MerDer's Baby

by NKOTBROCKS2007

What I want to happen with Meredith and Derek's baby. Includes other couples.

10. Chapter 10

MERDER'S BABY CHAPTER 10

As soon as Arizona calmed down, the word had gotten around that she had chicks. No one could imagine what that meant, except the ones who knew about her love for the birds. That was everyone in the inner circle. When Chief Webber got word of it he wanted to make sure that it was sanitary for the eggs to be in the same room as his bad-ass orthopedic doctor, he wanted her to come back healthy and strong. During the whole testing of the eggs while they were being incubated, at Arizona and Callie's insistence. Derek stole Addison and his mom away.

"Okay, we are all set for the talk with Meredith, but we need to cover what we are all going to say. We are all going to be doing this, and we need it to look more of friendly dinner conversation, than an ambush of sorts. Mom you know that she sees color, rather than black and white. Addison you saw her when she was a dark and twisty mess, and the last thing we need to do is send her back into that. Although when I heard you say that you wanted her to slap her for me dating Rose now that was funny."

"Wait what?" Carolyn asked.

"It's a long story, one that we will talk about later." Addison said in an assuring tone.

"Okay then, so how are we going to be doing this?"Carolyn asked.

"Well Lexie will be going us, since I told her this was a family dinner. So we are going to need to prep her for this talk, Addie can you take that? Mom and I are about to page the other member of our family. I think he's actually sleeping in an on-call room somewhere." Derek said with a smile on his face. Addison rolled her eyes, and went in search of the younger Dr Grey. As Derek and his mom were paging Mark, Carolyn was happy that she had found that large roast that was now slow cooking, and she prayed that it would be able to feed everyone. She did a head count, and a name count, Cristina, Owen, Addison, Mark, Arizona, Callie, Lexie, Meredith and herself. She seriously hoped that it would feed all nine of them.

Mark responded to the page, as did Lexie to Addison's. She was surprised to see who had paged; she was intimated by the older doctor. She knew that her and Mark had been intimate before and so she automatically went to defend herself. Addison watched the range of emotions on the younger doctor's face and automatically went to stop her.

"Look I'm not here to talk to you about Mark; I paged you because a few of us in this hospital really want your sister and brother in law to have a baby. It's my job to tell you about what we have discussed, so you can keep your sister grounded. You understand?" Lexie was so surprised all she could do was nod her head yes indicating she understood. She then said,

"Okay tell me what I need to know in order to get me a niece or nephew. I'm off now actually, Dr Bailey wanted me to get out of here, and spend some quality time with my sister. I guess she already knows about this too then?" Addison interrupted her with a chuckle for a moment then said,

"Wait don't you already have a niece? I believe that I delivered her myself, in this very hospital. That was the day your sister found out about the both of you. She mentioned to Cristina how she thought she saw your dad here in the hospital. That is when Cristina dropped the ball. About Molly being your sister. She came to visit Molly I guess to see if it were all real. It was Molly who told her about you, and how proud your dad was of your going to medical school. That broke her a little bit though, knowing that Thatcher went on with his life without her."

"I know, I know I already have a niece, but I don't see her very often and besides I'm closer to Meredith than I am Molly. This is unusual knowing how we used to feel about each other. I remember confronting her in the bathroom, about how much I loved her, despite the fact she let Cristina tell me off at lunch one day. I always had wanted a big sister and now I had one, and yes it was a shock at first. I accepted it for what it was. Your right though, I can understand and I also think that my dad was a big jerk for leaving her in the capable hands of Ellis Grey. Her mother ran him off, but when it came down to it, he was also responsible to how she turned out. When my dad went into rehab and quit all the drinking, I thought it was for real. She didn't believe him, but kept that to herself for my sake. When he didn't answer his mail for a few days his neighbors got concerned and called me. I rushed right over, and ninety days sober he was in complete liver failure. I found out that I wasn't a donor match; that's when I looked up my sister's medical records, and realized she had his blood type. She later talked him into accepting her liver which he refused for her to do at first." Lexie's eyes shone from that last memory.

"What did she say to change his mind? I know that she and Thatcher didn't have the best of relationships early on. I wasn't there to witness her being slapped across the face by him, but I was there when he showed up and banned her from coming to the cemetery. He was yelling and all up in her face, it wasn't a pretty thing to watch, much less live through. All of the senior residents, and a couple of the attendings, wanted to tell him off right then and there. Meredith was stoic through it all, then we realized she hadn't had done her intern exam. Chief Webber made sure that she had her chance to take it though; he set her up in a conference room. He was her supervisor throughout the three hour exam. Why do you keep calling me Addison?"

