Disclaimer: I do not own Grey's Anatomy or any of the characters or quotes I use. If I owned it, I wouldn't have a disclaimer :) I only the twins ;)

This chapter is the quints... may have two parts, I am not sure....

Mer sat at the kitchen table drinking her decaf coffee. It didn't do anything for her, it tasted disgusting, but she wanted coffee so bad that she didn't care. But she also cared for her babies enough to not drink the real thing.

"Morning Mer," Addison said, coming out into it and sitting down.

"Hey Addie," Mer yawned and attempted, but failed to get up. "The mother of the quints are coming today right?"

"Yup," Addie nodded. "And for the last time, are you sure..."

"Yes Addie, I am sure, I can handle it. Not matter what I am going to be on one of those cases and you can't stop me, the chief can't stop me, or Derek can't stop me. Take me off one of their surgical cases yes, but I will be at the delivery and once they are delivered, I am going to be in that NICU," Meredith said.

"God Grey," Alex laughed coming into the kitchen.

"Shut up," she muttered.

"Hormonal much," he teased.

"Oh be quiet," Izzie slapped him playfully. Mer shook her head and swallowed more of her decaf coffee, wincing at the disgusting taste.

"How's the decaf comin' for ya," Alex laughed.

"Alex," Izzie snapped. Meredith only glared at him and attempted, but failed again to get out of her seat. Alex chuckled but Mer reached out and kicked him in the shin.

"OW!" he exclaimed.

"You deserve it," Addie laughed and helped pull Mer up.

"How many more months until you become dark and twisty again?" Alex asked.

"Alex," Mer growled.

"I'm outta here," he said, grabbing his keys off the counter and getting out of Mer's reach.

"Why do we like him again?" Mer asked. Izzie laughed.

"He's different around me," Izzie said. "I wish he'd let all of you see it too."

"And pigs fly," Meredith smirked and reached into the fridge and grabbed her left over grilled cheese. As if clockwork, the doorbell rang and Derek was on the other side.

"Of course," Meredith shook her head.

"Mer... what is that?" he asked, questioning the food in her hand.

"Breakfast," Meredith mumbled.

"That is not breakfast... why don't I take you out to breakfast," Derek said. Meredith took a bite on the sandwich and Derek looked like he'd gag.

"Sorry," Meredith said. "Gotta get to the hospital.... the quints remember?" She smiled. "George and I are on your service."

"And you won't let me forget," Derek said. "But do remember... babies don't like the smell of blood." Meredith rolled her eyes.

"And if they remind me... I am on...." she looked at Addie.

"Lungs," Addie said.

"Oh that is so happening," Izzie laughed.

"Your just happy because your on Burke's service," Mer growled. Izzie smiled and skipped out of the kitchen to catch up with Alex.

"You ready Mer?" Addie asked.

"It's more like if Derek is ready to accept my breakfast and drive us in to work," Mer smirked. Addie laughed while Derek frowned.

"Let's go," he grumbled and began to help Mer to the car.

"Was he always this obsessive," Meredith asked. "About, breakfast."

"Always... when we were married, if I even thought about something unhealthy we'd end up at a breakfast cafe," Addie said.

"Great," Meredith sighed as Addie helped her down the steps in front of her house. "I am not invalid."

"And I am not letting you fall down these stairs," Addie protested. She helped her into Derek's car and they got to the hospital about 15 minutes later.

"See you later Mer," Derek waved as he went to the office and she went to the locker room. When she walked in there, none of her friends were there yet. That left Mer in a hostile environment. None of the other intern, although she has been back for three weeks, could accept that she was carrying an attending's child, nor that she resigned but was welcomed back with open arms. Besides, none of them were on the quints case, so that made them very jealous of all of them.

"Morning Dr. Grey," one of them hissed.

"Good morning," Meredith said politely. Knowing that all of this hostility would be gone once her friends entered. She might as well play along and have some fun.

"So how's the love child," another hissed.

"Children," Meredith correctly, stifling a giggle as she opened up her locker. There she was greeted with three ultrasounds. The last one you couldn't even see the smaller one, because the bigger was blocking it. You could barely make out the little flutter of a heart beat but it was there. And as if they knew she was looking at the ultrasound, the bigger, the one on her left side, turned over once and kicked her stomach.

