Thank you to all of my lovely reviewers, the support for my last chapter was so sweet and I enjoyed reading it all. This chapter has a lot of fluff, as much as I hate putting a lot in a story, I just felt like writing it like this. Honestly I think this is my favorite chapter and I can't wait to write the future chapters of this story.
That night Cristina came over laid in bed with Meredith. Meredith told her about the baby and Derek and the trip. Meredith didn't understand why Derek never came, she knew he had to end things with Addison but she was having his baby and he told her that he loved her, she just didn't get it.
As Meredith made her way into the hospital the next morning, she looked out of the corner of her eye for Derek but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Ah, there she is!" Chief Webber exclaimed as Meredith made her near the staircase of the hospital with Cristina, Izzie, and George in tow.
Meredith gave him a short closed-lip smile. "Our very own Dr. Grey worked on the case that has now moved our hospital to a level one international collaborating hospital" the Chief said loudly to all the staff that was gathered around. Cristina rolled her eyes
"Should have been me" she mumbled
"What are you jealous?" Meredith asked with a smirk
"Yeah right, I'm going to be a cardio God" Cristina muttered
"Where are my interns?" Bailey spat making her way to the chief
"Dr. Bailey, I heard that Dr. Burke is doing to a heart valve implant today, can I be on his service?" George asked as soon as Bailey got close to the staircase
"You will go where I assign you" Bailey said angrily
"That heart valve's mine, Burke already requested me today" Cristina said sarcastically
"Hey people, I make the assignments, not Dr. Burke and sure as hell not a couple of stubborn interns" Bailey said shaking her head
"O'Malley, go with Dr. Burke, maybe a change of pace would be good around here" Bailey said eyeing Cristina.
"Yes, thank you Dr. Bailey" George said with a grin shot at Cristina. Cristina rolled her eyes
"Dr. Grey, you're with Dr. Nelson today, Stevens go with Dr. Torres, Yang, you're with me and… " Miranda then looked up at her interns
"Where the hell is Karev?"
Every one looked around and shrugged
"Go people" Bailey finished and the interns set off. Meredith couldn't help but look for Derek. She was never on Nelson's service and the fact that no one got assigned to him today made her very nervous. Meredith made her way over to the floor where Dr. Nelson's patient was stationed when she found Alex walking towards the elevators.
"Have you seen Bailey?" Alex asked
"She just gave out assignments, have you seen Dr. Shepherd?"
"Nope" Alex said jogging past her to the elevator. Meredith sighed. Just then she felt a wave of nausea and made her way to the bathroom. She didn't have time to make it to the toilet so she threw up in the sink.
"The nausea should go away soon" Addison said with a small smile
"Hi, Addison" Meredith said sheepishly
"Hello Dr. Grey" Addison responded formally
"I uh…" Meredith began to say
"It's really important for you to be taking pre-natal vitamins, makes sure that the baby is healthy" Addison remarked kindly
"I got some in Tennessee, after the ultra sound" Meredith trailed off looking at the floor.
"Oh" Addison stated.
There was a long awkward pause, Addison pulled her to-go coffee cup to her lips and took a gulp
"I'm sorry" Meredith started barely meeting her gaze
"It's not your fault, Congratulations Meredith" Addison gave with a sympathetic smile and left the bathroom. Before Addison made it all the way out of the bathroom she turned back and looked at Meredith
"He's going to make a really great father" she told Meredith softly referring to Derek
"I know" Meredith said just above a whisper
Addison nodded gave a small smile and left the bathroom for good.
Meredith quickly pulled herself together and fixed her bangs before going to find Dr. Nelson.
"Dr. Grey, what does the CT indicate?" Dr. Nelson asked Meredith as she bumped into him. He held up a black and white picture of the inside of a brain
"Looks like chordomas on the skull" Meredith stated looking over the CT
"Very good, we're going to consult the patient and see where to go from there" Nelson stated
"Oh and Grey, I'm an attending, I don't fetch my own labs, get here when you're supposed to be next time" he told her sternly
"I will, sorry" Meredith replied.
