Sorry this is late. I went on vacation and had no writing ways. This has Emma and Derek in it. It has playfulness and flirting. I looked back at my first couple of chapters and realized they are so much different then my chapters now. I don't know if it's because I made the characters grow or because I lost my way but I'm bringing back the fun, light content.
Disclaimer: Don't own Grey's. I own my rights to Michael Christopher, Emma Grace, Levi Mark well at least my characters I make up.
Chapter 11 "Dinner Party, Maybe"
"Daddy!" Derek groaned and turned over in bed. "Daddy, up!" Derek sighed deeply and rolled to face the direction of the voice yelling out to him.
"What?" He asked exhaustedly. He felt a little body jump onto him and two little hands being placed on his cheeks.
"Are you wake?" They asked. Derek opened his eyes and gave them a little smile.
"Yes, Emma-bean. I am awake." Derek softly announced. Emma laughed and gave Derek a quick kiss on the lips.
"Come play." She ordered rolling off him and onto the floor. Derek sighed and got out of the bed.
"Where's Mommy?" Derek asked as Emma grabbed his hand and dragged him to the stairs.
"She downstairs with boys." Emma informed as she slowly started down the steps clutching Derek's hand.
"Hmmm, did you have breakfast yet?" He asked taking his free hand and rubbing his face.
"Yes." Emma sighed. She reached the bottom of the stairs and pulled Derek toward the living room.
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"Give me my brother back, dragon!" Michael yelled. Meredith roared and pulled Levi onto her shoulder. Levi giggled at his mom and brother playing a game he didn't understand.
"My baby." Meredith said in her best dragon voice. Michael hit her side with a foam sword and yelled running toward her. Meredith placed Levi beside her on the floor and fell backwards as Michael collided with her. "Oh no. I the baby got a away." Meredith informed. Michael cheered and ran over to Levi. He took Levi's hand and led him to 'safety' away from Meredith.
"Looks like you are having fun." Derek said happily as Emma dragged him over to a pile of blocks.
"Yeah." Meredith sighed smiling at him. "Emma wanted to get you. She informed me that only Daddy can make the bestest bocks tower." Meredith said starting to pick up toy trucks, books, and colorful items.
"Well that is very true." Derek said proudly. Meredith laughed, placed some toys in the toy chest, stood up and walked over to him.
"I personally think Uncle Jackson builds the best block tower." Meredith informed placing her hands on his shoulders. Derek looked up playing hurt. Meredith smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "No one will ever come close to certain things you do." Meredith whispered in his ear. Derek laughed and started to help Emma build her block tower.
"Mommy, I'm thirsty." Michael informed walking over to Meredith and holding onto her pajama clad legs. Meredith hummed and ran her hand over his dark curly hair.
"Okay, lets go get something then." Meredith placed her hand on his back and led him over to the kitchen. Levi ran up to her and grabbed hold of her leg as he followed them.
"Emma, do you want to build a tall tower or a wide tower?" Derek asked gently rubbing Emma's back.
"Up." She instructed putting her hands in the air. Derek nodded his head and started to build a tall tower.
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"Here, Derek." Meredith handed him a bowl full of cereal and a spoon. He looked up at her gratefully and dug into his breakfast.
"Daddy, help." Emma ordered standing up and placing another block on her tower. Derek hummed and placed a block on top of hers before going back to his food.
"Big." Levi yelled pointing to the tower Emma and Derek were building. The tower stood just a little shorter than Emma.
"Wow." Michael stated turning his head to look at what Levi was pointing to. "That's really tall."
"Emma, do you want to take a picture of it?" Derek asked. Emma looked up at him confused.
"No." Emma took a few steps backward then ran right into the tower laughing and squealing. Derek watched her do that and sighed as it all came down.
"You guys didn't get bath time last night. Do you want to take a bath now?" Derek asked after a squealing Emma came to rest beside him.