"Because it's your name isn't it? What would you like to be called if Addison is too much?" Lexie asked her.

"Addie is a good thing to call me. We are both survivors right Lexie? We joined the ex-Mark club both with and without wanting to. I think that we need to get you caught up on the conversation so far. Have you read up on the things that could cause a hostile uterus to be hostile?"

"I read somewhere that the body's own eggs are the thing that the uterus is attacking. I have also read that there have been several cases where a hostile uterus was able to conceive with the use of someone else's eggs. Do you want me to donate some eggs? Will that help in this process? Although wait I'm still too the source so maybe my eggs won't work."

"Lexie the two of you only share the male gene, not the female, and yes you just put another scenario into this. We were thinking of somehow getting a hold of Izzie Stevens. See if she her eggs are still in Seattle or close by to whatever city she's in now."

"Wait weren't those eggs pre-fertilized before they were frozen? Does Alex even want for that to happen?"

"Does Alex want what to happen?" Dr Karev asked as he heard his name come up in tail end of the conversation. He had seen his ex's talking but wasn't really paying attention.

"Doesn't want to be carried out of Joes again? I swear that what was his name again? Jackson right," Addison stated. Alex couldn't help but shutter at the reminders of last night. He wasn't sure what was more painful, the hangover he woke up with, or what Jackson did to him after he wouldn't shut up about April and Stark dating one another. April was the only real Mercy West resident he had left. They were the only ones from that hospital who survived the shooting.

"What about Jackson?" Lexie asked startled to hear her newest boyfriend's name come up in the conversation.

"He came into Joes bar last night and basically body tackled him and then threw a very drunk, very angry Alex over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and hauled his butt out to the jeep. So he could sleep it off at Mere's last night." Addie explained not seeing Jackson walking up behind them all.

"Ok that explains a lot. I came home last night to see Alex being dropped into a tub of cold water. That sobered him up big time, that's for sure." Lexie said

"He learned not to talk bad about people either behind their back or even to their faces." Jackson chimed in.

"Wait you were still harassing her when she got home? That is totally wrong even for you what were you thinking?" Addison asked appalled at even the thought of Alex even doing that.

"I was drunk and stupid. I realize that messing with April was wrong. I apologized to her this morning and last night after my dunking that is. I was dressed so please don't punch me out again." Alex said in a slightly panicked tone.

"Wait again? Why and when did he hit you the first time?" Addison asked curiously.

"May I explain, or should you?" Jackson asked Alex.

"You can explain, for it was you who hit me in the first place." Alex said granting him the permission and bowed out respectively.

"Okay, April was trying to boost up his moral; Dr Stark was doing his best to walk all over him. So she walked into the on call room where he was resting. They started making out, and when the clothes started coming off it got her nervous. April is the only one out of us residents who hasn't done it yet. She is proud to be a 28 yr old virgin. She asked him if he was going to go slow, and he started shouting at her. Then he shoved down on the bed, and ran from the room. She then ran over to the housewarming party that was being held at Cristiana and Owens firehouse. She was crying and I asked her to tell me why. She told me, and when Alex finally braced us with his presence I was so pissed off, I hit him dead in the face. It was Meredith who broke up the fight as she grabbed him and ran out of the room. Those two seem to have this odd brotherly/sisterly bond. I don't think anything would ever come between them, right Alex?"

"You got that right. She and I have been living together ever since the days following her near drowning. It was like that whole experience started her transformation from dark and twisty ways, to the way she is now. We have this weird brother/sister type of relationship. Also I'm the only one out of the starting interns who still stay there, now mind you I'm not there all the time, but Meredith's will always be home." Alex said but you could tell there was some sadness mixed in with it.

"Why do you sound so sad?" Addison and Jackson both asked at the same time.

"Addison the last time you were here was when Mark and Derek got into a fist fight, remember?" Alex noticed the surprised look on Jackson's face and an embarrassed one on Lexie's.

"Yes those two got into this huge fight right there on the catwalk, and it was over Lexie. Now Addison think about the one who isn't here, who haven't you seen since you landed on the roof?"

