Here's chapter 8. Sorry for the wait. I've just been busy with school and my really non important life. This takes straight after last chapter. Also thanks for your comments.
"Derek what are you doing here?"
"Can't your best friend come over and see you." He says pushing past her inside the house.
"Yes you can but not in the middle of the night and drunk for a matter of fact." She says angry.
"Well sorry. I've had a really bad night so I went to Mark's and we drank and we drank. Then he kicked me out. I didn't want to go home so I came here." He slurs out.
"Why don't you want to go home?" She asks confused.
"Well first thing Kathy is pregnant and really pregnant so pregnant the baby is due any day now. And all she does is bitches about everything." He rambles on.
"Yeah but she doesn't live with you. What is it?" She asks handing him some water.
"My dad is dead." Meredith's face drops. "He was shot dead and the only thing I did was protected Amelia and myself. Who does that? Seriously. Who chooses his little sister over his dad?"
"Michael died." Is all she can manage to say.
"I know it was because of me. I killed my father." He yells at the top of his lungs.
"Derek. Quiet down. And you didn't kill your father the people who shot him did. And you saved Amelia's life." She tries to reassure him.
"So, I lost a father today. I could have protected him."
"The person you protected is your baby sister. I'm sure she is grateful for it and you will be in the long run." Meredith states placing a hand on his shoulder
"Maybe but she is stubborn so I don't think she will." He says looking into her eyes.
"Derek she will okay. Trust me." She says placing a hand on his cheek.
Derek leans in closer and presses his lips against Meredith's. Meredith kisses him back hard then pulls away.
"Derek you need to shower. Then you can stay here for the night." Meredith tells him. She gets up the shower ready for him. Derek stumbles up the stairs into the bathroom. Meredith hands him a towel and his clothes that he left. She walked out and shut the door to get his bed ready.
She walks past the bathroom 10 minutes later to not hear the shower running. She hadn't heard the shower running in the past 10 minutes. So she knocks on the door.
"Derek, have you showered yet?" She asks. He doesn't reply to her so she becomes concerned and decides to open the door. She opens it to reveal Derek sitting in the bathtub with a bottle of tequila in his hands. "Um where did you get that?" She asks pointing to it.
"Do you want a drink? I have plenty." He says to her.
She walks over to him and set herself next to him in the bath. She reaches for the bottle and takes a sip from it. She hands the bottle back to him and he takes a huge swig. Meredith takes the bottle from him then pours it down the drain. He tries grabbing it but Meredith holds him back. He isn't happy with her and starts sulking.
"Derek seriously. This is not what I told you to do. I want you to have a shower then sleep." She tells him.
"But I need to drink." He says.
"No you don't. You need to shower and sleep so I don't get killed for my room smelling like tequila and that your mum doesn't shoot you when she sees you." She says.
"Fine." He says.
She gets out of the bath and helps him out. He starts undressing and she turns the shower on. She closes the door and Derek showers. Meredith changes into her pyjamas and turns all the lights off downstairs. She walks back up to her room and lies down on her bed and falls asleep.
Derek emerges in ten minutes later. He sees Meredith sleeping so he climbs into bed next to her. He just watches her sleep. He then leans in and kissing the back of her neck. Meredith stirs. He places more kisses along her collar bone and works his way up to her neck then to her lips. Meredith turns around and faces him as he places another kiss on her lips.
"Derek what are you doing." She says between kisses.
"I'm drowning my sorrows." He says kissing her collar bone.
"Not like this." She says even though she is enjoying it.
"Why not?" He asks stoping and looking at her.
"Because it is wrong and were not together and it is not the right thing to do." She tells him.
His face then drops. She hates seeing him like this and he wasn't before when he was kissing her. So she decides that she will let him kiss her to feel better. She wraps an arm around his waist.
"Okay. Do whatever." She tells him.
He then kisses her again and deepens it with his tongue searching for entry into her mouth. She allows it and they keeping kissing. Derek shifts positions so he is lying onto of her. She runs her hands up and down his body while he kisses her collar bone. She throws her head back into the pillows. The two of them are then naked and sharing a moment she wishes has wanted for so long.
The two fall out having sex.
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The two of them are both naked in each other's embrace when she wakes up in the morning. She hears her mum yelling at Jackson. She realises that she has to get Derek dressed before her mum walks into her bedroom. She slides out of his embrace and throws her discarded pyjamas on and then moves to wake Derek up. She shakes him and he wakes up. He looks around at his surroundings and peaks under the covers and notices that he is naked.
"What happened?" He asks.
"Um, don't you remember Derek?" She says.
"Yes but we did it didn't we?" He asks confused.
"Yes Derek we did. Now you better get dressed before mum storms in. I would love to hear what she has to say about you naked in my bed." She says. Derek goes to move out of the bed. "No Derek wait until I leave the bedroom."
"I wouldn't think that was a problem seeing me naked again." He says with a grin.
"Shut up Derek" She says with a giggle.
"Admit it. You loved it. Cause I know that I did." He says smiling.
"You really wanna know? She says. He nods his head.
"Meredith, what the hell are you doing?" She hears Ellis call out.
