So here goes another update! I'm updating pretty fast now so I don't give a lot of time for reviews or maybe I'm just impatient. Haha! I really enjoy writing this because I can make it what I want. Sorry Shonda, but I'll take it from here! Haha, okay here goes the 7th installment!
Derek's POV:
A week later I was woken up in the night by a persistent knock on the door. "You've got to be kidding me." I looked over at Meredith asleep next to me, snoring as usual. I had gotten used to it over the years and it no longer bothered me. I chuckled to myself and crawled out of bed, planting a kiss on her forehead before making my way to the front door. When I opened the door I saw someone I would never expect.
"Christina!? What are you doing here? It's two in the morning."
"Meredith, I heard she was in an accident. Owen told me." Her face was a mixture of worry and anger.
"Well, she's asleep now, but I can-"
"Christina?" Meredith's voice cut in from behind me.
"Mer," she sighed as she walked over and hugged Meredith. "I hate you so much. Why didn't you tell me you were in an accident? God, I was so scared. I had to hear it from Owen."
Breaking the embrace, Meredith stepped back. "I didn't want to trouble you. You would have caught a plane out here, which you ended up doing anyway."
"Oh, and McDreamy, you're no better. You didn't tell me either." She said pointing in my direction.
"Guilty as charged." I smiled. I never would fully understand their friendship but I was glad Meredith had someone like her for all the times I wasn't there. "Well, seeing as it's 2am, why don't I set up the guest room for you?"
"That'd be great." Christina replied.
I woke up again that morning at 8 am to the bed bouncing around. Christina. I groaned and rolled over to find Christina handing Meredith a coffee. Meredith glanced over at me and gave me a look that said, sorry!
"Just like old times, I see," I retorted as I got up out of bed.
"Oh cry about it," Christina yelled as I walked out the door.
Meredith's POV:
"You have to stop doing that," I laughed. "One of these days he's not going to come back."
"Trust me, Mer, he's always going to come back. He looks at you like I look at a 18 hour surgery. He's head over heels for you."
Christina's statement left a smile on my face. She used to think that Derek and I would never last.
"So you're talking to Owen?" I questioned.
"We're more like friends but yeah, we talk. Does he have a thing for the younger Shepherd sister?"
"No way, really?"
Christina and I talked for hours after that about everything that had happened in Seattle and with her new job. When we finally left my room, I found Derek sound asleep on the couch.
"Amelia is dropping off the kids in a few minutes with the kids," I told Christina. "They'll be happy to see you. I'm sure they'd love to go to that ice cream shop with you again."
"Sure thing. I'll go get ready." She said and walked to the guest room.
"Derek," I nudged him. "Christina is taking the kids for ice cream, we can go nap soon."
Suddenly his eyes shot open as I realized what I was saying.
"We're home!" Amelia said when she walked in the door. "They're full of energy and I have a meeting, so I'll see you later!"
"Thanks Amelia!" I called after her. "Zo-Zo! Guess who's here!"
"Who mama?"
"Wo mumma?" said Bailey as he tried to copy his big sister.
"Aunty Christina is here!"
"Aunty Christina!" Zola yelled and ran down the hall. Christina came out just as Zola reached her door.
"Hey Zola! You got so big since I last saw you!" Christina was so good with my kids. I found it hard to believe there wasn't a small part of her that didn't want children of her own.
"Maybe you got smaller." Zola giggled.
"How about we get your brother and go to your favorite ice cream shop?"
"That sounds fun! Can we go on the go-carts and mini golf too?" she begged, using her best pleading smile. The same one that Derek used on me. I glanced at him and noticed he was becoming impatient for them to leave. The last time we got to do anything was a week ago in the shower. Amelia had always been around, Alex stopped over constantly, and we spent lots of time with the kids. I shook my head at him and grabbed his hand. He would have to wait just a little longer.
"Okay, let's go then!" Christina told the kids and they disappeared out the door.
It had barely shut before I felt Derek grab me from behind.
"Put me down!" I squeeled, laughing the whole time. He carried me to our bedroom and we spent our alone time together in the best way we knew how.
We lay in the bed together afterwards, Derek with his arms around me. He had fallen asleep a while ago but I stayed awake thinking about things. I peered over at the man holding me and I knew there was no other place in the world I'd rather be. Suddenly, my stomach churned. Something wasn't right.
I got up and ran to the bathroom just in time to enter the contents of my stomach into the toilet. The sound of my hurling must have woken Derek up because when I looked up he was at my side.
"Meredith, what's wrong?" he asked. "Oh, god, there's blood."
I was about to answer him when the next wave hit and I threw up again. Concern was written all over his face as he held my hair back.