"Bath?" Michael asked. Derek nodded his head and caught him in his arms before he could run away. "But I'm not dirty!" Michael tried. Derek laughed and held Michael's hands up to his face.
"You're dirty, Mikey." Derek informed. Michael sighed and slumped in Derek's arms.
"Baf." Levi said trying to climb up Meredith. She hummed and picked him up into her arms.
"Go!" Emma yelled running to the stairs. Derek lifted an eyebrow in Meredith's direction and she shrugged her shoulders following Emma.
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"Emma, stop splashing!" Michael yelled standing up in the tub and trying to get out.
"Michael, sit down." Meredith ordered. Michael sighed and sat down again.
"Make Emma stop splashing." Michael grumbled. Meredith lifted Emma out of the tub and wrapped her in a big towel.
"Derek! Emma's out of the tub!" Meredith yelled. Derek came in with Levi clad only in a diaper in his arms.
"Okay. Em, lets go get you dressed." Derek said picking his daughter off the floor and walking in the direction of her room.
"Derek, leave Levi with me." Meredith informed before he could reach the bathroom door. Derek turned around and placed Levi in her arms. "Mikey, did we wash your hair already?" Meredith asked placing Levi in-between her legs that were pushed up against the tub.
"Yes, after you did Emma's hair." Michael picked up a waterproof toy and started to play with it. Meredith grabbed the body soap and started to scrub Michael's arms.
"Can you finish washing your self? I have to change Levi's diaper." Meredith said scrunching up her nose. Michael nodded his head.
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"Mommy, I can't get over the tub thingy." Michael yelled. Meredith came into the bathroom and placed Levi on the floor.
"Okay. Here you go." Meredith pulled him over the tub wall and wrapped a big towel around him. "Go get dressed." She stated grabbing Levi who was trying to escape the bathroom.
"Love you, Mommy." Michael informed walking out of the bathroom and down the hall. Meredith sniffed Levi's bottom and smiled.
"Good, boy. Don't poop in the tub." She ordered Levi. He giggled at her and Meredith drained some before added warm water again. She took Levi's diaper off and placed him in the tub.
"Hey, Mer. Do you have everything you need? Cause I was going to go downstairs with Emma and Michael. We are going to build a fort." Derek asked standing in the bathroom doorway.
"Can you get me a fresh diaper and I think Mike took the last towel." Meredith softly washed Levi's skin.
"Yeah." Derek breathed. He walked back into the room with a towel and two diapers.
"Wow. You even brought two diapers." Meredith said smiling. Derek laughed and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"After Le's bath I expect a true morning kiss." Derek kissed her head and heard her laughed.
"Okay, I'll be done in a minute."
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"You bad guy and we are good guys." Michael informed as he grabbed Emma's hand.
"Okay, who gets the fort?" Derek asked expecting to have Michael want the fort.
"You. We have more people. Mommy and you are bad guys. Me and Emma and Levi are good guys." Michael stated. Derek nodded his head and crawled into the blanket/pillow/couch fort.
"Why don't you want the fort?" Derek asked from inside. Michael lifted the blanket entrance and looked at Derek.
"I told you." Michael stated. He dropped the blanket entrance and Derek realized their kids would not be able to see them. He grinned and heard Meredith come down the step with a babbling Levi. "Mommy, get in the fort. You bad guy. Me and Emma and Levi good guys." Michael instructed. Meredith looked at him quizzically and placed Levi on the floor next to his siblings. Meredith crawled in the fort and sat next to Derek.
"What are we doing?" She whispered. Derek put a finger over his lips.
"One second." He mouthed. Meredith gave him the same look she gave Michael.
"Mommy, Daddy, we are going to the dinning room to talk. We will tell you when the war is starting." Michael announced. Meredith held back laughter.
"Okay, we'll be here awaiting your presence" Derek said grinning. Meredith dug her face in his neck and breathed heavily.
"Bye." Levi yelled as Michael and Emma dragged him away.
"What are we playing?" Meredith asked into Derek's neck.
