Here is the next chapter. I have holidays so I have spare time to update.
Enjoy
A week later Meredith woke to the sun shining. It was 6 o'clock and was already 5 degrees before the maximum temperature it was supposed to be today.
They had predicted a major heat wave for today and tomorrow. She rolled over to Derek. They didn't have blankets on their bodies due to the heat. She kissed his shoulder and climbed out of bed going into the bathroom to go to the toilet.
Derek woke to the flushing of the toilet. His body was sticky from the sweat. He sat up in bed as Meredith walked out.
"God it's so hot." He says.
"I know. What time are you going in today?"
"I'm not supposed to be going in but due to the heat I will most likely be paged in for all the idiots who collapse from exhaustion and dehydration."
"That will do it."
They saw the bedroom door opening. Kaylee walked in and jumped onto the bed.
"Morning Kaylee." Derek says.
"Morning daddy."
"Why are you up so early?"
"I couldn't sleep. It's hot."
"It sure is baby girl." Meredith says. "You don't have to wear your pyjamas if you are too hot. You can just go in your undies and a singlet because it is hot."
"Okay mummy. Can we go swimming today?"
"Yeah I think that that is a good idea."
"Daddy are you going to work?"
"I don't have to but I will most likely get paged sweetie."
"Okay."
"Hey Kaylee why don't you go and check Peanut's water and check Sparrow as well."
"Okay mummy."
She left the room. Meredith moved next to Derek. He wrapped his arm around her pulling her close to him.
"Oh Derek it's too hot to be near you."
"I know it is. I just wanted to have you with me."
"Yes but can we do it not hugging. Can't we do it sitting a meter away from each other?"
"Yes but then I won't be able to do this." He says kissing her.
His hands move over her sticky body. He takes her top off and picks her up carrying her to the bathroom.
Just before he started the shower, Cooper started crying and Derek's pager went off.
"Dammit." He says. They both dismount and tend to their callings.
Meredith goes and gets Cooper and Derek gets his pager. He walks into the nursery.
"I have to go. It isn't an emergency but they have paged me in." He says. "I'll see you tonight." He says kissing her cheek.
"Okay bye." She kisses his lips.
"Bye Coopie. Daddy will see you soon."
Cooper lies there and smiles and waves goodbye to him.
Derek leaves the room. She starts changing his nappy.
"Okay Coopie, let's take you downstairs and figure out what we are doing today."
She left him in just his nappy as they went downstairs. She put Cooper in the highchair.
"Kaylee do you want breakfast?" Meredith calls out.
She comes wandering into the kitchen.
"Mummy it's too hot."
"Well come here and I will fix that."
Kaylee walked over to her. She took her pyjama top off and her shorts and left her just in her undies.
"And we can grab a singlet and then you should be cooler."
She grabbed Kaylee a singlet and helped her put it on.
"There now what do you want for breakfast?"
"Can I have cereal?"
"Of course. Sit in your seat and I will get it for you."
She made cereal for Kaylee and handed her the bowl then made Cooper some breakfast.
She grabbed a bib, putting it on Cooper and she started feeding him.
"Mummy why can't Coopie have cereal?"
"Well it's too hard for him to chew since he doesn't have many teeth and foods like porridge is easy for them to eat."
"Well when will he start eating food like this."
"Not for a while yet. Maybe when he gets more teeth."
"So he wouldn't be able to eat my cereal."
"No and because he shouldn't drink cow's milk he wouldn't be able to eat it. The only milk he should have is breast milk or formula."
"Why?"
She had to think of an easy way to say this. "Because it helps his body develop. So he can talk, walk and stuff like that and make him big and strong."
"Oh okay. That's pretty cool."
"It sure is sweetie."
"I've finished mummy."
"Okay can you put your plate on the sink and I will wash it up."
She ran placing her bowl on the sink and then left the room.
She finished feeding Cooper. Cleaned him down then started breakfast for herself. Cooper stayed in his high chair playing with a toy. She finished breakfast and stacked the dishwasher with the plates from breakfast and took Cooper out of the highchair and sat him in his jumper.
"Okay Kaylee go get ready."
Meredith got herself ready and Cooper ready with clothes to go swimming in. Kaylee soon came downstairs and they headed to the indoor pool.
"It's probably going to be busy Kaylee."
"That's okay mummy."
She pulled into the parking lot at the indoor pool and there a lot of cars.
"Kaylee remember to stay with me." She said as she helped Kaylee out of the car.
She took Cooper from his seat and put him in the pram. Locking the car up they headed inside.
"Hi how are you today."
