Chapter 28: perfect ending to a happy beginning

June 13,2007

"Scalpel," Meredith announced as she took the scalpel from the nurse and made the first incision on the patient's esophagus. It was a regular procedure, but she loved to do it. Her intern, Davis, was watching over her shoulder

"Davis…do you think you could give me a little room?" snapped Meredith as she glared at her intern. The intern backed away slowly, but she knocked over a tray of instruments on her way back

"That's it Davis, get out of here!" Meredith shouted. The intern sunk her head as she pulled off her mask. Meredith rolled her eyes as she went back to her patient.

"Okay, let's get this esophagus repaired so this guy can eat again," said Meredith. She cut through more tissue as she concentrated on her work. Meredith had watched Bailey do this procedure many times as an intern and she had preformed it countless times as a resident. What Meredith didn't know though was that Derek was up in the gallery watching her. He never missed a surgery of hers unless he was in a surgery of his own, or dealing with a patient. He loved watching the way his wife worked, and sometimes he learned a few things from her. He leaned up against the wall, as his wife continued.

"Alright," said Meredith, "I just reached the tissue of the esophagus, and I'm now about to stitch it up. Luckily, we caught this tear, just in time. Hopefully, he'll be eating solid foods, by this time next week," announced Meredith to the gallery. The Chief wanted her to do the procedure in front of the gallery, so interns could get a chance to watch the procedure. Right when Meredith was about to insert the needle, there was a splash as water followed by a sharp pain hit her in her abdomen.

"SHIT," cried Meredith. Derek crept closer to the glass. He wasn't sure, what happened, but he had a hunch,

Meredith stepped away from the patient and took a deep breath. She knew all eyes were on her. After a few minutes she returned back to work. Derek left the room, quickly, going toward the OR.

"Okay, sorry people, let's finish this guy…OOO SHIT! GOD DAMMIT," Meredith was in pain.

"Okay…someone page Addison Montgomery and the Chief NOW! C'MON PEOPLE…I DON'T GOT ALL DAY!" The OR was bustling around. Meredith backed away against the wall.

"MEREDITH SHEPHERD…WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" The Chief burst in as a wheel chair followed shortly behind him

"Well Chief I was doing a routine procedure on Mr. Jones here and I-"
"I knew I shouldn't of let you in here. You're supposed to be on Maternity leave and now you're freakin water breaks and you're going into labor. If you don't get into that wheel chair right now, you're not going to do a surgery for a month,"

Meredith sighed a deep sigh and plopped down in the wheel chair

"I swear, I think you're more stubborn than Miranda Bailey," mumbled the Chief

"With all due respect sir," said Meredith with a smile as she was wheeled out "I think that title goes to Christina Yang,"

The OR laughed as Meredith was wheeled out. She was welcomed by Derek with a stern look on his face.

"You know he's right. Why did you come in today?"

Derek started to walk with Meredith

"Derek ,you know I can't stay a day from being here. How can I stand a month?"

"You know Addison will be pissed," smiled Derek

Meredith was going to say something before her soon-be-children cut her short

"SHIT!" Meredith grabbed hold of Derek's hand as she squeezed it as hard as she could. Derek tried not to emit a sound, but his face was all scrunched up. Soon after Derek, Meredith, and Olivia (she was taking Meredith up) stepped into the elevator, laughing at the sight of Derek, rubbing his hand.

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"I though you had more sense then that Meredith," said Addison, as she inserted the epidermal into Meredith's back

"God Addison, could you make that hurt even more?" snapped Meredith

"Well we're done," sighed Addison, pulled off her gloves and coming around to face Meredith. Izzy was helping Addison, but she wouldn't look Meredith in the eye. Meredith couldn't stand it much longer

"Isobel Stevens, if you don't tell me why the hell you won't look at me, I'll get out of this bed and make you," threatened Meredith

Izzy rolled her eyes and looked at Meredith. Meredith gave a look to Addison and Derek and they quickly left the room. When the door closed, Izzy sighed

"Meredith, I can't believe you. I mean you're freaking 9 months pregnant, and what were you doing? A surgery!"

