I know it's been forever, and I also know that you guys' asked me to continue this. But I have neglected it pretty much all summer and I feel horrible about that. I also can't say it'll improve because well I'm going into my senior year in high school and I am taking a college class as well and I also work. So I'm not sure I'll be able to update. I've put a lot of thought into this and I love Meredith and Derek and I love the way I've written this and them because they are adorable, but this is going to be the last chapter. I think the way I'm ending it will be very good and you guys' will hopefully be happy. When I started this story it was after watching it and I just got irritated with the way Shonda had them break up and I wanted to write the way I wish it had gone. So, I've done that and I've repaired them in my own way and had them go through their own problems and I've had Meredith fix herself and now she's getting her happy ending and so I think it's time to end it. So this is the last chapter, sigh, but I think you guys' will read more from me with this couple in the future. (:
It was their second anniversary and Derek had decided to celebrate it as if it were just as important as their wedding day. In his eyes, every day that he woke up next to Meredith Shepherd was the best day of his life and he captured every second of it. This morning was no different as he woke up and felt the sun on his face before he opened his eyes and saw that the sun was shining in through the blinds. He looked down at the soft, warm body in his arms and smiled a broad, cheesy smile at his wife in his arms. Her blond hair was lying on her pillow as her hand rested on his chest. Her head also rested on his chest, right where his heart was, the very heart that was captivated by her over two years ago and beat purposely just for her.
He tried to exit the bed in a swift, gentle way to not wake her and walked carefully towards the door. He made his way downstairs to the kitchen in their house and turned on the coffee before pulling out eggs, bacon, and bread to start to prepare a breakfast for Meredith to enjoy in their king size bed.
Once they got married and returned from their amazing honeymoon in Hawaii, they started their plans for a house. Meredith's requests were for it to be built on their cliff, for there to be a wrap-around porch that had a swing on it, and for there also to be a balcony off of their room, and the last request that Derek was more than happy to grant was a large bathtub for their bathroom that both could fit in a enjoy after long hours at the hospital. All her wishes were granted since Derek loved every idea and he also wanted her to have everything she wanted. This would be their home for the rest of their life and they needed to make it perfect.
Five bedrooms were built, along with theirs, to accommodate their children and since they weren't sure how many they would actually end up having, they just decided on the solid number four and if they didn't have that many kids then they could always turn a room or two into guests' bedrooms. If Derek had any say in the matter then they would fill every one of those rooms with beautiful Shepherd babies and he was positive that would happen. Down stairs contained the playroom they always discussed, a big office that held two desks for Meredith and Derek. A small library was between the office and playroom and they also had a living room, kitchen, bathroom and dining room on the bottom floor. It was perfect. From the hardwood floors, to the paint colors Meredith and Derek agreed on it was perfect and they both loved the finishing project.
This would be the home they would start their family in and this would also be the home they lived in till they died, it was their home forever. Just the thing Derek had always dreamed of.
He cracked some eggs and scrambled them in a bowl with milk and butter before pouring them into a frying pan and cooking them to Meredith's preference before placing them on a plate and adding the bacon he had fried as well. He finished placing some toast next to her food and added a glass of orange juice and mug of coffee on the tray before heading upstairs with it. He loved surprising her with breakfast in bed. He entered the room and saw that she was still sleeping, but more on his side, and her head was buried in his pillow. He instantly smiled at seeing her lying peacefully and he almost didn't want to wake her up. She looked so rested and sweet lying there, but he was excited to start celebrating their anniversary.
He set the tray on the floor before crawling back in bed and resuming his position. He held her and softly started rubbing his arm up her side, seeing if she would begin to wake. "Mer," he whispered in her ear.
She didn't stir. "Meredith, wake up." He said in a louder whisper.
She began to wake and opened her eyes to see his piercing blue eyes staring down at her. "Hmmm, good morning." She said with a smile.
"It's a very good morning," Derek said, placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Why is it such a good morning?" she asked, playing dumb just to annoy him. She knew it was their second anniversary, and she could already smell the food sitting on his side of the bed on the floor. She was just as happy to be celebrating this day as he was; she just wanted to poke some fun at him.
