First off thank you to those who have reviewed, I love reading reviews but was a bit disappointed that I didn't get many. Also I feel the need to say this even though I'm sure not many of you read the authors note but this is not real, the characters are not real, the story is not real and it's for my own fun. All the rights to these characters belong to Shonda Rhimes, so please do not send me negative reviews saying how much my story sucks. If you don't like it then don't read it. Also just a quick question was I the only one disappointed last night by the lack of Meredith/Derek interaction? I really miss them having scenes together since they are basically half the reason I watch Grey's. Anyway here's hoping that we see more scenes between them next week.
Meredith was making her rounds bright an early. After mommy-proofing her house, thanks to the help of Izzie, Meredith was feeling slightly better about meeting the 'McMama" (as Cristina called her).
"Remember to smile" Izzie told Meredith with a bright grin plastered on her face
Meredith smiled back with a closed-lip forced smile
"With teeth" Izzie informed as her smile dropped from her face
Meredith smiled back at her with teeth
"That's better!" Izzie exclaimed, then she reached over to tighten Meredith's pony-tail
"Izzie, stop that hurts, I have to make pre-rounds" Meredith said shaking her off
"Now you look so cute, remember when you meet his mother, no dark and twisty, happy, happy, happy" Izzie informed her
"I like the dark and twisty" Derek said sneaking up and kissing Meredith on the cheek as he walked by
"I'm late for pre-rounds" Meredith said annoyed and left the nurses station
"Do not leave her alone with your mother, she's not ready, no where near ready" Izzie muttered as she left the nurses station to find Alex.
Derek laughed.
"Dr. Shepherd, we can't thank you enough for your work in Tennessee" one of the board members said making his way up to Derek
"It was my pleasure" Derek said with a smile
"The board's been thinking about it Derek, and we decided that this hospital needs a fresh face of leadership, what do you think about the idea of becoming chief?" the board member asked him point blank
"That was my goal in coming to Seattle" Derek answered back quickly
"That's what we thought, we'll be in touch" the board member said with a smirk
"What about Richard Webber?" Derek asked as a sidenote
"Don't worry about Webber" the board member said and left.
Meredith was scrubbed in on Bailey's dissection of the liver
"Alright Grey, what do you see?" Bailey asked
"Bleeding on the left apparatus" Grey answered back
"Good, we're going to do a reverse liver amdectomy" Bailey concluded
Meredith held the clamps and began to repair the liver bleed with Bailey watching behind her
"I'm meeting Derek's mom today" Meredith blurted out
"Dr. Grey, did I ask you about your personal life, we have a patient alive on the table and you are worried about meeting Dr. Shepherds mother? Did I make a mistake in choosing you to scrub in on this surgery?" Bailey asked with venom in her voice
"Sorry Dr. Bailey" Meredith said as she refocused on the liver
45 minutes later, the surgery was a success and both Meredith and Dr. Bailey were in the scrub room scrubbing out
"Not bad Dr. Grey" Bailey remarked with a bit of a smile
Meredith smiled at her
"So do you have anything you need to tell me about?" Bailey asked sternly
"No" Meredith said shaking her head.
Bailey groaned and put her hand on her hip
"What would I need to tell you?" Meredith asked
"Maybe the fact that you are pregnant with Dr. Shepherd's child" Bailey muttered
"How did you know?" Meredith asked sub-consciencly placing her hand on her rounded stomach
Bailey gave her a piercing look "Meredith Grey, you are a damn fool if you think that no one has noticed, you barely are fitting into your scrubs, Shepherd has bothered me a number of times to tell me to put you on his service and take it easy on you, I've seen you running off to the bathroom every hour on the hour, and every time I see you, you're eating something, your ass is getting big Grey" Bailey said in exasperation
Meredith gulped
"I was going to tell you" she stated
"When? When you were in the middle of a surgery going into labor?" Bailey huffed
"No, I was going to tell you soon" Meredith said with a sniffle
"Grey are you crying?" Bailey asked be-wildered
"No, Yes, it's these hormones" Meredith said breaking out in tears
"Alright Grey, get it together" Bailey said pulling her in for a semi-hug
"Derek's mother is going to love you, you're giving her a grandchild" Bailey said uncharacteristically being sympathetic
"You think?" Meredith asked with a sniffle
"Yes, now go find your McDreamy, I don't have time to be anyone's mother" Bailey said and patted her on the shoulder to let her know she wanted this hug to end now
"Derek Shepherd" an older woman said as she made her way to Derek and pulled him into a hug
"Mom" he said with a huge smile as he kissed her cheek
"I was just about to go pick you up from the airport" Derek stated
"Yeah well I took a bus, saved you some money, so where is she?" his mother asked looking around
"Meredith is in a surgery with Dr. Bailey, she should be done soon, I told Bailey no surgeries over an hour today" Derek stated now getting worried, Meredith had been in surgery now over an hour
"Alright well, where's Mark?" Carolyn asked
Just then Mark Sloan came cruising by
"Marcus Sloan" Carolyn said as she looked at Mark
Mark looked up from his pager and met her eyes "Mama Shep" he said with a smile
"How have you been?" she asked giving him a knowing look
"I've been good, just working, oh look I just got a page, I have to go" he said making his way passed them to go help his imaginary patient
"So, how have you two been since Addison left?" Carolyn asked
"We've been fine" Derek said shifting uncomfortably
"Have you forgiven him?" Carolyn asked
"Have you?" Derek responded
"Yes" Carolyn said simply
"Mark was your best friend and what he did was wrong but as a result, my son looks happy for the first time in a very long time, and that in a way is thanks to Mark" she remarked
"No, that's thanks to Meredith" Derek commented as he saw Meredith descending the stairs.
