Title: Do you remember me?

Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy. If I did there would be new episodes on every night.

Summery: Meredith and Derek had a one night stand when she was in medical school and visiting friends in New York. She got pregnant and had a daughter. When she starts her internship in Seattle will they remember each other? Will he ever figure out that he has a daughter with Meredith?

Authors Note: This is like a week after the last update. Nothing really has changed Izzie and George are still trying to get Meredith to let them move in. The interns are trying to learn more about Meredith but she keeps coming up with excuses and doesn't hang out with them.

Shepherd's daughter

The shrill sound of the alarm woke Meredith and Derek from their slumber. Neither of them was ready to get up this morning they had been up far too late trying to comfort Erica, who appears healthy but in need of attention.

"Turn it off." Meredith mumbled into her pillow which she had thrown over her face.

"I am trying to." Derek also had his pillow on his face was reaching over onto the side table feeling around for the clock. They heard a crash of the clock hitting the floor but it continued to go off. "We have to get up now."

"Five more minutes."

"No now," Derek grabbed Meredith cave man style and walked towards the bathroom.

"Put me down." Meredith cried out angrily. Derek placed her on her feet. He backed her into a wall when she tried to run back to bed.

"Come on, we'll shower together to save water." Meredith looked at him suggestively.

"You know three weeks of living together I haven't seen you naked and vice versa." Meredith stated factually.

"Well I guess we will just have to change that then." Derek and Meredith walked into the bathroom holding hands. "I'll start the water." Derek turned the water on so that it was steaming out of the glass door. Meredith slowly slides out of her clothes her eyes never leaving Derek's. Derek also shed his clothes. They both scanned the others body up and down.

"Wow you still look as hot as you did five years ago." His skin was tanned. He had tight muscles and abs.

"You look…wow." Derek was unable to get a coherent thought out of his mouth.

"We better get in the shower before we run out of time." Meredith said walking into the shower giving Derek a nice view of her ass. Derek leapt into the shower after her.

Ten minutes into the shower and both Meredith and Derek had successfully washed their hair. Derek hands were slowly rthymically running up and down Meredith body lathering her with lavender soap. "You are going to smell like lavender, you know that right." Meredith said as Derek hands went to her inner thighs.

"Mmm…I don't care." Derek mouth was attacking Meredith's neck when the worst sound of all filled the bathroom. Beep Beep Beep! "Crap, whose pager is that."

"Probably mine. George and Izzie keep going in early to save me the good surgeries. They have been bribing me for week with food and surgeries. Cristina is all trying to get me to hang out in Joe's with her. I mean I want to but I have a family."

"A family, I like the sound of that."

"Yeah me too." Meredith and Derek shared a smile and checked the pager.

"Mer-Dr. McDreamy great surgery tomorrow.-Cris." Derek was reading the page over her shoulder.

"Who's Dr. McDreamy?"

"He is this doctor who is really hot that felt me up in a storage closet." Meredith stated offering a dazed expression as she walked over to their walk-in-closet.

"I like it. Dr. McDreamy saving patients one at a time with his stunning looks and skilled hands. I can be the next batman or superman only better. Dr. McDreamy, to the rescue." Meredith giggled and threw on a pair of low rise jeans with a short sleeved Armani knitted shirt. She paired her outfit with a pair of Dolce and Gabbana wedges. She walked into the bathroom where Derek was getting ready and started brushing her teeth.

"What? You keep looking at me. Do I have something on my face?" Meredith asked annoyed as she finished brushing her teeth.

"Why are you wearing such expensive clothes to the hospital?"

"I want to make an impression."

"On who exactly." Derek asked hoping it was not on another man.

"The interns they said I dressed like a slob yesterday." Meredith gave Derek her pouty face.

"I think you look beautiful no matter what you wear. Don't forget to bring sneakers? I can only imagine you running down to the pit in those shoes. They have to have at least a three inch heal." Derek said eyeing her body up and down.

"They are three and a half inch heals, actually. They are made by Dolce and Gabbana. The last time I was in New York I went shopping and spent tons of money. Don't you just love these shoes?" Meredith was putting mascara on her face and lip gloss. Derek nodded his head.

"You remind me of my sisters. They all love shopping. When I was growing up I could name every designer."

"That's cute. I am sure when Erica gets interested in fashion you could take her to the store."

