A/N: OH MY GOD! It's been 2 months since I last updated this! Thank you to anyone who's been patiently waiting! I was having trouble with the original Chapter 10, I couldn't make it long enough, my brain was dying a little, so I've merged it with Chapter 11 so you're getting an extra long one (Y) I'll try and make the wait shorter next time! Reviews much appreciated =)
All my love, Kelly. X.
You're Not The Only One With Secrets
Chapter 10
~x~
1 month later.
"So….i'll see you tonight babe" Mark said sitting on the edge of the bed and kissing Meredith softly "You keep our girl safe"
"I hate this" Meredith muttered.
"I'll call you, whenever I can"
"Can't I just come and, I don't know, chart or something, anything"
"Mer we've been through this" Mark laughed.
"I know" Meredith mumbled.
"I love you" he said kissing her again.
"I love you too" she said softly, he stood up and went to leave the room "Uh-uh, you didn't say goodbye to the baby!"
"How could I forget?" he smirked, he moved back over to the bed, pulled the covers back and kissed her bump "I love you baby girl, you be good for you Mommy ok? Ok" he smiled "I'm really going this time Mer" he said kissing her again "Bye baby"
"Bye" she sighed.
~x~
"Meredith Grey-Sloan stop right there!" Meredith heard as she approached the hospital, she groaned and turned on her heel to face Bailey who stood with her hands on her hips "Dr Bailey" she said with a fake smile "How are you?"
"Meredith. Go. Home." Bailey said firmly walking up to her "You're on maternity leave, enjoy it"
"Hey, you kept coming back when you were on maternity leave"
"Because I had to keep my eye on you fools, you are still my intern, and I am telling you you need to go home"
"But…."
"Meredith" Bailey glared.
"Fine" Meredith sighed defeatedly "I'll go"
"Thank you" Bailey smiled.
~x~
"I hear you tried to break into the hospital today" Mark smirked leaning up against the doorway of their bedroom.
"Mark, I'm so bored" Meredith whined "I'm not used to being at home this much, I need to do something"
"Get a head start on your studying, I'll come home and quiz you at the end of the day"
"Hmph" Meredith mumbled "I want surgeries"
"Well you can't have surgeries babe" he laughed climbing onto the bed "How about I run you a nice warm bath?"
"Ok" Meredith yawned.
Mark kissed her softly then jumped off the bed and walked into the bathroom "Babe do you want the…." he said walking briefly back into the room, he let out a laugh when he saw Meredith fast asleep, he grabbed the blanket from the chair by the window and covered her with it before kissing her cheek softly.
~x~
1 month later.
"Morning" Addison yawned walking into the kitchen.
"Hey" Meredith smiled.
"I hate work" Addison mumbled sitting down at the table and dropping her head to the table.
"I would kill to be working right about now" Meredith laughed "Maybe you should start getting some sleep"
"I do sleep!" Addison exclaimed.
"The noises coming from Alex's room last night, not sleeping" Meredith smirked.
"Oh god" Addison groaned covering her face "You could….oh god"
"Oh relax, it's not like we don't know you do it" Meredith laughed.
"Yeah but still…." Addison mumbled.
"You might as well check out of the hotel y'know"
"What?"
"I mean, obviously it would be up to you and Alex but, you haven't gone back there in at least 2 weeks, the bathroom is full of your stuff, you wear something different every day so you must have clothes here, I know you have a lot of money but you're kind of wasting it" Meredith shrugged.
"I've been wanting to get my own place actually" Addison smiled.
"Then check out, move your stuff in, and look for a place"
"I'll talk to Alex"
"Talk to me about what?" Alex yawned walking into the room and kissing Addison softly.
"I was just saying that Addison should move in here while she looks for her own place, save her paying for the hotel she never stays in"
"What's there to talk about?" Alex asked.
"Well I'd be moving in, with you" Addison said quietly.
"Fine by me" Alex grinned kissing her again.
~x~
1 week later.
"I wanna watch Entertainment Tonight" Addison said taking the TV controls from Mark.
"It's my TV, we're watching the game" he said taking the controls back.
"It's actually my TV" Meredith sighed.
"We're watching Entertainment Tonight" Addison said changing the channel.
"Addison" he whined "Meredith tell her"
"What? Your telling Mommy on me now?" Addison smirked.
"I am not Mommy in this little, whatever this is, god, you've been at this all week, what the hell is wrong with you?"
