A/N: Okay here is the epilogue. I know it took forever. I'm sorry, AGAIN. LOL. Thanks for the reviews. I hope you guys like this. Also I'm thinking about doing a sequel that would take place right before this. It's just an idea. I mean if I do it the updates wouldn't be very frequent, but I will get the chapters up. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

"Daniel! Get your butt out of bed right now!"

Meredith stood at the bottom of the stairs. She held Lizzy in one hand and a cereal box in the other. The infant started to squirm so Meredith tightened her grip.

"Daniel! I really don't think you want to be late for your first day of kindergarten do you?"

Just then Cameron came running down the stairs with his shoes untied and his shirt on backwards. He carried his new Diego book bag on his back and his new matching lunch box was in his hand.

"Mommy I'm ready." Cameron looked up at this mother, his big blue eyes glowing.

"That's great honey. What do you want for breakfast?"

"Can I have Trix, Mommy?"

"Sure, but first I need you to run upstairs and wake up your brother."

"Okay."

Cameron smiled at his mom and raced back upstairs.

Meredith shifted the infant in her arms and walked to the kitchen. She placed two pieces of toast in the toaster for Derek and then poured two bowls of cereal for the boys.

Meredith took a deep breath, and let out a huge sigh when Danny didn't come down stairs right away. She walked out of the kitchen and back to the bottom of the stairs.

"Daniel Shepherd you better be dressed and downstairs in five minutes or you WILL be in trouble mister! I'm serious."

Just then Derek walked down the stairs with two ties in his hand.

"Which one?" He asked.

Meredith looked at both ties. "The red one."

Derek smiled. "That's what I thought." He put the tie around his neck and tightened it. "So how are my two favorite girls?"

Derek kissed Meredith and tickled Lizzy's stomach. The baby giggled in response.

"Can you take her for a minute? I have to finish breakfast." Meredith asked rather pathetically.

"I have a meeting in two hours Mere. I can't afford for her to spit up all over my outfit."

"Fine, can you at least go help the boys get ready?"

Derek nodded. "That I can do."

Meredith thanked Derek and walked into the kitchen. She placed Lizzy in her bouncy chair on the table and took Derek's toast out of the toaster. She then buttered Derek's bread and poured his coffee, bringing it over to the table.

Just as Meredith got Lizzy to stop crying, the three boys, Derek included, came running down the stairs.

"Morning Mommy!"

Both boys ran up to Meredith and wrapped their arms around her waist.

"Hey boys. Are you excited for your big day?"

The twins nodded their heads and sat down at the table. Meredith went over to the counter and poured milk into their cereal and placed it in front of them.

"Eat up guys. You don't want to be late for you first day."

The boys dug into their cereal while Meredith went and sat down next to Derek.

"Are you nervous?" She asked.

"Not in the slightest. This is what I have to do and Chief has to respect that. I need to be with my family more."

"Need to be?" Meredith questioned.

"No, I want to be."

Meredith smiled. The couple had had a rough patch over the past year or so. Lizzy had come as a surprise, and a few months earlier so had Derek's promotion. A lot had happened in the past year and Meredith and Derek were happy to overcome it.

"Mommy, go get dressed. We have to be to school in a little while." Cameron whined. He was now fully dressed, due to the help of Derek.

"Mommy's going to get dressed." Meredith said. "Derek, can you double check their bags and get Lizzy settled into her car seat? I'll be right down."

Derek nodded.

Meredith came downstairs five minutes later with her hair in a ponytail wearing jeans and a tee shirt.

"Okay guys, let's get ready to go."

Meredith grabbed her purse, the diaper bag, and Lizzy's car seat and followed the boys to the car. Derek followed with his brief case.

"Sara's in my class!" Cameron smiled once they were in the car.

"No, she's in my class." Danny whined.

"How do you know that you both don't have a Sara in your classes?" Meredith asked.

The boys shrugged.

"Wait, Sara?" Derek asked. "A girl? Girls? They are in kindergarten Mere. They don't need a girlfriend yet."

Meredith and the twins giggled. "Daddy's silly, isn't he?"

"Yeah. Daddy, girls have cooties." Cameron said.

"Does mommy have cooties?" Derek asked.

"No. Mommy's too nice. Mommy doesn't have cooties."

Meredith smiled. "I love my boys."

A few minutes later Meredith pulled up to the school and the family piled out of the car. Derek took the baby while Meredith grabbed her camera and took millions of pictures of the boys. When it was time to say goodbye, Meredith started to tear, and Derek had to pull her back towards the car.

"I can't believe my babies are all grown up."

"No they aren't and you still have Lizzy."

"I know." Meredith said as she got into the car.

Derek clicked Lizzy's car seat into the base and got in as well. "Can you drop me at the hospital?"

Meredith nodded.

"Should I come in with you?" Meredith asked, once they had pulled up to the hospital.

"No, I won't be long. You can just wait here."

"Okay. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yeah I'm sure."

Derek grabbed his brief case and walked into the hospital and up to the Chief's door full of confidence. He opened the door and sat down.

"Chief." Derek greeted.

"Hello Derek."

"Listen, I need to reduce my hours. I can't keep going like this. My family needs me. I was hoping that maybe I could work eight hour shifts during the week and on the weekends only work one day. I know it's a lot to ask, but I have to do this."

"Derek..."

"Chief...if you say no, I'm just going to quit."

"I'm not going to say no. I was going to say that you are the best I have and I will take whatever I can get from you."

Derek smiled and shook the Chief's hand before standing up and heading back to the car.

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"So boys, how was school today?" Derek asked.

Derek and Meredith were walking through the park later that day with the boys. Cameron and Daniel were running ahead of the couple. Meredith had Lizzy in a baby carrier on her body; and she was holding Derek's hand.

"Good Dad. Sara is in my class!" Cameron cheered.

"She's in my class too loser."

"Guys, talk nicely." Meredith scolded.

"That's because you're in my class dodo brain."

"Cameron!" Meredith hollered.

"They're in the same class?" Derek asked.

"Yeah. I did that on purpose."

Derek nodded. "The seaweed monster is going to get you." Derek chuckled and began to chase the boys.

"Ahh! Seaweed monster!" Daniel yelled.

Meredith stood back and watched how her husband and sons were interacting, and something about the scene just made her life feel complete.

A/N: Okay so I know it wasn't the best chapter. But I did my best. Let me know what you think about me making a sequel. Like I said it won't be updated too often probably once every three to four weeks. Thanks for reading. Please review!