"Michael made me build a fort and then told me we were playing war. That you and I were bad guys and we got the fort because we were out numbered and that they were good guys." Derek wrapped an arm around her waist. Meredith lifted her head from his neck and smiled at him. "You wanna make out until we hear something?" He asked grinning.
"Our kids are in the next room, Derek." Meredith said leaning closer to him.
"We'll be quiet." Derek mumbled against her lips. Meredith smiled and kissed him back. He opened his mouth and she took the opportunity to deepen the kiss. Exploring each other's mouths with years of practice they knew everything that made the other moan. Meredith giggled into his mouth when she felt him grip her t-shirt and pull her closer to stifle his moan. They pulled back to get a deep breath in and look in each other's eyes before kissing again. Derek moved his hands to tangle in her hair and pull her head back. Meredith sighed as she felt his lips kissing, nipping, and lightly sucking on her neck. She scooted onto his lap and played with the curls on the nape of his neck. Derek lifted his head and smiled at her. She licked her swollen lips and softly let a breath of air fall onto his lips. Derek tilted his head to the side and brushed his lips against hers. Meredith opened her mouth and Derek sucked on her tongue.
"War is starting!" they heard Michael's little voice yell out. They pulled apart and Derek pushed a laughing Meredith off his lap.
"We're ready!" A panting Meredith yelled back. They heard shuffling from outside their fort and then saw the blanket get jabbed by what they assumed was some of Michael's foam swords.
"Arrgh! We will win!" Michael yelled out. They heard screams of joy come from Emma and Levi. Meredith looked back at Derek with a questioning face. He shrugged in reply to her silent question of what they were supposed to do. "Come out and fight!" Michael yelled again.
"Do I look like I've been making out? Cause you look fine." Meredith whispered.
"You look perfect." Derek gave her a McDreamy smile and they crawled out of their 'fort'.
"Attack!" Michael yelled. Levi ran toward them, stood at a distance and yelled at them. Derek saw Meredith fight back a laugh and fake wince.
"Me go!" Emma yelled grabbing a foam football and throwing it at Derek's head. She missed and it hit his stomach. Derek looked at Emma, grabbed at his stomach, yelled out in fake pain and fell onto the ground with his tongue sticking out.
"Emma has defeated me. Meredith, you must go on." Derek said in a theatrical voice. Emma laughed and jumped around the room. Levi stopped screaming and ran over to Derek.
"Dada, okay?" Levi asked hovering his hands above Derek's chest. Derek looked up at his son and winked at him. Levi smiled, ran off to grab Emma's hands and pull her toward Derek. "Dada. Dada, look." Levi yelled into Derek's face. Derek kept his eyes closed and kept his body somewhat still.
"Daddy okay, 'evi. He just faking." Emma said sitting down on Derek's chest. Derek grunted and looked over at Levi.
"Daddy lost." Derek informed. Levi smiled and sat down next to Derek's face. He squeezed Derek's cheeks together much like what Meredith does with his chubby cheeks.
"My turn!" Michael yelled. He picked up his foam sword and ran over to Meredith. Before the sword could hit her chest she fell over and allowed Michael to stick the sword between her arm and side.
"Derek, tell everyone I love them." Meredith said in an over dramatic voice. Michael laughed and brought his hands to his mouth. Emma stood up and ran into Michael. Levi followed her and picked up a foam baseball on his way. He handed Michael the ball and smiled.
"We win!" Michael cheered. He grabbed Emma and Levi's hands and they jumped around in a circle cheering. Meredith and Derek sat up and watched their kids smiling.
"We win!" they cheered. Well it was mostly we win. Michael's was we win. Emma's was a little slower than his and Levi's was mostly just e in.
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"Emma, you wanna go fishing with Mikey and me?" Derek asked picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder. Emma squealed and laughed.
"Fish!" She yelled. Derek nodded his head. "Yay!" Emma yelled. Derek placed her on the floor and walked up the stairs with her.
