First off I'm sorry that I made you guys wait so long for this chapter, I just got super busy. Thank you to all of you who reviewed!
Meredith was sleeping soundly. Her blond bangs were splashed messily over her face and you could hear light snores coming from her. An older couple sent Meredith some dirty looks while she was sleeping, obviously because the noise was disturbing them. Derek gave them a small tight lipped smile as he rested his hand on his chin. Derek was really worried; the plane was set to land in Seattle in about an hour. Instincts told him to go home with Meredith. He had spent the last few days glued to her and a night apart just felt wrong, plus he knew that tonight he had to talk to Addison and end their marriage. It wasn't going to be an easy thing, sure he was no longer in love with Addison and yes she had slept with his best friend, betraying him in the greatest way possible; but Addison wasn't a bad person. On top of that Derek knew that Addison was in love with him probably the same way he was in love with Meredith. He didn't want to hurt her in any of this. Derek sighed as he took the wedding band off of his finger and studied it. It had symbolized so much, the last 12 years of his life was represented by that band and although he was excited about having a child with Meredith and creating a life with her he hated how it started. The news of a baby should be celebrated, that older couple giving Meredith dirty looks, he should be telling them right now that he was going to be a father. Instead he was trying to hide the fact that he was still married because the woman who he loved who was carrying his baby was an entirely different woman than the one whom he made life-long vows with. A loud snore erupted out of Meredith's nostrils and the older woman gave Derek a cold glare
"I'm trying to concentrate over here" she said motioning to her book that was open resting in her hands. Her heavy northern accent was noticed by Derek.
"Are you from Seattle?" Derek asked the older woman, ignoring her statement about Meredith's snoring.
She peaked up at him over her reading glasses and her glare wore away.
"No, New York, we're visiting our son and daughter-in-law and grandchildren. We haven't seen them in six months" the woman said her voice softening from before, but Derek could still hear her crisp accent present.
"I thought so, I lived in New York almost my whole life, I can recognize that accent anywhere" he said with a grin
The woman just looked at him
"It's a gift really" he said with another grin putting on the Derek Shepherd charm.
Meredith began snoring even louder.
"I thought it was bad enough having to put up with this one watching Jay Leno every night, that snoring, my God" the older man said looking up from his Reader's Digest magazine.
Derek laughed and looked over at Meredith who was still knocked out and snoring to her hearts content.
"You really love her, I can see it in your eyes" the older woman said looking at Derek
"I do. I love her very much" Derek said with sincerity
"Have you been married long?" the older man piped in. The Reader's Digest had been placed on his lap so that he could focus his attention on the conversation. Derek became tense; he subconsciously played with the ring that was on his finger and stared at it.
"Not long" Derek answered briefly, wanting to get off the topic.
The older couple nodded, not really knowing what to say.
"We're having a baby" Derek said looking up from his ring.
"That's wonderful, she's a tiny little thing must not be too far along" the woman said
"No, only three months, but we're excited" he said with a grin. He felt a sense of pride about his child.
"Do you know what you're having? Have boys it's much easier than girls" the older man said joining in on the gossip. The older woman swat his arm playfully
"Don't listen to him, we only had boys so he wouldn't know" the older woman said giving her husband a glare.
Derek laughed in return "I'll be happy either way" he said
"With that snoring, a crying baby will be the least of your worries" the older man continued and picked up his Reader's Digest and began to read it again.
Derek looked over again at Meredith who was sleeping so peacefully.
"She's perfect" Derek stated, mostly to himself.
Suddenly a voice came over the plane
"Thank you for traveling Air America today, we will be landing in the next few minutes. Please take all carry-on's with you and exit to your left. We thank you again and ask you to please choose Air America for your future flights"
Derek leaned over and touched Meredith's hand "Wake up beautiful" he said softly.
Meredith slowly woke up at the feeling of someone touching her hand. She moved the bangs out of her face and looked at Derek who was smiling at her in total awe.
"Did I sleep the whole time?" she asked him with an innocent smile
"You were gone right after take-off. You missed the complimentary peanuts, I ate yours, they were very good peanuts" Derek said with a grin
"But what if I wanted to eat them?" Meredith faked being hurt
Derek gave her an innocent shrug. Just then his phone beeped
"It's Addison, she's picking us up" he said on a more serious note.