"Whatever... don't you..." whoever was talking trailed off. Meredith smiled knowing her friends had entered.

"How'd you beat us here Grey?" Alex asked.

"If you guys are so slow to not beat the pregnant women and the world's slowest driver it's kind of pathetic," Mer smirked.

"Shut up," Izzie laughed as she passed her. Meredith slipped the shirt of her scrubs on and went back into her locker.

"Mer... look down," Alex said. Meredith looked down and the scrubs only went down halfway to her stomach.

"No," she whined. "I am a whale." Alex put his hand over his mouth to keep from laughing and send his friend on a hormonal rampage.

"Mer... your pregnant with twins, it's to be expected," Izzie said, reaching towards the top of Mer's locker where they had another size scrubs. "Here." She threw it at her. Mer sighed and changed it. Cristina walked in an saw the old scrubs.

"Already?" she questioned. "You just changed them last week."

"Cristina," George snapped.

"Cool it Bambi," Cristina rolled her eyes. Meredith laughed at her friends and put her hand on her stomach.

"You have very crazy Aunt's and Uncle's... and a crazy Mommy," Meredith said to her stomach.

"I still can't believe Meredith Grey is having a baby," Alex shook his head.

"Shut up," Mer hissed as Bailey walked into the locker room. She was two months ahead of Meredith but only just began to show a little.

"Karev," Bailey scrutinized. "Do remember that your resident is also pregnant and if you torture Grey." Alex turned white and everyone laughed. "Now... Montgomery has you all on the quints... she wants Dorie, the mother, to meet all her doctors, so when I page you... you come... Stevens and Grey, you are on Montgomery's service today."

"I thought..." Meredith began.

"The mother is a test Grey... if you screw it up with her you aren't on a surgical case... and it involves taking blood so..."

"So if I puke I am on the baby with the under developed lungs case," Meredith finished.

"Correct," Miranda nodded. "Now the rest of you... until you are paged... O'Malley labs, Karev pit, Yang cardio... move!" The all shuffled around the locker room and in a few seconds they were gone. Miranda looked at all the other interns who were looking at her. "What are you all staring at! Go find your residents!" She walked out leaving them flustered. "And to think I actually have the good interns."

"Come on Mer... let's find Addie," Izzie said.

"Bailey's on a warpath again," Mer commented.

"Probably the same reason your on a war path," Izzie teased.

"Shut up," she said and smacked her friend lightly on the shoulder.

"Really Mer," Izzie laughed. "This morning I am surprised you went for Alex's shin not his..." Meredith laughed.

"I was thinking about it... and then I remembered what kept me up all night... I couldn't do that to you," Mer smirked.

"MER!" Izzie exclaimed and Meredith giggled.

"Come on... I want to meet the mother of the quints," Mer pulled her arm. They found Addie at the coffee station talking with Mark.

"Hey Mer, hey Iz," Addie greeted.

"Sup Grey... Stevens," Mark nodded. Izzie rolled her eyes.

"Bailey put us on your service," Izzie told her.

"Okay... well let's go meet Dorie," Addie said and said goodbye to Mark.

"So..." Izzie began.

"Mark Sloan," Mer finished.

"Dr. Stevens... Dr. Grey," Addie warned and the two looked at each other before looking at her. "Completely inappropriate."

"Just... your a single woman Addie... need to get back in the game... the last person I saw you with was that guy in the bar at Spokane," Mer said.

"He wasn't anything... he was a dud," Addie told them.

"But still..." Izzie said.

"We're here," was all Addie said as she turned into the room. The woman in the bed was quite large, which was expected. Her husband was on the phone in the corner.

"Dr. Montgomery," Dorie said. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing Dorie," Addie reassured.

"Then why are you here?" she asked.

"Just introducing you to Dr. Stevens and Dr. Grey... they will be on your case... they will be watching after you and the babies once they come," Addie said.

"Hello," Dorie said. "The more the merrier."

"Apparently," Izzie said.

"How far along are you?" Mer asked.

"32 weeks," Dorie said.

