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When she woke up, he wasn't there. She frowned. She knew sometimes he went fishing early in the morning but it normally was when he couldn't sleep and he had told her last week that now they were together and happy, he was sleeping better than ever. She pulled on a T-shirt of his and made her way into the "kitchen". On the table was a note, "Gone to get breakfast, back soon…you look adorable when you sleep, especially when you snore"

She chuckled and sat down. He'd probably be back soon but she wasn't sure what to do. Looking around she caught sight of a familiar tube. She pulled it over to her, opened it and brought out the house plans.

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He opened the door and found her at the table, wearing his T-shirt, her back to him.

"You look better in that than I do" he told her and kissed the top of her head, not seeing what was on the table.

"I don't want this that big" she said and tapped the garage on the page

"What?" he said and leant over. "You're looking at the house plans…" he was surprised and pleased, mainly the latter. "You're looking at them"

"I am" she said, "I like it…it's nice but I don't want a huge garage…there's only us two, we don't need such a big garage…there won't be any other adults"

"No, there won't" he agreed, "If you want it smaller, that's fine" he said, keeping his joy hidden lest it scare her with its intensity.

"How many bedrooms?" she asked

"One for us, two guest rooms and five more" he told her

"Five more…you want five kids?" she asked, shocked

"No…I don't know" he protested, suddenly worried that she was freaking out, "No, it's just we might have three and then you get pregnant and have twins or something like that…it's just planning for the just in case"

" Well, why can't we substitute one of the guest rooms?"

"Because we need two….and I bet that at least one, if not two, of the other bedrooms will become a guest room"

"So five is just in case?" she asked

"Yeah, just in case"

"Well, when can we start getting this built?" she looked up at him, "I am having a baby in five months"

"You are" he smiled, "I can call the contractors today"

"Great"

"Great" he leant down and kissed her, "I think today is going to be a good day"

"Me too"

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Derek stood on the bridge connecting one side of the hospital to the other and looked outside as he talked to his contractor. A month ago, they started building it. Everybody was pretty confidant it'd be complete before the baby came.

"Right, well that sounds fine…we might come over tomorrow and see how it goes" he said, "Bye then" and hung up

"Hey, you"

He turned around and saw Meredith and smiled, "Aren't you meant to be in the clinic?"

"I am meant to be but there was something I wanted to show you" she told him, a huge smile on her face

"What?"

She took his hand and put it against her stomach.

"Why are you doing that?" he asked, confused but then he felt a small, powerful kick. "Wow"

"Wow indeed"

"That's our son" he whispered, he looked as if nothing he had ever experienced was as amazing as this.

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"So, what exactly do we need to get?" Meredith asked as they made their way down one of the aisles in the baby section of a department store.

"Everything" Derek replied, "Did you think we'd just be able to put the baby on a pillow and leave it there?"

She hit his arm, "Of course I didn't, I just don't think we need to get one of every item here?"

"So you want our baby to go without clothes?" he joked

"No!" she nudged him, "But I don't think he needs one of these, let's say" and she pointed to a bassinet

"So, where would he sleep?" Derek asked, confused

"How about in a crib?….he doesn't need to have a bassinet too" she told him

"Right, point taken…though I don't think people normally get both" he said

"And he doesn't need all these toys" Meredith said as they stopped in front of a huge display of toys

"Yes, why let him have fun with toys?" Derek asked sarcastically

Meredith hit him again

"Can we stop with the hitting?" he protested, "You're tiny, ineffectual fists have suddenly become much more effectual now you're pregnant"

"Look, all I'm saying is lets not be those parents that buy absolutely everything the stores have because everybody thinks that babies need all this crap…I'm sure all our friends will buy him toys anyway, why waste our money?"

"Because it's fun and we have money to waste and we love our son?" he suggested, as they walked over to the crib section

"But he doesn't need them!" Meredith told him

"You know, I think he might need a name" Derek broached, "I mean we can't call him, he or the baby for his whole life"

"We've got three and a half months…why rush it?" she asked

"Because knowing you, as soon as he's born, you'll be too busy trying to work out how exactly to change a diaper or fed him or burp him or bathe him to think about that" he told her

She stopped in front of a crib and turned round, "How about Son of McAss? Is that a good name?" she quipped angrily and then looked at the crib, "I like this one"

"I like it too" he said quietly, "And I'm sorry…I just meant we should start thinking about names"

"Not Derek Junior" she told him

"What's wrong with Derek?" he asked as they beckoned an assistant over

"Don't get me started" she told him and laughed at his face

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"You bought all this and you're still going shopping with Izzie?" Cristina asked as they stood in the sitting room, surrounded by all the stuff Meredith and Derek has bought earlier that day.

"Well, we didn't get that many clothes today" Meredith told her, "Mainly baby furniture"

She sat down and looked down at her bump, "You are quite costly" she told it

"Oh, God, you're not one of those women, are you?" Cristina asked as she too sat down

"What women?"

"The ones who talk to their bumps because they think the baby can hear?" Cristina replied

"If you ever actually get round to having kids, you'll understand" Meredith told her, "Besides, Derek does and I feel that if he does, I have to as well"

Cristina pulled a face "Egh"

"Shut up!" Meredith protested, "Or I won't make you Godmother"

"This may come as a shock to you, but I don't actually believe in God" Cristina told her, "So, I'm not that bothered"

"You say that now" Meredith replied "But you'll be singing a different tune when he's born"

"I don't sing"