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I'm cutting this chapter into two parts because I wrote way too much for one chapter. I was out of wifi reach so sorry this is a little late. I found time with the waves down at the beach to write for you guys. I've changed Levi's middle name a few times, from Marcus to Mark and back. Even I got confused as to what his middle name was so I went back to the first time I used his middle name, it is Marcus. I will fix that in the other chapters and I will keep it at Marcus for the rest of the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy character or anything to do with Grey's. I do own the rights to my Michael Christopher, Emma Grace, and Levi Marcus.
Chapter 14 "Craziness, Happiness, and a Dash of Sexiness"
Derek snapped his eyes open and quickly turned the alarm clock off. He rolled over and stared at the beautiful woman beside him. She moaned and rolled into his chest with a big sigh. Derek smirked and wrapped an arm around her frame. He kissed her head and rubbed the soft skin on her back. Meredith turned her head slightly and her lips softly pressed against Derek's bare chest. He smiled at the loving gesture and recuperated it by bending his head down to kiss her shoulder. Meredith smiled against him and slid her hand over his rib cage to his solid back.
"You awake?" Derek whispered into her neck. Meredith pouted her lips and moved closer to Derek beneath the sheets. Derek closed his eyes sighing into her warmth and whispered softly to her. "Is that a no?" Derek gently rubbed her side and moved down to be face to face with her. Meredith squeezed her eyes tighter and huffed into Derek's face. Derek quirked a smirk and whispered in her ear, "Do I have to earn it so I can say goodbye to you this morning?" He ran his thumb over her cheek. Meredith smiled and nodded her head keeping her eyes shut. Derek rolled her on her back and hovered over her. "You really going to make me earn it?" Derek kissed along her neck. Meredith hummed and nodded her head again. Derek kissed up to her mouth and deepened what Meredith thought would be a simply soft kiss to the lips. Meredith played with the curls on the nape of his neck and pulled him down closer to her.
"That's a good way to wake up." Meredith whispered against his lips. Derek grinned and gazed into her pretty green eyes.
"Green today." Derek mumbled. Meredith scrunched up her nose and tilted her head at him.
"What?" She licked her lips and caught his eyes again.
"Your eyes are green this morning." Derek lifted his eyebrows at her. Meredith hummed like she always did when he pointed out the color of her eyes. Derek often wondered if it was out of curiosity of why he did it or if it was simply her enjoying him noticing differences in her.
"Baby likes green days." She whispered. Derek grew a big smile and brought his hand down to her belly. He gently rub a few circles and kissed her shoulder.
"Are you feeling okay?" Derek asked rolling off her slightly and pushing her hair out of her eyes. Meredith pouted at him.
"I'm feeling fine." Still using the hushed tone of the morning. "Why'd you roll away?" She whimpered. Derek pulled her on top of him and kissed her cheeks, nose, forehead and lips.
"I love you." He whispered knowing in that moment she needed to hear it even though both of them knew he would never stop loving her. Meredith smiled at him and kissed him back.
"Love you too." She replied. Meredith moved her face into his neck and took a deep breath in. After a few moments she pecked his neck and blew a raspberry on his neck. Derek laughed and rolled on top of her again.
"Do you need anything before I go?" He asked cupping her cheek.
"No." She pouted at the reminder of his leaving. Derek grinned at her. She sighed and glared at him. "What?" Meredith huffed and Derek laughed at her growl.
"You're cute when you pout." He chuckled. Meredith rolled her eyes at him and let out a dry laugh.
"I'm hungry." She pulled him closer to her and dug her face into his neck. "But you're so warm." She moaned.
"We can go downstairs together and get you something to eat." Derek answered pulling her with him out of bed.
"No." She whined. Derek shook his head and dragged her to the dresser. "Why'd you take me out of the cocoon?" She whimpered. Derek looked back at her and kissed her forehead.