"Well I haven't seen two of the original five, but Miranda told me that Izzie left for good. Wait! Where is O'Malley, that is Callie upstairs and I haven't seen hide nor hair of him since I got off the helicopter. I remember him writing the practice letter of recommendation for Bailey just to show it to the Chief. I know that despite they were divorced, they were friends." Addie was looking between Lexie and Alex and she saw something being silently communicated between them. They were relieved when they saw the one and only Dr Bailey walking towards them. Addison saw that look come across their face she spun around to face Dr Bailey head on.

"Miranda where is he?" Addie sputtered out.

"Where is who?" Miranda asked confused.

"Where is the one Cristina calls Bambi? Where is the doctor who gave you a reviving pep talk, on one of the days that there was a bomb in this hospital! The one who then climbed onto your hospital bed and helped you deliver your own son. The one who Tucker is partly named after! Miranda where is the one I wanted to strangle when he cheated on Callie with his best friend! You told me about Isobel Stevens leaving; did he leave with her, is that why he isn't here? Miranda where is George O'Malley?" Addison hadn't realized she was screaming her friend, Alex, Jackson and Lexie quickly guided her to the closest on call room, Dr Bailey following behind. Miranda hadn't talked to Addison for a while and talking about him hurt her more than anything. She looked up as a pager went off in the room, and said,

"Well Alex are you going to answer that or not?" Alex quickly left the on call room to answer his page. He also knew that Meredith and the Chief were going to be hearing about the snapping of the respected redhead. He paged them both to the on call room so they could be of help if needed.

"Okay Addison you are going to need to calm down! We will tell you about why George O'Malley isn't here. No Addison he didn't run off with Izzie, he had finally found his calling. He found that his passion was trauma. I know you are thinking 'no way not O'Malley.' It is true though, he was so dedicated to trauma he enlisted in the Army. I was so angry at him because he met up with me and was mocking how I was going to react to the news. Well I remember reacting exactly the way he had mocked. I didn't want him to go. Owen Hunt, our head of Trauma had been suffering from PTSD, ever since his entire unit had been wiped out over in Iraq. Well the one that went out to find him is here too. That would be Teddy Altman, our head of cardio. Well Callie, Alex, Izzie, Cristina and Meredith all agreed to meet me at 6pm right after The Chief's surgery, since George was his intern. I went to talk to The Chief about me becoming a general surgeon instead of me becoming a pediatric surgeon instead, I was becoming a single mother and I broke down a bit in front of him. He comforted me and then Callie reminded me of one of the reasons I was there. That's when we were told that he never scrubbed in." Miranda was crying by then, she looked over at Lexie to take over. She looked at her boss and mouthed the words,

"John Doe?" when she saw her boss give a slight nod, the younger doctor cleared her throat and then took a deep breath,

"In the early part of the day, we got a John Doe who had been dragged half a block by a bus. He saw that it was about to hit someone else and he literally pushed her clear of the bus. All she ended up having was a sprained wrist. He had significant injuries all throughout his body. He was messed up really bad, so bad all of the available attending's where called into work on him. I got stuck with Amanda. They were all trying to figure out why he kept dropping his pressure, he had a pelvic fracture. His arm was nearly amputated, and his face was all smashed in. That's when Miranda came into the room fuming and basically telling Owen to get O'Malley out of the Army, because she knows he is messed up because of that war and not in a good way. Needless to say, Owen became public enemy number one, for every woman in that room. Which was Meredith, and Callie; Mark summed it up best when he stated, 'What did you do to piss off all of them?' They got him stabilized enough to transport to angiogram, where they were able to stable the bleeding in his pelvis. They got him stable enough to fix the other injuries sustained in the accident. My patient was the girl he saved, and she was convinced that this average looking guy was not enough to get a second look. This was her prince, who came to her rescue. She stayed by his side after he came out of his first surgery. She held his hand and everything well he was having some issues with his intracranial pressure, so they had to go in for a second time. Amanda told Meredith that he likes it when she holds his hand. Well a few times down in the ER he had tried to finger write in her hand, he couldn't grasp the pen she handed him. So when he tried again, he succeeded in grasping her hand, he finger spelled 007 into her hand, and it took about thirty seconds for her to figure out the connection from the numbers to the person. Addison, no one ever saw my sister run that hard and fast in her life. As soon as she got to Derek, Owen, Mark and Callie she was screaming, 'It's George! It's George, John Doe is George!' By the time they got him back in the OR, his pressure was still rising. Derek did all he could to save him, but his brain was starting to swell. Callie started hyperventilating and at the same time George was crashing, Izzie basically died in Alex's arms. The Chief went through a DNR to save her life, by the time my sister got to the room, Izzie was back. Mark and I were coming back from a break when Amanda asked us 'Whose George, the doctor who was with him was shouting its George,' we didn't even give her an answer as we ran for the OR. Bailey and the Chief came into the OR as Derek was calling Time of Death. Mark and I got there as they were taking the pressurized socks off his feet. I was convinced that it wasn't him, to me he looked to tall. They kept him on life support, and it was both Izzie and Callie who made the decision on donating his organs. It was Callie who confirmed it was George by a Texas shaped freckle on his right hand. He was that bad; he left that morning to go spend the day with his mom, and came back unrecognizable. Izzie couldn't even tell and you remember how close they were. When the transplant teams showed up, it was Dr Bailey who started to interrogate them. She wanted the entire OR and the Gallery to know who was getting the organ, and how old they were. The first one was like we already told this to the transplant coordinator. She basically told them all that this wasn't just any 29yr old that was donating; it was one of Seattle Graces finest young doctors." Lexie also had silent tears flowing down her face, just recalling all of that; it was one downfall to having her type of memory.

