AN: I own nothing but Mere and Mason, Graphics for Mason will be posted to the profile shortly.
These twists and turns of fate.-Little Wonders, Rob Thoms
Seven Months- Baby shower
"Oh my god you are so perfectly round." Trish said walking into Meredith's house.
"Thanks Trish." She said dryly. She moved from the door way.
"Andee has a system put your gift over there and enter for the drawing.
She hugged her friend.
"So how are things?" Trish asked.
"Great the stalker has slowed down, John and I are pretty good and Adam and I are normal again so …"
"Normal for people who are having a baby but trying to forget they ever did the dirty you mean." She looped their arms together and walked into the living room
"You forgot that the police think the stalker is planning something." Adam said coming in from picking up Trish and his mother from the airport. "Also I have presents and cake. Hello, baby, actual baby, and Trish again." He leaned down to kiss Meredith's cheek.
"Yes he calls her actual baby." Meredith said answering the unasked question. When Judy walks in Meredith hugs her. "Hi Mom."
John walks in carrying a tray of cookies and a rocking chair. "Meredith you need to sit Honey." He kissed her. "You look pretty, please sit down." She was wearing a bright yellow long sleeved thermal with a deep V neck line and jeans her hair was down and she wore very little make up.
"She looks like a lemon." Adam teased and she rolled her eyes.
John sits the rocker in the corner of the room and forces her to sit. "But- I wanted a cookie."
"
Oh ok," He reaches down and grabs one, "There." He said handing it to her.
Judy sits next her. "So how are things between you and Adam?" She asked quietly.
Meredith shrugs "About the same, I mean we aren't fighting hell we're pretty normal teasing each other calling for stupid reasons but…it's still different." Meredith lowers her voice. "I wonder why we ever had sex in the first place I mean…"
"You know the answer to that Meredith Hope."
"So I have a question." Meredith leaned into her.
"Okay shoot sweetie?"
"So, the books say that…will I actually rip ill I actually ript...my crotch giving birth?"
"Mostly likely yeah."
"Adam Joseph." She says sweetly
"Yeah." He said looking up from arranging presents.
"If I rip my crotch giving birth to your Sasquatch baby I will never ever forgive you."
"Wait it rips." John said suddenly paying attention.
"Ouch okay baby, just think positive like we talked about." Adam says. She motions him over and pulls him down to whisper in his ear.
"All the good sex in the world won't make up for a broken vajay jay. Even really, really good sex." She shoves him lightly away with a smile.
They play shower games like guess the baby food, Measure the belly with toilet paper, and diaper changing race between the men.
Meredith gets up to go to the bathroom and Adam goes with her since she'd begun having trouble moving in the tight hallway.
"Oh my god we cannot feed poor Macey that pureed drivel. Promise me." He says on the journey back.
"Was it really that bad? The carrots were bland but not awful."
"I think the turkey dinner is like Satan's version of thanksgiving Mere." She laughs at him.
"Macey huh?"
"Trying it out, if you don't like it-"
"It's sweet Adam."
"Can I just point out I beat John." He smiles brightly referring to the diaper changing contest.
"You are the diaper changing king A.J. bask in the glory babe."
"I practiced on Branny." He confesses.
"I can't say I'm surprised. Thank you for being my bathroom escort. "
"I can't believe you can't see your own feet. You're like a rolly pollie."
"Fuck you."
"It's cute I promise."
-/-/-/-/-
They sit down to open gifts of various baby clothes. Adam gets a manly diaper bag with skulls on it from Jay.
Meredith receives a silver engraved I.D. bracelet from John reading "Mason Jude"
"We can add her birthday and last name later when we decide what she'll go by." He replies leaning over the back of the couch across from her.
"I love it! It's so tiny and pretty. Thank you." She went to get up.
"No, stay I'll come to you." He walks over and leaned down to kiss her.
"She's going by Copeland." Adam muttered.
Judy hands her the next gift bag. She reads the gift tag. "From Aunt Leigh I don't-"
"Just open it Mere." Adam says impatiently.
She unwraps the object from the purple tissue to reveal a plush baby Tinker Bell wrapped in a purple blanket. She looks up at Adam with tears in her eyes.
She got up and crossed the room without a word she hugged him.
"Hey don't cry that wasn't my intention, Jay and I went into the Disney store and I saw it and thought of Leigh. I know you miss her and want her here, this was the best I could do." He whispered in her ear.
