Chapter 2: Allie

Derek strapped the now wailing infant into the back seat of his car, struggling momentarily to get the carrier in place properly. After doing that, he walked around and got in the driver's seat and took off to go to his trailer which he called home. When he arrived at his trailer, he was too busy trying to get his daughter out of the car to realize that Addison had shipped over some of the child's things, and there were boxes all around his front door.

Moving over some of the boxes he made his way to the door and after a moment fiddling with the lock got inside, child in tow. Placing the now sleeping child in the carrier down, he went back outside and brought in all of the boxes, which he then started moving to the spare bedroom.

After getting all the stuff settled he made something to eat, then went back into the room to unpack the contents of the boxes. He ripped off the clear packaging tape, and opened the first box, revealing powdered formula complete with hand written instructions on how much and when to feed the baby. The next thing he pulled out was a plaque, which read the child's date and time of birth, along with her name- Allison "Allie" Shepard. Derek looked at the child, then back at the plaque, noticing that the name fit the small child quite well.

By the time Derek was halfway done unpacking Allie's stuff, the baby started to cry. Realizing that she was probably hungry, Derek grabbed one of the bottles and the powdered formula. Getting the bottle ready, he picked up the baby and cradled her in his arms while he followed Addison's instructions on how to mix the formula.

After feeding Allie, Derek realized she needed a place to sleep and started putting together the crib Addison had sent over. Once the crib was assembled, he put the sheets and blankets on and put Allie to bed, but not before giving her a quick kiss on her forehead, and whispering to her, "Good night."

It was the second time that night that the baby had woken up. Derek pulled off the covers from his body and got up, walking to Allie's new room. He gently picked up Allie and rocked her back and forth until her cries subsided. Once she was asleep in his arms, he gently put her back into her crib and went back to sleep.

When the alarm rang at seven, Dr. Shepherd jumped out of bed knowing he had to get to work early to see if he could enroll Allie in the hospital's day care center. He quickly checked on the child, then jumped into the shower and got ready for work.

Again he struggled to get Allie into the car, but quickly got the hang of it and was driving away from his trailer in no time. When arrived at the hospital, his pager started buzzing. He rushed off to Dr. Webber's office where he was being paged to, still carrying Allie who was peacefully resting in her carrier.

"I get a call from your secretary yesterday saying all your surgeries are cancelled and you leave no explanation why. You just leave. Can you please explain to me what that was all about?"

Derek lifted up the baby carrier with Allie so Dr. Webber was able to see it.