A/N: So it hasn't been a full month yet. LOL. I can't believe how bad I have gotten at updating this. I'm really sorry. I won't bore you with excuses all though I do have them (ask if you want). Thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter. Hope you like this one just as much.
The next day when Meredith woke up, Derek was sitting besides her bed. She looked at him for only a moment before closing her eyes again, hoping he would disappear. She stayed that way for a few minutes until she realized that Derek wasn't leaving. She slowly opened her eyes and looked him up and down. He had gone home, it was quite obvious. His face was shaven and he had on a new pair of scrubs. The bags under his eyes were gone as well.
"Hey you." Derek smiled.
"What time is it?" Meredith rubbed her eyes and then sat up in bed.
"Almost nine." Derek said softly.
"No patients? No surgeries?"
"I scheduled them for later. I wanted to be here when you woke up."
"Oh."
"So, how are you holding up?" Derek took Mere's hand in his and scooted closer to the bed.
Meredith pulled her hand away from Derek and placed it in her lap. "I'm doing good, really."
Derek looked hurt but Meredith promised herself that she wouldn't cave in.
"Ok, what's going on? I would like to know what I did."
Derek stood up from his chair and began pacing the room.
"It's nothing Derek, okay?"
"No, no. It's something. I know you Meredith Grey and I know that I did something to offend you. Now you could either tell me what I did now OR you could choose to wait and have me sitting by your bed the rest of the day trying to figure out what I did."
Derek stopped pacing for a quick second and looked into Meredith's eyes.
"So…what do you choose?"
"Why don't you go ask your wife what you did. She'll know."
"Meredith, did something happen?"
"I told you to go ask your wife."
Instead of pushing Meredith any further, Derek nodded his head and walked out of the room, silently closing the door behind him.
A few minutes later Cristina trailed into the room and plopped herself down into the chair that Derek had previously occupied.
"So, how are you and McFetuses?"
"We're good. Counting down the days 'til they come out."
"Good, good."
"How are you?" Meredith asked.
"Me? I'm good."
"Cristina, what's going on?"
"Nothing, what makes you think something's going on?"
"Cristina, in all seriousness. What's going on?"
"Okay, but you can't say anything."
"Okay, I promise. Now tell me already." Meredith laughed.
"Okay, so last night, Burke and I…you know."
"Yeah, yeah. Keep going."
"So…it was the best sex I've ever had, but Burke couldn't…I mean he could've, but he didn't have an…"
"Oh my GOD!! Seriously? That is so funny! Was he embarrassed?" Meredith laughed.
"Embarrassed to say the least. I had to try really hard not to laugh."
"Aww, Cristina."
"Hey, us girls don't always have one so the guy shouldn't have to always have one. It's only fair." Cristina reasoned.
"That is true." Meredith smiled and brought her hands down to her stomach. "So, how's my mom? You're on that case right?"
"Your mom…she's okay. She's doing a little bit better."
"Do you think she'll make it?"
"Meredith, I honestly don't know. I don't want to lie to you. She's in pretty bad shape. I have seen worse but…"
Meredith let a few tears escape her eyes before looking over at Cristina.
"I just…I don't want to lose her just yet, you know? I want the babies to be able to meet their grandma. They won't have a very good relationship with her but at least they can meet her."
"Meredith, I am going to try and do my best to keep your mother alive until your babies are born. Maybe she'll live until they're five years old, maybe until their five days old, either way they will meet their grandmother."
"I only have two weeks left but Addie said I could go anytime and they'd be okay. I hope I go in time for her to meet them."
"Mere, all that matters is that your babies are healthy. It would be nice if your mom got to meet them but if them being healthy means you keeping them inside for another two weeks then that is what you need to do. Your mom may last longer then you think."
Meredith wiped at her eyes and smiled. "Hey, where did tough girl Cristina go?"
Cristina frowned and stood up. "Fine. I thought we could have a decent conversation where I could act a little feminine but I guess I was wrong. I'll talk to you later Mere."
Meredith laughed as she watched her friend leave the room. She laughed even harder when she thought about what Cristina had said about Burke.
xxDEREKxxANDxxADDIExx
"Hey, Addison, wait up!"