"Thank you." She whispered back.
"I don't get it." John said.
"You aren't meant too." Andee replies.
-/-/-/-/-
They all sit around on Meredith's couch after her baby shower playing never have I ever. Everyone else has alcohol and Meredith is stuck with cranberry juice for a UTI she has.
"This is no fun I don't want to reveal perverted things about myself without the benefit of alcohol." She says while glowering into her cup.
"Look at it like this Mere, you hate cranberry juice this is a proficient way to get it down. With all the shit you've done it shouldn't take long." Adam says.
"Thanks AJ,"
"Anytime baby, he sits on the ottoman and pulls her feet into his lap. John sits on her left Trish is on her right, Maria, Beth, and a few other guests who stayed are scattered around the living room.
"You're ankles still hurt?" Adam asks as he runs his thumb across the top of her ankle.
"Every day,"
"I'll start says Maria. "Never have I ever… wait what haven't I done?" everyone laughs.
"Okay, never have I been with someone who talks during sex."
"Define talking, more than just one or two words?" John asks.
"A full sentence."
John and Adam both take a swig of beer. "I hate you both." Meredith states "Nothing is scared."
John laughs. "it's charming babe." He stretches his arm across the back of the couch to settle around Meredith's shoulders.
Adam shrugs. "It figures you can't get your brain to shut up even during sex,"
She narrows her eyes. "I don't recall complaints in fact…"
"Hey now," Jay cuts in to stave awkwardness or the death glare Beth is currently giving Meredith.
It comes around to Trish's turn. "Never have I ever been fucked awake." Meredith takes the last swallow of her cranberry juice and realizes the room is totally silent.
"I'm the only one? Really?"
"Tell me!" Andee says leaning over the coffee table with an eager expression.
"Later. Should I feel accomplished or dirty?"
"Accomplished." Almost every woman in the room says. Meredith presses the ball of her foot into Adam's stomach gently he smirks at her quick and sly before anyone notices.
She inclines her head and narrows her eyes at him in a none verbal taunt.
When he winks at her she snickers quietly.
"You two are doing that thing were you talk without saying anything." John points out as Beth gets up and leaves.
Adam gets up and follows Beth.
"Never have I ever been afraid that an escalator would eat me." Meredith said ignoring the drama. John takes a swing of beer.
"What happened to the things we say while naked and or drunk cannot be held against us?"
"Statute of limitations Johnny." She smiles and kisses his cheek.
"I was touching feet Beth how is that even remotely sexual?" Adam shouts from the back patio...
"I don't know Adam you a toe sucker?" Jay hollered back.
Meredith starts laughing and can't stop.
Adam sticks his head in the door. "You two are not helping."
"Sorry AJ he's funny." Meredith laughs with an unlady like snort.
"You did ask how it was sexual, that's how?"
Meredith laughs more. "I'm gonna pee if someone doesn't help me up."
"I love you but don't pee on the couch." Adam advises.
"It's my couch I can pee on it if I want. When she kills you try not to bleed all over my patio furniture."
-/-/-/-
"So I can see you and Mere are fairly good again." Jay says in the middle of their bi-weekly run.
"Yeah I guess."
"Then tell me something Adam, you don't want to be the one to make her happy and you're hanging on to Beth with your damn fingernails but you don't want to watch John make her happy right." Jay clarified.
"Shut up." Adam replied with his teeth in a grit.
"Why? Is it because I ain't buying what you're sellin'."
"I am fine with her being with whoever she chooses I just don't want anyone thinking they have a say in how we raise the kid."
"That's what co-parenting is Adam. You think she's overjoyed at the thought of trusting Beth with something carried for nine months? No. she's doing it for you. So you gotta trust her back." Jay wiped the sweat from his face with a towel.
As they round the corner from their run Adam sees a FedEx guy delivering something to her door. He jogs up "I'll take that."
"Don't worry, she's his baby mama." Jay says as knocking as he stands holding the rather innocuous basket of baby things.
Meredith opens the door in a night gown that hits her mid-thigh.
She's eating a little tub of Blue Bell Ice Cream. "Hi. You brought presents." She smiles at him from behind the spoon.
She grabs the basket from him and leaves them to follow along behind. The swishy hips and long toned legs with their faded tan reminds him of the first time they met.
Okay so sleeping with Amy has its downside like sitting in the corporate offices waiting for someone to come tell him how to dig himself out of the shithole he'd put himself in.