"She's always nagging me! It's like being back in med school when she was first dating Derek! Don't do this, don't do that, I want this, I want that" he mocked.
"Oh I am not that bad" Addison scoffed "Right Meredith?"
"How about we watch Entertainment Tonight and record the game?" Meredith suggested.
"But…." Mark started.
"I'm pulling the pregnant wife card" Meredith said simply.
"I hate you" Mark mumbled to Addison who merely stuck her tongue out at him.
~x~
1 month later.
"Mark!" Meredith hissed hitting him on the back.
"What?" he groaned into his pillow.
"Mark!" she said hitting him again.
"What!" he said looking up at her.
"My water just broke"
"Oh, oh my god, ok, um, stay there, I'll go and get Addison, stay there!" he said leaping up from the bed and bursting out of the room and into Alex's.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed as he saw a very naked Addison on top of a very naked Alex, he instantly cover his eyes with one hand and held a hand out in front of him "Um, sorry to interrupt but Mer's water just broke"
"Ok" Addison said scrambling to her feet, pulling the bed sheet with her "Go and get her in the car and I'll meet you there in 5 minutes"
"God you two are animals, it's 7:30 in the morning!" he smirked.
"Get out Mark!" Addison hissed.
Mark laughed and made his way back to Meredith.
"You just walked in on them having sex didn't you" Meredith chuckled as she pulled on some clothes.
"Uh-huh" Mark nodded "How are you feeling?"
"Um, ok, at the minute, can you help me put on my shoes?"
"Yeah" Mark laughed, he knelt down in front of her and put her shoes on, he stood up and took her hand.
"Oww! Sweet Jesus!" Meredith exclaimed as a contraction hit her, her hand shooting towards her stomach, the other squeezing tightly onto Mark's hand "Fuck that hurt" she grumbled.
"You gonna kiss your child with that mouth?" Mark smirked.
"Hey! You're not the one that's going to be pushing a bowling ball out of her vagina!" Meredith snapped.
"I'd do it for you if I could" Mark smiled kissing her forehead softly "Come on, lets get you to the car"
"Where's the overnight bag?" Meredith asked quickly.
"By the front door, we've had it packed and waiting there for the last 2 weeks Meredith" Mark smiled "You're panicking, I get it but everything is going to be fine, the baby will be here before you know it"
~x~
6 hours later.
"Can't you just do a c-section, y'know, slice me open, pull her out?" Meredith said to Addison as she paced her hospital room.
"Meredith, you know I won't do that unless it's completely necessary and you wanted a natural birth"
"I'm two centimeters dilated Addison, TWO! I've been here for 6 freakin' hours, I just want her out"
"I know you do honey" Addison smiled "She'll come, eventually"
"Oh god" Meredith groaned as another contraction hit her, she gripped onto the edge of the bed and panted through the pain "I hate this"
"I know" Addison said rubbing her back softly "It'll be worth it I promise"
"Really? Because at the minute I'm not so sure"
"It will be, you're just nervous"
"I know" Meredith sighed hoisting herself back up onto the bed with support from Addison.
"Hey honey" Mark smiled "How are my girls?"
"Tired" Meredith sighed.
"How many centimeters are we at?" Mark asked hopefully.
"Two" Addison and Meredith sighed.
"Oh" Mark said simply "Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure Mark" Addison sighed "I have to go and check on some other patients, I'll be back in an hour to check on you ok?"
"Yeah, ok" Meredith sighed.
~x~
6 hours later.
"I've been at this for 12 hours, I'm tired, I've had next to no sleep, please tell me I'm nearly there, please" Meredith begged.
Addison sighed "I'm sorry Meredith, you're still only four centimeters dilated"
"Oh for the love of god!" Meredith groaned "Why doesn't she want to come out! She hates me already, that's it, she knows I'll be bad at this, I'll be just like my mother, that's it, she wants to stay inside me, it's a lot safer in there, not so dark and twisty, she hates me already"
"Meredith, you're being neurotic, you're hormonal and tired, try and get some rest" Addison smiled softly.
"You try and get some rest when you have a tiny person kicking your insides out. Oh and to add more fuel to the fire, contractions, stupid stupid contractions, this is all Mark's fault, him and his stupid boy penis, stop laughing at me!"
"I'm not laughing!" Addison exclaimed.
"Where's Mark, I want Mark"
"He's giving everyone an update, he'll be back soon"
"This hurts, why didn't you tell me this hurts?"