"What's the normal gestational period?" Addie asked.

"40 weeks... but for twins, 36 weeks is considered a success so with quints 34 weeks," Izzie said.

"I plan on going 36 weeks," Dorie told her stomach. "No one is getting out of this uterus until I say so." Meredith smiled. "How..."

"Hi," her husband said to the doctors, getting off the phone. "My mother said that Adam has a fever," he told Dorie. "That means soon they'll all have a fever... I don't think she'll make it past lunch."

"You have other children?" Izzie asked.

"Three," Dorie said. "Triplets. Adam, Oliver, and Graham."

"Well I guess when you take those fertility pills you should read the fine print," Izzie said.

"Dr. Stevens," Addie looked at her and Mer mirrored her look.

"Oh I am sorry... I just..." Izzie stuttered making mer stifle a laugh.

"It's okay," Dorie held her hand up. "I'm used to it... I just really wanted a girl." Meredith placed her own hand on her stomach.

"Yeah... we just didn't plan on 5 girls," her husband said while holding her hand.

"But think of all the clothes," Dorie smiled. "And pink cuteness."

"That's what you're happy about remember?" her husband smirked and kissed her. Addie scribbled something in the chart and handed it to Izzie.

"Try not to say everything that pops into your brain," Addie told Izzie. Then looked at Mer. "Watch her would ya." Meredith laughed and smirked at Izzie. Dorie's husbands phone rang again and he dismissed himself.

"So how many weeks are you?" Dorie asked Meredith. Mer smiled.

"17," Mer answered. Dorie looked at her and the size of her stomach. "Twins."

"Oh... congrats," Dorie said. "You know what they are yet?"

"No... but I hope for at least one girl... the father's ego doesn't need to be boosted anymore," Mer smiled as Izzie got the ultrasound.

"You say the father... not your husband," Dorie said.

"It's complicated," Mer told her as Izzie began to examine the babies.

"How's it look?" Dorie question.

"Not bad," Izzie commented.

"Not bad? Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Dorie said.

"Not bad is pretty good when you have five babies in your uterus," Meredith explained. Dorie nodded and then winced touching the left side of her stomach.

"It's Kate," she winced. "She kicks me so hard." Mer smiled knowing what it felt like. "She gives me belly burn."

"You've named them?" Izzie asked.

"I know you must think I'm crazy... or maybe just a little bit stupid," Dorie said.

"I'm sorry if I offended you Mrs. Russell," Izzie said.

"The only thing that would offend me is if you pretended not to be judging me since you met me...." Dorie told her. "The three of us are going to be spending a lot of time together so we might as well be honest."

"I think what Dr. Stevens is trying to say Mrs. Russell, is that if you reduced the number of fetuses, even by two, the other three could have been healthier and carried longer and..." Meredith explained.

"You two are about the 16th doctor who has told me that," Dorie told them. She guided both of the doctor's hand to her stomach.

"This is Charlotte," Dorie told them when she guided their hands to the top of her stomach. "She's lodged herself under the rib cage, won't budge, stubborn little thing...." She brought them to the right side. "This is Lucy... she's a bad ass.... she gets kicked, she kicks back." She brought them to the bottom of her stomach. "Emily, she gets the hiccups almost everyday." She brought them to the lower left. "Julie... she's pretty mellow, every once in a while she just turns over." Then she brought them to where she was holding before. "That brings us back to Kate..." Mer smiled as she felt a flutter underneath her hand.

"The one who gives you belly burn," Mer said.

"Every time she kicks," Dorie finished.

"Okay.... thanks," Derek said getting off his phone.

"How's the big plan coming?" Mark asked, approaching him at the nurses station.

"Mark... why don't you just shout it off a cliff," Derek sighed.

"Sorry buddy," Mark smirked.

"I know you're knew here... but in this hospital... these nurses are like vultures feeding on every bit of gossip they can get," Derek said.

"Whatever... oh yeah.... Nance called me today... wanted to know why there was a slutty intern carrying your love child and why you haven't called her," Mark said.

"Precisely why I haven't called her," Derek told him. "Or any of them, especially her and Kath. They'd be on the next plane down here and this way, I keep them in the dark myself and let Mom tell them everything... they trust her... they wouldn't trust me."

