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"We could do it on Easter day. You know, like "Happy Easter . . Addison's pregnant!" Mark said as they sat on the bed of her room.
Addison laughed. "How about Sunday? That's really soon and everyone will be there as it's family day." she asked.
"That sounds perfect, Red." he replied, kissing her on the head, and smiles then wraps his arms around her.
"I'm a little worried." she admitted as he began to kiss her neck.
"Why, honey?" he asked, with concern.
"That my parents are going to kick me out." she confessed.
"Your parents are not going to kick you out. But if they do, I will buy a house." he grinned as they both started to laugh, "My whole life evolves over you and our baby. I love you." he finishes and placed his hand on her still-flat belly.
"I love you too."
He grins even bigger and went on top of her.
Three days later in the Webber kitchen, Izzie is at the sink and Mark looking at a ring brochure. It is Friday afternoon which means they don't have school the next day.
"Izzie, can you help me pick out an engagement ring for Addison? I can't figure this out! It's so hard! Should I get her a..." Mark asks as he turns to each page, "Tiffany cut or a Princess cut or a—ah-ah! Paper cut!" He flinched.
"Now, have you told anyone else?" Izzie asked.
"No, I don't want to tell anybody else because I don't want Addison find out." he replied.
"You told me." She states.
"Well, it's because I trust you, you're one of my best friends, and you walked in on me when I was looking at ring brochures."
"Yeah well, once again not knocking pays off. I only wish you hadn't been on the toilet."
"Me too."
"I can't believe you're gonna ask Addison to marry you!" Izzie exclaims.
"I know." Mark smiles as they hug.
"Now let me see. Is there such a thing as a Addison cut?" Izzie broke the hug, "Because that would be your best bet." She questions as Cameron and Alex enter, causing Mark to quickly hide the brochure behind his back.
"Hey." Alex said as he headed straight for the fridge.
"Hey." Mark greeted back.
"Hey! So Mark, wanna go to Joe's Bar?" Izzie asked.
"Oh all right."
"Yeah, Joe's Bar."
"Oh perfect, we were just gonna see if you wanted to go." Cameron said.
"Oh well, we don't because we got…the…other pl-place." Mark began.
Alex returns with a piece of pizza as Izzie and Mark exit.
"How rude." Cameron snorts.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You wanna bite?" Alex asked, as he holds his piece out for him.
At a jewelry Store, Izzie and Mark are looking at engagement rings.
Mark groans in frustration. "Nothing! This is the nine millionth ring store we've been too and I can't find the perfect ring for the mother of my baby!" He goes over to another display counter and starts pointing at rings. "Ugly ring! Ugly ring! Ugly ring!" as he notices that one of the jewelers is watching him, "It's a beautiful selection." He replied sarcastically as the jeweler walks away slowly.
"Okay, so maybe you don't get her a ring. Maybe you-maybe you do something different. Y'know? Maybe you get her an engagement bracelet, y'know? Or an engagement tiara? Or—ooh! An engagement Revolutionary War musket! Izzie exclaims as she picks one up from the display in the corner.
"Y'know, I'm so glad I picked you to help me with this." The father to-be commented in sarcasm.
"Huh? Can you just imagine getting down on one knee and handing her this gorgeous piece of weaponry?" She questions as he goes to another display counter.
"Yeah, I'm gonna stick with the ring. Oh, this one's nice!" He points to another ring. "I like this one! Sir? Uh, kind sir? Can I see this one?"
Izzie comes over after returning the musket, "Wait a minute, no, this is, this is the reason you brought me. Okay? I know how to haggle. So let me handle this from here on out."
"Can I help you?" The Jeweler asked.
"Uh-uh, yes. I would like to see that ring please." Mark said.
"Or not, whatever." Izzie snorted.
"This ring is from the 1920s, it's a one and a half carat diamond with sapphires on either side." The jeweler informed them.
"Sir, can I ask you to umm, could you…hold out that ring and ask me to marry you?" Mark questions.
