Hey guys, I would just like to start by apologizing! I'm super super sorry that it took me sooo long to update this. My life has been incredibly busy and I've had incredible writers block. Plus I've started working a lot more recently, so I haven't had quite so much free time. But I will try harder now because I don't usually work until two now, so I've got free time in the morning. So I hope you enjoy this chapter, and leave me a review so I know what you think about it!
After they had finished dinner Olivia and Sofia had taken off to the playroom to play dolls while Derek, Meredith, Addison, and Amelia cleaned up the kitchen and dinner table.
"So what were you guys talking about while I was playing Princess Tea Party?" Amelia asked as she placed her plate in the dishwasher. Derek looked at Meredith, who nodded,
"We want to have another baby and we were asking Addison if she thought Naomi could help us," he told her.
"Aww, another baby, how sweet!" She said excitedly, "You know, the one you've got upstairs is pretty amazing," she told them. While they were playing tea party Olivia had managed to impress her with how smart and imaginative she was, "Are you sure she's only three?"
"Oh yeah, she's three. But she thinks she thirteen or something," Meredith laughed, knowing that her daughter could be very over dramatic. Amelia nodded in agreement,
"How do you think she would do with a baby brother or sister?" she asked.
"I think she would love being an older sister," Derek said, "I think she'd be great at it. She's always mothering her dolls and taking care of them, so she'd probably do the same thing to a real baby."
"I hope so," Meredith said. They had finished cleaning up and Addison went upstairs to call Naomi to check on the practice and tell her that Meredith and Derek wanted her help. Amelia began talking to Derek about the patient they had and Meredith went upstairs to get Olivia and Sofia into the bath. Meredith knew that her daughter was not a fan of bath time and it often ended with someone in tears, not necessarily the three year old either, but she was hoping that with Sofia here that Olivia would be more cooperative tonight. She walked into the playroom and found the two little girls drawing with chalk on the chalkboard wall,
"Alright girls, time for a bath," she announced. Olivia turned and glared at her,
"No momma," she said simply.
"Yes child," Meredith echoed.
"I don't wanna bath!" Olivia whined. Sofia watched her friend, she didn't mind taking a bath and thought they could actually be fun, especially when she got to have bubbles.
"Can we have bubbles Auntie Mer'dith?" she asked hopefully. Olivia stopped whining and looked at Sofia like she was crazy.
"Sure, c'mon," she said, knowing that if Sofia was going there was a good chance that Olivia would follow. Sure enough, two little girls followed her into the bathroom and waited somewhat impatiently while the tub filled up with water. A few minutes later the tub was filled to the brim with bubbles and both girls hoped in quickly while Meredith grabbed a basket filled with bath toys and dumped them in the water. She was actually a little shocked that Olivia had gotten in the tub willingly and was now playing happily. Maybe they should have Sofia over every night, she thought to herself. She sat next to the tub while the girls splashed and made beards and hats out of bubbles and after about twenty minutes they were still going strong. Meredith however was feeling the long day catch up with her.
"Ok girls, time to wash up," she told them, receiving groans from both kids. Hair was quickly washed and bodies were scrubbed and they rinsed off in the shower while the tub was draining. When they were done they were both wrapped in large fluffy towels and made their way into Olivia's room to put pajamas on.
"Can we watch a movie mommy?" Olivia asked as Meredith helped her pull her nightgown over her head.
"Yepp, which princess?" she asked. They were both obsessed with the Disney princesses right now and Olivia refused to watch anything else.
"Rella," Olivia said for both of them. Meredith nodded,
"Ok, but first we need to fix your hair," she said to Olivia, who frowned.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because it's just a little crooked," Meredith said. Olivia accepted this and they followed Meredith downstairs into the kitchen where Addison, Derek, and Amelia were all standing.
"Did you have a good bath?" Derek asked, surprised when everyone nodded yes and didn't see any red puffy eyes.
"We just have to fix Olivia's hair and then they are going to watch Cinderella," Meredith told the other adults. Derek lifted his daughter onto one of the stools and handed Meredith a pair of scissors. She carefully evened out Olivia's choppy self-haircut then brushed away the hair that stuck to her shirt.
"All better," she said, "now if you ever cut your own hair again you are going to be in big trouble, ok?" Olivia nodded quickly, she hated being in trouble.
"Can Aunt 'melia watch the movie with us?" she asked as she jumped off the stool.
"That's up to her," Meredith told her. Olivia and Sofia looked at Amelia, both of them with puppy dog eyes.
"Please!" Sofia whined.
"Yeah, PLEASEEEEEE," Olivia copied.
"Why not, it's been a while since I've seen Cinderella," she said. Both girls squealed and grabbed one of her hands, pulling her to the living room. Derek laughed a little,
"They could probably get her to commit murder," he said.
"Probably," Meredith agreed as Olivia yelled from the living room,
"Momma! You gotta start the movie!" Meredith rolled her eyes and walked into the living room, leaving Derek and Addison alone in the kitchen.
"So I talked to Naomi," she told him.