"I hope that isn't for another ten years. I like the age she is in now. She goes to bed early and loves doing her chores. We have an adorable daughter." Meredith smiled at her reflection in the mirror.

"Yeah we are very lucky."

"Mer, I am thinking about telling the day care to call me if Erica isn't feeling well. She can come to the hospital with me and follow me around. I don't have any surgeries and I will leave early."

"I guess I don't want her all alone and sick at the day care."

"Good."

"Yeah, but try discretion I still don't want the hospital to know I have a child and you and I are together. The other interns already think I have it easy being Ellis Grey's daughter."

"I will try. I'll say she is my daughter and not mention who her mother is."

"Okay..." Meredith's pager beeped again this time a message from Izzie about grabbing coffee at Starbucks on their way into work. "I better get going. Tell Erica I love her."

"Bye Mer, see you later." Mer blew him a kiss and got out of the room just as he was spraying his cologne, the one she finds irresistable.

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Derek had dropped Erica off on his way to the hospital dreading his decision ever since. She looked pale and was not quiet very talkative. On a normal day Derek heard about everything that she dreamt about or did the previous night if he wasn't home but today that was not the case.

Derek had an easy day ahead of him. He had been changing his hours so Erica could sleep a little later in the morning before going to day care. Between the two of them Erica only had to spend about two nights a week sleeping at the day care not that she minded. All Derek had scheduled for the day was checking on his pre-op and post-op patients and his ever growing stack of charts that need to be completed.

Every time his phone would ring Derek would jump to answer it fearing Erica wanted to be with him. Derek was starting to feel better about leaving her at the daycare when it was two hours into his shift and they hadn't called.

He was in Mrs. Drew's room, a post-op patient, talking to her. She is a friendly middle aged woman and could tell something was on Derek's mind.

"Is there anything else you need? If there is anything you can think of you can have a nurse page me or an intern that is on your case." Derek said from his spot at the end of her bed.

"There is something else, doctor." The lady said kindly.

"What is it? I will see what I can do for you, Mrs. Drew." Derek said in a manner only saved for his patients that he liked.

"You can tell me what is on your mind." Derek moved closer and sat in the chair next to the bed. Mrs. Drew sat up and turned to him.

"I am worried about my daughter. She wasn't feeling well when I dropped her off this morning." The patient looked up at him offering a warm smile.

"How old is your daughter? Maybe I can help relieve some of your fears. I raised six kids with my husband."

"Erica is four years old. She is a ball of energy." Derek smiled a real smile for the first time all day. "She didn't sleep good last night. She spent at least half the night in bed with her mother and I. Then this morning she didn't really talk at all, but she did eat. I just hope this is for more attention. We both work a lot, and don't have that much free time." The elder woman smiled and looked towards Derek, who was staring down at his hands lost in thought.

"It sounds like she is just missing you guys. Does she have a new sibling or is there a baby on the way? My kids always cried out for attention when there was a change." Derek looked up and thought if anything had changed.

"No, she is an only child. It's funny she actual wants a little sister." Derek and Mrs. Drew had a small laugh over this. They were disturbed by a knock at the door. Derek sat up in his seat to look like he was there being a doctor and not visiting.

"Come in," Mrs. Drew said looking at the door wondering who it was.

"Is Dr. Shepherd in here?" Meredith asked not even looking around the room.

"Yeah Mer, I'll be with you in a second." Meredith closed the door and waited in the hall for Derek. "Well, this sounds important I'll check on you later, Mrs. Drew. Thanks for all your help." Derek offered her a smile before getting up and walking to the door.

"She is Erica's mother isn't she?" Mrs. Drew almost sounded pleased with finding out this privileged piece of knowledge. Derek looked back at her scared and surprised. "I can tell by the way you look at her." Derek simply nodded his head yes.

"Can you not…"

"I won't tell anyone. You seem to want to keep it a secret."

"Thanks," Derek let out a sigh of relief and opened the door to the hallway.

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Meredith was pacing the length of the hallway outside Mrs. Drew's room. She was supposed to be running labs on one of Derek pre-op patients, but speaking to Derek was slightly more important. The door finally opened to the hallway and Meredith practically pulled Derek out of the room to an on-call room just across the hall.

"If you're that horny, you should have told me this morning." Meredith glared at Derek and reached for his waist. She pulled a cell phone off of his belt.