"So that is the reason you haven't seen George O'Malley since you got here. Talking about the fact that no one here recognized him, has hit hard for a lot of them." Jackson started to say; when the door opened he was motioned to continue. "We even heard about him over at Mercy West and it wasn't a big deal for a lot of us. Also I think it is one of the reasons Izzie wanted to leave. This place reminded her too much of him, that and the comments the Mercy West folks were saying about how one doctor was even dumb enough to get hit by a bus and how another one had some brain cells literally fried, due to cancer or something. She said 'We would never measure up to the doctors that this hospital had lost.' She was a nice doctor, for the little that I knew her while she was teaching us." Jackson said as The Chief and Meredith were comforting their friends. Addison was crying also, but still had enough composure to ask a question.

"Is that why Callie left Seattle Grace for a little bit? I thought I heard she went to Mercy West for a while."

"Yes Addison that is why she left for MW, but also I wouldn't give her an attending position here because the head of orthopedics had a hit to his 401k. When the merger happened he finally retired, and when Callie came in to talk to me, about getting her job back here. I told her to go to the HR department first thing in the morning, because she was the newest orthopedic attending at SGMW." The Chief explained matter-of-factly.

"How did you four end up in here anyways" The Chief asked.

"Honestly I don't remember Richard, all I can recall is a look going between Alex and Lexie and relief coming across their faces when they saw Bailey coming up from behind. How did you know where we were Chief?" Addison asked.

"Dr Yang was nearby when I received the page, and she was somewhat amused by my reaction from reading my page once to myself and then aloud. I had asked her why in the world a gynecological/neonatal surgeon is yelling at a general surgeon about a young deer in a Disney movie. Meredith distracted us by asking if I got the same page she did as she showed me her pager. I nodded my head yes, and then we both hightailed it here. As we were walking here, I asked about the whole Bambi reference and was told that it's what Cristina called O'Malley. Looking back on it, he was kind like his nickname." There was a moment of silence that was broken with chuckles coming from Lexie who said,

"He kind of was when you think about it, Addie can you come with me to Joes? Mere can you page the rest of them. Also pick up your mother-in-law and tell Callie she will be there in spirit." Lexie noticed that Addison was looking slightly confused, so she cleared the air. "Whenever O'Malley's story is told, it is up to the teller to by a round of drinks at Joes in memory of him. Plus you know the nurses around here, you shouting questions at Dr Bailey will be around this hospital in a matter of hours."

Addison nodded; it was one of the things that she didn't like about this hospital. No matter how personal the matter if the nurses any of heard it, you knew it was spread around from floor to floor. There was one good thing that came out of all that gossip. That was how Arizona found out about Callie being left by Erica. It was that tidbit of information, and seeing her sad eyes from across the bar one night that led her to follow Callie into the bathroom that fateful night. Callie had told Addison about that in her last visit. Meredith agreed to page all of them. Lexie and Addison walked out of the room as Lexie caught a look from the Chief. She stated as she shut the door,

"I will choose right by you Chief, don't worry."

"What did that mean?" Addie asked intrigued.

"You'll see when we get there." Lexie responded. They left the hospital shortly after she changed into her street clothes. They went straight across the parking lot and into Joes. He was surprised to see some of his SGMW crew coming in this early.

"What are up two you to?" he asked.