"You don't remember?" he asked, not sure is she was serious or joking.
"I don't remember what? Is something going on today?" she asked.
Derek began to worry, if she didn't remember their second anniversary then what was to say she wouldn't forget their tenth, or twenty-fifth, or fiftieth. "Mer, today's our anniversary. I thought it'd be as important to you as it is to me and you'd remember. I guess not." Derek said, deflated and upset. He stopped rubbing her arm and he seemed more tense. He started to pull away from her, when she grabbed his arm.
"Derek, I'm sorry. I was just kidding! I knew all along that it was our anniversary. I wouldn't forget that. June 19th is the best day to get married, and I knew it the moment I woke up. I promise you I didn't forget. I'm sorry; I didn't know my joke would hurt you that much. Please forgive me, I don't want to ruin this perfect day." Meredith said, worried he wouldn't forgive her.
"I am so glad to hear that. It's ok, Mer. I just…I don't want us to become one of those couples who forgets about their anniversaries and just acts like it's another day and that it doesn't matter." He said with a tone that led Meredith to believe that had happened to him before.
"Is that what happened with you and Addison?" she asked.
"Yeah, pretty much. We just didn't care anymore and it became just another day and we just went out to dinner. There was no emotion behind the day…but I don't want to talk about her on our anniversary. This is our day and I want to spend it just relaxing and loving you." Derek said.
"I'm sorry, Derek. That won't be us, I promise. I will always love you and I will always remember this day, because two years ago today I married the love of my life and I never thought that would happen for me." She told him, rising up to kiss him soundly on the lips. She loved kissing him and would never get tired of it. She pulled back and gave him a smile, which he returned with his McDreamy one.
"I made you breakfast," Derek told her as he looked at her lovingly.
"I know, I can smell it," she said with a giggle.
"It was supposed to be a surprise." He told her.
"It was, and I love when you make me breakfast in bed." She told him as she watched him bring the tray up onto the bed in between them so they could both enjoy the breakfast.
After enjoying the meal and sharing food in a cute coupley way, Derek lowered the tray back to the floor and pulled her close.
"So what do you want to do today?" he asked her.
"Hmmm, lay in bed with you all day." Meredith answered.
"That sounds perfect, but you don't want to do anything special?" he asked her.
"No, being with you alone, uninterrupted is special and I love spending time with you. We could just spend all day in this watching movies and having sex and I'd be perfectly happy." She said with a smile.
"Maybe we could make a baby today." Derek said hopeful. They had briefly discussed trying but not making it a thing they stressed over. Making love was always a special thing between them and they never wanted that to feel like they were pressured or a chore. If he happened, it would happen. They just couldn't wait, and really wanted it to happen.
"That would be perfect." Meredith said, climbing on top of him and kissing him passionately. "You still want my crappy babies?" Meredith asked, after coming up for air.
"They won't be crappy, but yes I still want your babies. More than anything." He told her with a smile as he ran his hands through her hair and pulled it away from her face as his hands cupped her beautiful face. He loved this woman more than anything in the world. He definitely wanted to be the father of her children.
They lost themselves in passionate second anniversary/baby making sex for the rest of the day.
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"Hey," Meredith said in a quiet tone as she entered Derek's office two weeks later. The hospital had been crazy and chaotic all morning and she hadn't seen him since she kissed him goodbye earlier. Now, she finally had some time to see him, she just wished she wasn't feeling so crummy.
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked, instantly picking up on her not feeling good. She looked pale and he didn't like seeing her looking so ill.
"Uh, yeah, I guess. Busy morning, that's all." She told him as she rested on the couch and could hardly hold her head up. She rested it against the back of the couch and hoped to catch some sleep.
"Mer, you don't look too good." He told her, moving from behind his desk to sit next to her on the couch. He rested his hand on her forehead and felt that it wasn't too much warmer than normal.