"Good thanks. Can I get an adult and I have two kids under 5."
"Under 5's get in for free."
"Okay that's good."
"Um that is just 4 dollars for you today."
She handed the money over and the lady opened one of the gates for her to get through.
"Stay by my side Kaylee."
Kaylee held onto the pram as they walked through the crowded pool to the change rooms.
She changed both the kids.
"Okay Kaylee I'm just going in here. Wait by the pram and I will be back out."
"Okay mummy."
Meredith walked into the change room. Kaylee stood beside the pram entertaining Cooper.
"Where's you mummy?" A lady asked Kaylee.
Kaylee didn't say anything.
"Are you lost?"
Kaylee shook her head.
"Come on I will take you to go and find her." The lady grabbed Kaylee's hand.
"No." Kaylee screamed.
Meredith opened the door to the change room.
"Is there a problem here?" Meredith asked. Kaylee ran over to Meredith hiding behind her.
"Yeah this little girl is lost."
"No she is my daughter."
"Oh. Well you shouldn't leave her alone. God you must have had bad parents. You leave your daughter alone. Anything could have happened to her. You should keep a better eye on your daughter."
Meredith picked Kaylee up.
"I didn't leave her alone. I was just in that change room. Nothing would have happened to her because she is mature enough to know what to do. If something did happen then she could call me. I'm not a bad parent. I'm a dam fine parent to my daughter and son."
"Well you left your daughter with your baby. You're not even supervising them."
"I was going to be 2 seconds. She can entertain her brother for that long. I think you had bad parents who taught you to stick your nose in other people's business."
"Well I don't think you should have become a parent at such a young age. So many of you have babies at young ages and think its fine to do whatever. It's not."
"Can you please leave us alone? You have no business interrupting my private life. So what I had my kids at a young age but that doesn't change the fact that I love them and I do care for them. I have done a good job at looking after them even if I was a teen. It makes you grow up and make better decisions."
"Well you didn't make a very good one today."
Cooper then started crying.
"Just shut up and leave me and my kids alone."
"Aren't you going to get your son or leave your 4 year old to do it?"
"Leave right now."
The lady turned around and left. Meredith's knees felt like jelly from yelling at her. She sat Kaylee down and took Cooper from the pram. His cries soon soothed.
"Okay Kaylee. I will be one more second. I only got half changed. Please if that lady comes in here again can you tell me?"
"Mummy I don't want to wait out there again."
"Okay well come in here. You can hold Coopie for me."
Meredith soon changed. She gathered her gear up. She took Cooper from Kaylee and they left the change room.
"Meredith." She heard.
She turned to see Cristina, Izzie, George and Alex.
"Hey." She says stopping.
"Izzie." Kaylee says running towards her.
Izzie picked her up and hugged her.
"Mummy went off at a lady." She told Izzie.
Everyone just looked at her.
"Do you want to know what happened?"
They all nodded their heads.
"I left Kaylee outside my change room to get changed with Cooper. This lady came up to Kaylee thinking she was lost and I heard Kaylee scream so I walked out and told her that she was my child and she went on about how bad a parent I am leaving my kid alone. I went off at her and she kept saying stuff. Cooper started crying and she said are you gonna get that or is your daughter. I got mad at her and told her to leave."
"Wow she must have said some pretty mean stuff." George says taking Cooper from the pram.
"She was an evil..." She said. "Kaylee cover her ears."
Kaylee covered her ears. "Bitch."
Izzie moved the hands from Kaylee's ears.
"Well she sounds like she was one. Let's go and find her and go off at her." Cristina says.
"No I don't want to get into any more trouble. I just want to go swimming and cool off."
"That is a good idea." Izzie says. "Come on Kaylee lets go."
Izzie took Kaylee and everyone else followed.
Meredith put Kaylee's floaties on and Izzie took her to the water. Alex helped with Cooper's floaty and they put him in there and went into the water.
"Kaylee be careful." Meredith said. "Don't go too far out."
"I won't mummy."
"I'll watch her Mer." Izzie said.
"Thank you."
Meredith held onto Cooper's floaty. They stood in the water talking.
"What did this lady look like?" Cristina asked.
"She looked like she was in her late 40's. Do you know how you can tell some people are mothers?"
They all just nodded their heads.
"Well she didn't look like on at all. She was really stuck up as well."
"Oh she is definitely not a mother." Alex says.
"She was a real bitch. She had no right saying that to me."
"Yeah we know."
"I was so tempted to hit her."
"Yeah but if you hit her you could have been charged."
"I know but at least that would have taught her a lesson."
Kaylee and Izzie then came back over.
