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Chapter 3

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Meredith rolled over in bed and grabbed Conner pulling him onto the bed with her.

"What! What! What!" Meredith screamed back playfully. Conner giggled at her and rolled off the bed.

"Derek's at the front door. He said you told him to come over so we can go to a ferry." He said cheering. Crap I slept to long.

"Go get dressed." She ordered looking down at his pajamas and his hair sticking up in all directions. Conner ran to the bathroom.

"Teeth, hair and potty, right?" He yelled.

"Yes." Meredith yelled back walking down the stairs. She reached the bottom and saw Derek standing on the porch looking around him. She opened the door covered a yawn with her hand. "Hi, Derek. Sorry, I forgot to… well wake up." She said she let out another yawn and smiled sheepishly at him. Derek smiled at her.

"If you want I can just go with Conner and you can sleep." Derek said jokingly. He tilted his head to the side and grinned at her. Meredith smiled at him and let him in.

"I have to change and um… try my best to not look like I just got off a long shift and slept for a few hours." Meredith said looking down at herself. Derek smiled and pulled her in for a kiss.

"Derek, Conner is upstairs." Meredith mumbled against his lips. He pulled back and smirked at her.

"Okay, go do your thing. I'll wait down here." He said pushing her toward the stairs. She looked over her shoulder at him and smiled, sticking her tongue out at him. He slapped her butt and laughed turning around to walk into the living room.

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"Derek, what's your favorite color?" Conner asked sitting shoulder-to-shoulder next to Derek on the open and very empty couch. Derek looked down at him and gave him a genuine smile.

"Blue, not light blue, indigo."

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Conner shot out. Derek laughed.

"Yes, I have four sisters." Derek smiled. Conner's mouth dropped open.

"I'm so sorry." Conner said with wide eyes. Derek laughed and shook his head.

"It's okay. I survived. It helped me understand women a little more." He explained. Conner nodded his head.

"Where were you born? Cause I wasn't born here. I was born in Boston. And I lived there for the first four years of my life. But now I live here with Mommy and you. You live here too, right?" He asked.

"I was born in New York and yes, Conner, I live here." Derek said smiling. Conner's mouth once again hung open.

"You live in our house. With Mommy and me and Mommy's friends." He said surprised. Meredith walked into the room and gave Derek a funny look.

"Derek, I didn't know you lived with us either. I thought that was something we would have discussed." She informed. Derek looked at her with a freaked out face.

"What?" Derek asked flabbergasted.

"I'm kidding, Derek." Meredith said laughing. Derek let a breath out.

"Mommy, Derek lives with us?" Conner asked tilting his head to the side. Meredith's eyes quickly pulled off Derek and onto her son. Did Derek teach him that? Cause he never did that before.

"Um… no. Sometimes he likes to sleep over because we're closer to the hospital than his place." Meredith explained. Conner nodded his head then confusion crossed his face again.

"Where does Derek sleep?" He asked. Meredith swallowed along with Derek.

"He sleeps…" Meredith trailed off.

"I sleep on the couch or if your Mommy's nice she lets me sleep in her room." Derek suggested. He cringed when he realized what he just said. Conner looked at him even more confused. Derek!

"Where do you sleep in Mommy's room?" He asked. Derek gulped and looked at Meredith.

"Conner, you know how sometimes you have a nightmare and you come sleep in my bed?" Meredith asked. Please let this work.

"Yeah. She protects me." Conner defended himself to Derek. Derek smiled at him and put an arm around Conner's shoulders. Conner smiled up at him.

"Okay, well when Derek's sleeping on the couch and he has a nightmare he comes upstairs to sleep in my bed. But Derek has a lot of nightmares. He might want to get that checked out." Meredith joked. Conner hummed and jumped off the couch.

"I don't need to get it check out. But your Mommy does make me feel protected from all the bad people out there. She is very protective, Conner. It's a good thing. I just hope that she goes to someone when she has a nightmare." Derek stated. Meredith gave Derek a little smile.

"Derek, Mommy comes into my room if she has a bad dream. But you're bigger than me so maybe she would feel safer with you. That way I wouldn't have to listen to her snoring and you can." Conner informed. Conner laughed and leaned on Derek. Derek laughed with him; Meredith nodded her head and rolled her eyes.

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"Derek, do you like to eat pizza?" Conner yelled from the backseat of Derek's car. Derek looked at him through the rearview mirror.

"I do." He answered. Meredith shook her head and looked out her window at the passing streets of Seattle. Now he won't stop asking you questions.

"Do you like toppings on your pizza? Or do you only like cheese?" He asked kicking his legs to the music playing from the radio. Derek hummed in thought and turned the music up from its barely able hearing volume.

"Sometimes I like toppings. Mostly I'll eat it anyway you want me to." Derek tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. Meredith turned around in her seat and tickled Conner's legs.

"Mommy!" He giggled. Meredith laughed at him and reached for her phone.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Derek asked glancing at Meredith on her phone. He reached for the phone and Meredith pulled it away from his outreached hand.

"I'm checking my messages. George said he would call me when he knew a time he could move in." Meredith explained. Derek stopped at a red light and looked over at Meredith.