"Gee, thanks, Derek. Glad to see my husband doesn't find me so attractive." She said in a hurt tone.
"Mer, that's not what I meant. You look beautiful, you always do, but you don't look like you feel good." He told her, just before she jumped off the couch and dashed for his adjoining bathroom where she emptied the remains of her stomach into the toilet. Derek rushed after her and held her hair so it would stay out of the way, while also rubbing small circles into her back to help calm her and add a soothing feeling to her aching back.
"Mer, you shouldn't be working. You need to get some rest, do you think it's the flu?" he asked her.
"Derek, it's not really flu season." She told him. It was still June.
"Well, what else could it be?" he asked.
"The last time I felt like this was when my appendix was acting up, and I got that removed. It can't bother me anymore." She told him.
"Mer, what if…uh, what if you're pregnant?" he asked her. How could they not think of that first? They had been trying, sure not that long but it was possible.
"What? Derek…no, that's…uh…no it couldn't be, right? I mean we haven't been trying for long." She told him. She would love it if she was pregnant, but she just didn't want to get her hopes up.
"Mer, it only takes once. When was your last period?" he asked her, sitting down next to her on the bathroom tile.
"Uhm…" she said, calculating in her head the last time she had her period. "I…Derek, I missed my period. It was supposed to start last week." Meredith told him, looking at him hopefully.
"Ok, you know what we need to do instead of sit here and get our hopes up? We need to go to the clinic or an empty exam room and I'll take your blood." He told her, grabbing her hand before standing up.
They made it to an empty exam room without being noticed and Derek grabbed what he needed before going to her side as she sat on the table. "Mer, I know how much you hate this, so just think of what our baby will look like when we have one or talk to me." Derek told her as he got ready to insert the needle into her vein in her right arm.
"Ok, well if it's a girl she'll have curly hair, probably dark hair like yours. Blue eyes, like yours. The McDreamy smile, like you. All our children will look just like you. Because your Shepherd sperm is like more dominant or whatever and no one will even know that our kids are mine too." She said, with a small pout. She hadn't even realized that Derek had already drawn a vile of blood.
"Done, and no our children will not just look like me. They'll have characteristics like you, and we'll probably have them with your eyes or your smile. They won't just look like me, Mer." He said with a chuckle.
"I didn't even feel that, Der. You're good." She said with a smile.
"And that's not the only thing I'm good at." He told her, adding a wink.
"Yeah, especially if you managed to knock me up already." She told him with a laugh. "Don't forget to mark it Jane Doe. We don't need the hospital gossip mill knowing our future before we even do." She reminded him. He marked it and they decided to split up and allow him to deliver the vile and they would meet in his office once he had the results back.
He came up to the office thirty minutes later and had the un-opened results in his hand. He found Mer napping on the couch and he gently woke her before sitting next to her and letting her lean against him. "Are you ready, Mer?" he asked anxious and excited.
"Yeah, I am. Let's find out." She told him containing her own excitement.
Derek opened the results and Meredith and Derek both looked to see the results.
"Derek," Meredith said in a sigh.
"Oh, Mer." He said pulling her close and kissing her. He pulled back and looked her in the eyes, seeing tears lining her eye lids. "We made a baby." He said in a soft whisper as his own eyes filled with tears and a huge smile graced his features.
"Yeah, we did. We made a baby." Meredith said with a soft sigh or happiness. She couldn't contain her happiness or the smile on her face. She placed her hand on her stomach and beamed at Derek. Their baby was in there.
Derek's hand followed hers' and rested on top of it. He loved knowing that their love had made a baby that was perfectly theirs. This was the future he had always dreamed of, and he couldn't think of any other perfect woman to be sharing it with.
"Derek, I promise I will do everything in my power to keep our baby safe and healthy. I won't turn out like my mother; I'm going to try my hardest to be a good mom." Meredith told him, her insecurities coming through.