The jeweler gives in, "OK." He holds out the ring. "Will you marry me?" He deadpanned.
"Oh my God that's it, that's the ring! How much is it?"
"Sloan, I-I will handle this!" Izzie said and turns to the jeweler, "How much is it?" She asked.
"8,600." The jeweler reveals.
"We will give you $10." Izzie told him.
"Are you interested in this ring?!" The jeweler asked, angrily.
"Yes! Yes, but I can only pay $8,000." Mark exclaims.
"OK, I can let it go at eight." The jeweler compromised.
"We stand firm at $10." Izzie peered at him.
The jeweler ignores her. "How would you like to pay?" He asked.
"Uh, credit card." Mark said as he reaches it, "Oh no! No-no, but I left my credit card with Alex." He realizes and turns to Izzie, "Okay, I'll go get it. You guard the ring."
"Why did you give your credit card to Alex?" she questions.
"Oh, I gave it to him to buy some Knicks tickets, for when we go to Manhattan. Then the jerk didn't even invite me to the game! But I'm over it! Whatever!" he exits.
"OK." Izzie replied and turns to the jeweler, "Listen, I'm sorry about before. Do you have anything her for $10."
"Uh yes, I have these two rather beautiful $5 bills." The male jeweler holds them up from his pocket.
"I'll give you $10 for them." Izzie said.
At Joe's Bar, Alex and Cameron are there.
"Hey, remember how Izzie and Mark blew us off yesterday?" Cameron asked.
"No." Alex replied.
"Remember? You-you were eating pizza."
"Yeah."
"OK. Well, apparently Mark's angry at us for not getting him a ticket to that Knicks game a couple of weeks ago, when we went to the city." Cameron informed him.
"Oh, we're supposed to just get him a ticket?! That guy is always mooching off of us!" Alex exclaims.
"Yeah! Anyway, I-I still think we should try to patch things up, y'know? Like uh, maybe we could all go back to Manhattan, get him to get tickets to another Knicks game and invite him." Cameron comments and Alex looks at him- he is definitely Meredith's little brother.
"Oh wow that's a great idea! And I still have his credit card." Alex said as he finishes off his cream soda.
"Here you go." Joe hands them the bill.
"Oh." Cameron starts to get his money.
" Hey-hey-hey-ho-ho, I got this one. Here you go." Alex told him and hands Joe, Mark's card. "Y'know I gotta tell ya, sometimes I just—I don't get Mark. Y'know, me and him do stuff all the time without you guys and you all don't get all upset." he snorted.
"All the time?!" Cameron questioned.
"All the time!"
Joe returns with the credit card, "I'm sorry. It was rejected."
Alex exclaimed, "That's impossible! Let me see it." Joe hands it back and Alex looks at it. "Oh, this one's my emergency card." He said and grabs Mark's out of his pocket and hands it to Joe. "Here you go."
The next day, the expecting couple's worst fears came true over a dinner to tell the Montgomery's about the grandchild they'll be getting in seven months. The gang was over to support them. Also suspected, the Captain and Archer went ballistic.
"You are what?!" The Captain exclaimed as he looked at the teenager who knocked his oldest daughter up, "What were you thinking, getting my daughter pregnant?"
"Dad, don't yell at Mark because it's not all his fault." Addison tried to calm her father down.
"How could you do this Mark? Just knock up my sister? I can't believe you! I thought we were best friends." Archer asked the teen who got his little sister pregnant.
"And I let you date my oldest daughter and welcome you into my home for this to happen? I cannot believe this, Mark!" The Captain exclaimed.
"I love her more than you think." The impending father spoke.
"You do?!" Archer asked.
"Yes, and our baby." Mark turned to his girlfriend. "I love you Addison, and this little baby. You two are my loves. I love you both, so much."
"I love you so much, too." The pregnant seventeen year-old got out of her seat and went over to him.
