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Derek walks into Patty's room, he finds her sobbing and having difficulty breathing because of her sobs.
-Patty
Patty looks at Derek, she tries to dry her tears with her hands. Derek walks over and strokes her hair.
-Where is your nurse?
-She just left because of an emergency, I believe.
-Okay
Derek sits on the chair next to Patty's bed.
-I'm sorry, Derek, I shouldn't cry.
-Do not apologize, it's normal that you cry in your situation. You just lost your parents. You have the right to be upset and to express your sadness, it's good for you and your future trust me. I'll tell you something, when I lost my dad, my sister and me, we tried not to cry to be strong to keep our pain to ourselves and when we grew up we kept all our sadness there inside it almost separated me and my sister. You don't have to keep that inside you, you have to express it.
-I am so angry. I still love them, but they abandoned me. I still have to love them ? I do not know what to do...
Patty bursts into tears once again. Derek doesn't know how to comfort Patty. Then he has an idea.
-Patty get off your bed please.
-Why ?
-Please do it.
Patty does so, she's standing in front of Derek. Derek takes her hands then he hugs her for a hug. Patty takes refuge in her arms, she cries.
-Patty, you have the right to be angry. You can love them for the good times you had with them, and you can hate them for what they do to you.
-I miss them. How can I miss people who have hurt me?
-Oh Patty.
Derek and Patty no longer speak they are hugging each other, little by little Patty stops crying in Derek's arms, but stays in his arms. Derek realizes. Happy to have managed to comfort her, Derek can't help but remember how he met Zola. She cried, he hugged him for an exam and Zola immediately stopped crying. He really wishes he could tell Patty he's going to protect her forever, he can't.
His argument with Meredith comes back to his mind.
Derek pulls away from Patty.
-Listen Patty, you are a very strong and intelligent little girl. Whatever happens when you get out of the hospital, won't you be alone okay?
-Okay. I'm sorry for your daddy, you too, he abandoned you and your sister?
-No, he's dead, Patty.
-I'm sorry. Where's Meredith?
-She is at home with our children.
-Do you have children? How much do you have ?
-Yes, I have children, three, two little girls and a little boy. Zola, Lexie and Bailey. Do you want to see pictures?
-Yes
Patty and Derek start a conversation about Zola, Bailey, Lexie. Patty thinks Bailey looks a lot like Meredith and Lexie instead looks more like Derek despite her blonde hair. Patty asks him questions about Zola and her adoption.
Little by little, they start a conversation about Meredith.
-How did you meet him?
Derek chuckles, embarrassed.
-It's a long story, Patty.
Derek puts the photos in his wallet.
-You like him a lot.
-Yes. It's not easy every day, today we had a fight, but as soon as I get home tomorrow morning I'll try to work things out because I love her.
Patty is silent for a moment.
-You should go home Derek now.
Derek is surprised.
-Patty, you said you wanted me to be with you.
-I know, but I want you to reconcile with Meredith. I am like you said a strong girl, I can stay with the nurses one evening alone with my best friend Felix.
Derek accepts Patty's offer. He thanks her with a hug. He promises to come back tomorrow.
Derek comes home, everything is dark. The children are in bed. He goes to his room, he sees Meredith wearing her college t-shirt, awake. She looks tired and sad.
-What are you doing here, you're supposed to be with Patty, right ?.
-Yes, it's true, but Patty wanted me to leave so that I would reconcile with you when I told her about our argument.
-Do you talk about our relationship problems to a 7 year old child now?
Derek walks over to the bed.
-Meredith, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said what I said.
-You were insulting, mean, you didn't trust me.
-I am sorry. I was angry. Meredith ...
Derek sits on the bed.
- I would never have aborted behind your back. Derek, I'm lost, I don't know what to do.
-I know. Why don't you want more children?
Meredith sighs.