"You idiot, you switched our phones." Meredith couldn't really blame Derek, because she had left the house first and grabbed one of the identical cell phones before running out. The prior week they went to the AT&T store and got on a family plan so they could call each other for free.

"How did I switch our phones? And how did you find out it was my phone?" Derek asked running his fingers through his hair.

"It just is your fault, because I wasn't the one who said we both had to have the iPhone." Meredith let out a breath of air. "You know how I found out it was your phone. During rounds, that's right the time Bailey likes us to be most professional, I got a phone call, with the ring tone She's Everything, from the daycare service. By the way, Erica's on her way here." Derek wrapped his arms around Meredith and kissed the top of her head.

"I'll handle her, baby. Have fun with the labs. I'll check on that case later." Meredith nodded her head and let go of Derek.

"You might want to get down their so…" Meredith didn't get to finish because they were interrupted by an announcement.

"Dr. Shepherd, please report to the surgical nurses' station. Dr. Shepherd, please report to the surgical nurses' station. You have a visitor."

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Derek quickly walked down to the surgical nurses' station. He looked around and right away saw a woman from the day care center with Erica. She was looking in every direction for him. The book bag on her back was weighing her down making her look adorable in her short little jean skirt, sandals, and short sleeved shirt. Erica spotted him quickly and came running towards him. The daycare attendant yelled for Erica to come back, but she ran right into Derek's arms without listening.

"Daddy, daddy I missed you soooo much." Derek picked Erica up and walked towards the day care woman, who he recognized as Shelly, and pulled out his wallet.

"Thank you for bringing Erica to me. I know she can be a little bit of a handful and I appreciate you doing it." Derek handed Shelly a one hundred dollar bill and turned to leave. "Baby, how about we go get you changed into some scrubs and ready to help daddy with his patients." Erica nodded enthusiastically and hugged Derek tighter.

"Do I get to be a doctor too?" Derek gave his first full smile of the day that lit up his eyes.

"You sure do, baby." Derek made it to his office unnoticed by anyone and unlocked the door without difficulty. Erica lifted her head off of Derek's shoulder and looked around the office that she had never seen before.

"There is a picture of me." Derek let out a small laugh about the way she had reacted to her Easter picture that was taken about two weeks ago.

"Yeah, everyone that comes into my office for a consult always says what a cute baby I have." Erica frowned for a minute and put her finger to her chin.

"I am NOT A BABY." Derek had to bite his lip so he wouldn't laugh at how angry Erica acted. "I am a BIG GIRL." Derek placed her down on the floor and took her book bag. He placed it on his desk and went to his closet to grab special scrubs he ordered from a catalog for Erica.

"Princess, I got you a present." Erica sad face lit up with a big smile in a matter of seconds dropping the previous matter without caring.

"Is it a Barbie?" Erica asked jumping up and down. Derek pulled out a miniature pair of dark blue scrubs that matched the attendings. Above the pocket on the left side it said Junior Dr. Erica. "What is it?" Her curiosity was peaked by the unusually garment in front of her. Meredith and Derek never wore scrubs outside of the hospital.

"Scrubs," Derek said with a smile. He had always dreamed of his children becoming doctors like he had.

"I don't want to clean. I want a Barbie." Derek could see the spoiled side of his daughter coming out from her cute exterior. She could milk anything out of strangers by just smiling, it was lethal. But to those who knew her knew about her rotten side. Erica was pacing back and forth with her hands in fists. It was very cute to watch how she took habits from both her parents.

"Princess, you wear scrubs like mommy and daddy do." Erica seemed to drop the anger knowing she didn't have to clean. "And if you are on your best behavior I will by you doctor Barbie." Derek knew he shouldn't encourage her bad behavior with bribary, but today he needed her on her best behavior.

"Okay I pinky swear." She let out a soft giggle and raised her hands above her head for Derek to change her.

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Derek had Erica changed and ready to go by the time his pager went off. He decided it was probably faster to carry her through the halls for two reasons. One being he had places to get to fast and the other being she would probably get lost in the maze of people. Derek looked at his pager and it was just saying his MRI results were in for Miss Torille.

"We get to go read MRI results now." Erica didn't seem to be paying attention. She was more fascinated with the child sized stethoscope he got her. She was trying to hear her own heart and apparently couldn't find it.

