Today was an important day. Today was the day where Meredith and Derek discovered the sex of their new baby. Their sex life had been back in full force and Meredith's stomach had noticeably grown.
"Meredith, please answer your phone." Derek said as he walked out of the hospital. Suddenly he heard a voice on the other end.
"Hey." Meredith answered. "Are you still meeting me at the doctors?"
"Yes." Derek said as he walked towards the OBGYN office. They had made the choice to use a different OBGYN, since the traumatic event at the hospital. Although, Meredith still planned on delivering the baby at New York General. "I'm almost there."
"Good." Meredith sighed with relief. "I'll see you in a few."
"Okay, bye babe."
"Bye." Meredith hung up the phone and signed in to her appointment.
A few minutes later, Derek walked in the doors off the quiet office. His eyes did a scan of the room and he saw Meredith sitting in a chair reading Newsweek. He walked over and sat in the chair next to her. He leaned over and kissed her. "Hey."
"Hey." She said looking back at the magazine.
"What's wrong Mer?" Derek asked concerned.
"What?" Meredith asked. "Oh, nothing I was just reading an article. It's over now." She put the magazine down. "How is work going?"
"Work is good. It's been pretty busy, but I was able to break away long enough to come here and then take you to lunch after."
Meredith smiled, "Lunch? I could do lunch."
Derek chuckled, "I bet you could."
"Meredith." The nurse came out to the door.
Meredith and Derek stood up and followed the nurse into an exam room.
"Here is a hospital gown. Dr. Bolton will be in here soon." The nurse smiled and left.
Meredith unfolded the gown and removed her shirt. She gasped as she felt Derek's hands on her waist. He began kissing down her neck. "Derek, this is not the place."
"It could be the place." He lowered his hands to her jeans and unbuttoned them. He slid his hand down and removed the jeans. "Just relax baby."
"Oh…Derek we can't." Meredith moaned. Suddenly, he thrusted a finger into her as she gasped in pleasure. "Derek."
"Meredith…you're so wet." Derek massaged her clit while trailing kisses around the back of her neck. "I love you."
"I…love you too." Meredith moaned as her eyes fell shut. "Derek…I …gown."
"Meredith, we're having a baby." Derek spoke. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'm….Oh Derek….miss…too." She was becoming incoherent as his hands explored her body.
He slipped his fingers out and handed her the gown. "The doctor is going to be in soon.
"What?!" Meredith gasped. "You just left me hanging."
"No, I left you dripping." Derek said with a pleased smile.
Meredith hit his arm and slid her jeans on... "Ass."
Derek laughed. "Put the gown on and come sit on my lap."
Meredith slid the gown on over her small pregnant body and walked over to Derek. "You owe me later."
"Do I?" He asked. He pulled her onto his lap. "You're beautiful Meredith."
"You're sexy." Meredith wrapped her arms around Derek's neck. "I want ice cream."
Derek chuckled and looked up at her. "You do?"
"The baby wants it." Meredith said as she rested her head against his. "Strawberry to be exact."
"Oh…well I guess we'll have to do something about that." Derek pushed a strand of hair out of Meredith's face.
"Oh and can we get hot dogs for lunch?" Meredith asked.
"Whatever you want." His hand his hand up and down her back.
"So, do you know what all of the equipment is in here?" Meredith looked around.
"I do in fact." Suddenly they heard a knock at the door and the doctor walked in.
"Hi Meredith, I'm Dr. Bolton." She tuck out her hand to Meredith.
Meredith shook her hand. "Nice to meet you."
"You must be the father." Dr. Bolton said as she extended her hand to Derek.
"Yes I am. I'm Dr. Derek Shepherd." Derek shook her hand and helped Meredith off of his lap.
"Well Meredith, if you don't mind. I would like to have you lay back on the exam table. I'm going to do a minor checkup. Then after that if you would like, I can tell you the gender of the fetus." The doctor said as she washed her hands.
"Alright." Meredith got up on the exam table.
The doctor checked her blood pressure and then began monitoring the baby. "Well the mother and fetal heartbeat is healthy and going strong."
"That's good Meredith." Derek kissed her head.
"Alright, now this is going to be a little cold Meredith." Dr. Bolton commented as she began to perform the sonogram on Meredith's stomach. "Alright, the baby is looking great."
"Aww good." Meredith said with a smile.
"So, can you see what the sex is?" Derek asked anxiously.
"Well, let me see." Dr. Bolton looked around. "Well congratulations are in order."
"Really?" Meredith asked. She lightly squeezed Derek's hand.
"Well, you two are going to be proud parents of a baby girl." The doctor said with a smile on her face.
"A girl." Meredith said with a smile.
Derek kissed Meredith out of celebration. "We're having a girl."
The rest of the doctor's appointment was a blur and they smiled the whole ride to the hotdog stand. They bought their food, then sat down on a bench in Central Par. Finally Meredith spoke. "Wow, we're having a baby."
"A little girl baby." Derek said with a smile. "I've always wanted a little girl."
Meredith smiled. "You're going to be great with her."
"I hope so. I'm going to be very protective." Derek said with a smile. He watched as Meredith took a bite of her hot dog. "Mer?"