Meredith spent the next 4 hours in surgery. By the time she got out it was hitting 3:00. She made her way to the intern lounge and laid next to Cristina who was eating a banana
"Today sucked" Cristina stated taking a huge bite of her banana
"Give me your banana" Meredith said sighing
"What? No, get your own, besides I deserve this. I was with Bailey all day"
"It's not like she hates you" Meredith said a bit amused.
"She does now that she knows about Burke"
"She hates me too, she saw me and Derek, in his car, having sex, I win" Meredith stated
"Yeah, but now she just feels sorry for you, everyone does" Cristina said with sarcasm
Meredith rolled her eyes and sighed
"Still no McDreamy today?" Cristina asked with her eyebrow raised
"No McDreamy today" Meredith repeated.
"Here, you need this more than I do" Cristina said forfeiting her banana.
Back at Derek's trailer
Derek was sitting on a chair near kitchen table talking on the phone.
"Yes, I want to start construction as soon as possible, I have a baby coming in 6 months, money is no object, I want this house completed as soon as possible"
"No, I know it's a short amount of time but I have a baby on the way"
"Okay thank you, I will be by the property in a few days and we can go over the details, see you then" Derek finished and hung up the phone as Addison removed the last of her things.
"So everything is…done?" Addison asked with a bit of relief in her voice
"Yes, I spent the day in the lawyers office, our divorce is finalized…It's done" Derek stated with a small smile
Addison smiled back and him briefly. In a way this was a relief for both of them
"I saw your intern in the bathroom today throwing up, I told her that you would be a good father" Addison said looking down
"Was she okay?" Derek asked a bit of concern in his voice.
Addison tried to keep from rolling her eyes, he had never shown her that much care, ever. He was constantly worried about Meredith and although Addison was happy and ready to move on, it was still painful.
"She's fine Derek, I think I'm going to California" she stated simply.
Derek nodded and helped her get the rest of her things put in her car, he hugged her briefly and wished her well in life.
Derek looked around his trailer, all the baby stuff Meredith had bought had finally been shipped and arrived. They decided to mail it to his house because Meredith didn't want to risk Izzie, George, and Karev finding all of the stuff, and it was just easier to keep it with Derek. Derek smiled at the tiny baby clothes in one of the boxes, it wouldn't be that long before his and Meredith's baby would be wearing the little tiny jumpers. He had called his mother and told her about the Divorce today and he also told her about Meredith. Carolyn said that she would be coming to visit in a week and Derek knew he needed to let Meredith know because knowing her this was going to be a big step.
Derek felt exhausted from everything he did today, he spent 8 hours with the lawyers making sure his marriage to Addison was wrapped up and over with, he spent hours designing his and Meredith's house and figuring out where they would put all the baby stuff, he completely organized all the baby stuff and even put the baby clothes away in drawers for now, and he went by the jewelry store to find a ring for Meredith, he wasn't going to propose yet but he did know that she was the one.
Around 9:00 Derek drove to Meredith's house, he had spent all day thinking about Meredith and worrying if she was okay. In-between leaving the lawyers office and drawing up plans for their house, he had stopped by the hospital to talk to Meredith and check on her but was told by the chief that she was in surgery with Nelson.
Derek approached Meredith's front door and walked right in.
"Dr. Shepherd?" Izzie asked concerned when he barged right in.
In Derek's mind at this point his girlfriend and child lived here, he didn't feel like he needed to knock.