"I thought Richard was sending a car to bring us back to the hospital" Meredith said as she tugged on her sleeve.
"Change of plans" Derek replied
"I guess I'll call Cristina or take a cap home"
Before Derek could say anything a message over the intercom said that the plane had successfully landed and that they could all leave now. Derek grabbed the one carry on Meredith had packed as well as the pillow she had been sleeping on during the plane ride.
"I'm ending things with Addison tonight, I'm signing the divorce papers" Derek whispered to her as they made their way off the aisle of the plane.
"Congratulations, you'll make a beautiful baby" the older woman Derek had been talking to said as they made their way off the plane.
"Honey, you might want to get that snoring problem under control, ya know they make stuff for people with your problem?" the older man said to Meredith.
Derek laughed "Thank you, it was very nice meeting you both "
Meredith stared at Derek, obviously confused and a bit annoyed. When he saw her expression he laughed more
"What the hell was that?" Meredith asked him
"They were sweet" he said and grinned at her again.
Meredith smiled at him and rolled her eyes. Once they made it inside the airport they spotted Addison. She wasn't hard to miss. She was wearing a pair of 6 inch heels, a black pencil skirt and a hot pink button up dress shirt. She was on her phone while she tucked a piece of her perfectly straight hair behind her ears.
"And it just gets better" Meredith mumbled under her breath. Addison spotted them and walked over to Derek. She pressed a light kiss on his lips. Meredith looked away not wanting to see the exchange between Derek and his wife.
"Hi, Hello, how was the trip?" Addison asked turning her attention to Meredith with a bright smile on her face.
"Fine" Meredith said with a small smile.
"We need to get our luggage, we'll be right back" Derek told Addison
"Okay, I'll just get a coffee or something while I wait" Addison called to Derek who had already turned his back on Addison and was making his way to the luggage mobile.
Derek and Meredith stood in silence for a few moments waiting on their luggage.
"So I'll get Addison to drop you off at home. You need to rest, I'm sure this weekend wore you and the baby out" Derek said sadly
"I can just get a cab Derek, it's already awkward" Meredith spoke
"No, we're taking you home. I don't want you taking a cab or waiting for one"
Meredith didn't say anything she just looked at the cart.
"Mer, You and I are going to make this work. I'm signing the divorce papers tonight" Derek said trying to break the silence
"Baby wants a Big Mac" Meredith said now looking at Derek
"No, Meredith, that is so unhealthy" Derek said looking at her
"Derek, your baby wants a Big Mac, are you going to deprive your child/" Meredith asked serious. She had the most serious expression on her face and Derek couldn't help but laugh
"No, I'm not going to deprive my child" he said amused while he shook his head.
"I'll take you to McDonalds, just please let me take you home" Derek pleaded
"Fine" Meredith said as she located her suitcase. As she was about to grab her suitcase, Derek grabbed it for her as well as his.
Derek drove the car with Addison in the passenger seat and Meredith in the back .
"Meredith's hungry, we're just going to go through the drive thru" Derek said as he pulled the car into the McDonalds parking lot.
"Yes, I would like a Big Mac" Derek said when the lady came over the intercom
"And a large fry and a large coke" Meredith said eagerly.
Derek shot her a look that did not go unrecognized by Addison.
"Fine a diet coke" Meredith said with an eyeroll. Derek knew better than to deny Meredith any food so he went ahead and ordered what she asked for.
Before Derek even had time to hand Meredith her food she ripped it out of his hand and began to eat it. Addison watched in disbelief
"Someone's hungry" she said a bit sarcastically
"She hasn't eaten today, leave her alone" Derek said to Addison. Meredith wasn't even paying attention she was so wrapped up in eating her cheeseburger.
When they pulled up to Meredith's house, Derek got her bags and helped her into the house.
Izzie met them at the door.
"How was the trip?" Izzie asked
"Fine" Both Meredith and Derek said at the same time
"Okay then, George and I are watching your mom do a heart liver transplant if you want to come watch it?" Izzie asked
"Yeah, I'll be right there" Meredith said to her friend and Izzie made her way back to the living room.
Derek leaned in and kissed Meredith softly when he knew Izzie was back in the other room.
"I love you, I'll call you" he said softly.