"Derek, are you going fishing?" Meredith asked. Derek let go of Emma's hand and let her run by herself to her room.
"Yes. Why?" He asked walking into Levi's room to find Meredith on the rocking chair reading a book with Levi in her lap looking at the page as if he could read with her.
"Just wanted to know. Put the kids in their ratty clothes." Meredith informed turning the page.
"Ratty clothes. Got it." Derek said jokingly. Meredith scoffed and placed her hand on Levi's tummy. "You don't want to come with?"
"No." She answered simply. Derek nodded his head.
"You're just going to stay here with Levi and read The Blue Sword." Meredith nodded her head. "Why with Levi?"
"I tried to put him down for a nap, but he wasn't going so I'm gonna sit here and read until he falls asleep. I think the rocking will help sooth him along with me reading aloud every once in a while. But you know our children. They always get clamed by your voice. It's something out my voice that gets them all excited and energetic." Meredith rambled.
"I sooth them with my voice because it's deep and their father's which is supposed to make them feel safe. Your voice is their mother's. They're supposed to be listening to your voice and your voice is most likely the first voice they heard and defiantly the voice they heard the most. They will always be intrigued by your voice." Derek said softly.
"Daddy, are we gonna fish?" Michael asked. Derek turned around to find Michael in the doorway with his hands on his hips. Derek smiled down at him and steered him into his room. Derek flung a shirt with old mud, grass, and food stains on it. He gave Michael a pair of faded jeans with holes on the knees.
"Get dressed." Derek ordered. "I have to go make sure Emma does the same." He said softly. Derek sighed, ran his hand through his hair and looked back at Michael. "I love you, buddy." Derek softly informed. Michael smiled at him and pushed Derek out of his room.
Derek walked into Emma's room watched her play with her stuffed animals for a second before he went to her dresser. Derek grabbed a pair of Michael's old, hole/stain covered overalls and a hand-me-down Yankee's t-shirt. Derek walked over to Emma and sat down next to her.
"You want to try and dress yourself?" Derek asked softly. Emma looked up at him and quickly nodded her head. "Do you know how to put a shirt on?" Derek asked. Emma scrunched her eyebrows together then nodded her head. Derek handed her the Yankee t-shirt and watched her place it over her head before finding the head hole and pulling down until it was over her head. She pulled down on one side of the shirt before successfully getting one arm through an armhole. She did the same with the other arm and smiled up at Derek. Derek looked down at her and noticed her had the shirt on backwards.
"I did it." Emma said lifting her hands in the air. Derek laughed and nodded his head.
"Yes you did do it. But you have it on backwards. Let Daddy help you." Derek informed. Emma stuck her bottom lip out and allowed Derek to help her turn the shirt around. "I'll hold the overalls out and you can get in them." He suggested. Emma nodded her head and stepped into the overalls. Derek clasped the straps and helped her put socks on.
"Dressed." Emma smiled and took Derek's hand. Michael stood in the hallway dressed in the clothes Derek gave him with his own style of different sock colors. Today it happened to be blood red and sky blue.
"Finally." Michael groaned. Derek smiled and walked with Emma behind Michael down the stairs. They put their boots on and Derek opened the front door.
"Wait!" They heard Meredith yelled.
"Did you decide you wanted to join us?" Derek asked cockily.
"No. I made sandwiches. Take them with you. Considering how long you usually take I think you're going to skip lunch with Le and me." Meredith said. Derek nodded his head smiling at her. She went into the kitchen and came back with a cooler. "There are drinks in there." She informed handed the cooler to Derek.
"Thanks." Derek smiled. Emma and Michael walked out the front door and Derek was about to follow them when Meredith pulled him back to her and gave him a deeply loving kiss.
"I love you." She whispered against his lips. Derek smiled and quickly kissed her again.
"I love you too, Meredith." Derek said. He kissed her once more and walked out the door. Meredith scratched her head and walked up the stairs again.