The results room was empty except for different patients' scans still lit up. He spotted his patient's results and studied them for a few minutes. Derek thought about telling Meredith so they could go tell the patient together, but if Erica saw her she wouldn't want to leave her.

"Let's go tell Miss Torille, that she gets to have surgery tomorrow."

"Okay," Erica said barely paying attention she was to busy looking at the results that Derek grabbed to take with them.

Derek knocked on the hospital door and waited to go in until he heard a soft reply of come in. He turned the knob and walked in to the room.

"I hope you don't mind Erica, my daughter, being in here."

"No I love kids. I am a kindergarten teacher." She gave Derek a warm smile hoping for good results. Derek placed Erica on the floor and walked closer the patient. As Derek was giving the patient good news that they could operate and bad news that there was a tumor to remove he lost track of Erica.

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Erica was getting bored of her daddy talking to the nice lady that smiled at her so she walked through the small area of the door that Derek left open. She walked down the hall unnoticed and started to explore. She was to busy staring a wall trying to find the babies that she accidentally walked into Miranda Bailey's legs.

Dr. Bailey was not expecting to get ran into in any hallway. Those who don't know her personally have heard of her reputation. And those who know her try at all costs to stay at least three feet back. She looked around to see if any one was trying to get away without a confrontation but didn't see anyone looking suspicious until she looked down.

"Who are you?" Bailey said in her usual manner.

"I am Erica Brianna." She used the same tone as Bailey and didn't seem scared. Erica even put her hands on her hips to look like she met business.

"Where is your mommy?" Bailey leaned down to Erica's height.

"I don't know. I am here with my daddy."

"Let's go find him before you cause you more problems." Bailey said taking Erica's hand and rising up to her full height. "Especially problems for me, God only knows my interns create enough problems." She mumbled walking the same way the Erica appeared to have come from.

"What's your mother's name?" From first glance at Erica she could tell she looked familiar but just couldn't place it.

"Mommy," Erica replied happily skipping through the hall.

"What about your father's name? And don't say daddy." Erica just smiled before replying.

"I'll only tell you if you say I was a good girl. Daddy said he would buy me a Barbie doll if I was good." Bailey rolled her eyes. This kid acted older than her interns at times.

"Fine if I can get rid of you. Some people around here have work today and kids getting lost interferes with that."

"Derek, that's my daddy's name, but don't tell anyone."

"Oh I know him." Bailey grabbed the first nurse she saw. "Have you seen Shepherd? He is missing something rather important." The nurse pointed in the direction of Miss Torille's door.

Just as they reached the door Shepherd came running out of the door searching the ground for Erica.

"Missing something?" Bailey said still having a strong grasp on Erica's hand.

"Erica, oh god I was so worried about you, princess." Derek bends down and hugs Erica, who breaks free from Bailey's grasp.

"Daddy, I am sorry I got lost, but I was a good girl. Can I still have my Barbie doll?" She looked at him with pleading eyes and her bottom lip almost trembling. "I was really scared."

"Daddy was worried too." Derek pulled Erica back into a hug. "I'll get you whatever you want as long as you promise you wont run off again." Erica nodded her head with her curls bouncing around her.

"Did I miss the memo about bring your daughter to work day?" Bailey asked when Derek stood up with Erica in his arms.

"It's not bring your daughter to work day." Derek looked at Bailey confused at what she was getting at.

"Exactly, that's why there shouldn't be children running around the hospital unsupervised. This is a place for healing not a playground for small children. As if its not bad enough that we have interns running around loose, now we have small children." Bailey continued to rant about unsupervised children in the hospital and all the dangers they create as she carried on with her task at hand.

"Daddy, I am hungry."

"So am I. Let's go grab some lunch before we continue on with our day."

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Meredith was once again eating lunch with the other interns. She almost regretted her choice about eating with them not that she didn't like them, she did, but they all kept bothering her about stuff. Cristina still hadn't dropped the subject of going to Joe's for drinks. And it seems that George and Izzie were really persistent when they wanted something. The only one she could get along with was Alex, because he was to busy hitting on all the nurses to bother her.

Izzie and George got into a conversation about her muffins and how good they were. Meredith was barely listening and only caught parts of the conversation. "You seriously could have skipped medical school and opened a bakery I mean…" George kept complimenting Izzie. From how the conversation was playing out Meredith thought it was set up so she would reconsider her decision.

Cristina and Alex were fighting about which specialty was better, Cardio or Plastics. Meredith didn't want to get involved, because she would have chose Neuro.

