Disclaimer: Grey's Anatomy is not mine.

Okay, Chapter 9 jumps ahead directly after the birth of Derek and Meredith's second son. I thought thoroughly about it and felt that I needed to switch gears in order for this story to go anywhere. I decided to give Derek and Meredith another son, well, because I felt bad for Derek. Here the guy is his entire life surrounded by estrogen with having a mom and four sisters. Darn it, I thought he was in need of some extra testosterone for once! Please read and enjoy!

Chapter Nine:

Derek pointed into the nursery window, showing Noah where his baby brother slept.

"There's Cole, Noah. There's your little brother. See? He's sleeping," Derek spoke to Noah softly, watching his reaction to the news.

Noah gave him a disgruntled look. "No baby," he shook his head. "No brudder." Derek raised his eyebrows at him. This could be more challenging that he and Meredith had thought. They had spend the last four months of Meredith's pregnancy talking to Noah about how he was going to be a big brother, taking him to sibling preparation classes, and letting him help decorate his new bedroom so his baby brother or sister could move into the nursery.

Derek patted his butt gently. "Yes, Noah, you have a baby brother. His name is Cole. He loves you very much and he can't wait to play with you."

Noah looked at Derek like he lost his mind. "No, Daddy. Me no play. My toys." He frowned at his father. "Me want Mommy. Where me Mommy?" Derek sighed and looked into the nursery at Cole. Hopefully, this phase was temporary with Noah. It had to be.

Derek placed Noah on the ground and grabbed his hand, walking down the hall to Meredith's room. His two year old was definitely stubborn. Just like his mother.

Meredith's eyes lit up as she saw two of her three men walk into her room. Noah saw her and ran over to her bed, climbing the side and settling himself right beside her. "Hi, Mommy," he said. He snuggled next to her in her bed.

"Mer, I think we may have a slight problem," Derek informed her, coming to her and kissing her on the forehead. He motioned to Noah with his eyes when she looked at him curiously.

"What's wrong?" she mouthed to him over Noah's head.

Derek pointed to his stomach and mouthed "baby", shaking his head 'no".

Meredith set her mouth in the shape of an "o" like she understood what Derek was gesturing to her. She looked down at Noah, who was fiddling with the television remote. She ran her fingers through his dark curls. "Noah, did you see your new baby brother?" she asked him softly. Derek listened to the conversation as he sat down in the chair beside Meredith's bed.

"No," Noah replied. "No baby brudder."

Meredith and Derek exchanged concerned looks. "Did you see Cole?" Meredith asked him again.

"I say no," Noah replied shortly, giving Meredith an irritated look. The topic of his baby brother was apparently a touchy subject with him.

Derek cleared his throat. "Buddy, remember how Mommy and I talked to you about the baby that was growing in her belly and he would come out of her belly soon and be part of our family?" Noah looked at him curiously and nodded. Derek continued, "Cole came out of Mommy's belly and now we're going to take him home with us in a few days."

Noah's face became irritated again. "Baby stay here. I say so," he shook his head. Meredith looked at Derek with wide eyes. Derek gave her a helpless look.

"Somebody's hungry," a voice said suddenly. The nurse pushed Cole through the door in his basinet. Derek immediately got up and went to him. He smiled down at his new son who was the spitting image of his older brother. It was unbelievable how much Cole looked like Noah. Only, Cole's eyes weren't as blue as Noah's. One of the nurses had said that Cole's eyes would probably turn green. Green like his mother's. The same eyes that Derek could not say no to. He was doomed. Derek lifted Cole from his basinet and settled him against his chest. He was a bigger baby than Noah, weighing almost nine pounds. "Put him down!" Noah yelled from Meredith's bed, noticing Derek holding Cole. "Daddy, put him down!" he yelled. The nurse gave Derek and Meredith a sympathetic look.

"Someone is not happy about their new brother," she observed, looking at the angry expression of the two year old.

Meredith sighed. "I thought he'd be better than this, really. We thought we prepared him enough. I guess we were wrong."

The nurse chuckled. "He'll come around. It's a big adjustment being the center of Mommy's and Daddy's world one day and then sharing the spotlight the next."

Derek looked at Noah. "He still is the center of our world. But now his brother is in the center, too," he said softly, gazing at Cole, who was staring up at him. Yep, green, he thought. Cole suddenly began to fuss.

