Chapter Forty-Four: Everything's Okay
Mark rolled over on the couch feeling the shooting pain through his neck and back. The couch was definitely not the most comfortable place to sleep but he figured that's what happens when you piss off your pregnant wife. Karma, he thought to himself.
He growled in pain as he sat up, hearing sound from the kitchen thinking Meredith might be up and had cooled off. He made his way into the kitchen only to be disappointed by the fact it was Alex and Izzie sitting at the table eating breakfast.
"Oh hi Mark, didn't hear you come down the stairs" Izzie said with her usual morning cheer.
"That's because I didn't" Mark replied fixing himself a cup of coffee. "Meredith made me sleep on the couch" he continued.
"Dude, what did you do?" Alex asked interested he always knew that Meredith was gutsy chick but this was just too good.
"Apparently the husband is supposed to side with the wife when the debate is over the ex boyfriend" Mark said sarcastically.
"You two were fighting about Derek, I thought that was all over with" Izzie asked concerned.
"It was until Addison decided to tell Meredith that she was seeing him, Mer made a big deal out of it for some reason, I don't know whether it's the hormones or if she has just lost it, its tiring to keep up" he whined.
"Wow Addison and Derek, since when?" Izzie asked interested, hospital gossip was definitely her forte.
"I think Meredith said something about 2 months" Mark told her. "I better go see if Mer is up, we have an appointment" Mark told the pair making his way up the stairs praying that she was in a better mood than last night.
"Meri" he said softly opening the door to their bedroom quietly. He smiled as he saw her sitting up in the bed her hands resting on her stomach talking softly to it.
"Daddy doesn't mean to be mad, neither does Mommy, but Mommy gets so confused and upset over little things, you make all these hormones that do this to Mommy, not that I'm blaming you" she spoke softly to her stomach.
"Hey, you ready to get up?" Mark asked her entering further into the bedroom with the smile that had appeared on his face listening to her.
"Hi" she smiled. "Did you hear that?" she asked sheepishly.
Mark nodded his reply. "I did, it's cute really" he said sitting on the bed. "I just can't wait to find out the sexes so we can stop calling them it" he continued.
"I know, how exciting" she beamed. "Mark, "I'm sorry about last night, I don't know what got into me, I don't even know why it concerns me so much, Derek is history" Meredith sad genuinely.
"Its okay baby" Mark replied kissing the top of her head. "Just next time you get angry, talk to me, don't make me sleep on the couch, it's not really that comfortable, and my neck is killing me" he said with a smirk.
"Well if we didn't have somewhere to be I would make it up to you" Meredith replied suggestively.
"We could be late" Mark said placing a kiss on her lips.
"I will make it up to you later" Meredith responded returning the kiss and making her way to the bathroom to shower and be ready for the appointment.
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An hour later Meredith and Mark were making their way through the hospital doors on their way to the OB floor for Meredith's appointment. Both of them were buzzing with excitement over the fact they would soon know the sex of their babies and could start thinking of names and decorating the nursery.
Meredith noticed Addison standing at the nurse's station as they made their way toward Dr Clarke's office. "Wait here a second" Meredith told Mark giving him a knowing look.
Meredith made her way over to Addison. "Hey" she said softly.
"Meredith" Addison looked up surprised.
"I ah just wanted to apologise for the way I reacted last night, your right I shouldn't have accused you the way I did. I'm happy for you both" Meredith said sincerely.
"Thanks Mer that means a lot to me" Addison said smiling at the courage it must have taken for Meredith to admit she was wrong.
"Anyway I have an appointment so I will catch you later" Meredith told Addison before making her way back over to where Mark was waiting for her.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
"Yeah it is" Meredith said with a reassuring smile.
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"Okay so there is baby A and there is baby B" Dr Clarke said pointing the ultrasound screen as she ran the dobbler over Meredith's stomach, Mark sat beside Meredith his hand holding hers tightly.
"Can we find out the sexes?" Meredith asked eagerly.
"If you are both wanting to know the sexes of the babies we can do that" Jennifer replied.
Both Meredith and Mark nodded confirming they both wanted to know what they were having.
"Okay well let's take a look here" she said looking closely. "Baby A is definitely a little boy" she said turning to see both parents smiling proudly. "And Baby B seems to have their back to us so I can't see" she said sadly.
"So you can't tell if they are identical?" Mark asked.
"Not at the moment no" Dr Clarke answered the question. "Different sex twins are rare though so if I had to take a guess I would say you are expecting two healthy little boys, congratulations" she said to them.
Meredith brushed the tears of happiness from her eyes. All she wanted was for her babies to be healthy. She looked over at Mark and saw the happiness but also the disappointment, she knew more than anything he had wanted his own little princess.
"I wouldn't rule out different genders though, not completely I can't say that they are definitely boys" Dr Clarke reassured them noticing the tense look on their faces.
"Thank you Dr Clarke" Meredith said with a smile wiping the gel off her stomach and pulling her shirt down. She took Mark's hand and together they left the office grateful that their babies were going to be healthy and now they could at least start planning ready for their arrival.