Meredith and derek left burke's office hand in hand.

Having spoken to burke had eased her mind. She was thrilled that she wouldn't have to abort and was sure that when Addie pulled her head in that she would be the one to do the ceserean.

Derek squeezed her hand but waited until they reached the elevator before he turned to look at her.

"You good?" he asked as he pulled her into him.

"Yeah" she sighed.

"You?" she asked after a moment.

"Yeah relieved." He said quietly as he kissed the top of her head.

"Hmmmm" she sighed in agreement.

"I have my lunch break coming up." He told her.

" Good. " she murmured. "But first I have to go find dad and let him know what's going on." She told him as she pulled back a little.

"Ok" he sighed a little.

"Do you want to come?" she asked nervously.

Derek pulled back slightly and looked at her.

"You sure?" he asked.

Meredith nodded as she bit her lip

He stepped onto the elevator and pressed the button for Ellis's floor.

"He was in ellis's room earlier." He told her. "Said he would be there all day."

Meredith nodded as she leaned back against the wall.

Derek watched as she crossed one leg over the other and rested her head on the cold metal.

Her tight jeans were all bar done up as she had left the top button undone for her belly and her lavender sweater clung to her curves. He looked her over twice before he moved to her.

He turned her slightly and ran a hand down her side.

"Der?" meredith asked before she saw the darkness and lust in his eyes.

He smiled as his hand settled where her pants rested.

She looked straight into his eyes and couldn't help but lick her lip.

"Your killing me." He whispered before he caught her lips.

He kissed her softly and his tongue sort entrance into her mouth.

His hand slipped under her sweater to rest on the tiny bump that had formed.

He kissed her until the bell rang to say the had reached their floor.

Sighing he stepped back and looked her over.

Both looked slightly disheleved when they stepped off the elevator and walked towards ellis's room. Off to tell her father their good news

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Derek and meredith walked down the hall hand in hand. Both were lost in their own worlds of thought.

Derek was battling with the knowledge that they were about to enter a room that contained his new father - in - law to be and the person whom he had considered his 2nd mother until recently. He knew that Meredith would not want to talk about her health in front of her, as it was her health that had Ellis abandon their entire family.

Meredith on the other hand was trying to sort out her own emotions about everything she had learned from her talk with Preston and the prospect of another surgery after having their baby. She knew that Derek was in this for the long haul. It had taken her a while to see this but it was clear as day now. She didn't want to walk into her mothers room and announce the prospect of another surgery. She didn't want to walk into her mothers room at all. But one thing she prided herself on was that she wasn't her mother and therfore was not going to avoid the situation that was laid out in front of her.

As they approached the door of Ellis's room derek shook his head out of his thoughts and gave Meredith's hand a squeeze. "We can do this." He whispered and she sighed and brought her head to rest on his chest.

"I will be here the whole time." He promised as he kissed the top of her head. "You ready?" he asked and waited until he felt a nod against his chest.

She walked into the room snuggled up into Dereks arms.

Richie was the first to spot them as they walked in and he quickly jumped from his seat. "Meredith do you need to sit down?" he asked.

She shook her head and gave him a soft smile. "No thanks, but I was hoping to kind of talk to dad."

Richard who had looked up when richie had offered meredith his seat smiled at her. "How did the appointment go?" he asked.

Derek gave Meredith a squeeze and she snuggled closer to him.

"Can we maybe talk outside?" she asked. "Or somewhere else?" she added as she looked over at her mother.

"Mer?" richie asked.

"Richard please." Derek asked.

Richard looked at ellis. He understood why she didn't want to talk in front of her, but knew that she would have to get used to it sooner or later because after his conversation with Ellis this morning, they had decided it would be best for her to move back to Seattle.

"Can't we talk here?" he asked.

Meredith bit her bottom lip nervously. "I'd prefer not to at the moment." She said quietly.

"Oh right." He answered completely worried by what preston may have told them.

"Why not?" ellis asked.

"Not now" richard spoke sternly.

Ellis eyed him carefully. "Is this about the appointment you made with the cardiologist?" she asked as she turned to Meredith.

Derek groaned. "We don't really wish to discuss it with you now." He said as polite as he could.

"Oh right." She murmured and meredith could see that she was sort of hurt.

"I'm not quite ready to let u back into that part of my life." Meredith told her as she spoke softly. "It's just..."

"It was the reason why I left?" ellis finished.

"Exactly" meredith sighed.

Ellis gave a nod in understanding. "Well go on then richard go find out what's going on."

Richard nodded politely before he quickly stood and moved to meredith and derek's side.

"Let's take this to my office." Derek suggested as it was just down the hall.

Richard nodded as they turned and left the room quickly.

Ellis let out a sigh as she watched them go.

"She'll let u back in mom. It will just take time." Richie told her as he moved to sit on the side of the bed and reached for her hand