"Lets go get breakfast before I have to go." Derek whispered. He pulled on his work clothes and watched Meredith slowly pull on pajamas. "I'll be back before lunch time." Derek wrapped his arms around her and slowly dragged her out of their bedroom.
"Before you go, can you make French toast?" Meredith hoped. Derek nodded his head and slowly pulled his wife down the stairs.
"I can make anything you want me to." Derek answered. Meredith smiled and took his hand in hers as they walked into the kitchen. She yawned and rubbed her eyes before sitting down at the island to watch Derek work.
"Have you talked to your mom about us going to visit for a few days during the-" Meredith stopped mid sentence and held her stomach. Derek stared concerned at her and took off after her when she darted to the bathroom. He rubbed light circles on her back as she heaved her stomach contents into the toilet.
"It's going to be okay." He whispered in her ear as he pulled her hair out of her face. Meredith slid into Derek's open arms and pushed the back of her head onto his strong shoulder. Derek rubbed circles on her stomach and kissed along the back of her neck all the while saying relaxing words in her ear.
"Lets go before you burn the French toast." Meredith wiped her mouth and put her forehead on his.
"Well we don't want that to happen." Derek laughed. Meredith giggled and allowed Derek to pull her up. They slowly walked into the kitchen again and resumed their places. "I'll talk to her again. But I'm sure she would be happy to have us visit for a few days this summer." Derek informed looking over at her. Meredith nodded her head and rested her chin in her hands.
"Last time I talked to her she was okay with it but I don't really know for sure. Can you just talk to her?" Meredith sighed.
"No problem." Derek nodded his head and flipped some toast over.
"Mommy, Daddy, why weren't you upstairs?" Michael asked standing in the doorway wearing his batman pajamas and running his hands over his unruly raven curls.
"Daddy has to go to work this morning." Derek answered handing Meredith some breakfast.
"But I don't want you to go." Michael whimpered. Meredith held her hands out to him and let him crawl onto her lap.
"Daddy will be back before lunch, Mikey." Meredith said squeezing her growing boy tight.
"But I want to throw the baseball with you." Michael cried. Meredith got tears in her eyes and stared at Derek. She blinked her eyes and rested her chin lightly on the top of Michael's head.
"We can do that when I get back." Derek answered covering the other pieces of toast.
"Really?" Michael asked holding onto Meredith. Derek smiled and nodded his head.
"Yeah. And you can play with Mommy when I'm gone." Derek informed.
"Can we play surgeon with the teddy bears?" Michael asked looking back at Meredith.
"Yep. We can play surgeon and dragon and superheroes." Meredith answered. Michael smiled and moved into the seat next to Meredith. Derek handed him some breakfast and Meredith kissed his head missing the warmth that radiated off of his small body.
"Where'd you go?" Emma whimpered in the doorway. Derek saw Meredith get tears in her eyes and quickly walked to get his pink footy pajama covered little girl into his arms.
"We're right here." Derek answered kissing his little girl's cheek. Emma looked over at Meredith and held her hands up. Meredith gave her a kiss on the forehead and tickled her tummy.
"I love you, my little lovebug." Meredith smiled. Emma giggled and held onto Derek.
"Why Mikey sad?" Emma asked as Derek put her down on the counter. Michael looked up at her and smiled sadly.
"Daddy has to go to work." He pouted. Emma looked over at Derek and stuck her bottom lip out.
"No." She cried. Derek frowned and pulled her into his arms.
"It's gonna be okay." Derek whispered. Big fat tears rolled down Emma's cheeks and Derek rocked her in his arms. Meredith wiped a tear from her eye and sniffled. She silently cursed her pregnancy hormones as she saw Michael frown up at her in concern. She turned to him and kissed his cheek.
"Mommy is going to go get Levi. I'll be right back, Mikey Mike." Meredith whispered in his ear. Michael nodded his head and watched his Mom walk out of the kitchen.
