I don't know how, but somehow I totally forgot about doing a Mother's Day update for this story. I was sitting in class the other day and my teacher asked us what we were planning for mother's day and it made me think of what Gracie and Derek would do for Meredith on Mother's day. So, lucky for you guys I thought of it and you are getting another update! Let's see what cute little Grace will do for her mommy!
"Gracie," Derek whispered softly as he woke his daughter up.
"Grace," he said a little louder, but still in a soft tone to wake her softly.
"Daddy?" she asked opening her green eyes to see him leaning over her. She blinked the sleep from her eyes and continued to stare at him.
"Yeah bug, it's time to wake up. Do you remember what today is?" he asked her.
"Uhm…" she bit her bottom lip while she tried desperately to remember. She looked just like Meredith did when she was deep in thought, and it made Derek chuckle. "Mommy's day!" she finally said, happy to have gotten the answer right.
"That's right! I was going to go down stairs and start making breakfast for her so we can surprise her in bed with it. How does that sound?" he asked.
"Is she going to eat it in bed?" she asked.
"If she wants." Derek told her.
"But, we're not allowed to eat in bed, that's silly." She told him.
"Well, it's mommy's day and so it's a special day and mommy can eat in our bed." Derek tried to explain to her. He didn't need to tell her that Meredith and Derek often ate in their bed. Late night snacks were always shared in bed together while talking about their day or relaxing and watching T.V. She wouldn't understand why she couldn't do the same.
"Oh, ok. Let's make her pancakes! With chocolate chips! Those are her favorite." Gracie said in her sweet, little voice.
"They also happen to be your favorite," Derek said with a chuckle. "You're just like your mother." Derek told her with a smile.
"That a good thing. My mommy's amazing!" Gracie declared with excitement.
"That she is my little bug, let's go make her food now." Derek told her.
They entered the kitchen and Derek set all the ingredients on the island so they were easy for her to reach. As he took over the major things, he let her crack an egg, poor some milk, and mix it together. He made sure the batter was perfect, and then he let her add the chocolate chips, which happened to be her favorite part.
"Good job, Grace." Derek praised.
"Thank you, Daddy. How much longer?" she asked.
"Well, I'm going to make mommy's food and put it on a tray with some other nice things and then we'll go wake her up. Do you want to eat now?" he asked her.
"Yeah!" Grace answered.
"Ok," Derek said before he removed a small pancake that was golden off the frying pan and onto her plate. He helped her poor syrup on it and cut it up for her. As she ate her pancake, Derek prepared the tray to take to Meredith. He placed some flowers he got for her on the tray along with some fruit, toast and finally the sugar filled pancakes. Once Grace was done with her food, they started to go up stairs.
Gracie opened the door for her dad, excited to wake her mom and show her their hard work from that morning.
"Wake her up carefully, Grace." Derek told her. He never knew how Meredith's mood would be in the morning, especially with her being pregnant, but he knew if Grace did it then she would definitely be ok.
"Mommy," she sang in a sing-songy voice. "Time to wake up! It's your day!"
Derek let out a chuckle as he watched his wife's clone try to wake her mother. Meredith was always hard to wake up, but watching his daughter wake her up made him laugh.
"Come on, Mommy!" Grace said, getting frustrated.
"I'm up, I'm up." Meredith said turning around to look at their daughter.
The sun was coming in through the blinds a little bit and it seemed to embrace Meredith and Grace in its warmth, casting a glow upon them. Derek felt him lose his breath at the beautiful sight of the two of them. They were his whole world; Meredith, Gracie, and their new baby nestled inside his beautiful wife. Her beauty still took his breath away every time he looked at her. He couldn't imagine just how much he still loved her, and how that love seemed to grow more with each day.
"Hey, Derek, what are you doing over there?" Meredith asked with an amused smile. They had been trying to get his attention for a while now, but he seemed to be off in a daze.
"Oh, sorry. Gracie, tell mommy what we did for her." Derek said with a smile.
"We made you breakfast!" she exclaimed, waiting for her mother's reaction.
Every year on this day, Derek made her breakfast in bed but he never woke Gracie before. So this year, it was definitely a surprise to have their daughter sitting in their bed telling her they made breakfast.
"You did?" Meredith asked surprised.
"Yep, chocolate chips pancakes." She said.
"Wow, my favorite! You remembered." Meredith said, sharing a loving smile with Derek.
"Yeah, mommy!" she said.
Derek placed the tray down in front of Meredith and joined his family on his side of the bed.
Meredith sat up and started to eat her food, enjoying the variety they placed on the tray.
"This is delicious," Meredith told them. "Thank you very much, Grace." She said.
"You're welcome! I'm gonna go get your gift and card mommy." She said before getting off the bed and making her way to her room.
"She's so cute," Meredith said.
"She seems to take after her mother with that," Derek said scooting closer to her and placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Thank you, Derek. For the breakfast and everything. It was delicious." She told him.
"You're welcome. Thank you for being the best mother to my children. I couldn't imagine anyone else being as amazing as you. I wouldn't want anyone else being their mother." He told her sincerely.
"Thanks, Derek," Meredith said with tears in her eyes. "I love you,"
"Oh, I love you so much." Derek said.
"Does this mean I have to top this on Father's day?" she asked with a giggle.
"Oh, yeah. I definitely expect you to plan something big." He said.
"Well, your child might be born on that day." She told him.
"That would be…amazing." Derek said, suddenly wishing for that to happen.
"No, you deserve to have that day be your day. If he/she is born on that day then from now on we'll have to celebrate their birthday on that day, and you wouldn't get a whole day." She told him.
"My birthday," he told her.
"No, you deserve a day to award you for being the best dad." She told him.
"I think it would be amazing." He told her.