"That is so true," Mark laughed and patted his back.

"Hello Shepherd, Sloan," Burke said.

"Hi Burke," Derek said. He looked both ways and saw no nurses.

"Cristina told me what you guys are doing for Grey... and I wanna help," Burke said. "She deserves it."

"Thanks... I'll tell you when I need the help," Derek smirked. "They just broke ground today."

"Well I'll do anything you need," Burke nodded as Addie came up to them.

"Hey... Derek, Preston.... I want you to talk to the mother of the quints... you know, explain everything"

"How many people are involved in this thing," Mark asked.

"We just broke ground today... before the babies come it's gonna be a frenzy while trying to keep Mer in the dark, we need as much help as we need," Derek told him. "And we need it to be done before Mer wants to start decorating the nursery in her house."

"That is very true..." Mark said. "I guess we've gone through enough of that with your sisters... especially Gracie."

"Especially Gracie," Derek repeated and all of a sudden began missing his family.

"Moment of truth Mer," Izzie smirked as they walked back into Dorie's room.

"Shut up," she hissed.

"Hello," Dorie greeted.

"Where's your husband?" Izzie asked.

"Oh... like we predicted, all the boys have a fever so he went to go help my mother-in-law," Dorie explained.

"Well we have to take some blood now... just a check up," Izzie told her. Meredith smiled at Dorie and took out the blood kit.

"Come on babies," Meredith murmured as she stuck Dorie with the needle. With a deep breath Meredith began but her hand flew to her mouth. "DAMNIT!" Meredith allowed Izzie to take over and ran to the bathroom in Dorie's room.

"Is she okay?" Dorie asked as Izzie laughed.

"Yeah.... she's just.... the twins... or one of them really doesn't like blood," Izzie chuckled.

"You guys are surgeons right?" Dorie asked and Iz nodded. "How does..."

"It doesn't... now she is on the case of Charlotte I think," Izzie said. As Izzie finished up Meredith came out.

"Mer..." Izzie said. "Why don't you rest." She nodded to a chair. "While I take this to lab."

"Fine," Mer grumbled and gratefully took the seat.

"The joys of pregnancy," Dorie smiled. "I remember that... by my point those symptoms are gone."

"And when did you stop having them," Meredith asked. "Because I am a surgeon, and clearly this child does not want to be one.... but I also can't be one if I throw up every time I smell blood."

"It's different for everyone hun," Dorie smiled. Meredith sighed and put her hand on her stomach.

"Great," she muttered as her pager went off.

"What is it?" Dorie asked.

"Your meeting all your surgeons I believe," Meredith said standing up.

"I'm getting used to all the attention," Dorie smiled and Meredith laughed.

"I know what that is like," Meredith nodded.

"I guess it's what having multiples does," Dorie laughed.

"Yeah," Mer agreed quietly. Within a few minutes, Bailey, Derek, Burke, Addie, Cristina, George, Alex, Izzie, and several other nurses and doctors were in the room. They began explaining the procedures that would happen to each of her babies once they were born. Meredith looked at the fear in her eyes and looked at Izzie. She could see her friend regretting what she said before. And as soon as they were there, all the surgeons were gone.

"They... they are going to be really sick," Dorie whispered. Meredith grabbed her hand.

"It's going to be alright Dorie," she reassured.

"Yeah..." Dorie said distractedly and then her husband walked into the room. Meredith and Izzie left the room.

"So... do you have a plan as to how you are not going to throw up because you smell blood during the delivery?" Izzie asked.

"Breathing through my mouth and praying it works," Mer murmured.

"What's wrong Mer?" Izzie asked.

"Iz..." Mer whispered. "They are going to be really sick." Meredith put a hand on her stomach protectively.

"Mer," Izzie said. "You can handle this."

"All I am saying is that she is your ex-wife and I mean you still care..." Mer smirked as they sat down for lunch.

"Who am I supposed to hook her up with?" Derek asked.

"I don't know... um..." she began but all of a sudden her pager went off. "Damnit... 911." She sped off to Dorie's room right as Mark sat down.

"Where's Grey off to?" he asked.

