If I offend anyone in this chapter, I am extremely sorry. I personally don't shop stores like Lacoste and Abercombie. I'm not saying anything about people who wear those brands because a lot of my friends where them. It's just not me and I'm trying to get it across that it is not Morgan either. If anyone thinks that people with successful parents don't shop at the flea market and goodwill you should visit my school. I have even gotten a very cute sweater from there. Just my little warning.

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Derek was sitting in his living room going through the family album. He flipped through the pages at the different pictures of the stages of both Laura's and Jake's lives. The very first one in the album was of him and Meredith at the hospital after Laura's birth. They were ecstatic that Laura's birth mother had let them be apart of the most important moment in Laura's life. Both of their children had been adopted as babies, Laura as a newborn and Jake as an eight week old. The couple had tried to conceive several times after they had gotten married, but they obtained no success. After four years of trying, the couple decided to adopt. They were lucky, they had found a young woman, very soon after they had made the decision, who was going to put her child up for adoption.

Derek continued to flip through the album stopping at a picture of Laura and Jake earlier that year on Laura's thirteenth birthday. It was hard for him to believe that his little girl was a teenager. As he stared at the picture he began to wonder what Hailey's life had been like. He hadn't been there to teach her all of the important things in life, like staying away from teenage boys.

Staring at the photo album was how Meredith, Laura and Jake found him after returning home from the mall. Meredith had decided to take Jake along with them because he needed a new pair of shoes.

"Derek," Meredith said as she placed a hand on Derek's back, "are you alright?"

Derek looked up at his wife, "Yeah I'm fine." Derek said as he closed the album and went to put it back on a shelf.

Laura and six year old Jake came downstairs after they had put their bags up.

"Hi dad," Laura said as she kissed him on the cheek. "You'll never guessed what we picked out for Morgan!"

"What did you get her?" Derek asked as he watched his daughter sit down across the table from him.

"We got her the cutest pink dress from Abercombie!" Laura said excitedly.

Derek looked at his daughter with raised eyebrows, he new for a fact that Morgan had never even stepped foot in an Abercombie & Fitch store. She was the type of girl that did her shopping at the flea market or goodwill to create her own outfits. Even though she was a ballerina, she had never been that girly. She usually steered clear of anything pink especially if it was a dress. When Morgan did shop at the mall, she stayed out of stores like Abercombie and Lacoste. She always tried to find clothes at a reasonable price. "Laura is that really something Morgan would wear?"

"Of course it is daddy, she'll just love it I know she will." Laura said very confident in her answer.

"Hey dad," Jake said as he came out of the kitchen I got a new baseball mitt, can we play Saturday?" He asked.

"Sure, I don't see why not." Derek said.

Later that evening when the kids were in bed Derek sat in the bed once again looking at the family album. Meredith came in dressed in a pair of plaid pajama pants and her famous Dartmouth shirt and sat down next to him.

"Derek, are you sure you're okay. Ever since I got home you've been looking at our family pictures." Meredith said getting under the covers.

"I had lunch with Addison today," Derek said as a reply to her statement.

"You what!" Meredith asked jumping out of the bed to stand on her feet. "Why the hell would you have lunch with her Derek?"

"She asked me to Meredith that's why. I couldn't say no. I owed her at least lunch."

"Derek you owed her absolutely nothing. She was the one who cheated on you when you two were married. She left you after you two were back together, without even saying goodbye." Meredith said fuming.

"Meredith, she had left so that you and I could be together. I told you that." Derek said trying to defend a woman he had at one time loved.

"It doesn't matter Derek she hurt you. On top of that she forced her way back into your life then only to leave. Are you going to let her do that to you again, to us?" Meredith asked.

"Meredith she isn't forcing her way back into my life now. I'm letting her back in like I did back then, she gave me a choice."

"Why Derek. I bet the only reason she is here is to get you back. After eighteen years she realizes what a huge mistake she made by leaving and she wants you back." Meredith stated still standing now with her arms folded across her chest.

"Meredith, she is here for Morgan's birthday." Derek said not knowing how else to broach the subject of his biological daughter.

"Why would she be here for that? She doesn't even know Morgan. She's not even friends with Burke or Cristina. Why would she be here for Morgan's birthday?"

"About eight years ago she Preston and Cristina started to talk with each other again." Derek said giving as little information as possible.

"Why would Cristina do that, she's my best friend. Why wouldn't she tell me?" Meredith asked as she sat down on an armchair in their room.

"I don't know. But there is more," Derek said preparing to drop the bomb on Meredith.

"More?" Meredith questioned.

"Morgan met Hailey in New York eight years ago at a ballet camp and the two girls have been best friends ever since. Hailey's mother is Addison." Derek said hoping that his wife could do the math for herself.

Meredith looked up at him hoping that she was not about to hear what she knew she would be hearing.

"Hailey's my daughter. That is why I had lunch with Addison. She wanted to tell me that." Derek watched for Meredith's reaction hoping to get some feel for what was going through her head.

How could that happen? How could Satan have his child? I love him more than she ever did. I never cheated on him. I was faithful and this is how I get repaid, by finding out I have a stepdaughter my best friend knew I had. Meredith thought to herself.

"Derek, I don't know what to say" Meredith said looking around the room at everything except her husband.

"I thought it would be better that you found out from me, instead of finding out at the dinner on Wednesday," Derek said.

"She's coming to the dinner too?" Meredith asked in disbelief. She felt like Addison had gained everything Meredith had except Derek. She had doc, her dog, and a relationship with Cristina and Burke and Derek's only biological child.

"Yes she's coming to dinner. She is the person Morgan stayed with all those times she went to New York. Apparently Morgan and Hailey are closer than sisters." Derek explained to Meredith.

"Oh," was all Meredith could say.

The two sat on opposite sides of the room for an hour before Meredith decided to go to bed. When she climbed in next to her husband she realized he was asleep. She had wanted to apologize for blowing up at him.

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Okay that's it. As far as Derek and Meredith's life you all probably want an explanation. I think that it adds more to the story if their children are adopted I guess it kind of balances out everyone's pain, everyone as in Meredith and Derek. As far as the dog, I feel more for Addison, I like her character a lot and the idea of her and Derek staying together and having a steagy relationship. However, I've come to accept the fact that Derek and Meredith are also good for each other. I guess you could say I like both Addison and Meredith. I have to thank Elm-tree10 for the adoption idea. The story will forever be MD but in the coming chapters you will see Derek and Addison trying to mend broken fences and be friends. Meredith and Addison may even come to tolerate each other or maybe even be friends, but I haven't thought that far ahead. I think this chapter is more of a hate Meredith one. But I promise love Meredith chapter is coming up. I hope I didn't loose any readers with this chapter although I may have with this AN. Oh and for the people reading my other story Morgan, I had gone on a little hiatus/hit a writers block, but I am trying to work on it any suggestions as to how to start up again would help. Anyway I've said toooo much already Good Night from anglchild.