"How about he/she is born a day before or after? Then I'll still count it as your gift." She told him with a laugh.
"That works too, either way it's the best gift." He told her.
Her due date was quickly approaching as the days went by in May, and Meredith was surprising still doing ok. She got uncomfortable more quickly, but other than that she seemed to be ok.
"Hey, little one." Derek said, lowering himself so he was level with her stomach. "You need to be nice to mommy today, because today is Mother's day. Can you do that for me, bud?" he asked as he felt a few kicks to his hand.
Meredith let out a giggle at the feeling, "You're telling him not to kick, and you're making him kick, Derek." She said with a giggle. "Also, if you keep calling him bud, and he turns out to be a girl we're going to have problems." She told him.
"Yeah, well you're calling him a he too." He said.
"Because, I think he is a boy. I have mother's intuition." She said with a smile.
"You're so beautiful." He told her as he took in her smile.
"Thank you," she told him with a slight blush.
"Gracie can spend the day with her mommy, but tonight I want to spend time with my wife." He told her suggestively.
"Promise?" she asked him.
"Oh, yes." He said right before Gracie came back in the room.
"Here mommy!" she exclaimed before jumping up on the bed and placing a card, and gift in her mom's lap.
Meredith picked up the home-made card and took in the picture her daughter drew of the two of them. The card said 'Happy Mother's Day' written in Derek's hand writing, but Gracie had written her name that she had been learning, and practicing for weeks now.
"Thank you, baby, I love it." She told her before pulling her daughter in for a hug and kissing her.
"It's from baby too," Gracie told her.
"It is?" Meredith asked. She was very happy that Gracie was accepting the thought of a new baby brother or sister soon.
"Yep," Gracie said simply. "Now open your gift!"
Meredith tore the paper away from the small box. It was wrapped with Gracie's help, and it had tape everywhere, but Meredith was able to get it off and opened the box. Inside sat a large heart shaped diamond, with a smaller one next to it.
"The big one is your heart, and the little one is mine." Gracie told her.
"It's beautiful," Meredith said with tears in her eyes' again.
"Mommy, don't cry. I didn't mean to make you cry."
"You didn't baby, you made me happy. These are happy tears, because I love your gift." She said.
"Oh, ok. I love you, mommy." She said wrapping her tiny arms around her mother's neck.
"I love you too, baby girl." Meredith said with a smile towards Derek.
"Gracie, why don't you go get dressed so you can go do stuff with mommy today." Derek said.
"Ok," Grace said before exiting the room again.
"I love it, Derek, thank you." Meredith said fingering the necklace still in the box.
"Good, I'm glad. Grace picked it out." He told her.
"But you took her there, and bought it and I'm so lucky to have you." She told him.
"You've made me a father, Mer, I owe you so much more for that." He told her.
"No, you don't owe me. I love being a mother, and I have you to thank for that." She said.
"We're both lucky," He told her.
"We are, what are the plans for today?" she asked.
"Well, my gift to you is for you and Grace to go get manicures and pedicures. She's young, but she'll enjoy spending time with her mom and getting her nails done. Also, that will give you something relaxing to do. Then, when you get home we'll have dinner, watch a movie with Grace, then put her to bed, then I plan to make as much love to you before you get too tired." He told her, placing soft kisses along her cheeks and neck.
"That all sounds amazing," Meredith said, pulling his head down and placing a tender kiss on his lips. "Put my necklace on,"
He sat up and placed the necklace around her neck, placing a soft kiss on the back of her neck sending a shiver down her spine.
"I love you," he said, looking in her eyes.
"I love you too, so much." She said.
Later that night Meredith finished reading Gracie her story and tucked her in. They had enjoyed their manicures and pedicures at the salon and afterwards all three of them had a nice dinner that Derek had prepared.
Now, Gracie lay in bed staring up at her mom while they exchanged goodnight kisses.
"Mommy?" she asked softly.
"Yeah?" Meredith whispered.
"Did you have a good day?" she asked.
"Oh, of course I did. I got to spend it with my favorite girl." Meredith told her.
"Good, because I really wanted you to have fun." She said.
"Well, I did. Thank you for being such a good girl and also for my beautiful gift. I love it." Meredith said, fingering her gift.
"You're welcome. I love you, Mommy. All the way to heaven and back." Gracie told her as she tried to fight off the sleep.
"I love you too, baby girl. All the way to heaven and back. And your nails look beautiful." Meredith said.
"Thank you mommy, goodnight." She said.
"Goodnight, sweet dreams." Meredith said softly, placing a kiss on her forehead before leaving the room.
Meredith entered her bedroom and saw Derek sitting in bed, reading a medical journal.
"Hey, is she asleep?" he asked.
"Yeah, she was exhausted. She had fun getting her nails done though." Meredith said, joining her husband.
"Good, I'm glad my girls had fun." He said, putting the book on the end table and wrapped his arm around her, pulling her to his body.
"We did, she was so cute. She loved being pampered. And I loved having my feet rubbed." She said.
"Is that a hint?" he asked with a chuckle.
"Maybe," Meredith said with a giggle.
"I'll massage them every day until the baby is born." He told her.
"And after that?" she asked.
"I will continue it as much as you want," he said.
"Ok, we'll see how long that lasts." She said with a laugh. "Thank you so much for today, Derek. I really had a great day." She said.
"You're welcome, but the nights not over. Are you up to the final gift I promised you?" he asked.
"Always," Meredith said before he captured her lips in a passionate kiss and the rest of the night was spent showering her in the love he felt towards the mother to his children.
It was perfect Mother's Day.
What'd you think?!?! I hope you liked it, and I guess the next update will be Father's Day! I hope all the mom's out there enjoyed their mother's day and I hope everyone spent some time with their mom today. I have an amazing one, and enjoyed the day with her!
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