Derek woke up to a cold empty bed. He got up put on his boxers and a white shirt. He then went into his mini kitchen and didn't see Meredith there. He kept looking for her then decided to put some pants on and sneakers. He took his blue American Eagle sweater and went outside to find her. He walked around his land for a while until he found her sitting on the deck at the lake in the sunset. He pulled his phone out and snapped a picture of her. He then walked down to the deck and sat down behind her and pulled her closer as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Good morning beautiful. " Derek said as he kissed her neck. She shivered against him and he took his sweater off and wrapped it around her.

"Good morning. You know you have all this beautiful land. I love waking up here it's so peaceful. Then plus you have the perfect view of the sunset and everything."

"Trust me you are way more beautiful then all this land." They both laughed at his corniness. "Are you hungry because I have plenty of food in the trailer?"

"Yeah but can we just sit here for a little bit longer. Just in each others arms?" Meredith asked with a pouting voice.

"Of course I would love to." They sat there for about ten minutes in silence. "I love you." Derek said in her ear.

"I love you too." Meredith said back. "and we can go eat now too because I'm hungry." Derek laughed and got up then helped Meredith up. They held hands all the way to the trailer.

"What do you want to eat?" Derek asked while he looked around in the cabinets for his muesli.

"Do you have any unhealthy food?" Meredith asked when she saw the cereal box that he took out. Derek smiled and took out the unhealthy cereal like froot loops, lucky charms, and coco puffs. Meredith looked at the choices she had and she took the box of lucky charms. Derek laughed and put the other boxes away and got the bowls, milk, and spoons. He sat next to Meredith and made his own bowl of cereal.

"So what do you want to do today?" Derek asked while they were both eating.

"If you didn't mind I wanted to go and make things better with my mother and Richard and you should go talk to your mother." Derek looked at her and smiled at her for caring.

"I will at least try to talk to her just for you." He said and turned to his side to kiss her.

"Thank you so you will drop me off then go talk to your mother because I need to get changed and most likely my mother is at the hospital but I need to talk to Richard.

"Yeah that sounds fine." While Meredith was still eating Derek got into a quick shower and Meredith was watching TV. When Derek got out of the bathroom and put on his sneakers. Meredith was already dressed in her clothes from the day before and Derek's sweater from this morning still on. They left the trailer and drove to the ferry boat making small talk.

They were in the car after the ferry ride and Derek pulled up to Meredith's house. Meredith was surprised that both of her parents were home and thought it was the perfect timing for them to get things straight.

"Ok text me or call me when you are done." Meredith said just as she was about to leave. She leaned in and kissed Derek passionately. "Bye I love you."

"I love you too." Derek said as Meredith got out of the car. Derek waited until Meredith was inside so he can drive off to his own house to talk to his mother.

When Meredith got inside she heard the shower on and someone was watching the news in the kitchen. She went to the kitchen and saw her mother sitting drinking coffee and watching the news.

"Mom." Meredith said and her mother turned to her shocked to see that she turned up. Ellis turned the TV off and pulled the chair next to her out indicating for Meredith to sit. Meredith sat next to her and took the coffee her mother had poured to her.

"I'm sorry Meredith for not being around more often and I know I have been a horrible mother to you. You have to know there isn't one day I don't think about you. Every time someone asks me to scrub in I think about saying no and coming home to you. Don't think that I don't want to know everything about you. What I do know though is that you are just like me. Derek seems like an amazing boy and I know just by seeing you two together he is not going to hurt you intentionally and I see the love between you two it is like it is meant to be. I just don't want you getting pregnant and making mistakes without knowing the consequences. I know you are a teenager and all but please try not to get out of control which means no drugs Meredith ever. You are an extremely smart young women and I know I have a demanding job but all I ask I that you use your brain sometimes. Ok?"

Both Meredith and Ellis had tears in their eyes. Meredith nodded and they hugged really tight. "I love you mommy."

"Me too baby." Meredith never saw her mom like this and she wondered what got into her.

Just then Richard walked in and they pulled away wiping at their eyes. "Richard I'm sorry for being rude to you and all. I just wanted to say you really do act like my dad. Even if you are not my father you are still my dad. Ok?" Richard nodded and gave her a smile.

"Are you hungry?" Richard asked her.

"No the pancakes look really good but seriously I ate at Derek's trailer." Richard and Ellis looked at Meredith.

"Derek has a trailer?" Ellis asked.

"Yeah when his father died he gave Derek all the land he owned and yesterday the Mrs. Shepherd wasn't too friendly and Derek blew up and we slept there." Ellis looked at her for a while.

