Since you guys are so awesome with your reviews i decided to post another chapter today! Not sure if i will be able to get one up tomorrow i am going back to my place so im not sure what time i will get home. Enjoy Chap 10 and keep the reviews coming. Dani xx

Chapter Ten: Announcement

Mark had been sitting beside Meredith's bed for the last hour processing what Ellis had told him. He was going to be a Dad, Mark Sloan a father. It was hard enough to believe that he was a husband let alone a father. They had run tests and the baby was fine. Meredith's black out had been caused by stress and lack of food. The fight she had had with Cristina had caused her to run out without eating and the confrontation with Derek and himself had not helped at all. At the moment Meredith was stable, she was just sleeping it out; it was just a matter of waiting for her to wake up. Mark kept hold of her hand as he talked to her.

"Wow Mer, a baby, I guess this was the surprise you had for me, not the passing out part but the pregnancy. We are going to be good parents, despite what other people may think. This is going to be the luckiest kid on Earth." Mark placed his hand on Meredith's stomach. "Hello baby, I'm your daddy, I don't know how big you are or anything but I know I love you very much already."

Mark was so wrapped in the thought of becoming that he had not noticed Meredith's eyes flutter open. She looked at the sight in front of her and her mouth curved into a smile. "Mark Sloan has gone soft."

Mark jerked his head up to come face to face with the beautiful green eyes that he had missed. "You scared me, don't ever do that again, and you know if you tell anyone I might just have to do away with you."

Meredith let out a soft giggle, "Oh yeah and then whose stomach would you talk to?"

"No-one's, your stomach is the only one I ever want to talk to." Mark sat up and gave her a soft kiss on the lips. "So how far along are you?"

"I'm not entirely sure yet, I skipped my last period, I thought maybe it was just stress until I started feeling sick in the mornings, that's when I took the test. I've been meaning to schedule an appointment, but I didn't want to do it without you."

Mark got up on the bed beside her and wrapped his arms around her small frame, "I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere."

Meredith snuggled herself into his familiar body, "I know, perhaps we should get Izzie to do an ultrasound."

Before Mark could reply to this the door opened and Derek appeared in the room. "Ah good to see you awake Meredith, and congratulations on the baby, explains the lack of alcohol I must say." Mark hopped off the bed so Derek could give Meredith an examination now that she was awake.

"Everything seems fine. Now would you like me to page someone to do an ultrasound?" It killed Derek that Mark had his life, Meredith was supposed to be his wife and was supposed to be carrying his child but he had to be professional, another outburst and Richard may well find a new head of Neurosurgery.

"Yeah could you page Izzie and have her bring Cristina, Alex and George, and can you not tell them why, I want to tell them myself. Oh and can you ask Mom and Dad to come too if they aren't busy." Meredith turned to Mark, "you don't mind do you?"

Mark smiled at her. "Of course not besides since when has that ever stopped you." With that he placed a kiss on her forehead as Derek left to round up the troops.

"Oh um Cristina already knows, she kind of figured it out, I'm sorry that she found out before you."

"Its okay, the lab and Derek found out before me too." With that Mark let out a laugh much to Meredith's relief she didn't want Mark to think that he was the last to know.

After 10 minutes everyone Meredith had asked for was standing in her now very crowded room.

"Are you okay Mer?" Izzie was the first to question why Meredith was in the hospital as a patient opposed to the visitor she was just a few hours ago.

"Just a bit of stress and dehydration, I'm fine. The reason I have asked you all to come here is because we have some news we would like to share." Meredith took Mark's hand into her own and smiled at everyone. "We are um well we are having a baby!"

The room was soon filled with congratulations and oh my god's. Everyone was surprised but very much happy for the couple. Meredith was soon showered with hugs all round.

"There's one more thing, Izz, would you mind doing an ultrasound we want to see our baby."