Disclaimer: I unfortunately still do not own Grey's Anatomy or it's character's, only those that you don't know.

This is about two years later then the last chapter. It is the last day of school and Lyss is ending third grade. This would make Sophia about 11, Hayley and Paige about 9 1/2, Lyss about 8 1/2, Jake about 7 1/2, and Kelsey about 4.

(BTW: Their brother is coming next year but that won't be for a least two chapters.)

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Mere waits for her kids outside. She had just picked up Kelsey from pre-school and Mere groaned at the thought of having her kids everyday while her and Derek had more hours of work. Not only that but Lyss was having Becca, Ali, Brittany, Ava, Nikki, and Hannah sleep over today so they were coming home with her.

She snapped her attention back to the rode when she heard the bus's brakes squeal. Out of the bus first comes Sophia, then Hayley and paige right behind them, Jake, and Alyssa with all her friends coming out last. Immediately she was practically tackled by her kids who were waving their report cards in her face. She had to remember Jake had O's, S+'s, S's, S-'s and N's, while her girls had the standard A's, B's, C's and so on.

Grabbing Sophia's first she saw she had 6 A's and 2 B's, Hayley had all A's but one B, Paige had the same as Sophia, Jake had four O's, 1 S+, and 3 S's, and like always Alyssa had all A's. Although Mere didn't realize this she stove hard for the A's so Mere and Derek would recognize her for it. Unfortunately it never worked.

"Well done, all of you," Mere said winking at Lyss who had the perfect report card. "Come on lets go inside, come on girls," she added to Lyss's friends who were standing on the outskirts of the group.

"Hey Mom," Lyss said. "Guess what!"

"What Lyss?" Mere asked.

"We got these papers," she began holding it up for Mere to take it. "It gives us a bunch of things we can do in the summer, like intramural leagues. My friends and I talked about the entire way and everyone but Ali wants to play field hockey. It sounds fun!"

"Sweetie this is a big commitment we will talk about it later," she said scanning the paper to look where Alyssa circled the field hockey advertisement, she also noticed and drama and singing camp circled. "Lyss there's something else here, drama?"

"I was getting to that, that's what me and Ali find interesting," she said.

"Well that is a definite Lyss, all your sisters are getting tired of hearing you sing around the house," Mere said smiling while Alyssa and her friends laughed.

"You know what, I will talk to you father and maybe you can do both," she said. "Why don't you girls go up to your room okay."

"Okay!" they all chorused and ran fast up to her room. Her room was painted a light purple with pink ballet shoes bordering the walls. She had a barre halfway lining one wall which was next to her dresser. She had a small twin sized canopy bed that had a comforter that was purple and had a large pointe shoe on it. In front of the barre Derek put a hard wood floor so Lyss could practice tap without damaging any of the floors in the house. Her carpet was a light pink. She had a large closet that had Wicked and other broadway show posters on it and a small T.V across from her bed. I guess it pays off to have two surgeons for parents.......sometimes.

Downstairs Meredith was trying to control Kelsey from coloring on the walls while Sophia was in her room, while Jake watched cartoons, and Hayley and Paige were playing ball outside. In Alyssa's room the girls put the T.V on a talked.

"So do you think you're parents will say yes Lyss?" Becca asked. "Cause I know mine will."

"I hope this is a way for us all to be together, although we are together a lot anyway," Lyss said.

"Well whatever happens at least we do hang out with each other a lot," Ali said.

"You're just happy cause Lyss's Mom already said yes about drama and singing camp and we all know you're mom will definitely say yes, as long as you can convince your dad," Hannah teased.

"So", Ali said and the girls began to laugh.

"So Britt do you think you're parents will say yes?" Ava asked. "Because my mom has been trying to get me to do something so it's a definite for me."

"Same," Nikki agreed.

"Probably, how much does it cost again." Britt asked.

"100 dollars each," Lyss said looking out the window.

"Then it's almost definite," she replied.

"So it's a definite for everyone but you Lyss, and Ali of course but she has drama," Becca said.

"Well at least I have that, but you know how my parents are, high powered careers and what not, you never know what they are thinking." Lyss said rolling her eyes.

"Hey my parents are surgeons too, your mom's best friends," Ali said.

"Aunt Izzie, and Uncle Alex don't count, they have three kids including you and Dylan is 14 years old." Lyss said sticking out her tongue at Ali. "My parents have six, and the oldest is 11, it's much different."

"Whatever," Britt said. "Now are you gonna show as your jazz dance or what." Alyssa had added another class on this year and was adding modern next year. Now she took jazz, ballet, and tap.

"Sure, you wanna see all three?" she asked.

"Why not tap and jazz," Nikki answered for them and they all quickly agreed.

She got up to turn the music on and the song "Waiting for Tonight" begins to play. Alyssa begin dancing and three minutes later the song ended and she ends with her hands on her hips her leg popped out. The girls begin to clap as Lyss puts on her tap shoes. She puts on another song that is unrecognized by the girls a she begins to tap. One, two, three and four, five, six, seven, eight. Mere hears her tapping and quickly gets dinner out of the oven and rushes up to watch her daughter. By the time she is finished she is out of breath and the girls begin to clap, Meredith the loudest.

"Wow Lyss, can't wait for your recital next week," she said. "It's time to eat, so Lyss get your shoes off."

"Okay!" the girls said and ran down the stairs. Derek came in and hugged all his children hello, waved to Lyss's friends except for Ali who came up to hug him saying, "Uncle Derek," and kissed Mere on the cheek.

Before dinner was finished Mere said, "Lyss me and your dad were thinking about it and we think both the camp's are a good idea."

"Yes!" Lyss said joined by her friends.

"You all realize it is a big commitment," Derek said cautiously.

"We know Daddy," Lyss said getting up to hug her parents.

"I just hope you stay with it," Mere teased.

"Yeah Lyss," Sophia said.

"You do have a lot of things to do," Hayley said.

"I know but I will stay with it thank you so much!" she said getting up from the table grabbing her plate followed by her friends.

The rest of the sleepover the girls talked, played games, watched movies, normal sleepover stuff.

The next day the family went out since it was the first weekend of the summer and they decided to spend the day together. The first thing they did was go to the sports store to get Alyssa a hockey stick and shin guards. Using the instructions they got her a Brine Taiga 3.0 Youth Field Hockey Stick and shin guards. Extremely happy after that Lyss didn't care what they did the rest of the day. The family went to the mall, the pool, and rode the ferry. Derek even convinced them to go fishing the next day. That means they would get up at 5:00 a.m which Lyss, Jake and Hayley were thrilled about. Everyone else didn't really care, especially Meredith. At this moment the family looked perfect, how much would that change in 5 years?

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This chapter showed how Mere and Derek were sometimes able to balance the attention given to the kids but also how Alyssa threw herself in everything possible. Now she does field hockey, drama, singing, and soon to be four classed, and even was able to balance her grades too. Meredith and Derek still had no clue how much she was pushing herself and how hard she was working and she is only going into 4TH GRADE!!!!!!!!!!

What do you like better? I have narrowed it down to Noah Marcus Shepherd, or Caleb Richard Shepherd. (can switch middle names) HELP ME PICK PLZ!!!!!!!!!! I can't decide (not the kind of person who can pay attention long enough to think about it and make a wise decision)

Please R&R!!