Woo hoo! I updated! So I seem to have hit a little writer's block, so I had to stop writing this story for a few days and come back to it. I still don't know where I want to take it, so I'm just going to wing it. So if you have and ideas or anything you want to see happen just let me know!
Derek, Addison, and Meredith all arrived in the kitchen around the same time in the morning. Without having Zoey around as common ground it was kind of tense,
"Um, we don't really have food in the house right now. Zoey eats everything and we haven't had time to go shopping." Addison said, realizing she would have to feed her guests, "But we can go get something if you guys want."
"No it's ok Addison. I'm sure you're busy. We will get something ourselves."
"Are you sure? Because I don't mind."
"Addison, I know you. Inside you're praying that we don't have to get food together."
"Am I really that obvious?" Derek nodded while Meredith stood next to him awkwardly. "OK. Well then, I am just going to go upstairs and, get ready for the day. Um, if you guys need anything, just call or something." She said uncomfortably, walking towards the stairs the whole time. As soon as Addison was out of ear shot Meredith turned to Derek.
"We should have stayed in a hotel."
"Well she offered. I was being polite!"
"Screw polite! It's going to be really weird staying here with your ex-wife."
"I'm sorry. I didn't know it would make you uncomfortable."
"It's alight Derek. I can't stay for that long anyway. I need to be back at the hospital by Monday."
"See, you can go to the beach for a few days then go home. It will be fine." He said as Addison walked back into the kitchen.
"I'm going to the hospital to see Zoey, but I have patients to see today and I can't back out of it. Do you mind staying with her today?"
"Sure, that's fine." Derek said, understanding the busy life of a doctor.
"Thanks. I have to go. Bye." She walked out quickly before things could get any more awkward and headed for the hospital. When she walked into Zoeys room she found her daughter harassing the nurse in the room.
"What are you doing?" she asked Zoey.
"This nurse won't get me ice cream."
"I'm only supposed to check your vitals and switch your IV." The nurse said, looking pleadingly at Addison.
"Zoey, you're not getting ice cream. It's not even nine in the morning yet." Addison said, allowing the nurse to slip out of the room.
"You told me when I was ten that I always get ice cream after surgery. "
"Well you just have to get over it, because I'm not getting you ice cream."
"But the baby wants it!"
"Well the baby is just going to have to wait until your dad gets here. He will get you whatever you want."
"Dad's coming?"
"Yeah. He'll be here in an hour or so."
"Is he still mad?" Zoey asked, worried that he would just yell at her again.
"I don't think so. I think yesterday scared him into forgiving you. He doesn't want to lose his only child." Zoey nodded, feeling a little better, "Alright, well I have patients I have to see. Are you going to be ok without me?"
"I'll be fine mom. Have a good day."
"You too," Addison kissed her on the forehead and then left the room. Zoey lay in her room for a few minutes before she realized that she was bored. In an effort to solve her boredom she pushed the call button and waited for the nurse to come back. Instead of a nurse walking in Charlotte King walked through the doors.
"What are you doing here?" Zoey asked. She'd had a few conversations with Charlotte during her time in LA, but she didn't expect to see her in the hospital.
"Well I work here. I passed your mom on the way out and she seemed worried that if she left you alone that you would hate her. So I thought I would come check on you and see how you were feeling."
"I'm just tired I guess. And I would love some ice cream." She said, hintingly. Charlotte looked at her like she was crazy,
"I'm not getting you any. You can forget it." She said as Derek and Meredith walked into the room.
"Forget what?" Derek asked, "I'm Derek by the way. Derek Shepard. Her father." He shook hands with Charlotte, who also introduced herself to Meredith. "So what should she forget?"
"She wanted me to get her ice cream. But Addison said not to get her any until you got here and then you could go get her some."
"I don't understand why someone getting me ice cream is such a big deal." Zoey said, rolling her eyes.
"I'll go get you some." Derek left the room and Charlotte followed since she had to get to work, leaving Meredith and Zoey alone. Derek finally brought Zoey her ice cream and they spent the rest of the day talking tensely. After Addison got off work she came back to the hospital to check on Zoey who was sleeping when she got there.
"How's she doing?" She asked Derek while she picked up the chart off the end of the bed.
"She's worn out. She's slept most of the day."