Noah snapped his head up to see why the baby was making noises. "He want his Mommy," Noah announced. Derek nodded as he carried Cole over to Meredith, gently placing him in her arms. "Yep, Buddy, Cole wanted his Mommy," Derek ran his hand over Noah's head.

Noah looked at Meredith in shock. "You my Mommy," he informed her.

Meredith nodded. "Yes, Noah, I'm your Mommy, and Daddy and I love you very, very much. We love Cole, too. Will you share me and Daddy with Cole? He needs a mommy and a daddy, too."

Noah frowned for a moment, looking at Cole. Derek watched him as he processed what Meredith had said to him.

"Okay, you be his mommy," he pointed a chubby finger at her. Noah then turned and pointed at Derek. "You be his daddy." He pointed at Cole, "but he no play with my toys."

"Derek! Look at me!" Meredith exclaimed, coming out of the bathroom. He looked up from the article he was reading. His eyes got huge. They were back! Meredith's pregnant boobs were back. Oh, God, how he missed them!

"Looking," Derek said, his eyes never leaving her chest, becoming aroused as Meredith stood in front of him in only her panties. "What's the problem?"

Meredith exhaled loudly and motioned to her swollen breasts. "Look at my boobs already!"

Derek nodded. "I am looking at them. They are amazing. Can I keep them?" he joked.

Meredith glared at him as she sat on the bed. "I am twelve weeks pregnant, Derek. I have the boobs now that I had when I was nursing Noah. What is going on?" she sighed, flopping back on the bed. Derek groaned inwardly as his erection became as hard as a rock.

"It means that your body is getting prepared to feed a baby," He said as he stared at his wife's chest.

Meredith turned her head to look at him. "Derek, they were never this big this soon before. What the hell is going on?" she demanded.

"God apparently loves me," Derek said smugly, moving down the bed to snuggle up next to her. "He wants me to be happy," He moved his hand up her stomach to gently massage her breast. Meredith rolled her eyes at him.

"Derek Shepherd, I am not in the mood to have sex," she informed him, fighting her desire for him that was currently overwhelming her body. Derek positioned himself so that he laid on top of her, taking one of her sensitive nipples in his mouth. He watched her reaction as he sucked gently. She jumped and shivered at his movements and moaned in pleasure.

"How about now?" he scooted up to kiss her fully on the mouth. "You in the mood now?" he murmured.

"Hmmm, no, not interested," she replied with her eyes closed. She couldn't look into his eyes for fear she would lose all self control. She ran her fingers through his hair.

Derek moved back to his previous position, paying attention to her other breast, softly sucking on the nipple. Meredith's moaning intensified and she scraped her fingernails over his scalp. Derek stopped for a moment to relish the feeling. He loved it when she did that. He kissed the skin in between her breasts and slowly upwards towards her lips. He pressed his lips to hers in another kiss.

"How about now?" he asked her again, sucking on her bottom lip. He kissed his way from her lips, to her neck, and to the sensitive spot under her ear. He sucked lightly on her earlobe and moved his hand between her legs, pushing aside the lacy fabric to rub her clit. She was wet and ready.

"Oh, God…no," she moaned, running her fingernails up and down his back. " No, I have to fix my boob problem," she breathed. "I don't want to have sex."

"Hmm…from what I can feel, I think you do. We can fix your boob problem after we fix my problem." He positioned his erection to her center, showing her what problem he was referring to. Meredith opened her mouth to protest, but Derek covered her mouth with his hand. He kissed and licked her neck up to her ear. "I need you now, Mer. I need you in the worst way. I need to feel you, baby, please," he whispered huskily in her ear.

Meredith grabbed his hand and moved it from her mouth. "You are completely incorrigible," she complained, giving into him by reaching at the hem of his shirt to pull it over his head.

"See what happens when you make me look at your boobs?" he teased, kissing her passionately.

"Another boy?" Carolyn exclaimed into the phone. "That is wonderful!"

"I know, I thought for sure it was going to be a girl. Mer's pregnancy was completely different this time around." Derek smiled.

"How is Meredith? Did everything go well?" Carolyn asked.

"Yes, everything went fine. She was in labor for about six hours. She did amazing. She's resting now." Derek answered. "He weighed almost nine pounds. He's a big boy. He's wonderful, Mom, I can't believe how much he looks like Noah."