He looked at her in awe, she had her hand protectively over their growing baby, she was being careful taking the stairs. Her hair was pulled up in a very high pony-tail on top of her head, and although he never saw Meredith wear her hair this way he couldn't help but think it was cute. She smiled brightly when she caught Derek looking at her and his grin widened. Carolyn took notice of how happy Derek seemed and couldn't help but smile too.
"Meredith, I want you to meet my mother, Carolyn Shepherd, mom this is Meredith Grey" Derek said introducing them
Carolyn pulled Meredith in for a tight hug, Meredith was taken aback but didn't resist.
"I've heard so much about you, let's get a little lunch and you can tell me about yourself" Carolyn said with a hopeful smile
"Yeah okay, that would good" Meredith said a little uncomfortably
"Mer looks weird" Cristina commented when she saw Meredith talking to Derek's mother
"She looks like she's about to pee her pants" Alex replied
"And what's with the high pony-tail?" Cristina asked disgusted
"Meredith looks cute and she's following my advice on how to impress Dr. Shepherd's mom" Izzie defended
Alex smirked at her "Yeah, you're the one that should be giving out advice" Alex dead-panned
Izzie smacked his arm "You're such an ass" she told him.
At lunch Meredith ate her food very fast, half because she was starving and the other half was because her nerves were on edge.
"So Meredith, tell me about your family" Carolyn asked with a smile
"Um… I have my friends George, Izzie, Alex and Cristina. They're interns too. Cristina is my person. She's my best friend. If I killed someone and needed to drag their dead body across the floor, I'd call her. She's my person" Meredith rambled
Carolyn looked bewildered "No dear, I mean your mother and father, what do they do?" she asked politely
"Mom, Family isn't Meredith's favorite topic" Derek said shooting his mom a pleaing look to stop
"No it's fine, my mother's dead and my father left when I was 5" Meredith responded looking down at her food
"I'm so sorry dear" Carolyn said sympathetically
"So mom, how long are you in town for?" Derek asked quickly trying to change the subject
"Just a few days'" Carolyn commented
"Tomorrow Derek and I have a doctor's appointment, we can probably find out the gender, it's big, I mean everything with a baby is big, but I feel like this is an important moment, if you want to come?" Meredith rambled fidgeting with her sleeve
Derek was taken aback and in complete awe, Meredith was trying and this was a huge step for her. Carolyn could tell as well that Meredith was making an effort, a huge one. Her eyes filled with unshed tears and she grinned at Meredith
"I would be delighted to" she said
Later that night Derek was laying next to Meredith in bed
"I'm proud of you" he told her sweetly as he placed his hand over her stomach
"For my liver resection with Bailey?" Meredith asked as she placed her hand on top of his
He leaned down a bit and kissed her shoulder
"No, I'm proud of you for including my mom into our family" he told her
"We're a family?" Meredith asked taken aback
"Of course we're a family, me, you and this little one" Derek told her tapping her stomach to acknowledge the baby
"She seems like she wants to like me" Meredith responded
"She does like you I can tell" Derek assured her
"Tomorrow is a huge day" Meredith told him
"It is, I think it's a boy" Derek told her and he kissed her
"I think it's a girl" Meredith said
"How about this, if it's a boy you get to choose the name and if it's a girl I choose the name" Derek reasoned
"That doesn't make sense, you think it's a boy so why wouldn't you choose the boy's name?" Meredith asked
"Because I know what I want to name our little girl" Derek said as he kissed Meredith again
"What?" Meredith asked intrigued
"No, you have to wait until tomorrow to find out if my name will be used" Derek smirked
"But what if it's a boy?" Meredith asked
"Oh it is a boy, you'll have to wait until the next one to find out what name I like"
Meredith rolled her eyes and Derek leaned in to kiss her again. Meredith deepened the kiss and and rolled her tongue around the inside of his mouth. Derek felt the bulge against his pajama pants
"Meredith" he breathed out of breath when she drew back