"Where'd Mommy go?" Derek asked cradling Emma. Michael looked up at him and pointed up. "Did she go get Levi?" Derek asked knowing when Michael got sad or slightly depressed he stopped talking for the most part. Michael answered by nodding his head and stuffing some breakfast in his mouth.
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"Hey, baby." Meredith whispered taking her sleeping son in her arms.
Levi smacked his lips together and rolled his head onto Meredith's chest. Meredith rocked him for a moment then sat down in the rocking chair and relished in rocking her little one. Levi put his open hand on Meredith's breast and cuddled up to his Mommy.
Meredith smiled softly and closed her eyes. She felt Levi unconsciously move his head toward her nipple and let out a small laugh. She looked down and saw him making his open hand into a fist and whimpering. She shook her head and just thought of the dream he was probably having. Meredith remembered when Levi was still breastfeeding how he would place one hand on her breast and slowly turn it into a fist as he moved his head downward to latch on. She adjusted him in her arms a little and rubbed his back. Meredith went back to closing her eyes and enjoying Levi in her arms. She thought about her first time holding Levi and how at ease she was with it.
"Oh baby boy." Meredith cried. Derek chuckled and kissed her head sitting down on the bed beside Meredith. She quickly looked up at the proud smile of her man and smiled back.
"You did wonderful." Derek whispered kissing her head. Meredith nodded her head and wiped a tear off her cheek. "Why are you crying?" Derek whispered. Meredith leaned into him and shook her head.
"He's bald." Meredith laughed. Derek nodded his head and rubbed her arm.
"Different than Michael and Emma. They both came out with heads covered in dark fuzzy hair." Derek added. Meredith laughed and traced her baby's little nose.
"Levi, right?" Meredith whispered. Derek grinned and stuck his nose in Meredith's hair.
"Levi." Derek whispered. Meredith rocked the baby in her arms and watched him smack his lips together then push them out like he wanted a kiss. "What about Marcus for the middle name?" Derek asked into her hair. Meredith looked up at Derek and smiled.
"I like it." She kissed him and rested her forehead against his. "I love you." Derek smiled and cupped her cheek.
"I love you too." Derek kissed her again and they turned their attention back to their newborn.
"Welcome to the world Levi Marcus Shepherd." Meredith said with a big smile. Levi smacked his lips together and he yawned before curling his hand around Derek's finger.
It was different when she fist held Michael in her arms. She was less relaxed, less confident in herself as a mother.
"Derek, he is so cute." Meredith whispered. Derek chuckled and kissed Meredith's cheek running his finger over the baby's pink lips.
"He really is." Derek whispered back. "You tired?" Derek asked wrapping an arm around her.
"Yeah, but we should name him." Meredith leaned her head on Derek's shoulder and stared down at her baby boy.
"What do you want his name to be?" Derek asked pushing Meredith's hair out of her eyes. She thought back to the names they had thought about and quickly tried to see if any had the potential of a bully easily getting to him.
"What about Michael? You said that was a good name." Meredith said cautiously.
"It was one that we both liked true. Can his middle name be Christopher?" Derek asked rubbing his thumb over the baby's cheek.
"I like that." Meredith yawned. Derek kissed her head and watched Meredith tiredly rocked their first-born.
"Hello, Michael Christopher Shepherd." Derek greeted. Michael yawned and curled his finger around Meredith's.
"Aw." Meredith cried while laughing. "We can do this, right?" She whispered.
"We can do this." Derek reassured. Meredith sighed and yawned again.
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"Where's Mommy?" Emma asked looking up into Derek's curious eyes with big puppy eyes.
"Do you want Daddy to go check while Mikey and you eat?" Derek asked running his hand through his hair. Emma looked over at Michael and nodded her head. "Okay. Daddy will be back in a little bit." Derek kissed Emma's head then Michael's and ran up the stairs.
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Meredith opened her eyes when she felt lips on hers and smelt the comforting scent of her man. She smiled against him and patted Levi's back as she felt another larger hand on hers. As the other lips left hers she opened her eyes and stared into those big blue orbs that she fell in love with.
