A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! I love them! Someone asked me if the baby Meredith is having is the same baby from the epilogue of the last story. She is the same baby but I pushed the story up in time, so the boys won't be five when she is born, instead they will be two.

A month had passed since the Shepherd's had left Disney World. It was awkward at first for Meredith and Derek to get back into their old routine. Meredith still felt obligated to be the primary caregiver for the boys, and Derek still found himself coming home later than his wife. The first Monday that they were officially back together a disaster.

Meredith woke up at 5:15 to shower. She rolled over in bed and saw that Derek was still asleep. She gave him a kiss on the cheek, and went into the bathroom. After she was done showering, she went back into their bedroom to get dressed. She looked over at the bed and saw that Derek was once again, still asleep. She put her clothes on and then went into the bathroom to blow dry her hair.

It wasn't until 6:25 that Derek woke up. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, and stretched his legs before heading to the bathroom to shower. By that time, Meredith was down stairs giving the boys breakfast. She had already put on her makeup, and dressed the boys.

She had just sat down to eat breakfast herself when Derek came into the kitchen. The boys were now in the living room watching Barney. Meredith looked up as Derek walked into the room. She didn't say anything to him.

"What? No good morning?" He joked as he took a bowl out of the cabinet.

"If we're going to make this work, Derek, you need to put as much effort in as I am."

Meredith got up from the table, and placed her bowl in the sink.

"What do you mean?" Derek asked.

"What I mean is that you cannot wake up late and expect me to always be the one to get the kids ready. I'm pregnant! Don't you see that? I shouldn't have to be the one doing all the work."

"Just because you got the kids dressed, you're getting mad?"

Meredith didn't say anything. She walked past Derek, and into the living room. She grabbed the boys' coats, and walked over to them. She helped them put their coats on and grabbed her own.

"I'll see you at the hospital!" She called into the kitchen.



After dropping the twins off at daycare, Meredith drove to the hospital. She met up with Cristina in the parking lot.

"For someone who just got back from a month long vacation you look like shit."

Meredith gave Cristina a death glare.

"What'd McDreamy do this time?" Cristina asked.

"He slept. That's what he did. He slept!"

"You're mad because he slept? Right."

"It's not that, he slept late and I had to get the kids ready by myself. I don't think that's fair. He said he was serious about making things right. Why isn't he trying?"

Cristina shrugged. "Give him tomorrow. See what happens. Maybe he'll wake up first and surprise you."

Meredith nodded. "So, what's new at the hospital?"

"Alex is with Barbie. George is living the single life. Bailey is working hard for her marriage, and that's about it."

"Izzie and Alex? Again? Why didn't she tell me when we were in Florida?"

"I don't know. So, how long are your shifts now?"

"I don't know. I have to check with chief." Meredith paused for a second. "You didn't tell me about you."

"What?" Cristina asked.

"I want to hear about my best friend. What's new with you?"

"Nothing. I'm me. There's really nothing to tell."

"Well what have you been up to the past three weeks?"

Cristina didn't say anything.

"Cristina, come on. I'm your person."

"I know. I know! That's why I've put my life on hold."

"On hold?" Meredith gushed.



"There's this guy, and you kind of have to meet him. We kinda have this and well I told him nothing was written in stone until well you know…"

"What do I know?" Meredith pushed.

"I want you to meet him. I need your approval. I need you to find nothing wrong with him. You're my person, okay?"

"Yeah okay. So when am I going to meet him?"

"Now. He's walking this way."

Meredith turned her attention to the man in front of them. There was a young Korean doctor walking towards them.

"He's Korean?!" Meredith asked in a whisper.

"Yeah, so what?"

"Nothing. I'm just saying. He's certainly not Burke."

Cristina glared at her friend.

"Dr. Lee, how are you?" Cristina asked.

Meredith almost laughed, but held it in.

"I'm doing very well. How are you Dr. Yang?"

"Good, so um…this is Meredith."

"Thee Meredith?" He questioned. "It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too. What is it that you do here?" Meredith asked.

"I'm in cardio."

"Cardio? That's nice. Are you new?"

"I've been here for about a month. Dr. Yang will make a lovely heart surgeon someday." Dr. Lee smiled.

"It was nice meeting you." Meredith said. "But if you don't mind excusing me I have to go talk to the chief."

She shook the doctor's hand, and excused herself. Cristina ran to catch up to her.



"So, what do you think?" She asked.

"About?" Meredith played dumb.

