Meredith stirred on the couch; she rubbed her eyes before stretching out. It only took her a few seconds before she realised that she wasn't where she had last been. Looking around, she realised where she was. She was in Marks office. Meredith's eyes trailed over the room before resting on him leaning against the door.
"Hi" she whispered sleepily.
"Hey" he replied as he moved closed into the room. Closing the door behind him.
"How did I get here?" she asked still groggy from sleep.
"You fell asleep in a closet, so I carried you up here." he explained. "This bug seems to be knocking you around."
Mark pulled a chair over so he could sit in front of her. He gave her a brief kiss before running his hand down her side. He then let his hand linger on her stomach.
Meredith didn't pull away; she figured that somehow he had worked it out. His hand felt warm and nurturing. Meredith let out a sigh. "So you
know" she stated.
"Know what?" he asked in his attempts to play dumb.
"Were pregnant" she said quietly as she made herself sit up.
"Pregnant" he smirked, "so glad you told me."
"Mark" she groaned, "I only found out this morning."
"That means you were hiding out in the closet all day." he quipped.
"I had a lot on my mind" she groaned as she looked up at him.
"Yes 5 is a lot" he joked as he pulled the print out of his coat pocket.
"Where did you get that?" she asked, not remembering what she had done with it.
"On the floor screwed up next to a sleeping you." he responded.
"So..." she asked, not wanting to really know what his thoughts were as she expected him to run for the hills.
"Were having quints" he said as a grin appeared lighting up his whole face.
"You're happy?" she asked, unable to hide her surprise.
"Yeah, you?" he asked confused.
"Yeah... just...5" she said in awe.
"Yeah 5" he grinned.
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Mark and Meredith sat in the cafeteria holding hands. "Well I'm so glad we are doing this in 2 weeks because if we left it any longer, I would
be bigger than a whale." Meredith joked.
Mark squeezed her hand. "Did everyone R.S.V.P?" Mark asked.
"Yeah but I feel a little bad because I didn't invite Richard" she grimaced.
"Hang on, but I thought you decided to." Mark went on, "Mer, he has been like a dad to you since you've been here."
Meredith shrunk back at the thought. "There is so much I really need to tell you. But I don't know if I can."
Mark looked at her shocked. "What?"
"It's complicated, family stuff, you wouldn't understand"
Suddenly Meredith's phone begins to ring. "Hey Aunt Lisa" Meredith begins.
"Young lady you have a hell of a lot of explaining to do."
"Uncle Greg is that you?" she asked.
"Yes, and when I see you I am going to throttle you." he grumbled.
"What did I do?" She protested.
"Richard Webber" he yelled down the phone.
"Crap!" Meredith exclaimed.
"I will be seeing you in 2 hours; you have a lot of explaining to do." Her uncle hung up the phone.
Meredith closed her phone "CRAP! CRAP! CRAP!"
Mark watched closely. "Who was that?" he finally asked.
"My uncle" she grimaced.
"What's his problem?" Mark asked.
"Me" Richard answered as he made himself noticed.
Meredith grimaced and looked up at Richard.
"Well I take it you know your Aunt and Uncle are coming to Seattle?" he asked, as he looked down on her.
"You know?" She exclaimed.
"I called them here." he answered shrugging his shoulders.
Meredith ran her hands over her stomach. "But why?" she asked.
"For work" he answered. "Now are you going to tell me why Cubby was so shocked to hear that I was the Chief of Seattle Grace?"
Meredith looked over at Mark and back up at Richard "I really can't do this now." she said as she pushed past her chair, and did a bolt.