"Is Meredith here?" he asked hopefully
" She's in her room, but she's had a bad day so I would leave her alone" George said stepping in the room to put his cereal bowl in the sink
Derek took the stairs two at a time. He peaked into Meredith's room and saw that she was sleeping soundly. He put the house plans and the grilled chicken and vegetables that he brought for her aside and leaned down on the bed to wake her up.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asked softly as he scooted in on the bed, he rubbed her arm gently
"Fine" she stated with annoyance in her voice
"O'Malley said that you didn't have a good day" Derek said softly looking at her
"My day was fine" Meredith said and got up out of the bed
"I heard you scrubbed in with Nelson, did the surgery go wrong?" Derek asked trying to get why she seemed agitated
"Izzie told you?" Meredith asked with an eye roll
"No, the chief did when I came by the hospital to see you today" Derek replied
"Oh" was all Meredith said, and looked away
"The surgery went fine" she finished lamely
"Then what's wrong Mer?" Derek asked softly
Meredith's eyes welled up with tears "You didn't come by last night and you didn't call and then I didn't see you all day today, did you change your mind?" she asked
Derek ran his hand through his hair "No, Meredith, of-course I didn't change my mind, I love you" he said and made his way over to her and kissed the top of her head softly
"I love you so much" he told her
Meredith stared at him blankly, tears still running down her face.
"Last night I ended my marriage, I just needed to mourn that, and today I spent most of my day in the lawyers office making sure my divorce was finalized, today all the baby stuff you bought in Tennessee arrived and I got that all in order and then I made this" Derek said as he reached for the house plans
"I want to build us a house, we're a family now and your house is great but how are we going to have a newborn baby in the same house that O'Malley has Torres over every night and Karev is having sex with random nurses all the time, our baby doesn't need to be around that kind of environment, babies need stability" Derek finished
Meredith looked over the house plans, this was going to be a huge step for her but then again so is having baby
"Can I think about it?" she asked
"Sure" Derek responded with a small smile
"Did you bring me dinner?" she asked as she noticed the to-go box
"I did, you need to eat better"
Meredith opened the box and began to eat the dinner Derek bought for her.
The next day was Meredith's day off and Derek decided to call in sick, they really just needed some time together to figure things out and to decide on the house.
Derek took Meredith out to his land bright and early
"I'm designing a huge kitchen with an island, it will be open so that we can watch the kids in the living room while we cook, over here I want to put the stairwell, Upstairs there is going to be 5 rooms, our room, the babies room, and then an office and any extra bedrooms we may need for future kids, plus I'm putting a bedroom downstairs for my mom when she comes to visit, so that she doesn't need to use the stairs if it gets hard for her oneday to walk up stairs, we can get a dog, and I can take our kids fishing, and plus we'll keep the trailer, just incase you get mad at me and kick me out" he finished the last part with a wink
"You've put a lot of thought into this" Meredith said taking in what all Derek told her
"I have" he responded waiting hopefully. Meredith looked around wide eye trying to imagine all that Derek had planned. She was excited by the prospect of living with Derek and building a house but this was fast maybe too fast. His divorce was just finalized yesterday and now a day later he was wanting to build a house with her. She looked down and placed her hand on her baby bump. Suddenly it hit her, she was pregnant with a baby, a baby that would be here in less than 6 months and Derek was doing what a dad should do. He was making a home for his family and he wanted nothing more than for Meredith to give him the go ahead. Meredith knew that the timing was bad and yes Derek had deceived her but he loved her, she knew deep down that Derek truly loved her and he just wanted her to be okay, and although he had lots of making up to do to her, she had to meet him half way.
"So…" he asked as he watched her eyes flash through all different emotions
"I love it" Meredith said with a bright smile
"Really?" Derek asked excitedly
"Really" Meredith responded. Derek took both his hands and cupped her cheeks and kissed his sweetly.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Meredith asked when she realized that Derek was looking at her in total amazement
"Because I just realized that this is the happiest I've been in my entire life"
Meredith gazed into his eyes and could not help but feel overjoyed, this was the love of her life and in a few short months they were going to have a baby, a baby that was part hers and part his.
Meredith protectively put her hand on her stomach and smiled at the small bump
"Our baby deserves this house" she told him
Derek nodded and took her hand to lead her back to his car.