"Rocking Le?" Derek asked. Meredith smiled and let Derek push her hair behind her ears.
"I haven't done this in… forever." Meredith whispered. Derek nodded his head and rubbed the pad of his thumb over her soft cheek as they stared into each other's eyes.
"True. I got the last rocking about three months ago." Derek kissed her cheek and petted Levi's soft hair. "He's really out." Derek said breaking eye contact and looking down at Levi.
"Yeah. I don't want to wake him." Meredith sighed looking down at Levi's chubby pink cheek squished against her covered breast.
"Emma is asking for you. Do you want to spend the morning with Le?" Derek asked sadly. Meredith frowned at Derek as he petted the back of Levi's head.
"Are you going to leave?" Meredith asked softly.
"I have to." Derek frowned and kissed her quickly. Meredith frowned back and leaned her forehead against his. She huffed and grabbed hold of his hand on Levi. She squeezed it looking into his eyes with her own shining.
"Go save lives. Send the kids up stairs so I can keep an eye on them." Meredith smiled at him.
"Call if you need anything." Derek insisted. Meredith laughed at him and released his hand.
"Please don't do this again." Meredith begged with playfulness laced in her words. Derek lifted his eyebrows in question. "When I'm pregnant you hover not that I don't like the hovering but, please, don't hover too much." Meredith frowned. Derek laughed and kissed her lips.
"I'll send the kids up. Love you. I love you, Levi." He whispered. Derek bent down and kissed his sleeping son's head then winked up at Meredith.
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"Daddy, don't go!" Emma yelled clinging to Derek. Derek had sent Michael up the stairs to hang out with Mommy and was trying to pry Emma off him.
"Michael!" Derek half yelled. Michael ran down the stairs and looked curiously at Derek and Emma. He answered by putting his hand on his hip and looking with a question of what in his eyes at Derek. Derek looked down at his son and sighed.
"Can you do Daddy a favor?" Derek pleaded. Michael saw Derek holding his workbag in one hand, just then he noticed his Dad was wearing his work clothes, and saw Derek trying to pull his little sister off his Daddy. Michael walked over to Derek and looked up into his father's eyes with sadness, but there was still the little spark Derek thought would never leave his eyes.
"Emma, you wanna go play trucks upstairs with me?" Michael asked softly as Michael pushed her dark curls off her tear stained face. Emma stopped crying and looked softly at Michael. She sniffled big and nodded her head with her lips trembling.
"Mikey." She whispered. Michael took her hand and pulled her to him allowing Derek to sneak away giving his son a mouthed thank you and a wink of the eye. Michael gave him a little smile and remembered how Emma feels right in that moment. He remembered that she probably feels like their Daddy will never come back, or that she doesn't remember why she is crying so much, but all in all Michael a five-year-old boy knew his little sister needed a hug no matter how she felt. Michael knew she needed to be cheered up and cuddled at the same time. So, Michael looked down at his sister and started to dance with her in his arms. He danced the way he saw his parents dance. He swayed them back and forth humming along to the music in his head. Emma hugged him close and listened to humming.
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"Mama." Levi murmured shifting his head. Meredith looked down at him and smiled. "Me hungy." Levi sat up on her and Meredith hugged him thanking the universe for letting her rock her boy.
"Lets go get you some food." Meredith answered placing him on her hip and walking down the stairs to find her other little boy with her little girl hugging and swaying side to side. She smiled and adjusted Levi as he leaned his forehead against her cheek. Emma looked up and smiled big as she saw Meredith.
"Mommy!" she screamed running over to Meredith. Emma rammed into Meredith's legs and Meredith ran her hand through her daughter's curly hair.
"Hi, sweet cheeks." Meredith laughed. Levi wiggled in her arms. "Emma, can we go to the kitchen to get Levi's breakfast?" Meredith asked. Emma pulled off Meredith and Meredith quickly smiled thankfully down at Michael.
