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Thanks to everyone who read my last chapters and to those that reviewed sorry if I didn't reply. Not updated in a while 'cause I've been ill and had loads of school work to do.

My apologies for any mistakes you find...

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It had been a week since Derek had found out that Meredith had a sister and Richard had found out he had a daughter. Meredith had told Richard all that she knew so that he could contact her but she refused to talk to Hilary herself as she was adamant that she would hate her.

Derek had suggested to Meredith that they have a family party and today was the day. They had invited all of their family and friends who were set to arrive shortly. Everything was all set out; the food was ready, they were dressed, they'd set up the seats in the garden and had gotten their pool ready. Today it was sunny so they had decided to hold the party outside in the sun. The children could play in the pool while the adults sat around and talked.

Currently Meredith and Derek were sat on the sofa waiting for the doorbell to ring in an awkward silence. They were both lost in their own thoughts. Derek sat wondering if Meredith was really all right. She told him over and over again that she was but there was something that was preventing him to believe her, it wasn't that he didn't trust her it was just something. The doorbell rang bringing them out of the silence and Derek went to answer it leaving Meredith sat on the sofa staring into space.

As he opened the door Meredith came to join him, smiling. That was a good sign. On the other side of the door stood Carolyn, Megan, Sarah, Lacey and Becky; well she was in a pram but she was still there. Derek opened the door wider so they could all get through then they all greeted each other.

"Hope you've got your swimsuits kids because the pools been freshly cleaned just to be played in," said Derek.

"Ooh, good job I've got my bikini on under this," said Izzie laughing walking up to the door holding hands with Alex.

"So have I Iz, good job we're prepared," said Alex as Meredith greeted her friends. They all looked at him funny then laughed as he realised what he'd just said.

They all walked into the back garden but not before Derek put up a sign on the door telling people to just go round to the back garden. The six adults all sat down on chairs while Lacey and Sarah played with the toys that they'd brought with them. Becky was asleep in her pram.

"So you finally settled in?" Derek asked his youngest sister.

"Yep, everything is unpacked, the kids started their new school on Monday and I seem to know my way around. Well I know my way to the places I need to go." They sat talking for a few minutes until they heard the gate swing open. At first they saw nothing and just thought it was the wind but then Alex felt something slam against his side. He looked down and saw Tuck smiling up at him.

"Tuck, you know that you shouldn't run off like that," shouted Bailey coming through the gate followed by Christina, Owen, Callie and Arizona all laughing. She turned round to face them and they tried to stop laughing but failed. "Don't you laugh at me; this could be you one day." She started to laugh as well when she saw the funny side.

"Looks like you could do with a beer," said Derek coming out of the house carrying a large box of beer with him. She nodded her head as he handed one to her. Then he offered them to everyone else.

Twenty minutes later Eric, Molly, Laura, Richard and Adele had all joined them. People had been introduced and they were now in a conversation about Eric's return home and house renovations.

"So what are you planning to do with your year at home?" Meredith asked Eric.

"Molly has some very... big ideas for the house," he said but soon regretted it as he was hit on the arm by Molly. "Ow," he whined.

"So you can be shot at in the army but you get hit by a woman and that's it?" said Derek laughing.

"She hurts," he said acting wounded. All the women rolled their eyes and laughed.

"Men," they said simultaneously.

"So, what are these big ideas?" asked Izzie.

"Well, I was thinking about redoing the kitchen and then the bathroom, then building an extension behind the house to make Laura's room and the guest room a bit bigger," she said without even taking a breath.

"Wow, those are big plans," said Owen taking a drink of his beer. "I feel sorry for you mate," he said patting Eric on the shoulder.

"And you expect all this to be done in a year?"

"Well, if it's done at the same time then yeah, it could be achieved."

"So you're going to live with a two year old and loads of construction?" asked Meredith.

"No, I'm coming to live with either you or Lexie," she said making them all laugh. Meredith nodded her head while taking a drink of Derek's beer.

"Anyone there?" someone shouted from the other side of the gate.

"Come on through," Derek shouted back immediately recognising his sisters voice. The gate swung open and seventeen people swarmed through.

