DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but this plot and the character of Meredith.

Meredith arrived at her house. Everything was just as it was last night. She grabbed her purse and the small bag she had stopped at the drug store to purchase and headed inside the house. She opened the door and was amazed. The entire house had been cleaned. There were scented candles all around and there was a dozen roses in a vase by the door. Meredith smiled, despite her mixed feelings. She picked up the card by the vase and read what her husband had written to her,

"I know I'm sorry isn't going to be enough, but I am sorry. I love you more than life itself and am beside myself with what I've done. Please believe I would never have done that if circumstances had been different but it doesn't change that it was done. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you. I love you and want to spend my life with you. Please, tell me you will give me that chance. Love always, Rocky.'

Meredith started crying. She knew her husband wouldn't have done that if he had been in his right mind. She was going to forgive him, but she was going to take some time trusting him. 'Rocky," she called into the house.

"Babe," he replied back, questioning that she was actually home.

"Yeah. I'm home."

Rocky ran down the stairs and wrapped his wife in his arms. He started crying when she wrapped her arms around his waist because he knew she was home.

"I'm so sorry, babe. I don't know what happened, but I'm sorry you got hurt," he said.

"I know. I talked to Jason and Kimberly and Tommy and they got me thinking that you wouldn't have done that on purpose. I know Katherine was planning to do something. Apparently everyone suspected that she hated me, but they didn't think she'd go this far. I forgive you, Rocko. I might need some time, but we WILL make it," she said.

Rocky kissed her and noticed the bag on the table.

"What's that," he asked.

Meredith had completely forgotten her trip to the drug store.

"Oh, yeah, I need to go and do that," she said.

"Do what," Rocky asked.

"On the way home I got to thinking about the symptoms I've been having. I'm a doctor so I should have figured it out sooner, but I think I'm pregnant. I'm going to take the test to be sure," she said.

"Pregnant? We might be having a baby," he said.

Meredith nodded.

"Well, let's go," he said, dragging her to the bathroom.

"You wait out here," Meredith said.

Rocky paced in the bedroom. Meredith came out the door and Rocky looked up at her. She held the pregnancy test in her hand and looked at him.

"Well," he said.

"I'm not pregnant. Guess the stress of my job is getting to me," she said.

Rocky could tell she was disappointed. He was too, but he didn't want to make Meredith feel bad.

"Well, if we're still going away on vacation, guess what we get to try for, if you want," he said.

"I think it's exactly what we need," she said.

"And if we make a baby, then it is meant to be. If not, we'll keep trying until we get it right," he said, smiling at her.

Meredith nodded at her husband and kissed him. Despite the pain she had felt last night, being with him felt right to her.

She was going to forgive Rocky. She broke off the kiss and looked around the room. Rocky had taken the bed out of one of the guest rooms and put it in their bedroom.

"I took the bed to the garage. The thrift store people will pick it and the mattress up tomorrow. We can go and buy a new one or leave that room empty for now. I thought it would be a good idea to not remind you what happened," Rocky said.

"Sounds like a plan to me," she said.

Rocky started kissing his wife and soon they had forgotten everything else but each other and fell back on the bed. Making good on their promise to start on a family.

***And there you have it. I'm thinking of a sequel, so if you would like to see one, let me know what you think of this one. Who knows what direction that one will find itself. J*** -mereditholiver