"Go get ready and make sure you shower and stuff be down here in at the most thirty minutes." Ellis said and Richard knew what was up and nodded when Meredith looked at him puzzled.

"Why where are we going?" Meredith asked while standing up.

"I am taking you to the doctor and we are going to sit down and talk about things as a family. We are getting you on birth control and I am trying to be a supportive mother right now so go get ready." Meredith nodded and went to go get ready.

Meanwhile Derek pulled into his driveway and shut his car off. He rested his head against the steering wheel and then got out of the car. He walked into the house and went all around the house looking for his mother. He knocked on her office door and walked in when he heard the "come in."

"Derek it's nice of you to show up please sit." Derek sat across from his mother .

"Will this ever work between us mom? I get the feeling that you hate me and everything I do. We are constantly fighting and you treat me like crap all the time."

"Derek let me tell you a story. I fell in love with your father when we were in a high school. I was about Meredith's age and your father was just like you. He cared about me so much he bought the land for us to get away from our parents. They never accepted our relationship until we got married. I had Kathleen at 18 and your father went off to college everyday and I was taking my classes at home. It was our life and we learned to love it. We didn't have any problems financially and we were so in love. We went on with live we had Nancy then you and Stephanie and then he died of a heart attack. We didn't have many fights but when we did fight they were legendary fights. Derek I don't want you going through the same thing we did. I love you so much but I always get this feeling that your life needs to be changed around so you don't end up dead like your father. I know you love Meredith and it feels like you don't know her but that feeling is there. The only thing I could do to make your life not end like his did is do things to you. I was in control of your life and I thought I had it all figured out but I didn't. When you met Meredith I knew it was starting. You are a true mini Christopher shepherd and I wish you weren't but I can learn to live with it. I know it's been extremely hard but I will not intervene with your life anymore Derek. Please just don't leave because of me."

"Why haven't you told me this before? You let me in the dark this whole entire time when I thought I was doing something wrong. None of the girls look like you or act like you so why me?" Derek looked confused and he didn't care that his mother was crying he knew if he stopped the truth would never come out.

"You were the boy that is one think the girls will never be and they weren't a replica of Christopher. I am a horrible mother and I understand why you said what you said. But please Derek let me make it up to you."

Derek looked up at her and felt like not giving her the chance to make everything right. He had the slight hope that she wouldn't let him down so he let her have her way.

As he left the office he promised himself that she would never control his life again and if she even tried to do it he would leave. Derek walked into his room and lay down on his bed. He took his phone out and dialed Meredith's number. After two rings she picked up.

M: Hey

D: Hey Mer I'm done here. Are you ready?

M: Actually there has been a slight change in my plans. Can you meet me at the hospital I'm on my way there right now?

D: Yeah sure I will be there in a few.

M: Ok thanks.

D: Yeah no problem bye.

M: Bye love you.

D Love you too.

Derek hung up and got ready to go out. He went downstairs and got one of his granola bars to eat on the way there. He went to his mom just as he was about to leave.

"Mom I'm going to go meet up with Meredith I will see you later. I don't know what time I will be home so don't wait up." Derek said.

"Ok bye and stay out of trouble."

"Yeah bye." Derek closed the office door and left the house to go to the hospital. He had no clue why Meredith wanted him there but he was going to go anyways. He pulled up to the hospital and immediately found a park. He walked to the doors of the hospital and saw Meredith sitting on the bench. He went up to her and kissed her on the cheek.

"So what is this about anyways?" Derek asked while he sat next to her.

"My mother wants to take precautions so she is putting me on birth control." Derek looked at her with wide eyes.

"Oh my god I am such an idiot we forgot all about protection last night." Meredith looked at him with wide eyes as well. They both completely forgot about the amazing night they had together.

"OH MY GOD DEREK!" They both stared at each other neither knowing what to do. "As much as I love you Derek you better hope to god that I am not pregnant!"

"Yeah I wasn't hoping to get you pregnant but if you are it is going to be ok." Derek pulled Meredith into his arms after kissing her forehead. "I wont leave you and we will love our child no matter what." Derek was mostly trying to reassure himself instead of Meredith. Meredith nodded against his chest then pulled away from him kissed him and they both got up holding hands hoping for the best.

They walked into the hospital and Meredith asked the nurse to page her mother. Ten minutes later her mother came down already in her scrubs. "Ok Meredith the doctor said she had time for you right now." The three of them walked to the exam room together. "Do you want me to come in with you Meredith?" Meredith looked at her mother and she didn't know if she should let her come in.

"I know you have work to get to so you don't have to." Meredith said just to give her mother an out.

