Hot
Tacos!
Derek pulled up outside the Mexican
restaurant and turned to his sister.
"It's the closest Mexican
restaurant, I've never been here" He said unbuckling his
belt.
She smiled.
"As long as the Taco's are hot"
She
opened her door and hoped out.
"Mom came to the movie set the
other day, she was hilarious" Lily said as her brother held open
the door for her.
"I bet she was… was she walking around
asking everyone what there job is" The two laughed, both knowing
their Mothers antics very well.
"Yeah she was checking everyone
was okay, offering coffee and donuts"
"She used to do that at
the hospital, until Dad told her it made the interns uncomfortable,
they thought she was checking up on them and reporting back to Dad"
They laughed again.
Derek requested a table for two and they
followed the waitress through the candle lit restaurant.
"Romantic"
He mocked in a whispered tone. Lily hit him jokingly.
They sat
down and placed a drink order, the waitress leaving them with
menus.
"So I noticed Meredith looked tired" Lily said, looking
up from the menu to her brother.
He nodded his head still
down.
"She's had a hard few weeks, life of an intern I'm
afraid" He looked up and gave his sister a smile as he put his menu
down.
"Doesn't work well for newlyweds… no time for sex"
Lily teased.
"Oh there is always time for sex… we make sure of
that" Derek raised his eyebrows amused at Lily screwing up her
nose. Playfully she placed her hands over her ears.
"La, La, La…
no details of my bothers sex life, la, la, la".
"Deal" he
said.
"And you… you look, shit really… is it all this stuff
with Addie?" She teased.
"Ha, Ha! Let's not spoil this catch
up with talk of the ex and her lover" He rolled his eyes and Lily
decided to leave it be.
"Audrey was on my case again the other
day" Lily said, referring to their eldest sister.
"Yeah, what
did you do?"
"Of course it'd be me" Lily said and Derek
laughed a little.
"Seriously though…. What did you do?"
Derek was joking. He knew all of his sisters well enough to know that
Audrey was the one who could not mind her own business.
"Oh she
read something in a tabloid… anyway doesn't matter" Lily
finished as the waitress returned to take their order.
When she
left again Lily folded her arms and lent on the table.
"You
haven't even asked me about my doctor's visits" Lily said
surprised. Derek usually checked up on her the first chance he
got.
"Gotta trust you at some stage… you'd tell me if there
was any problems, right? With your follow ups and rehab" He looked
at her intently and she nodded.
"Meredith has a good effect on
you" Lily knew it would be Meredith who told her brother to trust
her. They smiled at each other as a woman from the other side of the
restaurant let out a loud familiar laugh.
Their smiles
faded.
"Addison" Derek said icily. Lily turned to look. Seated
behind a large Mexican pot with a tall cactus she could see Addison
sipping at a glass of wine.
She looked back to Derek.
"Would
you like to leave?" She asked.
He considered it for a moment
then shook his head.
"I said I'd take you out for Mexican and
that's what we're doing. I won't let her spoil my night" His
gaze remained fixed on Lily.
"She's with… Mark" Lily said
and Derek's head snapped in their direction, his eyes squinting
slightly.
"Then he comes up to me and he's like, Dude
that was my war wound" Mark finished a story about a hilarious
patient encounter and Addison laughed loudly. She began to
relax.
This isn't so bad, she thought to herself, fighting the
voice inside herself that was scolding her for being with Mark.
"You
still feel uncomfortable being alone with me" Mark said, reading
her body language.
"It's just…"
"You're not married
anymore Addie, this isn't naughty… yet" He leant in, half
teasing her.
"Mark, it's just the history… and the present"
She took another sip of wine, trying to dull the obvious sexual
tension the two still shared.
"We had some good times Addie"
Mark placed his hand on hers.
"Good times? Please… we had some
good sex Mark; let's not make it out to be more than it was"
"We
had GREAT sex Addison… but I'm not talking about the affair
Addie, which obviously meant more to me than just the sex" Mark
replied a little hurt by her harsh tone.
"I'm talking about
before that… the friendship, you and Derek have been a part of my
life… for longer than I care to admit… and you were my friend
too" He said and Addie softened slightly.
"I'm sorry" She
said and she gave his hand a small squeeze.
"I guess a part of
me does still feel we're doing something wrong"
"Well we
aren't" He said pulling his hand back and sitting back in his
chair. He looked around. Suddenly his face froze.
"What?"
Addie asked, turning around to follow his stare her eyes fell on Lily
and Derek.
"You've got to be kidding me?" Addison shook her
head in frustration amazed at her bad luck.