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"I got one!" Emma yelled. Derek placed his pole down and rushed over to her. He placed his hands over his daughter's little hands and helped her real the fish in. "Fish!" Emma yelled jumping up and down while she ran over to Michael. Michael smiled at Emma then turned his head to look out of his own fishing line.
"Great job, Emma." He said excitedly. Emma squealed and ran back to Derek who was holding the fish in the air.
"What do you want to do with it?" He asked holding it slightly away from his face.
"Keep it!" She yelled jumping up. Derek looked at the fish then back at Emma sadly.
"Em, we can't keep the fish." Emma's face dropped.
"Why not?" She asked standing in front of him with her hands in the air.
"Because it lives in the lake. We eat it or we let it back into the lake." Derek explained. Emma looked at the lake then at the house.
"Fishy can stay with me." She informed. Derek shook his head.
"Emma, the fish lives with his family in the lake. The lake is our lake. You can visit Fishy at the lake. We wouldn't eat Fishy but we can't keep Fishy in the house. Mommy would freak out." Michael explained. Emma turned to him and huffed.
"I visit Fishy at lake." She mumbled. Derek smiled at her, unhooked the fish and let it back into the lake.
"Michael, it's almost time to go home. We have to get ready for Mommy and Daddy's friends to come over for dinner." Derek explained grabbing his fishing pole and Emma's. He put his hand out for Michael's fishing pole and Michael handed it over sadly.
"I don't want to." Michael whined. Derek frowned and bent down to look him in the eye.
"Michael, I love you and I will fish with you tomorrow when I get off, but right now I need you to do this for me." Derek said placing his hands on Michael's small shoulders. Michael sighed and nodded his head.
"Do I have to take a nap today?" He whined looking up at Derek with puppy dog eyes. Derek swears Meredith taught Michael how to do this.
"How about we talk about that with Mommy." Derek replied. Michael smiled, ran over to Emma took her hand and walked up the hill to the house.
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"Hey." Meredith greeted out of breath. Derek tilted his head and looked at her confused.
"Why are you out of breath?" He asked walking closer to her. Meredith put a hand on his chest before he could lean into her.
"I was running on the tread mill. Derek, you smell too much like fish. Go shower." She replied. Derek frowned at her and took a step closer to her.
"You smell like sweat." He informed. Meredith laughed as he rubbed his body closer to her and placed his hands near her nose.
"Ew! Derek!" Meredith laughed. Derek kissed her cheek and backed off.
"Michael, ask Mommy your question." Derek ordered. Michael stood up from pulling his boots off and stood in front of Meredith.
"Mommy, do I have to take a nap today?" he asked sweetly. Meredith smiled down at him.
"You can take a nap and stay up later while Aunt Cristina, Uncle Alex, Uncle Jackson, Bailey, Ben, Uncle Mark, Aunt Lexie, Aunt April, and Uncle Rich are here. Or you could not take a nap and go to bed earlier." Meredith said scrunching her face up at the no nap suggestion. Michael put his hand on his chin and thought for a second.
"I'll stay up with everyone." Michael said racing upstairs.
"You have to take a bath before you get on your bed!" Meredith yelled after him. Emma walked over to Derek and stuck her bottom lip out while she lifted her boot cover foot up slightly. Derek smiled at her and nodded his head up the stairs to Meredith.
"I've got her. Go get Michael. Is Levi down?" Derek asked pulling on Emma's foot.
"Levi's sleeping. Give Emma a bath before you put her down. And feel free to jump in the shower before you try and get near me again." Meredith stated walking up the stairs. Derek looked back at her and pulled Emma's other boot off.
"We can bathe Emma and Michael together. She's ready." Derek grinned. "Maybe we can bathe together too." He whispered in her ear. Meredith laughed and raced up the stairs to Michael.
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"Mommy, can you read to me." Michael begged. Meredith sighed and tucked him into bed for the fourth time.