Addison was on her way to the nursery when Derek approached her in the hallway. She had a good feeling that she knew what this was about so she turned around, grabbed his hand, and led him into an empty room.
"I didn't mean it Derek. I didn't mean it. She knows that I didn't. I hadn't realized what I had said until I had already said it and I'm sorry."
"What did you say?"
"I told Meredith that for all she knew you might be punishing me by going out with her."
"Addison!"
"Derek, we were fighting. She got mad when I said that by not telling you about the baby I felt like I was punishing you, and she got mad, and then I snapped and said you probably were…doing the same thing."
"Addison, why would you do that?"
"Why, Derek? Why? Because maybe it hurts me to see my husband with another pregnant woman when he should be with me. Maybe that's it. Didn't you ever think how I felt during all of this?"
"Addie…you know we weren't going to make it. We were over before Meredith was in the picture."
"Do you seriously think that I don't know that, Derek. I know that just as well as you know that but I can't help but be a little jealous. Okay? I said it. I said it. I am jealous of Meredith Grey. There I said it again. Are you happy?" Addison snapped.
"No, I'm not happy. I don't like seeing you upset."
"Derek, did you really think I wouldn't be upset seeing you two together? For God's sake I'm delivering your mistresses' twins in a few weeks. Do you know how screwed up that is?"
"Addie, I'm really sorry. I am. I'm trying here. If you need ANYTHING at all you can call me. I will pay for anything you need. I'll come to your house after the baby is born and help you. I'll stay up at night with her during the first week or so, so that you can get sleep. I'm here for both of you, it just happens that I'm in love with Meredith."
"I know Derek and I'm sorry for upsetting Meredith. You should probably go talk to her."
"Thanks."
xxxDEREKxxxANDxxxMEREDITHxxx
"Hey Mer, can I come in?" Derek asked from the doorway.
Meredith nodded.
"I talked with Addison. What she said about me using you, that's SO not true. I'm in love with you Meredith. I would never use you. NEVER. I couldn't do that to you and I'm sorry that I made you feel otherwise."
"I know. Just hearing her say that hurt. It really hurt Derek. And then there was me thinking what if its true. What if he doesn't love me. But now I know that you do."
"Good, so no more freak outs like that?" Derek asked.
"No more freak outs."
Derek smiled and walked over to Meredith's bed. He sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her, resting his other hand on her stomach.
"Only a two more weeks." Meredith smiled.
"Only two more weeks."
"Hey Derek?"
"Hmm?"
"I never got them car seats. We're not going to be able to bring them home. And oh my God! Their bassinets aren't set up yet. Their room isn't done either."
"Relax Meredith, its all taken care of. I have something I want to show you."
Derek walked over to the table in the corner and took a video camera out of a bag. He then hooked it up to the TV.
"What are you doing?"
"I had Izzie go shopping with me. We video taped the trip. That way you can see everything we bought. Then we went home and video taped me, Izzie, and George putting everything together and setting it all up. You can see where everything is and if you don't like it I can go home and move the stuff." Derek explained.
"You mean its all on there?"
"It's all on there. All I have to do is press play."
"Press it. I wanna watch."
Derek pressed play and then joined Meredith on the bed.
"OOO! Green, I like green. It's a much better then yellow and not as boyish as blue."
"Mere, you're having two boys, it should be boyish."
"Not everything they have is going to be boyish." Meredith said.
"I know."
"So, you wanna hear something funny?"
Derek smiled. "Okay."
"You can't tell anyone though."
Derek nodded his head.
"So yesterday when Cristina and Burke were…."
A/N: Yay! I actually finished the chapter. How did you guys like it? Next chapter is going to skip forward three weeks, Mere will still be pregnant and she'll be just about ready to have the babies.
I have some news on one of my other stories. It's called 'All Grown Up'. It's a Gilmore Girls story. I don't know if any of you guys read it. I have a few chapters done of that and I'm thinking about posting one of them. Let me know if any of you who read it want me to post a chapter or two. Thanks!
Count down to Meredith practically dying (if not dying): 4 Days 23 Hours and 5 Minutes
