A/N: I know its been forever and I seriously do have excuses. I do. It was my birthday, then it was prom. After prom was college orientation. Right after that was finals, followed by graduation. After graduation was vacation and then my nephews were living with us for a few weeks so…yeah. Those are my excuses. They are pretty good excuses too. LOL. I hope you guys are still into this story after all this time. Let me know what you think.
"Derek, its time for the boys' bath can you bring Cameron in here for me?" Meredith called from the kitchen.
The boys had been home for five days now and their umbilical cords had finally fallen off. This meant that it was time for their first real bath. Derek walked into the kitchen with his video camera in his hand.
"Mere…is there anyway that we can do this a little later? Addison just called. She's bringing Alexis home from the hospital and she needs a ride, She doesn't feel safe driving her herself."
Meredith frowned and emptied the infant tub into the sink. She placed the baby shampoo back into the container that it was kept in and folded up the bath towels.
"Just go Derek. We'll be fine." Meredith spoke with no emotion,
Derek knew that she was upset, but he also knew that he had to help Addie. Derek picked up his keys and caught up to Mere. He cupped his hands around her face and smiled.
"I'll be back in two hours, no later. We'll bathe them then, okay?"
"Two hours?" Meredith questioned.
Derek nodded his head. "Two hours."
"Okay. Two hours. I'll wait til you get home."
"Thank you." Derek placed a kiss on top of Meredith's head and headed out the door.
When Derek got to the hospital, Addison was waiting outside with Alexis in her arms and a bright pink Chico car seat. Derek walked over to the two and smiled. He gave Addison a friendly hug and then bent down and gave Alexis a kiss on the cheek.
"Are we ready to go?" Derek asked.
"More than ready." Addison smiled.
As Addison got off the bench, she handed Derek the base to Alexis' car seat.
"This came with the seat. You have to put it in the car before we can put Alexis in."
Derek nodded. "I know. I had to do this for the boys."
Derek placed the base in the car and loosened the seatbelt to buckle it, but as hard as he tried, he couldn't get the seatbelt positioned right. After fifth teen minutes of trying to get the base in the car, Derek threw his hands up in defeat.
"I'm a doctor not a car seat installer. I have no idea how to do this. I have one of the boys' seats right there."
Derek pointed to a car seat on the other side.
"Why can't Alexis just use that seat?"
Addison frowned. "I guess she could. But I really wanted to get pictures of her in her pink car seat."
Derek put his hand through his hair.
"Addison, I have to be home in an hour and a half. Our only other option is just to put the damn car seat in the car with out the base. I'm sure there is a way to do that."
Addison shrugged. "I guess that's fine."
Derek gave a smile of relief and grabbed Alexis' car seat and put the seatbelt through the little slots.
"There, all done." Derek said proudly.
He then walked over to the passenger side door and opened it for Addison.
"Thank you." Addison smiled.
Derek smiled back and got into the drivers side.
"Thank you for doing this Derek. I really appreciate this."
"No problem. She's my daughter too, I wouldn't have missed bringing her home."
Just then they heard a coo from the back seat. Both of them chuckled.
"She says thank you too." Addison said.
Derek smiled. "I'm happy she's going home."
"Me too. AND she's coming home early."
"I know. She's very strong. She takes after you."
"No, she takes after her daddy."
Addison placed a hand on Derek's knee. And grabbed his free hand with hers.
Derek pulled his hand away and turned to look at Addie,
"What was that?"
"I…I…I just thought…"
"Addison, I'm with Meredith. We…me and you, we're over."
"I know. I just thought."
"I know."
Derek pulled the car to the side of the road and unbuckled his seat belt. Addison did the same.
"Derek…"
"Addison…this thing we have, its complicated. It's not easy. I chose Meredith but I still have a baby with you. There is nothing simple about this."
Addison nodded and moved closer to Derek. She rested her head on his shoulder and he put his arm around her. Addison looked up into Derek's eyes and Derek moved closer to her. Soon her lips reached his and they kissed. Derek didn't pull away, neither did Addison. The two lingered there for some time and soon their lips met again. This time lasting longer than before. When the two broke apart Addison looked over at Derek. She had the biggest smirk on her face and so did he.
Just then Derek's cell phone rang making the two jump apart. He took his phone out and looked down…Meredith. Derek sighed. He had an hour to drop Addison off and get home.
"Who is it?" Addison asked.
"Meredith." Derek answered. He then put the phone to ignore and continued driving.
"What does this mean, Derek?"
"I don't know. I honestly don't know."
"Are you going to leave her?" Addison asked.
Derek shook his head. "I'm going to be honest with her and see what happens. I don't love you like that Addie, not anymore. I love Meredith,"
Addison nodded her head. "I know. I shouldn't have kissed you."
"No, I'm glad that you did. It helped me realize that I've moved on."
Addison nodded. "Me too."
