Chapter 14:

What would you do if someone left something at your door steps would you find a home for it or would you keep it?

This morning when I was feeding the children their morning cereal the doorbell rang. It is rare that we have people ring the doorbell because we live in an area with little to know human life forms other than Owen, Amelia, Sally, and Kat. I walked to the door because Meredith was in the shower getting ready for work. I have the day off today so I'm going to be bringing Zola to first grade, Bailey to preschool, and Ellie to the park or where ever I decide to go with her. I can't believe that she is a year old already as it seems like Meredith just had her and now she is running around the house but isn't really talking yet other than a few words like Daddy, Mommy, Zoe, Bailey. As I opened the door I saw a puppy left on the doorsteps and my Mother holding a baby girl. She had urgent news for me.

"Derek I need you to take this baby her name is Christine Daisy Barton she is 8 months old you are her godfather her mother was Destiny Barton your cousin she died 4 days ago and told me that she wanted you to raise her baby." I was shocked that my cousin Destiny that lives 5 hours away passed away and left me with her daughter. I told my mother that I would take Christine but I would have to go to court yet again to get guardianship of Christine. My cousin was a sweet and wonderful lady I just can't believe she died. I knew she had cancer but I didn't know that she died having the child she had always wanted. When Meredith came out of the bathroom she asked me who the baby was and I told her. She was shocked that we were in charge of the baby when we have twins that are due to come in 3 weeks. We were also in charge of a puppy that was also my cousins. Now that we have a puppy, ad a baby to responsible for I need to get a new car because we are not going to have enough room for Christine and the twins because we only have room for 5 kids with a car seat now we need to care for another with a car seat. My mom was staying with Amelia and Owen as they just recently got engaged and are planning a wedding after their son or daughter comes.

While Meredith was at work and Zola, and Bailey were at school I took Ellie, and Christine to the car dealership to get a new car. I ended up getting a 15 passenger van because there would be plenty of room for the kids that and if Zola wants friends over and we go camping or are carpooling the kids to school. Meredith probably won't like the idea but it is a car that is going to fit everyone comfortably. When I returned home I noticed Meredith's car in the yard when she was gone to work. I opened the front door to find Meredith on the couch sleeping. I woke her up and she told me that Dr. Bailey said that she needed to be home because she didn't look well and she is looking after us because of all we went through with Bailey, and Ellie. With little Ellie on my hip and 8 month old Christine on my other hip life seemed complicated but I wouldn't change it for the world.

It was about 12:00 in the morning when Meredith woke me up because she was having back pains but asked me to go to Walmart to get some blueberry ice-cream pops. I didn't want to go but I just couldn't say no to my pregnant wife. When I returned home I found Meredith in the tub trying to ease the back pain but nothing was helping. I asked her if she wanted to go to the hospital and she told me no and that she would be fine it's just back pain and nothing else. we went back into the bedroom Meredith curled up in a little ball for 2 hours then woke up again in pain. I knew that she need to go to the hospital but she told me no and that she would be fine. I fell back asleep and then all of a sudden our bed was soaking wet. I knew that we were going to the hospital now as Meredith's water has broken and the twins are coming. I called Amelia but I got no answer from her. I called Dr. Bailey and she said she would be there as fast as she could go.

I got dressed when I finished getting dressed again Meredith was back in the tub. I asked her if I needed to call 911 but she said she was fine and that the twins could wait for Dr. Bailey to come. As Doctor Bailey arrived at the house I couldn't answer the door because I was helping Meredith out of the tub to catch my child. Luke David Grey Shepherd was born at home I called Dr. Bailey and she rushed into the house. That's when Dr. Bailey came in and said that she could help deliver the other baby my daughter. It was 12 minutes from the time of Luke's birth to the time that we realized something wasn't right with our daughter because she wasn't coming head down she was coming feet first. Both Miranda and I called 911 because it was dangerous for the baby to be born at home like that because it's one thing in a hospital but to do it at home is not what we had intended.

When the EMTS arrived Meredith and I were rushed to the hospital with me holding baby Luke and Miranda watching the 4 little ones sleeping. When we arrived to the hospital Alex took Luke to assess him while Arizona took Meredith into the delivery room to have our daughter. It was a good thing that we had gone to the hospital because our baby girl wasn't going to come out without a C-section because her heart rate was down when we got to the hospital and she was in distress. Meredith ended up having two forms of giving birth. One by natural, and the other by C-section. With the time that I waited to go into the room with her I counted the moments we could of lost with our daughter if we didn't get to the hospital. After 5 minutes of torture I was allowed in the OR with Meredith. Arizona delivered our daughter. Both Meredith and I decided that we would name her Leia because she was fighter like Princess Leia in Star Wars. We were proud parents of our twins our family was complete but neither one of us are planning on ending our love life we are just going to be careful because we have 6 kids living in the house for now until we find out what's going on with Christine.

Welcome to the world

Luke David Grey Shepherd

7 pounds 15oz

March 17, 2017

Leia Elizabeth Grey Shepherd

7 pounds 5oz

A/N: so a lot has happened to both Meredith and Derek in this chapter. There is going to be more that happens with Derek's goddaughter Christine. I will be updating this one Friday Night as Wednesday I am going to be writing my other Fan Fics but that one is star wars and I might possibly be creating a new fan fic for those that watch last man on earth