28/02/2010 10:49:00

"Derek!" you shout, running after him. "Derek, slow down!" you pant.

Thanks, god. Seriously, thanks for the extra baby weight just when you need to catch him up.

"Will you just stop?!" you shout, stopping.

"Why, so you can tell me another lie? You said you had the goddamn flu, Meredith!" he stops and turns, in a matter of moments.

You take another deep breath. Turns out he can walk pretty damn fast when he's angry.

"Derek, I was going to tell you…" you breath heavily. "I … I didn't know how!"

He's looking at you like you're dog shit on the sidewalk. He's really pissed off.

"Why not?" he demands.

You stand up straight and brace yourself with one hand on your waist.

"All this Chief stuff … I … I should've told you," you look up at him.

He sighs, hurt and a little depressed. He hugs you tightly.

"How far along are you?"

You smile into his shirt happily.

"Thirteen weeks."

He smiles with you.

"If you'd told me I'd have taken a few days off with you." He tells you.

"I know … I just … I'm sorry," you remove your face from his jacket and kiss him casually on the lips.

"You didn't eat the ice cream in the freezer, did you?" he whispers in your ear.

You let out a laugh and smack him in the arm.

"I'm not having cravings yet." You say between laughs.

"Meredith," you hear your sister say from behind you.

You recognize the tone in her voice and turn immediately. Derek notices it too.

"It's too early to assume it won't fix itself," you tell your sister. "Meredith?"

Meredith taps her foot anxiously on the floor, deep in thought.

"Meredith?" Derek asks too.

"I just think the surgery is a better idea. If I wait, there's a chance something else might go wrong," she thinks aloud.

"Mer--,"

"It's fine. Just wait. Wait a while, and in a few weeks we'll check again. If the baby still needs the surgery, then fine," Derek interjects with some sense, even though he did cut in.

"I'll wait four more weeks." Meredith sighs. "If in four weeks, it's Eyelids are still fused, then I want its Eye fixed,"

You glance at Derek, who nods, and agrees with Meredith that that's what's happening.

"Okay, then," you breathe, smiling slightly, turning the ultrasound off again.

Derek's pager goes off, and he kisses Meredith on the forehead before leaving at a jog.

You look at Meredith.

"You think I'm being stupid, right?" she pulls one side of her mouth into a half-frown.

You sigh. "I think you want your baby to be able to see through both eyes."

She nods and smiles. "Glad you see it my way," she laughs. "Want to get something to eat?"

"No, I ate an entire tub of ice-cream for breakfast. I might give birth to a cake," you joke.

"It was you!" Meredith squeals, her mouth stretching into an open-mouthed smile.

"So, you're going to get a baby bump like me soon." Meredith looks at you.

"Yeah." You swirl the plain lemonade in your hand. "Are you sure I can't get just a drop of something in this?"

"No drinking. If you don't drink anything for the next six months, I'll pay for your crib," she offers.

You groan.

"Fine, but I get to pick it out, no matter how expensive."

"Deal." She smiles. "So when are you going to tell your daddies?" she points at a table where Callie, Arizona and Mark are sitting, then to where Alex and Cristina are arguing over a peds-cardio patient.

You glance between them and give yourself a mental slap in the face.

"I'll let them figure it out on their own." You turn back to the bar and take a sip of your petty excuse for a drink.

Meredith laughs.

"I could tell them for you."

"Nope."

"Please?"

"No, Meredith."

"Lexie, If you don't, I will." She puts her hands on the bottom of the bar stool she's sitting on.

You glance at her.

"What, now?" you ask in shock, barely above a whisper.

She nods evilly.

"At the same time?" you add. "Together? Both of them?"

"Fine, then. Tell them separately. Tomorrow."

"Fine. Deal." You smile, though there's no actual happy expression on your face.

"You two talk a lot," Jackson notes from behind you.

Hope you liked it. I thought the little cliff-hanger at the end was cool. I think Jackson Avery is awesome, and he's turning out to be Lexie's best friend nowadays, so I wanted him to find out before the possible McDaddies. Reviews are really encouraging me to write more and upload them faster, so keep 'em coming! Thanks, guys!

xRhiax

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