Here's the next chapter. Its 8 days, the last week of school and the events that happen. The Saturday and Sunday and then the Friday which ends in a surprise for Mer.
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Meredith and Derek arrive at school. It's their last week of school forever and tomorrow is practically their last day. Since Wednesday is slave day, Thursday day is muck up day and Friday is presentation day.
Monday went by a breeze with them not doing much except for being sold as slaves Meredith and Cristina got sold together to some kids and Derek and Mark got sold together by Alice. And boy did she have something planned for the two of them to wear.
Tuesday dragged on longer since it was their last day. Most of them decided to go out for coffee after school ended.
Then Wednesday came and they met up with Alice. She had bought a tutu for Derek and Mark to wear over their shorts and fairy wings with a tiara and some make up. When Mer ran into them she just let out a huge laugh and whenever she saw them she just laughed. Cristina and Meredith got let off easy with their two kids and not having to wear anything over the top.
By lunch time of that day they were let go of being slaves. Derek and Mark rushed to get the makeup off but boy was Alice going to be sorry tomorrow for muck up day.
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Thursday came. Meredith and Derek had left Charlie and Jackson at Carolyn's last night so they could go into school early and prepare for muck up day.
They met up at McDonald's with everyone else at 7 am to have breakfast and all go to the school.
They arrived at school were some people already where busy with today. The oval had a huge year 12 2010 mowed into the grass. A small grass area was sand bagged off and was being filled with water. Which would be a filling up point for the water pistols and buckets.
Some of them tapped the front entrance off and put for sale signs up on the school. They smashed rotten eggs all in the toilets and down at the basket ball courts they wrote year 12 on the brick wall.
As students arrived at school from the buses or walking they were soaked with water pistols or water bombs and as they passed the office some flower bombs were dropped on the kids.
As Alice arrived at school Derek had soaked her. She wasn't too impressed and walked off in a huff.
All morning they squirted water at kids coming into school all the ones who would come up to them and ask for it.
Mer had trouble chasing after kids so her run was more of a waddle. So she had the job of water bombing the kids.
Before lunch they had taken tyres off the teacher's cars to auction them back to the teachers for money to help with the formal.
They restocked and filled up water balloons ready to be thrown at the kids as they came out to lunch.
At lunch they set up the speakers and got all the teachers outside to auction the tyres back to them.
In total they made over 500 dollars to go their school formal.
Every time Derek and Mark saw Alice they chased her and wet her with the water pistols again.
At the end of the day they sat outside of the school the school was covered in silly string, water balloons, streamers and toilet paper. They used all their supplies up and gave up on the mucking up. They got in trouble for having sand bagged off the area and filling it with. The school day had come to an end and they watched everyone walk away from school as they sat at the front.
Friday then came and it was last day of school. Charlie and Jackson didn't go to school as they came to watch everyone graduate from school.
"Hi guys welcome to the presentation day on this lovely spring day. I would just like to say that this year deserves all the success. They have put hard work into everything and the results they get should be impressive. I will now hand you over to the new prefects to run the presentation." Their year advisor says.
The presentation goes for 2 and a half hours. Charlie started getting restless and started mucking around half way through it. Jackson took her outside into the foyer to settle down a bit.
The presentation finishes and the parents and teachers talk to the kids to congratulate them all.
Meredith is talking to Ms Peters when Charlie tugs on her hand.
"Mer can we go now because I'm hungry."Charlie says.
"We will in a second, just let me finish talking to Ms Peters and we will go."
She nods her head.
"So a month to go." Ms Peters says. "You excited?"
"Like you wouldn't believe it. I've enjoyed the last 8 months almost nine but I think I'm ready for the baby to be born."
"Of course you would be. I'll let you go. Take care of yourself and now go home and relax." She kisses Mer's cheek. "And I'll see you back next term for the HSC."
"Yes you will. Thanks for everything for the last 6 years."
"No worries. See you later."
They leave and get Derek to go home.
Saturday then comes.
Meredith and Derek have their final doctor's appointment today.
Derek is staring at Mer's swollen stomach, Meredith sees where he is staring at and holds her hand out to him, Derek grasps onto it. She puts his hand onto her stomach and smiles as Peanut kicks.
"I'm thinking it's a boy, boys kick." He says.
"So do girls." Meredith says smiling.
"Maybe." Derek agrees.
"No matter what happens, promise me you'll stay with me and peanut." She says looking into his eyes.