"Really? I didn't expect you to talk to her so soon."
"Well I had to check on the practice. Who knows what will happen when I'm gone for too long. But I told her about your situation and she said she would be willing to help you guys. You just have to come to her," she said. Derek nodded,
"That shouldn't be a problem. We have some vacation time built up that we can use. And Olivia's never really been to the beach before, she will probably love LA," he said as Meredith walked back into the kitchen.
"They'll be asleep in like five minutes, so Amelia shouldn't have to suffer through the movie for too long," she said.
"That's good," he turned to Addison, "We've seen Cinderella so many times that we can practically recite it word for word at this point. We keep trying to get her to watch a different movie, but Cinderella is her favorite because she looks like her," Derek explained.
"Sounds fun," she said sarcastically. Meredith rolled her eyes,
"You have no idea. So what were you saying about someone loving LA?" she asked Derek.
"Naomi said she would be willing to help us, but we have to go to her, but we have that vacation time we could use and obviously we'd have to take Olivia. I think that she would love the beach," he explained. Meredith smiled,
"That's great," she said happily, "And you're right, she will love the beach. When can we go," she asked somewhat excitedly.
"Naomi said she has most of next week free. I don't know if that's too soon for you or anything, I'm sure she has another time open if you can't make it," Addison told them.
"No, we can get there next week, right Derek? Do we have any major stuff going on?"
"No, next week is pretty quiet for us actually," he said.
"Awesome, so next week then. We will have to talk to the chief though and actually get the time off."
"We can do that tomorrow," he said.
"Ok, I'll call Naomi in the morning and tell her it's good for you guys," Addison told them, "And since you're letting me and Amelia stay here you are welcome to stay with me when you come. I've got an extra bedroom if you want it. But I understand if you want to stay at a hotel." Meredith and Derek looked at each other and had a silent conversation,
"Yeah, we can stay with you," Derek said.
"Great. Sounds good. Well I'm going to head on up to bed then. Goodnight," she said, leaving the room. A few seconds later she stuck her head back in, "All three of them are asleep on the couch," she said laughingly. Derek and Meredith made their way into the kitchen and they each grabbed a child and carried them upstairs, tucking them into Olivia's bed. When Derek went back downstairs Amelia had readjusted on the couch so that she was lying down but still asleep. Derek grabbed the blanket off the back of the couch and covered his sister before turning off the light and heading back upstairs to their bedroom.
Meredith was climbing into bed as Derek closed the door and walked into the bathroom,
"So do you think that Naomi will be able to help us with getting a baby?" she asked loud enough for him to hear her.
"I hope so, Addison says that she's really good, so maybe she will be able to help," he said as he climbed into bed next to Meredith, who scooted next to him.
"I really want Olivia to have a baby brother or sister," she said as he put his arm around her, "And I really want another baby. I mean, Olivia is so great and amazing but I want another great and amazing human."
"I know, and we will get another great and amazing human. I promise," he told her sincerely. Meredith nodded and fell silent. For a few more minutes neither of them spoke as they both considered the idea of having another baby. Finally Meredith broke the silence,
"Do you want a boy or a girl?" she asked, tilting her head up to look at her husband. Derek thought about it,
"Well, I would be happy with a boy or a girl. But I have to say I think I would love a little boy. I could teach him how to play baseball and take him fishing; Olivia is way too impatient to ever want to fish. What do you want?" he asked, still imagining having a little boy.
"A healthy baby. But a boy would be nice, or maybe a girl. I don't think I have a preference. But do you really think Olivia will be happy with a brother or sister?"
"I think she will. I'm pretty sure she sees Sofia as a sister and she loves Sofia. So she should have no problem with a baby."
"She's pretty used to getting all of our attention though. She might be incredibly jealous," she said unsurely.
"I remember when my parents told me that they were pregnant with Amelia. I was so excited that I was going to be a big brother. Then when they finally brought her home it was great for the first four hours, and then she cried all night, every twenty minutes or so, and when I finally realized that I wasn't the baby anymore I began to get jealous. And I was jealous for a while, but as we got older we grew closer and I did like having her around…most of the time," he assured her, knowing she never had to deal with siblings until she was much older and Lexie came along.
"I hope she's not too jealous. We won't love the baby any more than her."
"Well I know that and you know that, we will just have to make sure that she knows that. Everything will work out somehow; we just have to believe that." Meredith sighed,
"Yeah I know. I just keep thinking about all those negative pregnancy tests before Olivia and I can't help but dread even more of those now." Derek pressed a kiss to the top of her head.
"Try not to think about all those times, and think about when we found out that you were pregnant with Olivia and how happy we were then. We'll get that again," he assured her, "Now let's go to bed, we have to talk to the chief in the morning." They lie down and quickly fell asleep, knowing they would be woken up early by the two children in the next room.
Sure enough, only six hours later Meredith and Derek were jarred awake by the bed shaking violently, well as violently as two little bodies could cause anyway. Derek groaned and Meredith pulled a pillow over her head.
"Wake up momma," Olivia said cheerfully.
