SO it took me days to actually finish this chapter. And I lied to you, I said that the baby was going to come in this chapter, but I decided to wait until the next one.…I'm sooooo sorry it took me soooo long to write this and get it posted. I just can't write it for some reason. The first half of this story pretty much just wrote itself, but I just got stuck. So if this chapter isn't the greatest, I'm sorry, but at least I've updated right? Right. The good news is that I have most of the next chapter written already, so it will only be a few days until I update again. So here is your update, I'm sorry it took so long. If you have anything you want to see PLEASE TELL ME! Enjoy!
Don't own Grey's Anatomy or Private Practice.
Derek woke up in the middle of the night with the feeling that something was wrong. He got out of bed without waking Meredith and walked to Zoeys room. He opened the door and panicked when he saw his daughter was not in her bed. He checked the bathroom and became even more panicked when he still couldn't find her. He started towards the stairs and stopped at the door to the nursery. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw Zoey sitting in the rocking chair. She looked up when she heard him at the door,
"Hey," she said softly.
"What are you doing in here?" He asked, "You're supposed to be on bed rest."
"The baby wanted to see her room again. She really likes it," she said, putting a hand on her stomach, "Seriously dad, this is amazing, you didn't have to do all of this."
"It's the least I could do. I figure my granddaughter has to have somewhere to sleep right?" They smiled,
"Yeah, if she sleeps at all. Mom said I didn't sleep well as a baby. I'm just worried she's going to do the same thing."
"It will be payback for all the nights we spent awake with you. You were a terrible sleeper. You would only fall asleep if someone was holding you. And you liked to be held. It was hard for us to do anything without having to carry you around."
"I just loved you guys. But seriously daddy, thanks for the nursery. I love it."
"I'll do anything for my favorite daughter."
"I'm your only daughter…so far. Any chance of me having a baby brother or sister any time soon?"
"I don't know Zo. We will just have to wait and see." They sat in the nursery a while longer, catching up on everything until Zoey started to drift off to sleep. Derek helped her up and led her to her room. She climbed in bed and Derek pulled the blankets over her. She was out as soon as her head hit the pillow. Derek smiled and kissed her forehead before leaving the room.
The next morning Zoey woke up with a post it note stuck to her forehead. She pulled it off and saw it was a note from Addison,
Zoey, I had to go into work today. No you can't come. Your dad and Meredith are downstairs. Don't get out of bed unless you have to or I will sick Amelia on you. Call me if you need anything. Love you, mom
Zoey frowned, wondering how she was supposed to get breakfast, then picked up her phone and sent a text to Derek asking him to bring her food. A few minutes later Derek came upstairs with a tray of food.
"Good morning," he said, setting the tray of food next to her bed.
"It is now," She said, eyeing the bacon and eggs Derek had brought her. She picked up her plate and began to eat.
"So Meredith has to be back in Seattle by tomorrow morning, so I'm going to take her to the airport. But Amelia is going to come hang out with you while I'm gone."
"That's cool. When do you have to be back in Seattle?"
"Not until next week."
"Ok," she nodded, continuing to eat. She switched the TV on as Derek went back downstairs. She switched through the channels before finally settling on some dumb made for TV movie. A few hours later Amelia walked into her room,
"Hey there, how's bed rest?" Amelia asked, already knowing the answer.
"It sucks! I'm so bored! I can't do anything except lay here!"
"Well that's why I'm here. You can never be bored with me around!" Amelia said happily, sitting on the bed next to her niece, "What do you say we head down to the beach. Some good old vitamin d should be good for you and the baby."
"Anything to get out of this bed!" Zoey said, over exaggerating.
"Alright, but we have to go really slow. We don't want to hurt the baby," Amelia said, helping Zoey stand up.
"Ugh, I can't wait to finally have this baby. I feel so gross. You know how people always say they feel so amazing and beautiful when they're pregnant? Well I just feel fat," Zoey said as they made their way downstairs.
"You're not fat Zo," Amelia said, knowing it would be pointless to argue with her but doing it anyway.
"Whatever you say Amy. I feel pretty damn fat. What if I stay fat after the baby is born! What if I'm never skinny again!"