He kissed her even harder and removed her shirt. He quickly removed her bra as she removed his shirt
The next day Meredith and Derek met Carolyn at the hospital
"Your sisters are all very excited to know if they are getting a niece or nephew" Carolyn stated excitedly
"They're getting a nephew" Derek stated with a smile
"Oh stop Derek, you would love a little girl" Carolyn argued
"Oh I would, but I have a gut feeling this is a boy"
"We made a deal last night, if it's a boy then I get to name him but if it's a girl Derek is naming her, apparently he has some fabulous name in the back of his mind that he won't tell me" Meredith said with a pout
Derek kissed her forehead "Don't worry you'll love it" he said smiling
"Meredith Grey, Dr. Brian will see you now" a nurse said and ushered Meredith and Derek into a room.
"This is so exciting" Carolyn said as she looked around, she was truly grateful that Derek and Meredith included her in on such an intimate part of their lives.
After Dr. Brian got Meredith situated on the table and moved the wand over her stomach, she could tell the gender of the child
"Okay, mommy and daddy, I can see the baby. Do you want to know the gender?" she asked
Meredith nodded quickly and showed the screen to the three of them
"It's a boy" Derek said with a huge grin
"It's a boy" Meredith repeated with excitement
Derek leaned down and kissed Meredith on the mouth as his fingers remained laced with hers
"Another grandson, thank you, for letting me be apart of this" Carolyn said tears forming in her eyes
Derek leaned over and hugged his mom tightly
"You are our child's only grandparent, I wanted you to be here" Meredith said sadly
Carolyn came over and hugged her carefully "Thank you Meredith" Carolyn whispered
"I'm sure you would all love some pictures to show everyone, I will be right back" Dr. Brian stated and left the room
"A boy wow" Derek said reality setting in. Although he knew they were having a child, Derek didn't understand until now just how huge this was going to be.
"You can take him fishing and do guy things with him" Meredith said with a smile
"My son is having a son" Carolyn joined in complete awe as well.
"Daddy, I'm going to be a nurwo-surgeon just like you" a little boy with bright blue eyes told Derek as he ate his oatmeal
"You can be anything you want to be" Derek told him with a grin as he watched his son eat
"Bwains are cool" the little boy said eyeing Derek
"Brain's are very cool" Meredith said entering the kitchen and kissing her son on the forehead and then making her way over to Derek and kissing him sweetly on the mouth.
"Morning Mommy" the little boy said with a huge smile
"Morning my sweet boy" Meredith said with a grin
"Peanut still asleep?" Derek asked Meredith as he pulled her to him for another kiss
"Yeah I just checked on her, she's out like a light in her crib"
"Guess what we're doing today bud?" Derek asked his son
The little boy tapped his chin as if he was deep in thought and Meredith and Derek both exchanged grins
"Fwishing!" the little boy said excitedly
"That's right, we're having man time, just you, me and Uncle Mark" Derek replied taking a gulp of his coffee
"No girls aloud" the little boy said with a grin to Meredith
Meredith faked being sad "Mommy can't come too?" Meredith asked sadly
The little boy looked at Derek for an answer and Derek mischievously shook his head no
"Nope!" the little boy sang and continued to eat his oatmeal.
Just then Derek and Meredith heard sounds coming from the baby monitor that Meredith had brought into the kitchen with her
"Peanuts awake" Derek said with a smile
After a few minutes Meredith descended the stairs with a little girl around 9 months old
"There's my little peanut" Derek said as he leaned over and kissed his daughters head. A little girl with dark curls and bright blue eyes looked up at him
"Now don't tell me that you could tell that face that she can't go with you" Meredith said looking down at their little baby
"You're right, there is no way I will ever beable to say no to her"
Okay so this one is kind of short but I pretty much just wanted a filler for the McMama's visit. The next chapter will be longer and it will be about 2 months later into Meredith's pregnancy. Please Review, tell me what you like and what you don't like! I love reading those reviews J