Richard reached his office to find Meredith and Alex in a screaming match. "Both of you sit your arses down." he ordered.

Meredith looked hesitantly at her father before slumping down on the couch.

Alex refused to sit down.

"Can either of you tell me why my new head of neurosurgery just got knocked to the ground by one of my sons?" Richard asked.

Alex refused to look at him. He could feel the disappointment in his father's eyes.

Meredith fiddled with her watch; she too refused to look at him.

"Well?" Richard asked again.

Before either of them could answer Mark and Addison entered the room. "Alex what the hell is going on? Why did you punch out 

shepherd?" he asked.

Alex looked at Meredith and then back at Mark. "What's this got to do with Mer?" Mark asked.

All 3 men turned to look at Meredith. Addison moved to the couch and sat down next to her. "Mer, what's going on?" she asked softly.

Meredith looked up; tears were welling in her eyes. "oh Addi" she sobbed quietly.

"Mer, why would Alex punch Derek, and announce to Dad, that if it wasn't him throwing the punch then it would have been me?" Mark asked again. He moved his chair over so he was sitting in front of both Addi and Mer.

Meredith looked at her brothers and then at her dad. "I'm so sorry daddy." she whispered.

Richards heart was breaking as he looked down at his little girl. Richard moved quickly to Meredith and pulled her on to his lap. "It's ok baby Daddy is here." he whispered. "tell me what happened and 

maybe I can fix it." he soothed her.

Alex tapped Mark in the shoulder, and gestured him to follow him to the other side of the room.

"What's going on?" Mark asked Alex.

"I can't believe it" Alex mumbled.

"You're going to have to be a bit more specific Lex, considering my baby sister, your twin, is crying over there." Mark told him.

"She's pregnant" he mumbled.

"WHAT!" mark asked rather loudly? This caused both Addison and Richard to look up.

Alex gave Mark a glare. "I don't think dad knows hell only I just found out." he told MARK.

"What's shepherd got to do with this?" Mark asked.


Alex was silent.

"I'm guessing he's the father?" Mark asked.

Alex nodded. "I'm thinking so."

"Boys here now." Richard called over to them.

Alex and Mark reluctantly made their way back over to their father and sister. Addison watching them carefully.

"What's going on?" Richard asked curiously. Meredith was now asleep in his arms.

"Ummm dad, " Alex began

"Meredith's pregnant." Mark blurted out.

"What!" he hissed.



"My reaction exactly" Mark replied.

Richard turned to Addison. "Do you know anything about this?" he asked her.

Addison shook her head. "I had my suspicions but nothing official." she replied.

Mark instantly flared. "You suspected that my baby sister was pregnant but you didn't say anything?" Mark asked. it was obvious he was not happy.

"Honey, I couldn't say anything because I didn't know for sure." Addison tried to reason with her husband.

"What's this got to do with Shepherd?" Richard asking, as he tried to get to the bottom of the saga.

"Daddy" Meredith mumbled as she stirred. Richard softened quickly.



"Mer sweetie are you pregnant?" he asked her.

Meredith snuggled into Richards shoulder.

"I'm pregnant daddy, Der and I were going to tell you." she mumbled before she drifted back off to sleep.

Richard had fire in his eyes. He looked up at Alex. "I want you to get me the pillows and quilt out of the cupboard." He ordered.

"Mark, I need you to tell Patricia to page Derek to the first available conference room." he told him before he then turned to Addison. "I know you have patients, but I need you to check in on Mer for me." he explained further. "We will leave her to sleep while the boys and I go have a chat with Derek."

Addi nodded.

Richard stood with Mer still in his arms. Alex returned with the pillows and quilt. Addi set them up so Richard could put Mer down. He covered her with the quilt and left her to sleep.