A pretty brunette in a lace sleeveless top and red mini skirt and heels high enough for nose bleeds walks in. she has fantastic legs.
"Nice stems baby." He says letting his eyes roam her.
"The name's Meredith, baby." She says without looking up from a file she's carrying.
"A lil feisty for a PA but I can dig it." He grins wolfishly.
"I am a junior PR consultant with the plan to get you out of the shit storm you caused by screwing other talent, who happens to be steady screwing other talent you better be nice to me or I swear I'll make you wear a clown suit and lick Matt Hardy's boots ya got me hotshot."
"I hear you. What's the plan Ma'am?" He straightened up.
"Good." She looks up and big brown eyes hit him like a punch. Damn, he has got to stay away.
"We embrace it; we make you the seediest most unapologetic douchebag on the roster. That flirting thing you did just now can you turn that up to like a fifteen?" She answers leaning on the desk in front of him.
"I flirted with you because I wanted too." He said.
"Then flirt with the nation like it's a roomful of pretty girls." She grins.
"And Amy?"
She looks at her feet a moment crossing her arms. She looks up and he gets hit with those eyes again. "We make her the whore the fan base already believes she is. It's shitty and I'm sorry but I can only save one of you. You're more viable. I'd advise your wife not to watch for a while."
"Why am I more viable?"
"Because the world is sexist and I can use it."He finds he likes her honesty.
He's about to spout off some version of the same compliment just to see she if she remembers when she blanches white reading the card attached to the basket. She runs as fast as her little preggo feet can carry her to the office.
"Mere? Sweetheart?" Jay replied following her and Adam catches up.
They find her rifling through files. "Meredith What?" Adam asks.
She shoves the file and card at him. "The L's they match."
Sure enough The L's in Lorenzo Valentine and in for your lovely little bastard match.
"It makes perfect sense, I turned him down when I was dating Jamie Kellogg then when I was going to transfer to Manhattan to be closer to NYU for Leigh, Leigh died 3 weeks later."
"He's waiting for Macey for his big move, she's the ultimate symbol of never having you for himself." He says thinking out loud, the thought makes his insides quake.
-/-/-/-
Adam walks into Meredith's silent house and goes looking for her. He finds her standing towel clad in her closet with her wet hair slicked back from her face.
Her eight months pregnant belly sticking out makes him smile.
"What do you mean they don't believe you?" John's voice comes out of her phone lying on the chest of drawers.
"They say my theory isn't enough to go on and that hand writing proves nothing. They're going to post an unmarked squad car outside of my office until they have concrete proof. Did you happen to see where I put my dark wash maternity Jeans?"
Adam picks them up and tosses them at her. "Oof found em'"
"Mere babe I gotta go, stay safe."
"Alright call you later."
"Love you."
"Me too John."
They hang up.
"You should really lock your door baby, I just walked in." He holds up an IHOP bag. "Breakfast."
"Ooh."
"Garden omelet and sweet potato pancakes just like you like. Hey come here," She does as he bids. He sweeps a lock of hair behind her ear. "You love John?"
"Not enough." He turns her so that her back is leaned into his front. He has an arm around her shoulders. They are reflected in her standing mirror.
"Wow look at us." She whispered.
He holds up his phone "Smile." The picture snaps. "Don't let her see that."
"Who do you think she'll look like?"
"It depends on whose genetic markers are stronger, I look like my mom and I'm guessing you look like your Dad mostly. You resemble Judy around the eyes though so who knows, she could come out looking like John or the milkman.
"You are unfunny." He said distractedly, as he messed with his phone.
"Do they even have Milkmen anymore?" He asked.
"The mail man then he's kind of hunky I think he does a little Magic Mike Moonlighting. Do not post that, she might not kill you but I will."
"Gross, I don't want to hear that! Why can't I post it?"
"I'm fat!"
"You're gorgeous."
"You lie."
"I do not."
-/-/-/-
Nine and a half months-
Tundra barking like mad and circling the door alerts Adam that he has company.
He opens the door to find Meredith standing there looking fed up.
"What are you doing here? Did you walk?" he looked out not finding her car.
"Yeah, I need your help. Um, I need you to have sex with me."
"Excuse me?"
"Look, I'm thinking Mason might be considering taking up a permanent residence in my uterus. I've tried all the home remedies and walking and she's not budging. I'm tired and I'm fat and I have stretch marks in places you can't imagine. I constantly need to pee and I am so freaking horny it scares me!"