"Mommy, Daddy left for work." Michael informed. Meredith nodded her head and sat Levi down in a booster seat.
"I know. He is going to save lives and hang out with the hospital staff." Meredith got some of the breakfast Derek made and handed ripped up pieces of it to Levi. She handed him a fork and helped him form his hand to hold it in his fist.
"Why does Levi not have to hold it like me?" Michael asked putting his hands on his hips. Meredith hid her smile and cleared her throat.
"Levi is one. You are five. He doesn't have to know exactly how to do things." Meredith informed. Michael sighed and jumped over to Meredith. He stuck his bottom lip out and held his arms up for a hug. Meredith smiled and bent down to hug him.
"I love you, Mommy." Michael whispered in her ear. Meredith squeezed him tighter for a little bit longer then sighed. She smiled and rubbed his back before pulling back and kissing his nose.
"I love you, Mikey Mike." Meredith whispered back. Michael smiled and kissed her nose.
"Mommy, Levi's all done." Emma sighed.
"Thank you, Emma Grace." Meredith said taking Levi's plate and putting it in the dishwasher. She put Levi down on the floor and ran her hand over his blonde curls. "Lets play." Meredith cheered.
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"Shep." Owen nodded his head at Derek. Derek glared at him.
"Hunt." He grunted. Owen gave him a shocked look.
"Is something wrong, Shepherd?" Owen asked crossing his arms. Derek took a deep breath and shook his head.
"Nothing's wrong." Derek grumbled. Owen sighed and stared at Derek.
"Something is obviously wrong. Tell me what it is." Owen demanded. Derek felt an inner rage. Protectiveness that over the years he has known Cristina has grown into something as if he was protecting a sister.
"It's nothing." Derek shook his head and walked off.
"If nothing means personal don't bring it into our working relationship." Owen informed as Derek took a few steps away from him. Derek groaned with frustration and quickly walked away before he yelled at his boss.
"Doctor Shepherd, I was wondering if I could scrub in on your craniotomy this morning?" An excited intern asked.
"No." Derek growled. The intern's happy face quickly turned sad.
"Why not?" They whined.
"I already have an intern who is scrubbing in." He grumbled not in the mood for a whinny intern.
"But-" Derek turned around and glared at them.
"I am not in the mood for whining." He growled. The intern looked as if he was about to cry. "Go to the pit or to your resident." Derek sighed. The intern slouched and shuffled away.
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"You can't get me!" Emma yelled running around the yard with Michael, Levi and Meredith chasing her.
"Get her!" Meredith yelled jogging after Michael and Levi. Michael started sprinting and grabbed hold of Emma and they tumbled to the ground. Just as Michael and Emma fell onto their sides with thuds Levi tripped and fell face first. Meredith stopped jogging and huffed.
"Mommy!" Emma yelled with tears in her eyes. Emma sat up and pushed Michael roughly before running over to Meredith. Levi was sitting two feet away from Michael crying loudly for Meredith. Emma held on tightly to Meredith's leg. Meredith sighed and saw the big tears streaming down Levi's red face. He had pain and loneliness in his eyes.
"Mama." He mumbled through his sobs. Meredith's heart hurt and she saw Michael wiping the tears from his face and crawling over to his little brother. Emma sniffled and looked up at Meredith staring at her kids.
"Lets go inside." Meredith sighed. Emma nodded her head and took a step toward the house looking back and stopping for them. Meredith quickly walked the distance to Levi and picked him up into her arms cradling him and rocking him as she grabbed Michael's hand. He squeezed it and stuck his bottom lip out.
"Mama." Emma pouted. Meredith looked at Michael.
"Mikey, can you hold your sister's hand?" Meredith asked softly. Michael held his hand out for.
"Mikey hurt me." Emma grumbled refusing to hold his hand. Meredith sighed.
"Mikey didn't mean to. We were playing a game." Meredith pleaded. Emma looked over at Michael.
"I didn't mean to Em. I got hurt too. You pushed me into the dirt remember." He whispered. Emma took his hand and they walked up to the house together.