"Oh, Mer. I have no doubt about that at all. I know you're going to take care of yourself and our baby and I'm going to help. I'll make sure you eat all the healthy foods you need to and I'll feed you every craving you want and I'll do anything you need me to. I love you Mer, and I know you won't turn out like your mother. You have me, a devoted and faithful and loving husband to stand beside you during all of this. I'm not leaving, you or our child. Ever. I love you too much for that to happen." Derek told her, wiping away the tears that fell onto her cheeks and kissed her passionately. She would be an amazing mother, he knew it.
A couple days later the couple arrived early at the hospital to sneak up to the maternity floor so Meredith could be checked out and they could start preparing for their baby. After entering and being taken into the exam room, Meredith changed into a gown so Dr. Hackel could examine her.
"Everything looks great, Meredith. You're healthy and I don't see any reason why you should have any problems during your pregnancy. By everything you told me earlier and doing the math, it seems that you guys conceived on June 19th and your due date is March 12th." She told them, they shared an amused look and tried to hold their laughter until the doctor left. "I'll write you a prescription for some prenatal vitamins and then you guys' can make another appointment for later on." She told them before exiting.
"June 19th, another reason to celebrate Derek told her as she hopped off the table gently and began to change. The doctor had answered all their questions and did a general check up and informed her on everything that would be happening. Even though hearing about all the morning sickness, dizziness and other symptoms she'd be going through, it was all worth it to her. As long as their end result was a cute, healthy baby, they'd be happy.
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Eighteen weeks later they found themselves back in the same exam room for another check up. They'd had many over the last five months and now they were excited to be there to find out the sex of their beautiful baby. The last five months had been tiring, and the morning sickness wasn't fun, but Derek had always held her hair and fixed her anything she wanted to eat. He continued to be attentive and fixed all her weird food cravings. He had also dealt with her up and down moods and rubbed her feet whenever they ached.
"You're not going to give me any attention after this baby is born," she said jokingly one night as he paid attention to her right foot, getting out all the aches and knots.
"What? Of course I will! I'll still love you, and pamper you with my love and give you attention, Mer. Just because we're having a baby doesn't mean that once he comes I'm going to ignore you and we're not going to act like husband and wife anymore. I love you, now and forever. That's never going to change." He told her, forgetting about her feet and making his way up the bed next to her. He cupped her head in his hand and leaned down to place a kiss on her lips, then continued to kiss her cheeks, jaw, earlobe, and collarbone and pulse point.
"Good, and I won't ever stop loving you either. And you don't know if it's going to be a boy." She told him.
"I'm thinking it is." He told her with a smile.
"You're just wishful thinking. I think it'll be a girl. You need a princess." She told him.
"I already have a princess," he told her with a cheesy smile.
"Oh my gosh, that was the cheesiest thing you've said and you referred to me as a princess!" she said, emitting her giggle into the air around them and making Derek join her. He loved that giggle. If they did have a girl, he prayed she had her mother's laugh.
"I love you Meredith Shepherd." Derek said returning to kissing her which turned into making love to her.
Meredith pulled herself out of her flashback memory and turned to Derek. "We're going to find out if I'm right or you are today." She said with a smile.
"Princess or fisherman." Derek added with a smile.
"Which one do you want?" she asked him.
"Both, but right now as long as he or she is healthy and you remain healthy, that's all I care about." He told her, kissing her forehead.
The doctor knocked on the door before entering and greeting them. "You guys' ready to see if your baby is a girl or a boy?" she asked them with a friendly smile.
"Yes," they both said in unison.
"Ok, let's see here." Dr. Hackel said before pulling up Meredith's shirt and applying gel onto it and then running the ultrasound wand across her stomach before finding the right area. She showed them the screen as the whoosh whoosh whoosh sound filled the air and brought tears to both their eyes. She paused on the area that would show the sex and Meredith and Derek both gasped as they recognized right away what they would be having.
"I totally win," Meredith gloated as she laughed. They were having a perfect baby girl.
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March 12th came fast and all the decorating and preparation had been done. The nursery was painted a soft lavender and had matching blankets in the hardwood oak crib. The matching changing table was placed next to the window and was already filled with diapers, creams, wipes, and baby clothes. The rocking chair was on the other side of the window and everything looked perfect and cute. They were ready for their baby.
