'So, what's the plan for today?' Meredith asked her sisters-in-law
'We are going to go shopping, then for a meal, then cocktails and then we will see where the night takes us' Nancy said excitedly
'Sounds great' Amy said
The five girls got ready to go out, and made their way to the shops. Liz took them to her favourite dress shop so they could all get a new dress for going out later.
'Meredith, you sit here and we will all go and pick you an outfit each. You try them on and buy your favourite' Kate said, sitting Meredith down on a seat near the fitting rooms. Meredith waited about 20 minutes then the sisters each came back. They handed Meredith the outfits and she tried them on one at a time.
'You do know I am a mother and I am married' She said as she came out in a deep red, very short low v cut neck line dress before going back into the fitting room
'This one is okay' She said coming out in a black off the shoulder tight dress, 'I like this one' she said disappearing again
'Not too fond of this one' She said appearing in a pink and white strapless cocktail dress, then she went back
'I think this is the one' She said coming out in a black, long sleeved, low cut jumpsuit
'That's the one' Kate said
'You look gorgeous in that' Amy said
'That's the one I chose' Liz said
'Hot!' Kate said
'Have you got an outfit each?' Meredith asked them as she came out for the last time in her normal clothes.
'We got ours while you were changing' Kate said
'Let's go and buy them' Amy said excited, she loved buying new clothes
Meanwhile back at the house, Derek was feeding Bailey while Zola was playing on the floor with her dolls.
'I wonder how Mer is coping' Derek said
'She will be fine, she can handle your sisters' Carolyn said
'I hope so'
Once the girls had bought their dresses, they headed to the best restaurant in their town. They spent about 2 hours there drinking and eating before heading to Amy's who lived the closest to change into their new outfits. They went to the street which had about 5 bars on, and Kate knew some of the owners so she got free drinks. Meredith was having such a good night, it had been a while since she had been out like this.
7 hours later it was 1am and Meredith had just got into Carolyn's house and was trying to get to her room quietly. She may have been a bit drunk, or very drunk. She dropped her purse on the floor and kicked off her shoes before tip toeing to her room. She opened the door without it creaking and took off her jumpsuit and tried to put on her pyjamas. She looked over at her kids who were both fast asleep, and they looked gorgeous when they were asleep. She climbed into her bed and lay down without waking Derek up. She knew Bailey would be up in a few hours so she needed to try and get as much sleep as she can.
'Shhh' Derek said the next morning trying to calm Bailey who was crying
'Make it stop' Meredith said from under her pillow, she obviously was hungover
'Shhh' Derek said again, rocking Bailey in his arms and he fell back asleep
'How was your night?' Derek asked getting back in bed
'Good' Meredith said again from under the pillow. She slid her head from under the pillow and rolled over to look at Derek
'Well it looks like you had a good night' Derek said, looking at his wife whose hair was a mess and the makeup smeared down her face that she didn't take off
'Shh. You're being too loud'
'Do you want a coffee?'
'No, I just want to lie here in the quiet' Meredith said.
'Okay' Derek said putting his arm around Meredith and letting her sink into his body
'Now that my sisters have kidnapped you for a night, it's their job to look after these two for a night so I can spend it with my wife' Derek said
'Not tonight, I really don't feel well' Meredith grumbled
'Okay, but we are doing it before we go home. And since we only have 2 more nights here it will have the be the last night' Derek said
'That's alright' Meredith replied
The pair stayed like this for a while until Zola climbed onto the bed at the end and crawled up to them. She sat herself in between them, and looked around the room. Then she saw a picture beside the bed and stretched over to grab it.
'Da-da' She pointed at Derek on the photo, 'Ma-ma' She said pointing at Meredith
'Well done, who's that?' Derek asked pointing at Zola
'Zo-zo' Zola said smiling
'And that?'
'Ailey' She tried to say, not able to say his name properly yet
'Well done baby' Meredith said kissing the side of her head
'Me and mommy love you very much Zo-zo' Derek said
'We do' Meredith said, just as everyone went quiet Bailey started to cry again. Meredith got out of bed and picked up her son
'Heyy' Meredith said trying to calm him down, 'shh' She said
He eventually stopped crying and lay looking up at Meredith. She looked down at her handsome boy, long beautiful eyelashes, a cute button nose and Derek's black hair. She was absolutely in love with him, he was very special to her. She thought she would never have him, and then she could have lost him. But thankfully he was here, with them, a strong little boy with a huge life ahead of him.
'I'm going to change him then feed him' Meredith said before leaving the room
Meredith took Bailey into the bathroom and changed his diaper. Once she had washed her make up off and threw her hair up into a messy bun, she walked out and went to the kitchen. When she walked into the kitchen she put Bailey in his highchair and prepared his bottle. When It was ready she picked him up went and sat in the armchair and fed her son.
Derek got out of bed and got dressed before getting Zola dressed. They were going to have a relaxing day before they had to go home. Once she was dressed the pair of them left the bedroom and went into the kitchen
Derek prepared her breakfast and poured himself a coffee before joining his wife and son in the living room. Zola climbed onto the arm chair next to Meredith and sat and ate her breakfast while Meredith fed Bailey. Derek sat on the sofa and looked at his family
They were perfect. He had an amazing, beautiful wife who had given him two of the most important people in his life. His cute daughter who at first was a patient, who he never thought would adopt. And his handsome son, he never thought they would have. They were perfect. He never wanted to lose any of them, he didn't know what he would do without them. They were his everything; his world, his life, his dream come true.
When he was with Addison he never saw himself having kids, or being this happy. They both just worked all the time, but when he met Meredith. He knew straight away that he wanted this woman to be his wife, to be the mother of his kids. He wanted to stay with Meredith forever, and grow old together. Tell the grandkids the dramatic stories they have been through, and he wanted to die in her arms when he was 110.
