Meredith is now eight and a half months pregnant and about to stop working. Addison is blooming as well and getting huge. Mark has moved to Seattle and has started the plastics program.

Meredith was standing at the nurse's station when somebody shouted her name.

'Meredith!' Turning round, her face lit up.

'Simon!' Meredith tried to hug him but it was nearly impossible.

'Meredith, you're huge!'

'That's because I'm pregnant. How are you doing?'

'I've got a surprise for you,' Pulling off hit hat, Meredith burst out laughing.

'Indigo blue, like your surgery hat,' Meredith ran her hand over his hair.

'I can't stay long, just had to show you my hair,'

'You're looking great Simon; it was nice to see you again,'

'I'll be back in again; hopefully you'll be a mom by then,'

'Yeah, I'll see you later Simon,' Simon ran off leaving Meredith smiling. Lifting her patient's scans she went down to book an OR.

'Shepherd, Meredith. Yeah, it's a pin removal. About thirty minutes? Thanks,' Meredith put the phone down and went to tell Steven.

'You are going onto surgery in about twenty minutes so we'll get you prepped and ready to go,'

'Thanks,' Meredith headed down to Maternity, needing some time to think. Standing at the glass she could hear Addison coming along the corridor. But it wasn't her shoes clicking that she could hear; it was the squeaking of her went trainers against the floor.

'Hey, how you feeling?'

'Like I could cry, you?'

'I'm ok, I've got a pin removal in about ten so I need to go, I just needed some time to think,'

'What's up?'

'I…I just realised how much has changed. A patient I treated about a month and a half ago came in to show me that he had dyed his hair and to let me know how he was getting on. The last time I saw him, he was being taken out the hospital in a wheelchair, still recovering. Now he's great,'

'You need to relax,'

'I know, I know. I need to head so I'll see you later,'

'Yeah, bye,' Addison headed back along the corridor and Meredith headed back up the stairs to the OR.

'Hey, you ready Steven?'

'Yeah, let's do it,' Meredith turned and looked at a nurse who was standing at the door.

'Your surgery has been rescheduled for this afternoon,'

'By who?'

'Sean Valentine. He needs the OR for a hip replacement,'

'Tell him to get another OR,'

'His surgery has been put down as priority, you need to be moved,' Meredith ripped the mask off her face and the gloves off.

'Son of bitch' Meredith was cursing under her breath.

'Steven I am so sorry but your surgery has been re scheduled. It will be later on this afternoon. I'm really sorry,'

'It's ok, at least I won't miss friends,' Meredith stormed out the scrub room along to the nurse's station.

'I told you it wasn't over,'

'You really are an arrogant bastard. That man needs pins removed from his spine,'

'My patient is down as priority and has to be operated on immediately,'

'Bull shit, this is because of what happened when I had the emergency surgery,'

'And?'

'I can't believe you,'

'Dr Shepherd, you need to realise that you don't always get what you want,' Sean was shouting at Meredith.

'Just because you are an attending doesn't mean to say you get everything you want when you want,'

'I know that. That man has pins in his spine, if their not removed he won't walk again,'

'My patient needs a hip replacement to walk,'

'You're not operating on someone's spine!' Meredith was shouting at Sean, raging at what he had done.

'What do you think you are? Royalty? Your mother may be Ellis grey, your husband maybe shepherd and you may be a neuro surgeon but that does not mean to say that because we don't operate on peoples spines and brains like you do that we're any less. You need to get over yourself. You expect everyone to jump when you click your fingers but it's not going to…' Meredith put her hand up to his face as she bent over. Looking down she shut her eyes.

'Page Addison Sloane and Shepherd,' Meredith turned and leaned against the nurse's station.

'Fuck…' Meredith turned and slid down the desk to the floor.

'What's wrong?'

'My water has just broken, you arrogant bastard,' Sean stood up and walked away.

'Where is Shepherd?'

'He's on his way?'

'God…' Meredith took hold of the nurse's hand and squeezed it tightly. Derek walked over to the nurse's station and looked around.

'Anyone know where Dr Shepherd is?'

'Ahhhh,' Meredith arched her back as Derek ran round the front of the desk.

'Mere?'

'Page Addison,' Derek looked at her stomach and turned white. Picking Meredith up, he started running.

'Page Addison shepherd let her know she's coming down,'

'Fuck!' Meredith was grinding her teeth through the pain.

'Addison,'

'Get her in there,' Addison pushed the door open as Derek laid her on the bed.

'When did these start?'

'About twenty minutes ago,' Meredith was holding onto Derek's hand, her knuckles turning white.

'I hate you so much,' Addison started laughing.

'You tell him,'

'Boys are stupid, stupid stupid stupid,'

'I'm here,'

'Yeah, like you were nine months ago,'

'Ok, let's see how far we've got to go,' Addison changed Meredith into a gown and put her lags in the stirrups.

'I hate you so much,' Derek brushed her hair out her face.

'Your five centimetres already. You're lucky Meredith. Give it another thirty minutes and you'll be fully dilated,'

'I am not lucky. Boys are stupid,'

'I'll phone page everyone,'

'Page Mark,'

'You want him here?'

'I want to tell him he's stupid,' Meredith grabbed Derek's hand and arched her back as another contraction started.

'I hate you!' Meredith slowed down and started breathing.

'You wanted to tell me I was stupid?'

'Mark, all boys are stupid. You two especially, cause you and your stupid boy parts inflicted pain on me and soon to be Addison. Stupid boys,' Meredith was hooked up to a monitor.

'Baby's heart is strong and healthy. This should be an easy labour,'

'There's nothing easy about this,' Meredith's grabbed the railings to the bars as another contraction came and went. They were getting, faster and more painful. Meredith slipped forward on the bed and let Derek go in behind her. Rubbing the bottom of her back she dug her nails onto his knees.

'God must really hate me,'

'No, he doesn't'

'Do you hate me?'

'No, I love you so much,' Meredith pushed herself up against his chest and took a hold of his hands.

'Please don't leave me,'

'I'm not going anywhere,' Addison slipped a surgical gown on and checked Meredith.

'We need to get you down to an delivery room, your nine centimetres,'

'Thank god,' Addison left Meredith and Derek and went down to get scrubbed in. Christina, Izzie, George, Alex and Mark were standing outside her hospital room.

'How long do you think she'll be?'

'Addison said it was going to be a fast labour,' As Izzie started pacing the hall; Meredith was wheeled down to the delivery room. Addison was standing outside.

'Let's bring baby shepherd into this world,'