I do not own Grey's Anatomy…If I did then some of the same things from my story would be happening

Later that night Derek sat next to Meredith in the bed. She had just finished feeding Madeline and was trying to burp her. She held the baby cloth in her other hand and waited for the baby to finish. When she did wiped Madeline's mouth and got up from the bed.

"You're so great with her Meredith." Derek said in the same tone that he used when he told her he loved her in the kitchen more than a year ago.

Meredith put the baby in the bassinet and went back to bed. "I'm tired."

"Well, lets just get some sleep. We know she is going to be up in two hours anyway." Derek kissed Meredith gently and they both got comfortable. "Its weird not having to wrap my hand around that belly anymore."

"I know." Meredith laughed and fell asleep.

Two hours later.

As cries began to sound, Meredith and Derek woke up.

"I'll get her." Derek said as he pulled the covers off and walked over to Meredith's side to get Madeline.

He handed her to Meredith. "Maddie, what is wrong. I have you."

For thirty minutes they tried everything and every time they tried to put Madeline back in bed she cried.

"Screw it, I know we are not supposed to sleep with her in the bed, but it's worth a shot." Meredith said as she picked the baby back up.

"Fine, but we can't make it a habit." Derek said as he got comfortable in bed.

Meredith put Madeline in between her and Derek and made she the heave covers we not on the baby. She then covered Madeline with a baby pink fleece blanket. "Now that I have you situated Little One, can you please go back to sleep?"

Madeline looked around the room and began to fuss. Meredith put the pacifier in her mouth and nuzzled her nose very close to Madeline's head and closed her eyes. With pure comfort of her mother being right there, Maddie began to fall asleep.

Derek watched in amazement. He ran his fingers gently along Meredith's cheek and then went into a deep sleep.

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Two weeks later, Derek walked into the master bedroom after a thirteen hour shift. He found Meredith lying next to Madeline. Meredith's nose was aligned with Madeline's nose. Derek found it unbelievably adorable how Meredith and Madeline slept when they were together. It was hard to get Madeline to sleep, but when Meredith would lie down next to her, she would slowly come around.

Derek tip-toed into the room and kissed Meredith on the cheek.

"How was work?" Meredith said while still half asleep.

"It was good. I'm going to go take a shower." Derek said as he stood back up.

"Alright, I love you." Meredith said as she nuzzled herself close to Madeline.

"Love you too." Derek walked into the restroom. It had hit him what a bad day he had, but he was going to try his best to forget about it.

Twenty minutes later.

Derek walked out of the restroom to find Meredith and Madeline still asleep. He finally lowered himself onto the bed and nuzzled his head into Meredith's hair and aligned his body with hers. Madeline was on the other side sound asleep. As he smelled Meredith's lavender scented hair, he thanked God for his new family. As he fell asleep, he went back to remembering just how bad his day had gone.

A little while later Madeline began to stir. Meredith sat up and picked the baby up. "Hey Baby Girl, you slept so long. Thank you for letting me have a decent nap." She nudged Derek. "Derek wake up. We need to get dinner and Maddie needs a bath."

"Meredith stop! I just got off work and the last thing I need is you pestering me." Derek said out of frustration.

"Excuse me Derek Shepherd?" Meredith said as she fed Madeline.

"Shut up, I'm sleeping." Derek said as he tossed a pillow at Meredith.

Meredith thought that Derek was just tired so she ignored him. She started to feed Madeline, while still sitting on the bed. When Madeline was done, Meredith tried to burp her. "Maddie Waddie, I love you."

"Meredith!" Derek shouted, while burying his head in a pillow.

"Derek, what is your deal?" She shouted.

Derek threw himself up from the bed. "If you can't shut up, then I'm sleeping in the guest room."

As Derek left the room Meredith shouted, "You can sleep in there tonight too, if you want to act like that." Meredith looked at Madeline, "Sometimes I think your Daddy is a bigger girl than me."

"I heard that." Derek shouted from the other room.

"Good." Meredith shouted back.

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Meredith walked downstairs and put Madeline in a bouncer while, she made dinner. When the chicken was done and everything one the table was done she took Madeline upstairs with her to get Derek.

"Excuse me Royal Pain, but dinner is ready and your daughter would like to see her Daddy." Meredith said, while trying to be nice.

"I'm coming, just calm down." Derek said angrily.

"Derek, I have not idea what messed your day up, but whatever it is can you just tell me what happened. Also, maybe you could manage to tell me when you are going to get over it." Meredith demanded as she sat down on the bed next to him.

As Derek sat up he said, "I'm sorry for snapping at you. I just had a really bad day and I try to stop thinking about it, but it did not work."

"Well, what happened?" Meredith asked as she handed Madeline to Derek.

"Well I lost a patient today and I had to tell Richard he had brain cancer today." Derek said as she kissed Madeline's head.

"Oh wow, I'm sorry Derek. You can operate right, he'll be fine?" Meredith asked.

"Its spreading too fast, we can't operate. He is going to do chemo, but he doesn't have much time." Derek said as he fought back tears.

Meredith cupped Derek's tired face in her hands. "I'm so sorry Derek."

"Life isn't always sorry though." Derek responded as he handed Madeline over to Meredith.

Meredith took Madeline into the bedroom and put her into the bassinet. She made sure that the baby had fallen asleep, and then she went back into the guest room, where Derek held his head in his hands.

"Derek, I'm so sorry. Are you sure that he won't make it?" Meredith asked, while fighting back tears.

"Yes, the scan came back and it's all over. There is no way to stop it." Derek said. Suddenly he covered Meredith's lips with his own. He could taste the tears as they fell. "Meredith, I don't know what to do."

"I know." Meredith said as she rested her head on against his. "I know."

That's all for now…I'll update soon. It's so sad!!! I wish the chief would be healthy!! But he isn't because that is the way I wrote it…it just spilled out that way.