On the way back to Meredith's house, Derek drove extra slow
"I would like to actually get back to my house before this baby is born" Meredith said in mock annoyance
"I'm being responsible, that's what fathers do, they're responsible" Derek said back to her never taking his eyes off the road
"You're not a father yet" Meredith argued as she eyed Derek's speedometer
"I've been a father since you told me you were pregnant" he argued back
"Well Derek, your baby wants food so be a father and get us a chocolate milkshake"
Derek rolled his eyes and Meredith tried to keep the sly smile off of her face as he did as she asked and stopped to get a milkshake.
Derek laid on Meredith's bed and rested his eyes while Meredith sat up in the bed and drank her milkshake.
"Derek what do you think about the name Sebastian?" Meredith asked
"It's kind of a mouthful Sebastian Shepherd, besides we don't even know the sex yet" Derek commented with his eyes still closed
There was silence "Well what do you like then?" Meredith questioned
"I like William, Andrew, Thomas"
"Those names are boring Derek" Meredith said with an eyeroll
"Well then what do you like?"
"I told you Sebastian"
"I feel like that is the name of an under water creature" Derek said a small smile creeping to his lips
"Do you want a boy or a girl?" Meredith asked
"Both" Derek said raising his eyebrow
Meredith smacked him jokingly and he pulled her down beside him in the bed and kissed her. She returned the kiss and it deepened. They couldn't control themselves when it came to eachother, he was being gentle with her though. She was on top and slowly she slid her hands into his pants. He began to groan
"Dr. Shepherd, shall I continue?" she asked suggestively as if they were in surgery and he was letting her operate
"Oh, please do Dr. Grey" he moaned
After a few rounds of very dirty sex they had fallen asleep.
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, wake up!" A little boy around the age of five said as he jumped into Derek and Meredith's bed. A sleeping Meredith was next to Derek with her blonde bangs in her face and light snores were erupting from her little body.
"I'm up buddy" Derek said and kissed his son on the forehead
"We have to wake up sissy, Santa brought lots of presents" the little boy said his bright blue eyes filled with Joy
"Okay, lets go get her and then we can wake up mommy" Derek smiled and lead his son to his little girls room. Laying there in bed was a tiny little girl wearing red and green Christmas pajamas, her dark hair curls were spread out across her pillow and her nose scrunched up as she slept
"WAKE UP, PRESENTS" the little boy screeched full of joy
The little girl opened her bright blue eyes that mirrored Derek's and her brothers
"Presents?" she asked sleepily and then it occurred to her what day it was
"DADDY, IT'S CWISMAS, SANTA CAME" she screamed as she grabbed her brothers hand and jolted out of the bed
The kids were about to go downstairs when Derek reminded them that they needed to wake up their mom up
"MOMMY ITS CWISMAS" the little girl shouted
"That's right little bug, its Christmas" Meredith said with a smile as she yawned. Derek leaned over and kissed her goodmorning
"Morning" he said with a smile
"Morning" she responded with a happy smile just for her husband
"Mommy you have to wake up, I 've been waiting years for this" the little boy said with exaggeration
"Year's huh?" Meredith said with a smile
"Yeah mommy he's been waiting years for this, get out of bed" Derek repeated mockingly
"I'm up, lets go see what Santa brought" Meredith said as she made her way out of bed and grabbed her son's hand while Derek carried the little girl.
Derek jolted awake and saw Meredith sleeping beside him. He couldn't help but smile, he had been having a lot of dreams lately but this was certainly the best one. He placed his hand on Meredith's tiny bump that he knew would be getting much larger soon and kissed her stomach sweetly. He then kissed Meredith's cheek as she snored. He was happy with his little family that he knew would include more kids, he couldn't wait for their house to be built and he couldn't wait to tell the rest of the hospital staff about the baby. This was truly the happiest Derek had felt in a very long time.
Okay guys please review, it will make me want to update sooner. I'm thinking I'll finish this story off with the birth of the baby and then maybe write a sequel that will focus on Mer/Der's life with their kids, not sure yet, as always review. Also I will probably reveal the gender in the next chapter, review and tell me what you want them to have.