It was early in the morning, a little after three, when Meredith awoke and felt a cramp in her lower stomach. She winced and placed her hand there. "Baby girl, stop kicking. Let mommy sleep." She told her. The pain continued and Meredith began to worry. What if it wasn't her kicking? What if something was wrong? Meredith urgently turned to Derek and began to wake him up. "Derek," she said.
"Hmmm…is it another food craving?" Meredith asked.
"No, Derek. Wake your ass up. I think something's wrong." She said, and Derek sprang up and was in a sitting position in seconds. He looked at Meredith and saw tears in her eyes along with worry. "I can't lose her, Derek. I've tried so hard to be a good mom to her already. We can't…we can't lose her." She cried in hysterics.
"Calm down, Mer. Calm down. Tell me what you're feeling." He said, trying to remember all he learned about pregnancy throughout the last nine months along with the years in medical school.
"It's like a cramping feeling. Or a sharp pain. It's hard to explain. I thought it was her kicking, but it's not." She told him.
"Mer, does it feel like you're in labor?" he asked.
"How am I supposed to freaking' know? I know you think I was a whore before you, but I've never been pregnant and in labor!" She yelled irritated and in pain.
"Mer, I'm sorry. And I never thought you were a whore." He said, trying to calm her. "Let's go to the hospital." He told her. They already had the bag and car seat in the back of their SUV and now it seemed time to go to the hospital.
"I'm scared, Derek." Meredith said, tears cascading down her cheeks.
"Mer, I just think you're in labor. Let's just go to the hospital and see for sure." He told her helping her get ready.
On the way there in the ferry Meredith turned to Derek with a panicked look. "Mer, what's wrong?" he asked her.
"I think my water just broke." Meredith answered.
Derek brought her closer to him and wrapped his arms around her. "We're almost there Mer." He told her. "We're having a baby." He told her with a smile.
"Yeah, we're having a baby." She answered, seeming to calm down a bit.
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Twelve hours later a baby girl exercised her lungs as her parents welcomed her into the world. There had been no complications and both Meredith and the baby were healthy. Derek was sitting in the chair next to Meredith's bed as she slept and talked to his new baby girl.
"Hey Princess, Mommy and Daddy are so happy you're finally here. We've talked about you for awhile now. Even before we were married we talked about the kids we'd have. You're perfect. Just like your mother. You look just like her too, and I know I'm going to have to keep the boys away from you when you get older. Your mom attracted a lot of guys' too, she still does, but I'm the lucky guy that gets to be with her every day for the rest of my life. You need to find a guy like that, but not until you're like forty because there is no way I'm letting you date before then." He said to his sweet baby girl as she lay in his arms. Her hair was blond and wavy just like Meredith's and they went along with her cute button nose and green eyes that were just like Meredith's as well. She was a clone of Meredith, and he loved it.
"Look at your mommy," he said shifting her slightly to see her mom. "She's beautiful, and she went through so much so you could be here right now. She's so worried about being a bad mom to you, but I know she's going to do great. She was great all through the pregnancy and there's no way that's going to change. She's perfect. Incredibly perfect and I love her so much, you have the best mom." Derek whispered softly to their daughter.
Meredith stirred and opened her eyes. "Der," Meredith said softly.
"Hey beautiful," Derek said standing up and getting as close as he could to her bed.
"Is she still ok?" she asked. After they placed her on her chest for her to see and bond for a little bit, they took her away to be tested and in the process Meredith fell asleep.
"She's perfect, Mer, just like her mother." He told her.
Meredith smiled up at him. "Can I hold her?" she asked him.
"Of course," Derek said, placing their daughter in her arms.
"Oh my goodness, she's so beautiful." Meredith said as Derek sat next to her on the bed and looked along with his wife at their beautiful creation.
"She is, she tends to take that after her mother, amongst other things." Derek told her, placing a kiss on her head.