"McFamilied," Izzie whispered so that only Meredith and the others could hear her. Meredith glared back causing her to laugh even harder. Derek walked back over to the chairs followed by the mass of people and started the introductions.

"Well, this is Kathleen she's my second eldest sister, this is her husband Tom and these are her kids James who's ten, Danielle who's seven, Harry who's four and Liam who's one... two even," he said quickly correcting himself. "This is Elizabeth or Liz whichever you want, her husband Ian and her kids; Jack who's four, Tegan who's two and Emma who's four months if I remember right," he said checking it with his sister who nodded her head. "Then this is Nancy who you've met before, this is her husband Brian and their kids; Leanne who's thirteen, Faye who's eleven, Daniel who's eight and Georgia who's five," he said. "And then this is Meredith," he said sitting down next to her. "And then there's our friends from the hospital; Alex, Izzie, Christina, Owen, Bailey, Arizona, Callie, Richard and Adele."

"And my sister Molly and her husband Eric," Meredith added in quickly. After everybody had greeted each other the women sat around in the chairs, the men went inside to watch the game and the kids either played with various toys or went in the pool.

"Oh yeah, only ask how they all know each other or anything about the hospital in fact make sure you have a really long time," said Derek before walking off into the house.

"Lexie's just text me and she says her and Mark are on their way; their hospital appointment ran over," said Molly putting her phone back into her pocket. Meredith nodded and there was an awkward silence for a few seconds.

"So, have any of you got kids?" asked Kathleen starting a conversation and breaking the silence.

"I've got a two year old daughter, Laura, she's gone inside with her dad," said Molly.

"And I've got a three year old son, Tuck who's somewhere around here," said Bailey. "He's probably terrorising the men, asking them to join in."

After several minutes of talking about their children, Mark and Lexie walked through the back gate.

"Lads are inside Mark," shouted Christina. Mark nodded and went inside the house to find the others while Lexie came and sat down with the women.

"How's everything looking?" asked Callie once she'd sat down between Meredith and Molly.

"Everything's going great, we've still not caved though so sorry to everyone who bet that we'd find out before today," she said. "It's still an it."

"Or a shim," said Izzie. One lunch in the cafeteria Meredith, Izzie, Christina and Lexie spent it coming up with names what they could call the baby for now without saying; he, she or it. 'Shim' had been the best so far.

"You bet on how long it would take to find out the sex of the baby?" asked Liz. "What a nice bunch of friends."

"Oh, it wasn't just us, we didn't even start it. The nurses started it and the whole hospital can bet. If you win you can get a fair amount of money, that's what we love about it," said Christina.

"Well maybe Izzie helped them with all of her free time that she's got," said Meredith.

"We've got several bets running at the minute but the only other main one we've got on is how long those two doctors from radiology will last," said Izzie. "I'm betting another two weeks at the most."

"Sounds like a fun place to work," said Nancy. "Way better than any of the hospitals I've worked at."

"We have some good times but then again we've had some bad times too."

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"So what do you think the women are talking about?" asked Tom, Kathleen's husband. The eight men were sat in front of the TV watching the recent game that was on while drinking beers.

"The hospital," said Mark, Owen and Derek simultaneously.

"It's all that they can talk about," said Derek.

"They have spent quite a lot of time there lately though, what with everything going on, they want to work just to keep their mind off of things," said Owen. Mark and Derek nodded in agreement.

"What things?" asked Brian, they were just as bad as the women now. No one was paying attention to the TV, instead they were gossiping between them.

"One of their friends died recently; he got hit by a bus, nothing we could've done to save him. His heart gave out during surgery," said Mark.

"And Izzie, whose outside, is finally in remission from stage four metastatic melanoma but the amount of surgeries and chemo she's had...," Derek said shrugging. They stayed silent for a few seconds but then changed the conversation to a happier topic.

"So I hear you're going to be a dad then Mark," said Ian. "Liz, Nancy and Kathleen found out from your mum and trust me they were not impressed. They thought you should have called them personally."

"I'm surprised you made it in here alive."

"I got in before anyone could say anything," he said. "I'm just dreading going back out again now." They all laughed.

"Did you find out the sex yet?" asked Derek.

"Nope, we're still waiting until it's born," he said proudly.

"Damn, I've just lost $200 then," he said.

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