Because there are people enjoying this and because I'm nice I'm taking the time to add one last chapter before I leave. I should be able to put a new update up on Tuesday (maybe 2) and perhaps Wednesday but Thursday night is my graduation so I will busy getting ready then PARTYING!!! And then I'm moving back home so it might be a while before I get another up……so please be patient. On with chapter nineteen, I've moved it forward a little bit.

Chapter Nineteen: Drop It!

6 weeks later…

Meredith rolled over in her bed and sighed as she felt the cold patch where Mark had laid with his arms wound around her body just hours before. He had an early surgery and had told Meredith to sleep longer. She slid out of the bed pulling on a shirt of Mark's as she felt the familiar wave of nausea she had been feeling each morning for the past few days rise.

After she had finally finished emptying the non existent contents of her stomach she reached into the back of her bathroom cupboard for the package she had purchased the previous day. She followed the instructions then waited the longest 3 minutes of her life. She slowly peered down at the stick in front of her, as she saw the two pink lines her whole world turned upside down as her suspicions were confirmed…she was pregnant.

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"Hey Izz, did Mer come in with you?" Mark asked concerned that he hadn't seen Meredith at the hospital yet.

"She was in the bathroom when I left, she said she wasn't feeling well and to go without her. She said she would be in time for rounds but still hasn't showed" she answered.

"Oh, she still isn't feeling well, she said it was just bug but she has had it a week now" Mark said half to himself and half to Izzie.

"I'm sure she will be fine" Izzie replied optimistically. "Well I have patients but if I see her I will tell her you are looking for her" she told Mark before hurrying off.

"Thanks" Mark called after her before taking out his cell phone and dialling first the home number, when there was no answer he tried Meredith's cell.

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Meredith entered the doors of Mercy West hospital just as her cell phone rang; she looked at the ID and saw 'Mark" flashing. She quickly cancelled the call not wanting to talk to him just yet.

She sat in the waiting room nervously hoping no-one would recognise her. She leapt up as she heard her name called and followed the tall brunette OB/GYN to her office.

"Hi Meredith, I'm Dr Hilary Walker, what can I do for you?"

"I think I'm pregnant" she muttered softly. "I took a test and it was positive."

"Okay well home tests are usually quite accurate but I will draw some blood and we can find out for sure" Dr Walker said politely.

Meredith just simply nodded as she proceeded to draw the blood and send it to the lab.

Meredith waited nervously for the results of the test; she jumped as Dr Walker called her back to her office.

"Congratulations Meredith" she said warmly. "You're pregnant, so if you wanna jump up on the table we can do an ultrasound and find out how far along you are" she said with the same warm tone.

Meredith flinched as the cold gel hit her exposed stomach. She watched the screen as Dr Walker hit a few buttons and moved the wand over her stomach. She stopped once she got to a certain area and pressed a few more buttons.

"It looks like you are about 6 weeks along" Dr Walker informed her. "I will prescribe you some vitamins, have you had much morning sickness?"

"Not really" Meredith replied softly.

"Well if it worsens just call and I will prescribe something" she told her as she handed her the prescription.

"Bye" Meredith said before quickly exiting her office and making her way to her car so she could get to Seattle Grace for her shift that she was already late for.

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Izzie entered the intern locker room to change her scrub shirt after a patient had thrown up on her when she noticed Meredith sitting on the bench. As she got closer she noticed she was sobbing softly.

"Mer are you okay?" she asked placing her hand on her shoulder.

Meredith just shook her head. "I don't know what to do" she cried into Izzie's chest.

"Don't know what to do about what?" she asked softly.

"I'm pregnant" she confessed in barely a whisper.

"Are you sure? Did you take a test?" Izzie asked her quickly.

Meredith nodded her answer to the questions. "I went and saw a doctor at Mercy West this morning" Meredith told her wiping away her tears.

"How far along are you?" Izzie asked.

"6 weeks" Meredith said softly. "So that means…" Meredith began before Izzie cut her off.

"There is a chance its Derek's and not Mark's" Izzie finished for her.

Meredith just nodded. "What am I going to do Izz? I'm an intern plus I don't even know whose freaking baby it is, I am not mother material."

"Don't say that, it will be okay, you just need to talk to Mark and Derek too I guess. I'm here for you Mer" Izzie said hugging her.

"Thanks Izz" Meredith said pulling away. "I have to find Bailey I will see you later" Meredith said as she exited the locker room.

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Mark walked down the hallway his mind still on where Meredith could be. He had called her cell several times now and each time it had just gone to her voicemail. He was about to pull out his phone to call her again when he spotted her standing at the nurses' station reading a file.

"There you are" he whispered to her from behind causing her to jump.

"Hi, you scared me" she told him as he placed a kiss on her cheek.

"Where have you been all morning? I've been calling your cell non stop" he said worryingly as he noticed her tense up.

"Sorry I ah had an appointment come up and I left my phone in the car" she lied. She hated lying to him but she couldn't tell him not yet.

"Is everything okay? Was it Ellis?" he asked getting the feeling she was hiding something from him.

"Everything is fine, Mom is fine" she told him.

"Then what is it?" he asked seeing her get more and more agitated.

"Will you just drop it!" she snapped at him before walking away leaving him wondering what he had done.