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"Mark?"

Meredith nervously looked at Mark who had recently taken a seat beside his wife. He was now leaning back, staring straight ahead at nothing. It had been a good twenty seconds and still no reply.

"Mark?"

Speaking but ignoring the nature of his name as question, Mark responded, "You're pregnant."

Meredith nodded and looked him in the eye, "No. We're pregnant."

He nodded absentmindedly and felt the back cushion next to him give away. Meredith had leaned back as well. He slowly inched his hand over and intertwined his fingers with hers. She looked over at him, wondering what was going through his mind.

"So," he said, finding his voice, "we're pregnant."

Meredith still wasn't sure how he felt. Before she got a chance to ask him, he continued.

"We're going to have a baby." A small grin crept on his face and continued to grow. He brushed a few strands out of her face with his free hand and cupped her face. "We're going to have a baby."

Meredith, now, thoroughly confused, let go of his grasp and stood up. "Um, yeah, we are. Are you—"

Mark joined her and swept her up, spinning her in a full circle and then placing her back down just as quickly. "Maybe I shouldn't have done that. Do you need to sit down?"

Placing her confusion aside for a brief moment, she smiled and enjoyed being in Mark's embrace. "No Mark, I'm fine. You didn't hurt the baby or me."

Silence consumed the couple for a few moments, both taking in the magnanimity of the situation. He finally guided her to the couch. Meredith spoke first.

"So… you're not mad?"

Mark shook his head.

"But you didn't say anything for a while."

Mark grinned. "And how did you react when you first found out?"

Meredith faintly smiled. He wasn't even there but knew.

"Exactly."

"So," Meredith started, "What do we do now?" She leaned into Mark and still marveled at how well they fit together.

"Well, we go get you checked out…talk to the- I mean, Derek…make some plans to…"

"Mark?"

"How do you feel about Addison as your doctor? She's the best." His hand went to Meredith's stomach. "And our baby deserves the best, right?"

Meredith pulled Mark's hand away from her stomach. Noticing her nervousness and sudden movement, he straightened. "Mer?"

"Uh, I'm not ready for this."

Mark leaned forward. "Mer…"

She cut him off, "No, I'm not. I'm not mother material. I'm still a resident, we haven't been married more than a month…"

"Mer…"

"And I'm Meredith. I screw up. What kind of mother would I be? I mean, I know you want kids, and I'm down for that, but later. Like, a long-time-from-now-later."

"Meredith," Mark said firmer. "Listen to me. You'll be fine. You'll learn as you go; we both will. As for your career, you can still have it. It will be hard, but you can do it. Look at Christina and Preston. I'll be with you all the way." He studied her face and asked a question he wasn't quite sure he wanted the answer to. "Mer, you do want this baby, right? I mean, you wouldn't…"

Immediately recognizing where he was going, she snapped back to reality and assuaged his fear.

"No Mark, I wouldn't get an abortion." She sighed and smiled softly. "I do want this baby." She took his hand back. "How could I not want another piece of you? It's just, what if this baby grows up and doesn't want me?"

Clearly realizing that her parental issues were still…issues, he squeezed her hand. "Then I'll throw him or her out and we'll disown them."

The shock on Meredith's face gave way to Mark's smirk.

"Mark Sloan."

"Kidding babe, kidding."

Meredith shifted and smiled back.

"You're not your parents Mer. Everything will be just fine."

A few moments passed. "Okay."

Mark chuckled. "Okay what?"

"We're having a baby." She got up and held her hand out for him to take. She had a smile on. That smile.

Mark grinned and took her hand and let himself be led upstairs. "Oh yeah, we're having a baby."


Four days later…

It was official game night at Meredith's house. Mark repeatedly asked if she felt up to hosting it and Meredith repeatedly threatened to stop him from making any future children if he didn't quite treating her like a child. Everyone was over and the games were about to begin. Meredith decided that it was the perfect time to tell everyone.

"Hey, guys," Mark's voice boomed. He pulled his wife closer. "Mer and I have something we want to tell you."

Everyone was eager to hear the news, except Christina. She already knew the news and was therefore bored. She decided to play with Micah. She chuckled to herself as she found the irony in the couple's news and her current activity. Burke looked at her questioningly. She shrugged him off.

"Well guys," Meredith started, "we have some pretty big news." Mark pulled her closer as she smiled. "In seven months we'll have a new addition to our family."

"You're getting another dog?" George asked. "That didn't work out too well last time."