"Conner, you didn't tell me your Mom was letting a boy live with her." Derek said somewhat shocked.

"Oh, yeah. I met him this morning. He's quiet. I think he might like Mommy." Conner informed while looking out the window at something interesting. Derek looked over at Meredith warningly. She shrugged her shoulders and went back to looking at her phone. It's no big deal.

"I though he was gay?" She whispered. Derek scoffed at her.

"Sure." He whispered back. Don't be a jackass. Meredith slapped his arm with her hand and went back to her phone.

"Don't be a… a-s-s." Meredith whispered. Derek sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"Conner, how do you know that stuff. You were sleeping on my shoulder half the time and you would barely talk to them." Meredith said turning around to put her phone back and looking at Conner.

"I was faking. Izzie talked too much and George didn't talk at all. He kept staring at you. But not like Derek stares at you. Or how you stare at Derek. Like how some guys stared at you when we went out and I held Aunty Cristina's hand instead of yours." Conner explained grabbing Meredith's hand and playfully shaking it up and down.

"It sounds like George has a crush on Meredith." Derek said through clenched teeth.

"So," Conner droned out. "You sleepover sometimes. You're a boy. I live with Mommy. I'm a boy. What's so bad about George?" Conner asked blankly.

"Yeah, but Derek and you are different." Meredith tried to explain. Conner scrunched his face up and wiggled in his car seat.

"Why is George not the same as me and Derek?"

"I'm your Mommy. And Derek… I um…" Meredith went into thought and looked over at Derek for help. He's my lover? You don't say that to a kid or really anyone. He's my boyfriend I guess.

"Conner, I'm a boy that your Mommy would like to have with her. I don't make her feel awkward. George makes her feel awkward." Derek stated. Conner giggled. That's wonderful, Derek.

"Okay." He said. Derek smiled at Meredith and stopped for the ferry boat.

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"Conner, slow down!" Meredith yelled a few people's heads turned in her direction. Conner slowed down to a stomping walk. Meredith and Derek came up behind him. Derek lifted him onto his shoulders. Conner squealed and laughed loudly. Meredith walked over to the railing and sighed grabbing hold of the cool metal.

"Mommy, did you know Derek's favorite fruit is oranges?" Conner asked. Meredith turned around to find Derek inches in front of her. He smiled down at her and nodded his head.

"I did not know that Derek's favorite fruit was oranges." Meredith said shocked. Conner nodded his head proudly.

"Oh, oh Derek!" Conner yelled. Derek looked up at him.

"Yes?" He asked. Conner put his small hands in Derek's curly black hair and pulled his body closer to Derek like he felt his was falling off.

"I have a joke." He said excitedly. This is going to be good.

"Really what's the joke?" Derek asked excitedly. Conner took a deep breath and let it go.

"Okay, what do you call a fake noddle?"

"I don't know. What do you call a fake noodle?" Derek played along. An impasta!

"An Impasta!" Conner said breaking into a fit of giggles. Meredith laughed and turned back around to look out at the water. Derek laughed and put one hand on Meredith's lower back. "I got another one!" Conner yelled.

"Okay go."

"How do you make a tissue dance?"

"I don't know. How do you make a tissue dance?"

"Put a little boogey in it!" Conner broke into giggles again. Derek laughed and looked up at him.

"I got a joke for you." Conner's face it up.

"Tell it." He ordered. Derek smiled.

"What kinds of crackers do firemen like in their soup?"

"I don't know." Conner said in mid thinking.

"Firecrackers." Conner thought for a moment and laughed.

"That's funny." He said through laughs. Meredith laughed and shook her head side to side.

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"These hotdogs are awesome!" Conner yelled. Derek smiled at him.

"They really are." He agreed. Meredith started her second and looked up at the boys looking at her.

"What? They're good." She said stuffing more into her mouth. Derek laughed and finished off his hotdog.

"Can we get ice cream?" Conner suggested eating another couple bits of his hotdog. Derek hummed.

"How about we look around the city a little bit before we get ice cream." He suggested. Conner nodded his head and finished his hotdog. Meredith moaned and stuffed the last of her food into her mouth. She swallowed and took a big sip of the soda Derek and her were sharing.

"Ice cream in the city sounds good. What do you think, Con-man?" Meredith asked sweetly.

"What Derek said." Conner nodded his head. Meredith smiled back at Derek.

"We have to be tourists quick, because we have to be home by five." Meredith informed. Derek lifted an eyebrow at her. "I have to get to work by five fifteen. So, I have to wake up a four thirty and I have to get Conner up at five." Meredith explained. Derek nodded his head and gave her cheek a quick kiss.

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"Wow." Conner breathed. Derek picked him up so he could see the Seattle sky line better. Meredith took her phone out.

"Let me take a picture of you guys on the Space Needle." Meredith took a few steps back. Derek and Conner put big smiles on their faces.

"You want me to take a picture for you. So you can be in with your family?" A woman asked. Meredith looked over at her boys. Not worth telling a stranger about my personal life.