Adam starts laughing.
"Please stop laughing, I can't let John see me naked I feel ugly. "She Said tearing up.
"Don't cry Mere, its okay." He reached out and pulled her to him in a hug. "That's got to be the weirdest way I've ever been propositioned but hey, I'm game if you are."
"Come on lets go inside. Mom's here so we need to be quiet." He said pulling her inside.
She walks past him into the bedroom and strips down naked.
"Wow." Adam says softly closing the door behind him.
"I know I'm huge but it's rude to stare." She snarls.
"I- no, I just have never gotten too look, you're so pretty Mere."
He crosses the room and pulls her to him to kiss her deeply. She makes an "Mm" sound against his lips and kisses back. She reaches down and undoes his belt and fly. Her hand dives into his boxers to trace his length in a firm stroke. "Oh God, not screwing around huh Mere?" He says kicking his head back.
"Like I said, horny." She said the words muffled as she kissed his neck
"Do that again." He pleads.
She does and he moves them back into a wall but not before hitting the dresser on the way. With the loud clatter the radio comes on in the living room. They both start laughing.
"So much for being quiet." Adam says before skimming his hand down below her belly to return the favor. His fingertips graze her labia.
"Stop teasing Adam." She raps her head back on the wall in frustration.
He begins to work her over with his hands and kissing along her jawline and behind her ear. Her breathing quickens and the little noise she makes him wonder if and when was the last time she'd been touched.
"You're not ugly Meredith, I can promise you that." As the first wave of her orgasm hits he's kissing at the corner of her mouth and muffles a rather loud cry.
"Is there any ways in which we can't have sex? Because the things I'm planning to do…"
"I don't know Google didn't tell me that, ahhh ow."
"Ow, what where?"
"I don't know I've never had a baby before, but I felt a twinge." He withdrew his hand wiping them on his boxers.
"Really kid, now? Really?" he directed to her stomach.
"I'll go get my mom."
"Adam?"
"Yeah?" He turned back.
"You need pants.'
"Right."
-/-/-/-
When they come back she's wrapped in Adam's comforter skirting around a puddle. "My water broke it was gross."
"Why are you naked sweetie?" Judy asks.
"Well you told me to have sex!"
"With your boyfriend."
"Have you seen my boyfriend? I can't let him see me like this Adam was safer." She retorts ignoring Adam's "Gee thanks." expression.
"Adam find your keys and put the dogs out while I help Meredith get dressed." His mother orders.
Adam leaned over and kissed Meredith. "I've got her I promise."
"Okay, I'll go across the street and get your bag and the car seat too."
"I'm a little scared." Meredith says quietly.
"You're supposed to be. It'll be alright, Go Adam honey!"
-/-/-/-
Adam returns to find Meredith wearing his flannel pajama bottoms and his favorite hockey jersey. Her ponytail swinging with her steps as she moves to the car.
"How's the pain?" He moves to her other side and helps her get into the car.
"Right now, just annoying. No matter what I say today I don't hate you."
He sets the car in gear and starts to drive off. "We need to call Jay, and-"
Meredith cuts him off. "Adam, you forgot your Mom."
He backs up and turns and Judy is standing in the driveway waving to them smiling. "Son?" she said getting into the back seat.
"Sorry Ma."
"It's okay you're excited just don't forget actual baby somewhere okay?"
"I won't leave her anywhere I promise." He says when Meredith looks over at him.
-/-/-/-
Adam commandeers a wheel chair and power walks her quite quickly into the elevator and up to the labor and delivery reception desk to check in.
"He does realize this takes hours right?" Meredith asks Judy.
Judy shrugs. He parks her at the nurses' station. "I'm Adam, this is my Meredith and we're having a baby. Help us. Also, I stole this wheel chair from a pink lady."
The nurse smiles sweetly. "Ok Adam what's your last name?"
"Copeland, it's Copeland, the baby's too."
"He's very nervous could you slip him some valium." Meredith puts in.
Judy slapped his arm. "You stole from an old lady?"
"Ow Ma!"
"Adam Joseph Copeland."
"She needed it."
"Ha! You got full named!" Meredith's laughter is cut off by a contraction.
"How's your pain level Mrs. Copeland?" the nurse asking walking around to wheel her to a room.
"I'm not, we're not…shit fuck it who cares. A six maybe, it intensified on the freeway but I thought It's was stress because he's drives like a Ritalin addicted Stevie Wonder."
