Grey's Anatomy
Chapter: 3
Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own Grey's Anatomy. If I did, I would probably make Meredith a bit more open with Derek. I wish those two would stop with all the S and M thing and really get together.
AN: Thanks for the reviews you guys, they were awesome. So I was sitting in my Chemistry waiting for my professor to come in and I just started writing. Anyways, I've decided that Derek was never married to Addison. Instead, Mark and Addison are married. I hope that you guys are okay with that. It shouldn't change the story at all since I haven't brought Addison or Mark in yet. So he goes for chapter 4.
Derek slumped against the wall for a minute longer when Addison turned the corner and nearly bumped into him.
"Derek, are you okay?" Addison asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Derek answered.
"Right, you are a bad liar, Derek" Addison said.
The two grabbed a cup of coffee each and headed up to Addison's office. Derek slouched in one of the chairs in front of Addison's desk as she sat in her chair.
"Are you going to tell me?" Addison asked.
"Do you remember that one night stand just before you and Mark got married?" Derek asked after a slow sigh.
"How could I forget, it was the only thing Mark would talk about for a month." Addison said.
"Okay, what do you think the chances are that we saw each other again?" He asked.
"Slim at best. You said the girl was from Boston. Do you really think she is here in Seattle?" Addison asked.
Derek sighed again "I don't know." He replied.
"Who is it?" Addison asked. "A Patient?"
"It's the mother of a patient. The kid was brought in with a concussion after falling off the jungle gym. I was checking out the MRI." Derek informed her.
"I heard that was Meredith Grey's daughter." Addison said.
"It was." Derek said.
It took Addison mere seconds to realize what he was thinking.
"Meredith? You think Meredith Grey was you one night stand?" Addison asked.
"Meredith is from Boston. She was vacationing in New York eight years ago. She snuck into Mac's with a fake ID. Her daughter was conceived by a one night stand. Those are four pretty good points." Derek listed.
"They are… What are you going to do?" Addison asked.
"I don't know. What should I do?" Derek asked.
"Maybe talk to Grey?" Addison suggested.
"Iguess." Derek mumbled
It took Derek about two hours to muster up enough courage to talk to Meredith. He kept going back and fourth on whether or not he should even approach her with his questions. He wondered if she would be offended or if he even had substantial proof to his questions.
2 hours before. Riley's Room
Derek had just left the room and Meredith was mentally kicking herself for sharing so many personal details with him. She inadvertently told him about how Riley was conceived and that made her feel like a whore. Derek had a way of getting personal information out of her, and she didn't understand why.
Meredith looked down at Riley. She was still asleep and looked so peaceful. Meredith then begun thinking again.
"Why did he want to know what bar I had gone to?" Meredith asked herself. "Why was he so interested?"
Meredith was so deep in thought that she didn't notice Riley waking up. Riley opened her eyes and snuggled into Meredith, pulling her from her thoughts.
"Hey baby, how do you feel?" Meredith asked.
"I'm okay, just a headache." Riley said.
"That's good. Are you hungry?" Meredith asked.
"Mm-mm" Riley said shaking her head and looking up at Meredith again.
Meredith looked into Riley's eyes. They were such a deep blue that Meredith was sure had come from her father, who ever that was. Meredith often thought about that night that Riley was conceived. She never knew a stupid mistake could turn into the greatest thing in her life.
Mother and daughter just looked at each other for a minute or two. Meredith smiled.
"Why don't you try and get some more sleep?" Meredith asked
"You don't have to stay, mom." Riley said.
"I don't want to leave you alone." Meredith said.
"How's the munchkin?" Cristina asked as she came in.
"Hey Cristina" Riley giggled.
As Cristina visited Meredith couldn't help but drift back to her previous thoughts.
Present time (2 hours later.) Riley's room.
Riley had fallen back asleep leaving Meredith to run her fingers through Riley's hair once again. She was still deep in thought remembering the one night stand over and over again. She was startled out of her thoughts again when she heard an attention catching cough from the doorway. Meredith looked up to see Derek standing there.
"I didn't see you there." Meredith said with a slight smile.
"Oh, My GOD!" she thought.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Derek said. "I was hoping we could talk."
"Is something wrong?" Meredith asked as if she had no clue as to what he may want to talk about. "Did you see something in the scans?"
"No, it's kind of personal; do you want to grab some coffee?" Derek asked.
"Uh, sure." Meredith said.
Meredith gently lifted Riley and lay her down on the pillow. She pulled the covers around Riley and planted a soft kiss on her daughter's forehead, then followed Derek out of the room.
Meredith got a coffee from the coffee cart downstairs and the two sat at one of the small tables around. The two were nervous as they sat in silence for a few moments.
"Meredith, I don't want to seem forward but Riley's father, did you get his name?" Derek asked.
"No." Meredith said softly as she shook her head.
"I had a one-night-stand 8 years ago. The girl looked a lot like you. She left me a note…" Derek said.
"Thank you?" Meredith asked reciting what was on the note.
"Yes." Derek said breathlessly.
"Oh My god." Meredith for what seemed like a million times that day.
The two sat there in shock over what they had just learned.
AN: Sorry you guys. I had 95 of this chapter written last week, but I couldn't figure out how to help them realize everything. I really don't like how I had them realize that Derek was Riley's dad but I wanted to update, so here it is.
Sorry for taking so long, college is tough. I've had Finals and papers to finish. Hope you like the chapter. Please read and review.