A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys! I got this one up fast because I was on spring break. I can't guarantee anything about the next chapter but I will TRY to START working on the next chapter on Saturday. Hope you like this!

"Knock Knock."

Addison looked up from the magazine that she was reading to see Derek standing in the doorway.

"Hey Derek."

"Hey." Derek smiled. "I have two bouncing baby boys."

Addison forced a smile. "Congratulations Derek. How are they doing?"

"Very well. Cameron weighs a little over six pounds and Daniel weighs a little under six. We get to bring them home in two days."

Addison forced another smile. "And Meredith, how is she?"

"She's good. She's sleeping now."

"Good, good."

"So, how are you feeling?" Derek asked as he sat besides Addison.

"I feel like a women who is having a horrible labor. I'm still only four centimeters and my contractions are getting about eight minutes apart now. So how do I feel? I feel great."

"Did the doctor say how long its going to be?"

"No, he just said that I'm not one of the lucky ones. One of the women who have this whole thing over with within a few hours. I'm not a Meredith."

"Addie…"

"No, no. That's okay. I know I'm not a Meredith. I'm just Addison. I'm the woman who comes second. She comes first. I come second."

"Addison, that's…that's not a fair accusation."

"Oh, I think it is. I am you wife, Derek. Your wife. She is your mistress."

"That's not true. You may be my wife, only because the divorce hasn't gone through yet, but Meredith…she is not a mistress." Derek raised his voice for a moment but lowered it when he realized where he was.

"Contraction." Addison whimpered.

Derek ran to her side and helped her through the contraction.

The two of them sat in those same spots for thirty minutes. Neither of them said a word to each other. The only sounds was those of Addison's breathing.

"How are we doing Addison? Do you feel like you're progressing at all?" Dr. Moore asked as he came into the room.

"Well the contractions are definitely closer together."

"Okay. You know the drill, I'm going to check down there and then we'll talk."

Addison nodded.

"You've moved up to five centimeters. You're getting there, slowly but surely."

"Okay."

Dr. Moore checked Addison's heart monitor as well as the baby's monitor.

"Everything looks great so if you have no questions I'll be on my way."

When Addison and Derek didn't say anything, the doctor nodded and walked out of the room.

"Why haven't you signed the papers Derek? They've been in front of you for months, why haven't you signed them yet?" Addison questioned.

"I just…I want to be sure."

"Sure about what Derek?"

"Just sure."

"As soon as you sign those damn papers it will all be over with. You and me…we'll be over with. Just do me a favor. Walk out of this room, go to your office where you keep the papers and sign them. Until you do so I'm not going to let you back into this room."

"Yeah…okay. I'll go do that now."

"We'll be waiting for you."

"We?"

"Me and my daughter."

"I should be back soon."

Addison watched as Derek walked out of the room. That was the last time that he would ever walk away from her as her husband, and not as her ex. She placed her hands on her stomach and felt as the baby kicked her. This was going to be her new life. It was going to be her and her daughter.

xxxxxMEREDITHxxxxx

Meredith woke up two hours later to the smell of food. When she opened her eyes she saw Izzie and George sitting on chairs besides her bed.

"So, you had the McBabies?" Izzie happily asked.

"Yes, I had the McBabies." Meredith answered, her voice was raspy from sleeping.

"What did you have?" Izzie asked.

"Two boys. Cameron and Daniel."

"Um…do they…do they have your last name or his?"

"George!" Izzie scolded.

"No, its okay Iz, really. I gave them Derek's last name. He is their father after all."

"Where is he?" George pried.

"He's um…he's with Addison right now. She's in labor."

Before George had a change to make another comment, Izzie stepped in.

"Well that's understandable, right Mere?"

Meredith nodded. "George can you go tell one of the nurses that I'm ready to try feeding the boys?"

"Yeah."

George stood up and began walking to the door.

"Wait. George, she's going to want to know if I'm going to bottle or breast feed them. Tell her I would like to try breast feeding and if that doesn't work out then I'll do the bottle."

"Okay, breast…breast feeding. Got it."

After George left, Izzie and Meredith started giggling. Once the giggling stopped, Meredith's face fell once again.