"Stevie Wonder's blind." Adam says as though she's stupid.
"Exactly A.J."
They get Meredith settled in a room and Adam comes back from getting her stuff out of the car too see a sour look on her face.
"What Baby?"
"They tried to make me shave down there! I refuse I can't even see it and I wasn't even sure it still worked until today. No way am I letting some stranger down there with a razor!"
"One, Gertrude is in full working order, two don't shave it itches like a son of a bitch growing back." He sits her bag on the rolling table.
"Adam!" Both women shout.
"What wrestling tights chafe?" He says defensively.
"You named my crotch you Perv!" she paused and inhaled.
"Contraction?" Adam asked.
"Big one." His mother commented looking at the graph read out.
"Hand… Hand someone hold my hand." Meredith waved her hand around.
Adam stepped up and grabbed her hand. "Squeeze as hard as you want."
"Remember you said that." The contraction ends and she looks to Judy "are they all like that?"
"Worse, though I was pretty heavily medicated."
"Fuck this shit, I want drugs. Those women who pop em' out in rice paddies are fucking nuts or are just myths."
-/-/-/-
Meredith looks over at him glassy eyed from medication. "Adam, I love you….this medicine rocks. Let's do this again." "For the drugs." She stage whispered.
"Meredith honey, you're high." Judy says gently.
"I know I am so happy right now. Mom, hey Mom, when did you get here?"
Adam rolled with laughter. "I am so taping this."
"Adam? I want to take a nap,"
"Okay." He said noncommittally.
"Cuddle me."
He looked to his mom. "I'm not going to tell on you."
"We cuddled before anyway." He climbed in bed with her hanging half off it he snuck one arm under her head and one around her and sent out a mass text. "She's at a two and is comfortably sleeping." Then he fell asleep himself.
Jason finds Judy reading a book and the two of them still sleeping.
"Judy, how long they been like that?"
"Oh Jason. About an hour I'd say. You can wake Adam and take him for a walk he's nervous it's going to make her antsy if he isn't careful."
He nods and nudges Adam "Why do I always find you two like this?" He teases.
"The woman is giving birth I just do what she says…" he yawns "And she said cuddle so we are."
"Get up we're walking."
"Demanding little man troll." Adam sniped as he extricated himself from the still sleeping Meredith.
-/-/-/-
"So you afraid?" Jay breaks the silence.
"I've jumped off a twenty foot ladder with nothing but plywood beneath me."
"It's a tiny helpless person who will depend on you for everything."
"Well if I wasn't before I am now, so thanks." He says dryly then smirks.
"Mere's going to change, become more firm with you no flip flopping with Miss Mace in the picture fully."
"I know part of me is glad for it, maybe this what if thing we do will stop."
"You ready to see her marry someone else?"
"She doesn't love him." He said quickly.
"Not yet, but she will Mere's conventional and John's stubborn he'll wait her out. He'll wait you out."
"He's not raising her, I am."
"And Beth is going to raise another woman's child?"
"You are borrowing trouble Jay."
"No I'm telling you the truth; it isn't about the two of you now. This either tears you two down or makes you stronger but today Mason is no longer some abstract thing. She's real. By the end of today I become an Uncle sure, but you become a Dad." Jay replied.
Adam's cell rings before he can formulate a response. "She's at a six, that's active labor get your butt back here. They expect her to be at a ten in an hour and half at this rate."
"The Ten is go time right."
Judy laughs. "Yeah Adam that's go time."
"We gotta go she's progressing quickly." Adam turns and heads for the doors.
"Is that normal?"
"I guess maybe I don't know but Mom told me to get back."
His cell chimes saying he has a text message.
.Meredith: Stop talking about your baby in sports metaphors, I'm not diving through a table I'm giving birth and I swear on everything you love if you don't get back asap I will spear you into the next goddamned county myself.
"Mere's getting snippy lets book."
-/-/-/-/-
Adam posts Jay outside the door with his cell phone. "You can text updates to people but don't let anyone in. not John, Beth, Trish Andee anybody. It's the deal we made it's an "Us" thing I'd let you in because we'd let Leigh in but I trust you to keep everyone in line. Everyone can see her after."
"I'll make sure to give you guys a bit too, you know in case you faint or bawl or something."
"Smart ass."
"Have fun." Jay replied with a wave bye.
