Sorry for the delay in the update internet connections was slow and I couldn't stand waiting for it so I decided to wait.

This chapter is Derek's first day at work as an intern.

Enjoyxxx

The alarm sounded at 6 o'clock that morning. Derek rolled over and slammed it off and rolled back over and hugged Meredith.

"Hmm I don't want to go to work." Derek says.

"Well you have to. Make a living."

"I know but I would much prefer to spend the day with you."

"I know me too." She says. "You better start getting ready."

"5 more minutes."

"Okay."

45 minutes later he was finishing getting ready before he left for work.

Kaylee had gotten up 5 minutes earlier and was sitting at the table eating her breakfast.

"I'm not going to be home tonight. I won't see you until Wednesday morning sweetie."

"Why daddy?"

"I'm starting work today."

"Are you going to help sick people?"

"Yes I am."

"Can I come and see you?"

"You will have to ask mummy."

"Okay."

"I have to go now sweetie. See you later and behave for mummy."

"Okay daddy. Love you."

"I love you to." He says kissing her forehead.

He walks up stairs to his bedroom. Meredith is on her side resting. He goes to her side and kisses her forehead; pushing her hair away from her face.

"I'm going now." He whispers to her.

"Okay I'll see you Wednesday morning."

"Come for lunch today and meet me."

"Sure 1 o'clock?"

"1 o'clock." He says kissing her again. "Love you."

"Love you to."

He gets up and goes to the bassinet and kisses Cooper.

"Bye buddy. I'll see you at lunch time."

He leaves the room then leaves for the hospital.

Meredith is lying down in bed when Kaylee comes and lies down in front of her. Kaylee is facing Meredith.

"Morning mummy." She says.

Meredith opens her eyes.

"Morning Kaylee." She says as she kisses her forehead.

"Can we visit daddy today?"

"Yes we can. We're going to meet him for lunch."

"Okay."

"Then we might go and see poppy. Then we might go to the park or go and visit Charlie and Jackson. Does that sound good?"

"Yes mummy. Can we visit daddy now?"

"Not yet. We have to wait until lunch to visit him."

"How long is that away?"

"A few hours."

"I wish that would be quicker."

"Me too." She says to her. "Have you had breakfast?"

"Yes I have. Daddy made some cereal."

"Was it good?"

"The best cereal ever."

"That's good. I think I might have some myself."

"Okay mummy. I'm going to watch TV."

"Okay sweetie."

Meredith watches her climb off the bed and leave the bedroom. Meredith gets up off the bed and checks on Cooper. She sees that he is awake.

"Come on let's get you fed and we will figure out our day." She says to him.

She picks him up and holds him on her shoulder. Rubbing his back as she goes down stairs to start the day.

...

Derek pulls up at the hospital. He climbs out of his car and goes to start his first day as an intern. Mark pulls up.

"Shepherd." He says.

Derek turns around and waits for him as he jogs over towards him.

"Hey man." Mark says.

"Hi Mark. Ready for today?"

"I think so. What about you?"

"I guess. I'm gonna miss the kids like crazy though."

"I know. How are you adapting to the little one?"

"Fine I guess."

"No more incidents with Kaylee?"

"Not at the moment. She is warming up to Cooper now."

"Well that's good."

"Yeah let's get going."

They walk inside and drop their bags off in the locker room and go and get the tour around the hospital from Richard.

After the tour they are handed over their scrubs and assigned lockers. Derek unpacks everything and personalises it more. He puts photos up of Kaylee, Cooper and Meredith.

He changes into his scrubs and they start their day.

...

When it's 1 o'clock Meredith walks into the hospital with the kids in the double pram. She walks into the cafeteria and finds a seat and waits for Derek.

Derek finishes up with his patient and goes down to the cafeteria for lunch. He walks in and finds Meredith sitting with Mark, Callie and Arizona. He walks over to her and kisses her on the lips and sits down next to her.

"Daddy." Kaylee says.

"Hello princess." He says as he takes her out of the pram.

"I'm going to get some lunch what do you want?" Meredith asks.

"Whatever you're having."

"Okay."

"I'll help you." Mark says.

They go and get lunch and walk back to the table and sit down.

"So how is your first day going?"

"Alright. Slow." Derek says.

"So no patients yet?"

"Not yet just a lot of doing nothing."

"Sounds like fun."

"Not really."

"What about you guys."

"The same but I do actually have a patient." Mark says.

"Mark tell Meredith how many nurses you have slept with today." Callie says.

"Yes Mark. Tell me." Meredith says.

"Not that many."

"I don't believe that."

"Fine 3 nurses and I have gotten about 10 numbers."

"Oh there it is. I think that it will be a few more by the end of our shift." Derek says.

"Yes probably."

They eat their lunch when a doctor walks over to the table.

"Hi guys so each year one intern gets to scrub in on a surgery. So congratulations Dr Shepherd. OR 2 today at 6. You're scrubbing in with me on a hernia." Dr Roach says. "See you then."

He says walking away.

"Congratulations." Meredith says as she kisses him.

"Thank you."

Callie's pager goes off.

"I got to go. I'll see you around Meredith."

