
"She can't have all of them, they wouldn't fit in the car" Derek told his son
Bailey shrugged "I guess I'm going to have to help her then"
He went back over to his sister "Lil, what about this one its teeny and cute like you" he told her holding a small pumpkin that was intended for a child
"It is cute!" Aidan agreed with his brother
"So cute" Lilly said happily and picked up the tiny pumpkin Bailey held out for her. She squeezed the pumpkin to her in a hug.
"Thanks for helping your sister Bay" Meredith told her son with a smile.
They had a family picture taken with all their pumpkins and Meredith looked at it in the car
"The princess dress" She smirked to Derek as he drove them home
"It adds character to the picture" he told her as they both looked in the rearview mirror at their three kids. Lilly was out like a light sleeping, with Aidan's head resting on her lap as he slept, Bailey was also drifting to sleep with Lilly's tiny pumpkin in his hand
"I love our family" Derek told Meredith sincerely
"They're pretty great, aren't they?" Meredith asked
"You're pretty great too"
"I love you Derek Shepherd"
"And I love you Mrs. Shepherd"
Okay so I'm not sure if this is going to be a one-shot or not, I was just craving some fluff, let me know if you want more, and review and tell me what you think!