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Meredith stared at her decaffeinated coffee the next morning, as she sat at the island in the middle of the kitchen. Today was a Saturday and both she and Derek had off today. Since it being early December they were going to go and cut their Christmas tree today. She felt Derek's arms wrap around her as he kissed her cheek. Meredith then turned around and kissed him.

"I think we should take Lily out to dinner tonight by herself and talk to her." said Meredith.

Derek nodded. "I think that's a good idea. We'll tell her when she wakes up." said Derek.

Meredith nodded "I'll tell her not to mention it to the others. I'll also call Lexie to come and stay with the others." said Meredith as looked up to see Lily come running into the kitchen.

"Mommy!" said Lily as she ran into Meredith hugging her tightly.

Meredith gently wrapped her arms around her daughter. "Will she still be running to me like that when she knows?' thought Meredith to herself as Lily pressed a kiss to her swollen stomach.

"Morning baby sister." said Lily.

"Baby sister?" mused Derek as he picked her up tickling her. "I don't think so Liam and I think it's a boy this time." said Derek as Lily's giggles filled the kitchen.

"Nah-uh." said Lily pressing her forehead against Derek's. "Girl, Daddy, Mommy even said so." said Lily looking over at Meredith.

Meredith smiled and shrugged her shoulders as Derek looked at her, with an eyebrow raised. "Lily is it okay if you, I and Daddy go out for dinner tonight. Just the three of us?" asked Meredith as she watched her daughter's eyes light up in surprise.

"Just us?" asked Lily surprised.

Meredith could understand at how her daughter was surprised at that. If they did anything like that it was usually done all together, except for occasional one on one time. When each child did get to spend time with their parents, they absolutely enjoyed it. Liam and Derek would go fishing and it would be all Liam would talk about for days. It was positively adorable at how much Liam looked up to his father. When Meredith and Katherine could spare some alone time, Meredith usually took her to the bookstore, because she loved to read. They'd spend a couple of hours, reading and picking out books and would usually end up getting frozen yogurt together afterwards. Lily absolutely loved to go shopping. That little girl was so much into fashion it was scary. She was constantly aware of what was in and out and even sometimes criticized what her family wore, because it wasn't "in style." So normally when she had her moment alone with one of her parents they would usually end up at the mall. Madison was really simple. If you just colored or played play-doh with her for a couple of hours, she was completely content. For the most part they're children were very well behaved. They rarely got in trouble in school and occasionally acted up at home. They did argue with each other a lot, but most siblings do.

"Just us." said Meredith as she patted down her daughter's light blonde waves. "Don't your brother and sisters though, leave that to me and Daddy." said Meredith.

"Okay, I pinky promise." said Lily sticking her pinky out towards Meredith as she pinkie promised her mother. "I'm going to go watch cartoons." said Lily jumping down from her father's arms and running into the living room. Meredith shook her head.

"I can't do this. I can't do this to her. I can't suddenly wreck her little life." said Meredith.

"I know you don't want to do this." said Derek as he hugged her as she laid her head on his chest. "But we're going to have to tell her sooner or later."

"I know."

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Meredith sat in the front seat of the car as she listened to her kids excitedly chatter away about how big their Christmas tree was this year, compared to last year. She looked out the window looking at the dark grey sky, that was reminding her of how she felt right now, anticipating tonight's dinner.

"Oh my god." gasped Meredith as she put a hand to her stomach.

"What?" asked Derek as he kept one eye on the road and turned to look at her ever so slightly.

"The baby moved for the first time." said Meredith placing one of Derek's hands that wasn't on the steering wheel onto her stomach.

A chorus's of "The baby moved! , "I want to feel!" was heard from the back seat as Derek grinned feeling his child move beneath the woman he loved. No matter how many kids you have, that feeling feels just the same as it did the first time.

"Mom did I move a lot when I was inside of you?" questioned Katherine from the way back of the car.

"You didn't move around to much Kat. You were pretty mellow." said Meredith as she smiled remembering.

"What about me Mommy?" asked Maddie.

Meredith and Derek both laughed at that one. Meredith then turned around tickling the three year olds foot slightly. "You we called our future soccer player, because you never stopped moving and you kicked so hard." said Meredith.

"Mom, remember when my ear was pressed up against my stomach and she kicked it." said Katherine.

Meredith smiled at her daughter. "I do remember that sweetie." said Meredith with a small laugh.

"Mommy did I move a lot?" asked Liam

This time Derek smiled as he remembered feeling Liam kick for the first time. Since he hadn't been around when Meredith was pregnant with Kat, it felt incredibly exciting to him. Meredith then answered.

"You didn't kick a lot, buddy. Just enough to keep me awake at night." said Meredith. "You did occasionally want a snack at three o'clock in the morning." said Meredith smiling at Derek as he rolled his eyes remembering the late night trips to the grocery store for some weird cravings.

"What about me Mommy? How was I?" asked Lily.

Meredith's smile faltered slightly as she looked at Derek, almost looking for the right answer. "You didn't move too much sweetie." answered Meredith quietly, before turning around and keeping silent for the rest of the ride. She felt Derek's hand squeeze hers gently as they pulled into their land. Meredith then ushered the kids into the house, while Derek pulled the Christmas tree out from the roof of the car, but not before shooting him one last worried glance.

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That night Meredith slipped on her black flats as she quickly finished getting ready for their dinner. Lily had been allowed to choose the restaurant and chose a casual bistro in the town. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror adjusting her lavender maternity blouse that was under her, black sweater. Looks were the least of her problems tonight. She had no idea how she was going to explain this to Lily, or how Lily was going to react. She quickly left the room and walked down the stairs to see Lexie smile at her sadly, knowing why they were taking Lily out to dinner by herself. She walked to door to see Lily standing there with her coat on and carrying one of her black sparkly purses,

"I'm ready Mommy!" said Lily as Derek opened the door letting the excited six year old wait right outside on the porch. He then held out Meredith's jacket so she could slip into it.

"Ready?" asked Derek as they shut the door, after waving to the others and taking her hand

"As ready as I'll be."