"Him…Dr. Lee."

"I think he is exactly like Burke, except Korean."

It was then that Meredith saw him. She looked away, and continued to talk to her friend, but he continued to stare. Without looking up she could tell that he was headed her way.

"Dr. Yang, can you excuse us for a moment?" Derek asked.

Cristina looked at Meredith for approval. Meredith nodded her head.

"I'll catch up with you later Mere." She said, and then walked away.

Meredith watched Cristina walk away, and then looked up at her husband.

"About this morning…" Derek started.

"Don't bother Derek. Nothing's going to change. I should have known that from the start. You're still you, and I can't change that."

Meredith crossed her arms under her chest.

"Meredith, I…I thought we'd take turns. You could have a few days to sleep, and so could I."

Meredith didn't say anything.

"You can have Saturdays." Derek offered.

Meredith shook her head. "I don't want Saturdays. I don't want a deal. I want a marriage."

With that Meredith turned to walk away, but Derek grabbed her wrist and pulled her in.

"I'm going to work on it. I'm going to change. I promise. Tomorrow will be different. Tomorrow will be better."

And tomorrow was different. Meredith slept through her alarm. When she woke up there was a note on Derek's pillow. He had taken the boys to daycare, and was already at the hospital.

That was a month ago. Ever since that day, things had gone great. Derek was really trying to be the best father and husband that he could, and Meredith was finally able to relax.

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It was a Saturday morning, and Meredith opened her eyes to Daniel and Cameron staring at her. She sat up and opened her eyes. The twins were in her and Derek's bed, but Derek was still there too.

"Who let you guys out?" Meredith asked.

"Me." Both boys said.

"You let yourself out?" Meredith asked again.

The boys nodded.

"I guess it's time to get you guys' beds."

Meredith got out of bed, and helped the boys off.

"Who wants to get their diaper changed? Then we will go make breakfast for daddy. Does that sound like fun?"

"Yeah." Daniel said.

Meredith followed the boys into their bedroom, and placed Cameron onto the changing table. She took of his diaper, and gasped.

"You're dry. You didn't do pee pees in your diaper!"

Meredith clapped her hands.

"Do you want to try to go on the potty?" She asked.

Cameron nodded his head.

Meredith picked her son up, and carried him into the bathroom. She held him over the toilet and waited. After a few minutes, she heard drops of urine.

She waited for Cameron to finish, before taking him off the toilet.

"Yay!" Meredith clapped. "You went pee pees! I am SO proud of you! Let's go tell daddy!"

Meredith bent down and picked up her son, she brought him into her bedroom and placed him on top of Derek.

Derek opened his eyes, and smiled. "There is a naked baby on top of me."

"Cameron sweetie, tell daddy what you just did."



"Pee Pees." The little boy smiled.

"You went pee pees?" Derek asked.

Cameron nodded. "Pee pee on potty."

Derek sat up in bed and cheered. "You went pee pee on the potty?"

Cameron grinned.

"Congrats little guy!"

Derek looked at Meredith who had a smile on her face.

"They also climbed out of their cribs. I think it's time that we do some shopping." She stated.

"I agree." Said Derek. "Why don't we go to Babies R Us after breakfast?"

"That sounds good. Do you want to shower first, or can I?"

Derek looked at Meredith sadly. A few weeks ago he had snapped at her for getting in the shower before him. He was running late for work, and she didn't have to be in for another hour. His temper had gotten the best of him, and now Meredith always made it a point to ask for his permission before showering.

"Meredith…"

Meredith looked away. "You can have it first if you want."

She wasn't mad, and she knew he wouldn't be upset if she got in first, but part of her felt like she should ask. She wasn't sure if she was trying to get him upset, or trying to test him, or just being the crazy pregnant lady.

"I have an idea." Derek stated. "Why don't you go start the water, and I'll put a movie on for the boys? We can shower together."

Meredith didn't like that idea. Ever since they had gotten back together, Derek had not seen her naked. Her stomach was covered with stretch marks now, and her feet were on the verge of swelling. But for some reason, Meredith had agreed.

She went into the bathroom, and stripped herself of her clothes. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and sighed. She was six months pregnant, twenty-four weeks to be exact. She hadn't made love to her husband in six weeks. The last time they had made love was when they were in Florida. She was tiny then. It was easy to see that she was pregnant, but only if you looked closely. Now it was a different story.



