Chapter Eleven: Aunt Mer
"Well by the looks of this you are about 7 weeks along Mer, so that would make you due in January." Izzie had just finished doing the ultrasound and necessary scans. She was finding it hard to believe that Meredith was actually going to have a baby, with Mark Sloan, everything had just happened so fast. She and Alex hadn't even talked about marriage or children they were content the way they were, despite Izzie feeling as though at times she was missing out. First of all with Burke and Cristina being the perfect little family with Tyson and now Meredith and Mark were heading down that road too.
"Thanks Izz, wow this still doesn't feel real." Meredith was still finding it hard to believe that she was going to be a mother.
"Me either wow, 6 months ago we were newlyweds and now we are having a child, how does this happen?" Mark was as equally scared as Meredith but he knew together they would make this work.
Meredith smirked at her gorgeous husband, "well I could tell you how this happened but I'm pretty sure Izzie doesn't want to hear the details, and neither does the little one here." Meredith was now running her hand over her stomach; it was amazing how quickly the feeling of love came.
"Yeah I definitely don't want to know, I shall go print these pictures off for you guys be back in a moment." Izzie left the room still feeling slightly jealous. Out of all her friends she always thought she would be the first one to have a family, certainly not Cristina and Meredith had all her other issues which made everyone think she would never settle down.
"7 weeks along, so where were we 7 weeks ago?" Mark was trying to work out exactly how the baby had been conceived which did amuse Meredith at all.
"We were in New York Mark, most likely working, I don't see why this is important, your ego is already big enough without you needing to know when and where you got me pregnant."
Just as Meredith was finishing her sentence Cristina and Burke entered the room, Tyson squirming around in his father's arms. "Ah thanks Mer, don't think I wanted my son hearing that." Cristina laughed at her person.
"Sorry" was all Meredith managed to mumble due to her immediate embarrassment.
"Daddy, why is aunt Mer in the horspal?" Although Tyson was only 3 he was very clever for his age, Cristina put it down to him having good genes since both his parents were heart surgeons he was bound to be a genius.
"Hospital Ty, and why don't you hop up there next to her and ask her." Burke sat his son down on the hospital bed next to Meredith. He crawled up next to Meredith and gave her a kiss on his cheek. He had taken to Meredith very quickly the few times that they had managed to visit her in New York.
"Are you sick Aunt Mer?" Tyson wrapped his small arms around Meredith and looked up at her with the same brown eyes as his mother's.
"Well sort of, but its going to be okay…" Before Meredith could finish explaining to Ty the reason for her being sick he had exclaimed "Daddy, quick get an OR."
Everyone laughed at Ty's comment he was indeed very smart for his age. Cristina picked son up and placed him on her hip. "Aunt Mer isn't that kind of sick, remember how Mommy told you about how you grew in my tummy and that's how you were born." Ty nodded as Cristina continued to explain, "Well Aunt Mer has a baby growing in her tummy and in a few months we will get to meet the baby."
"Wow! Will I be able to play with the baby?" the little boy exclaimed.
"You sure will, but right now we need to let Aunt Mer get some rest, so give her a kiss and we will go home and get you ready for bed." Cristina leant closer to Meredith so Tyson could give her a kiss and they left telling Meredith to look after herself.
Meredith was lying on her bed in her room at her parent's house, Mark's arms protectively wrapped around her. She had been allowed to go home that evening as long as she took it easy for the next few days and made sure she ate and avoided stressful situations. "You are going to be a great mother you know that right." Mark was cuddled up against Meredith's small frame enjoying the alone time he finally had with his wife.
Meredith rolled over and faced Mark, "Why do you say that?" She was puzzled by her husband's sudden sincerity.
"I saw you with Ty today, you're really good with him. I just hope I don't let you down."
Before Meredith could reassure Mark that he was going to be a great Dad, there was knock on her bedroom door. She sat up as she called for them to come in. Richard soon appeared in the doorway.
"Sorry to disturb you but Meredith I just wanted to know if you would be able to come into the hospital in the morning, I want to talk you about something."
Meredith nodded, "Okay."
Once Richard had left the room Mark immediately asked the question Meredith had knew he would ask. "What is that all about?"
"I um I don't know, I'm sure its nothing." Meredith hated lying but they were so happy in that moment and she didn't want anything to ruin it.