"What else?" Meredith asked.
Derek removed the small hat that rested on the baby's head to reveal little blond peach fuzz. "She has your hair, not mine. She has your eyes, not mine." Derek said, and the baby opened her eyes to reveal her emerald green eyes to her mother. Meredith gasped as she looked at her daughters eyes and felt as if she were looking into her own. "She also luckily got your nose, and the smile is still being debated." Derek said with a chuckle. The baby opened her eyes wider when she heard the familiar sound of her father laughing, and then finally closed them again tired after the exhausting day.
"God, I love her so much, Derek." Meredith said as tears pooled in her eyes and she turned to look at Derek.
"I know you do, I love her too, more than anything. I also love you more than anything. Thank you so much, Mer." He told her.
"For what?" she asked confused.
"Giving me my future. Being my perfect, beautiful, sexy wife. Building a beautiful home with me, and then making a perfect baby girl with me." He told her.
"Oh, Derek, you don't need to thank me for that. If anything I should be thanking you for the future I never knew I wanted."
"We're both thankful." He said, before kissing her. They shared a few more soft kisses and smiles.
"Derek, she needs a name." Meredith reminded him.
"She does." He agreed with a nod.
"How about Grace? And we'll call her Gracie?" she asked, looking down at her baby. She felt and looked like a Gracie.
"That's beautiful. Grace Elizabeth Shepherd." He answered.
"Where'd the middle name come from?" she asked him.
"It's your middle name Mer, she should be named after you." He told her.
"Why?" Meredith asked.
"Because she's a mini you," Derek chuckled. "I told you she wouldn't look just like me."
"You were right, and I like sharing my middle name with her." Meredith said.
"So we have a name." Derek said with a happy sigh.
"We do, you don't think people will think we named her after the hospital though do you?" she asked worried.
"Who cares what people think, and in a way she could be named after it. If it weren't for the hospital we never would've met and fallen in love." He told her.
"We met at Joe's, Derek. Did you forget that?"
"Of course not, but if it weren't for the hospital who knows if we would've seen each other again." He told her.
"True, I hadn't been thinking about the hospital when I came up with the name anyway." Meredith added.
"Then it's perfect." He told her with a smile.
"If we have a boy next we should name him Michael Derek Shepherd. Named after you and your dad." Meredith told Derek after silent moments shared taking in their daughter.
"Mer," Derek said surprised. It had taken him forever for her to agree to a future with him, marriage, a house and kids. Now, after twelve hours of labor and nine months of pregnancy she was already thinking about their other future children. He felt tears spring to his eyes at the mention of his father and Meredith gently cupped his head in a hand before wiping them away and placing a loving kiss on his lips.
"I love you so much Derek Shepherd, and I can't wait to share the rest of my life with you." Meredith told him with a smile and tear shined eyes.
"I love you too, Mer, so unbelievably much. I can't wait to share the rest of my life with you too." He told her in a soft whisper before sealing it with a passionate kiss. This was their family and their life came full circle and the future looked just as perfect. This was their life now, and they wouldn't change it for anything.
There it is! If you guys' have been reading my Holiday Festivities story then you should recognize what I did. Instead of taking this story down a long journey of them having kids and everything being different I kind of made it to be a story before Holiday Festivities. This leads them through getting together, staying together, moving in together, getting married, having Gracie and then my other story takes you from Gracie being four to them having the second child and naming him Michael
Derek Shepherd like mentioned above. I thought this would be a good way to end it, and also allow you guys to end up in a way getting a sequel you can read as well. I hope you guys' liked it and aren't mad at me for ending it. Like I said I put a lot of thought into it and spent hours writing this chapter. I feel I'll have arthritis after writing all of this. I'm also sorry if there are any grammar mistakes, it's late and I'm tired. Give me feedback please! Also, I'll try to get an update up for Holiday Festivities for Labor Day! :D
I love you guys' for reading this all 45 chapters and I really hope you review this last chapter! You guys' have been great and I still have so ideas for more stories! So stay tuned to that!
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Melissa