-After Lexie was born, I told myself that it would be the last because I want to stay me Meredith Gray and that we stay us. You know us Meredith and Derek. I love our children, but I have...the feeling that having a family has changed us so much ... It's selfish, but I want to be more than a mom, I know, I am a brilliant surgeon recognized and admire, but I feel that I m missing a part of myself. You want to know the worst, I miss my years of residence ...
-Meredith, you're still you. You are to me, you are still the girl I met in a bar. You are still the sexiest woman I have ever met. You are my best friend, it is true that since the children, we do not spend as much time together as I would like. But you're Meredith Gray, I'm in love with you, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. You built our house with candles in the middle of a cold night and what did you say?
-I believe that we can be extraordinary together rather than ordinary separately.
-Yes. Meredith and you were right. That's why I believe in us, why I believe in you, in me and in our family. It's difficult at times, yes, but the two of us work.
-Most of the time, yes, when you're not a brainless neurosurgeon
Derek kisses Meredith, it's a passionate kiss. Meredith steps back.
-Like that, you want us to adopt a 7-year-old girl and also have a fifth child?
-Yes.
Meredith and Derek hold hands and smile at each other.
-If we do this promise me that we will pay attention to us and our marriage.
-I promise you.
Derek brings his hand to Meredith's stomach. Meredith feels for the first time joy and optimism at the idea of this pregnancy.
-We are having a baby, I hope this one will have my hair.
Meredith puts her hand on her stomach.
-Me too.
Meredith and Derek fall asleep shortly after this conversation ends.
The next day, they go to the hospital early to reassure Patty of her operation. Patty was a little scared, but when she saw Derek and Meredith she was a little reassured, her first question was whether they were reconciled. Patty was sent to the operating room quickly, decide to take advantage of the time of the operation to inquire and begin the adoption procedure.
The operation lasted 2 hours, everything went well no complications, Patty will have to do rehabilitation for several months. She was taken back to her room. Derek and Meredith during that time they learning about the procedure to adopt Patty.
To adopt Patty, Meredith and Derek will first have to be considered foster parents and they will have to undergo regular visits from social services to judge whether or not they are potential good parents for Patty. After just a few months, they could be considered a couple who can adopt Patty. Most importantly, Patty has to tell social work if she's happy if she wants to stay with Meredith and Derek.
Meredith's pregnancy is not an obstacle to applying for adoption.
Meredith and Derek are sitting in chairs across from Patty's bed, Patty is sleeping.
-What if it doesn't work?
-How? What ?
-What if she hates us or hates children?
-Meredith don't be afraid. It's going to be alright, there's no reason she hates us or hates kids.
-What if the kids hate her?
-Meredith please
-I hate you and your optimism.
-You love me and my optimism.
Derek kisses Meredith on the neck. Meredith smiles and laughs.
Patty wakes up, she opens her eyes. His knee hurts a little.
-She's awake, Derek.
-Yes Hi Patty are you feeling okay?
-Yes, my knee hurts.
Meredith responds.
-It's normal, it lasts a while don't worry
-Okay
Derek takes the floor and explains the adoption plan that he and Meredith want to do, he explains how the next few months are going to go.
- Does that mean you are going to be my new parents? And that Zola, Bailey, Lexie are going to become my siblings?
Derek and Meredith answer him together.
-Yes
Patty is silent for a moment to think about this proposal. She really likes this idea.
-I really like this idea. I love you very much and you took good care of me. I always wanted to have brothers and sisters Zola, Bailey, Lexie look so nice in the photos. Do you think they will love me?
-They will love you. And there is more there is more. Meredith has heard news. She is pregnant. Looked.
Derek hands her the ultrasound. Patty takes it and looks at it. She smiles
-It will be your little sister or your little brother.
-It's incredible. Yesterday I had more parents and today I have siblings.
-Yes, it's amazing.
Meredith answers. Meredith is moved by Patty's gaze. Meredith feels a deep wave of optimism coming through and suddenly she believes it. Everything will be alright.
This story is not finished more chapters are to come.