Chapter 3: Fatherly Type
"And this is?" Dr. Webber questioned.
"My daughter." Dr. Webber nodded his head. "I never knew about her until yesterday. Addison just dropped her off," Derek explained.
Dr. Webber nodded, "Well I hope having her around won't interfere with your work."
"I might have to cut back some hours."
"Okay. That's understandable."
"Is that all you wanted me for?"
"Yes."
"Okay then. I'm going to see if I can enroll Allie in the hospital daycare, and then get to work," Derek said while making his way out of Dr. Webber's office.
The elevator door opened, and Derek Shepherd stepped out onto the floor where the hospital daycare was. Following the signs on the wall, he made his way to the daycare center. After explaining how he needed to enroll Allie in daycare, the secretary handed Derek forms to fill out. He filled them out as best as he could, considering he had no idea he even had a daughter until yesterday. The secretary asked him why some of the information wasn't filled out, and told her he would find out soon, as he made a mental note to try to get a hold of Addy to find out the answers to some of the information. He signed the appropriate papers, and then brought Allie into the day care center, somewhat saddened to leave her for such a long period of time.
Finally off from work, all Derek wanted to do was go home with his daughter. Instead, he was making his way the super market to pick up some extra diapers and such things for Allie. Arriving home after his trip to the super market, he got Allie ready for bed and fed her a bottle. Laying her down in the crib, he kissed her good night and soon fell asleep in his own bed.
The Next Day
Juggling the baby on his shoulder after getting her out of her carrier, he tried hopelessly to get her to calm down. She continued to wail as he got on the elevator to make his way to the day care. "Well there's something I'd never thought I'd see," Meredith Grey commented to Derek with the baby.
"Heh," Derek mumbled.
"It's just; I've never seen you as the fatherly type."
"I wasn't until two days ago."
"Oh." Pause. "Care to elaborate Dr. Shepherd?"
"Nope," Derek replied, stepping off the elevator as the doors opened.
Later On
Derek sees Meredith at main desk, working on papers. "I'm sorry about the thing in the elevator, I was rude."
"No you weren't," she said, still writing on a chart. "It was your business. If you didn't want to share it, that's fine."
"Oh," Derek said, lost for words. "Would you like to know?"
"Not particularly," she replied, signing off a chart and moving on to the next one.
"Would you like to go out sometime?"
"What?" she said suddenly surprised as she looked up for the first time from her papers.
"Just a question, don't get so worked up about it," he said walking off.
"I didn't get worked up about it! It was unexpected! You did however in the elevator!" she yelled down the hallway, as Derek continued to walk on, smiling.