-/-/-/-
Meredith is pretty calm in the beginning. Listening to her birthing playlist and doing NY Times crossword on her kindle and lazily holding his hand in between contractions.
When she bursts out laughing he knows why. "Adam I love you so much right now!" she pulls out an ear bud so a perplexed Judy can here the beginning stomp, stomp, clap of Queen's "We Will Rock you."
"That's funny AJ bonus points for creativity." Meredith said still laughing as Judy started snickering.
As the hours wear on and the epidural wears off Meredith starts to lose her cool. "Adam this hurts, give me the damn clicky button thing."
"You already pushed it." He pointed out.
"Fuck you I'll push it as many goddamn times as I want. " She snarls, looking up at him from where she's positioned on all fours.
"Give her the button son."
"But it only-"
"Mind your mother and give it to me. Now." She breathes through a contraction and puts her head down.
He hands her the button. "You know when my mom knew she was dying she sat me down and told me all of these things, never sleep with a boy because you feel you have too or because he said I love you, only hookers and clowns wear that much rouge baby, She told me how to finish potty training Leigh. She told to fix a run your panty hose but she never told me how much this hurts."
"That's because if she told you the truth you'd never have a baby." Judy replied brushing her hair back.
"Let's just say I don't exactly hate Adam just now but I sorely regret getting anywhere near his junk."
"That's not what you said earlier!" He defends.
"Oh like we got that far!" She snipes.
"You two really need to stop having sex." Judy commented.
"Seconded." Meredith muttered and Adam huffed.
-/-/-/-
Adam had left to get more ice chips. Jay runs up to him "Show time Dude. She said she needs to push." He takes the ice chips and hands Adam his phone. "Pictures."
"You are not Adam I said go find Adam or I swear to God I will cross my legs until he fucking gets back!" He hears Meredith direct at a nurse.
"I'm here!" He yells. "Don't kill someone, I'm here." Adam says But Meredith still shoots a dark look the nurse's way.
He grabs her hand. "Ready?"
She shook her head. "Not really, no. I'm scared."
"Me too honestly." He kissed her hand.
"Better or worse than the moment you dove through the flaming table with thumbtacks in your back?"
"A tiny bit worse." He says with a tiny shrug.
The doctor looks up at that. "My son's crazy. Quit being nosey and tell my other child when to push got that?" Judy said.
"Sounded way less incestuous in your head huh Ma?" Adam said.
"Ready, deep breath hold it…and push!" Dr. Peachman commanded.
"I want to scream. It hurts." Meredith said in between contractions.
"Then scream baby." Adam said calmly.
"She shouldn't-"a nurse started.
"Is a human being barreling through your body? No, then shut up she can scream if she wants." His tone brooked no argument.
Meredith laughed. "Perfect description."
=/-/-/-/-
"And push."
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh shit. I kinda hate you just a little AJ!"
"You broke my hand like six contractions ago we'll call it even." He teased. Her grip on his hand tightened in his.
"Big Big push Meredith." A nurse said.
"Oh screw you, is your name Judy Adam or Dr. Peachman? Then stop telling me what to do."
"Concentrate on me and push. Forget them." Judy said "Now push!"
"I Can see the head! Push!" The doctor said and Adam creeped down lower to watch.
Meredith looks startled at him leaving her side.
"I'm right here Meredith." Judy held her hand.
"Push Mere She's right there." Adam encouraged.
Judy counted slowly whispering encouragement to Meredith.
"AHHH!"
"Meredith I need you to not push for just a second….okay a little one and stop. You a queasy guy Daddy?"
"No." Adam answered his voice sounding thick.
"You want to pull her the rest of the way out?"
"I can do that?" He asked disbelieving.
"Yeah but you forfeit cord cutting to grandma."
"How?"
"Ok. Hold your arm so that her head and body is supported like that good. Use the other hand to gently pull. Good!"
"She's out Mere you did it." He laid her gently on Meredith's chest.
The baby screamed shivering. "Oh she's cold. Hi so you're the one who likes chili cheese Fritos and ranch for midnight snack. Hi I'm mommy or the body called home for nine months." Meredith looked to find Adam crying.
"Hey, it's okay, come say hi. Someone get me a blanket she's cold." Meredith ordered. He wondered over. As the nurses started wiping her off. "Hey Mason." She opened her eyes at his voice.
Judy cut the cord and they took the baby to get cleaned up and weighed.
"Hey! " Meredith said sounding startled.