"Shit get dressed." Meredith says in a panic. "Wait here."
She walks out of her bedroom and closes the door behind her. Coming face to face with Ellis.
"Meredith, why did you let Jackson go to his friends' house?" She says angry.
"Mum it can't hurt. He needed to get out and be with his friends. Anyway I thought you would have been working." Meredith snaps.
"No I'm not. I got the day off and you're not his mother. You can't make these decisions." Ellis yells.
"I think I could be his mother. I make all these decisions usually." Meredith says and walks down to the bathroom Ellis is fast on her heels. Meredith walks in and slams the door in her face making Ellis furious.
"You can't hide from me."
"Yes I can. Now leave me alone. I hate seeing your face first thing in the morning." Meredith says through the door with tears streaming down her eyes.
"Well sorry. I hate seeing you as well. You're an awful daughter the worst daughter someone could ask for." Ellis says. Meredith burst into tears now.
"Mum, please just leave me alone." Meredith says.
"I bet you don't tell Derek to leave you alone when you're upset." She says. With that comment Meredith opens the door so she is face to face with her mum.
"Do not ever say something like that about Derek again. You hear me." Meredith says through her teeth.
"No because you cannot tell me what to do. I can say anything about him and I could have him easily banned from this house." Ellis says crossing her arms over her chest.
"You're acting like a 10 year old you know. By the way your never home to realise if Derek is here or not. So there is no way you can ban him. Also he helps with the kids more than anything and they love him. So I would love to see what they say about him being banned."
"Well why don't you ask them. As a matter of fact I will." Ellis says fuming.
"Good go ahead and by the way Jackson says that if he could pick anyone in the world to be his mum he would pick me." Ellis face is furious now. "And also he would pick Derek as his dad." Ellis then turns around and stomps down the stairs angry. Meredith chases her to make sure she yell at Jackson again. Ellis grabs her keys and her bag and leaves for the hospital.
Meredith turns back up the stairs and walks into her bedroom and slams the door. She walks over to her bed and collapses onto it and starts crying. Derek had heard the whole argument and doesn't say a word. He just throws his arm around her and continues watching TV.
...
"Jackson are you ready." Meredith calls out to him.
"Yes I will be down in a second." Jackson calls back.
Meredith is in the kitchen making coffee. Jackson walks into the kitchen with his bag and pillow he places it down and sits on the stool at the bench. He drops his hands into his face.
"What's wrong Jackson?" Meredith asks.
"Is Derek upset because I heard him yelling last night about someone dying?" He says in a quiet voice.
"Well he is sad. I think he has a reason to be though." She says taking a seat next to him.
"Why?" He asks.
"If I tell you, you have to be a grown up about it. I'm talking to you like a grown up." Meredith says. Jackson nods his head. "Okay the reason Derek is sad is because his dad died last night."
"What Uncle Mick died?" He says with sadness.
"Yes he did." She says. Jackson doesn't say anything and he drops his head.
Meredith wraps her arms around him and pulls him close to her. Jackson throws moves deeper into her embrace and burries his head into the crook of her neck. Mer rubs her hands up and down his back to calm him down. Derek walks into the kitchen and Meredith looks up at him. He moves closer to them and places a hand on Jackson's shoulder. He looks up at him.
"I'm sorry Derek." Jackson says.
"Hey mate its fine. You know it happens." Derek reassures him even though he is hurting inside.
"Yeah I know."
The small talk is then broken by the door bell ringing. Jackson jumps up and wipes the tears away from his cheek. Meredith gets up as well and follows him out to the front door. Jackson opens the door to find his friend Luke and his mum standing there.
"Hey Jackson." He says.
"Hi." Jackson replies.
Maybe this wasn't the best time to tell him. Meredith thinks to herself.
"Hey Luke." Meredith says.
"Hi Mer. You ready to go Jackson?' Luke asks.
"Yeah sure." He turns to Meredith and looks up at her. She gives him a quick hug and a kiss on top of his head.
"Bye Mer."
"Bye sweetie."
He follows Luke down to the car while Daisy stays behind.
"So what time tomorrow." She asks.
"Um anytime I guess. Let the boys have some fun." Meredith replies.
"Okay sure. So 3 o'clock okay?" She asks.
"That's perfect. See you tomorrow then."
"Yeah sure." Daisy turns and leaves for the car. Meredith watches them drive away then she walks into the lounge were Derek is watching TV with Charlie. She places herself next to Derek who places an arm around her. Charlie comes and sits in the middle of them. Derek's phone then starts ringing. He looks at the screen and ignores it.
"Aren't you going to get that?" She asks.
"No, it's okay. They can wait." He says looking at the screen.
"It could be important. Kathleen is supposed to be having the baby any day now." Meredith says.
"I know. I just need space. Time to breath." He then gets a text message and he just ignores it. Meredith reaches for his phone and opens it.
"Derek where are you. Mum is going crazy. Anyway Kathleen just went into labour and it's progressing fast so the baby could be born very soon. Please just let me know that you are safe. Love Nanc." Meredith reads out. "Derek just reply to her and say that you are with me. At least they know you are alive and not dead somewhere."