"Joe, Addie here didn't know about the demise of our own George O'Malley."

"Addie is it now. I'm impressed, so let me guess you were the one who told her the story of John Doe. How many are we expecting, and what am I going to be serving The Chief? He just got his nine month chip last week." Joe said.

"I know, so I was thinking about buying about 12 Guinness and one Roy Rodgers. That is what you can serve The Chief. Spice it up a bit though; we all know how he wants to still fit in. You will also be meeting someone else tonight Joe. I don't think you met her last time, when she came in before her Alaskan trip."

"So I will be braced with the presence of Derek's mom then, man I cannot wait to hear about McDreamy and McSteamy as teenagers, much less kids. The drinks will be waiting, pay when they get them you got it. They will all be made and waiting in the back. What can I get you two in the meantime?"

"Two cokes please Joe, and these ones are on me." Addison said reaching for her wallet.

"Okay two cokes it is. Go be seated and I will bring it to you." He said

"Now where were we before I went off on Miranda?"

"You were telling me about possibly of finding Isobel Stevens and seeing if she would share some of her eggs with Meredith and Derek. Then Alex interrupted us because we mentioned his name in our private conversation." Lexie then rolled her eyes as she said,

"I don't know what I was even thinking ever sleeping with him."

"Wait we also have Alex under our belts? Man am I glad that it is Meredith who is sleeping with Derek, because if we both ended up sleeping with him too. Our conversations would be rather awkward. Don't you think?"Addie said chuckling lightly. Joe had walked over while Addie was speaking, and he couldn't help but say,

"She never slept with him, but when Meredith and Derek were both on the rocks. He was here trying to drown out his pain, our Lexie here saw him sitting at the bar, and struck up a conversation."

"Let me guess he was where his lucky red shirt?" Addison said with a laugh.

"Yep he sure was, well they were both having seriously bad days, Derek was worried about Meredith, and Lexie had just gotten done burying Susan. She tried to pick him up, but he shot her down. So they had a few drinks instead and went their separate ways. The next day he told Meredith that he talked to a girl at the bar, and that was the highlight of his week. A few days later, George was cleaning out his locker, and the new interns walked in, and one of them was," he paused for the effect, knowing that Lexie would finish that statement so he could get back to work.

"Me. I told him my name and he automatically went to The Chief and stated that he wanted to repeat his intern year. He hadn't been able to brace Mere about me yet. She went on Cristina and Burkes honeymoon with Cristina. Needless to say she was shocked to meet me, in the way she did. However I was the one who blocked her way from rushing a patient inside. She was talking to Derek when I came up to apologize and he noticed that I was 'the girl from the bar' and that set her off even more. She was going off on him then though not on me anymore. I was hoping that we would become friends, but she didn't want anything to do with me for a long time. That is why I want to make it up to her."

"Make what up to her though; you said that Meredith finally convinced Thatcher to take a piece of her liver. What was the speech she made to convince him?" Addie asked intrigued.

"She came back into the room, and told him, 'that he was the guy who poured her cereal in the morning. That was all she remembered about him, she then said that if he died that it wouldn't change her life any, but it would change mine. She doesn't know what it is like to have a dad, but she knows what it's to have a sister and that's good. She then opened up a door for them to have an adult relationship. It was an eye opener that she wasn't just doing it for him; she was doing it for me and also for herself. Later on that night she went into surgery, and a piece of her liver was harvested to be placed in him. There were some complications on his end, but The Chief was able to fix it before he lost too much blood. I remember what Alex told me later that he was yelled at by the Chief, for him actually saying 'Sir you can't let this particular patient die.' 'I know that Karev!' Thinking of the circumstances I would have yelled at him too. I went between both of their rooms all night long. All I want to do is to give something back to her, because she gave me my dad back, I want to give her the family she deserves, or at least help with it somehow. I love her that much. I know that they are tired of everything failing. I was sitting next to my sister when she decorated Sophia's outfit at the baby shower, she was taking out her frustrations on it. Mark showed me it later still trying to figure it out. I didn't tell him, because in the next breath he was chewing me out for being with Jackson." Lexie had tears in her eyes, Addison let her friend compose herself, knowing that if she stayed quiet, Lexie would finish talking. While she was waiting, she was surprised to see Meredith and Carolyn walking in the doors. She made a motion to Joe and soon enough two more Cokes on the table.

Lexie was so lost in her own thoughts that she hadn't realized the two extra bodies at the table. She looked up at Addison; and finally her thoughts came bubbling out.

