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A long explanation of my absence has been posted on the recent chapter (chapter 4) of Anything for You. But I'm working on updates for the three stories in progress, and attempting to create a storyline for the one shot (When You're Gone) that I posted.

19 Weeks

Four weeks ago, Addison Montgomery had spilled everything she knew about Meredith's whereabouts to Amelia Shepherd. It had also been four weeks since Derek had been reunited with his wife and kids, and also found out about his unborn child.

Surprisingly, Meredith wasn't mad or upset with Addison for giving her away; rather she was thankful. Not only thankful that Addison had told Amelia where she was, but also thankful that Derek was alive and would be able to watch their kids grow up, and meet their newest child.

In those four weeks, Derek had finished moving down to Los Angeles and was hired at the practice since they hadn't had any neurosurgeons since Amelia had left almost two years ago. It was a little difficult at first, his transition. He wasn't used to being his own boss, running his own department, but he soon eased into it. The kids—and Meredith— had rarely left his side, something that he didn't mind at all.

Upon his return, Meredith and Derek had a difficult time explaining to the kids that Derek was staying with them. Meredith had a harder time explaining to Zola about how her daddy was back since Zola had posed the question of how Meredith was having a baby without a daddy.

Though Derek was there now, Meredith still had fears of complications with the pregnancy, so Addison was still her doctor.

It was a Sunday; the practice was empty, so Addison decided to do a quick check up on Meredith. For the first time, Derek would be able to see his unborn son or daughter. Meredith was excited at the fact that Derek would be with her at the appointment where they could possibly find out the gender of the baby. Zola had been asking her from the beginning for a sister, and if she was being honest, she wouldn't mind having another daughter either. She loves Bailey and all, but she'd like to be able to change a diaper without fear of being peed on.

When Addison had first turned on the doppler, the sounds of small thumps sounded throughout the room. Derek's eyes were tearing up while Meredith just smiled. She loved hearing the sound—it meant that her unborn child was still alive. As the wand moved around, the parents-to-be saw the movements of the baby on the screen and were mesmerized.

Soon enough, Addison had reached the end of the baby and the couple were able to see that they would soon be welcoming a daughter into the world. Derek and squeezed Meredith's shoulder while she smiled back up at him.

Any other work that day did not get done as Meredith and Derek left after the appointment to get home to the kids. When they reached the house and entered through the front door, the house was silent. Derek looked up and Meredith confused. Normally the kids would be playing in the living room and the nanny watching over them, or even playing on the floor with them.

Meredith shook her head slightly, knowing that her one, or both, of her kids had talked the nanny into taking them to the beach or the park. She decided to check out the back door first before she called the nanny's cellphone. When she looked through the glass door, she smiled.

"They're out here," Meredith said to Derek who had just come down the stairs after looking upstairs for his kids.

Out on the beach, Bailey sat in the sand in swim trunks and a light tee shirt. There was an umbrella stuck in the sand that the nanny insisted the kids sit under when it was extremely hot out. Zola was in her bathing suit that she insisted she had to wear whenever they went off into the sand while she sat next to Bailey, slightly in the sun, building mounds of sand that would soon try to be a sand castle. The nanny sat under the umbrella as well, so to not tease the kids of being out in the sun.

Meredith smiled at the sight. She didn't want her children being raised by nannies, but if it was just one nanny, and only when they needed her to work, she could deal with that. As she was sliding the door open, Zola looked up, dropped her bucket and shovel and ran up to her parents, and almost into the house. Meredith, however, had stopped her before she could enter the house.

"Remember what we said about going in the house after playing in the sand?" Meredith asked.

"Gots to clean it all off or else we're cleaning the floor," Zola said with a smile. Meredith nodded, Derek smiled. Bailey had noticed that his sister had left, turned to see where she was, and ran up to join her in greeting their parents.

When the nanny had been relieved for the day, and the kids were sand-free, Meredith and Derek had decided to take Zola and Bailey out for ice cream after dinner—something that sent excitement off in Zola and Bailey.

The kids rushed through dinner, eating most of their food, but not all in order to leave room for ice cream. When they had finished, Derek cleaned up the mess from dinner while Meredith got the kids ready to go.

"Mommy and Daddy have some very exciting news for you two when we get there," Meredith told them as they were getting ready to leave.

In the past view weeks, the kids had been insistent on finding out if they were having a brother or sister. Meredith laughed at their persistence each time, while Derek tried to explain that they had to wait a little while longer. They were sure that Bailey wouldn't quite understand, but they were going to give it a shot anyway, and hope that no temper tantrums were thrown when the words 'baby sister' popped up.

At the ice cream parlor, Meredith grabbed a table while Derek took the kids to get their custom ice cream, as well as his and Meredith's order. When they finally sat down, the kids started eating their dessert fast. Zola had stopped eating for a moment before looking up at her parents.

"What'd you wanna tell us, Mama?"

"Well, today we found out that you're going to have a baby sister," Derek said with a smile. Meredith and decided to let Derek tell the kids since she had been the one to tell them that there was going to be a new baby in the house in a few months.

Zola and Bailey smiled in excitement, Bailey just following his sister's actions. Derek looked at Meredith and whispered in her ear.

"Poor kid doesn't know what's about to happen to him."

Meredith laughed at her husband's words and patted his leg. "Maybe next time—should there be a next time."