Here's the chapter. I hope ya'll enjoy it. Now, I wanna say this about Jacob's birth date. I took it from the December aired episode. Not from whatever may happen in the episode coming up this month.
Disclaimer: I still do not own GA or PP.
Meredith stared at the man before her. He was doing just as she wanted. He was standing up for what he wanted. Trying to prove that he was here for their son. He looked sincere about what he wanted right now. But, would he feel the same way in two years? As much as she wanted to, deep down Meredith couldn't just let him waltz back into their lives, "I don't know, Derek. I don't know if I can trust you to stick around for a child. I mean, he's won't be able to understand why you are here on day and not the next. You may find something you like better, and he won't understand that."
"He's my kid, Meredith. My kid. I want him to know it. I want to be here to hear his laugh and see his smile. I'm going to be here, Meredith, one way or another. He is my kid. I promise to not break the promise to him," Derek said, standing his ground.
Meredith sighed, "He's sleeping right now. We've had a busy couple of days, so I'm not going to wake him up. He's going to the daycare tomorrow while I'm at work, so after work, you can come by for a little while. But, god Derek, if you do anything to hurt him, I'll… I don't know what right now."
"I promise, Mer, I won't do anything to hurt him," Derek tried to assure her. "I promise, I'm here. That's not going to change. You just have to trust me. Okay? Trust me."
"I don't know if I can," Meredith told him honestly. "I'm going to let you see him, but I can't say I trust you. I just can't right now. I'm sorry, but I can't. I'll try. But, I'm making no promises."
"Okay. Okay, I can live with that. I'll see you at work tomorrow," Derek nodded his head and took a breath of relief before turning and walking away.
Meredith shut the door and leaned against it, also taking in a large breath. This was it. Jacob was going to meet his father. She was letting Derek back into her life. And, into his. Something she said she'd never do. She picked up her phone and dialed the familiar LA number.
When Addison's voice picked up through the phone she said simply, "I'm letting him see Jacob."
She walked into work the next day, anticipating the day ahead of her. It was her first day back at Seattle Grace Hospital. Nervous is the simple word to describe her at this moment. Not that she really had much to be nervous about. She had proved herself many times over in LA, but this was Seattle.
"Well, if it isn't the other half of the Dirty Mistresses Club," Mark remarked as he came up to Meredith and threw his arm around her shoulders. "How's your first day back at work?"
"It's been going pretty well," Meredith laughed and stepped away from him. "I've just been working around the clinic. Bailey actually welcomed me back."
"Will I be seeing you and young Jacob after work today?" he inquired walking beside her as she made her way back to the clinic.
"Yeah, for a little while. Christina is coming for a little while, too. Derek is coming over to see Jacob," she informed him as the stopped outside the clinic.
"Yes, Addison called and told me last night," Mark winked at her and she smiled. "I'll see you later, Dr. Grey."
"Later, Dr. Sloan," Meredith chuckled and patted his arm before going into the clinic.
He sighed as he watched this. He didn't like it. At all. This close relationship between those two. He wasn't close enough to hear what they were saying, but he could see their body language. How he threw his arm around her when he walked up to her, how he winking while they were talking, and how she patted his arm. The smile that was on her face when he walked away. He had that sick feeling in his stomach again. Like he had the other night when he first saw the relationship between them.
He kept seeing him with his wife. Back all those years ago. He couldn't take it this time. Not again. He wasn't going to lose another woman he loved to him. He couldn't.
"Hey baby," Meredith picked Jacob up from his daycare and they were now back at the house. "Your daddy is going to come see you today, would you like that?"
"Yeah," Jacob looked up at his mother who had squatted down beside him where he and Uncle Mark were on the floor playing with cars.
"Okay," she kissed his head and stood up. The doorbell rang and she stood up and held her arms out for Jacob. He stood up and she picked him up. "I'll see you later Mark, Christina."
