"Special Delivery"
A/N: Sorry that I'm not updating as fast as I want to…Vacation got in the way! But here's the new update and the last chapter of this story. I feel like this is a good stopping point for the story. There will possibly be another sequel to this series. I haven't completely decided yet. I just want to start some more writing projects. Enjoy and please R/R.
October 31: 9:16 P.M.
After leaving Kinsley, Kennedy, and Kollin with Lexie and Jackson, Derek drove as fast as he could to the hospital. He felt like he did after the shooting, driving as fast as he could just for the thrill. Except this time it was not for the thrill, but for the sake of Meredith and their unborn child. Meredith had gone into labor during trick-or-treating.
Derek squealed to a stop in front of the ER entrance. He slid across the hood and opened the door for Meredith. Walking as fast as Meredith could, they entered the doors into the hospital. Grabbing a wheelchair, he helped Meredith in it as they made their way to the OB floor. When they approached the elevator, Bailey was standing there waiting on the elevator as well.
"Derek, Meredith. I thought ya'll had the night off for trick-or-treating purposes." Seeing Meredith in the wheelchair, it hit her. "Oh my God, it's time isn't it?" Bailey started pressing the elevator button multiple times.
"Yes, it is. Luckily we were at Lexie's when it happened." Derek stared at Bailey as she pressed the button harder each time. Finally the elevator opened and the three doctors got on.
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October 31: 11:34 P.M.
"You are now 8 centimeters and 100% effaced. Maybe this could still be a Halloween baby after all," April Kepner said as she was the resident on OB that night.
"I'm just ready to get this baby out," Meredith groaned as she looked over at an exhausted Derek.
"Just hang in there, Meredith. It will be all over soon." April walked out of the room.
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November 1: 1:13 A.M.
"It's time for you to push, Meredith," April said as she got setup at the foot of the bed. "Are you ready?"
"Yes, let's get this show on the road," a very sweaty Meredith exclaimed.
"Here we go. Ready, push!"
Derek helped Meredith lean up and pushed her forward to help her out a little bit.
"That was a good push, honey." Derek leaned over and kissed his wife.
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November 1: 3:47 A.M.
"Okay, I know we have been at this a long time now, Meredith. But you need to do one more big push and this baby will be out." April looked just as exhausted as Meredith and Derek did.
"Okay," Meredith cried out in pain as the next contraction came.
Derek held his wife's hand and let her squeeze with all of her might.
"Okay, head is out. Stop pushing, Meredith." April pulled out the rest of the baby's body and suctioned out the baby's nose and mouth.
Meredith and Derek waited impatiently for the baby to cry. It took a few minutes but finally they heard that joyous noise of a baby crying. Meredith was crying, partly from exhaustion and partly from joy.
"Derek, Meredith. Say hello to your beautiful baby boy. He weighs 7 pounds 10 ounces. Twenty inches long. Got a quarterback on our hands." April beamed with pride as she passed the swaddled baby to her friends and coworkers.
Meredith looked up at Derek. "I love you."
"I love you, too." Derek leaned down and kissed his beautiful wife and new son.
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November 1: 11:48 A.M.
After a long night and lots of candy on the kids' part, Meredith was sleeping soundly as was Derek and the new baby boy of the family. Lexie and Jackson poked their heads into the room and saw the adorable couple and baby passed out cold. Lexie turned to the kids and told them to be very quiet because their family was sleeping.
Kennedy looked up excitedly at her aunt. "Okay we will be super quiet!"
The five anxious relatives walked into the room and sat quietly waiting on some sort of movement from the sleeping forms in the room. All of a sudden, Kollin just starts giggling. "The baby has a squished up face." Kollin by this point is rolling in the floor laughing uncontrollably.
Hearing the commotion, Derek and Meredith woke up and saw four smiling faces looking at them and one rolling in the floor laughing. "Hi, kids. There's someone we want you to meet."
Kollin, still chuckling, got up off the floor and joined his sisters next to his parents. Derek got the baby out of the bassinet and walked over to the bed, sitting on it. Passing the baby to Meredith he introduced the new member of the family. "This is Karson, your new baby brother."
Meredith looked around at her family, including Lexie and Jackson. She never wanted this moment of pure glee to end. She finally had what she wanted all along. That was a family.
A/N: Thank you for CileSuns92 for reviewing! I am sad that this story is over, but am excited about future writing projects. I am starting an ER fanfic now since I have been watching the series from beginning to end the past six months via Netflix so if you like ER you should check it out! Thanks for sticking with me through these past two stories: Dark and Twisty Life and Bright and Shiny Life... and I have determined that I will do a sequel to this one I just have to plan it out. So keep your eyes open for it! And if you're American Happy Independence Day a couple of days early :)! 3 Meg Nik