"Michael, stay in bed. And you know you don't get read to unless it's bedtime." Meredith said pushing him back into bed when he tried to sit up.
"But it is bedtime. I'm going to bed." He reasoned.
"This is naptime not bedtime. And you are not going to bed because you keep getting out of bed." Meredith pulled him back to the bed and tucked him in again.
"Please read to me, Mommy." Michael begged again.
"You're stalling. Close your eyes." Meredith said softly. Michael huffed and closed his eyes. "Do you want me to sing to you?" Meredith sighed. Michael smiled and nodded his head. "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You never noted how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You never noted how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away. Please don't take my sunshine away." Meredith softly sang as best she could. She looked down at her growing boy and saw him peacefully sleeping. She smiled and walked out of him room.
"Hey. Were you singing to Michael?" Derek whispered. Meredith nodded her head and sighed. "You wanna help me get Emma settled?" He asked grinning in her direction.
"I'm good. I'm gonna take a long shower. I'm tired." Meredith softly spoke. Derek nodded his head and gave her a soft kiss.
"Can I join you after Emma's down?" He asked smiling. Meredith giggled and nodded her head.
"Yeah. Love you." She whispered on his lips. Derek kissed her temple and walked back into Emma's room.
"Emma, can Daddy rock you?" Derek asked kneeling on the floor.
"No." Emma grumbled. Derek sighed and pulled her to him.
"Can Daddy sing to you?" He asked thinking if it worked for Meredith and Michael maybe it could work for him and Emma.
"Sing?" Emma asked looking up at him. Derek nodded his head smiling down at his little girl. "What song?" She asked softly in her little voice. Derek smiled down at her.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You never noted how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away." Derek stopped and kissed Emma's head. "I love you, Emma-bean." Emma smiled with her eyes closed and he quickly walked out of her room.
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"Hey." Meredith smiled as she felt Derek's hands wrap around her waist and his mouth on her neck.
"Hey yourself." He replied. Meredith turned around and handed him shampoo.
"So, how was fishing?" She asked rinsing the soap out of her hair.
"Oh it was good. Emma caught a fish and wanted to keep it. So I let it go after Michael explained we own the lake and she can visit the fish. But she said lake with the l." Derek kneaded the shampoo into his hair. Meredith nodded her head and reached for the body wash.
"Nothing exciting. Like I don't know Michael rubbing mud on his face?" Meredith grinned. Derek smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah. He was running in circles and when I asked what he was doing he said he was running away from the enemies. Then he found some mud and scooped some into his hands and rubbed it over his face saying they couldn't see him." Derek sighed.
"Is he okay?" Meredith asked concerned and jokingly.
"Yeah. I think he was playing war. I don't know. It kind of freaked me out. He was acting like he is schizophrenic." Meredith moved so he could rinse the soap out of his hair.
"Should we ask Kathleen?" Meredith asked worried.
"No, he's just pretending. I'll ask Kathleen if you want me to." Derek looked her in the eyes. "I don't think I have a history of crazies in my family." Meredith broke into a grin.
"Me neither. We're just Greys. We're a little off but so is your family." Meredith put some body wash in her hand and handed it over to Derek. He did the same and pulled her over to him after placing the bottle down. They started lathering the other, laughing and smiling big.
"He's five. At five I had an imaginary friend and played fake war with myself and Mark all the time."
"Well I had a secret imaginary friend. The great Ellis Grey wouldn't let me have one but I broke the rules." Meredith grinned at him.
"I love it when you break the rules." He pulled her with him under the water spray and kissed her deeply. Meredith pulled back and laughed.
"What can I say? I'm good at breaking the rules." She smiled and kissed him again. Derek helped the water wash the soap of her body as Meredith did the same lingering at his crotch. Derek smiled against her lips and wrapped his arms around her tightly.
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"So chicken or steak?" Meredith asked while they were in the kitchen.
"We can do steak on the grill." Derek informed pulling Emma off the counter. He grabbed the piece of bread she was eating and handed it to her.
