A Bump In The Road

Everything for Addison and Derek seems to be going in hyper speed since they told his family and her family about the baby. Its been 8 weeks and they already have a new home and arranged to take off time when he or she is born and seen the baby at least 3 times. Derek was just getting home from a long shift and was steps away from the door when his pager went off. It was Nancy. His heart sunk and he ran all the way back to the hospital. When he arrived Mark was waiting for him in the lobby to bring him up. Derek asked, "What happened, is Addison ok is the baby okay?"

Mark looked at Derek, "first off catch your breath."

Derek stops and tries to take small deep breaths, "Mark what's wrong?"

Mark explains, "First off they are both fine. I went over to check on Addison like you asked. I used my key because I didn't want to wake her if she was asleep. Addison was curled up in a ball in pain. So I called 911 and called Nancy. I thought she was miscarrying so did Addie. We were both sobbing, Nancy did an ultrasound and exam and we discovered she has appendicitis. She is going into surgery in a few minutes we wanted to wait until you got here."

Derek cries, "Is the baby okay?"

Mark hugs him, "Its fine, I saw the baby and I think you are having are having a little…"

Derek stops him, "I don't want to know. Lets go see Addison."

Mark laughs, "Okay, she knows though. Nancy told her."

Derek sighs, "then I will have Addison tell me when we get upstairs."

Mark smirking, "okay lets go see her." Mark guides Derek upstairs to see his wife. As soon as they get near the room Nancy stops them.

Nancy pulls Derek aside, "She is really nervous about everything at the moment. So be positive and tell her it will be okay because it will be. I will be in there the whole time. "

Derek nods, "okay." He enters the room and kisses her and hugs her. He tells her, "It's going to be fine. The baby will be fine."

Addison, "do you want to know what it is?"

Derek shakes his head no, "You can tell me after the surgery."

Addison loved her husband was so confident it made her feel so much better, she kisses him, "I love you, I ll see you in a little bit."

Derek kisses her forehead, "I love you too."

Nancy pats her brother on the back, "Thanks! Now go sit with Mark, We will grab you when she is out of recovery."

Derek nods and walks over to Mark, "Thanks Mark!"

Mark puts an around his best friend, "Anytime Derek"

Derek thinks about every possible scenario, he asks Mark, "what if we lose the baby?"

Mark knowing it may occur, "Its not going to happen you know why?"

Derek asks, "What makes this less dangerous. The baby isn't even viable yet. We have another 4 weeks and even then it's a 10 percent survival rate."

Mark thinks of a good way to make him feel better, "This happens all the time and Nancy is with Addison and your…kid"

Derek smiles, "It's killing you not telling me what the baby is?"

Mark smirks, "yes but I will respect your wishes. Have you and Addison decided on any names yet?"

Derek decides this will be a great way to take his mind off what is going on, "We have."

Mark waiting for more of an answer, "And what have the two of you thought of? What are your girl names?"

Derek now thinks he is a girl, " Addison loves the name Carson, and I love the name too. I like the name Zoey or Maggie for a girl. Addison also likes the name Cameron."

Mark thinking out loud really just trying to keep Derek's mind off of what is going on, "So what about her middle names?"

Derek thinks, "We really have discussed it more then if we had a boy, we would name a boy Derek Christopher Shepherd and call him Chris or Christopher. No junior but I am thinking Addison feels that this one her clone. For a girl I like Zoey Carolyn and Margaret Rose. For Carson, I love Carson Derek or Carson Michael for my dad."

Mark toying with Derek because he sees how good of a distraction it is, "what if he looks like you?"

Derek ponders that idea, "That would be great so we would Derek Christopher. I really don't know. I just a healthy baby."

Mark agrees, "me too! I really can't wait until we can take them places and they are old enough to go to the bars with us."

Derek laughs, "I doubt my daughter would like that if I had a son who knows. Shouldn't they be done by now."

Mark looks at his watch; "soon, Nancy said she would get us once she was out of recovery."

Derek, "okay, Nancy says its possible he or she will be born on your birthday due to the fact she may have the due date wrong."

Mark, "really that would be cool,"

Derek hears footsteps and looks up, Nancy greets them, "Derek Mark. Everything went well, Addison is resting and the baby is fine. I am going to keep her here for week to make sure then she will be out of work for another two to three weeks. "

Derek cries in relief, " Can I see her?"

Mark asked, "Can I see her too?"

Nancy replies, "yes, follow me she should be just waking up."

Derek and Mark follow Nancy, they arrive at Addison's room. Derek takes Addison's hand, "Hi hun." Derek notices her hands go for her belly, Derek responds, " the baby made it threw, Nancy is keeping you here for week to keep an eye on the two of you. So do you want to tell me what we are having?"

Addison smiles, "you really want to know?"

Derek nods, "yes I do!"

Addison smiles, "we are having a little…boy"

Derek eyes go wide in excitement, "Really!"

Addison looks at Derek, "yes," takes his hand, "this is Carson."

Derek smiles, "how did you decide he was Carson?"

Addison replies, "Just a feeling and I was very active like Carson."

Derek smiles, "I can't wait for him."

Mark suggests a name, "how about Carson Everett or Carson Mark."

Addison laughs, "I see you two girls where discussing baby names."

Mark smirks, "maybe it helped keep us calm."

Addison pats Mark, "its cute, I do like the name Carson Mark Shepherd its only fair since the next one is going to be named Derek Christopher Shepherd. "

Mark looks, " where is he?"

Addison takes Mark's hand, "he is right here."

Mark smirks, "he just kicked me. That's my boy"

Derek smiles, "he is moving around."

Nancy comes in, "go home Mark, Addison needs her rest."

Addison, "can they both stay please."

Nancy, "okay. I'll be back tomorrow."

Addison yawns, "okay!"