"Mere, you're not alright are you?"

"Izzie. Do you honestly think that I don't care that my babies father is off with his wife, his wife who he still hasn't divorced yet? Do you seriously think that it doesn't bother me? The second the boys were out of me he practically ran out of the room to be with her."

Izzie didn't know what to say. In a way Derek was in a tough position, but he had chosen Meredith over Addison.

"I…um…"

"You're on his side, aren't you?"

"No, I'm not on his side." Izzie nervously laughed. "I just…I feel bad for the guy. I mean he is in a tough position."

"No, you don't get to be on his side. You don't. I just had TWO babies, not one, TWO. Two babies. He didn't even make it until a minute before I pushed Cameron out. Did you know that? Derek showed up a minute before Cameron was born. Do you know why? Because he was with her!" Once again the tears in Meredith's eyes began to pour out.

"Oh, Mere."

Izzie got up from where she was sitting and sat besides her friend on the bed. She took Meredith into her arms and hugged her closer then she ever hugged anybody. Meredith allowed for the tears to fall down her face.

When George came in with the nurse and the babies, Meredith continued to cry, not once picking her head off of Izzie's shoulder. Izzie directed the nurse and George to take the boys back to the nursery until Meredith had calmed down.

After a while Meredith's tears slowed down and she wasn't crying anymore. She slowly lifted her head off of Izzie's shoulder and looked around.

"The babies, why aren't they here yet?"

"The nurse brought them but I told her to take them back because you were so upset."

Meredith looked at Izzie and at the spot that she had cried on.

"You shirt Iz. Its soaked. I'm sorry."

"Don't be. A shirt can be replaced."

Meredith smiled.

"Would you like to talk about it?" Izzie asked.

"Not really. I just want to hold my babies."

"That can be arranged."

Izzie pressed the button to call the nurse and she brought both boys in to see their mom and to get fed. She handed one baby to Izzie, and the other to Meredith.

"So, who is who?" Izzie wondered.

"Well you're holding Daniel, I think. And I think I'm holding Cameron. They look exactly the same when they aren't next to each other. You might want to check the hospital bracelet to make sure."

"Okay." Izzie lifted the newborns arm up and read the name on the bracelet. "Look's like mommy was wrong Cameron." Meredith looked at Izzie. "I'm holding Cameron. He must be Daniel." Izzie pointed to the baby who was now attached to Meredith's breast.

"I'm going to have to find a system for identifying them."

Izzie laughed. "I can help you with that."

Izzie then stood up and placed Cameron in Meredith's lap and walked over to the bag that she had brought in with her. She took out two onesies.

"Okay so which one was born first?" Izzie asked.

"I think Cameron was."

"Well this is for him."

Izzie took a magic marker and wrote Cameron's name under where it said "I was born First". She then took the same marker and wrote Daniel's name on the other onesie under where it said "I was born second".

"Those are so cute Iz."

"Yeah I thought so. You can put them on them when you get home because they have the bracelets on here."

"Thanks Izzie."

"Any time. So do you think you're going to stick with breastfeeding?"

"Probably not. I think it would take a lot less time just to give them bottles."

Izzie smiled. "Plus, then I could help."

xxxxxDEREKxxxxx

After leaving Addison's hospital room, Derek made his way to the elevator. He waited for a few minutes before finally deciding to take the stairs. He took them one at a time, slow and steady. Once he reached his office, he unlocked the door and walked over to the desk. He sat down in his big comfy chair and pulled out the bottom drawer to his right. There he found a big manila envelope. He carefully pulled it out of the draw and placed it in front of him on the desk. He sat there for some time, just staring at the envelop, until he heard a knock at the door. He lifted his gaze from the envelope to the door and saw Burke standing there with coffee in his hands.

"I heard congratulations are in order."

Derek smiled. "Thank you."

"I brought you coffee. I figured we could celebrate with this, then later on when you aren't so busy we can celebrate at Joe's."

"Thanks." Derek said as he accepted the coffee.

"So what is a man who just had twin boys doing all alone up here?"

"Addison sent me up. She told me I couldn't be in the room with her until I signed the papers, so that is what I'm doing."