"Yeah we can. What should we make with the steak?" Meredith asked handing Levi a bowl of strawberries. Then thinking better of it, taking the bowl back, picking Levi up and placing him in the highchair with the bowl in front of him.
"Tank you." He smiled at her. Meredith smiled back and walked over to the fridge.
"We could make potatoes and salad." Meredith suggested. Derek nodded his head and took the steaks out.
"Do we have enough steak?" He asked looking at the numerous flank steaks they had in the fridge.
"Oh yeah they had a sale and I just got a few." Meredith answered getting the premade salad out and looking at it. "Remind me why we're having ten of our friends and co-workers over for dinner." Meredith sighed.
"Mommy, please move." Michael pushed her out of the way and grabbed a cheese stick.
"I thought it was nine." Derek replied. Meredith looked at him and they both silently counted up the people.
"Yeah nine." "Ten." They said at the same time. They shared the same shocked look.
"Cristina, Jackson, April, Alex, Richard, Bailey, Ben, Mark, Lexie, and Jackson's girlfriend." Meredith informed. Derek lifted an eyebrow.
"Jackson's girlfriend?" He asked confused. Meredith nodded her head.
"Yeah. He asked if he could bring her and I said yes." Meredith shrugged. Derek shrugged and placed the steaks down to thaw.
"Okay. So we have steak, potatoes, and salad. Right?" he asked.
"Yeah. Hard boiled or mashed potatoes?"
"I don't know what do you think they'll want." Derek asked getting the potatoes out. Meredith looked at him with a look that said 'seriously'.
"I don't know. I don't read minds, Derek." She snapped. Derek laughed and turned to her.
"What's your favorite?" Meredith shrugged and Derek walked over to her. He placed his hands on her shoulders and kissed her temple.
"I don't care. We'll just do boiled because it's faster." Meredith sighed pealing the potatoes. Derek nodded his head against her shoulder.
"I love you." He reminded. Meredith nodded her head and sighed. "You want me to turn the music up loud to cook? So you can let your frustrations out on the food and with the music." Derek asked walking over to the radio. Meredith smiled and nodded her head. Derek turned the music up loud and moved her head side to side to the rhythm.
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"Hi, Jackson." Michael greeted as he opened the door. Jackson looked down at his little somewhat nephew and smiled.
"Hi, Mike. This is Quinn. Where are your Mommy and Daddy?"
"Hi Quinn. Mommy and Daddy are in the kitchen with the music on loud. I think they're cooking." Michael turned around and walked back into the living room where he was watching cartoons with his brother and sister. Jackson nodded his head and looked over at Quinn.
"That's Michael Shepherd. The little girl over there is Emma and the little boy sitting in the playpen is Levi." Jackson said pointing to the kids. Quinn nodded her head and he led her to the kitchen. She was about to walk in when he stopped her and knocked loudly on the door.
"Why are you doing that?" She asked looking at him funny. Jackson smiled at her.
"Trust me. You want me to knock." Jackson informed. Quinn tilted her head but went with it. Meredith came to the door and laughed when she saw Jackson.
"Jackson! You didn't have to knock. We're just finishing up dinner." Meredith said giving him a quick hug. Jackson kissed her cheek quickly and handed her a bottle of wine. "Thank you. You really didn't need to do that." Meredith smiled up at him and looked over at the thin, dark haired girl with bright green eyes standing next to him. "I'm Meredith Grey." Meredith said smiling.
"Quinn Andrews. Jackson says you're a very nice person. In fact he said you were the one to talk him into letting me come here and to the hospital." Quinn smiled and took Meredith's hand in a handshake. Meredith smiled and looked over at Jackson lifting an eyebrow. He shrugged and Meredith let them into the kitchen.
"Jackson." Derek said nodding his head in their direction. Meredith took her place next to Derek watching the potatoes.
"This is Quinn Andrews." Jackson said motioning to Quinn. Derek smiled at her.
