Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Thanks for the reviews! I'm going to keep the story going at least until the baby is born. Should I continue after that? I have a lot written.
Still early August…
Derek came in Addison's room.
"The girls are in bed."
"Good." He sat on the bed.
"Time to take care of mommy." He picked up the blood pressure cuff and stethoscope from the nightstand. He took her blood pressure. "Hey. You're really doing good. 131 over 82." Addison smiled.
"Good."
"So my mom called me today to announce that she's going to come visit."
"Is this good or bad?"
"I think good."
"Does she know I'm pregnant?"
"No."
"Well, she is going to find out."
"I know. I thought that would be fun."
"And what are you going to say when she asks who the father is?"
"I am."
"I guess she's going to have to find out eventually. I just don't like that it came out of having an affair."
"Don't worry about anything. My family loves you. They wanted to keep you in the divorce. So she's coming in 2 days."
"Okay."
"It won't be too much?"
"No. She's your mother."
"Well I kind of need her to stay here. I only have the trailer."
"I think we can do that."
"Are you sure?
"Yeah. Does she know I have the girls?"
"Yes."
"We'll have to clean and get ready tomorrow."
"I'll do it."
"How long is she staying?"
"A week."
"Maybe we should go shopping."
"You're on bed rest."
"But I need cute casual maternity clothes to wear. I can't wear a nightgown or pajama pants all day while your mom is here."
"We'll see. You're doing so well. Shopping would require you to be on your feet for a while."
"Please?"
"Maybe. Maybe I'll pick some things out for you and you can shop from the bedroom."
"Maybe." Addison yawned.
"Someone's tired."
"Not yet." Derek leaned back against the pillows and pulled Addison into his chest. Addison laid her head down and rested her arm across his stomach. He put his hand on her belly. They laid there for a little while. Addison was dozing.
"You're falling asleep. I'll go home and be back tomorrow morning." Her eyes were closed.
"Don't go. Stay with me for the night."
"Does this still count as taking it slow?"
"Yes."
Next day…Derek got up and started cleaning the house while Addison slept in. The girls got up and helped Derek. They made it a game. Addison came down at 10.
"Hey sleepy head."
"What are you guys all doing home?"
"I have the day off so I thought we'd keep the girls home from camp today. We've been cleaning."
"It looks good."
"How are you feeling?"
"Good." He gave her a look. "For real."
"You look good."
"So.."
"I really don't know if you should go shopping." Addison stuck her lip out, smiling. Derek smiled at her. "That lip won't work on me." The doorbell rang. "Saved by the bell." He opened the door. Izzie was standing there.
"Hi. I didn't know you would be here today."
"It's my day off."
"I have the day off so I thought I would keep Dr. Montgomery company."
"Well, I'm sure she would love company other than me. Come in." (Izzie stepped inside.) "Addie, you have company. Come on." They met Addison in the living room.
"Hi."
"Hello. Do you feel better?"
"Much better."
"I came to keep you entertained."
"Actually I have an idea, if Izzie's up for it."
"What?"
"What if Izzie takes you shopping for an hour."
"Oh I will. That would be fun."
"You'll be with a doctor so I know you'll be better off than alone."
"Thank you."
"Get dressed." Addison left the room. "Do you know why she's on bed rest?"
"No."
"Her blood pressure was rising. They're worried about pre-eclampsia. She needs to relax and rest. She's not supposed to be on her feet for long periods of time."
"Okay. We can make it a short shopping trip,"
"I'd say, don't let her be on her feet for more than an hour and watch her for any problems."
"Don't worry. I'll take care of her."
"Thanks. She's been bugging me to take her out."
Next day….Derek woke Addison when he was leaving for work really early.
"I'm going in now."
"Okay. Are you picking up your mom?"
"Yes. She comes in this afternoon. I'm going to work for a few hours, then I'll get her and we'll be here around 3:30."
"Okay."
"Call me if you don't feel good when you get up for the day."
"Okay."