"Yea?" She looked up.
"What are we going to name our little cupcake?" Derek asked with a smile.
"Cupcake? I like that." Meredith said. She thought to herself. "Well, what about Lorraine?"
Derek scrunched his nose. "No way, sorry Meredith but I do not like it."
"Okay, well what ideas do you have?" Meredith asked. "I mean I think we should name her something really strong, but girly. She is going to be our princess after all."
Derek laughed. "I agree. Well what about Savannah?"
"No, I babysat for a little girl named Savannah and I swear she carried a freaking pitchfork." Meredith wiped her mouth. "Okay, what about the names Madison, Charlotte, Hailey, and Brogan or like Grace."
"Those are all gentle names. I kind of like Madison or Grace the most. I'm not a fan of Brogan." Derek said as he took a sip of his soda.
"Madison Shepherd. Okay, well
what about Madison, Emma or Riley." Meredith asked.
"I have a
niece named Emma, you know that."
"Oh yea, well what about Madison or Grace? Which one do you like the best, because we talked about those two at the beginning of the pregnancy too." Meredith said.
"I like Madison. It sounds so sweet and gentle." Derek commented. "It sounds like she could be a daddy's girl."
Meredith smiled. "She will love her daddy."
"I just hope she doesn't resent me for being gone in Africa." Derek said. "I just don't want to miss out on connecting with her and I know that is going to happen."
"Derek, I won't let her forget. In fact, I will make sure that she knows who you are." Meredith put her hand on his. "It will be fine. You can call and I will hold the phone to her ear. I mean I know you won't be able to call every day, but it will be fine."
"Are you sure you are still alright with this?" Derek wanted to ensure that Meredith could handle it.
"Yes, you are doing something that you have always wanted to do. It just happened to come at a difficult time, but I will make sure that Madison is alright." Meredith said.
"You just called her Madison." Derek smiled.
"It just slipped out." Meredith smiled along with him.
"So her name is officially Madison." Derek said. "We need a middle name."
"Madison Riley?" Meredith asked. "Or maybe Madison Claire, Madison Grace, and Madison Hailey?"
"Well how about Madison Riley or Madison Hailey? You pick, because I'm a fan of both of them." Derek said with a smile.
"Really?"
"Yea, it is your choice because you have to push her out?" Derek smiled. "You have to endure all the pain."
"Oh you're so sweet." Meredith rolled her eyes. "Well let's name her Madison Hailey Shepherd."
"Madison Hailey, she has a name." Derek walked over and helped Meredith up. "We're having a little girl and her name is Madison."
"Madison." Meredith loved the way it sounded. She couldn't stop saying it over in her head. "I like it."
"I do too." Derek kissed her sweetly. "You ready?"
"Yea, let's go." Meredith stood up. "Okay."
As they walked down the streets of New York, they held hands. Derek leaned down and whispered in Meredith's ear. "I love you and my cupcake, Madison very much."
Meredith looked up and kissed his cheek. "We love you too."
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"Have a good day Mr. Hanson." Meredith said as she handed the old man a small bag of cookies.
"Goodbye pretty lady." He said as he waved. He left the bakery with a smile on his face. He was one of the regulars and had a way of making Meredith smile.
"Hey I didn't know Mr. Hanson was here." Izzie said as she walked in with Christina following.
"He came in real quickly. He was on his way to see his new granddaughter." Meredith replied as she restocked the iced pink cookies.
"Aww."
"Hey, so have you and Derek decided on a name for the baby girl?" Christina asked.
"Madison Hailey Shepherd." Meredith sat as she wiped her hands up and closed the display case.
"Um Meredith." Izzie said.
"Have you forgotten about the name of Derek's ex evil wife?" Christina responded. "Addison?"
Meredith paused for a moment. "Well you know what?"
"What?" Izzie asked.
"Derek and I like the name Madison, not Addison. But we aren't going to let someone we don't like stop us from naming her that. I mean it's a different name. She is Maddie, our cupcake." Meredith looked at the girls.
"Alright." Izzie said. "I love the name."
"It is very beautiful." Christina said.
"Thank you." Meredith said. "Derek already nicknamed her cupcake though. I've been calling her Maddie Lou."
"She is going to be adorable; you're kid won a genetic lottery." Christina laughed.
"Hey, um Meredith can I tell you something?" Izzie asked.
"Sure."
"Denny asked me to move in with him." Izzie said nervously.
"Oh, well you should if you want to Izzie." Meredith thought. "You should do what you want to do."
"Okay, well I'm going to tell him yes." Izzie smiled. "I'll give you time to figure things out before I just move out."
"Okay. Congrats Izzie." Meredith hugged her friend.
"Oh the muffins need to come out of the oven." Izzie noticed.
"I'll get them." Meredith left the room, to go pull the muffins out.
Christina waited to make sure Meredith was around the corner. When she was sure that Meredith was gone, she looked at Izzie. "So, when is she finding out that Shepherd bought them a house?"
Izzie smiled. "Soon, you don't think she's going to figure it out do you?"
"No way in hell." Christina responded. "I'm just glad he bought her a house that is still in the city and close to me. She is going to flip when she finds out."
"Yes she is." Izzie said with a smile.
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