"I'll be right back, I'm going to get some things. We're going to the hospital." he told me, his voice shaky and unsteady.
Derek's POV:
I woke up to the sound of Meredith vomiting into the toilet. My first thought was the car crash. Was this a complication of the surgeries she had been through? Did we rush her recovery too fast? What if I had done this to her by asking her to have sex?
I ran to put on some clothes and grabbed hers too. After helping her get them on we got out to the car and I started it up, handing her a bucket in case she threw up again.
"I'm going to leave a note for Christina for when she gets home." I told Meredith as I rushed into the house.
Christina,
It's Meredith. Had to run to the hospital. Meet us there when you get home.
-Derek
I returned to the car and rushed to the hospital, breaking all sorts of laws of the road on my way. Only one thing mattered to me right now and that was Meredith.
We got to the hospital and were instantly greeted by Maggie and Richard.
"What happened Shep?" Richard asked.
"Well we were..." Derek stopped, deciding to leave out the intimate details of what had happened, "We were sleeping and she woke up and started vomiting with some blood in it. Is this a complication of the surgery?"
"We won't know until we run tests. Kepner! Can you come order these tests please? Maggie, I'm tagging you out. This is technically family for you. Go wait with Derek" He turned to me and put a hand on my shoulder. "It's okay Derek. If anything is wrong we will fix it."
I nodded and walked over to the corner of the room with Maggie to stay out of everyone's way. I looked over at Meredith who couldn't speak because of the oxygen mask over her nose and mouth and saw the look of fear in her eyes.
After what seemed like forever, April walked into the room to deliver the news of what was wrong. "Okay, we have some things to discuss. Do you want the good news or the bad?"
I looked over at Meredith to see what she thought. The look in her eyes told me good. "The good news please."
A huge smile spread across April's face. "Well, Meredith, you're pregnant! It looks about 6 weeks along!"
I was shocked by the news and by the look on Meredith's face she was too.
"Are you sure?" Meredith questioned.
I thought back and tried to remember where Meredith and I had been at that time and then it hit me. That was around the time when we were fighting and we had taken a break for a while. Wow, we were going to have another kid.
"Wait," I said, "You said there was bad news too. What's happening."
"Oh, right," April whispered, looking at her feet.
"April, tell me. Everything that could go wrong happens to me so just spill it." Meredith's voice had gone sharp. She had been through so much. I ran a hand through her hair, attempting to calm her down.
Before April could answer, the new OB walked in and began to explain.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Michaels. And you must be Dr. Grey. Well, the situation is that due to the car crash and your previous history with child birth, the chances of a miscarriage are extremely high. The amount of stress on your body was extreme and it made your body not ideal for housing a child. I'm going to go and get some prenatal vitamins just in case you're going to want them but you and Derek should talk this over."
"You want us to decide if we should support the pregnancy? I'm not clueless, I'm a doctor too. You want to know if I want to abort my child. DO YOU THINK I'M A MURDERER?" Meredith had started yelling.
"I'm going to step out now," Maggie said uncomfortably and walked out of the room.
"Meredith, it's going to be okay." I reassured her. "Dr. Michaels, a word please?"
I stepped out into the hall with Dr. Michaels following me and tried to regain my own composure before I started speaking.
"There is no way we are aborting this child. Meredith and I have been through hell together and it's about damn time that something good happened to us. Now I don't think you're qualified to do this job otherwise you would look at all your options before telling us that we should abort. There has to be something we can do to support this pregnancy. You know what, I don't want you on this case. I'm calling Addison Montgomery."
Dr. Michaels looked taken aback by everything I had said and how mad I was. "Okay Dr. Shepherd, but anytime we have to work together for a surgery, don't expect it to be a cake walk. Your ego is really very large. I didn't believe the gossip." With that she turned on her heel and walked away.
I reentered Meredith's room and sat next to her bed resting my head on my arm. "You want this baby, right Mer?"
She looked down at me, tears in her eyes. "Of course, don't you?"
"Yeah, but I also don't want you to be in pain." I confessed.
"Derek, we've wanted another child for a while now. Our dream is coming true. I can do it. I'll decide when enough is enough."
I stared at her for a while before she asked for my confirmation. "Okay?" she asked.
I lifted her hand to my mouth and kissed it. "Okay."
"We're having another baby!" she exclaimed, a huge smile taking over her face.
"We're having a baby." I repeated, returning her smile.
CHRISTINA IS BACK AND MCBABY #2 WHOOP WHOOP. Meredith and Derek need some happiness. It won't be an easy road though! Let's see where this takes us though! Leave reviews on what you thought of this chapter!
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