"Doctor Bailey I need to be reassigned to a new patient." Meredith said as she approached the resident.
"Why?"

"Because the doctor wanted me to do x-rays and I can't." she explained.

"Okay you can do sutures with Alex." She said walking off.

"Meredith, wait." Derek yelled running down the corridor. Meredith started walking faster not wanting a confrontation.

"How far along are you?" he asked as he caught up to her.

Despite her better judgment she answered, "Three months," and walked a little faster.

"Three months ago we had sex." He grabbed her stopping her from moving any farther.

"Yeah, and I'm taking care of it."

"Are you gonna…"

"God no." She paused weighing her options. "I'm thinking of adoption."

"No, Meredith I'm gonna be apart of this child's life. So any major decisions we make together."

"We? What we? There stopped being a we once you chose her over me."

"Have you been to the gyno, scheduled some appointments?"

"George, Izzie, Cristina, and surprisingly Alex have been very helpful. They are there for me when I need them. Unlike some people I can think of." She bit back.

"I have a wife Meredith." Derek said rubbing the bridge of his nose with his index finger and his thumb.

"Stop reminding me, I already know. Or do you have to keep reminding yourself? God, you should see the way you two walk around flaunting your newfound love. Its quite disgusting."

Meredith said wiggling out of his grasp.

"Forget about Addison right now we are talking about the baby. I want to be involved in his or her life."

"I don't even want the baby Derek!" she shouted, heads turning to look at her. "I don't need a constant reminder of you or the life we could have had."

"Than give it to me." Addison said. Standing in the middle of the hallway, her hands thrust in the lab coat pockets.

"What?" Meredith exclaimed turning to look at her.

"So you are gonna have this baby and then give it to the Shepherds?" Izzie asked as the four of them watched one of Ellis's surgeries.

"Yeah it seems like the most logical decision." Meredith replied in a monotone voice. She raised her glass cup to her lips taking a sip of the cool water, she let an ice cube pass into her mouth and crunched on it nosily.

"No I think its stupid. Really, really stupid." George answered absentmindedly tearing the paper off his water bottle.

"Ow!" he yelled as Cristina hit him in the head.

"I mean, I don't want the baby and Derek and Addison do. It all makes sense." Meredith nodded trying to convince herself.

"But think about how you'll feel when you see the three of them in the hospital living the life you essentially could have had?" Izzie pointed out softly.

"She already has my life. She's got my dog, my boyfriend, why not my baby." She answered miserably getting up from the couch. The next day Meredith met with Derek and Addison to discuss the adoption.

"Meredith," Addison started gently, "I think this would be extremely beneficial to the baby. Derek and I have decided to build a house on our land. A real home. He or she would have two loving parents to take of it instead of one." Meredith stared at her New Balance's; she had just gotten them on Tuesday with Alex when she was complaining about her swollen feet. He took a look at her ratty old one's and drove her to the nearest sneaker store after her shift. Her focus moved onto her large scrubs courtesy of George and Cristina who had searched the entire hospital for the right size scrubs. She smiled wistfully as she rubbed at the fresh chocolate stain on her thigh. Izzie had made her a batch of her infamous chocolate cupcakes that Meredith had recently had a craving for and had dropped a trickle of icing on them.

"Meredith? Meredith are you listening to me?" Addison asked calmly. "This baby could have a real normal family if you allow it. She would be with her biological father and we wouldn't be to far away. We could discuss visitation, whether or not you want to be an active member in this adoption."

She looked into Addison's face it was so apparent that she wanted this. Derek as usual couldn't look Meredith in the eye, his head hung in shame as Addison continued in the proposal.

"Listen, Meredith I know this is a lot to ask of you. But in a way you've saved my marriage. Without you we wouldn't have been able to work through our problems and build up a healthy communication." She turned back and reached out for Derek's hand. When he let her hand slip into his own Meredith lost it, letting a lone tear run down her face.

"I could never give my husband the family he desperately wanted but with your help you can make that dream a reality for us." Meredith shook her head the tears falling freely.

"What about you, you haven't even said one word." She threw her comment at Derek. He looked up at her, his eyes were sad and tired so unlike him. He shrugged smiling sadly not knowing what to say to his former pregnant girlfriend. Despite Meredith's current lethargic state she was more beautiful than ever. It was true what they said about motherhood, it gave you that glow Derek thought.

"This is so much to ask of you but I really want you to think it over. We would definitely help you out during the entire pregnancy-"

"I already have a support group you know." She cut in, anger rising in her voice. "And their names are Izzie, Cristina, George, and Alex. Yes even Alex." She said to the surprised looks on their faces.

"They have been bending over backwards to make sure that I'm okay. Running out at all odd hours of the night to get me avocados and watermelons that aren't even in season. Rubbing my back when it aches and massaging my feet when my arches start killing me, okay the massages are mainly just George. They've been the perfect spouses. So don't you dare tell me that I wouldn't have anyone to help me through this pregnancy if I decline your offer to take my baby off my hands? You know what? Fuck it! I'm so tired of walking around here on eggshells for being the pregnant mistress-intern. I am pregnant for God sakes! This should be a celebration of life. It might be your baby and your husbands baby but my God I'm gonna shout it from the rooftops that I have succeeded in procreating. No longer will I endure the silly whispers from the scrub nurses and the other interns. I am the daughter of Ellis Grey, a world-renowned surgeon, and if I do say so myself I'm a pretty kickass surgeon too. So no, no to your offer, I'm gonna keep my baby. Yeah I'm gonna keep my baby." She exclaimed and moved as fast as she could out of the room.

"Madonna," Izzie said taking a sip of her coffee, "The great one." She sighed smiling at Cristina.

"Yep, Meredith's back." She smirked as they grabbed their charts to meet up with her.