I apolgise for the time between updates but i have a lot going on at the moment so updates will be few and far between for a while. Please stick with it!!! Now for the chapter a lot of people have been waiting for. Dani xx

CHAPTER NINE: MCHUSBAND

"Is it my birfday yet Mommy?" Matilda asked Meredith as they made their way to the hospital. All her and Izzie had been hearing about was her birthday and it was beginning to get on both of their nerves.

"Tilly we talked about this. Remember one more sleep until your birthday" Izzie explained as Meredith focussed on driving.

"Is Izzie right Mommy?" Matilda asked not believing anything until she heard it from Meredith.

"Yes Izzie is right" Meredith groaned.

"You okay Mer?" Izzie asked noticing Meredith's impatience with Matilda and quietness.

"Yeah I just have this feeling that something is going to happen today. It's silly I know but I can't shake it" Meredith admitted as they parked at the hospital.

"I'm sure it's nothing" Izzie assured Meredith as she got out and helped Matilda out of the car. Meredith took her hand and led her to the day care telling Izzie she would see her in the locker room.

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"Ah my second favourite resident" Burke announced as Meredith met up with him.

"Only second that hurts a little" Meredith said with a small giggle.

"You're smiling" Preston noted knowing that it was rare to see a smile on his little sister's face these days. "What can I do for you?" he asked.

"Bailey sent me to you. I was supposed to be with Addison but apparently she had too many interns or something at the moment" Meredith explained to her brother.

"Ah well lucky you"

"Why does that make me lucky? I'm glad not to have interns yet" Meredith said with a smirk.

"Lucky because you get to assist me in a double bypass surgery. If you're up to it of course" he said with a hint of competiveness.

"Hell yeah" Meredith said with a smile. "So are you still coming tomorrow?" Meredith asked referring to the small party they were having for Matilda's birthday. Luckily her birthday fell on a Saturday so it wasn't too difficult for them all to get time off work.

"Of course. Cristina and I will be there" he said assuring his little sister. "Do you need us to bring anything?"

"Nope just yourself, oh and I'm sure your niece expects gifts" Meredith said with a smirk.

"Of course she does. Well in that case can you draw some final bloods for Mr Ryan and check my post ops" Preston said as he headed off to see more of his patients.

"That was amazing" Meredith scoffed as she scrubbed out of surgery with Burke. "You are arrogant for a reason after all" Meredith teased.

"You will have an ego the size of mine too in good time Mer, if not worse" he teased back.

"I resent that" Meredith giggled.

Preston looked at her. It was good to see her some what happier than she had been. She seemed to be gaining weight too which was a good sigh especially with her pregnancy progressing along. She was almost 12 weeks now, almost out of her first trimester.

"You should go get something to eat, don't want my nephew starving" Burke told her.

"Ah so you think it's a boy" Meredith asked as she turned to leave the scrub room.

"I know it is" Burke called after her.

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"I just got to scrub in on a double bypass, jealous?" Meredith asked as she joined Cristina and Izzie on the bridge overlooking the hospital lobby.

"Hell yes" Cristina said perking up a bit. "I've been stuck down in the pit with my whiny interns you are so lucky you don't have interns" Cristina ranted.

"My interns are great" Izzie babbled. "I feel like I am really teaching them, getting into their minds."

"Yeah Izzie that right there, that is sometimes why I hate you" Cristina said glaring at her.

"By the way Meredith what time do we have to be at your place tomorrow?"

"Around 11 should be fine" Meredith replied rubbing her temples.

"My day off and I'm spending it with you and the kid" Cristina groaned. "What do I buy it?"

"Um I don't know I'm sure Preston will know what to buy her, she had everything in New York" Meredith replied not really paying attention.

"Are you okay Mer?" Izzie asked concerned.

"Yeah just a bit of a headache, it's just tension" Meredith said brushing it off.

"Okay well if it gets worse tell me and I will examine you" Izzie said.

"I should get her a doctor set" Cristina said thinking out loud.

"She has one, Mom and Dad got it for her last Christmas" Meredith said.

"I'd get a Barbie but Izzie lives with you so she already as her own personal one" Cristina joked to Izzie but she was less than impressed.

"Cristina that's the kind of crap that makes me dislike you" Izzie said bitterly.

Meredith barely listened to her friends argue as her eyes set on a familiar figure at the nurse's station located near the lobby. She watched as he smiled his trademark smile at the nurse, clearly charming her to get him to what he wanted.

"Mer, Meredith are you listening to me?" Izzie asked breaking Meredith from her gaze.

"Oh sorry was in my own world" Meredith said with a small smile before she glanced back down to where the figure stood.

Izzie curiously looked down to where Meredith's eyes were fixed.

"Oh nice Mer, whose the McHottie?" Izzie asked slightly excited.

"That would be McHusband" Meredith said softly as her pager beeped. Just as she had thought, he had charmed the nurse so she would page her. Some things never change.