Disclaimer: Grey's Anatomy is not mine- too bad.
Rating: KT
Summary: So for right now its just some fluff- but I promise a story line will develop. Things aren't always perfect
"Dr. Karev," the day care coordinator greeted Alex as he stepped into the bright room and approached the desk to sign the Shepherd kids and Christina and Burke's son out.
"Hey Susan," Alex greeted spotting all four kids.
Taking his bottom lip and squeezing it he whistled to get their attention.
All four turned and looked towards the familiar sound.
"Uncle Alex!" Andy shouted running over to Alex and grabbing onto his hand.
"Hey dude, high five," Alex kneeled down to greet the little boy. Raising his hand Andy smacked the raised hand hard. Jason came up next slapping his other hand imitating Andy. Lilly skipped over, Kieran not far behind her. Once Lilly skipped over to him Alex stood up swooping her up lifting her shirt a little he blew hard on her stomach tickling her and causing her to shriek with giggles. Kieran tugged at his pant leg to get his uncle's attention.
Putting Lilly down Alex picked Kieran up and turned to look at him,
"You hungry?" he asked the two year old. Kieran nodded quickly.
"All right lets go get dinner," he stated grabbing Jason's hand with his free hand as he walked out.
"Andy, hold your sister hand until we get to the cafeteria," Alex instructed the eldest boy.
Walking out of the room Alex stopped noticing Izzie who had been watching him through the glass window of the day care.
"Hey," she greeted her boyfriend smiling at the sight before her.
"Aunt Izzie, we are going to go eat dinner. Are you coming?" Lilly asked walking up to Izzie.
"Why yes I am," Izzie answered taking the little girl in her arms and picking her up.
Together Izzie and Alex walked the herd of children down to the cafeteria and prepared their plates.
Alex leaned over from his position on the small cot and kissed Izzie's neck, who giggled and promptly swatted him away.
"We can't do that here!" Izzie reprimanded him in a hushed whisper.
"Come on you don't think Burke and Christina do it like rabbits in the next room as Jay and you and I both know that Meredith and Derek hump like crazy all the time," Alex said rubbing his girlfriend's leg.
"Key word Alex, next room! We are only a bed over from Lilly, Andy is sleeping above us and Jason and Kier are across the room," Izzie whispered slapping his hand away again. Alex smiled at her in the dark and leaned over capturing her lips with his own.
Izzie sighed and gave in pushing the chart she was working on to the floor and moving closer to him and gently pushing him down on the cot.
Alex reached behind her head a pulled the pen that was keeping her hair in its messy bun out so that her hair fell down around them, a soft curtain to shield them from the world.
God, Alex loved her. She was his everything and he owed her for everything. They were a team who had leaned on one another when ever no one else seemed to know how it truly felt to hurt.
Alex carefully flipped Izzie over in order to make the least noise and movement possible. Kissing her he slowly slid his hands up her scrubs until the sound of the door knob turning and the door opening stopped him. Sitting straight up he smacked his head on the bottom of the bunk that Andy was sleeping on causing him to fall to the side and onto the ground.
"Oh Alex! I found it!" Izzie Exclaimed as she pulled at her shirt and ran over to the other wall where the pen Alex had taken out of her hair had somehow managed to land.
"Oh… um…good," Alex responded holding his head and looking towards the now open door.
Miranda Bailey stood in the open doorway surveying the mess before her, her left eyebrow cocked as if someone had stuck a fish hook in it.
"Now, I know you two weren't doing what it looks like with these four children in the room," she stated as she moved from bed to bed to check on each sleeping child.
"Dr. Bailey!" Izzie exclaimed trying her best to look astonished at the claim.
Bailey just waved her hand at her to get her to be quiet as she brushed wisps of Lilly's dark locks that had fallen out of the braid Izzie had done for her out of her face.
"So much like her mother," Bailey whispered studying the child's bone structure and hair texture.
"Yet so much like her father," Bailey chuckled when the little girl opened her deep blue eyes and yawned.
"Hey little one," Bailey greeted as she pulled the blanket up over the child's shoulders. She was a sucker for kids.
"Hi Miranda," Lilly gave a small smile before turning and falling fast asleep again.
Izzie stood on her tip toes and checked on Jason tucking him in and then moved to Kieran.
