Chapter 48: How Babies Are Made
"Ok." Derek cleared his throat for the dozenth time since sitting across the table from his daughter "So the woman, she's this...this pot with a seed in it. And the boy, he's the hose...er...yeah, the hose. And he waters the woman's seed and then it grows and blooms into a flower, which is the baby."
Bella stared at him like he'd grown two heads and scrunched her nose.
"Are you following me?" Derek asked.
"No." she scoffed "I'm lost with your talk about flowerpots and hoses. I just want to know how babies are made after the guy and the girl have sex."
Derek's eyes grew ten times in size "What!" he muttered "How... how ….how do you know about sex?"
"You mean other than hearing you and mom?" Bella rolled her eyes "Like I told her, the school made us sit in a sex ed class after two of my classmates were going at it in the bathroom."
"Oh." He mumbled "And your mother knew this?"
"Duh." She scoffed "But, how does a baby get made?"
"Well." He cleared his throat again "Sort of like I was telling you. When they have…. sex." he whispered the last part "There's something called sperm that comes out of the guy and goes into the girl. Then if she's ovulating an egg the sperm fertilizes the egg and it makes a baby."
"The egg from the ovaries?"
"Yes." He nodded, feeling relief at how much easier that was than he thought.
"So can you not have sex a few weeks before your period unless you want to get pregnant?"
He wasn't sure if he didn't like the nature of the question or the way she said it but he scowled "You will not have sex at all Arabella Grace."
"Calm down Dad it was just a question."
"A question you don't need to worry about. Just don't have sex and you won't have to worry about it."
"Fine." She sighed "Whatever, I need to use the bathroom."
"It's down the hall."
She got up and grabbed the items Meredith gave to her and went to the bathroom. Derek sighed and rubbed his eyes as he got up and walked out into the hall. Meredith was standing at the nurses station smirking as he walked over to her with a grim look on his face.
"You knew that she knew about sex and you didn't tell me!"
"Well, she told me so I figured I'd let her tell you."
"It would have made things a lot easier."
"Oh and pinning the facts of life speech on me was easy?" Meredith scoffed "Face it, Karma is a bitch."
"Karma's not the only bitch around here." Derek mumbled.
"Are you calling me a bitch?" Meredith laughed and then grimaced "I take bitch as a compliment."
"I know." He smiled. "So, what's on the board for today."
"Well I have surgery, and I suspect you'll be dealing with Bella since you told her she didn't have to go to school today."
"What." He scoffed.
"Where is our little angel anyway?"
"She's right down…" he stopped when he glanced down the hallway to see Bella talking to someone "Oh shit."
"Oh shit?" Meredith frowned "Oh shit what?"
"My mother is here."
"But you love your mother." Meredith frowned "We love your mother."
"Yes." He gulped "But she's talking with Bella right now and I have been so busy since we got her that I've neglected to call and tell her about Bella."
Meredith's face fell. "Oh shit."