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"Okay, so everyone got healing kisses on their booboos and how about we get some ice cream for the trauma." Meredith joked as she smiled at her kids and walked to the freezer.
"Yay!" She heard the cheers of three little ones.
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"Will a kiss make it better?" A little girl in the emergency room asked. She had a nasty, deep laceration on her forehead. Derek was spending some free time until his next surgery in the pit looking at head trauma instead of going over the paperwork he was dreading.
"No, a kiss won't make it better." Derek frowned. The little girl, named Hannah, pouted and saw Derek get the needle out for the numbing.
"No! I don't want a shot!" She yelled holding her hands up as if to push Derek away. Derek frowned and thought for a moment. Hannah was a year older than Michael, so Derek figured what he would tell his own kid.
"I know you don't want a shot, Hannah. But what if I tell you something that will make it better?" Derek smiled softly at her. She held on tightly to her mother's hand and stared at him.
"What?" She sniffled. Derek smiled up at her questioning mother then back at Hannah.
"It's like a healing kiss. It makes everything feel better. Yes it will hurt for a little bit but after that it feels better." Derek looked straight into those big brown eyes full of tears.
"You sure?" She sniffled. Derek smiled and nodded his head seeing Mark enter the pit looking annoyed.
"Who paged me?" He sighed. Derek waved him over and Mark looked at him confused. "What do we have here?" Mark asked lightly. Hannah looked up at him slightly afraid.
"Who's that?" She whimpered. Derek smiled down at her and looked up at Mark.
"That's Doctor Mark. He is going to get rid of that bad booboo." Derek informed. Mark made a move to grab the needle out of Derek's hands.
"Can Doctor Shepherd make my booboo fell better?" She whispered. Derek looked up at Mark and saw him shrug.
"Okay, Hannah. Take Mommy's hand and can you tell me what your favorite color is?" Derek asked quickly getting ready to inject it.
"It's purple but sometimes I like yellow cause it's bright. Purple can be bright but not always. Ouch." She squeaked. Derek smiled at her.
"So purple? My best friend's favorite color is lavender. That's a shade of purple." Derek informed. The little girl smiled.
"My favorite color is blue." Mark defended. Derek looked up at him confused.
"You're his best friend?" She asked shocked. Derek laughed.
"Yes. My favorite color is blue, not purple." Mark stated.
"I was talking about my other best friend. Her name is Meredith." Derek grinned. Mark rolled his eyes and took Derek's seat. He pulled on gloves and smiled at Hannah. "Bye, Hannah. It was nice meeting you." Derek waved and saw Hannah wave smiling at him.
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"Aunty Lexie!" Michael yelled pulling her into the living room leaving the front door open.
"Hey, Lex." Meredith smiled looking up from the laundry she was folding. Lexie smiled and sighed as Michael stopped pulling her.
"Stay here. I'll be right back." He informed. Michael quickly ran away and Lexie dropped onto the couch next to Meredith.
"What's new with the happy couple?" Meredith joked. Lexie yawned and glared at her sister.
"Mark is going crazy with Sophia stuff." Lexie shrugged. Meredith shook her head and laughed.
"Derek and I are trying to relax about the whole school thing. Even though I know I will probably break down when we drop him off at the door." Meredith sighed. Lexie giggled at Meredith's shrug frown.
"Mommy!" Emma yelled. Meredith got up from the couch and walked over to the dinning room.
"Ughh!" Lexie yelled. She quickly walked past the dinning room and looked over at Meredith. "I got paged." Lexie sighed reaching for the front door.
"Call you later?" Meredith asked. Lexie shrugged.
"Sure, bye." Lexie called out.
"See you later!" Meredith yelled right before she heard the front door slam shut.
"Mama." Levi smiled. He pointed to what he and Emma had been working on for the past ten minutes.
"You drew pictures on the wall." Meredith sighed. Emma nodded her head happily.
