Chapter 49: Carolyn Shepard is Here…

"Mom!" Derek called out as he rushed down the hallway. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"Well I haven't heard from you for months!" she said looking up "Not since the wedding, you won't answer my calls."

"You won't answer her calls!" Meredith scoffed as she caught up to them and kissed Mrs. Shepherd on the cheek "Hi mom."

"Darling." She smiled at Meredith "How are you?"

"I'm doing great."

"Well I thought I'd come see for myself." She smiled "And this delightful little girl ran into me, I was about to ask her where her parents might be."

A wave of silence became them as Bella giggled.

"They're right here." She said and pointed to the two behind her. Carolyn looked up at them in shock.

"We have a lot to talk about." Derek mumbled.

"Apparently!" she gasped. "What… How…did you adopt her?"

"Um, no." Meredith mumbled "But she was put up for adoption."

"My mom was a whore." Bella said, Meredith clapped her and over Bella's mouth and smiled nervously.

"I got pregnant right after getting out of high school and Derek helped me through it, but I couldn't take care of a baby, so I gave her up." She said in one breath "A couple months ago she showed up after her adoptive parents died in a car accident and I…we took her back in."

"And we recently found out that she is mine as well."

Carolyn looked at all of them as her head spun.

"Do you need to sit down?" Meredith asked then swatted Derek's arms "Get your mother a chair."

"No." she panted as she shook her head "No I'm ok it's just…a lot of information, it's just so…shocking!"

"Tell me about it." Meredith mumbled. "I'm sorry, I thought Derek had told you."

"No." she gulped and then looked down at Bella "You do have your father's eyes." She smiled "But I think everything else is your mother's. What is your name?" Carolyn stated

"Arabella Grace. Usually, I go by Bella or Grace." She said proudly.

"So, you're my grandma?" Bella asked. Carolyn nodded "But you look way too young to be a grandma."

"Oh!" Carolyn giggled "I love you already."

Meredith smirked and rolled her eyes.

"So, Derek has freed the day I'm sure he can spend the day with you and Bella."

"No, it's alright I can take her myself, I'd love to get to know her."

"Thank you mother." Derek smiled.

"Oh don't you thank me Derek Christopher Shepherd you are still very much in trouble!"

Bella giggled "She middle named you dad, you're so dead!"

Derek nodded nervously.

"Come Arabella." Carolyn smiled. "Let's go have lunch and I shall call you Grace, my precious Granddaughter."

"I'd love to." Bella smiled and took her hand. They walked off down the hallway and Meredith snickered.

"She may have your eyes and my looks, but she has something else too."

"What's that?" Derek asked.

"Your mastered ability to kiss ass."

"Yeah." Derek mumbled "Somehow I think my mother is immune."

"Yeah, good luck with that."

"Thanks."