"I did tell you! You've been to med school Mer, you've watched deliveries, you know this hurts you just have to breathe through it"
"Breathe through it, if I breathe anymore I'm going to hyperventilate!" Meredith snapped.
"Wow, your bitchy when your in labour" Cristina smirked as she entered the room "How's it going Supermom?"
"Four centimeters" Meredith groaned.
"Four! Just four! Seriously! You've been here 12 hours!"
"Not helping Yang" Addison said dryly "I have to go and check on some patients, you'll stay with her?"
"I've got it" Cristina nodded.
"Cristina why won't she come out!" Meredith whined.
"She'll come eventually, so stop your whining and try and sleep"
"Until you do this you can't judge me" Meredith hissed.
"Oh shut it"
~x~
Another 6 hours later.
"7 centimeters" Addison said looking up at Meredith.
"I'm going to pretend you did not just say that, I'm not thinking about this anymore" Meredith sighed "Talk to me, tell me something not baby related, anything"
"Alex told me he was in love with me" Addison blurted quickly.
"What? When? What did you say?"
"It was a few hours ago, we were in the NICU and he just said it, and I froze, he mumbled something and walked out, I think he feels embarrassed"
"Well, are you in love with him?"
"Yeah, yeah I think I am but I can't be can I? We've only been together for 4 months"
"Erm hello! Me and Mark didn't take that much longer to say it, you're in love with him Addie, go and tell him"
"Hey Mer I, oh um, I'll come back later" Alex stuttered.
"No Alex wait!" Addison said quickly.
"What?"
"I love you too" she said quietly.
"But you just…."
"I froze, I know I did but you just took me by surprise but Alex I love you, I swear I do, I'm in love with you"
"This is the part where you kiss" Meredith gestured, Alex walked purposely across the room and planted a kiss on Addison's lips.
"I love you" he smiled.
"I love you too" she smiled back.
"See, this is what I need!" Meredith exclaimed "Distractions"
"I'm guessing we're still not there?" Alex frowned.
"3 more centimeters to go" Addison smiled "It won't be long Meredith"
"You said that 18 hours ago" Meredith grumbled.
"Hey" Mark smiled walking into the room "I've told the Chief that I'm not leaving you again, I don't care what's going on out there, how's it going?"
"7 centimeters" Meredith sighed "I just want her here now"
"I know, me too babe, me too"
~x~
9 hours later.
"Hey" Addison said softly as she walked into Meredith's room "How's it going?"
"She's finally sleeping" Mark said quietly "This is really taking it out of her"
"The baby will come eventually, if there were problems, if she was in distress I'd get her out but she's not and Meredith wanted a natural birth so we just have to wait"
"I know" Mark sighed "This is getting ridiculous though, she's still only 8 centimeters"
"I know, it will happen Mark"
~x~
3 hours later.
"Ok, we're ready, 10 centimeters, it's time Meredith" Addison smiled.
"It's time?" Meredith panted.
"Yeah, it's time" Addison nodded.
"She's coming Mer" Mark smiled kissing her softly "Where do you want me?"
"Here" Meredith said patting the edge of the bed, he pulled up a chair and gave her his hand.
"Ok, Meredith, on your next contraction I want you to push ok?" Addison asked.
"Ok" Meredith nodded, she groaned loudly as she pushed with all of her might.
"That's good Meredith, I can see the head, push when your ready"
Meredith squeezed Mark's hand tightly as she pushed hard.
"That's it Meredith keep going"
"I can't" Meredith sighed defeatedly.
"Yes you can you're doing really well, isn't she Mark?"
"You're doing great honey, ok, you need to push again"
"I hate you, why can't you do this for me?" Meredith groaned, she pushed hard again.
"Ok, the heads out, once we're past the shoulders it'll be a piece of cake, so one last push Meredith, you really need to go for it"
"Ok, I'm ready, I can do this" Meredith panted "I can do this"
Meredith screamed loudly as she pushed one more time, the sound of cries filled the room.
"She's beautiful guys" Addison smiled, she quickly cleared her nose and wiped her face and placed her on Meredith's chest.
"She's here" Meredith cried "She's really here"
"Do we have a name?" Addison smiled.
"Madeline, Madeline Keira Sloan" Meredith said softly.
"I thought we were going with Grey-Sloan, so she was like you" said Mark.
"She will be like me" Meredith smiled.
"What d'you mean?"
"I'm changing my name Mark, officially, I want to be Meredith Sloan"
Mark grinned down at her "I love you"
"I love you too" Meredith said kissing him softly.
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