Because i love you all... i'm updating faster. Is it sad to say that someone cough Brandy cough knows my fic better than I do? Because i forgot what kind of house the Shepherds's are living in and well... she remembered. Derek still has a trailer... and they have a "temporary" house P
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"You invited Mark!" Derek slapped his hand against a large clipboard. "oww" he grimaced to himself.
"Yeah, so?" Addison shrugged. "I thought you didn't want to go because it's too 'girlish' for you."
"Well why the hell did you invite Mark to your baby shower then!"
"What are you, jealous? Am I really going to cheat on you with these?" She pointed to her bulging abdomen.
Derek stifled a smile "Not the point dear."
"I don't know. Brandy and Mel set most of this up, they just asked me to write a guest list."
"And you invited Mark." Derek folded his hands across his chest.
"Yes I did. We had a strong friendship going that was brutally murdered, come on Derek, you were once great friends with that man."
"Before he slept with my wife." Derek said bitterly.
"Are you like afraid of me doing it again? Come on, we talked on the phone for a minute, he's bringing a date. A new girlfriend he has."
"So, that doesn't mean anything."
Addison rolled her eyes "You're just being irrational. 7 kids including Brandy, does that mean anything to you?" she rolled out of the room, feigning disgust.
Derek followed Addison into the kitchen, where Brandy and Mel were frosting a large layered cake. "Hey" the two greeted.
Addison waved, Derek opened his mouth to say something but she interrupted "We are not discussing Mark any further" she hissed.
Mel heard and sweetly smiled "I told Addie she should invite him"
"You what!" Derek was clearly pissed at his sister.
"Well yeah, I said it would be a good idea." Mel dipped her finger into the white, creamy frosting and took a lick. "Mmm this is good stuff..." Brandy beamed with pride, the pair had been working on it since breakfast.
Derek threw his arms in the air due to frustration "Mel! You know how much I hate Mark!"
Mel just grinned "Oh yes... I am well aware of that."
Groaning, Derek took another peek at the guest list. "What the hell, the janitor's coming?"
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"I'm inviting Meredith" Derek entered their bedroom an hour later, holding a while cordless phone in his hands.
"What?" Addison was trying on earrings which had been a gift from her husband. Small diamond studs which shone like stars against her perfect ears. "What did she say?"
"Still trying to get an answer." He feverishly dialed the numbers again, hoping that she would come. If Mark was coming, why not Meredith?
Meredith was stoned hard. "Ugghhh" she muttered, and laid down on the grass. Her cellphone vibrated, she pulled it out and weakly said "hello?"
"Meredith! It's Derek... did you get my voicemail?" Derek sounded flustered.
"No." Meredith's voice was hoarse, as if she had a really bad cold. "What about?"
"Want to come over? Addison's having a baby shower... just thinking you might wanna hang out."
Meredith groaned. Her head throbbed and the rest of her body felt like crap. "No... it's Addison. You're having a family, why do you need me in your life?" she rubbed her aching head, wishing she hadn't tried to get high. The aftermath was so much worse.
"It'll be fun. Addie and her friends will do their own thing and you and I hang out somewhere else."
Meredith snorted "I hope you're not going to cheat on her when she looks like that."
"Just... come..."
"No. And that's final." She jabbed the red "end call" button and groaned again.
Addison heard Derek's half of the conversation. "So you were planning to be with her alone somewhere else huh?"
"I didn't mean it that way honey." He planted a kiss on her forehead.
"Too bad. Someone's going to be my personal slave." Addison grinned, and thrust a large book in his hands. "Neonatology... study it because you're the one changing all the diapers. Brandy and Mel will make sure of that." She wheeled off, leaving Derek with a sigh.
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"You look incredibly glompable" Brandy walked up to a random stranger and giggled. Mel laughed beside her. "Havin' a party today... wanna come?"
Rissa looked up from her book "Who me?"
"Yes, because we all want to glomp you" Mel pretended to look serious.
"Haha you know it. Alright... what's the party about?"
"It's for a very hot redhead... I really shouldn't be saying that about my adoptive mom..." Brandy said.
"You're coming whether you like it or not." Mel interrupted.
"I can't. I have patients. Well... patient." Rissa pointed towards Kayli's room.
"Bring her too. We'll party." Brandy said.
"See ya at 3" Mel threw her an invitation and the two went off.
"We're inviting random people aren't we?" Brandy remarked.
"Oh that's the whole point now... besides, I want to piss Derek off." Mel smirked.
"What is it with you and Derek?" Brandy asked.
"He's a man-whore and a retard." Mel simply answered.
The pair walked out the doors. What they saw was unbelievable... Alisa was slapping Meredith with her purse. Meredith weakly fought back, but her scrawny figure was no match.
"Oh my god... I love her already. She's bitchslapping the whore my idiot brother fell in love with." Mel said.
"I am finding this quite amusing..." replied Brandy.
With a remaining bit of strength, Meredith ran inside for cover. Alisa looked satisfied, and started walking away.
"Hey!" Brandy and Mel cried out spontaneously.
Alisa turned around "What?"
"We saw you um... beating up that person... you look pretty cool... wanna join us for a party?" Brandy got the courage to ask her, although she did come off a bit stalkerish.
Alisa eyed them suspiciously "Why?"
"My sister in law... well I consider her more my sister, is pregnant, we're having a baby shower... and we're just inviting random people." Mel spat out.
"Um... okay..." Alisa looked at them like they were crazy, but snatched the invitation from Brandy's waiting hands. "Thanks..."
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Party time. Derek watched as Mel and Brandy blew up balloons and finished some last minute decorating. Addison was at the hospital with Jess, they were supposed to come any minute.
Ding dong. "I'll get it" Derek headed towards the door and opened it.
"Well well, if it isn't Derek" Mark grinned, holding a woman in his left arm.
"Mark" Derek greeted bitterly.
"Hey... this is my girl Chelsea" Mark said. Chels meekly waved.
"Yeah whatever" muttered Derek, and walked away.
"Mark!" Mel ran to the front door and embraced her friend. "How's things?" She hugged Chelsea too.
"Eww it's Melaney. Just kidding." he smiled.
"Here... come inside" Mel directed. At that moment, the whole party seemed to be arriving. Kendel entered, bearing a small wrapped gift. Then came Rissa and Kayli, Chrissie the janitor, Alisa, Crys the soon to be nanny, Savvy and Weiss. But Jess and Addie were nowhere to be seen.
"Alright... head count" Derek murmured, trying to keep track of everyone. How does Addie know all these people? he wondered.
Finally, the reason they were here arrived. Addison was carefully walking up the stairs, looking like she was about to fall over with all that weight. Jess had her arms wrapped around her, trying to keep her up. "Hi everyone!" Addie smiled.
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yeah... this chapter is longer than I anticipated so it's gonna be a 2 parter... I'll try to update tomorrow. Enjoy, and I know it's hard keeping track of all the characters I added. At first I anticipated this was the chapter the FHB's were going to be born... but I was like 'hey... let's have a baby shower first or something.'