Alex stood and stretched picking the forgotten chart Izzie had dropped up and putting it on the cot they had sat on when the sound of three pagers going off made all three sigh and reach for their waistband to pull the small plastic box that seemed to govern their lives off it's clip and read what it had to say.
"Wonderful," Izzie muttered as she grabbed the chart.
"Do you think they'll…" Alex started
"They'll be fine," Bailey answered him as she ushered him out of the room and quietly shut the door before running after the other two doctors down to the ER.
Meredith kicked the scrub room door open and screamed. Tearing off her cap and mask she flung them into the garbage can. Next she roughly removed her gloves and turning on the sink faucet she shoved her hands into the steaming water, not caring how bad it burned.
She had tried. She had tried desperately to save the young man on her table. He had to have been no older than twenty five, but his gun shot wound was too severe. Looking up she watched as the nurses covered his body and wheeled him out of the room. Twisting the faucet knob she shut of the water and roughly grabbed some paper towels and dried her hands. All she wanted to do right now was squeeze her children and never let go.
Finding out she was pregnant the first time was one of the happiest yet scariest times of her life. She knew that Derek and her fast paced lifestyle would have to slow down, she also knew what happened to surgeons who got pregnant to soon, but with Derek's support and love as well as the rest of the group she managed to stay on top and even after three kids she continued to be one of the nest neurologists in the state next to Derek, but right now that was besides the point because all that mattered to her were her babies. She had surprised herself on how quickly having Andy, then Lilly, and the Kieran all of who were wonderful surprises- the best she had ever had, had changed her. She was a mother now and that was top priority.
Meredith stepped out of the room and looked up and down the hall for anyone familiar. Seeing that it was clear she sighed and walked down the hall to the closed on call room door.
Opening it quietly she didn't dare turn on the lights, but the soft glow that illuminated the room from the outside hall revealed both Burke and Christina. Christina lay asleep hugging her son close while Burke lay on the empty bed beneath Andy fast asleep. Smiling she noticed that Kieran and Lilly laid together in the same bed- something Kieran often did when he wasn't in his crib. He loved being next to someone.
Taking a deep breath Meredith climbed up onto her son's bed careful not to wake Burke.
Andy turned over and opened his eyes,
"Mama?" he questioned.
"Shhh baby go back to sleep," she whispered as she wrapped her arms around him and laid her head next to his on the pillow closing her eyes and trying to let her failed surgery drift out of her mind. Andy willing obliged as he snuggled closer to her mother and fell back to sleep.
Derek rubbed his face. He was absolutely exhausted. Looking at the clock on the wall it read 4:00 AM exactly. Sighing he made his way to the on call room. He hadn't seen Meredith since before she went in emergency surgery for a gunshot victim.
Quietly opening the door he smiled seeing his daughter and younger son curled up on the same bed, Lilly at one end and Kieran at the other.
Scanning the room he noticed that Christina was asleep next to Jason, but Burke wasn't in the room. Moving towards his daughter he bent down and pulled the blanket she had kicked off up over her shoulders and kissed her cheek.
Standing up straight he looked for his older son. Seeing the bunk next to his daughter and sons he saw two figures curled up on the top bed.
Smiling he reached over to run his wife's back. Stirring Meredith turned over groggy and not quite sure of her surroundings.
"Hey," Derek whispered brushing her hair out of her face.
"What time is it?" Meredith asked
"About four ten in the morning," Derek replied stretching.
Meredith sighed she had been sleeping for an hour.
"Lets go home," Derek said as she helped her off the bed.
"Yeah," was all she said as she shook Andy and pulled him off the bed. Instantly the little boy wrapped his arms around his mothers neck and fell back to sleep.
"Ugh, your getting to big for me bub," she whispered as Derek pulled Lilly into one arm and Kieran into another.
Walking out of the room the two parents headed for the locker room where Meredith picked her purse up, along with Derek's things that he couldn't carry seeing as his hands were full.
The family exited the hospital for the day sure to be back in twenty four hours for yet another shift.
So that is Chap Two. This is different from what I have written before but its kinda nice to just write "stuff" sometimes. Hope it wasn't to horribly mushy hahaha. Anyway thanks so much for the great feedback. Don't worry things will start to pick up. Have a great day guys!
-Loti