Addison was dressed in a sleeve-less summer dress, making lemonade when Derek and his mother came in. She met them in the living room.
"Hi."
"Addison!" She gave Addison a hug, then pulled away keeping her hands on Addison's belly. "You're pregnant! And you look more beautiful than ever."
"Thanks."
"How are you feeling?"
"Good."
"She's on bed rest."
"You are? What are you doing on your feet? You should be resting."
"I just have to take it easy. I don't have to be in bed all day. I rested all morning."
"Which, by the way, we need to check you."
"I didn't know you were with anyone."
"The baby is mine, mom."
"Oh. What does Meredith think?"
"Meredith and I are not together."
"You better not be leaving this baby."
"Don't worry mom, I told Addison she's never getting rid of me."
"Good. We'll have to work on a wedding soon." Addison decided to change the subject.
"Call the girls."
"Okay."
"How is everyone?"
"They're all good. Anna's expecting baby number four."
"That's so exciting."
"We're all happy for her." The girls came in. "Look how big you girls have gotten." She hugged Kaitlyn. Lily held onto Addison's leg.
"Do you remember Derek's mom?" Lily shook her head. "She's here to visit us."
"I brought both of you something." She pulled two presents out of her bag. Kaitlyn got an old movie.
"I haven't seen this yet. I really want to. Thank you." She gave Elise a hug. Lily opened hers. It was a princess hat.
"Oh wow."
"It's perfect for you."
"You should show my mom your room." That got Lily talking.
"My room has princesses."
"It does?"
"Uh-huh." She took Elise's hand. "Do you want to see?"
"Okay." She went upstairs with Lily.
Next day,,,
Addison was on the couch with her feet up, reading a book. Derek came in from a few hours at work.
"Hey."
"Hi. How was your day?"
"Not as good as yours. Where is everyone?"
"They were in the pool. Your mom is getting Lily changed and she's taking the girls out for a while."
"Perfect."
"What have you schemed?"
"Oh nothing. Just a quiet afternoon close to you."
"Don't get any ideas."
"So I take it Lily likes my mom now?"
"Oh yes. Very much. She won't leave her side."
"That's good." He kissed her.
"Derek." He kissed her again. "Derek, your mom and the girls are here."
"Oh then I'll just wait patiently for them to leave." As soon as they left, Addison kissed Derek. "Oh now who's being bad?"
Another day….
Derek laid on his side and watched Addison sleep. He wanted to kiss her, but didn't want to wake her peaceful sleep. He watched her for a few more minutes. Addison didn't move at all but knew he was right there.
"Derek why are you staring at me?"
"You look so beautiful." She rolled her eyes and rolled onto her back. He leaned over and kissed her.
"Good morning." He kissed her again.
"It's a very good morning." He ran his hand under her shirt and over her big belly. "Your belly button popped out." She reached her hand down to her belly.
"It did. Is it Thursday?"
"Yes. You've been out of work for what? A week? And you already don't know what day it is." She gave him a look.
"I have to go to the doctor this afternoon."
"Well, I have the day off so I'll take you."
"I can tell. It's eight o'clock and you're still in bed."
"I know how to sleep in."
"Yeah okay."
"Shut up." He kissed her. "Sit up."
"Why?"
"Because I need to take care of you." She sat up while he took her blood pressure. "No change." He put the stethoscope back on and lifted her shirt to show her belly. He held the stethoscope to her belly.
"What are you doing?"
"Listening to the baby's heartbeat." He moved the stethoscope a little.
"It's going to be harder to find it than it is with the Doppler." She leaned back on her elbows.
"I can hear it." Lily came in.
"Hi." She climbed on the end of the bed.
"Hi cutie."
"What are you doing?" Derek took the stethoscope off.
"I was listening to the baby's heart. Do you want to hear?"
Yes."