"I'll go with her the five steps across the room." He leaned down and kissed her on the mouth "You did a really job, I love you."
"I don't say that too loud Beth might hear." Meredith teased.
"I don't care."
"He's right you did a fabulous job. Potty mouth aside, your mother would be very proud. I know I am."
"Six pounds two ounces, nineteen inches long…. And yep those eyes are definitely going to turn Pearson brown." Adam announced to them. "She has very little hair…can I touch?"
"You can do better than that. Take her back to mama. After you wash your hands."
=/=/=/=
After a few minutes Jay could be heard on the other side of the door. "Can I come in yet?"
"Yes!" Meredith and Adam yelled.
Jay comes in and walks over to Meredith's side next to Adam.
"Dude I got to basically catch her, coolest thing ever." Adam said grinning.
Meredith hands Jay the baby, "Mason meet one half of your name sake. Uncle Jay."
"Oh no I-"
"You got her man. Just watch her head," Adam moved her cap. "See peach fuzz."
"Oh wow…if I like her this much we can't let Niecey hold her. She'll want one."
-/-/-/-
Adam, Meredith and Judy bring the baby home while Jay picks up John Beth and Trish from the airport.
Adam starts videoing on his phone.
"Okay Edge heads meet my daughter Mason, and this is how you know she's mine. The chin and the shoes." He zooms in on her dimpled chin and her converse sneakers.
"Adam what are you doing?" Meredith asks.
"Tweeting a video of Macey to the Edge heads, Say Hi Mere," he pans over to her sitting cross from him in the car.
"Hey random strangers who now know what our baby looks like." She said sarcastically.
"When you say it like that it sounds creepy."
"Share it, its fine but you are gonna have to explain to the random strangers how you had a baby with well…"
"Not Beth?" Judy cut in. Making Meredith smile.
Adam turned the camera back on himself "Okay so here's the long and short of it folks I had a one night stand with my female best friend, she's the girl version of Jay only not so hairy obviously female and way hotter."
"Thanks I think."
"Welcome baby, anyway because of large amounts of alcohol and a corset that holds a special place in my heart, bada Bing nine months later we got her!"
He puts the camera back on a seeping Mason.
"Nine and half months, I was two weeks over due if you wanna get technical."
"Always the PR girl with her correct info."
"The corset wasn't that great."
"She's lying, it was something…."
"We're pulling in turn the camera off Adam."
"But Mom-"
"You can stare at her inside the house."
-/-/-/-/
"Hey I found these random strangers at the airport they want to see the baby, especially the short Canadian." Jay said walking in as Trish Shoves him aside to get in. "Let me at her!"
""I'm a little afraid of you not gonna lie." Jay told her.
"I have experience I go first," John said.
"That is not a rule, who said!" Trish argued.
"How long have they been like that?" Beth asks Judy. Adam and Meredith lay on opposite ends of Adam's couch with the baby between them staring at her.
"Awhile, they're enamored it's natural."
Beth nods. "May I hold her?" She asks Meredith.
"Sure, you are the only one who actually asked. I swear I think John and Trish may rock, Paper, scissors for her."
Meredith sits up and hands her the baby. Adam watches unmoving afraid to mar this seemingly incredibly important moment.
"Hi there you look a bit like Daddy huh?"
"I need to go pump. You got her?"
"Yeah I got it." Beth answers before Adam can.
When Meredith returns from pumping John has Mason.
"Hey babe I was it?"
"Pumping? I feel like a dairy cow..." She sat down next to him and kissed his cheek.
"No the other,"
"Oh, worth it. Painful but worth it."
She looked over at Adam and saw something in his eyes she couldn't figure out.
"Mere watch she recognizes my voice. Hey Mason, what you doing you sleeping?" she turns her face into John's arm.
"Well you talked to my uterus so much something was bound to stick, give Trish a turn." She hands Trish the bottle. "Try feeding her for me."
"But-"John whined.
"John we practically live together, share a little."
Meredith walks over behind Adam and leans down to hug him from behind.
"You okay?" she asks watching Trish feed Mason all the while smiling.
"Can we do this? Raise her and be with other people and not end up hating each other?"
"I guess we'll find out, she kissed his cheek. "And A.J.?" she whispers. "I'll never hate you, I love you."
"It always comes back to that doesn't it?" he picked up her hand from where it's looped around his neck and kisses her palm. "And back at ya baby." He said quietly.