Hey guys! A couple of things before the chapter. First, I had trouble uploading the documents a couple of times so I used a different program instead. Second, thank you all for the reviews! It's awesome to have you all commenting on the story. I also want to say that yes, I understand and know fully well that this is not how autism is diagnosed. It took a few months for multiple doctors,psychiatrists and specialists to finally diagnose my brother. So believe me that I am not making light of the process or being insensitive, or I'm at least not trying to. For those of you that may have been offended or felt that I was belittling the topic, I wasn't. I am being as realistic as possible with the timeline. I plan on working everything into the story here in the next couple of chapters, so eventually, you will all see that I am taking this completely serious. That being said, I am happy for the comments and to see that other people are so knowledgeable about the topic.

Now, I just want to say that I refuse to acknowledge the fact that Derek, Mark and Lexie are dead, or that Christina and Addison left (quite childish, I know). They were someof my favorites, so I am also refusing (again childish, I know) to leave them out of the story, I just couldn't do that. I am quite stubborn haha.

Anyway enough of my babbling, here is chapter 4. I hope you all enjoy!

-Andrea

It had been 3 days since Arizona had talked to the and told them what she was sure it was. She called them and referred them to great specialists, child neurologists, psychiatrists and speech pathologists. They were given a few days off to take Dillon to see these doctors. They had met with every doctor on the staff of Dr. Andros Wilson, as did Dillon. They each did tests for countless reasons, starting from speech and language clarity and receptiveness and communication skills, audiologic assessments, all the way down to social interaction skills.

It had been a long day already by the time they were sent home to wait for a call from the doctor. Meredith was frustrated, she wanted an answer. She needed to know if Arizona's suspicions had been right, but she knew something like this would take time. They were lucky they were able to get in and get an appointment this soon anyway.

She resolved to focus on the now. Derek drove them home. When they got home, Lexie and Christina were waiting on the doorstep for them.

"Finally. I thought I was going to be stuck with Lexipedia and without liquor." Derek laughed as everyone walked in the house.

"Mark is being such an ass. I'm so sick of it." Lexie groaned and sat down on the kitchen stool.

"You didn't did you? She didn't did she?" Meredith said asking Lexie and then asking Christina.

"I think she did." Christina said.

"What did I do?" Lexie was confused.

"Did you say 'I love you'?" Derek asked, walking into the kitchen with Dillon on his back and Owen trailing behind him.

"Yeah but.." She was cut off by the sound of Meredith and Christina groaning.

"Lexipedia, you never say it first. It's like, a rule." Christina said like it was only obvious.

"Have you learned nothing from us. I mean, look at Christina and I. We're married." Meredith said.

"And she has a kid." Christina said looking at Meredith. Meredith just gave her a look back.

"But that's not a bad thing. Dillon is cute." Derek and Owen just laughed at Christina trying to cover her tracks.

"Lexie, Mark is insecure, no matter what he says. He didn't say it back because he's not used to it. Now if he's avoiding you, just give him time." Derek explained nonchalantly.

"Wow. You two really are best friends." Christina said and took another drink of tequila. Derek smiled back.

"They're even alike in a lot of ways." Meredith said, shooting a small smirk his way.

"We are not." Derek said back.

"You're in denial Derek." Lexie said with a smile.

"Why is Derek in denial?" Mark said walking through the kitchen. Lexie just rolled her eyes and walked out to the living room. Meredith walked out of the room to go find Lexie.

"Ouch! Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow. God Meredith, that hurt!" She said after being dragged back into the kitchen by her ear.

"It wasn't meant to feel good. You two need to talk, right here, right now. Mark stop being an ass. She opened up, now you should because…" Meredith was cut off by the sound of a little voice behind her.

"Ass." Everyone moved their eyes to Dillon who just continued to play with his toy car across the refrigerator.

"Dillon, let's not say that one again okay?" No response. Meredith continued, "Everyday we try to get him to say new words and he doesn't until now."

"What am I supposed to say? I love you too? You know I do Lexie."

"I think Dillon wants to go play outside now." Owen said and he picked Dillon up and carried him out into the backyard.

"Ya know, I think he does." Derek agreed and followed Owen outside with two beers. They stayed outside for a while and eventually everyone joined them. They ate and laughed at Christina who was quite tipsy. Eventually everyone went home or had to go back to the hospital.

Meredith took her sleeping baby upstairs and got him into his pajamas. She laid down with him in his bed until Derek walked passed the room. She got up and shut off the light and walked to her own bedroom.

"I'm beat." She said yawning and changing into her pajamas.

"I'm passed beat." They crawled into bed and turned the lights out. They didn't realize there would be out as soon as their heads hit the pillows.

Bit of a slow chapter, I know. it'll pick up. I promise. I kind of just wanted to sort of fill in parts of their social lives to give a little more diverse content to this chapter.