The rest of the car ride was silent. When they got to Addison's house, Derek took Alexis' car seat out of the back and kissed the little girl.
"I'll see you later Lexi, daddy loves you." Derek then turned to Addison. "Bye Addison.
Call me if you need anything."
Addison nodded. "I will."
When Derek drove away, he rode around for almost an hour. He was late, not very late, just late, He slowly walked into the house and softly closed the door. Meredith was waiting for him on the sofa with the boys in front of her in their bouncy chairs.
"You're late." Meredith stated.
"I know. I'm sorry."
Derek sat down next to Meredith on the sofa and took Daniel out of his bouncy seat.
"Addison kissed me." Derek stated.
Meredith looked over at him. "What did you say?"
"Addison kissed me and I didn't pull away."
Meredith stood up and took Daniel from Derek.
"Get out." Meredith said quietly.
When Derek didn't move, Meredith put Daniel down and slapped Derek across the face.
"Get out of my house. I don't want to see you again for a long time Derek Shepherd."
"Meredith…it wasn't like that. Just hear me out. I didn't like it. It made me realize that I will never love her again."
"Out!"
At this point both babies were crying from the noise so Meredith walked back over to them and picked both of them up into her arms.
"It's okay babies…mommy's here. Shhh."
Derek took one last look at Meredith and walked out.
When Izzie heard the door slam, she came running down the stairs.
"What happened? Are you okay? Are the boys okay?"
"We're fine, Iz. I just should have known better. I should have known not to trust him,
not to let him in. I should have known, but I fell for his crap anyway. Why am I so naïve?" Meredith cried.
"You're not naïve, Mere. You just love him." Izzie hugged her friend and rubbed her back.
"He kissed Addison. He kissed her. How could he kiss her?"
"He kissed her? When?"
"Today. And to make it worse, he told me. Why would he tell that?"
"Maybe he thought that you would be happy that he was honest about it?"
"God. I can't…I can't stand him. He's…" Meredith sighed. "I need to move on. I can't stay hooked on him, I can't." Meredith paused and looked at the two newborns in her arms. "Do you want to help me give them their first bath?"
Izzie smiled. "I would love to." She cooed.
Meredith handed Cameron to Izzie and placed Daniel in his bouncy chair.
"If you can watch them, I'll go fill up the tub."
"Yeah, okay."
Meredith went into the kitchen and filled the baby tub up with warm water. She took the baby shampoo and baby wash out of container that she had put them in earlier and retrieved the two towels from the kitchen table.
"Iz I'm ready. You can bring Cameron in."
Izzie walked in with Cameron and smiled. Meredith had on the video camera. Izzie laid the newborn down on one of the towels and took of his diaper. She then placed him in the tub. At first he was crying put soon he liked it. It seemed to relax him.
"I'm going to go get Daniel. I think we can fit both of them in there." Izzie said.
Meredith nodded and placed the camera down in a position so that it was still focused on them.
She started to wash the newborn and smiled when he yawned at her. Meredith looked over at the window and saw Derek standing there watching her. She looked back at Cameron and continued to soak the baby's body. When Izzie came back and put Daniel in the tub, Meredith walked over to the window and closed the blinds.
"You okay, Mere?" Izzie asked.
"I will be."
Izzie picked up the video camera and told Meredith to get closer to the babies,
"I am Auntie Izzie and this is Cameron and Daniel's first bath." Izzie zoomed into Cameron. "That little chubby thing is Cameron." She then zoomed into Daniel. "And that little guy is Daniel. And over there…that is Mommy."
Meredith waved.
"Do you have anything to say to your boys as they experience their first bath?"
"I hope you enjoy it because there will be many more to follow." Meredith smiled and Izzie put down the camera.
"Okay. Let's get these guys dry." Meredith cooed as she handed Daniel to Izzie and placed him in a towel. She then took Cameron out and placed him in one as well.
Once Daniel was dressed, Izzie went over to the sink to make a bottle and pulled up the shade. Derek was still standing there.
"Mere?" Izzie called.
"Yeah?"
"Derek is still outside. I think you should talk to him."
Meredith shook her head. "No. I'm done getting hurt Iz. All he does is hurt me and now I'm proud to say that I'm done with it. I'm done. End of story. Its over."
"Where is he going to go? This is his home." Izzie commented.
"He can stay at Addison's for all I care. I don't want to see him."
"Okay." Izzie said gently.
She looked out the window again and waved to Derek. He looked cold. She felt bad for him but there was nothing she could do. After he waved back, she let the shade down once more.
"The bottle's are ready. Let's go feed these boys."
A/N: I know its kind of a weird ending but I'm probably going to write more tonight because now I have a computer in my room (YAY). Let me know what you think. I had to do the Addison stuff to add drama. I don't like having everything all fluff. LOL. Anyway,,, thanks for reading and please review.