"Aww!" Everybody gushed. But she could still se the look of disdain on her brother and father's faces.
"Aww, sis!" Avah said.
At the Shepard's. Archer, Derek, Cameron, and Owen are watching TV as Mark enters.
"Guys?" Mark said but they ignore him. "I've got something important to tell ya." Still nothing so he walks over and stands in front of the TV. "Guys?" They lean over to try and watch the TV, Mark mimics them. "Guys?! I'm gonna ask Addison to marry me."
Owen said, "I think we gotta end the freeze out."
"Wait a minute, is this, is this for real?" Derek asked.
"Yeah, check out the ring." Mark replied and shows it to them.
"Oh my God!" Cameron exclaimed.
"So you two are really serious?!" Derek questions.
"Yep, pretty much. We're having a baby in seven months and we''ve been dating for three years, so pretty much." Mark informed him.
"You-you're gonna get married?! I mean… We're gonna be brothers-in-law!" Archer asked as they all hug- with the exception of Cameron.
"And-and-and-and-and-and, and we're gonna be friends again!" Cameron exclaims.
Mark goes to hug him and stops short, "Heyyyy—What?"
"Oh it's water under the bridge, forget it!" Cameron told him.
"Okay!" They hug. "I was gonna wait 'til uh, it was official y'know? But I got so excited, with the baby and all that I just had to tell you guys because you're my best friends-" He turns to Archer, "And you'll be the baby's uncle!"
" I can't believe this!" Owen said.
"Me too! I was planning on having a conversation with you about your intentions." Derek replied.
"I think I'm gonna cry!" Owen began.
Callie enters upon hearing Owen. "Ugh! No more crying! Please! I just sat with a crying old man when I filled in for my mom at the hospital. I'll sit with you too!" She snorts.
Owen and Cameron urge Mark to tell Callie.
"I'm gonna ask Addison to marry me." Mark informed her.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh Mark!" Callie exclaims and hugs him. "You guys are gonna be so happy, with that and the baby too!"
"I know." The father to-be smiled.
Owen is holding an empty tissue box, "Where's all the tissues?!" He asked and throws the box down in disgust.
Mark shows the ring to Callie.
"Check out the ring." he told her.
Izzie enters, "Hi." she said.
"Hey-hey Iz!" Derek exclaims.
"What?" she asked.
"Mark's gonna ask Addison to marry him!" Derek informed her.
"Oh I know, I helped pick out the ring." Izzie informed.
Mark laughs, turns, and sees that Archer and Cameron aren't happy.
"You told her before you told us?" Archer questioned his possible-soon to-be brother in-law.
"Well, she walked in when I was looking at the ring brochures. You can understand that, right?" Mark said as the guys look at each other and go back to watching the game on TV. "Guys? Guys?" He walks in front of them again.
"Almost there, almost there." Meredith said as she was covering her friend's eyes.
"Where are we going? Tell me!" Addison said, growing impatient.
"It's a surprise." Cristina told her as they guided their friend through the park.
Meredith uncovered her eyes to find a secluded park spot, lit with about a thousand candles, a picnic basket, and the man she loved, standing along with some of their other friends and her sisters.
"Mark-." Addison began.
Mark cut her off and took both of her hands- kissing them- "Addie. I love you and our baby so much. I know this is unexpected and we're still in high school, but I love you two, and I want you to become my wife. Wait a minute, I-I can do this. I thought that it mattered what I said or where I said it. Then I realized the only thing that matters is that you, you and Baby Sloan make me happier than I ever thought I could be, and if you'll let me, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel the same way- " he takes out the ring, "Addison, will you marry me?"
"Yes." Addison said and the crowd goes wild; even people in the park as he puts the ring on her finger. They hug and kiss this time as an engaged couple. "I knew you were likely to take a wife!" They hug again. "We're engaged!" Everyone screams and has a group hug.
"Ohhh, this is the least jealous I've ever been!" Callie exclaims as she looks at Cameron.