Carolyn chuckled. "And what did we name the newest Shepherd?"

"Cole Derek Shepherd. Mark says that it sounds like a soap opera name. You got Mer addicted to those you know."

Carolyn laughed, "Yes, I know and what a beautiful name! How is Noah about his new brother?" She asked.

Derek sighed, "It been rough, Mom. We thought we had prepared him for Cole. At first he got really mad when we would tell him that Cole was ours. Mer finally asked him it was okay that we were now Cole's Mommy and Daddy, too".

"Sounds like you have a brilliant wife, dear."

Derek nodded, "My wife is amazing. We're still a little concerned. Noah won't even look at the baby and I have to take him out of the room when Mer nurses. He gets very upset."

"With time it will get easier. Sharing the attention is a big change for him. He needs time and you need to give it to him." Carolyn advised him. "I will be there on Saturday. That will give you enough time to get Meredith and Cole home and settled. I can't wait to see everyone. Tell everyone I love them and I'll see them soon."

"I'll call you Friday. We love you, too. Noah is anxiously awaiting his Grandma Shepherd's arrival."

Carolyn laughed. "I can't wait. Congratulations, Derek, you have a beautiful family."

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"Such a tragedy," Mark announced, peering into Cole's bassinet. He had stopped by between consults to check out the newest Shepherd. Derek walked up behind him to look at his son.

"What's a tragedy?" Derek asked.

"I can't believe that you did it again," Mark said.

"Did what?" Derek asked.

"Cloned yourself," Mark answered, "It's such a tragedy. Thank God luck was on Noah's side and he got Grey's nose, but Cole? Cole I'm not so sure. I think he may look even more like you."

Derek groaned. "Shut up, Mark."

"Seriously, you must have mega DNA or something. It's uncanny how much these kids look like you." Mark looked at him with wide eyes.

"What?" Derek smirked.

"What will be scary is if you have a girl. A female version of you would be freaky," he shivered at the thought. Then he smirked, "There's always plastic surgery."

"Shut up, Mark," Meredith said from her bed where she and Noah were coloring. "She will be beautiful no matter what she looks like."

Cole started to awake when he heard his mother's voice. He began fussing and put his fist in his mouth. Derek looked up at Meredith. "Is it time for him to eat?" he asked.

Meredith looked at the clock and nodded, putting crayons back into the box. "You'll need to take N-O-A-H out of the room," she informed him.

Derek nodded. "Noah, want to go down to the cafeteria and get a salad?" Derek asked him.

Noah's eyes lit up. He loved eating salads. Definitely Derek's child. "Yay! I hungry!" Mark picked him up off the bed and tickled him. Noah giggled and squeezed his nose. "Honk! Honk!" Mark said with each squeeze. Noah giggled more.

Derek picked up Cole and placed him in his mother's arms, kissing his forehead. "See you later, Budd,." he said softly. He leaned in to kiss Meredith softly. "Okay, kids, lets go," he said sarcastically to Mark and Noah. Derek walked to the door and Mark followed, carrying Noah.

"Why do you do that?" Derek asked as they walked down the hall.

"What?" Mark asked.

"Torment me about the nose thing?" Derek asked.

"Man, have you seen your nose?" Mark joked.

"I had a perfectly good nose until I met you, Mark."

"Excuses, excuses. I call them like I see them," Mark said.

Derek gave him a frustrated look and Mark stopped suddenly. Mark shifted Noah to his other arm and placed his free one on Derek's shoulder. "Look, man, don't think I'm being all sentimental but I'm happy for you."

Derek smirked, "You're happy for me? Those words came from the mouth of Mark Sloan? Is the world coming to an end?"

"Shut up," Mark retorted. "Anyway, back to what I was saying before I was rudely interrupted. You have a great family, Shepherd, one that anyone would be envious of. I've never seen you this happy. You have the life." Mark said seriously.

Derek gave him a incredulous look. "Thanks, Mark," he said finally, nodding. "My family means the world to me. Thanks for that."

Mark nodded, "I hope someday I can have what you have. You know, the wife, house," he reached up to tickle Noah's stomach. Noah giggled. "The kids. Congratulations, you lucky bastard."