Derek then placed his coffee on his desk and pulled the papers out of the envelop. He picked up a pen and gently brought it down to the paper. He slowly signed his name in the appropriate spot and placed the papers back in the envelop.

"There, all signed. I'll deliver them in the morning or something."

Derek sealed the envelop and placed it back in the bottom right hand drawer of his desk.

"Wait, did you just say Addison is in labor too?"

Derek nodded his head.

"I'd hate to be you man. Who's room are you going to go to when you leave here?"

Derek shrugged. "Probably Addison's. Meredith already had the babies so she'll probably still be asleep, right? How long do they sleep for after they give birth?"

"Don't ask me. I'm a man of the heart, not the uterus." Burke joked.

"She had the babies about two hours ago, she should still be asleep, right?"

Burke didn't answer.

"Right." Derek answered for himself.

Derek grabbed his cup of coffee and the keys to his office.

"I'm going to head back down to Addie's room. I'll talk to you later. Thanks again for the coffee."

"Anytime."

Derek smiled and locked the door before going back to Addison's room.

When Derek got down to Addison's room, Addison was on the bed looking out the door.

"Did you mail them?" Was all she asked.

"No. I signed them and put them back. I didn't want to miss anything."

"Trust me, Derek. You're not missing anything. I haven't move up at all and my contractions are only seven minutes apart. You aren't missing a single thing."

"Addison, let me mail them tomorrow." Derek said as he made his way into the room.

"No, you don't get to come in here until the papers are mailed. That's the deal Derek."

Derek sighed. This was a lose, lose situation for him.

"Fine, I'll go mail the papers now."

Addison smiled. "I'll see you in an hour or so?"

"Yeah, sure."

Derek backed out of Addison's room and ran back up to his office. He unlocked the door as quickly as he could, and grabbed the papers from his desk. With out closing or locking the door, Derek ran out of the room and down four flights of stairs. When he got to the front of the building, he looked all around for his car. When he spotted it, he darted too it and took off.

Within ten minutes Derek was back at the hospital and instead of going to Addie's room, he went to Meredith's.

When Derek walked in to Meredith's room, she was sitting on the bed changing one of the boys' diapers. She was talking baby talk to him, but he didn't respond because he was sound asleep. It wasn't until the newborn was re-swaddled in his blanket that Meredith noticed Derek standing in the door way.

"Nice to see that you found time to visit your sons." Meredith snapped.

She slowly stood up and placed Daniel in his bassinet, while she took Cameron out of his.

She then grabbed another diaper and walked over to the bed.

"Meredith…I need to be there for Addison, just like I was here for you."

"Wrong, Derek. Wrong. You've been with Addie all freaking day. I can only imagine if Cristina hadn't thought about where you were, you might have missed the birth of your sons."

"But I didn't Mere."

"Derek, leave me alone. Go back to Addison, she obviously needs you more than I do. If you really cared you wouldn't have left a second after your sons were born. You would have been here all along. You would have watched them eat for the first time, you just…you wouldn't have left so suddenly. Now, can you please just leave me alone?"

Derek nodded his head and walked out of the room. He couldn't help but think about how he had really screwed things up this time. He didn't even want to go back to Addie's room, but he knew he had too. He knew she shouldn't be alone. At least Meredith had Cristina, Addison has no one.

Derek walked over to Addison's room and leaned again the door. The doctor was talking to her about something, but Derek couldn't hear what he was talking about.

Right when the doctor was about to leave, he noticed Derek in the door way.

"Dr. Shepherd, why don't you come in so I can explain to you what I just told Addison?"

"Yeah, okay."

Derek walked into the room and sat down on the bed next to Addison.

"The baby's heart rate is dropping. I suggest that we do a cesarean."

"Whatever is best for the baby." Derek said.

Addison nodded. "I would like to have a c-section."

"Very well then. I'll meet the two of you down in labor and delivery."

"I'm going to wheel you down, okay?" Derek asked after the doctor had left.

"Derek, you aren't my nurse. I don't think that's allowed."

"Please Addison. I perform brain surgery everyday I think I can wheel you down to the delivery room."

"Okay. You can wheel me down. Derek, do you think the baby will be okay?"

"I know she'll be okay."