"Mummy did you see how far I swam?"
"Yeah I did. Good job sweetie."
"Hey Mer look at Cooper." George says.
She looks at Cooper and he had fallen asleep in his floaty.
"Oh Coopie you are a funny boy." She said. "I'm gonna get out and get him wrapped in a towel and sit with him. You guys can stay here with Kaylee."
Meredith left the pool and walked over to where they had the pram. Grabbing a towel she wrapped him in it and sat down nursing him.
While she sat there she got a phone call.
"Hi Derek."
"Hi Mer. How are you?"
"Hot."
"I know same here. Hey are you at home?"
"No we came down to the pool to cool off."
"Oh well that explains it. Anyway I just wanted to let you know that I am on call tonight but because everyone is on call I will be home."
"Oh that's good. I have a story to tell you but I am going to wait until later."
"Can't you tell me it now?"
"No you will just have to wait."
"Okay fine. I have to go now. I love you."
"I love you to."
"I'll see you tonight."
"Yes you will. Bye."
She hung the phone up.
4 hours later they decided to leave for lunch and head home.
Later that night when the kids were in bed. Meredith sat on the back veranda. She had Sparrow asleep in her arms and Peanut was asleep on the chair with her to. She thought it would be cooler outside but it wasn't it was still hot and muggy and so sticky.
She heard the door open and she turned to see Derek walk out.
"Hi." He said.
"Hi."
He kissed her on the lips and sat himself on the chair.
"What'd you have to tell me?" He asked.
She explained to him about the pool and the lady.
"She seriously said that. What a psycho bitch. She had no right to say that."
"I know she didn't."
"If I was there I would have had a few words to her."
"Well I think after I told her to leave she left the whole place cause we stayed for 4 more hours and I didn't see her at all."
"Well if I was there then she would have had it coming to her."
Meredith just smiled.
"I missed you today." She said.
"Me too." He said. "Wanna pick up where we left it this morning?"
"I would love to and I am serious but it's just too hot and sticky touching another person."
"Well we could just do the cold shower thing."
"That's an idea." She said.
He picked her up and they walked inside. She put Sparrow on the lounge and Peanut laid in her bed in the lounge room.
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The next morning Derek's pager went off again.
They weren't touching each other. They were as far away as they could be from each other. Derek slept in just his boxers and Meredith slept in her underwear and bra. No sheets covered their bodies.
"I have to go." He whispered in her ear.
He kissed her ear after telling her and then kissed her cheek. He walked into the bathroom and brushed his teeth before changing.
"I'll see you later tonight." He said after he walked back to the room.
She kissed him goodbye and he then left. She closed her eyes trying to sleep after the pretty restless sleep from the night before.
A few hours later she woke to meowing. She opened her eyes and saw Sparrow in front of her.
"You hungry boy? Give me a minute."
She got up and carried him downstairs filling his bowl up. She fed Peanut as well.
When she was in the kitchen having a drink Kaylee wandered in rubbing her eyes.
"Morning mummy."
"You're up."
Meredith bent down and hugged her and kissed her forehead.
"Do you want breakfast?"
"Yes please mummy."
"Okay well this morning I am giving you an ice block because it is too hot."
"Okay mummy."
"Rainbow paddle pop?" She asked.
"Yes please."
She took it out of the freezer and handed it to her. Kaylee sat eating her ice block and Meredith sat beside her eating one.
"What do you want to do today Kaylee?"
"Can we go to the pool again and maybe with Charlie and Jackson?"
"Well I will have to call them and see what they are doing today. Jackson could be busy working."
"That's okay because then Charlie can come and maybe even Jasmine."
"Okay I will call them but they might still be in bed. They have a habit of sleeping in for most of the day when they are teenagers."
Kaylee just looked at her confused.
"You'll understand in a few years."
"Okay." She replied with. "Mummy why did you yell at that lady yesterday?"
"Well she said some stuff that was very mean and you shouldn't say to people."
"She said that you shouldn't have become a parent at such a young age and that young parents think that they can do anything. What did she mean by that?"
Kaylee was very observant and asking a question like this blew her away.
"Okay I need an easy way to explain this."
"It doesn't have to be easy because I will understand."
"Okay well I was only 17 when I was pregnant with you. Most people don't fall pregnant until they are older and have finished high school, Uni and have gotten themselves a job and a house and are married. I was young when I fell pregnant with you. I hadn't finished high school yet. I hadn't been to uni or anything like that." She told Kaylee.
