-1Meredith hears voices and looks up the stairs, "You do realize I can hear you don't you?"
"Oh nice going Ara! Very smooth."
"Me?! It was totally you they could hear! You and your deep voice are very sly. Seriously. You couldn't get any louder could you?" Ara retorted.
Derek chuckled. "Are they always like this?"
"Everyday since they could freaking talk." Meredith sighs. She goes into the living room and sits down on the couch. Derek goes into the room and stands.
"You know it is called a chair." She gestured to a chair across from her.
He sat down. Now fully absorbing the fact that he's a father. Has been for the past sixteen years. He breaks the silence, "So.. Tell me about them"
Meredith sighed and started, "Well where do I begin? Ah well since Li is 2.5 minutes older than Ara we'll start with William. First off, he likes to be called Liam or Li. He loves to play football and his favorite subjects are math and science. He wants to be a neurosurgeon. Uh. He is a smooth talker. Very charming. I swear he can talk a teacher out of punishing him. Female teachers only. Which reminds me (she said more to herself) I need to talk to that boy about his English grade. His first words were "Mommy kiss" which Ara still teases him about. He is a replica of you except he has my eyes and cheeks. Arabella on the other hand is kind of shy and as stubborn as can be. She likes to be called 'Ara' or 'Bella" but mostly 'Ara' except sometimes I call her 'Ara-B'. She likes to cheerlead and swim and go out shopping with her friends. She is a well-rounded person in school. She wants to be a cardiovascular surgeon. She spent a lot of time with Cristina and Burke. Her first word was "Momma". She has your eyes and curly hair and my nose, cheeks and hair color."
Derek smiled, "I'd like to know them, spend time with them."
Meredith said, "Well that's up to them, even though I think they want to know you too." The phone rang.
"Hold on. I have to get the phone."
"Hello? Oh hi Natalie. Yes she's here. OK let me get her for you." She walked over to the bottom of the stairs, out her hand over the receiver and yelled, "Arabella! Natalie is on the phone. Pick up it up!" Derek heard a faint "OK just a sec" and Meredith waited until she heard them talking and hung up.
For the first time since he came in did he realize that George and Izzie weren't around. "Well a lots happened in 16 years.." Derek thought. When Meredith sat down again he decided to ask about his former interns. "So, where is George and Izzie?"
Meredith said, "Oh. Well Izzie started dating Alex about six months after Denny died. In those six months Evil Spawn grew a heart. It was weird. Anyway, so they dated for about two years before they got engaged. So naturally she moved out and moved in with him and got married and not they have eleven year old Ryan, nine year old Eric, and six year old Sarah. George and Callie were rocky for about a year after prom but then they got married four years later and now they have ten year old Anna, twin eight year old boys named Tommy and Ollie, and a six year old girl named Maggie. She prefers to be called Mags. Mr. And Mrs. O'Malley moved out after their wedding. Burke and Cristina got married when Cris was three months pregnant with Natalie. I was the maid of honor at five months pregnant. Typical Cristina told Burke that she is NOT switching to the vagina squad and is not to be mommy tracked after the birth. Three years later they had Nick. All of them helped me raise Liam and Arabella for the first two to three years. They still do but we all manage them now that they're older."
Then the phone rang again. This time it was Izzie.
"Could you excuse me for a minute?" Derek smiled and nodded.
Derek got up and lurked around. Smiling at old photos that were taken of Meredith, Li and Ara, Meredith Li and Ara, and other various one with George, Callie, Cristina, Burke, Izzie, and Alex with all their kids. All of a sudden he felt a pang of guilt. He wasn't in any of the pictures because he wasn't around. He missed probably the most important sixteen years of his life. He moved his blue gaze over to a presumable writing assignment for both of his kids. His kids. It felt right. The paper was about what they wanted to be when they grow up and why. He read his daughter's first. I want to be a cardiovascular surgeon because I want to fix people and learn from my Auntie Crissy. He smiled. This was probably when they were in first grade. Now he turned to Li's I want to be a neurosurgeon like my mom because I want to mess with people's brains. Derek laughed slightly when reading this. Then it hit him. Meredith was a neurosurgeon? Why didn't he know? Then he remembered. His thoughts were disrupted by Meredith coming into the room. For some reason he felt rage towards her.
"Izzie wanted me to tell her when my day off was so she could plan Ryan a surprise birth-" she was cut off.
"Why didn't you tell me?!" he asked furiously.