"Quints," Derek told him.

"How come I am not on this case?" he whined.

"How can you help with a brain, a heart, and a sac of internal organs?" Derek chuckled. That's when his phone rang. He looked down. LIZZIE was flashing across the screen. Derek only hit ignore.

"You can't avoid our family forever Derek... you know that," Mark said. "Trust me... I've tried."

"I am not avoiding our family... I am talking to Mom," Derek said.

"And do remember the 4 sisters who love kids," Mark added.

"Precisely why I am not calling them," Derek smirked. As if by clockwork, his phone rang again. KATHY flashed across the screen.

"Looks like they are teaming up," Mark chuckled as he watched his friend hit the ignore button again.

"Unfortunately," Derek grumbled, running his hands through his hair.

"Can't wait to see what happens when one of them somehow gets a hold of you," Mark said, sitting back in his seat as he watched his friends phone go off a third time. This time he looked over to see NANCE flash across the screen. "She lives in Connecticut and she is still a part of this operation." Derek sighed and hit ignore. "Don't you just love our family."

"Tons," Derek muttered as it rang for probably the last time. GRACIE now flashed and Derek hit ignore. In the few minutes of silence, Mark smirked at his friend and began laughing as his voice mail alert and text alert began sounding. "God can't they leave me alone." Grudingly he hit the voice mail button and put it on speaker for Mark's amusement.

"DerBear," Liz whined. "Why did you ignore me.... I am your favorite sister.... I just wanted to know if it is true... are you really becoming a daddy? If so... that's amazing... I am so happy for you... but Nance said that it was an intern.... and that she actually became friends with Addie.... your leaving us in the dark big bro.... please call us.... Love you... and if you see Markie.... tell him I love him as well.... I miss you both!"

Next message.

"Derek!" Kathy snapped. "Why did you ignore Lizzie? She's pregnant and doesn't need stress about her brother. You really upset her and am upsetting me right now! What is this about a slutty intern... Nancy told me.... and she's carrying your love children! And a DIVORCE! You didn't call us to tell us any of this Derek Shepherd and are really pissing me off. Call me back or... you know what... just.... whatever... Love you no matter how much of an ass you are! Bye...."

Next message.

"DEREK SHEPHERD! YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!" Nancy yelled. "You ignored me, Kath, and Liz..... and this slutty intern is carrying your twins. AND YOU GOT A DIVORCE.... from Addie of all people! What the hell are you doing little brother. I love you... but your an idiot! Call me or one of the girls back or else."

Last message.

"DerBear," Gracie sighed. "You ignored us all and are worrying us all. Mom doesn't tell us much so you need to fill us in. Nancy said that you and Addie got a divorce because of this intern who is having your children? This doesn't sound like you at all. I knew you shouldn't have moved away from New York.... it was pointless.... you and Markie and Addie already made up.... if this intern is as slutty as Nance says these are probably not even your children.... come home Derek... we all want you home.... we miss you.... I love you.... bye!"

Derek sighed and shook his head.

"They make it so hard," he growled and looked at Mark. He was silent for a second before bursting into laughter. "It's not funny."

"You are so dead I mean.... I think they are planning your funeral or something it's sick," he laughed. "I can't wait until Mom...." Then his phone rang again and Derek saw MOM flash across the screen.

"Damnit," he hissed.

"Oh you are so dead," Mark laughed. "You know you can't ignore her..." Derek mumbled something under his breath before hitting answer and speaker phone.

"Hel-" he began.

"DEREK CHRISTOPHER SHEPHERD!" Carolyn Shepherd snapped. "You better have a good explanation for ignoring all your sisters calls and leaving ME to deal with them!" Mark attempted to stifle his laugh.

"I.." Derek attempted to say.

"They are all worried sick about you! They think you are going through a midlife crisis at 35!"

"I..."

"They have questions and need answers.... you better answer them!"

"Mom," Derek finally interjected. "If I talked to them... they'd know...."

"What.... about Meredith.... being pregnant? They already know sweetheart," Carolyn said.

"No... not about that," Derek said.

"Then what?"

"How I am sill in love with her but I am only being friends for her sake."

"Derek..."