"I was a young parent. A pregnant teenager. You were conceived because your daddy and me weren't safe but that didn't matter because we have you." She smiled at Kaylee. "Many girls who were my age or younger do become pregnant and they think they can do whatever by not using discipline and things like that and let their kids wonder the streets. The lady thought that because I am a young parent that I can do anything and I let you kids do whatever for example when I left you outside the room I was getting changed in for that one second she thought that it was fine for me to leave you and Coopie alone."
"Oh so she thought that you were leaving us by ourselves and left me to look after Coopie." Kaylee replied with.
"Yes she did." Meredith said blown away from her answer.
"Mummy can you tell me about when I was a baby."
"Well do you remember me and daddy not living together?"
"Yeah I do mummy. Most of my early years I remember always just waking up to you and not daddy. And some mornings it would just be daddy and that lady he was marrying."
"Yeah well your daddy and I weren't together like most parents are. We did date but broke up and just lived together as friends with a baby. We dated again but that ended and we gave each other time that was when you were only a couple of months old. He soon started dating Addison and moved out. So it was just you, me, Charlie and Jackson for the next couple of years. I was upset at your daddy but pushed it aside so I could live day to day. The night of our birthday was the night Nanna Ellis died. Me and daddy had a lot to drink and we made Coopie that night."
"But wasn't daddy getting married?"
"Let me say this, never drink Kaylee."
"Okay mummy."
"Daddy was getting married in about 8 weeks. The day of the wedding I told him about being pregnant with Coopie. I guess Coopie got us back together. It wasn't perfect like it should have been but we did get back together. They say you should meet a guy, get married and have kids well we didn't do that."
"Are you happy?"
"Of course I am. Kaylee all I care for you to be in life is happy and healthy. I don't care if you get married first but fall in love with someone else. I don't care if you have a baby first. I will care if it is at 17 like me but you forget about that because you are my daughter, my life and I love you. The love part is all that should matter. Remember that I am proud of you and you will always be extraordinary no matter what you do. There is no being ordinary in this house, you hear me."
Kaylee nodded her head.
"You know I shouldn't have had this conversation to you because you are only 4 years old but you sound like a 15 year old." She said kissing her forehead.
"Mummy why did you say that there is no being ordinary in this house."
"Okay well your nanna Ellis used to call me ordinary all the time for no reason. She would always pick a fight with me if I got an A on an assignment or if I didn't have the kids in bed by a certain time. She got into a huge fight with me when she found out I was having you. She never said I was extraordinary but you always will be even if you don't get an A or if you miss the bus or if you do fall pregnant."
"Mummy you are extraordinary." Kaylee said.
Meredith felt like crying because her 4 year old said that to her. She just wrapped her arms around Kaylee.
"Thank you sweetie."
"Mummy I love you even if you did have a bad past or did bad things it doesn't matter because you are the best mummy in the world and I love you."
"I love you to baby."
"Can we just stay here and talk today instead of going to the pool. I like your stories mummy."
"Of course we can." She said smiling.
The two of them spent the day on the back porch with Cooper talking about Meredith's life. Kaylee listened like an adult would listen.
Later that night she had both kids in bed with her. Derek walked in the door.
"Hi." He said. "I see we have a crowd tonight."
"Yes we do."
He kissed her lips and then kissed Kaylee's and Cooper's heads. He changed his clothes and climbed into bed beside Kaylee.
"How was your day?" He asked.
"I sat talking to Kaylee about everything. She is a very smart girl. I explained to her that we were teenage parents. When she was a baby, how mum used to call me ordinary."
"That seems like a nice day."
"Tell you what she said to me."
"What'd she say?"
"That I was extraordinary and that she doesn't care that I had a bad past and made bad decisions, I am the best mummy in the world and she will always love me. She talked to me like she was an adult. She made me want to cry she is that smart."
"What'd she say?"
"She remembered what the lady at the pool said to me and I said I would explain it as easy as I could and she said to explain it to her as I was talking to someone older. She understood every word. She is going to be an incredibly smart girl. I also told her that people do the falling in love thing first, followed by marriage and kids but I said that she could do them in any order she wanted because we would love her no matter what she chose and what happened. I said if she did fall pregnant at 17 we would be upset but we would forgive her because she is our daughter and you love your kids no matter what."
"Hmm you sure do. We are going to have a very brainy kid."
"We are. She just amazed me at how she listened. I can't get over it."
Derek's snores filled the room alone with the noises coming from Kaylee and Cooper. Meredith smiled and turned the light off falling asleep with her family.
What'd you think let me know. Next chapter will bring a bit of tension to Meredith and Derek's relationship. All because of one thing.
I'll try and have it up in a couple of days.