"You like it?" Levi asked pointing to the wall. Meredith looked at the markers and crayons spread across the floor and the clean pieces of paper on the table.
"Why didn't you guys draw on the paper?" Meredith asked picking up a pieces and waving it around.
"Want to draw a big picture for you." Emma pointed to the wall again. Meredith looked down at their hands, faces, and clothes covered with marker.
"Lets get you two cleaned up." Meredith smiled grabbing their hands.
"Where'd Auntie Lexie go?" Michael asked holding two toy trucks in his hands and giving her a disappointed look.
"Oh Auntie Lexie had a emergency page." Meredith frowned. Michael sighed and dropped his hands to his side with the trucks still in hand.
"Why are they all covered in marker?" Michael asked suddenly looking at his siblings.
"They decided it would be nice to draw a picture for Mommy on the dinning room wall." Meredith lifted her eyebrows at her son and saw him wince.
"No cookies tonight?" He asked sadly. Meredith sighed.
"Not for them. If you behave and be a good boy for the rest of the day you can get some." Meredith smiled. Michael jumped up and ran back upstairs to put his toys away. "It's no use giving you a bath right now so we are just going to change your clothes and wipe you down with wipes." Meredith sighed.
"Sowy, Mama." Levi sighed. Meredith smiled at him.
"It's okay, Le." Meredith whispered.
"Sorry, Mommy." Emma frowned. Meredith smiled softly.
"It's okay, don't do it next time." She informed. Emma nodded her head. Michael came running down the stairs holding folded clothes in his hand. Meredith smiled at him and walked the two rule breakers to the bathroom. She took the wipes out of the cabinet and stripped Levi first. She put his dirty clothes in a pile next to her and wiped him clean of marker. He started to whimper and Meredith kissed his head. She finished up and grabbed for the clothes in Michael's hands. He handed her a blue and grey stripped shirt and khaki shorts. Meredith quickly put them on him and rubbed his small arms up and down before kissing his cheek and grabbing Emma. She did the same with her and laughed at what Michael had brought for Emma to wear. He had a bright pink and yellow shirt that said 'World's Best Little Sister', dark purple leggings and a rainbow colored tutu; that she got at her birthday party. Meredith shrugged and helped Emma get dressed.
"They look good." Michael grinned. Meredith's heart soared when she realized he said what she sometimes says when she has all the kids dressed. Meredith laughed and wrapped her arms around a whimpering Levi. She blew raspberries on his stomach and tickled Michael and Emma with one hand.
"Mommy!" They all screamed with laughter. Meredith laughed along with them and kissed each of their heads.
"Lets watch some TV while I finish the laundry and then we can go outside again." Meredith smiled. Michael and Emma cheered as Levi grinned up at Meredith.
"Mama, you good." He cuddled up with her and she enjoyed the Levi time.
"Mama is good. You want to sit on my lap while I fold laundry?" She asked kissing his face.
"My Mama." Levi whispered holding on tight onto her. Meredith smiled and carried him to the couch.
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Derek pulled into his makeshift parking spot outside of their house. He looked up at the house and sighed smiling. As he stepped out of the car and took a deep breath of the clear air he heard rustling near the tree line and looked over seeing a deer staring straight at him. The deer made a quick dash back into the woods and Derek turned to walk into the house.
A few steps away from when he heard the blasting music. "Oh no." He mumbled. He opened the door and saw toilet paper all over the house, he took a couple of steps into the house and saw a big drawling on the dinning room wall, a few more steps and he saw the toys covering more floor along with food, walking into the living room he expected the worst but instead he saw three sleeping children his wife sprawled across the couch one arm over her face and her other hand protecting their unborn baby. Derek was surprised to see folded laundry, the television on the nature channel, and a black substance covering Levi's head. Derek stepped over some toys and kneeled over the couch. He pulled Meredith's arm off her face and grinned.
"BEEEEEEP!" He squealed. Meredith quickly jumped and looked around the room quickly.