"Bye Callie."

"Cya Kaylee."

"Bye bye."

Arizona and Mark's pages go off.

"See you two later." Mark says.

"Bye guys."

They spend the rest of the lunch together.

"Okay I wish I could stay but I have to get going." He says.

"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow maybe."

"Sure. Let me know. I love you." He says as he kisses her.

"Love you to."

"Bye Kaylee."

"Bye Daddy."

He kisses her on the forehead and then kisses Cooper.

"Bye buddy."

He leaves the cafeteria.

"Come on lets go see poppy."

Meredith puts Kaylee back into the pram and they head towards Richard's office. They walk to the elevator and stand waiting for it to arrive. The doors open and Meredith walks in. She presses the floor number. Two doctors walk into the elevator and start bickering away.

"Did you hear that Dr. Shepherd is married and he already has two kids? God whoever he is married to is one lucky lady." She says.

"I know. Have you seen his hair and his eyes? God they are amazing." The other one says.

Meredith just stands there trying not to say anything.

"Mummy can we see daddy again tomorrow." Kaylee says.

The two doctors turn around and look at Meredith. Meredith smiles an embarrassed smile.

"Hi." Meredith says.

They just turn back around.

"I'm guessing she is the lucky lady." The first one whispers.

The doors open and the doctors get off and Meredith leaves as well and goes down to Richard's office. She knocks on the door.

"Come in."

She opens the door and walks inside to his office.

"Meredith, what are you doing here?"

"I came to see Derek for lunch. Since he has the 40 hour shift I brought the kids to see him."

"Okay. How our my grandkids going?"

"They are great."

"Mummy can I get out please?"

"Sure."

Meredith takes her out of the pram and she runs over to Richard. Meredith sits down.

"We didn't interrupt you did we?"

"My grandkids are allowed to interrupt me."

"So you're not doing important paperwork."

"It can wait. It is only paperwork to do about the new interns."

"Sounds like fun."

"Not really."

Meredith laughs a little.

"Anyway did you hear that Derek is doing the first surgery out of the interns?" Richard asks.

"Yes I did. I was there when they announced it."

"It's a good effort. All the surgeon's have their eyes on him. I think he is going to be a great one."

"Me too."

There is a knock at the door and Patricia is standing there.

"Sir the donor from Wilkinson is on its way."

"Okay thanks Patricia. I've got to get going Meredith."

"That's fine. I'll see you around." Meredith says.

"Bye Meredith. Bye Kaylee."

"Bye poppy."

Richard leaves and Meredith puts Kaylee back into the pram. They leave Richard's room and head down to the car.

"Do you want to go to the park Kaylee?"

"Yes please mummy."

"Good so do I."

...

Derek had scrubbed in on the hernia operation and Mark was jealous of him. Mark was awake on the top bunk and Derek was on the bottom almost asleep.

"Dude how did it feel being the first to scrub in."

"Alright felt pretty amazing."

"At least you didn't funk out and kill the patient."

"I know."

...

That night Meredith had fed Kaylee and herself dinner. She was feeding Cooper now while Kaylee was watching a movie. Kaylee was bathed and dressed ready for bed. She was almost asleep. Meredith burped Cooper and changed his clothes and laid him down in bed. She came back downstairs and Kaylee was asleep. She carried her upstairs and laid her down in bed.

Meredith cleaned up downstairs, had a shower and went to bed. She laid down. After her shower Derek not being there felt weird. It was going to be like this for a little while until Derek's work settled down. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

...

The next day Derek's day was slower again. He had just met Meredith for lunch and was paged away. He had a quick goodbye to Meredith and the kids and left. It was 911 to the pit. He joined his resident and other interns to prepare for the incoming trauma.

When the ambulances pulled into bays. Derek gets assigned to 7 year old girl who was hit by a car while she was chasing her dog. The dog got away from her and she chased it onto the road and was hit by an oncoming car. The oncoming car was then t-boned by another car.

Derek had taken her into trauma bay 2. Richard was checking her over.

"Shepherd can you take her up to CT?" Richard says.

"Yes sir."

Derek wheels her up to CT to get some scans done.

...

After the scans they had taken her into surgery for her ruptured spleen and all her other injuries. Derek was standing back watching while Richard helped save the little girl. It brought Derek back to 4 years ago when Jackson was hit by the car.

"Dr Shepherd is something up?" Richard asks.

"No it just reminds me of Jackson's accident."

"Sure does. He fought it and survived and so will this little girl."

"She sure will."

After the surgery the girl was still asleep. Her mum showed up but she had to leave because of work. The girls name was Ashleigh. She was still asleep from the surgery. Derek was writing in her chart when he heard a noise. He looked at Ashleigh and she was waking up and fighting the intubation.

"Hold on sweetie. Let me get a nurse to help me with the tube."

A nurse walks in and helps remove the tube. She leaves Derek with her.

"Hi Ashleigh. I'm Doctor Shepherd. Do you remember me from earlier?"

"No."

"That's okay. You had a pretty big surgery. You need your rest."

"Where's my mum?"

"She had to leave I think."

