Hi, people I'm back with a chapter. In this chapter, Derek's mom will cause somewhat chaos in Meredith's life. And this will feature a dinner with Derek's mom. Derek doesn't want to tell his mother just yet so Meredith will go to great heights for hiding this pregnancy.
It is said 'Desperate times call for desperate measures'. Secrets are something that we all keep. Like a child stealing a candy bar it can be an innocent secret or it could a big secret like a man being unfaithful. Secrets are harmless most of the time or they can destroy people's lives sometimes.
It was her, it was Carolyn, and it was as if the world had frozen, cause Meredith couldn't bring herself to move a muscle. At last Carolyn finally said "Are we not gonna move at all.". Derek smiled and hugged his mother. "Long time no see." said Carolyn. "Valerie was asking for her uncle, you know she adores you, right ?". "Valerie's in second grade now, isn't she ?" asked Derek, maintaining his smile. "Yeah, and you should come home sometime. And bring Meredith with you. Every time I have to come. Oh Meredith!". Meredith was trying hard to be invisible, but obviously it didn't work. "Hey, Carolyn." said Meredith, "How…..how are you ?". Stuttering, Stuttering wasn't good at all , she felt stupid. "I am okay, Meredith." said Carolyn, she took Meredith's hand in hers and put a hand on Meredith's face and said "You're glowing."
"No, no, I'm not." said Meredith. This was going to be so awkward. "Mind if I steal your son for a second.". "Steal away." said Carolyn, laughing. And Meredith literally, pulled Derek into the nearest on-call room. "Why does your family always drop by unannounced?" said Meredith, Boy was she angry ! It was probably the hormones though. "It's not my fault." said Derek "And don't worry, she likes you already.". "Opinions change, Derek." said Meredith, and then lowered her voice and said "Do you wanna tell her …..about the baby ?"
"Not….not yet. I do wanna tell her but not now." said Derek. "Well, I don't think we are going to be able to hide this for long, it's only a mayter of time befire I syaAnd then they heard a noise on the door saying "Are you people done in there, I need to sleep. Sleep, you know, what on call rooms are made for." Derek opened the door and Meredith followed behind him. The person knocking on the door was Christina. "Oh! Look who's here. Having pregnant sex, Mer ?" said Christina, in her usual tone. "I'll be there in a moment." said Meredith to Derek as he went to his mother, wondering how Christina knew about the baby.
"Christina ! You can't just say it in the hallway." said Meredith with an annoyed tone. "Whatever!" said Christina "So, I see McMommy is here. She here to see her grandson ?". "No, she doesn't even know." said Meredith "And what makes you so sure it's boy ?". "Cause I know you think it's a girl, and everytime the opposite happens of whatever you think." said Christina "So, when are you gonna tell McMommy that you're gonna be a McMommy?" "Not soon, Derek wants to wait." said Meredith "And do you really have to Mc everything ?" "No, I don't have to ,but it's fun." said Christina "Now, get out of my way, I'm so sleepy that I don't care that you're pregnant I will trample you ." ."See you later." said Meredith as she started walking towards Derek and his mother , all she got from Christina in response was a yawn. As Derek and his mom came into sight, Meredith could see the look on Derek's face. Their was some bad news waiting for her.
"Oh, Meredith." said Carolyn with a smile "I have some good news for you people.". "Mom wants to take us for dinner." said Derek looking at Meredith with such a McDreamy look. "But wouldn't that take a reservation?" asked Meredith, she would give anything to get out of this. At this point, she was rooting for a car to crash and cause a highway pileup she didn't care if this meant that an innocent man would get injured, she just wanted to get out of this. "I already made reservations and I called Richard and made sure that your schedules are clear for tonight." said Carolyn "I just don't know anything about you more than Derek has told me.". She was holding Meredith's hands and it was sweet. Meredith wished she could tolerate that degree of sweetness.
"So, Meredith, Derek tells me that he met you in a bar." said Carolyn. She may be a great person, but to Meredith this felt as an awful topic to strike a conversation. "He told you ?" said Meredith "Well, I did meet him in a bar, he was just a guy in a bar and I was a girl in a bar and we have reached far." She was smiling, trying to put sugar on it. "Oh, that's really sweet." said Carolyn "And I heard that your mother died and your dad is ….distant. Are you okay?"
Are you okay? the words were echoing in her brain, her mother was a great surgeon but a horrible mother and now she was going to be a mother. And of course Carolyn did not know that, if she had known she wouldn't have brought up such a topic. Her mother's words were circling in her mind
I raised you to be extraordinary.
Imagine my disappointment when I wake up after five years and find out that you're no better than ordinary.
In the race of life, only independent people win
Do you think that when you're 35, your boyfriend's gonna pat your back and raise you up ?
"Meredith ?" she heard Carolyn's voice calling her. "Actually, her mother is a sensitive topic for her." said Derek, putting his hand into Meredith's. That was bice of him to support Meredith. That was supportive of him. Meredith tried to change the topic. "Well, you keep saying Derek told you about me ? What exactly did he tell you about me ?" asked Meredith. "Well, he told me about how your relationship has been, he told me when he divorced Addison, he told me when you drowned and he hasn't been calling me from a long time now." said Carolyn. Derek hadn't called her in a long time, that meant she had no idea of what had happened with Jen, that was probably the reason why did not want to tell her. "Well, I guess Nancy must have told you about me too." Said Meredith "Just to clarify, I am not a slut or an intern. I am a resident who's….. dating your son." She almost said 'mother of your grandchild' but she didn't she would be ready when Derek was ready.
"Well, she did tell me, but she was just angry, Addison was like her best friend and she just didn't give you a chance." said Carolyn "So, Meredith, I see you didn't drink any of your wine. You met him at a bar so I assume you like a drink or two." They had to give her a reason, and a good one , otherwise she would come to know. "Ummmm" started Derek but he was interrupted by Meredith saying "I'm an alcoholic.". Carolyn looked at her in an awkward way. She might hate her. But then she said "It's okay, dear." , little did Carolyn know that the truth was far better than that. And she had just lied to her boyfriend's mother.
Yep, secrets we all have them. And we are desperate to keep those secrets too, but the thing is how far can a person go to protect their secret. Desperate times can indeed call for desperate measures.
So, mommy think Meredith's an alcoholic but she's quite supportive of her, good thing too, and why wouldn't she be - Amelia is a drug addict and she still loves her so why not the same with Meredith and also, I need help, I am working on something great for 'The Christmas Gift' and also writing chapter 3 of 'Stalker' and also, anyone up for co-writing ?
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Love, Allison