"Aw, that was sweet," Derek replied sarcastically. "Now I'm all warm and fuzzy inside."

"Welcome to McDonalds, how can I help you?" said the voice from the speaker at the drive thru.

"Hi, I would like a number one, super sized, with extra pickles and no mayo. I would also like a…" Derek turned to Meredith, forgetting what else she wanted.

"An Oreo McFlurry, Derek!" Meredith hissed. "With extra Oreos. Make sure they use chocolate ice cream and not vanilla," she ordered.

"Seriously?" Derek asked her, wide eyed. His wife's cravings had intensified with her second pregnancy. Meredith nodded her head in exasperation.

Derek cleared his throat and turned back towards the speaker, "I need an Oreo McFlurry with extra Oreos and please use chocolate ice cream." He looked over and smiled at his wife, who was sitting up in her seat, anticipating her food.

"Ask if they can give you a happy meal toy," she told him. "For Noah. Minus the happy meal." Noah disliked McDonalds food, a trait Derek had instilled in him.

"He doesn't need a happy meal toy, Mer. He's fine." Derek said as he pulled his car forward to pay.

"That will be seven eighty seven, sir," the cashier prompted. She peered in the car and noticed Meredith.

"Hi, Mary," Meredith greeted the McDonalds worker.

"Hey, Meredith! Geez, I should have known it was your order when I heard the extra Oreos and chocolate ice cream with a McFlurry. You didn't order it so it kinda threw me off. Is this the hubby?" Mary leaned out the window.

"Yep, this is the husband. The other person responsible for the cutest kid in the world. Derek, this is Mary." Meredith told him.

Derek reached his hand out the window. "Nice to meet you, Mary."

"Same to you. Hey, Meredith, the next time you order just give your name. We know exactly what you order and it will just be easier. You are our favorite customer, you know." Mary smiled and winked at Derek.

Meredith nodded and smiled. "Will do. See you later." She waved goodbye to Mary as Derek pulled the car forward to the next window.

He turned to her with an amused look. "You're on a first name basis with the McDonald's employees? How often do you come here?" he asked.

Meredith looked at him impatiently. "I don't know, Der, like three times a week. Why?"

Derek continued to look at her in amusement but didn't say anything. He knew better.

He stopped the car at the second window to pick up Meredith's food. The worker handed Derek the McFlurry and the food bag. The worker peered in the car at Meredith.

"Hi Pete!" Meredith called.

"Hey, Meredith. Mary told us it was you, so we put a toy in the bag for Noah. Have a good day!"

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Derek walked into Meredith's hospital room with Noah, who ran excitedly over to his mother who was packing the rest of her things to go home. Cole was sleeping peacefully in his basinet, bundled up and ready to go home. Noah attached himself to her leg and squeezed her tightly. "Mommy, you come home aday?" he asked.

Meredith gingerly squatted to look him in the eyes. "Yep, handsome, Mommy is coming home today."

Noah looked over at Cole. He pointed his finger at him, "We take him home?" he asked skeptically.

Meredith nodded. "Yep, Cole is coming home with us. Are you going to show him his new room?" she asked.

Noah looked at his father and then at his mother. "Not today," he said.

Meredith looked up at Derek and smiled. Derek held back a laugh. Their two year old was certainly comical. Derek walked over to Noah and picked him up. "Noah, Cole will be coming home with us because he is a part of our family now. He will sleep in the room that you used to sleep in. The baby room. Remember Mommy and Daddy talked to you about that?"

Noah played with Derek's hair. "Yes," he replied.

"Cole needs his big brother to show him how to play. He's little right now, so he will sleep and eat a lot, but pretty soon he'll be bigger and he can play with you. Would you like that?"

"I guess," Noah responded.

Derek put him down on the floor. "Good, then you can be Daddy's big man and help him carry stuff to the car." Derek handed Noah some of Meredith's items that would be light enough for him to carry. Derek grabbed Meredith's overnight bag and the vase of flowers from the table.

The nurse came in with a wheelchair, ready to push Meredith and Cole out to the car. Derek turned to Meredith, "You okay?" he asked, coming towards her to help her into the wheelchair. The nurse picked up Cole from the basinet and handed him to Meredith. Derek leaned in and kissed Cole's forehead and then Meredith's lips.

Meredith nodded, looking up at him. "I'm okay, let's go home."

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