"Has she had any stomach pains?"
"A few this morning, about an hour after we got here. The doctor took care of it though." Addison nodded,
"She can probably go home tomorrow. But I want to keep her on complete bed rest. Other than going to the bathroom she has to stay off her feet or she might end up going into early labor. Are you going home tonight?" It was Derek's turn to nod,
"Yeah, I figure she will be fine by herself overnight, right?"
"Yeah, she's good. I'm gonna stay for a little longer, but you guys don't have to." Derek and Meredith decided to go out and get dinner before heading back to Addison's house. When they reached the front door they saw a large narrow box sitting outside. They looked over the box and determined it to be the crib that Zoey had ordered. Derek carried it inside and up to the nursery before opening it.
"What are you doing?" Meredith asked.
"I'm putting the crib together. Wanna help?" he asked. Meredith sat next to him on the floor and helped Derek put together the crib.
The next day Addison left for the hospital and work while Derek and Meredith slept in. Meredith was going to spend the day on the beach while Derek had decided to put the rest of the nursery together. After a few hours Meredith walked upstairs to find Derek in the now purple room. The crib was placed straight across from the doorway against the wall, with the changing table against the wall to the right. There was a rocking chair and footstool in the corner next to the crib. The walls were purple and the trim was white. Derek had painted little purple flowers all over the crib. Meredith stared at the room,
"Derek, this is beautiful. Zoey is going to love it."
"I hope so. I have to make up for those months where I was mad at her. I need her to forgive me." Meredith smiled,
"She will Derek. It will be fine. Now come out to the beach with me." They spent the rest of the day on the beach.
Meanwhile Addison was at the hospital signing discharge papers to take Zoey home. Zoey was not happy that she would have to be on bed rest, but she would do anything for her daughter.
"So can I come to work with you still?" she asked Addison.
"I don't see why not. As long as you stay on my couch and don't do anything too stressful you can."
"So you mean I can make everyone do everything for me?"
"Well basically, but if you're a brat about it no one is going to help you."
"Whatever, just get me out of here." A nurse pushed Zoeys wheelchair out to the car where Amelia was waiting and Addison helped her in before getting in herself. Amelia pulled out into the street and started driving. After a minute or two Zoey started talking,
"Amelia?"
"Yeah?"
"Is there a reason you're only going ten mph?"
"I don't want to hurt the baby!" Amelia said as Zoey and Addison laughed at her, "Don't laugh at me. You're gonna be thanking me when your baby isn't born with three heads." Addison assured her that it would be ok to drive at a normal speed and they arrived at Addison's in a good amount of time. Derek met them at the front door and stopped them.
"You guys need to close your eyes. We have a surprise for you." He said as Meredith came down the stairs.
"I hate surprises," Amelia said, but they all closed their eyes anyway. Meredith helped Zoey up the stairs and Derek followed with Addison and Amelia. They went up the stairs very slowly, since Zoey couldn't go that fast, then stopped in front of a door. They led them inside,
"Alright, open your eyes." Derek said. The three women opened their eyes and gasped when they saw that they were standing in the middle of the now complete nursery. Zoey felt herself tear up and went and hugged Derek,
"Thank you," she said sincerely. The two stood there for a minute, just hugging, then they let go.
"You guys did all this?" Addison asked.
"Well Derek did. I just helped put the crib together." Meredith said.
"Well it's amazing," Amelia said. "Did you do all of this yesterday?" Derek nodded. They all admired the nursery for a while longer before Zoey started to get tired again. They helped her into bed where she quickly fell asleep. The four adults went downstairs into the kitchen.
"Why don't I make us all dinner?" he said, knowing that none of the women in the room with him could cook and they would most likely be eating take out again. They all agreed, knowing that Derek was a great cook. At first things had been awkward between all of them, but soon enough it was as though they had all been friends for years.
Ugh, so I'm having major writers block right now! I seriously can't write anything that doesn't sound like crap! This is a problem. So I decided to go ahead and write this chapter to give you guys something to read but I don't know when I will post again. I'm going out of town tomorrow, so maybe a change of location will help inspire me. I hope you guys liked this one. Review and let me know what you think! I'm thinking the baby is gonna show up next chapter. Any idea on the name for the baby?"