"Derek Shepherd." Derek said moving around the island and holding his hand out to her. Quinn shook his hand and smiled at him. Meredith saw her gush slightly but when Quinn turned back to Jackson Meredith saw her gush even more. Meredith showed Derek the bottle of wine they brought. "Thank you for the wine." Derek smiled and walked over to Meredith.
"Daddy, Mommy, peoples are here." Michael yelled. Meredith saw Cristina, April, Mark, Lexie and Richard come through the kitchen door. Meredith smiled and walked over to them.
"Michael, are you watching TV?" Meredith asked sticking her head out of the kitchen door.
"No." He answered.
"Are you guys hungry?" Michael ran over with Emma on his heals. "Where's Levi?" She asked. Michael and Emma shrugged. Meredith ran over to the living room and grabbed Levi. "Sorry about that." Meredith apologized as she came back into the kitchen with Levi in her arms. Derek smiled at her and nodded his head at the guests. "Hi. Thanks for coming." Meredith greeted. Cristina came over and grabbed Levi from her hands.
"I see you all the time, Mer. I want to spend time with my quietist nephew." Cristina cooed at Levi. Levi smiled at her and kissed her cheek.
"Hi, Meredith." April called at her. Meredith nodded her head.
"Hey, Mer." Alex said giving her cheek a kiss and walking over to get a beer out of the fridge. She saw Derek pouring glasses of wine and handing beers out.
"Meredith, it's nice to see you tonight." Richard said smiling. He bent down and gave her cheek and kiss. Meredith smiled at him and snapped out of her funk.
"Meredith, I have a patient that might need me later tonight so if I get paged will you be okay?" Lexie asked wringing her hands together.
"Yeah, Lex, that's fine." Meredith answered. She moved over to Derek again and pulled the wine bottle from his hands. She poured herself a glass and leaned against him.
"You okay?" Derek whispered in her ear.
"I just realized how tired I am." Meredith whispered back. Derek hummed and rubbed her side.
"Can I do anything?" He asked watching her sip her wine.
"Not really. Just don't leave me alone with the guest tonight." Meredith softly pleaded. Derek kissed behind her ear.
"I'll be by your side all night." Meredith nodded her head.
"Derek, when is the food gonna be ready?" Mark asked walking over to them and leaning on the counter.
"Um… We just have to get the salad ready then we can eat."
"Good, because watching the kids eat is making me really hungry." Mark laughed and walked over to Lexie.
"I'm going to get the door." Meredith murmured in Derek's ear. He hummed an answer and let her go. "Hello, Bailey and Ben." Meredith greeted smiling widely.
"You okay? You're acting like we're a king and queen or something." Bailey said walking in when Meredith motion for them to. Ben looked at Bailey surprised.
"Miranda!" He whispered shocked. Bailey looked at Meredith sadly.
"I'm sorry, Meredith. And please call me Miranda. I've told you before." Bailey smiled softly at Meredith as she led them to the kitchen.
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"Thank you for coming." Meredith said to Cristina as she left waving at Derek and her standing on their porch.
"Bye, Mer, Derek." Cristina waved getting in her car.
"Bye, Cristina." Derek called out. They watched her drive away before getting in the house.
"You know how I said I was tired before." Meredith reminded. Derek nodded his head and climbed the stairs with her. "Well that tiredness was nowhere near this tiredness." Meredith yawned and leaned her head on Derek's shoulder.
"Now we get to sleep. We'll clean up in the morning." Derek sighed. Meredith hummed and pushed their bedroom door open. They pealed their clothes off until they were in their underwear. They fell on the bed with their arms wrapped around each other.
"I love you." Derek sighed into her neck. Meredith kissed his head.
"I love you." She mumbled. Tangled together on top of the covers sleeping peacefully were two people in love. Their children were down the hall sleeping with wonderful dreams in their heads. Meredith rolled onto her stomach and Derek rolled half on top of her. He kissed the back of her neck and went back to sleep.
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