Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Chapter: 5
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.
Meredith met up with Derek near the lab. He was holding a folded piece of paper.
"Are those the results?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, I didn't look at them. I wanted to wait for you." Derek said.
"Okay, let's open it up." Meredith stood next to Derek as he unfolded the paper.
Both their eyes scanned the paper, searching for the right line and the result next to it.
"Oh my god," Both murmured.
The two looked up and stared at each other. Meredith felt like the wind had been knocked out of her. Derek kept his eyes glued on the paper. Derek then started laughing slightly.
"What is so funny?" Meredith asked feeling some anger rise up.
"Nothing, I just thought it was kind of amusing how we defied the odds. I can't believe I'm Riley's father." Derek said.
Derek calmed down and the two found a bench to sit at and talk things out.
"So what do we do now?" Meredith asked.
"I want to get to know her." Derek said.
"I know that. You don't seem like the kind of guy to do something like leave his daughter." Meredith said. "I don't know how to tell Riley. I don't know how to tell everyone else."
"Do you want to wait a few days?" Derek asked.
"I don't know. Maybe we should do it today, and I think I should be the one to tell her." Meredith said
"Okay, what ever you want to do." Derek said.
"Okay, I'm going to do it." Meredith said.
Meredith and Derek walked down to Riley's room. Meredith was mentally going over what she was going to explain all this to her eight year old daughter, even though she was smart for her age. Meredith stopped in the hall just a ways away from Riley's room.
"This isn't right. I'm not going to tell her in the hospital. I should do it at home." Meredith said. "Are you okay with that?"
"I'm fine with what ever you want to do." Derek reassured her.
"Maybe you can follow us home incase she wants to meet you tonight." Meredith said.
A few hours later Meredith signed the necessary paperwork to have Riley discharged. On the way home Riley and Izzie shared the back seat while George rode shotgun. It was a exceptionally quiet car ride. When they got home Izzie and George went to the kitchen to find something to eat. Meredith led Riley upstairs and into her room. Riley climbed onto her high bed.
"What's up mom?" Riley asked. The only reason Meredith ever followed Riley into her room immediately when they got home was to talk.
"Have something to tell you." Meredith said sitting on the bed next to Riley. Riley stayed quiet waiting for Meredith to continue. "I found your dad today."
"My dad?" Riley echoed.
"Mhmm" Meredith nodded.
Meredith had explained to Riley as best as she could about her father, and Riley seemed to understand, but then again, how much could an eight year old understand about why she doesn't have a dad.
The next words out of Riley's mouth didn't really surprise Meredith at all.
"Can I meet him?" Riley asked.
"Sure. He's downstairs if you want to meet him now." Meredith said.
"Okay," Riley said in a meek voice as if she was unsure.
"C'mon sweetie." Meredith said taking Riley's hand.
The went downstairs. Meredith opened the door and let Derek come inside. She led him to the living room where Riley was seated on the couch.
"Riley, this is Derek, he's your dad." Meredith said awkwardly.
"Hi Riley, who do you feel? I heard you hit your head." Derek asked.
"I'm fine." Riley said.
"I'll just leave you two alone." Meredith said and went in to the kitchen where Izzie and George were talking.
"What is Shepherd doing here?" Izzie asked eating one of the leftover muffins she had baked that morning to accompany the pancakes.
"It is a very, VERY long story. Derek is Riley's father." Meredith said.
As Meredith explained the WHOLE story to her roommates, Derek sat next to Riley on the couch, trying to get to know her, or was Riley trying to get to know Derek. Either way they were talking.
"So, what do you like to do?" Derek asked trying to learn about her hobbies.
"I like to play softball and soccer" Riley said.
"Really? I played little league when I was around your age. I played short stop." He said.
"Me too." Riley said.
About an hour later Meredith walked into the living room to find Riley and Derek still talking.
"I'd hate to break up the party, but Riley, it's passed your bedtime." Meredith said.
"Okay. Am I going to school tomorrow?" Riley asked.
"No, I'm going to take the day off tomorrow to be with you." Meredith said.
"I'm going to say goodnight to George and Izzie." Riley said.
She gave Derek a hug before going into the kitchen. Once she was gone Derek stood up. The two walked out to the foyer.
"Thank you, for coming. I know it meant a lot to Riley." Meredith said.
"It meant a lot to me too. You know, I have the day off tomorrow. I could look after Riley so you can go to work." Derek offered.
"I can't ask you to do that." Meredith said.
"You're not asking, I offered. It'll give me a chance to get to know her better." Derek said.
"Are you sure?" Meredith asked.
"Yes, I'm sure. Besides, who better to look after a concussion patient than a neurosurgeon?" Derek asked. Meredith laughted.
"Okay, thank you." Meredith said.
With that said Derek opened the door and left. Meredith went up stair. Riley was taking a bath so Meredith went to get some of her stuff ready. She pulled out a set of pajamas fro the dresser and set them on the bed. Then she pulled back the covers on Riley's bed. When Riley came in, Meredith left so she could get dressed. Riley opened the door to let Meredith back in and hopped on to the bed. Meredith tucked the covers around Riley. Riley gave a long yawn.
"Tired?" Meredith asked laughingly.
"Yeah." Riley nodded.
"So, Derek is going to come over tomorrow, and take care of you while I'm at work. Is that okay with you?" Meredith asked.
"Okay," Riley said.
"Good night, sweetie." Meredith said
"Good night mom." Riley said.
AN: Okay, so this probably wouldn't be how things would turn out in the real world, but hey, I've never been in that situation. Anyways, it's about 3 am and I still can't get "Like a Virgin" out of my head from tonight's episode. And, after last week's episode I see many stories yelling out Derek's full name, DEREK CHRISTOPHER SHEPHERD. Did anybody else think it was funny when Addison said it? I thought it was funny. Hope you guys like this chapter. I'm going to start writing the next one in the morning. Please read and review.