"Thank you." Meredith handed her phone over and walked to the boys. Derek wrapped his free arm around her and pulled her to his side. Meredith quickly looked up at him and smiled. Conner took a fist full of Derek's shirt and smiled at the woman when Meredith and Derek did the same.

"Here you go." She handed Meredith's phone back and walked away. Meredith looked at her photos. The woman had taken two different photos. One of Derek and Meredith smiling while looking into each other's eyes as Conner looked out at the view so you could see his profile. The other one was of all three of them smiling at the camera.

"Can you send me those?" Derek asked looking over Meredith's shoulder. Meredith looked up at him and quickly pecked his lips.

"Yes." She murmured. Meredith sent the photos to Derek's phone and followed them both around the needle.

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"That was so much fun!" Conner yelled running into the house. "Mommy, can Derek stay! Please! Please! Please!" Conner pleaded. Meredith laughed and looked over at Derek.

"I don't know Con, Derek might need to go home." Meredith said bending down to Conner's height. Conner's energy drained and he gave Derek puppy dog eyes.

"Please, Derek. You can even sleep in Mommy's room." Conner begged. What? Where did he get that idea!

"What do you mean Derek can sleep in my room?" Meredith freaked. Conner looked back at her.

"If Derek gets a nightmare he doesn't have to walk up the scary dark stairs to sleep in your bed with you." Conner reminded. Meredith laughed and smiled at Conner. Right.

"Oh, yeah. Derek you can sleep in my bed with me." Meredith smiled at him. Derek fake sighed dramatically.

"I guess I can spend the night here. But I have to go home quickly and get some of my clothes." Derek explained.

"Can I come with you?" Conner asked hopefully. Derek frowned.

"No, buddy. But I promise I'll come into your room if you're in bed by the time I get back." Conner's head dropped. "Conner, don't be sad. If your mom lets me I'll come visit you in daycare tomorrow." Derek said smiling. Conner's head popped back up and he turned to Meredith.

"Please Mommy!" He begged. Meredith smiled softly and nodded her head. "Yeah, sure." She answered. Derek smiled, kissed her cheek goodbye and ruffled Conner's hair.

"I'll be back later." He yelled running out the door.

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"Hey, Mer." Derek gently shook Meredith. She looked up at him and jumped slightly.

"Hi, did you…" She asked.

"Yeah, I said good night to Conner." Derek informed giving her a long kiss. She smiled against his lips and pulled him on top of her.

"Good. Is he asleep?" She asked in-between kisses. Derek moaned into her mouth.

"Didn't even stir when I was in there." Derek mumbled trying to peal off their clothes. Meredith smiled and moaned as Derek's hands traveled her body.

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They lay next to each other panting and sweating. "I hope we didn't wake him." Derek laughed. Meredith turned to him and kissed him again.

"Do you want me to check?" She asked yawning and wrapping their legs together.

"No, don't check. When are your new roommates coming?" He asked pulling her closer to him. Meredith shivered and Derek pulled the blankets around them as he pulled her to him giving her some of his body heat.

"Ugh, four in the morning. I gave Izzie a key." She sighed. Derek kissed her head.

"I'll leave in a few minutes." He sighed. Meredith wrapped her body tighter around him.

"Okay." She said disappointed.

"If you want to tell them you're sleeping/dating an attending I'll stay." Derek informed. Meredith shook her head against him.

"No. I'll tell them in a little while." Meredith mumbled. Derek kissed her head again and rubbed his hands up and down her back. Meredith sighed against his skin and kissed his chest lightly. "What time is it?" Meredith whispered.

"Eleven." Derek mumbled. Meredith nodded her head and tightened her hold on him.

"Stay a little longer." Meredith pleaded. Derek moaned his response and pulled her face up to his.

"I can stay. But I do have to leave to get home and sleep before my early morning shift." Derek sighed. Meredith stared into his eyes. She kissed his lips and rubbed her nose against his.

"I understand. Conner should be in daycare around five or so. You can go visit him after or around then." Meredith informed pulling away from him slightly. Derek pulled her to him again.

"Can I come see you after I see Conner?" Derek asked rubbing her side lovingly. Meredith blinked her eyes and her lips curved into a small smiled.

"You have to page me. Bailey might catch on if you just come up to me, talk and accidentally kiss me." Meredith smiled at him. Derek hummed and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Like that?" He joked. Meredith smiled at him and nodded her head.

"I'll make sure to get you all to myself before I say, or do, or look." Derek smiled at her. The laid against each other for a while just enjoying each other.

"You can leave if you want to. Be safe and um see you in the morning." Meredith whispered. Derek gave her a deep kiss and then another quick kiss.

"I wish you would let me stay." Derek looked at the clock. Meredith frowned and pulled him into a hug.

"Me too." She whispered. Derek kissed her neck and looked into her eyes. Meredith softly kissed his cheek and gently pushed on his shoulder. He pulled away from her and gave her another lingering kiss.

"I'll see you later." Derek said giving her one final kiss. He got dressed and walked out of the house with a depressed feeling in his heart. Meredith sighed and stood up to chang into pajamas. This is just sad. Cristina would kick my ass if she knew how I felt right now.