"I like the fact that I am happy with Jackson, but I'm still in love with a man who sprang not one but two children on me. You met and treated his first one, and ironically you just delivered his second one. I wish that I was the one he wanted to have children with. He knocked up a lesbian for goodness sake! Don't get me wrong I love Callie and Arizona, but I was starting to envision a life with Mark. When we got back together, I was over the moon. I was making him dinner, when he broke the news that Callie and Arizona were pregnant. At first I thought that they got pregnant via the lesbian way. Then I put two and two together, for Arizona was gone almost three months, and here she was only two. As he told me that he was at her ultrasound and saw the heartbeat. I was angry and I stormed out of the apartment and basically out of his life yet again. Why doesn't he understand that I want kids too? I want his kids maybe not right away, but when I'm a third or fourth year resident. I want my fellowship to be here at Seattle Grace too I've got the forms to fill out and once I find a specialty I'm going to submit it. Seattle is my home, its where my family is, it is where my sister is. If she goes somewhere then I will follow her. I love her that much." Meredith was touched that her sister loved her so much she would follow her anywhere. She was also amazed that her sister was finally opening up; about how she truly felt for Mark.

"Addison you need to come to Seattle more often. I've wanted to know how she felt for a while now." Meredith said laughing softly.

"She needed to tell someone who understands the complexity of Mark Sloan. Not saying you don't, Meredith but you are the second member of the dirty ex-mistress club. You haven't joined the Ex-Mark club, and be thankful for that alright." Addison responded in a slightly teasing tone. Carolyn and Lexie looked on amused at the friendly banter going on between the two. Carolyn was the one who knew the volatile history between the two at the beginning. She was glad to see that they had become friends. She didn't know that it took a lot for them to reach this point.

"So can someone explain what I heard about you threatening to slap Meredith, over someone named Rose?"

"Oh you heard about that?" Meredith said chuckling

.

"Well here is how it went, I was thinking that I was alright with us dating other people, but deep down I knew that I wanted to be with him exclusively. I told him that I didn't want us to see other people, but I told him that after he had kissed a scrub nurse named Rose in the scrub room. It was George who had overhead what they were saying. When Addison came back the first time she actually hugged me, because she saw me standing with Derek. She found out by him later, that we weren't together anymore. When she saw me again she said 'that it was all she could do not to hit me right now. If could I let a man like Derek Christopher Sheppard out of my grasp I was dumber than she thought. That made me fight for him. It was also then when I realized she was on my side and not against me. When she came back the second time she was with Archer. I heard the song for the first time."

"Oh God, that must have been embarrassing." Carolyn said while laughing.

"No it was fine. I found out that he had a hidden talent I never knew of. Also I made a friend during that time too. She tried to get Naomi to stop singing it, but when Archer joined it was hopeless. Mark walking in with his lines was the end of it all, but it was alright. I like the fact that he had another life that I didn't know about. It makes me look towards the life we are going to have in the future. I just wish that we had a little one there too." Meredith was strong throughout the first part of that statement, but started crying softly with that last sentence. It broke the hearts of the other women at the table and they all secretly hoped that she would get that just that.

Meredith excused herself as she went to compose herself. As she walked into the restroom to do so, Addie filled in Carolyn on what Lexie wanted to do for her sister. Carolyn thought it over and then she asked the younger Grey a serious question.

"Can you be able to live with the fact that your niece or nephew will be your child in the scientific sense?"

"Yes I will be able to live with that. The only one I want children with, doesn't seem to want them with me. It's just something that I'm going to have to live with." She said sadly.

"Don't worry about it; if you still love him, you just need to let him know." Carolyn said. Carolyn knew that her adopted son still loved this woman, for while she was cleaning she came across his journal by accident. She was rethinking of the things he wrote about that love, as Arizona and Mark were walking in the door. They were still far enough away to not catch the tail end of the conversation.

"We heard from Mere that you brought up George, so we decided to join the memorial toast. How many toasts is this that you've paid for now?" Arizona asked.

"This is my third. Mark and Callie both have had to do three also. Remember the fight that they got into over him? Bailey had to break it up, they got into a physical altercation on the first year anniversary." Lexie said. Meredith smiled at that memory, for it was odd to even see Callie cussing Mark out in front of the whole hospital in Spanish.