Out of no where Cristina starts talking in whisper tones to Alex. George and Izzie immediately stop talking and listen to what Cristina was saying.

"Look, McDreamy has a kid with him." George, Izzie, Alex, and Cristina all look towards the table of residents and attendings that Derek and Erica sat down at. They kept staring at them until they had got a good look at Erica and the way Derek acted towards her before turning away and drawing conclusions.

"McDreamy's kid is so cute. Look at her curly blonde hair. And those mini scrubs are to die for." Izzie gushed over Erica. Cristina made a face of disgust towards Izzie.

"I never would have pegged him for the father type." Cristina said staring back at Shepherd. "I'll have to find the story out from Burke."

Meredith sunk lower in her seat and tried to come up with a reason to leave the table without being suspicious.

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Derek carried Erica into the cafeteria afraid that if he didn't she would get lost again. He looked around the room and figured if he sat by himself with Erica he was more likely to become the topic of conversation amongst everyone. He walked over to a table of attendings and interns.

"Hey, everyone," Derek said recognizing most of them.

"Who does the kid belong to Shep?" Burke asked him staring at Erica. "She looks really familiar I just cannot place it."

"You're looking at her father." Derek said proudly. Erica stood up on the chair Derek place her on, to introduce herself.

"I'm Erica, and I am a princess." She said proudly. "I am going to be a big sister." She said smiling.

"You have a really cute kid Shepherd and congratulations on the new baby." Dr. Mia Schneider from PEDS said.

"I am not having another child, and Erica sweetie I thought we already said you weren't going to be a big sister yet." Derek said taking her into his lap forgetting about everything else.

"But you said I could have whatever I wanted. I want to be a big sister. Puh-lease!" Erica stuck her bottom lip out to emphasize her wanting.

"It is not that easy sweet heart. First mommy and daddy have to decide when it is the best time to have a baby, and then we have to try to get the stork to agree." Derek said hoping he was able to convince a four year old.

"That is not true!" Derek said showing she was smarter than he thought. "My friend Jessica said mommy and daddy have to make the baby. Then you have to carry the stuff that makes a baby a reallllllllly long time. And then the baby pops out of mommy's belly." Erica nodded her head to show she thought this was correct. She looked around at the other doctors at the table and they all seemed to be impressed with her answer.

"That's right. I am surprised you were able to know that." Derek said and kissed Erica on the fore head.

'That's 'cuse I am smart, right daddy." Erica looked into Derek deep blue eyes to find the answer she was looking for. She didn't even have to wait for him to nod his head in approval before going back over to her chair, to eat her peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

"So, when are you going to start trying to make a baby, Shep?" Burke asked with laughter in his voice.

"We are not ready for another kid. Between my hours and hers, we are never home alone. We always end up distracted." Derek said eating his sandwich before getting a page.

911 room 1008 Torille

"Shoot my pre-Op patient needs attention. What am I going to do with Erica?" Dr. Burke smiles over at the intern table.

"My intern can watch her."

Derek and Meredith both run out of the cafeteria towards the stairs. They get up into Mrs. Torille's room and realize they are going to have to be operated on her immediately.

"Let me talk to Burke. We will be here at least six hours with the size of the tumor." Derek leaves to page Burke to the nurses' station.

"What's up Shep?" Burke says grabbing a couple of charts off the desk for Cristina to do pre-Op and post-Op notes on.

"I am going to be in surgery for at least six hours. I just talked to Erica's mother and she is busy for the night working. Can you keep her until the day care center comes back to take her?" Derek almost pleads with Burke. He really didn't want Meredith to have to miss the surgery.

"Sure no problem, Cristina would be delighted to take Junior Dr. Erica around and show her the ropes." Cristina just glared at Burke, he knew she didn't like kids and tried to avoid them at all costs. "If you want I can take her home with me in two hours."

"That would be great." Derek turns to walk to the OR scrub room, when Burke yells back.

"I leave my address at the nurses' station." Derek nods his head and walks away.

Cristina turns to Burke with an angry look in her eyes that could be defined as the look that could kill.

"Burke, I have to baby sit the rest of my shift. You know I hate kids. Does this mean we are taking her home with us?"

"Keep you voice down! No one knows about our living arrangements. And yes we will take her home."