"You can." He tells her. Meredith just sighs and replies to Nancy.
"There hopefully they won't send the police over."
"Yeah." He says not paying much attention.
"Derek can we go see Kath when the baby is born?" Charlie asks.
"Sure sweetie we can do anything you want." Derek says looking down at her.
Derek's phone then starts going off. Derek doesn't make a move to answer it so Meredith answers it.
"Hello Nancy."
"Hi Mer. Can you tell my stubborn brother that he has just become an uncle to a baby boy?"
"Of course I can. We should be there in 40 minutes."
"Okay see you then."
"Bye." Meredith hangs up and sits on the coffee table in front of Derek. She grabs his hands. "Derek you just became an uncle."
A huge smile spreads across his face. "What is it?"
"A boy." He jumps up in the air and pulls her into a hug. Charlie then jumps on the lounge wanting some attention. Derek lets go of Meredith and picks Charlie up.
"Let's go." He says holding onto Charlie.
"Derek hold on. Charlie isn't dressed and you need clean clothes." She says pointing at his clothes.
"Okay. We will stop at home." He says.
He carries Charlie upstairs and dresses her. He walks down ten minutes later with Charlie. Meredith is waiting in the kitchen wrapping a present in wrapping paper.
"Since when did you have time to buy a present?" He jokes.
"Ever since she told me she was having a baby I bought something as I knew when she had it we would be too focused on getting to see her." She says.
"Okay, you ready to go then?" He asks.
"Hold on a second." She says. "Done. Let's go." They walk out of the house to the car and head to Derek's.
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Charlie runs a head of them into the hospital foyer. Meredith and Derek trail behind her.
"Car slow down." She says.
Charlie runs straight into Carolyn.
"Hello sweetie." Carolyn says. She grasp onto her hand.
"Hi. Can I see Kathleen?" Charlie asks.
"Sure sweetie but in a second."
"Hi ma." Derek says kissing her cheek.
"Hello to you both." She says.
"I'm so sorry Ma." Meredith whispers.
"Don't worry about it. You know you lose a life then you gain a new one which happens to be my first grandson."
"Who I would love to meet." Meredith tells her.
"Then come with me." She takes them down to Kathleen's room.
Charlie walks in first and goes straight over to Kathleen. Amelia, Nancy and Alice get up and leave the room as it is becoming very congested. Derek walks over to her and places a kiss on her cheek. And Meredith follows suit. Derek picks Charlie up so she can get a better look.
"And who is this?" Meredith asks.
"This is Braden Michael." Kathleen introduces.
"His just stunning. May I?" Meredith asks.
"Yeah sure."
Meredith places the present on the bed and Kathleen places the sleeping baby into her arms. Meredith rocks him from side to side watching the baby sleep. Charlie and Derek watch carefully.
"Meredith can I have a hold?" Charlie asks.
"You will have to ask Kath." She says. Before Charlie can ask.
"Sure Charlie." Kathleen says.
Derek places her down on the ground. "You will have to sit on the chair to hold him."
Charlie sits in the chair in the corner and Derek shows her how to have her arms.
"Charlie have your arms like Mer's." Derek asks.
Charlie puts her arms up like Mer's. Meredith walks over and lowers the baby into her arms. Derek sits in front of her and helps her hold onto Braden. Meredith takes her camera out and takes a photo of Charlie.
"Wow Mer it's beautiful you didn't have too." Kathleen says holding up the bunny rug and the cream teddy bear.
"Yes I did."
"Well thank you."
"My arms are hurting." Charlie whines.
"Okay I will take him now." Derek says. He takes the baby out of her arms. Charlie walks over to Meredith's side and taps her leg. She looks down and she puts her hands up in the air.
"Are you jealous because you're not the baby anymore?" Meredith says laughing while picking her up and she puts her head into Meredith's neck embarrassed. "Charlie it's okay because you'll be the baby in my life for a long time." She lifts her head up.
"Really?"
"Yes sweetie." Meredith says.
"Well Kathleen does he take after the Shepherd gene of thick black hair." Derek asks.
"Take a look for yourself." Kathleen says. Derek takes his beanie off and examines his bald head.
"Did they switch babies?" He asks sarcastically.
"No I don't think so. I was surprised myself but I'm getting used to the idea that he won't become a splitting image of his uncle."
"And that's a bad thing?" He says laughing.
"No. No its not." She says with a smile. The midwife then walks in.
"Okay let's try feeding him now." She says.
Derek hands him back to Kathleen.
"I will call back tomorrow Kath. I might bring Jackson." He says.
"Okay. Thanks for the gift Mer."
"No problem. We will leave you to it. Bye Kath." Meredith says.
"Bye." She says and looks at Charlie. "Bye Princess." Kath says.
"Bye. Have fun with him." Charlie says waving. Causing everyone to laugh.
"His not a doll." Meredith tells him.
"I know. I'm hungry." She says.
"We will go then."
They walk out of her room and leave the hospital to go and get a late lunch.
"His so beautiful." Meredith says.
"I know." He says placing his arm around her waist.
There we go. What did you think? I will hopefully have the next chapter up by Saturday. All depends on how busy I am. Please let me know what you think.