"Put this on." He gave her the stethoscope. She put it on and he held the other end to Addison's belly. Addison put a bunch of pillows under her to keep her propped up. "Do you hear it?" She nodded. She listened for a few more seconds, then moved it to her belly. She giggled. Addison smiled.
"Does your belly make funny noises?"
"Yes. No heart beat."
"Nope. There isn't a baby in your belly, but you can hear your heart. Where's your heart?"
"Right here."
"Yup. Do you hear it?" Lily nodded. She listened for a minute and then held the stethoscope to Derek's chest.
"I hear your heart."
"Does it sound like yours?"
"Yeah." She moved closer to Addison, between Addison and Derek. She put the stethoscope over Addison's heart. "I hear your heart too." Addison touched her stomach.
"I saw that."
"What?"
"The baby moved."
"I want to feel." She took the stethoscope off and put her hand on Addison's belly. "I don't feel it."
"She's not moving right this second. Put your hand over here." She moved Lily's hand. "That's about where she kicked before." The baby moved. Lily pulled her hand back giggling.
"I felt it." She put her hand back on. "Do it again baby."
"Sometimes we can get the baby to move by rubbing Addie's belly." Derek started rubbing the side of Addison's belly. The baby started moving around a lot.
"This feels funny."
"Uh-huh." Elise walked down the hall past their room.
"MOM-MOM!"
"Shh. Kaity's still sleeping." Elise came to the doorway.
"Good morning."
"The baby kicked."
"Did you feel it?"
"Yes.
"You can come in. She's going to talk your ear off."
"I love it."
"You should feel the baby. Derek can make her move." Elise stood next to the bed.
"Sit down. Addison's trying to teach me how to stay in bed all morning."
"You are just like your father." She sat on the end of the bed.
"What are we going to do today?"
"Well…"
"No with Mom-Mom."
"We were hoping Mom-Mom can babysit you for an hour this afternoon."
"Of course."
"Where you going?"
"Addie has to go to the doctor."
"Oh."
"We can bake cookies today."
"What kind?"
"What kind do you want to make?"
"Sugar cookies."
"We can do that." Derek watched a ripple move across Addison's stomach. He put his hand over it.
"She's active this morning."
"Yeah, but she always is when you all start rubbing my belly."
"Derek's father used to lie in bed next to me and rub his hand back and forth and the baby would roll over the one way and then back."
"That's what Derek's been doing."
"That's because it's fun." (whispering in her ear) "So is being in bed with you." Addison pinched him with the hand that was behind his back. He jumped and yelped. She bit her lip to keep from laughing, but started laughing when Lily started laughing hysterically.
"Why'd you jump?"
"I… uh,.. got an… ant in my pants." Lily started laughing more. He smiled. Addison giggled a little. They calmed down.
The next week…
A woman walked down the halls of the hospital looking for a familiar face. She started asking people where Derek was. Someone was able to point her in the right direction. She found him.
"Hello stranger." Derek turned around.
"Nancy!" He hugged her. "How was the flight?"
"It was smooth, not eventful."
"Good."
"Where's Addison?"
"Hopefully at home in bed where she belongs."
"Why?"
"Mom didn't tell you everything?"
"All I heard is that Addison's pregnant, you're living with her, and you guys have Mark's kids. The rest of the time she talked about everything she did with the girls."
"About a week before Mom came, Addison started not feeling well. I looked at her."
"You looked at her? You're in a hospital. So close to many OB's."
"Let me re-phrase that…I took her blood pressure, listened to her heart, and looked at her feet, ankles, and legs for swelling. I just did what she told me to, then we did an ultrasound and Addison decided that she was okay for then. Then Thursday before mom came, she wasn't doing so well again and moved her doctor's appointment to that morning and the doctor put her on bed rest because of her high blood pressure."
"She has high blood pressure?"
"It's not technically high, it's higher than normal. She just needs to stay off her feet and relax. She's doing better on bed rest though. She went to the doctor last Thursday and the doctor was confident enough not to see her for two weeks."
"That's good."
"We monitor her at home."
