here's the next UD...i know that there isn't much drama atm but there will be more, at the moment, it's more setting the scene for later drama if that makes sense. anyway, enjoy
It was a Sunday morning when Meredith turned over in bed and kissed sleeping Derek's neck and whispered into his ear, "I'm pregnant"
He woke up immediately as if somebody had poured water on him, a huge smile on his face, "Really?"
"Really?"
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her before asking, "When did you find out?"
"I thought I might be a couple of days ago and yesterday, when I was doing my short shift at the hospital, I got Cristina to draw some blood"
"Cristina was there?…I thought she worked nights on Saturday"
"She practically never leaves" Meredith told him, "And anyway, that's not important"
Derek smiled, "No, it isn't…why didn't you tell me yesterday?"
"Well, when I got back, I had stuff to do with the kids…Olly had some English to do and Anna wanted to read a book together and Josh was desperate to go on the jungle-gym…and then I got caught up in stuff…eventually, I just thought it would be best to tell you today"
"Well, I'm thrilled"
"Me too"
XXX
Their first appointment with the OB-GYN told them that Meredith was 8 weeks along. After, they sat in the cafeteria looking at the sonogram.
"It's going to be ages before it's born" Meredith complained
"It'll be worth the wait" Derek told her
Meredith smiled, "I know that"
Derek looked down at the sonogram, "When do you want to start telling people?"
"I dunno…I think we should wait for a bit to tell the kids" she said, "I don't really mind when we tell the others…Cristina already knows"
"When did you tell her?"
"Well, I asked her to draw blood, I had to tell her why…and then she asked what the results were when I got them back"
"So you told her before you told me?" Derek asked, "I can't believe you told her before me"
Meredith looked at him with her eyebrow raised, "Seriously"
"All I mean is it would have been nice to know about the impending birth of my child before anybody else" Derek told her
"And how many people knew about me being pregnant with Olly before I did?" Meredith asked
"Point taken"
Meredith smiled, "I knew you weren't really upset"
She leant over and kissed her husband.
XXX
"So, apart from me and McDreamy, who've you told?" Cristina asked as she munched a sandwich
"Nobody yet" Meredith replied absentmindedly as she held up a film to the light
"Well, are you going to?"
"Going to what?" Izzie asked as she sat down
"To tell people she's pregnant" Cristina said
Meredith looked over annoyed while Izzie jumped in her seat, "This is so exciting! Another baby!"
Meredith smiled, "Thanks"
"Why aren't you more excited?!" Izzie asked excitedly
"Yeah, Mer, why aren't you more excited?" Cristina asked sarcastically
Both Izzie and Meredith looked at Cristina and made a face before Meredith looked at Izzie and told her, "I am excited but I've know for a few days and plus I've been pregnant three times before, I've done this whole thing before, I know what to except…"
"So have I" Izzie interrupted, "It doesn't mean that I don't get excited when I get pregnant"
"That doesn't count" Cristina put in, "You're in neo-natal, it's your job to get excited whenever there's a pregnancy about, your own or otherwise"
"A pregnancy about?" Izzie asked, looking at her, "It's not like some kind of problem"
"Maybe not from your point of view" Cristina muttered
"Anyway, when are you due?" Izzie asked, "And who's your doctor and why aren't I?"
"Dr Cole, she delivered Olly, Anna and Josh and I'd rather not have you as my doctor" Meredith explained
"Because?"
"Because after the baby's born, you'd have to go back to being friends and she'd find that odd if you've been delivering her kid a couple of hours beforehand" Cristina told her, "You know, having seen her all gross and in labour and stuff"
"I work with women who've seen me "all gross and in labour and stuff" and I don't care" Izzie told her
"Well, that's different"
"How?"
"Because you work with them, it doesn't mean they're your friends" Cristina said
"Well, they are" Izzie told her
"It's still different"
"Whatever, you just don't like to admit you're wrong"
Neither had noticed that Meredith had already disappeared
XXX
"I heard McDreamy knocked you up again" Alex told Meredith as she scrubbed out of a surgery and he scrubbed in
"Who told you that?" she asked, ignoring his phrasing
"Izzie, who else? She couldn't shut up about how "awesome" it is and how now she thinks she wants another one. Besides it's all over the hospital?"
"It is?"
"Well, most people know"
"And who is "most people"?"
"Me, George, Lexie…I think Sloan knows, Hahn, she hears everything…Bailey, she knows everything…I think the nurses do…everybody"
Meredith started drying her hands, "I get the point"
"Well, anyway, congrats"
Meredith smiled, "Thanks" and left the scrub room and bumped into Derek
"Hey, apparently everybody knows I'm pregnant, without me even telling them"
Derek laughed, "Yeah, Mark congratulated me for knocking you up"
Meredith smiled, "Alex said the same thing"
"That I knocked you up?"
She nodded, "Makes it sound so High School"
He leant down to kiss her, "We should tell the kids sometime soon"
"Mmm, I guess"
XXX
It was only when Meredith reached her second trimester that they decided to tell the kids. Over dinner one night, Derek asked, "So, kids, we have something to tell you"
They looked at him and Olly asked, "Are we getting a dog?"
"No"
"Are we going on holiday?" Anna asked, "To Disneyland?"
"No"
"Is Grandma coming?" Josh asked
"No"
"What?" Anna asked
"Well" Meredith started, "In five months, you are going to have a new little brother or sister"
Anna clapped her hands, "Can it be a sister?"
"A brother" Josh said, "I want a brother"
Meredith and Derek looked at each other and smiled and then Derek asked, "Olly, what do you think?"
Oliver leant against the back of the chair, "Does this mean that you are going to spend even less time with me?"
There was silence.
Meredith put down her fork and went to crouch by her son, "Do you think we don't spend enough time with you?"
Olly nodded, "Sometimes I wish you spent more time with me…on the weekends…I mean, I know you've got to work during the week but you both work on Saturday too"
"Well, we work for shorter on Saturday…but I guess we could see about cutting down how long we work…what do you think, Derek?"
Derek nodded, "Yeah, I'll see what we can do about that…Olly if you felt this way, you should have said something"
"I tried" he told him, "But nothing happened"
"Look, we're not going to lie, things will change when the baby is born…but we'll always make time for you" Derek told his son
Meredith gave the small boy a hug, "We'll always be here you"