Meredith seemed to be the only one to oblige him with a smile.

Izzy perked up, "No dork, that means she's…they're pregnant!"

Meredith grinned. "Yup."

Everyone got up and exchanged hugs and congratulations.

"Well Mer, guess you'll have to learn to cook now, huh?" Alex said as he hugged her.

"Don't pay attention to him," Addison added. "Congratulations you two!"

"Thanks," Mark said.

"Addy?" Mer asked.

"Yeah?"

"Mark and I were wondering if you would like to, if you would want to be our doctor?"

Addison smiled. "I'd love to."

"I get to bake! And plan the baby shower! And go shopping for baby clothes! And—"

"Iz, you need a man," Alex piped.

"And you obviously weren't one," she quipped, turning her attention to Addison, "Sorry."

Addison chuckled and nodded.

"Congrats Mer, Sloan," George said. "Sorry about he dog comment."

Meredith chuckled, "No worries. I think I'll do a little better this time though."

"So, I'm going to be an aunt?"

Meredith nodded at Lexi. "Looks like."

She hugged her sister. "Congratulations. You deserve to be happy."

"Thanks Lex."

"Mer," Derek kissed her, doing a great job at hiding his sudden twinge of pain. "Congratulations." He hugged and whispered in her ear, "You'll do great."

Meredith felt herself smile and nodded, "Thank you." No sooner than that was said was she bombarded with another hug. "I get to be an Aunt too, right?"

Meredith chuckled, "Of course Aunt Grace."

Mark stepped back from Derek's hug. "Congrats Mark. I don't think I would have put this in the cards."

Mark grinned.

"But you look really happy man, really happy."

"Don't forget 'smiley,'" the two laughed.

Burke joined the two. "Welcome to Daddy Camp." He looked over at his family. "Christina?"

She answered without looking up. "Yeah?"

"Aren't you going to give kudos to the couple?"

Christina nodded. "No, not really."

Burke raised an eyebrow. He dealt with Christina everyday, but even this was new. Unless…

"You knew," he said.

She looked up and shrugged. "Of course I knew. I'm her person."


Two months later…

"I look like there's a bowling ball in my stomach."

Christina shrugged, "Wait until next month, you'll blow up. You think you're big now…"

"Christina, so not helping," Meredith said as she tried to button up her third pair of jeans. "There."

"Seriously?" Christina looked her friend up and down.

Meredith grabbed her purse. "What?"

"You buttoned one button."

"So."

"You look like a pregnant lady who just did a quickie. In other words, you look like a whore the size of a blimp. Well, a skinny blimp, if there ever was one."

"Christina."

Her gaze softened. "Really though Mer," she searched the drawers until she found what she was looking for. "It's time."


Meredith walked through the halls annoyed at life. Well, at least her current situation.

Mark saw his wife coming down the hall and smirked. She looked rather pissed.

"This should be interesting," he said, giving the chart back to the nurse and walking towards Meredith.

She didn't see him so he decided to join her stride. "What is it today?"

Meredith growled. To others, it would've been scary. To Mark…let's just say it was month four and he was getting used to things.

"Look at me."

"I'm lookin, and I like."

Meredith rolled her eyes. "Not now Mark."

"Well, what am I looking for?"

Meredith looked at him as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "My pants. I'm wearing granny maternity pants. It's disgusting."

Trying to lighten the situation up, he observed, "Well, at least it accentuates your rear."

Meredith met his grin. "You're annoying." He feigned hurt. "But a good annoying."


"Why do you need a consult?"

Mark huffed. "Look man, are you going to give me one, or not?"

Derek decided to switch from friendly to professional. He did so pretty quickly.

"What brings you in today?"

"I need to get a couple of tests done."

Derek rolled his eyes. "For this to work, I'm the doctor, you're the patient. Work with me." He took a breath, "So, what's bothering you?"

Mark took a breath as well and knew what he had to say was going to be pretty hard on Derek. The way he saw it, he wouldn't want anyone else to treat him.

"I've been getting tests done at Mercy. I want a second opinion."

His tone turning serious, Derek put down the chart and looked at his childhood friend. "A second opinion on what?"

Mark made eye contact and abandoned it just as quickly. "They said I have a tumor."


A/N: So, there's that! I'm glad it's unexpected! Should be about six more chapters or so.

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Merderdreamy5: Yup…I thought he was adorable! Glad it didn't come across as weak.

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MarianaTeresia: Here ya go…and of course another surprise!

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