She starts to cry. Derek grabs onto her hand and tries to calm her down.

"Hey Ash it's alright."

He wraps his arms around her and hugs her trying to calm her down.

Her sobs quiet down.

"My mum is always like this. Work comes before everything."

"It's okay sweetie. Can I ask you something?" She nods her head. "Were you home alone when you got hit by the car?"

"Yes but it was only going to be for 10 minutes. She got called into work and my older sister was on her way over."

"Okay. Are you tired?"

"Yes but I can't sleep."

"Well when my daughter can't sleep I sing to her."

"You have a daughter?"

"Yes I do. A son as well. She is 3 years old and my son is only 1 week old."

"Don't you wish you were at home with them instead of at work?"

"Yes I do. Especially my baby boy. He was only born last Monday."

"Is he cute?"

"Of course he is. He is gorgeous just like his mum."

"Can you sing to me like you sing to your daughter?"

"Sure Ash. Now this is her bedtime song. It was used on my brother and sister in laws to get them to sleep and now it is my girls' favourite song."

"Okay."

Derek starts singing to Ashleigh. It actually does get her to sleep. When she is asleep he finished the song when a girl walks into the room. She sits down on the chair and listens to Derek singing. He turns and faces her.

"Hi. Who are you?"

"I'm her older sister, Hanna."

"Hi Hanna I'm Doctor Shepherd. I'm sorry about the song but it got her to sleep."

"No its fine. Your good with kids I must say."

"Well it helps that I have a 3 year old and a 1 week old at home. When my 3 year old can't sleep I sing to her."

"You already have kids. You look too young to have them."

"I know. Me and my wife had her early. Then we just welcomed the other one last week so it helps. Think being a father helps connect with patients better. Also I have a lot of nieces and nephews so that helps."

"Well that sounds nice."

"Anyway I'm going to leave now. My shift is about to finish so I'm going home to see my wife and kids."

"Okay Doctor Shepherd. Night."

"Night Hanna."

Derek leaves the room and heads down to the locker room. Mark and all the other interns are there. They first day is over. He starts changing from his scrubs.

"Hey Shepherd we're going to the bar across the street for a few drinks. Would you like to join us?" Peter asks.

"No I'm going home."

"To your wife and kids?"

"Yes I am."

"Okay dude. That's fine. See you around."

"Sure Peter." Derek grabs his bag. "You going home Mark?"

"No I'm going for drinks with everyone."

"Okay. Well I'm off then. See you tomorrow."

"Sure Derek."

Derek leaves the locker room saying goodbye to Arizona and Callie.

He gets in his car and drives home. He knows by the time he gets home Kaylee would be in bed and she would have been asleep for a few hours. He pulls into the driveway and goes inside. The light is on in the hallway but the rest of the house is dark. He climbs the stairs.

Ducks his head into Kaylee's room and goes and kisses her forehead.

"Sweet dreams Kaylee." He whispers.

He stands back up and goes to leave.

"Daddy?" He hears.

He turns around.

"Hey sweetie what are you doing up?"

"I wanted to wait for you to get home."

"Oh that's sweet. You could have waited until the morning."

"But I miss you too much."

"Okay. Can I tell you something?"

"Yes."

"I sang the lullaby song to a little girl today."

"Did she like it?"

"I got her to sleep."

"Can you sing the song to me?"

"Of course."

He starts singing to her and she falls asleep. He leaves he room and goes down to his. He opens the door and Meredith is awake and feeding Cooper. She looks up and a smile spreads across her face.

"Hello your home."

"I sure am. How's my beautiful wife?"

"I'm good. Pretty tired. Just waiting for this little one to fall asleep."

He kisses her and sits down beside her.

"How was your first shift?"

"Alright. Today a 7 year old came in after being hit by a car. She was home alone and chased her dog out onto the road."

"Oh no. How is she now?"

"She's good after the surgery's she had to have but she is a tough girl. The sad thing though is that her mum is more interested in her job then her daughter."

"I hate that."

"What?"

"How some people have kids and chose their jobs over them." Meredith says.

"I know me too." He says as he looks at her. "We won't be like that. Hopefully not."

"We won't. We will make time for them and to be their parents not leave them like my mum did."

"Of course we will. Anyway I smell so I'm having a shower."

"Okay."

He goes and gets into the shower.

Ten minutes later he walks out of the shower, kisses Cooper goodnight and climbs into bed next to Meredith.

"I missed you last night." She says.

"I know me too."

"Yesterday when I was in the elevator there were these two female doctors started talking about you and how you are married with kids and how whoever is married to you is one lucky lady."

"That lady is."

"Yeah Kaylee blew our cover though."

"Yeah well I got asked to go for drinks tonight and I passed on it. I don't think they get that I have a family at home."

"You could go for drinks though. I don't mind."

"I know that but I wanted to come home and spend the night with you instead of being out drinking. I have plenty of time to drink with them."

"Yeah I know. I'm glad you are home."

"Me too."

"I love you."

"Love you to Meredith."

What'd you think? Let me know. Next chapter will be Derek's birthday with him leaving Meredith at home with the kids and it is hell for Meredith.