Authors Note: In this story Meredith hasn't met any of Derek's sisters yet accept for Nancy. And I pretty much ignored everything we found out about them at the diner with Link and Amy since I started this chapter before that episode aired.

Disclaimer: I'm still not a native speaker so feel free to correct me on any mistakes you find. And I still don't own a thing of Grey's.

Approximately 10 percent of people in the U.S. have specific phobias. They are divided into two categories social phobia and agoraphobia. For agoraphobia exposure therapy has shown to be a successful treatment option. At first they show you pictures of spiders or toads or whatever you are afraid of. Later on they will bring one into the therapy session. In the end you might have to touch them, but they take baby steps. With social phobias this does not really work that well. For example for people who suffer from Pentheraphobia, which is the fear of your mother-in-law, this won't work out. You can't just keep showing them pictures and videos of her until they are ready to have a look at your mother in a cage or behind a glass wall. Well, maybe you could do that but it would be very weird and most likely contra productive. Taking it one step at a time is not that easy with this so pentheraphobic people just get thrown in their, without any real preparation.

-Meredith Grey

"Where have you been?" asked Meredith as Derek reentered her room.

"I was just grabbing some coffee, how are you feeling?" He asked back.

"I'm fine, how are you?" she replied fully well knowing that he was asking because of the surgery.

"I'm fine too, but I'm not about to be having spinal surgery for a second time," Derek said curiously.

"When are your sisters going to be here?" She asked in an attempted to change the subject.

"They said that they would be here at around three but as I know them they are always early so I wouldn't be too surprised if they popped in any second now," he answered. "You should get some more rest," he added.

"Derek, I'm not sick! I'm injured, which sucks but doesn't steal all my energy. I've slept more than you did and I'm not the tiniest bit exhausted because lying in bed all day doesn't do that to someone," Meredith told him with frustration. She had just started to believe that Derek would see her as a normal person again, that he would treat her as he did before all of this had happened. But apparently this whole thing changed him too. He was not who he used to be anymore. He wasn't as optimistic as he had been but rather over carefully. He had always been protective but not the way he was then. He often didn't even bare to touch her because he was too scared of hurting her. A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.

"Hey, you must be that slutty intern my baby brother got married to," a tall brunette woman said before she had even fully entered the hospital room. Meredith didn't seem to be very happy about the comment her apparent sister-in-law made.

"Nice to see you too Lizzie, I assume you've talked to Nancy," Derek replied also not happy about his big sisters behavior.

"I had to talk to someone since you didn't seem to think it was necessary to inform your family that you were getting married," Lizzie defended herself, "Besides I was not even serious, I know better then to listen to the crap Nancy says. I'm sorry Meredith I just had to bully my little brother a bit for not telling anyone that he has been remarried for five years, it's nice meeting you."

This lightened the mood a bit but Meredith still clearly felt uncomfortable.

"Is mom coming too?" Derek asked Lizzie very much hoping, that she would give him a positive answer for Meredith's sake as she had already met her and he knew for a fact that his mother liked or even loved her.

"She wasn't sure if she could make it yet because she had some sort of an appointment, but if she can't come today she said to tell you she would visit some other time this week to see how you guys are doing," Lizzie replied, forwarding what her mother had told her. The more she talked the more Meredith noticed how much she and Derek were alike, she even had that McDreamy look, not the worried one which he had been giving her way to much lately but the optimistic one which Meredith was so desperately missing and needing from her husband. It gave her the comfort she was looking for.

About 15 minutes after Lizzie had entered the room the rest of the so called wolf pack followed, all except for Nancy who still didn't seem to be very keen on seeing her sister-in-law again.

Amy and Kathleen also seemed to have a liking for the addition to the family. They kept a light conversation until one of them brought up Nancy.

"Do you know where our eldest sister is?" Amy asked, which seemed to make Meredith uncomfortable again as she moved further underneath her blanked.

"I don't know and to be honest I don't really care either. She's been so respect less towards Mer that I think it is not such a bad thing if she keeps her space for now," Derek said.

"You shouldn't take what Nancy says personal, she just couldn't stand seeing Derek had found a better spouse than she did and she also is just a bit special to say it nicely," Kathleen added looking towards Meredith.

"She's right Nancy can be a bit of a head scratcher, but she'll come around," Amy agreed with her sister.

They all stayed until visiting hours were over and a nurse came in to send them out, Derek tried arguing with her that he could stay but Meredith also demanded on him leaving for the night so that she could have her bad to herself and he would be able to take a shower and get some actual sleep.

AN

I'm so very sorry for not having updated in month, school started over again and I had some personal stuff going on. I am also really stressed right now because I started doing a lot more music some of which as a preparation for university and that added to school doesn't leave me with a bunch of free time so I can't promise that I am actually back. This might be the only time I updated for a longer time of period but I'll try my best to actually finish this at some point of time.

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