Tough Love

Chapter 10

Meredith was standing at the nurses' station finishing some paperwork before her check up with Addison. She had to get bigger scrubs because even at 16 weeks her stomach was large due to the fact that there were two children in there. She was happy she wasn't super huge yet. 'Yet' being the key word.

Derek came up to her, bent down and kissed her belly, "Hey babies, its daddy."

Meredith giggled and ran her fingers through his hair, "I think they're started to move around."

"Seriously?" he asked, straightening up.

Meredith nodded, "Seriously."

Derek kissed her, "Ready to go see Addison?"

She finished what she was writing on the chart, "Yep," she gave the nurse the chart and took Derek's hand, heading to the elevators.

"Mom says 'hi'," Derek told her.

"I say hi to mom," Meredith replied.

Derek laughed, "I'll let her know the next time I talk to her."

They got on the elevator and Meredith turned to him, "You're sure we can do the thing? The babies and you being chief thing?"

"Yes I do. I really do," he told her, "And even if I was unsure I'd never want you to not have the babies. But I'm not unsure."

"But the Chief and Adele...and my mother..." she said, meaning that it didn't work for them and Richard had an affair.

"Mer, my career is important but my family is much more important, you're much more important and there is no way I would want to be with anyone else. And we have these two," he finished, talking to her stomach.

Meredith rolled her eyes but with a smile for him talking to her stomach again, then seriously, "we can do the thing."

"Yes we can."

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Meredith sat on the exam bed, Derek sat next to her.

"How are you, Meredith?" Addison asked.

"Fine...but I feel like I have an octopus in here. They're both moving around, I think, and it feels really weird," Meredith told her.

Addison chuckled, "That's normal. They'll start kicking more strongly in a few weeks so Derek and others will be able to feel them too," she explained, "Unfortunately, sleeping will become more difficult. If you feel tired while you're working, then take a short break. Everyone knows that you're pregnant – especially Dr. Webber and Dr. Torres – so it's no problem."

Meredith nodded, "Alright."

"Are you two ready to see what you're having?" Addison asked, smiling.

Derek nodded, "I am."

"Me too," Meredith said. She lay down and moved her pants down and shirt up so Addison could have access to her baby bump.

Addison put gel on her stomach and the wand over that, turning the screen so all three of them could look at it.

"Look, they're moving around still," Addison said.

Meredith grinned, "And I can feel it."

Addison checked the twins' development the moved the wand to determine the sex. She found what she needed before Baby B moved and froze the image on the screen to point it out to them.

"That right there," She pointed to the screen, "Means you two are having boys."

Derek kissed Meredith's temple, "we're having boys."