"What?" She mumbled quickly. Derek laughed and Meredith's head quickly turned in his direction with a glare. "You suck." She growled pushing him. Derek caught his balance and laughed.
"What happened to the house?" Derek asked. Meredith sighed and sat up. Derek looked around for stereo because the loud music was started to annoy him.
"It started with the wall. Then Michael went to the bathroom and the toilet paper happened. I cleaned up some of it." She sighed and rubbed her temples. "The toys happened after I got them out of the house and it started to rain." Derek scooted over to her and took over rubbing her temples. Meredith curled into his warmth and closed her eyes.
"What's in Levi's hair and how did you manage to get them all asleep?" Derek chuckled. Meredith let out a small laugh and shook her head.
"I don't know what's in his hair. I took them outside again and chased them around until Michael laid on the ground with Emma and Levi sat down to cry." She said it with pride in her voice and Derek laughed.
"You wanna check?" Derek asked. Meredith looked up at him confused. "Le's hair." Meredith broke out into laugher and clutched onto Derek. He smiled down at her laughing form and finally broke when she leaned up to kiss his lips before breaking again with him.
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"Make Levi stop!" Michael screamed coving his ears and pouting. Levi was sitting on the floor screaming his lungs out as Meredith and Derek tried to pull the stuff out of his hair, which happened to be sticky.
"Stop!" Emma screeched. Michael groaned and walked into the kitchen. Emma grabbed a stuffed animal and rolled around the floor with it throughout Levi's screams. Meredith winced as she shoved the wet paper towel into Derek's hands and ran to the bathroom.
"Come on, Le." Derek scooped him into his arms and cradled him while he walked to the bathroom. "Meredith, open the door." Derek knocked on the door and rocked Levi as his cries turned into whimpers against Derek's shoulder.
"No." He heard a small voice answer. Derek sighed and looked down at the floor.
"Meredith." He pleaded. He heard her regurgitate and frowned. Levi took a fist full of Derek's shirt and tugged. Derek looked at him.
"Mama?" He asked pointing to the door. Derek frowned and nodded his head. Levi sighed and placed his head on Derek's shoulder again. "Help Mama." Levi mumbled. Derek knocked on the door again.
"Meredith, please open the door." The door opened a crack and he saw Meredith's eyes peak out.
"Hi, Levi." She smiled. Levi waved at her.
"Mama, you okay?" He softly asked. Meredith nodded her head and cleared her throat as she put her hand on her stomach.
"Can I see Daddy, Levi?" Meredith weakly asked her son. Levi nodded his head and looked at Derek. Derek placed Levi on the floor and watched him run off. Meredith silently opened the door and Derek quickly slipped into the small room. Meredith sat on the floor next to the toilet looking at the wall.
"Mer." Derek sighed sitting next to her and placing his hand on her back. Meredith shivered and curled into herself. Derek sat alone with the only thing connecting him to the woman he loves his hand on her back as she silently cries. He would wrap his arms around her and rock her but right this second he knows she will cry harder and feel worse.
"I don't want to cry." She sobbed. Derek nodded his head and allowed her to fall into his arms. He rubbed her back and held her close.
"I know you don't. I don't want you to cry." Derek murmured into her hair. Meredith sniffled and gripped him tight.
"We should give Levi a bath before lunch." Meredith sighed. Derek nodded his head and looked down into her puffy eyes. "You missed naptime." Meredith whispered.
"You had naptime early." Derek whispered back. Meredith shrugged and slowly stood leaving her hands out to Derek. He stood up and took her hand as they walked out of the bathroom.
"Mommy, you sick?" Emma asked. Meredith shook her head.
"Mommy had to go to the bathroom really bad." Meredith informed. Emma nodded her head and went back to playing. "Lets give you a bath, Le." Meredith sighed as she picked Levi up and walked up the stairs with him.
"Daddy, I'm hungry." Michael whined. Derek looked down at him and walked into the kitchen with Michael following.