"I promise." He says smiling back.
"Pinkie promise." She says holding out her pinkie.
"Mer that's kindergarden stuff." Derek complains.
"Please Derek?" She says pouting.
"Ok fine." Derek agrees.
They shake pinkies and Derek puts his hand back on her belly smiling as the baby kicks again.
"Mer I think we have a professional soccer player." Derek says smiling.
"You dream to big Derek."
They both meet gazes and break into a fit of laughter.
Sunday then comes.
The girls are throwing Meredith a baby shower at her house.
The boys are out the back chilling while the girls are inside chatting with the usual chat. They are all in the lounge room
"So what did the doctor say yesterday?" Izzie asks.
"He said that everything is fine. The baby has turned so it's facing downwards now."
"What else did he say?" Callie asks.
"He said that he thinks the baby will be born before my due date."
"So hypothetically the baby could be born tomorrow?" Cristina asks.
"Yes that's what he meant by before the due date."
"I was just making sure." She says defending herself.
"How about we have some food, play the baby games, then we will open the presents." Izzie says.
Cristina helps Mer off the couch. She rests her hands on Mer's stomach.
"I can't believe you're about to have one of them."
"A them. It does have a scientific name." Mer says.
"Yeah I know. What I mean is that it feels like yesterday when you took that test."
"I know me too."
They sit around eating food and playing games they walk back into the lounge room and sit Mer down on the lounge and shower her in baby gifts. What Mer appreciated the most was that most of the gifts came from kids in her year.
Later that night everyone had gone Meredith and Derek are going through all the gifts with Charlie and Jackson helping.
"We got a lot of good stuff." Derek says.
"I know."
"What's all this stuff." Charlie asks.
"Um it's a baby care package. So you have the nappies, wipes, creams, powders, lotions, bath wash and just a few bits and pieces."
"I think we scored big though, look we got the care package, clothes, toys, blankets, the bouncy chair, books, DVD's, the sleep sack blanket and swaddle, the capsule, the play gym. I'm interested in this though, the tummy turtle?" He says holding it.
"Well see how there is a pillow there. You lie the baby down on its tummy and it encourages them to exercise on their tummies."
"Okay." He says. "These are so cute."
He holds up the baby hats and booties.
"I know. I think we got everything else that we still had to get."
"Well we got a lot of stuff so I don't know where we're going to store it all."
"I'm sure we will find a place."
"Charlie do you want to sort the toys out for me and put them into the study."
Charlie gathers all the toys and takes them into the study.
"I'm going to go and start tea." Derek says.
Meredith and Jackson are sitting in the lounge room. Meredith is opening up the cards. She opens one and a gift card falls out.
She reads it and it is a voucher to go and get a message, pedicure and a manicure.
"What's that Mer?" Jackson asks.
"It's a voucher to go get a message for my birthday on Friday."
"Okay."
Meredith goes and sits it on the table and goes in and grabs all the clothing and blankets to be washed. She puts them in the washing machine and starts it. There is a basket of baby clothes sitting on the dryer. She grabs them and goes upstairs into the nursery to pack them away. She sits down on the rocking chair and takes the clothes out. She folds them one by one and organises them in the draws. Undergarments, onesies and socks in the top draw.
She takes the sheets out of the basket and makes the cot. She takes the blanket out of the dresser and lays it down in the cot. She lines the cot and puts the supporter down. She grabs the giraffe teddy and sits it in the cot.
She folds all the blankets, the sleep sacks and swaddles and puts them in the draw. Jackson walks in with the care package.
"Thank you. Do you want to help me?"
"Okay."
"Could you take all the nappies out and put them in the draw under the change table."
Jackson takes all the nappies out and puts them in the draw. Charlie then walks in.
"Hey Car, what are you doing?" Mer asks.
"Nothing, do you want some help?"
"Um, yes please. You just have to come downstairs with me and help carry some of the gear up."
They go and collect everything that is downstairs and bring it up to the nursery. They pack everything into places or onto shelfs.
Mer packs a hospital bag with the doctor's words replaying through her head that the baby will more than likely be born before the due date.
She packs everything on her list and sits the bag downstairs near the front door. As Derek pops his head out from the kitchen.
"Dinner's ready."
"Okay, I'll go and get the kids."
She calls up to the kids and they come downstairs and have tea.
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Friday then comes. It's Meredith's birthday.
Derek, Jackson and Charlie walk into her room with breakfast and her present's.