They both said their goodbyes and all headed towards the front door. She opened it up and they exited and then she turned to Derek, "Hey. Uhm, come in. It's a little bit of a mess. He was playing with cars." She opened the doors and let him in, leading him to the front room, "So, this is Jacob Andrew Grey. He was born on September 15, 2008, he's quite fond of the color red, his favorite desert is cheesecake, he's allergic to seafood, and he really, really hates peanut butter because it gets stuck on the roof of his mouth. And, your name is on the line for father on the birth certificate. He knows what you look like from pictures."
Derek stared in awe at the little boy curled up in his mother's arms. He was indeed the spitting image of him. Except, he had his mother's nose. Derek gulped and looked the boy in the eyes, "Do you know who I am? Can I hold you?"
Jacob looked at his mother and then back at the man talking to him, "Daddy?" He received a nod from Derek and another when he looked at his mother again. He held out his arms and let Derek take him, holding on tightly once he had, "Daddy."
A few hours, and a whole lot of cars later, Jacob had finally dropped into his mother's lap asleep. She had taken him up and laid him down in bed telling Derek that since Jacob got scared at bedtime, maybe they should ease into letting him lay Jacob down. He'd nodded and agreed.
She came back down and smiled at Derek who was still sitting on the couch with an amazed look on his face. She walked over, "He's something isn't he?"
"He's perfect," Derek mumbled back. "Sure did mention Mark a lot, though."
Meredith shrugged, "It's his Uncle Mark. He spoils the hell out of the kid. The day Mark met Jacob when he was a month old; they took a liking to each other. Never expected him to be good with kids."
"Speaking of which, I really don't want him spending as much time around you and Jacob," Derek suggested, looking up at Meredith who had narrowed her eyes at him.
"I let you in to be his father. You will not be telling me the two of us can see and not see. Mark has been there from the go. He is one of my friends now. And, you will not be telling me that I can't be friends with him," she told him.
"With my past with Mark, can you blame me for not wanting him to be around you?" Derek stood up also as he question her.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I can. You may not trust him, but you can at least trust me. Mark and I are nothing more that friends, not that it would concern you if we were. And, if you must know, I haven't had sex in three years," this cause Derek's eyes to widen and Izzie and Alex, who'd just returned home from visiting George and Callie, to stall and stare at her. She continued, "It's kind of hard to go out, get drunk, and have a one night stand while you have a son. I didn't even talk to anyone in the hospital. So, I knew no one. Besides the people who worked with Addison. So, if I wanted sex with Mark, I would have taken it. But, we are just friends. Don't forget, I'm not the one who came into the relationship with a spouse."
"Don't you stand there and pretend that our relationship falling apart was all my doing. I told you I wanted to be with you forever and have children. You didn't want it," Derek responded, oblivious to Izzie's and Alex's presence.
"I'm not saying that I didn't do anything wrong. Hell, I probably messed up more than you did. I shouldn't have broke up with you cause I thought we couldn't make since Christina didn't, I shouldn't have kept having sex with you afterwards, I shouldn't have ran away knowing I was pregnant, I shouldn't have kept your son from you for two and half years, I shouldn't have continued to try and keep that from you, and I definitely shouldn't have told you we didn't need you," she came clean, also not noticing her other friends standing there. "Now, I'm here, trying to trust you that you aren't going to leave on us. So, you need to trust me to be friends, just friends, with Mark."
"Okay. Okay, I'll try. I'll try to trust you two. But, I make no promises. I'm going to feel like this when I see you two together. But, I'm going to try. Just like you are," he nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow. And, Jacob."
"Okay," Meredith nodded and walked over, shutting the door after he left. She turned and looked at Alex and Izzie, who were still staring at her. "It'll work."
"Three years?" Alex raised an eyebrow and Izzie punched his side as the followed Meredith upstairs. "Ow."
Meh. I dunno. Tell me what you think. I think this one falls under the same category as Ch. 5 in the "I'm not too sure about this one, but I've done what I can." Tell me what you honestly think.
So… I think the next chapter may be the last. I may do two more… Or more… I dunno. I start school back Monday and I'd love to finish this story up before then since my time becomes strained… If you all want more, I'll probably continue it a little.
I'm still not sure whether to end really MerDer-y or not. So, you guys vote please.
Up next: Understandings. Agreement. And,possibly forward a month.