Chapter 3
Cristina waves cheerfully from the bed. "Hey there, Daddy. Mommy and baby are off getting a clean bill of health. Man, you missed a hell of a show." She says, shaking her head. Derek stares in disbelief.
"Okay, are you all insane? This isn't funny." Derek snaps. Cristina resists the urge to cackle at his bewildered face.
"No, we're not insane but this is hysterical from my point of view. I mean, what are the chances? How'd you manage to keep a secret that long? What did she switch her tequila out with? Water? Cause I gotta hand it to you two. That was one hell of a performance. Bravo." She claps sarcastically. Okay, she may be toying with him here but he was fun to torment.
"Meredith wasn't pregnant, she would have told me. I'm glad you're finding this funny because I'm freaking out right now." Derek grumbles.
She shrugs, remembering her own freak out session while looking for Addison. "Man, that hair must really affect your brain cells." She says dryly.
"There is nothing wrong with my hair. I just saw her this morning, I think I would have noticed if she was pregnant. I know what pregnant women look like."
She rolls her eyes, was he purposely being obtuse? "Well, evidently being married to a neonatal surgeon for eleven years has taught you nothing. She was pregnant and she did, in fact, have a bloody alien." Derek looked at her like he wanted to strangle her. Sometimes he really didn't understand how Meredith liked Cristina's company so much.
"Nothing is making sense right now, I want to go find Meredith and settle this." He sighs, trying to calm, noting she was trying to antagonize him and it was working.
"Pull up a seat. She'll be back soon. Unless she decides to pull an Ellis and run." He looks at her like she's crazy and only half afraid that Meredith really would run.
"Why would she do that? If this is true, if everything everyone has been telling me is true...she has to be so scared." He chokes out, almost in a whisper. "We talked about kids but we agreed not for a while. I can't believe this is happening." He mutters rapidly. She shrugs, knowing he actually somewhat believes her now.
"I don't know what to tell you. Nothing I say is gonna convince you so you'll just have to sit and wait." They wait for what seems like hours but in reality only a few minutes until the hospital room doors open.