"We're hungry Uncle Derek," Sofia chimed in. Derek groaned again and slowly sat up,
"Ok, why don't you two go play quietly while I make breakfast," he told them. They cheered once more then jumped off the bed and ran to the play room. Derek reached over and shook Meredith, "Time to get up," he told her, leaving the room. Meredith sat up and began getting ready for the day while Derek began to make breakfast for the six occupants in the house today. Ten minutes later everyone seemed to come downstairs at the same time, all looking for food. Everyone loaded up their plates with eggs, bacon and fruit with coffee for the adults and milk for the kids.
After eating breakfast Addison, Amelia, and Derek went to get dressed for the day while Meredith took Olivia and Sofia upstairs to help them get ready. Meredith was standing in front of the closet, looking over the clothes.
"Momma I wanna wear a dress," Olivia told her while jumping on her bed with Sofia. Meredith complied and pulled out a long sleeve blue and pink dress and white tights to go underneath to keep her warm. After both children were dressed Meredith went back to her room to finish getting ready. When Derek called the girls downstairs twenty minutes later to leave the dress that Meredith had picked out was nowhere to be seen. Olivia was now wearing a sundress, that Meredith was sure had been stored on the top shelf for those rare warm and sunny days. On her feet were a pair of fur lined boots, at least she got the shoes right, Amelia thought as she looked at her niece. Meanwhile, Sofia was now wearing a pair of Olivia's jeans and a green tank top, which is also normally stored on the top shelf, with a pair of yellow rain boots. Addison and Amelia couldn't help but laugh as Meredith and Derek starred at the little girls.
"No way, go back upstairs and change into what you were dressed in the first time," Meredith said, pointing towards the stairs.
"Nooo," Olivia whined, "I like this dress!"
"That's a summer dress Olivia. And Sofia, that shirt is for summer too. It's still winter and too cold to wear those," Derek tried explaining. Both girls just stared at him as if he were speaking a different language. When they didn't answer Meredith tried again,
"C'mon," she said, grabbing their hands and turning them towards the stairs, "You can't wear those outfits today so we have to go change." Suddenly they both pulled their hands away,
"No Auntie Mer'dith, we wanna wear these clothes. We picked 'em and they're pretty," Sofia told them. Olivia nodded in agreement,
"Yeah momma, they're pretty!" Meredith sighed,
"They are very pretty girls, but it's too cold outside to wear those. Sofia, you're mommies might kill me if I let you wear that shirt right now. You don't want them to kill me right?" she asked. Sofia and Olivia suddenly looked very worried and huddled together, whispering in each other's ears. After a few seconds they pulled apart,
"We're gonna pick out different clothes," Sofia announced, pulling Olivia up the stairs quickly. When they disappeared Amelia and Addison finally began laughing,
"Quite the fashion sense your daughter has," Amelia told them.
"Yeah really. And I can't believe you told them that they would kill you if she wore that. And that she believed it."
"Oh yeah, most kids under the age of six will believe anything you tell them. Desperate times call for desperate measures," Derek said as Olivia and Sofia ran back down the stairs. This time Olivia was dressed in the dress and tights that Meredith had picked out and was still wearing the same boots as before. Sofia was wearing the jeans and sweater that Callie had packed for her and had on her own pair of boots.
"Much better," Meredith said as she handed them both a coat, "Time to go." The group of six made their way to their respective cars and met up again at the hospital where Meredith handed Olivia and Sofia off to Mark, who was watching them for the day, and then everyone else went their separate ways.
Meredith and Derek made their way to the chief's office and knocked on the door, entering when he called them in.
"Ah, Meredith, Derek, what can I do for you two?" he asked as they sat down in front of his desk.
"We were hoping that we could go ahead and use our vacation time soon," Derek said, "Starting next week."
"Well that is a little sudden, is there any reason why it is such short notice?" he asked.
"We are planning on going down to LA, to Addison's practice actually, and get an appointment with their fertility specialist, Naomi Bennet, to see if she could help us with having another baby," Meredith said. The chief smiled,
"That's great. Of course you can take some time off, in fact take as much time as you need while you're there. I think it's great that you're trying to have another baby. Best of luck," he said happily, basically dismissing them from his office. They stood up and thanked him, though feeling a little confused and shocked, and walked out of the room.
"Well that was easy," Meredith said thoughtfully.
"Yeah. But that's good I guess. I'll talk to Addison and see when Naomi is available then we can start making plans," Derek said as they walked into the locker room to get changed for the day.
Alright, so I decided to go ahead and end it here, just because it was getting kind of long and it seemed like a good place to stop. So PLEASE let me know what you thought about this chapter and answer my…
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION!
Can anyone tell me what kind of fertility treatment Meredith used in season seven that messed up her eye sight? I can't for the life of me remember what it is or if they ever said what it was. I just don't want to start writing about the same thing that failed last time, so it would be great if you could help me out!
Also, if you haven't already told me if you think it should be a boy or girl, go ahead and give me your opinion! And any name suggestions, cause I still have no idea which one I want or an idea for a name. So let me know!