"Well we are trying this family thing and I said we would go home after this and we will and all of us are going to sit down and talk about changes that are going to happen." Derek looked at Meredith and his eyes traveled down to her stomach and he thought for a moment that he was going to have a child with Meredith and he knew it would be scary but he knew she was the one person that he wouldn't mind dealing having a child with.

"Derek you coming in?" Meredith asked after he was spaced out for a few minutes.

"Yeah I'm coming." they went into the exam room and Meredith went into the bathroom to change to a hospital gown. Derek and Ellis sat down in the chairs that were pulled up to the exam table. Meredith came out and sat on the table.

"Mom do you think we should have a pregnancy test to just make sure?" Meredith was hoping she would say yes.

"If you want you can. All your options are open here Meredith I am here to support you not make your choices for you." Meredith sighed relieved. Derek watched on and felt a little jealousy that her mother was letting her making her own choices.

"I would feel much more comfortable with fining out." Meredith took Derek's hand into her own when the doctor came in and started to do an exam to make sure everything was ok.

"Ok everything looks fine do you have any questions?"

"She wanted to do a pregnancy test." Ellis said when Meredith didn't respond. What Ellis didn't know was that Meredith was panicking on the inside and only Derek knew because she was digging her nails into his skin.

"Ok we can do that right now then we can discuss your options for birth control." The doctor said and went to get the equipment needed. She came back and Meredith saw the needles and that's when her freak out became full blown.

"Is there any other way to find out?" Meredith said with wide scary eyes staring at the needle.

"Meredith it won't hurt I promise." Derek said turning to her. "Meredith look at me. It won't hurt a bit." Derek nodded at the doctor to continue. "Mer just concentrate on me. Remember the night that you told me you didn't like needles."

Meredith looked at him confused. "I never told you I hated needles." Derek nodded and it made Meredith even more confused.

"Yeah I know and in the time that you just told me that you just had a needle stuck inside of you cleaned and bandaged up." Meredith looked down at her arm and she was surprised to know that Derek was right.

"Ok Meredith the nurse is taking it to the lab and you will get the results in an hour. So we have an hour to talk about choices. Do you have any preferences?" When Meredith didn't know what options she had the doctor went through everything with her. Meredith was overwhelmed by everything.

"Can we just go with the pill please?" She held tightly onto Derek's hand again.

"Yeah sure Meredith. Okay so what time of the day would be good for you to take them?"

"I think night time would be the best because Meredith has the tendency to sleep in." Meredith looked at her mom. She couldn't believe that not even 20 minutes ago her mother was telling her that all the decisions were up to Meredith and now she was making all the choices for her.

Derek noticed what Meredith was thinking and kissed her hand. "As long as you are on it is all that matters Mer. You can choose when you want to take it?" The doctor looked confused but after a while she got the picture.

"Dr. Grey can I please ask you to leave I don't think it's the best idea for you to be in here right now. I need to talk to Meredith and Derek alone." Ellis nodded understandingly and got up and left without a fight back. "I thought it would relieve the pressure. I know how you mother can seem sometimes."

"Thank you and go with the night time."

"Ok so it 11 good for you or do you want it earlier or later?" Meredith thought about it for a while and she was relieved somewhat that her mother wasn't here but she didn't want to make mistakes.

"Can we possibly do it around 9 or something just in case?" The doctor nodded and wrote it down in Meredith's chart.

"It's fine Meredith. At your age you are usually tired and stuff and this is all u I just ask the questions. Ok Meredith you have about 30 minutes to spare so you can go get food or something because we just took blood. By the time you get back we should have your results."

"Ok thank you for doing all of this."

"It's only my job." The doctor then left so Meredith could get changed. Meredith got up and went to the bathroom to change and Derek still sat on his chair trying to grasp everything that just happened with his mind. Meredith came out and he pulled her onto his lap.

"You hungry?" Derek asked after taking her unique smell.

"Yeah but I'm so tired. Can I just sleep here?" Meredith asked smiling into his neck.

"Yeah and that is just because I love you." They both laughed and not even five minutes later Meredith was asleep in his arms. Derek was thankful that he finally had time to think all alone. After a while he fell asleep too resting his head on top of Meredith's.

Ellis and the doctor walked into the exam room 40 minutes after. They both saw them sleeping and Ellis went to wake them up while the doctor went to get the lab results.

"Mer honey wake up the doctor is on her way with the results." Meredith woke up and as soon as she stirred Derek woke up as well. They both got up and stretched and then the doctor came in.

"Ok Meredith I just got you lab results. Meredith you are……"