He left and Meredith went into the living room to sit with George and Izzie.
"So how are things with McDreamy?" Izzie asked as she ate a bite of soup
"Shhh this is my favorite part, I'm trying to concentrate" George said as he watched Ellis performed a part of the surgery
"Where's Alex?" Meredith asked looking around
"Oh, Bailey caught him having sex with that slut nurse Olivia so he's been on scut all weekend and he's staying overnight with one of Addison's preemies" Izzie said continuing to crunch on her popcorn.
"Syphilis Olivia?" Meredith asked with a giggle as she adjusted herself on the couch
"You know I had syphilis too, are you going to start calling me syphilis George?" George asked with a glare turning away from the TV
"Syphilis George, it does have a nice ring to it" Izzie stated with a giggle. Meredith smiled and George shot them both an annoyed glare.
Derek pulled up into the little spot he usually parked his car near the trailer. He took his bags out and made his way inside not saying anything to Addison.
Derek put his suitcase down and opened the refrigerator and pulled out a beer. He popped the top and took a huge swig.
"I'm glad you're back, the trailer was kind of depressing without you here" Addison said with a bright smile
Derek took another big sip of his beer
"We need to talk" he told her simply
Addison sunk into the chair in the living room
"Sure talk" Addison said in her usual confident collected tone. Derek stared her over for a few seconds and finished the rest of his beer.
His eyes were sad yet hopeful. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. Instead he pulled his wallet out of his pocket and fumbled around in it for a second. He pulled the ultra sound out of his wallet and looked it over for a few seconds, a small smile on his face before he handed it to Addison.
"A healthy 13 week fetus, Derek why are you showing me this?" Addison asked confused
"I'm the dad" Derek said in a barely audible whisper
"Excuse me?" Addison asked with edge in her voice
"This is my child, I'm the father" Derek said as he made his way back into the kitchen to get another beer
Addison felt like she couldn't breathe. She let out an audible breath but quickly pulled herself together
"I guess if you can forgive me about Mark, I can forgive you about this…It won't be easy but we can make this work" Addison said in a small voice
Derek slammed the refrigerator door shut "Damn-it Addison" Derek yelled as he ran his hand through his hair
"What Derek? I'm giving you an out, I said we can work through it" Addison said her voice rising
Derek shook his head clearly aggravated.
"Oh, you don't want to make this work" she said in a low voice realization hitting her
"You don't want to make this work…with me" she continued
Derek shook his head sadly. Addison visibly gulped and fought hard to keep the tears at bay. They were silent for a few seconds, Addison staring at the ground wracking her brain and Derek sitting in a chair looking hard at the beer in his hand.
"Congratulations, I guess" Addison said looking up and meeting his gaze
"Thank you" Derek said gently
"You'll be a good dad" Addison said with a tight
lipped smile
"Addison, you don't have to-" Derek trailed off
"No Derek, Congratulations. I'm sure you will be very happy with Meredith Grey, with your perfect little baby. God, if I didn't sleep with Mark, it could be me, this could be our baby. But no, I go and sleep with Mark Sloan and now she has my life" Addison spat, hot tears brimming in her eyes.
"Addison our marriage was long over before you slept with Mark and before I met Meredith, you know that" Derek said softly
Addison shook her head slightly, the tears falling down her face
"You had to know that" Derek said gazing at her
"I didn't want to believe it" Addison said looking at the wall.
Derek gave her a sad smile and opened the fridge and handed her a beer as well.
"Thanks" she said softly as she took it.
Derek and Addison sat in silence for what felt like hours just drinking beer. As much as Derek wanted to go see Meredith and check on her to see if she was okay, he knew he needed to mourn the end of his marriage with Addison.
"Here's to 12 unhappy years" Addison said clearly drunk as she bumped her beer bottle with Derek's
"To 12 unhappy years" Derek repeated. Both took huge gulps of beer
Meredith was sitting on her bed, exhaustion plagued her but she was waiting for Derek. Even though he never said it, she thought he would come over tonight, tell her that he was getting divorced and fall asleep with her and their baby. When 12:00 hit she knew he wasn't coming. Tears began to fall out of her eyes, she needed her person.
She picked up the phone and dialed Cristina
"What?" Cristina asked as soon as she picked up
"I need you to come over" Meredith said impatiently