"It was a mere cat fight, although it didn't seem like it at the time. I wasn't allowed in the OR for almost a full two weeks. He meant a lot to Bailey, and The Chief." Mark stated in defense of himself. As Mark spoke, the rest of the group showed up. Joe did the head count, and knew Lexie was right on as usual. It was weird seeing the MW's residents toasting a guy they never knew, but they also learned he would have been someone they would have liked. Joe and Walter locked the front door, and then they walked back to the table with the drinks. They passed the drinks out to everyone who was there. Chief Webber thought it was nice to see the mint sitting in his non-alcoholic drink. As Walter and Joe raised their glasses, the rest of them followed suit, "To George O'Malley!" The next few seconds were filled with the clinking of glasses. The drinks were finished soon, and that is when Carolyn announced that she had to check on dinner. Mark and Arizona both excused themselves they needed to get back to the hospital. Dr Bailey and the Chief also had to go back to the hospital, they were both on call. April, Alex and Jackson went on home to the house, there was free beer there. The rest of them followed Carolyn towards Marks apartment. They were greeted with the smells of something fantastic, when they stepped off the elevator.

"I guess that dinner is almost done, right mom?"

"Yep, now we need the other sides to be prepared. Tell me you haven't forgotten how to make a salad? Meredith how good at cooking are you?" Carolyn asked them. Cristina started to chuckle, as her person started turning crimson.

"Meredith knows very little when it comes to cooking. She and I are in the same boat with that. We eat cereal right out of the box, or order take-out when our men are working. It is better than blowing up a microwave, or burning a pot by just boiling water." Cristina explained.

"Well I guess I will have to teach you two how to cook for yourselves, and for each other. You two are close aren't you?"

"Cristina and I are close we each other's person. Lexie understands that and is okay with that. We have had each other's back since we were interns. She has picked me up when I was at my lowest, and via versa. The only time that Cristina was upset with me, is when she found out that Ellis wasn't traveling the globe. She had been living at a nursing home here in Seattle. She showed up at the hospital one day suffering from diverticulitis. The minute she saw me she started yelling at me like I was a five year old child. Which was normal with us, Dr Bailey asked Cristina the name of the patient, and my secret was out. My mom was still alive, and right here in Seattle. Cristina already knew who I was, when I introduced myself to her at the mixer. How many Dr Grey's were there back then? Not very many, since Lexie here was barely out of premed at the time right Lexie?" Lexie nodded. She learned a longtime ago, that Meredith barely talked about Ellis. So when she had the opportunity to learn about her half sister's mother, she listened.

"They didn't talk to each other for almost 6 hours. I could see that it was tortures on both of them, but they worked it out at the end of the day. That's something they are good at. Clearing the air between them it is a good thing." Addie stated.

"Wow you remember that? I never realized that She-Sheppard ever really paid a lot of attention to us." Cristina said chuckling.

"Okay, that was another nickname back then?" Carolyn asked.

"Yeah one of several, but they grew on me. Just like McDreamy kind of grew on Derek, right Derek?" Addison said jokingly.

"Yes McDreamy grew on me, just like McSteamy grew on Mark although the one he hasn't been able to live down, is when Bailey gathered all the nurses who had joined together on banning themselves from his surgeries. That is when she referred to him as a man-whore. He was in shock when he got on the elevator that day." Derek recalled.

"I can imagine it would, but she was telling the truth unfortunately Lexie how much has Mark told you about his early start as a doctor more specifically his intern years?" Carolyn asked while she was pulling the meat out of the slow cooker. It was cooked to perfection, and thankfully enough to go around for dinner here, and the extra's for the ones at the hospital. Derek in the meantime was making a mean salad, while Addison had the job of putting the garlic bread in the oven to melt the butter. Cristina sent Owen next door for a bottle of white and red wine, then she turned her attention back to the conversation.

"Wait did you just say, did you just say years? Are you telling us that he was a repeater?" Cristina squealed excitedly.

"Cristina that bit of information is not to leave this place, but yes he also had to repeat his intern year." Derek warned.

"What happened? Did he fail his exam like…" Lexie started to say, but wasn't sure if Mark was stocked up on alcoholic.

"No Lexie he didn't fail his exams, he got caught sleeping with the examiner. He was disciplined severally for his actions, by having to repeat his intern year. He was so angry that Derek and I got to go on and be residents. That's was when we started living in the brownstone. I had no idea we were in a rent to own agreement until our wedding night. That's ancient history though right Addie?"