"Happy birthday Mer." The three of them say.
She sits up in bed with Charlie next to her. Mer pulls her into her arms and kisses her.
"Thank you sweetie."
She pulls Jackson into her arms and gives him a kiss. Derek leans down closer to her and kisses her cheek and they share a short hug.
"Here's your presents." Charlie says.
"Thanks."
Mer opens the three of them one by one. Charlie gives her a picture frame with a photo of the two of them and a butterfly necklace which is a sister's necklace and Charlie has the other half.
Mer puts the necklace on and hugs Charlie again.
She opens Jackson's present which is half a dozen charms.
"Thanks Jackson but I don't have a bracelet for them."
"I know but they fitted you so well."
"Okay, I'll have to buy one."
She opens Derek's present. It is the bracelet and about half a dozen charms.
"No need to buy one." Derek says.
She hugs Derek again and pulls him close to her. They almost touch lips when Charlie interrupts them.
"Mer check out the charms."
They get back to where they were before.
"Can you's tell me what they all mean and why you picked them."
"Okay I'll start with mine." Jackson says. "Well I got the M for obvious reasons. Your birthstone and your birthday on it. The love heart because we love you. The dummy for obvious reasons. A present so you know that this was always a present and the cupcake for you remember to treat yourself."
Meredith has tears in her eyes.
"Thank you." She kisses his cheek and hugs him. "Now Derek your turn."
"A clock so you remember to waste no time. A flower because your hair always smells like lavender. The house is more like a symbol for the hut and how peaceful you are when we are there. A turtle because they are your favourite animals. The forever together I got because it reminds me of our pinkie promise we had on Saturday. The horse shoe as well because you always say you don't need luck to live a happy, healthy life."
Meredith is now crying. Derek comforts her.
"Were going to go downstairs and watch some TV." Jackson says.
"Okay."
The two of them leave and Derek pulls a felt bag from his pocket and hands it to her.
"What's this?"
"Open it."
Meredith opens it and there are three charms there. A K and a C and a peanut.
"Do you know what they are for?" He asks.
"The K if it's a girl, K for Kaylee. The C is if it's a boy, C for Cooper."
"Yes and I got them to specially make a Peanut."
"Thank you Derek. It's beautiful." She hugs him again.
"Let me put them on while you eat."
Meredith scoffs down her breakfast while Derek puts the charms on the bracelet.
"So what do you want to do after your visit to the day spa?"
"Um can we go out to your land and have a picnic and just relax."
"We can do that. We will come and pick you up and head straight out there.'
"Sounds good."
Derek puts the bracelet on her wrist and he reaches for the remote. He turns the TV on and flicks to the cartoons.
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Meredith gets into the car after her day of pampering. She puts her seatbelt on and Derek drives off.
"How was it?" Derek asks.
"Very relaxing. It was a great way to relax before the birth."
"That's good because we're about to go and relax even more with a picnic."
"Which sounds lovely."
20 minutes later they arrive at Derek's land. He sets out the picnic blanket and they eat lunch on the beautiful spring day.
After sitting and eating lunch they clean up and the kids play around with the soccer ball.
"Derek can we go down to the river?" Jackson asks.
"Sure we can. Go and grab the fishing rods from the car and we can go."
Jackson and Charlie get the rods out of the car and start walking to the river.
"Do you want to come with us?" He asks Mer.
"No I think I'm going to go and lie down. Being this pregnant takes it out of me."
"Well for the record you look very beautiful."
"Thank you. Now go and have fun with the kids."
Derek catches up to the kids as Meredith goes inside to lie down.
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She wakes half an hour later with a ripping pain tearing through her body. She sits up and clutches her stomach and starts panting.
The pain stops so she gets up to grab some water. Once she reaches the fridge she takes out the bottle of water and takes a sip. She supports herself on the bench when another contraction comes. She keeps breathing through the pain.
She grabs her phone and dials Derek's number. While she is waiting for him to pick up her water breaks just as the message bank opens.
"Oh god my waters has just broke." She shuts the phone and throws it to the ground.
"God Derek where are you." She says as another contraction starts.
What'd you guys think? Let me know. Sorry I had to leave it there. Brings the intensity and makes you want the chapter faster like how we always want Grey's to come around faster.
So will someone be there to help Mer. Who do you think delivers the baby or do you think she will have to do it herself. And what do you think the baby will be. Let me know your ideas, thoughts or suggestions.
I'll try update ASAP