Roughly 60 hours, four completed chapters, and almost 2,000 hits later. Wow, this is more than I imagined it would be, and for the fifteen of you that have reviewed, thank you so much, it means the world to me to hear back from you. I have responded to every member's review so far and I will try to keep that up, but wow is that a little time consuming. If it ever comes down to review reply or an update, I'm gonna assume you want an update and reply later, okay, I hope you'll forgive me. And for those of you who aren't members, if you have any questions, let me know in your review and I will try to post an answer in the bold author's note that leads every chapter, but please keep reviewing. Thank you guys so much, I can't say it enough. Okay so leading off from last chapter…
"Mer", he said questioningly, before a smile graced his features as he stared at her lovingly.
"Are we pregnant?"
"I don't know yet", came her delayed response. She was a little shocked by the smile on his face and continued to stare at him inquisitively.
"Well do you wanna go find out", he prodded her gently in the direction of the stairs as he continued to beam at her.
She took in his reassuring nod, and gave one in return, before grasping his hand and leading them upstairs.
When she approached the bathroom at the end of the hall, she paused and turned to him.
"You feel good about this no matter what, right?", she asked nervously.
"No matter what", he said as he dropped a light kiss on her forehead and handed her the bag."
"Okay… If you want to, you can wait in my room while I pee on the stick, and I'll meet you in there for the waiting portion, because I don't think I can do that part alone", she rambled.
"Whatever you want, Mer. I'll be in there when your ready."
He gave her hand a quick squeeze, before she nodded and entered the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
As the door clicked shut, she took a deep breath and brushed the tears that had leaked out onto her cheeks away with the back of her hand. She was so unsure and emotional, and he was being so supportive, and so damn sweet. Why did he have this effect on her? He lied to her for months about having a wife, yet he could still melt her with that smile. He was still her McDreamy, and he was standing by her, and sure of them, even when she wasn't. 'So damn sweet', she thought as she took a deep breath as she opened the box and pulled out the thick plastic stick that would hold the answers to their futures.
Two minutes later Meredtih washed her hands and exited the bathroom before walking across the hall to her bedroom.
"About four minutes before the stick changes any colors", she said into the darkness to the familiar sillouette sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Four minutes, huh", the figure responded with a small laugh, as she sat down beside him. He wrapped an arm around her protectively and the two laid back on the bed.
A few moments passed in silence before he spoke again.
"Meredith… what do you want to happen?"
"What?"
"What do want that test to tell us?"
She answered after a moments pause, "I'm not sure."
"You're not sure", he repeated softly.
"Well it certaintly wasn't planned… and we were giving each other space…but once it became a real possibilty, it made me realize something. I don't want anymore space. I mean, I don't want to rush things, I still think we should definitely take things slow, but… I want you. I want all of you. You and me… forever. And when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone…you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible… So I guess in answer to your question, whether that stick turns blue or not, I want to be with you. I want to marry you, and have children with you, and sit with you on a porch swing fortty years from now, watching our grandchildren run around the yard. And whether that dream starts tonight or a year from now it's never going to change. Because your it for me."
"Good", came his simple reply after her longwinded explanation.
"Good?", she repeated expecting something a little more than a one syllable reply after pouring her heart and soul out to him.
"Good…because your it for me, too. You are the only one I want to go to bed with every night and wake up to every morning, the only one I want as the mother of my children, and the only one I want to spend every moment of every day with for the rest of my life. Your it for me , too", he said smiling as he lightly inhaled the scent of her hair as she was curled up against him, her head sitting in the crook of his neck.
"Good", she said as she let her body relax into to his.
After she was sure the four minutes had passed, she lightly nudged him to get his attention, " Derek?"
"Yeah, Mer?"
"If I'm it for you, the love of your life, would you do me a favor?", she asked sweetly, a smile playing across her lips.
"Anything, Mer."
"Could you go see what color that strip turned? It's sitting on the edge of the bathtub on some toilet paper."
"Sure you don't want to come?"
"I was in there for the first part, I would rather you just tell me."
"Okay, I'll be right back", he said as the two of them sat up on the bed, before he stood and crossed the hall, flipping the light on in the room on his way out.
Meredith sat in her place on the edge of her bed for a few moments, before her nerves got the better of her and she stood and made her way to her doorway.
"Derek"
When no response came she entered the bathroom, to find Derek sitting on the edge of the bathtub with the test in his hand.
Upon her entrance, he looked up at her, meeting her expectant gaze with one of a five year-old that had just gotten a bike from Santa on Christmas morning.
"Blue means pregnant", he responded.
"Blue means pregnant", Meredith nodded affirmatively.
He face broke into a wide grinned as he stood and closed the gap between them.
"We're pregnant, Mer", ha laughed before scooping her up in a hug, swinging her around.
He carried her back into her bedroom before setting her down and repeating, "We're pregnant."
Meredith's smile was so wide she could barely repeat what he had already told her twice.
"We're pregnant? As in pregnant? Like cribs and diapers and those tiny little socks with the paint on the bottom?... We're gonna have a baby?"
"We're gonna have a baby", he mumbled into her lips as they crashed into his own. The two spent the night in each other's arms in awe of their new reality and the new future they had created together.