All
Thoughts
Lily placed her napkin beside the plate and
pulled at the neck on her shirt before taking a large gulp of her
water.
"Hot Tacos?" Derek asked finishing his fajita.
"Aha…
that and the uncomfortable tension in this place… they know that we
know they're here" lily said, having stolen many sideways glances
in Addie and Marks direction.
"Who cares?" Derek tried to seem
unaffected.
"You do… I do… they do, we all do"
"Do,
do, Do" Derek sing songed and Lily giggled.
"Well you do…
you hate them together… despite being married" Lily said and
Derek went to interrupt.
"And I get that.. I mean he was your
best friend and she was your wife… and they were naked in your
bed"
"I know… I was there" Derek said.
"Having Sex?"
Lily continued incredulously.
"Lily Please, I don't need a
reminder… okay I'll admit it… I don't want them together…
it makes me angry, it's ridiculous and illogical because I
shouldn't care, I mean in a way they freed me… they allowed me to
move on and find Meredith…" He finished his scotch and placed it
down, spinning the cup in his hand.
"But I hate the thought of
them happy… together" He finished.
"It's a possibility
Derek" Lily said.
"A real possibility… I mean maybe they can
love each other… maybe there is something there. I'm mad at Addie
too, because it makes no sense to me… but I love her Derek and I
want her to be happy" Lily said.
"Do they have to be happy
together?" He asked as his pager went off.
Lily shrugged her
phone ringing too.
She answered it.
"Izzie… calm down…
Meredith?" Derek looked from his pager to his sister, immediately
concerned.
"Yes… I'm in town… yes he's with me… Oh my
god… right away" She hung up.
"It's Meredith" lily said
and she saw the blood rush from Derek's face.
"She collapsed"
And in a second all thoughts of Addison and Mark left their minds as
they both rushed for the door.
But
Derek jerked back the curtain that Izzie had led him and Lily too.
"Where is she?" He said as he did, immediately greeted by Meredith's pale face.
"Here, I'm fine, baby, I'm fine" Meredith sat up on the exam bed and reached out her hand to Derek.
In two steps he was by her side, he pushed back the hair on her face, and softly kissed her forehead.
"What happened, who's the doctor, who's on?" He stumbled over his words, as he struggled to catch his breath.
"I was light headed… I just... I just need some sleep" Meredith wanted to calm her husband down.
"I should leave you two alone" Lily said, looking back to Izzie waiting for her in the doorway. Before leaving she leant in and squeezed Derek's hand.
"What happened Meredith?" Derek looked back at his wife seriously.
"I don't actually know… I was in with a patient and I felt... fuzzy, and I couldn't catch my breathe… next thing I know I'm here and Dr. Sanders and Alex are examining me"
"Where's Karev?" Derek asked urgently.
"Derek, Baby" Meredith said softly, trying again to compose him.
"Don't worry, I'm sure it's just the hours… and the back pain I've been having, you know it's just that… I'm tired" Her voice was hushed and soothing.
He leant in and kissed her again.
"Ahem" Alex coughed at the door, startling Meredith and Derek.
"Have you got any results?" Derek asked as Alex went to other side of Meredith and checked her monitors.
With no reply, he lifted the bottom of her sheets and pushed on her feet.
"Karev" Derek said a little louder.
"Is this swelling normal?" Alex asked Meredith as he waited for the indent he had made to expand on her feet.
Meredith looked down at her feet and shook her head.
"Karev, what is going on?" Derek asked again, holding Meredith's hand firmly.
"Well Newlyweds… you're pregnant" He said and for a moment the world around Derek and Meredith stoped as they shared a surprised look.
"We're pregnant" Derek repeated, with a soft laugh.
"You're pregnant" He cupped her face with his hands lovingly.
"We're pregnant" Meredith said, and a small relieved smile formed on her lips.
Derek moved in again and kissed her.
"But…"
Alex added, and Derek's snapped his head in his direction.
"But,
Alex…" Meredith asked cautiously.
"I suspect hydramnios, I'd like to perform an ultrasound, so we can review it and see exactly how far along you are… though I suspect from the hormone levels you're about 8 weeks… and I've paged…" his voice trailed off.
"Hydramnios" Meredith repeated, instantly recognises it meant excessive aminiotic fluid but unsure what that exactly meant for the baby. She clutched for Derek's hand.
"Who did you page?" Derek asked, knowing the answer.
"He paged me… Karev paged me" Meredith and Derek looked to the doorway to see Addison standing there.
"Is that going to be a problem?" She asked looking back at them.