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Derek and Meredith were the last two in the scrub room, washing up after a successful surgery. They were both widely smiling, even though they had complications that made the surgery last longer.

"Mer, why don't you head home ahead of me. I have to go pick Erica up." Derek was trying to avoid telling Meredith where Erica was.

"She actually went back to the day care, usually once her mind is made up it takes a lot of bribing to change it." Meredith said as she turned to face Derek.

"Erica isn't exactly at the day care." Derek said stepping back when he saw a flash of anger in Meredith's eyes.

"Where exactly is she?" Meredith asked her voice was steady and totally calm.

"At Dr. Burke's house." Meredith lowered her voice so no one else would here them.

"You should have consulted with me first." Meredith said slightly upset he would make such a big decision without her.

"I will next time." Meredith steps close to Derek and is almost going to kiss him when he stops her. "We cannot do that in a public place unless you want the whole hospital knowing both of our secrets by tomorrow morning." Meredith nodded her head in agreement and stepped back.

"I am going to check on the patient and then head home. I'll meet you and Erica there."

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Derek pulled up in front of a new condo building. He walked right into the building since the doorman was expecting him and got on the elevator. He recognized some familiar faces, of other doctors in the hospital, on his way up to the ninth floor. Derek knocked on the door and Burke answered in a chief hat and cooking apron. The television had the Disney channel playing in the back round and Derek heard Cristina's voice talking to his daughter about how to take apart Barbie dolls.

"Hey Shep, if you want we can keep her for the night. Cristina has actually taken a liken to Erica, which really surprised me. She is having fun playing with Barbie's and watching television. Erica even wants to have a picnic on our…my balcony." Burke almost seems like he wants to keep Erica.

"I will just check with Erica and my…wife." He smiled reassuringly at Burke. It was weird for Derek to think of Meredith as his wife, but everyone in the hospital seemed to think he was married anyway.

"Why don't you come in and see Erica for yourself." Burke ushered Derek in and shut the door behind him.

Derek walked into the family room and saw a whole bunch of Barbie dolls and Cristina next to Erica. "You can play with this Barbie. Her name can be…hmm she looks like an…"

"IZZIE!" Cristina shouted. "She can be Izzie." Cristina was taking all the new Barbie dolls out of the wrappers and Erica was assigning them a family, a job, and a name. "She will be dating Dr. Alex, who I am opening, and she will be a model." Erica nods her head yes and puts her in a separate pile.

"She has been like this all night. You should see Nurse Olivia and George." Derek and Burke laugh which distracts Cristina from the world she was in and looks up. She immediately stands up and pulls Burke to the side.

"You should have told me he was here, Burke. Dr. McDreamy saw me playing Barbie dolls." Cristina said in a harsh whisper.

Meanwhile Derek crotched down to Erica's level and asked her "Do you want to stay with Cristina and Burke if it is alright with mommy?" From all the opened Barbie boxes and the ones that were not open Derek could already tell she would want to stay.

"YES! It is so much more fun than day care. Can I stay more often?" Erica gave her puppy dog face that Derek wanted to give in to, but he had to make sure it was ok with Burke, Cristina, and Meredith.

"We'll see." Derek replied and pushed speed dial number one on his phone. Meredith picked her phone up on the second ring. "Hey sweetie, they want to keep Erica over night. Is that ok?" Derek asked as he could almost here Meredith thinking through the positive and negatives.

"Who are they?" Meredith asked wondering if Dr. Burke was married or seeing someone.

"Dr. Burke, I told you about him already, and an intern Cristina Yang. They are both very nice, you would like them." Meredith burst out laughing into the phone.

"Get out!"

"I am serious." Derek had a hint of a smile on his face. "They even bought Erica clothing from Nordstroms and a whole bunch of Barbie dolls. I think Cristina even plays Barbies better than you do." This sent Meredith into another fit of giggles from just imagining her fellow tough intern playing Barbies.

Meredith agreed that if Erica wanted to stay she could. Derek told Burke and Cristina they could keep Erica for the night if they wanted to. They agreed and walked Derek to the door after saying good bye to Erica.

"Don't you ever tell a soul that you saw me playing Barbies or I will cut your balls off and your penis." Derek looked a little scared and nodded.

"Well Shep, I guess you and your wife will be able to try to make a baby after all." Derek just looked back at Erica and wondered if it was a possibility for Meredith and himself to have another child.