40 Weeks
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A/N: I don't own Grey's Anatomy. No Addison. I don't like Addison. I respect her job on the show, but I really don't like her. End of story.
Week 15
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Meredith's phone continued to go off, and she rolled off her bed to pick it up. Her room was a wreck these days. Today she and Cristina and Izzie were going shopping for maternity clothes for her. Her phone time only read 9 am, so even though it was a bit early to call on a morning, she picked it up.
"Hello?" She said groggily, sitting up in bed.
"Hello, Dr. Grey?" said the cheerful voice on the line. It was a little early to be cheerful Meredith decided as she answered, "This is she."
"Good. Dr. Grey, we have your test results from the AFS test."
"I'm sorry?"
"The multiple marker screening you took last week, to see if your babies have any defects."
"Oh, yes. Oh, please tell me the results."
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Izzie knocked on Meredith's door while Cristina looked on.
"Meredith? Are you in there?"
"Meredith?" Cristina yelled as she pushed on the locked door.
"Go away." Came the reply from inside the closed door.
"What's wrong Meredith?" Izzie asked softly.
"We have to go shopping for maternity clothes, now. Before its too late and you have to wear Derek's clothes." Cristina yelled.
"are you going to let us in?" Izzie asked.
"No. Go away." Meredith yelled again.
"Give me your bobby pin." Cristina whispered to Izzie.
"My what?"
"Your bobby pin. I'll just pick the lock."
"That's kind of invading Meredith's personal space."
"Too bad. Give me the bobby pin."
"No!" Izzie said jerking away.
"Got it." Said Cristina as she plucked the small metal pin from Izzie's messy bun.
Bursting into the room, Cristina and Izzie saw Meredith sitting by the bed, leaning her back against it, with one hand on her belly and the other hand holding the phone.
"Meredith?" Izzie said as she flopped down next to Meredith.
"The doctor called." Meredith said with a bitterness in her voice.
"Oh God, are you okay?" Cristina said worridly.
"Yeah. I'm fine. The doctor said that the AFS test I took came back positive."
"What the crap?"
"But, she said that it was probably because I took it at 14 weeks instead of 15. They are going to retest the blood sample and get back to me."
"Mer, I'm sure it will be fine."
"And I couldn't even tell Derek because he has a surgery scheduled right now."
"Meredith. I'm sure its fine. Out of the 4-5 of women who test positive only 10 of them actually have babies with birth defects." Izzie said knowingly.
"What if it is still positive?"
"You cant worry about it, because I'm sure everything will be fine."
"Yeah, I'm sure you're right. But still, they're my babies. I love them, and if something is wrong I will never forgive myself."
"You haven't done anything wrong, you've stayed off your feet some, and you've been eating healthy, you've been taking your vitamins, everything by the book." Cristina commented.
"No. The first weeks, I didn't know I was pregnant. I was drinking, what if I did something to my babies?"
"The first six weeks hardly anyone knows they're pregnant. I'm sure it will be fine." Cristina said on a positive tone in her voice.
Meredith shook her head. "But what if."
"You cant spend your whole damn life thinking about what if. Seriously Meredith. Get your lazy ass off the floor, we're going shopping." Cristina said changing back to her normal tone of voice.
Meredith smiled as Izzie and Cristina held out their hands and helped Meredith up. She was lucky to have such amazing friends.
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Meredith browsed through the many racks of maternity clothes at the chic boutique they had just entered. She was still worried, but the chances of the test staying positive were very slim, or so she was told. She tried to focus on the task at hand, buying chic clothes for the rest of her pregnancy.
"What about these?" IZzie said holding up a pair of designer jeans. "They're cute, and they have that thing for your belly, so you can grow and still wear the jeans. Plus they have lycra, which is always a plus."
Meredith smiled, and held the jeans up to her small, but ever expanding frame. "I think they're cute. Plus, I wear jeans a lot anyway, so I don't want to veer too far away from my usual style."
"What about this?" Cristina said holding up a slinky black dress. It was amazing because when Meredith tried it on, it was fit snuggly through the back and had stretchy material in the bust and the belly so that she could still expand and wear the dress out to dinner.
"You look hot." Izzie said as Meredith showed them the dress.
"If a cow is hot." Meredith said jokingly.
"Seriously, you should get that." Cristina said. "I think that Derek would like that one." She said again with a smile.
Two hours and 2000 dollars later, the girls headed out of the store and down the street to lunch. Meredith had new jeans and tops, as well as a few things to wear out, and some cute tee shirts and a pair of khaki pants. A few skirts and a pair of UGG boots put a finish to her new wardrobe. It was all comfortable things that she would be sure to be able to wear through her whole pregnancy.
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Derek felt his cell phone go off, but he was talking to a patient, and he let it vibrate in his pocket. He adjusted his scrubs, gave the man a quick smile, and stepped out into the hallway. He missed seeing Meredith at work. She had a week of time off, because Chief Webber was mad that the interns were working too much and he was getting in trouble with the state. Walking into the stairwell, he called his voicemail.
One New Voicemail.
"Dr. Sheperd, this is Dr. Warner, Meredith's OBGYN. I had my secretary call her two days ago, because her AFS test was positive." Derek swore that he felt his heart stop. He continued to hold the phone to his ear.
"We retested her blood, and we found that although it looked positive at first, it is now negative. This kind of thing happens all the time if the test is done a little too early. We expect to see you both in a few weeks for your next prenatal appointment. Hope you are doing well."
Derek let out a sigh of relief. Her AFS test came out positive? If Meredith knew, then why hadn't she said anything? This was such an important thing! I mean, what if something had been wrong with the babies? Was she planning on telling him? It was his children too.
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Meredith heard the phone ring. She bent down from her place on the couch watching Oprah, and answered.
"Hello?" She said pleasantly.
"Meredith."
"Hey, Derek! What a surprise, I thought you had surgery all day."
"Yeah, well I'm on break. Meredith, I just got a call from Dr. Warner."
"Oh My God. What did she say?"
"Well, she had a lot to say about an AFS test that had come out positive. Why the hell did you not tell me about that? For God's sake Meredith, they're my babies too, and I have every right to know if something could be wrong!"
"I was going to tell you-"
"Its negative now. They retested your blood. Did you not think you could trust me? Was that it? Or did it just "slip your mind"? How could something that important not be told to me? I mean, Meredith, weren't you worried? Because I have some things to say if you weren't worried."
"Derek, shut the hell up and let me explain."
"We'll talk later, my pager is going off." Derek said coldly.
Meredith slumped back down on the couch and cried softly into her pillow. She didn't tell Derek, and now he probably hated her. She knew that she should have said something, but she didn't want him to worry. Of course she was worried, she was worried sick. How could he think that she wasn't? She had a lot of things to say to him when he got back as well.
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REVIEW! (I know Derek sounded a little mean, but he was worried!) and also, i know it was kinda short, but i tried to upload last night and the computer wouldnt let me, so i got frustrated. lol)