She bent over, and turned the water on. She had recently found it hard to bend over. Her oversized stomach stood in the way. Derek hadn't noticed this either.

Meredith stepped into the shower and waited. A minute later, Derek opened the curtain and stepped in. She was nervous, and he could tell. He looked her over for a moment. She had grown a great deal in the past six weeks. He noticed that she looked away from his gaze.

He moved closer to her, and placed his hands on her belly. He could feel the baby kicking. Why had he not felt the baby before? They had been home from Florida for six weeks, and she had not told him once that the baby was kicking, moving yes, but kicking no. He hadn't asked either. He lowered his head, and gently placed kisses on Meredith's stomach. She didn't reject his touch, but she didn't seem to accept it either. He brought his face back up to meet hers, and then moved even closer. As close as her belly would allow.

He pressed his lips gently against hers. Neither of them pulled back. He suddenly found his wife deepening the kiss. He found his hands wandering to all parts of her body, as she did the same.

"Derek, we can't." Meredith broke away from his lips, and caught her breathe.

"Why not?" He asked.

"I can't, not standing up." She stated.

He stepped back, allowing room between them. He sat down in the tub, and helped Meredith ease her way down as well. Derek brought his lips to her neck, and placed kisses all over it. She moaned in response, and edged herself closer to Derek. She felt him make his way inside of her, and their breathing became heavy. The only thing separating them now was Meredith's belly. She had waited far too long for this moment to come, and she was not going to let anything stand her in way. Neither was Derek. But then, he felt a kick. And then he felt another, and another. The baby was kicking in the middle of sex.

Meredith pulled back. "I'm sorry. She doesn't normally kick this much."

Derek looked up at Meredith. "She?"

"I found out yesterday. We had our sixth month appointment. You didn't come."

And at that moment in time, Meredith could feel her husband pull out from within her.

"You didn't tell me we had an appointment." He said calmly.

"I reminded you two days ago. You said you would be there."

"When? When did you tell me?" Derek asked, growing a little madder.



"I told you when we were eating dinner. We were sitting at the kitchen table, and we were eating together as a family. We were eating chicken cutlets that Izzie taught me how to cook, just for you."

Derek sighed. He knew he was wrong. "I'm sorry." He stated.

Meredith didn't say anything.

"Mere…"

"Don't be so fast to past judgment, Derek."

Meredith placed her hands on the side of the tub for support, and lifted herself up. She grabbed the shampoo bottle, and started to wash her hair, forgetting that Derek was still in the tub. Next she conditioned. The soap dripped onto Derek, and lingered there. He didn't complain. He didn't fuss. He didn't say anything.

Next Meredith grabbed her puff. She squirted some body wash on to it, and started to rub it all over her body. Derek watched on in amusement. Watching her turned him on. He stood up, and stepped closer to Meredith and kissed her hard on the lips.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm kissing you." Derek spoke.

"Stop. Just stop! I don't want to kiss you."

Derek didn't listen. He brought his lips back to hers'. This time she didn't pull away. He brought his lips behind her ear. Meredith moaned in response. After a few minutes, they were brought back to reality when Daniel walked into the bathroom crying.

Meredith and Derek pulled away from each other, and Meredith stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body.

"Hey Danny, what's wrong?" Meredith asked.

He lifted his arm up and showed it to Meredith.

"How did that happen?" She asked.

"Camwon." He said.

Meredith walked into her bedroom, and sat down next to Cameron.

"Did you hurt Daniel?" She asked.



"Yesh."

"Why did you do that?"

"He mean."

"How is he mean?"

"He took banket."

"Daniel did you take Cameron's blanket?" She asked.

Daniel nodded.

"Go get it please."

Daniel disappeared for a few minutes and returned with Cameron's blanket. He handed it to his brother.

"Thank you sweetie." Meredith said.

Meredith grabbed her clothes and walked into the bathroom to get changed.

"I'm thinking we should go to I HOP." Derek said from the shower.

"Huh?" Meredith asked.

"I Hop. For breakfast."

"Oh okay. That sounds good."

"And then we can go shopping afterwards."

"Okay. I'll go get the boys dressed." Meredith said.

"I can do it. I'll be done in a few minutes." Derek offered.

"Okay. Oh, and I was thinking. We're going to need a triple stroller as well. And a few potties. And I want them to pick out their beds."

"Okay. Looks like we'll have a long day ahead of us." Derek smirked from behind the curtain.

A/N: So what did you guys think? I hope you liked it.

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