"Izzy calm down. I couldn't stand being stuck in that freakin house much longer. Derek was tired of having my call every half hour, so we talked the Chief in having me come in today,"

Meredith laid back onto her pillows.

"Look, I know I was stupid but can we get over that? I mean look, my contractions are getting 10 minutes apart. I'm having these twins soon and in less than 2 hour you'll be Aunt Izzy,"

Izzy smiled at Meredith.

"How could I stay mad at you?" Izzy came over and hugged her friend

"At least you're my 'doctor',"

"No I'm not Addison is,"

"Yes, but you'll be in here when the twins are born. So, have the 'troops' been assembled?"

Izzy laughed

"Yes, Burke and Christina have both been paged. George has been called from home. Um….I didn't know if you wanted me to page Alex, but I did. And Bailey has been notified. So yes, the troops have been assembled,"

Meredith smiled. She loved her family. She knew her twins would be growing up with people who love them. If her or Derek ever needed anything, they had 6 people to contact. The moment didn't last long, as another contraction came

"SHIT! IZZY!" Meredith was yelling, trying to get rid of the pain.

"They're getting closer Mer," said Izzy, holding her friend's hand, "They're 5 minutes apart now!"

"I DON'T CARE HOW FAR APART THEY ARE!"yelled Meredith "GET ADDISON IN HERE!"

Addison came walking in the door

"Relax Mer, I'm here,"

The contraction stopped and Meredith relaxed

"I hate being pregnant," mumbled Meredith. Izzy and Addison laughed

"I'm going to check how dilated you are okay?" Addison pulled on another pair of gloves. Meredith nodded.

"Hey Izz, can you get Derek in here for me?"

Izzy nodded as she left to go get her friend's husband. A couple seconds later, he entered

"You know Mer,you got every freakin surgeon in this hospital outside your door,"

Meredith laughed, as Addison came back up
"Well you're 7 centimeters dilated. When your contractions get 3 minutes, apart, I'll check again. We'll start pushing at 10 centimeters. So, be ready in 15-30 minutes okay?"

Meredith smiled

"Thanks Addison. Hey, can you tell everyone to come in?"

Addison nodded as she went to get all her friends. Soon 10 people were cramped into the small room. Christina and Izzy were standing on either side of Meredith talking to her. Derek, Burke, and the Chief were talking in the corner, shooting smiles at Meredith. Bailey was standing at the end of Meredith's bed, giving her advice. Emily was also standing by her half-sister, but she wasn't saying much, just smiling. And George and Alex, were standing by the window, making small talk. Soon, another contraction came. The room went quiet, except for Meredith's wailing. Soon, it stopped. Meredith was left panting, and Christina and Izzy rubbing her hands

"Miranda," asked Meredith "Does it always hurt this bad?"

"First off Grey, don't call me Miranda, but because of the circumstances, I'll let it slide. And second, if you think this is pain, then wait for the pushing,"

Bailey smiled as she saw her former intern roll her eyes. Soon after Addison came in, followed by a team of doctors.

"Okay, I need everyone out except Izzy and Derek, and Bailey if you want…NOW!"

The room soon cleared out except for the doctors, Izzy, Derek and Bailey.

"Okay Meredith, I'm going to check your cervix again,"

Meredith nodded. Derek came over and kissed Meredith ontop of the head. Both smiled.

"Well, Meredith. You are fully dilated,"

Meredith had a shocked look on her face

"I-I am? Now…Like I'm about to have twins?"

"Yes," said Addison smiling "You sound so nervous,"

Meredith just chuckled

"Well, 9 months doesn't exactly, go by slow you know,"

"Well, it's time. You ready?"

Meredith nodded.

"Okay, Derek, I'm going to need you to stand by Meredith and coach her and hold her hand. Bailey, I also need you to coach her, since you've done this before. Dr. Stevens, I need you right here,"

Meredith sat up and was about to begin to push

"Okay Meredith this is it. You ready?"

