Thanks for the reviews everyone, sorry it took me longer then it usually does, I had to organize my thoughts, it took much longer than I would have liked to have, but at least we finally have a complete chapter!

Meredith sat down on the chair inside the bistro, after a car ride of Lily saying how much she enjoyed being with just her parents and her. No sibling to fuss and worry over. This was making Meredith feel extremely guilty, that her daughter was so happy about this and they were going to turn this night into something she'd probably never forget.

"Daddy can I get a Shirley temple?" asked Lily.

"You can get any drink you like Lily-Bean." said Derek as he glanced over the menu.

Meredith sipped the glass of water that was just given to her by one of the waiters. She let out a nervous breath as she looked at Derek who sympathetically smiled gently. Lily was furiously at work at drawing with the crayons given to her.

"What are you going to order Lily?" asked Meredith as she closed her menu.

"A salad." said Lily as she smiled up at her mother before continuing to color.

Meredith rolled her eyes as Derek smirked at her. Unlike her, her children were extremely heath conscious eaters. Thanks to Derek. The waiter came and took their orders as Meredith quietly twiddled her thumbs as she listened to Lily finish telling a story about something that happened at school. She nodded at Derek.

"Lily, there's something Daddy and I need to tell you." said Meredith. "Something that's going to be a little hard to understand. Lily nodded as she looked at her mother with wide blue green eyes. "Well…., you see…. Ok Lily, you understand how Mommy has a baby in her stomach and that when it's ready it'll be born." asked Meredith.

"Yeah, Daddy put it there." answered Lily simply.

Derek's eyes widened immediately at how his six year old daughter knew that at such a young age. "Right." continued Meredith. "When you were born you didn't come from Mommy's stomach." explained Meredith as best as you could. "You were born from someone else's stomach. They couldn't take care of you the way a Mommy and Daddy should take care of a baby. So Daddy and I adopted you, because we knew you were supposed to be ours and that'd you turn into a lovely little girl. Do you understand Lily?" asked Meredith gently.

"So you're not really my parents?" asked Lily quietly.

"No Lily we are, it just means like what we said, how a Mommy and Daddy can put a baby, in the Mommy's stomach. Someone different did that for you, but we're still your parents." said Derek.

Lily looked down at the table. "So everyone in our family is like that." said Lily.

"No, sweetheart… just you are." answered Meredith quietly.

Lily looked down at the table again for a minute, she then looked up at shoved the glass of water, knocking it onto the table. She immediately got up out of her chair and ran out of the restaurant.

"Lily." Meredith called after her as both her and Derek got up quickly and followed after her. They went outside and were surprised to find that she wasn't right outside the door. They both frantically looked around until they saw her sitting on a bench a few feet away from them. Meredith walked over there and sat down next to the sniffling girl. She gently pulled her into her arms, against the young girls protesting. Lily finally settled and cried into her mother's jacket.

"I want my real Mommy and Daddy."

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After a silent car ride, the Shepherd family arrived back at the house. Lilly immediately ran upstairs to her room slamming the door. Lexie looked up from her book, that she was reading the living room. She quickly grabbed her stuff and looked at Meredith eyeing her to call her tomorrow.

"Mommy?" questioned a sleepy Katherine as she came down the stairs. "What's going on?"

Meredith pushed back some of the hair in her daughter's face and kissed her forehead gently. "Nothings going on, why aren't you sleeping?"

"Lily's door slamming woke me up." said Katherine with a yawn.

"Well you still look very tired too me Kat. Come on I'll tuck you back in." said Derek as he led her to the stairs and followed behind her.

Meredith sighed as she slipped her shoes off by the stairs. This night had gone just how she'd predicted it would. Horribly wrong. She carefully climbed up the stairs and walked towards Lily's room. She gently knocked on the door, before entering. She entered the room to find Lily face down crying into her pillows, her little party dress still on. She sat down and gently rubbed her back. Lily then sat up and looked at her mother before hugging her and crying into her yet once again. Meredith felt immense sorrow for even telling her daughter this. Obviously she knew she was going to have to tell her daughter sooner or later. She was just planning on it being later, when Lily could understand better and not be so upset. She gently removed her daughter's dress and changed her into a pair of pajamas. She then tucked her in, kissing her forehead and quietly leaving the room. She then went into her bedroom and quickly changed into a pair of leggings and one of Derek's shirts. She then crawled under the blanket and shut her eyes trying to drown out the events of today. She felt Derek's arm wrap around her and she turned slightly to see him lying next to her.

"We'll get through this, we'll get Lily this and the kids through this and we'll get through this." said Derek as he absentmindedly rubbed his thumb across her cheek.

She nodded as she as he she lay her head against him. She gently rubbed his chest. "How are we going to get through this?" asked Meredith.

"We just will."