Thanks for all the reviews guys, sorry this has taken me so long to get up work experience is really wearing me out. There is only one more chapter after this and then the epilogue. Also check out my other fic 'Linger'. Dani xx
Chapter Fourteen: A Christmas Surprise
6 months later…
Meredith made her way into the kitchen to see if Ellis and Izzie needed any help preparing dinner. It was Christmas and everyone was celebrating in Mark and Meredith's newly built house. It was a beautiful 5 bedroom 2 storey house, with 2 large lounge rooms, a games room and a large kitchen which Meredith spent most of her time watching other people cook in it although she was slowly learning.
Meredith let herself fall into a stool at the bench. "Do you need any help Mom?" she asked as she helped herself to the baked potatoes that were sitting in front of her.
"Meredith stop eating those or there will be none left for dinner", Izzie scowled at her heavily pregnant friend.
"Oh come on Izz, I am eating for two, I'm starving, when are we going to eat?"
"When your husband finally gets here", replied Ellis.
Mark had been called into the hospital to do an emergency procedure. He had been less than happy about having to go in especially since it was there first family Christmas in their new home.
"Well good thing he is finally here, wouldn't want my wife and child going hungry any longer." Mark walked into the kitchen giving Meredith a quick kiss on the lips and rubbed her stomach. "Sorry I took so long baby, people don't stop needing boob jobs just because it's Christmas."
Meredith face turned into one of complete shock and anger. "You did not leave my family Christmas dinner for a boob job!"
Alex turned into the kitchen and turned straight back out again. There was no way he was getting involved in this one. Hormonal Meredith was an absolute nightmare.
"Relax honey, I'm only messing." Mark knew better than to tease his very pregnant wife but sometimes he just couldn't help it.
"Surely you have learnt not to mess around with a woman who in just over a month will be pushing a bowling ball out of her vagina! You and your stupid boy penis." Meredith was getting extremely snappy as she got further along in her pregnancy, she just wanted the baby out of her.
"Dinner is ready."
Meredith slid herself of the bench stool exclaiming "Thank God." Mark helped her to her seat at the large dining table where Alex, Richard, George, Callie, Burke, Cristina and Tyson were already seated.
"Yeah Aunt Mer is sitting next to me", cried Ty. Meredith had been looking after Ty while Cristina was at the hospital lately instead of him going to day care. She needed something to do with her time since she was unable to assist or perform surgeries now.
"Yeah I sure am; did Santa bring you lots of cool presents?" Meredith was glad she still had another 12 months before she had to worry about playing Santa.
Tyson proceeded to tell Meredith about all the presents that Santa had delivered to him. "What did Santa bring you Aunt Mer?"
"I'm too big for Santa to visit me, but next year he will visit the baby."
"Why didn't he come to the baby this year?" The only problem with 3 year olds were the constant questions that they asked, Ty being extremely curious was worse than most.
"Because Santa doesn't know whether the baby is a girl or a boy so he didn't know what to bring." Meredith didn't know how many more questions she could answer, Tyson was certainly very tiring.
"But Santa knows everything!" the young boy exclaimed.
Cristina gave a light giggle but soon realised Meredith had had enough. "That's enough Ty; Aunt Mer is tired how about we leave her alone now."
"So Meredith we all know that you and Mark know the sex of the baby so why don't you just tell us all, we could all soon look in the nursery and find out but its locked, coz you are mean." Izzie had been busting to know the sex of the baby, even though she was an obstetrician, Meredith had gone to another so the baby remained a surprise for everyone.
"You will find out soon enough, and the nursery is locked so people like you don't go snooping", Meredith loved teasing Izzie, the more she teased the more worked up Izzie got.
Everyone had relocated to the lounge room where they were involved in conversation. Meredith had put a ban on alcohol since she was unable to join them. Cristina had put Tyson to bed upstairs in one of the spare bedrooms, she had a monitor up there with him in case he woke up, he was like her though, could sleep through almost anything.
Izzie and Meredith were in the kitchen clearing the dishes. "So Izzie have you thought about getting married? You and Alex have been together for ages now, when is that man going to put a ring on your finger."
"I've thought about it a lot, but I'm not sure if Alex wants to get married, we haven't really talked about it." Izzie thought about getting married all the time, it was one of her biggest fantasies, walking down an aisle of white roses, wearing the most beautiful white gown. Izzie was interrupted from her thoughts by Meredith crying out in pain.
"Meredith, are you okay? Is it the baby?" Izzie had been monitoring Meredith closely for the last couple of weeks it wasn't uncommon for first time mothers to give birth early.
"I've been having little pains all day, they haven't been too bad, but they are getting worse." Tears slid down Meredith's cheeks, the pain was getting much worse.
"What's going on?" Mark had run into the kitchen followed by everyone else after hearing Meredith's horrific scream.
In that moment Meredith felt a rush of liquid as her waters broke. She looked around at the crowd who had appeared in the kitchen. All she could say was "I think I'm having my baby now."