"Am I hanging out at the hospital or visiting her?"
"Go visit her."
"Alright. I need directions." Derek gave her directions.
"When you're there. Go upstairs and the first door on the left is our bedroom. There's a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope on the nightstand. Can you take her blood pressure?"
"Yeah."
"Thanks. I didn't want to wake her this morning before I left. And make sure she's actually resting. She likes to spend more time up than she should."
"Derek."
"What?
"I'm an OB. I can handle it."
"Well, I have a surgery soon so I guess I see you later."
"Okay."
When the doorbell rang, Addison got up off her place on the couch and went to the door. She was surprised.
"Nancy!"
"Surprised?"
"Very."
"Me too. You're a bit more pregnant than I was lead on to believe." She followed Addison inside.
"Almost 33 weeks."
"Geez. So you're supposed to be sitting down. Once you're off your feet, I want all the gossip." They went over to the couch and sat down.
"Well, your brother is the center of it all."
"Always is. It's quiet. Where are you're three kids?" Addison looked a little confused.
"Well, Kaitlyn and Lily are with Mark for the day and I'm not sure what third kid you are talking about unless you are referring to the one in my uterus."
"Oh mom said three kids, but I guess she meant the baby. First question." Addison smiled.
"Shoot."
"What are you doing with Mark's kids?"
"Well, when Kaitlyn first moved out here, she absolutely hated me."
"Why?" Addison just looked at her. "Oh."
"Mark was being a completely irresponsible person. She ended up with pneumonia and he didn't know. I started helping her out more and more and then we got to the point were she liked being with me again. Mark moved in here with her. I was spending a lot of time with them. Mark and Derek were starting to make up with each other because they missed having guy friends. The three of us were together all of the time. Then Kathleen was put in jail and he brought Lily out here with him. She was four when she came out here and he didn't know what he was doing so I started helping him with the girls. I slowly moved in without realizing it, and then got pregnant."
"It's Mark's!"
"No. It's Derek's."
"How did that happen?"
"One night Mark was gone and Derek was here and one things led to another…"
"Oh."
"Well anyway, I took more and more responsibility of the girls. Mark was home less and less and doing less and less. He cheated on me quite a few times and I told him I was done, but he really didn't want the girls full time so I said I would take them. Somewhere in there I became their legal guardian so it wasn't that weird. He moved out and Derek slowly moved himself in."
"You guys have one big messed up love triangle. What about you and Derek?"
"I kind of led him to believe it was Marks for a long time. I didn't have a paternity test until a few weeks ago and that's when I told him. He broke up with Meredith and hasn't left my side. But it's wonderful. He was even wonderful about it when he thought it was Marks. Every time he saw me he would touch my belly, something that Mark did for the first time last week. Derek was picking up Mark's slack. The day Mark moved out was the first day of bedrest for me. Derek came to help with the girls. He came back every morning and then stopped going home."
"What happened with his intern? Did he break up with her because of the baby?"
"No. That I think you should talk to Derek about."
"Are you and Derek back together?"
"I was trying not to rush into that but he started sleeping in my bed with me. And now he's kissing me like we're married again. Without intentionally doing it, we've gotten back together. But again, because I don't go to work anymore, no one knows that, except your mother, who is very hopeful."
"I went to the hospital first and I have very specific orders."
"Oh gosh."
"Derek's message was to make sure you were staying off your feet."
"I'm allowed to get up and move around, you know. It's just so I don't retain more fluid. I can get up, just not for long periods."
"I know. It's cute how protective he's being." Nancy stood up.
"What are you doing?"
"Fulfilling my other orders." Nancy walked upstairs and came back a minute later with the stethoscope and blood pressure cuff.
"Was Derek freaking out because he didn't wake me this morning?"
"Kind of. He just wants to make sure you're okay." She sat on the coffee table across from Addison. "Arm." Addison held up her arm and Nancy wrapped the blood pressure cuff around it. She took Addison's blood pressure. "131 over 83. What has it been?"