Meredith smiled and nodded

"Okay Meredith on 3….1….2…3…PUSH!"

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"That wasn't that bad now was it?" asked Meredith. She looked up at Derek who was rubbing his hand furiously

"Who knew you had such a grip," griped Derek, but with a smile

"Good job Meredith…. you did well,"

"Thanks Bailey,"

"Meredith? Would you like to meet them?"

Meredith nodded as Addison help up her newborn twins, wrapped in their blankets. Meredith took them into her arm as she looked into both their faces. A big smile crept upon her face. She looked up at Derek who was looking down at her

"They're beautiful, just like you," Derek kissed Meredith ontop of the head. Meredith looked around. She saw Bailey and Izzy standing next to her, and Addison who was smiling.

"Bring everyone else in," said Meredith as Derek went to the door and let everyone in. Just like before, 10 people were cramped into the room, but this time, they were surrounding Meredith.

"They're beautiful Mer," said Christina, giving her friend a smile

"What's their names?" asked George. Everyone turned to George and gave him a 'why-the-hell-did-you-ask-that?' look, but the room went into laughter.

"That's a good question George," smiled Meredith, "Well, this one," Meredith held up the girl, "We decided on Audrey Ellis Shepherd and this other baby," she held up the boy, "Jaccob Fredrick Shepherd. Each child had one of our parent's names in them,"

Meredith looked up at Derek and everyone around them. All the girls were crying and all the men were looking at her with love.

"We decided to name George the godfather and Izzy the godmother. We were going to name you and Burke but…" Meredith said looking at Burke and Christina

"It's cool Mer…we're just happy for you," Burke answered as he came over and hugged her.

"Thanks," said Meredith "To all of you. You guys are the best," everyone smiled at the new babies.

Meredith looked down at her new children

"This is your family little ones. They're going to take care of you, when your Mommy and Daddy can't," Meredith looked up at Derek,

"Ya, you're going to have a big house, and a big family to go with it," said Derek

"Welcome into the world Audrey and Jaccob. You're surrounded by people who love you. You couldn't ask for a better family,"

The whole room was in tears by now.

I got a great husband to help me with these two rascals. They got the best godparents that they could ask for. And they got the best family, anyone could ask for. These kids are so lucky.

Derek and Meredith looked up and each other and smiled

"What a perfect moment," whispered Derek

"Yes, I couldn't ask for anything better," answered Meredith.

"Here, I'll take a picture!" said Izzy.

Everyone laughed as they gathered around the bed as a nurse took a picture of everyone in the room

Derek came back over and kissed Meredith with a passion

"What was that for?" asked Meredith when he pulled away

"For making me the happiest man on this earth,"

Meredith smiled as she looked into his blue eyes.
"I love you," she whispered

"I love you too," they kissed again, as the room 'awed'.

What a perfect ending to a happy beginning thought Meredith as she started at her new children. She smiled at them and at everyone in the room. She knew the twins would be loved and protected. A 31 year-old resident, happily married and with twins whose surrounded by people who love her. What more could I ask for, for my babies? Meredith and Derek met eyes. Sure he's hurt me before, but seeing him now, I know he'll love each of these children, with as much as love as he loves me.

A/N: Okay, so this is the end to Grey's Anatomy: Post Prom. I'm not sure if the title makes sense…but I hope it does. I actually used my birthdate for this. I just figured out that June would be Mer's 9-month mark and I was like…HEY! Anyway….I'm going to write a sequel for the twins, when they're older…so that will be coming soon. It was really hard to end this…but I think I did pretty well I kept on adding and erasing things...I don't think it has a sense of closuer. If you guys don't tinkg either tell me how I should end it...so I can have a better ending...Tell me what you though of it please….and tell me if you like the whole story. Thanks to everyone who gave me all the reviews…you helped me a lot. So…yes this is then end, but there will be a sequel…sometime soon. THANKS EVERYONE!