Chapter Twenty- One: Beautiful Disaster

One month's time has passed. Derek and Marc are competing more and more everyday, and Meredith is starting to get annoyed. Today is the day of Meredith's 12 week scan and Cristina is driving her over to Mercy West for the appointment. When they got in the parking lot Meredith just looked down.

"Look Mer, everything is going to be fine"

"I am not so sure about that; maybe I should find out who the father is"

"No Meredith, then they win"

"Cristina this isn't a competition"

"Come on Mer we are going to be late for your appointment"

They walked inside up to the OB unit and checked in. The nurse told them DR. King was waiting for them in the exam room down the hall so they went in to see her.

"Dr. Grey, nice to see you"

"Thanks, can we just get through this quickly; we have to get to work"

"Who is your friend?"

"This is my best friend DR. Yang"

"So you still haven't notified the father?"

"No I thought I told you I don't know who the father is and I have no intention in finding out who the father is"

"Alright Meredith, let's start your exam then"

Her BP was in normal range, she had only gained 7 pounds and everything in terms of her health was good; then it was time to check on the baby.

Meredith changed into a gown and lay on the exam table.

"So as you know this is going to feel cold Meredith"

She flinched as DR. King moved the wand over the cold jell on her belly and then they waited for the image to come up on the screen and for the heartbeat.

"Heartbeat is strong Meredith"

"That is good right?"

"Of course it is DR. Grey"

"Are there any abnormalities on the ultrasound?"

"No, baby looks perfectly healthy"

"Good, that's good"

"Are you positive you don't want to know who the father is?"

Then the door to the room opened

"Well she doesn't want to know but there are two people here who do"

"I though I told you two not to come today! How did you even know where I was?"

"We are smart men" Derek replied

"Yes we are, and we want to know who the father is" Marc added

"Well this is my baby, and I made it perfectly clear to you two that I can do this on my own, so please leave. I can take care of my baby and I don't need all this extra stress"

Cristina made them leave and Meredith was alone in the room with DR. King

"Wow this is one lucky baby"

"Excuse me? How on earth do you get the impression this baby is lucky. It is the most messed up child on the planet and it isn't even born yet"

"That isn't how I see it Meredith"

"How do you see it then?"

"I get so many people come in here and their children barely have enough pieces of parents to make one. This baby has three whole parents that already just love it so much and can't wait for it to get here. They are already fighting over who will love the baby more"

Meredith had never seen it that way, and DR. King did have a good point.

"I am sorry DR. King, are we done now?"

"Yes we are, I will see you again in four weeks"

"Thank you"

She got changed walked right past Derek and Marc and sat in the car waiting for Cristina to take her to work. When they got to work they found DR. Bailey waiting for them.

"Do you have any idea how late you two are!"

"DR. Bailey we know, I had a doctor's appointment and Cristina took me. Someone was supposed to tell you that"

Bailey looked down and felt bad for yelling

"I am sorry, Cristina you're with Burke in cardio as usual today and Grey… umm"

"Shepard or Sloan requested me, am I on the right track?"

"Shepard did request you today"

"This is just going to be a perfect day"

Cristina put her hand on Meredith's shoulder, "Everything is going to be fine Meredith" and then she left the locker room leaving Meredith with Bailey.

She was sitting on the bench across from her open locker and she looked over at Bailey.

"Okay enough with the sympathetic look, I got myself into this mess, this is my fault"

"Meredith you can't blame this on yourself. I thought you wanted this baby"

Bailey sat down beside her and rubbed her back while she started to cry.

"I did, I do want this baby but I just can't handle those two fighting over me. They both want to know, they deserve to know if this is their child or not and they are only trying to help but…"

"What is it Grey?"

"DR. Bailey I am a terrible person!"

"No you are not Meredith"

"Yes I am; I am no different than my mother I am preventing this child from having a father when I know who he is"

DR. Bailey slid down the bench and looked at Meredith.

"You know which one is the father?"

She nodded her head. "I am about 90 percent sure that I am right about it, and he really wants this, he wants to help but I just can't tell him without it crushing the other. No matter what I do someone is going to get hurt"

"Meredith, you will tell them when you are ready. This isn't about protecting one of them or them at all; this is about you and your baby. Keep that in mind. Now if you want I will tell Shepard he can't have you today"

"No you don't need to do that, just give me a minute"

"Okay"

DR. Bailey left Meredith to get herself together and get changed and then Meredith was off to find Derek. However, when she found him she was not happy.

"Marc what makes you so positive the baby is yours!"

"I just know okay Derek!"

"Well maybe I know for a fact that it is my baby."

"Why Derek, she moved on with me. Why would that baby be yours?"

"Because Marc she is still in love with me! She told me, and this is the sign, this is what proves we were meant for each other! She is pregnant with my baby Marc, so just go back to New York where you belong and let me be happy with her!"

Meredith couldn't handle listening to them bicker anymore

"ENOUGH!"

They both looked at her.

"Oh Meredith you shouldn't have needed to hear that"

"Both of you leave me alone! This is my baby and it is my responsibility to take care of it. I don't need either of you to help me or take care of me. You are making me even more stressed. Oh and for the record I was going to tell you who the father is today, but neither of you deserve to know. Not after that"

She stormed off into an on-call room and started to cry again.

She loves her momma's lemonade

Hates the sounds goodbyes make

Prays one day she'll find someone to need her

She swears that there's no difference

Between the lies and compliments

It's all the same if everybody leaves her

And every magazine tells her she's not good enough

The pictures that she sees make her cry

She would change everything, everything just ask her

Caught in the in between a beautiful disaster

She just needs someone to take her home