"About that for the past week."
"About."
"It varies by like one depending on the time of day we take it."
"Oh. Lie down."
"What are you doing?"
"I left my patients for a week and flew across the country. Let me practice medicine."
"You're like me. I miss it." Nancy felt Addison's belly. She put the stethoscope on and listened to it. "We have a Doppler here."
"You do?"
"Yeah. I just ordered new ones from the hospital before I left so I took one of the old ones. Wasn't it on the nightstand with that stuff?"
"No. I don't think so."
"Hmm…I know I saw it. We used it last night." She looked around. "Oh. Over on the bookshelf." Nancy got up and got it. She held it to Addison's belly.
"Sounds good. What are you having?"
"Great story." Nancy looked confused. "When I was freaking out when all of this started. The first day, I didn't see a doctor. I had Derek take my blood pressure, etc."
"He told me."
"Did he tell you about the ultrasound?"
"No."
"I dragged him into a room with me because no one else had been with me to an ultrasound. We sat on the bed and I held the probe to my abdomen and Derek was like cool. What is it?"
"You would think he would know something."
"That's not the best part. He did the rest of the ultrasound with me laying down."
"You let him do it?" Addison sat up.
"Of course not. I let him think he was doing. I was watching the screen the whole time. I told him that I would find out the sex, if and only if he told me what it is."
"Could he do it?"
"It took him a few minutes to find the right location, but then he did and he didn't know. The legs were wide open. I was like come on Derek. I think he guessed in the end."
"Well?"
"It's a girl!"
"A girl? I can so see you with a girl."
"I know. The girls are excited to have a baby sister." Nancy moved next to her.
"Sister?"
"Well, for a long time everyone thought it was Mark's, even I actually did. So they were told they were getting a new sibling. They're living with me. The baby will basically be their sister." Nancy put her hand on Addison's belly.
"I still can't believe you are pregnant." Addison smiled.
"I can't believe I'm going to have a baby soon."
"I know. Is Derek living with you?"
"Not officially. He spends the night most of the time."
"Is he going to move in to help you when the baby is born?"
"Probably. By that time he will be living here if we keep going at the pace we're at."
Addison and Nancy just hung around the house catching up all day. Derek came home after dinner. He went in and walked over to Addison.
"Hey." He kissed her with his hand on her belly.
"Hi." He kept his hand on her belly and bent his head down.
"Hi baby." He stood up. "Did you girls have a good day gossiping about me and catching up?"
"We did."
"Must everything be about you?"
"Yes." Nancy rolled her eyes. "Did you take care of her?"
"Yes."
"Good. Are the girls coming home tonight?"
"Nope. They're having a sleepover with Daddy." Derek wrapped his arms around her.
"I get you all to myself?"
"Yes you do."
"Still here." They both looked over at her smiling. "You guys are acting like you did when you were engaged and newly weds."
"We're just happy. Don't you want us to be happy?"
"Happy, yes. Disgusting, no." Derek let go of Addison. "So I want to know how you got from where I saw you last to here. Last time I saw you, you weren't speaking to Addison and you had an intern. Now you're having a baby with Addison and there's no intern."
"Meredith broke up with me and I discovered that I'm still in love with Addison."
"That's all I get? No juicy details?"
"Okay. Meredith was jealous that I was spending so much time with Addison to help her take care of the girls. Meredith decided that she had enough and I kind of moved myself in with Addie."
"You need to work on stories with details."
"That's done and over. Let's just talk about the present."
Next morning…Mark brought the girls home. Lily walked right up to Addison and patted her belly.
"Good morning, Grace?"
"Grace?"
"She needs a name."
"I know she does."
"I picked one."
"That's the baby's parents job."
"If you name her Grace, she'll be amazing." They all laughed.
"Amazing?"
"Yup. And sweet."
"Really?"
"Yeah, like the song I've been singing. Amazing grace how sweet the sound…" She sang the beginning of the song for them.