"Oh please, you've been skinny your whole life. And you're a freak when it comes to eating healthy and exercising, you will be skinny again in no time," She said reassuringly as she helped Zoey sit down in one of the chairs on the deck. The trip downstairs that would normally take all of thirty seconds had taken them about five minutes from them going so slowly. But Zoey would do anything to keep her baby safe and if that meant taking five minutes to walk down the stairs then so be it. Amelia went back inside to grab them a couple bottles of waters,
"Thanks," Zoey said.
"No problem. Have you thought of a name for your daughter?" Amelia asked.
"I don't know. I really like the name Hannah. But I also like the names Lily or Jordyn or Lauren or Parker. It's so hard to choose her name already."
"Well whatever name you choose will be perfect. Once you see her you will know what her name is."
"How did my mom choose my name?"
"Your mother poured over baby books trying to find the perfect name for you. She had like a five page list with possible names. Every couple of weeks she narrowed it down some. You were almost named Brittany. But once she saw you she knew that you wouldn't be a Brittany."
"So once I see her, then I will know her name. I can't wait until she is born."
"You say that now, but when you aren't getting any sleep you're gonna miss the quiet."
"Yeah well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Zoey said, not wanting to think about all the sleep she would lose. She knew that babies didn't really sleep through the night until about three months and she wasn't looking forward to it. But she figured three months wouldn't be that long, right? She had no idea how wrong she was. They spent another hour or so sitting in the sun before deciding to head back inside to have lunch. They walked back inside just as Derek was coming through the door.
"What are you doing up? You're supposed to be on bed rest. Why did you let her get up?" he asked, directing the last question at Amelia.
"Chill Derek, she was bored. Besides, the sun is good for her. And we're taking it slow."
"Yeah, chill dad," Zoey said, mimicking Amelia. Derek rolled his eyes,
"We let you spend way too much time with her," Derek said to Zoey, talking about Amelia.
"Hey now, that's not nice," Amelia said, laughing, "So to make up for it you can make us lunch."
"Alright, I can do that. What do you guys want?" both girls shrugged,
"I don't know. For the first time in weeks I'm not starving or craving something. Just surprise me." Amelia agreed so Derek began moving around the kitchen. There still wasn't much food in the kitchen so Derek settled for making spaghetti. Twenty minutes later the three of them were sitting in the living room, Zoey stretched out on the couch and Derek and Amelia in different chairs. They ate their food and watched TV. After she ate Zoey fell asleep on the couch and was still asleep when Addison got home. Amelia had left after Zoey fell asleep and Derek had been doing research for his trial.
"How long has she been asleep?" Addison asked, setting her bag down on the table.
"A couple hours. She's crashed though, hasn't moved at all."
"That's good. Did she have any pain today?"
"Not really. She seemed to be fine."
"Good, good. We can probably just leave her there for the night. She probably won't wake up until morning."
"Alright. I'm going to head up to bed then. I'll see you in the morning." Derek walked upstairs. Addison pulled a blanket off the back of the couch and covered Zoey with it before going upstairs herself.
The next morning Zoey woke up before either Derek or Addison. She decided to wait on the couch for one of them to come down and make her breakfast. About ten minutes after waking up Addison walked down the stairs,
"Morning," Zoey said, causing Addison to jump.
"You scared me. I didn't realize you were awake."
"Yepp, I'm awake, and starving. Baby wants food," Zoey said. Addison laughed,
"What does baby want?" Addison quickly made breakfast and got ready for work.
"Can I go with you today?" Zoey asked Addison, "It's boring here. All dad does is sit on his computer."
"That's fine, you can lay around on my couch all day," Addison said, helping her upstairs to get dressed. About an hour later Addison helped Zoey walk slowly into the practice. Throughout the day the various members of the practice stopped in Addison's office to see Zoey and talk to her. By the end of the day Zoey was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as she got home.
Haha, so I started writing this and I was doing really well, and then I got distracted…are any of my readers Anberlin fans? Well I just found out they're performing September 9th at Rock the Universe and I'm going! Super excited!
Just thought I would share that with you. Now for the important stuff, anyone got an opinion on the name for the baby? One of the ones I listed or something else?
Review please and let me know what you think!
Hope you liked it!