Addison smiled and relaxed as Derek started to push her down the hall.

An hour had passed since Addison had been wheeled into the delivery room. Derek had watched how Dr. Moore took the newborn out of Addison's stomach. He watched as Dr. Moore suctioned out the baby's nose and held her up for Derek to cut her cord. Then, he watched as Dr. Moore handed her to a nurse and the nurse rushed out of the room and towards the NICU. Derek had rushed out after the nurse to find out what was wrong with his baby girl.

When he had gotten to the NICU, the nurse told him he had to stay outside. Derek stood there for quite some time until the nurse walked over to him.

"What's wrong with her? Is…is she going to be okay?"

"She'll be fine. We hooked her up to a few machines to help her breathe. Your wife delivered a month early, Dr. Shepherd. It would be more than a miracle if your baby was perfectly healthy. She also looks a little jaundice. As soon as she starts breathing better she can go home, but we would like to keep her here for about a week, maybe two. Just for observation."

Derek nodded his head and then ran a hand through his hair. "But she's going to be okay?"

"She'll be just fine."

"Good, good. Can I go in there and see her?"

"Sure."

Derek opened the door to the NICU and walked straight over to his newborn daughter.

"You need to wash you hands before you touch her." A nurse lectured.

"Yeah…okay."

Derek walked over to the sink and washed his hands. Once they were dry he walked back over to the baby.

"Hey Baby."

Derek placed his hand into the little hole on the side of her bed.

"I'm you're daddy. You gave your mommy quite a scare."

"I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I have three little babies and two women who both need me. This is…this is crazy. I just…God. I wish it was just me and your mother. I love Meredith, I do. I love her more then I love your mommy, but she just makes things so complicated. What am I saying? I'm the one who makes things complicated. I'm the reason. Now I have to divide up my time between your mom and Meredith but I live with Meredith. Plus Meredith has two babies, your mom just has one. I don't know what to do. I just kind of wish that things weren't like this. Meredith is mad at me. Your mom is going to get mad if I leave to go see Meredith, wow. You're lucky that your life isn't very complicated."

Derek laughed and then pulled his hand out of the newborn's bed.

He looked at the baby one last time before leaving the room and going to find Addison.

"Derek! What did they say?! How is she?" Addison asked as soon as she saw him.

"She'll be fine. She's going to be fine. That's all that matters. She's going to be fine."

Addison smiled. "When can we take her home?"

Derek sighed. "You can take her home in about a week or two."

"Derek?"

"Hmm?"

"I miss you."

"No you don't. You're just tired. Get some sleep."

With that Derek walked out of the room and over to Meredith's. When he walked in, he saw Meredith on the bed feeding a bottle to each of the boys.

"You're very talented." Derek noted.

"This is the third time I've fed them today, I should be talented."

"May I feed one?" Derek asked.

"Sure."

Meredith lifted Cameron up from his spot on the bed. She handed him over to Derek along with a bottle.

"So who am I holding?" Derek asked.

"That's Cameron."

"How can you tell?"

"Because he has a beauty mark on the left side of his face. Daniel doesn't."

"Oh. He does, doesn't he?"

"How's Addison?"

"She's doing good. We…she had a little girl."

"Is the baby doing okay?"

"Not at the moment but she'll pull through."

"Derek, I know she's your daughter. I get that, it just hurts that you left me so soon after I gave birth."

"I know, and I'm sorry Meredith. I'm going to find a way to make this work."

"You're with me at night."

"Excuse me?"

"I don't care how much you help Addison, just…at night, you're with me. I have two babies, she has one. I'm going to be up twice as much as her. I'm going to need you Derek. She can have you after work for a few hours for the first few months, and a few hours on the weekend, but I need you during the night. And after she has gotten used to her daughter you can help when she needs you, but not everyday. She can even drop the baby off with us. I just…you can't be with them everyday."

"Okay." Derek gave in.

"Okay?"

"Yes okay. Now, when do we get to bring these boys home?"

"Two days."

"Good, as soon as Daniel here is done eating, I am going to go talk to the chief about my paternity leave."

Meredith smiled. "I would like that."

"Me too."

A/N: Thanks for reading. Please tell me what you think.

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