"Yep ancient history for sure, you and Mere look so happy together. In a way I'm glad that you two are together. I know, that sounds odd coming from me, but you got to think about it. We never actually talked out our issues. If the two of you have a something going on, you talk about it. You try and work it out. I recall Amelia telling me about something she overheard when she was here. Can you guys elaborate some?"

"What did she overhear?" Cristina asked, although she had a feeling where this was going. Owen saw the look of uncertainty come across his wife's features he took her hand in his and squeezed it gently.

"Something about you sleeping over at Meredith and Derek's and she also overheard the pep talk that Derek gave you. So with their house being so full, I wanted to know where you ended up sleeping."

"I was suffering from PTSD, and Owen was on-call at the hospital, and I couldn't sleep, so I went over to the only place I felt safe. This was Meredith's so I fell asleep with her holding me safe in her arms. From what I heard later on over breakfast, Derek rolled over to hold Meredith, and for a split second he wondered if she had grown a second set of hands over night. He lifted up his head and spotted me, sleeping on Meredith's opposite side. The whole pep talk was him telling me that he wouldn't of picked me for a life partner, but since I was his wife's best friend I was stuck with him and he was stuck with me. That's when I heard we had a nickname of our own, The Twisted Sisters. I'm honored to be called that, aren't you Mere?"

"Yep I am so honored to have you in my life Cristina. Although I think we need to help with dinner, or we might not be able eat all this delicious smelling food."

"Just set the table and Meredith why don't you pour the wine also. Cristina could help me with the serving, if you would like that of course." Carolyn said.

"I don't mind at all. Carolyn what type of wine would you like?" Meredith asked.

"White is what I would like Meredith, thank you." Carolyn answered.

"So did you want to talk to me about anything? I have seen the other people in our circle talking about things. What exactly they were talking about I'm not exactly sure. It isn't going to hurt her is it? I'm learning to like Derek, but I will kick your sons butt if he is getting back together with his ex-wife."

"It is nothing like that; they are talking about ways for Meredith to get pregnant. He promised her after Callie's second surgery that he would get them a baby no matter what it took. Well we are looking at two different options now. One of them is tracking down Izzie, and seeing if we could use her and Alex's eggs. Then while we were sitting at Joe's; Lexie gave us another option. She wants to donate some of her own eggs, to be implanted into her sister's uterus. She wants to pay her back by giving a piece of herself to her sister, as a reminder of her unselfish love she feels for Meredith." Carolyn explained.

"Good to know, so when are you bringing this all up to her. Do you need me here if she crumbles or gets angry? We still have the baby monitor system set up, so I could listen to see if you need me to step in, if you want me too?"

"If you would like to, you seem to know her best. Plus I meant what I said earlier. Derek and Meredith are good together I would never do anything to break them up ever again. I mean that with all of my heart."

"Good because if you didn't mean it I would be kicking your butt instead." Cristina stated as she grabbed the dish with the veggies and walked out of the kitchen area. Meredith was intrigued on what Cristina had been talking about, but had a feeling she was going to find out soon. As soon as everyone was seated Derek asked for everyone to bow their heads and he did a quick blessing before everyone dug in to the meal. The conversation around the table was light and airy, with everyone enjoying each other's company. Shortly after dinner, Owen said,

"Thank you for this lovely meal, Carolyn. If you are going to teach Cristina how to cook this, we may never order in again, although we are never going to end the whole cereal from the box tradition. We've done that since we started dating Addison do you know how long you will be?"

"Not sure, but I have a key, so if it's too late I will let myself in. I will knock first though, just in case you two are doing something somewhere in other places." Addie replied. Derek, Carolyn and Lexie came to the realization that discussing it with Owen around who didn't know anything about it would have been awkward. So it was going to be more of a dessert conversation instead. Cristina and Owen thanked Carolyn again, and went across the hallway to their former apartment. They were grateful for some alone time, evermore so now that they were back at this apartment.

A/N I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A LONG CHAPTER IM THE ONE WHO WROTE IT. IT IS THE MOST INFORMATIVE ONE YET, THE ONES BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CONVERSATION ALL NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY, I THROUGH LEXIE WANTING TO BE ABLE TO SELFLESHLY DONATE HER OWN EGGS FOR HER SISTER TO HAVE A CHILD WOULD BE A NICE TWIST, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO THOUGHT I HAD IZZIE'S EGGS IN THE BAG. I ALSO TRIED TO BRING IN SOME HUMOR, I BROUGHT UP WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FUNNY THING TO SEE. I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE IT.

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