"If I talk to them.... they know me too well.... they'd come rushing out here and smother Meredith.... squash any small chance to be with her again."

"Oh honey."

"I love them I do.... but.... but I can't ruin it.... just yet."

"Don't worry sweetheart... I'll.... I'll keep them informed.... but that also means..."

"I will call you at least once a week."

"Marcus Nathaniel Sloan, that goes for you too dear,"Carolyn Shepherd commanded. Mark looked up bewildered.

"How'd you know I was listening?" Mark asked.

"I know you two boys... I raised you," Carolyn said. "I love you both... see you as soon as I can..."

"Bye.... love you," Derek said and looked to Mark.

"Love you," he mumbled and Derek closed the phone. "God that woman scares me." Now it was Derek's turn to laugh.

"Mark told me that you talked to your Mom.... and ignored the girls today," Addie smirked.

"You two are becoming quite chummy lately," Derek countered.

"Derek.... I am your ex-wife.... and the mother of your childrens best friend... I have many stories...."

"Shutting up," Derek surrendered. Addie laughed.

"So we're okay," Addie said.

"Addie.... you and Mer have been back for almost a month and...." Derek began.

"But... we've never talked about it Derek... we've always had Mark or Mer around us, we've haven't been alone since the night I told you I knew Mer was pregnant," Addie sighed.

"Of course we're okay Ads," Derek said. "I love you.... I will always love you... you may be my ex-wife but it doesn't mean I will stop loving you.... but we'll never be more than friends again."

"I feel the same way Der.... I..." she began but then her pager went off. "It's Dorie!" She ran towards the room where she was laying in the bed in pain. "What's wrong?" she asked Meredith and Izzie.

"There are signs of fetal distress," Izzie said.

"And her BP's racing," Mer added.

"I am having contractions.... and they really hurt," Dorie moaned. "I think my water broke." Addie checked under her sheet. The smell of blood filled Meredith's nose.

"Blood," she said, but strangely, didn't feel as nauseous as before.

"The placenta's tearing," Izzie said.

"Tell the chief to book an OR stat," Addie commanded a nurse. Dorie reached out for Meredith's hand as they put an oxygen mask over her.

"It's gonna be okay... we'll take care of you," she reassured.

"Izzie," Addie commanded. "Go to the nurses station and get the list of all the people we have to page for this and page them.... make sure everyone is there.... we need all hands! Mer.... stay with Dorie." They both nodded and Meredith went to the other pregnant woman's side while Izzie ran out of the room. Soon Dorie was on the operating table, Meredith holding her breath as Addie sliced open her stomach. So many doctors surrounded her and Mer hope she wouldn't ever be in this position.

"First baby's out," Addie announced as Alex stepped forward with a blue blanket. Addie placed Kate in there and he wisked her off to her station. Meredith didn't get a glimpse. Soon they kept moving from Julie who went to Cristina, Lucy who went to George, and Emily who went to Izzie. The final was Charlotte who was given to Meredith.

She let out a small gasp as she wisked her off to the station to clean her up, so she didn't have to keep holding her breath, and make sure she is okay so she could go into the NICU. For a brief second Meredith touched her stomach, as she felt the bigger of her children kick her stomach lightly and the smaller turn over slightly, they sensed her fear and shock.

She looked down at little Charlotte. She was so tiny and almost lifeless. She wouldn't let that happen to her children. She couldn't.

Okay, so I am going to have some story lines featured in this story that were in the show, like the bomb, and others. And I am also going to promise some Maddison coming up! Particularly during one of the events. And someone from New York is going to come to visit...

Few more opinions.... I like Abby and Ben together, Jack and Zanna together, and Ben and Zanne together so far... I am contemplating using Susannah in another story so that is a little iffy..... It's for something that I could go two different ways with so if that comes out to be the winner... I may not actually use it...

Girl:
Kayleigh Elizabeth (Kay)
Susannah Elizabeth (Zanna/Zanne)
Abigail Elizabeth (Abby)

Boy:
Benjamin Christopher (Ben)
Jackson Christopher (Jack)
Lucas Christopher (Luke)

Please R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A/N: I had my last Christmas Show Rehearsal, so updates are coming :)