Chapter 13
The End
Two and half years later, Meredith sat in the kitchen at the kitchen table. A steaming cup of coffee settled in her right hand. It was ten in the morning and the sun was shining, which was slightly unusual for Seattle. It was usually raining and cloudy or over-cast all day. But, today the sun was shining.
Mark walked into the room with a smile on his face and a little boy perched up of his shoulders.
"Mommy, mommy!" The little boy yelled and then tapped his little two year old hands on Marks head, "Yet me down daddy..." He whined.
Mark laughed and took the boy off his shoulders. The little boy ran over and climbed up on Meredith's lap and started to rub her stomach.
Meredith smiled down at the little boy and then looked up at Mark who was smiling down at her.
"Mommy?" The little boy asked.
Meredith looked back down at him, "Yes?"
"When is my yittle shister going to be born?"
Meredith laughed, "Tristan we don't know if it's going to be a girl or boy, yet. So..."
"I want it to be a girl." Tristan said with a small huff, folding his arms over his chest.
"Well, what if it's a boy?" Mark asked kneeling infront of then, "What if you have a little brother instead?"
Tristan held a finger to his mouth and looked as if he were deep in thought, "Well... I tank I would yove em just da same, but I want a yittle shister." Tristan told them with a little pout.
"But, you already have a sister." Meredith said.
"Ya, but..."
"But, what..." Asked a voice from behind them.
Mark, Meredith, and Tristan all looked and smiled at the black haired, green eyed girl.
"But, I want a yittle shister." Tristan said matter of factly.
"You've stopped loving me haven't you." The girl said with a pretend pout.
Tristan's mouth fell open and he hopped off Meredith's lap and ran past Mark and to the girl, wrapping his arms around her legs, "I could never stop yoving you, Max. You are my older shister." He said squeezing her legs.
Max laughed and picked Tristan up and hugged him, "That I am." She said and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Want to go over and play with Conor?" She asked him.
"Oh, ya." Tristan said and then looked to Mark and Meredith, "Mommy. Daddy. Could I go over an pay wit Conor?"
"Yeah." Mark and Meredith both said, smiling.
"Yay!" Tristan hollered and started to jump in Max' arms, "Yet me down shissy." He said and Max let him down. Tristan then ran out the door and next door to Max and Conor's house.
Max started to laugh, "Gosh, I don't think I'm ever going to have kids." She said and sat across from Meredith.
"At least not for a little while." Mark agreed while pouring two cups of coffee. Then going over and sitting next to Meredith and handing Max one of the coffee mugs.
"Thanks." She said and then rolled her eyes. Mark was always agreeing with her when she said she didn't want to have kids.
"Hey, I saw that." Mark said.
"So..." Max said and then stuck out her tongue, laughing in the process.
Meredith started laughing at them as they continued to bicker.
She looked at Mark the love of her life. The one who fathered her children. She loved him with all her heart and she could never replace him. She couldn't even remember why she even fell for Derek, when there was Mark.
Then she looked to Max. A patient she met, befriended and then adopted. Yes, after Max's difficult surgery Mark and Meredith got a hold of Robert and Heidi James, telling them that they needed to get to Seattle, Washington right away and that it had to do with their daughter, Max. Of course, they thought that Max had gotten into trouble and so they came to Seattle, but got the surprise of their lives.
Max gave them the letter that she told Meredith to give them if anything were to happen to her. When they read it, they were angry and yelled at Max. Telling her that she was a no good daughter and a whore. Meredith and Mark being in the room were amazed at how two parents could dislike their child so much. And they started in. Meredith telling them that they were shitty parents and that it was there fault that their daughter had a pancreas problem. And Mark said that they should go back to France, and that he hoped that they'd both choke on escargot.
That got Max laughing. Which got Robert and Heidi even more angry. So, as her ex-parents and her parents-to-be were fighting she yelled out that she wanted Mark and Meredith to adopt her. Max had thought that her birth parents would have fought just a little bit. But, the funny thing was, when she said that, they were more then willing to give her up.
But, Max wasn't the least bit sad. She was as happy as ever, because not only did she get Meredith as a mom and Mark as a dad. She got a little brother. And even more. She got Izzie, Alex, George, Callie, Cristina, and Preston too. She was part of a big family of friends. And she was even more happy that she had Conor.
He did transfer schools and Izzie and Alex did have to sleep downstairs for awhile until Max and Conor bought their house. Which they couldn't have had without Mark, Meredith and some of Conor's relatives that lived over in Russia. Thankfully, the neighbors on the left moved. Or else Max and Conor wouldn't have even been in Mark and Meredith's neighborhood.
Also, Izzie and Alex moved out when Meredith first found that she was pregnant again. They got a house together with George and Callie.
Then, theirs Cristina and Preston... Who moved out of their apartment and into a three bedroom house. Do to the fact that Cristina got pregnant and had a set of twins. A boy, Jensen. And a girl, Ashton. Who were now one years old.
Rumors also floated around Seattle Grace that Addison and Derek got a divorce. They were rumors, because they moved back to New York. And the rumors also said that Derek retired early and moved to Colorado. And that Addison took a trip to the UK and got remarried to an Irish man who worked at Oxford University. But, then again rumors also said that Addison stayed in New York and got to be Chief of the best hospital in New York City and that Derek moved to Las Vegas and married a show girl who divorced him and took all his money...
Meredith believed the first rumor and so did Mark. But, Mark hoped that the second rumor was true. But, that was just Mark... and Alex and Cristina...
Anyway... Mark was still Chief of Seattle Grace. Richard still worked their, occasionally as an attending. Bailey was still a Resident. Callie an attending. And Meredith, Alex, Cristina, George, and Izzie all passed their exams and were Residents as well and dealing with their own interns... Conor was going into Medical school and Max was going into her sophomore year at college studying English and Art History...
Mark and Meredith looked at each other and smiled grabbing hold of each others hands while listening to Max talk about one of her professor's and how he was a jerk. Looking into each others eyes they both mouthed 'I love you's'. And they both new that for the rest of their lives they would always love each other. No matter how hard the times get. No matter how sorrowful a situation. They would always love each other, even if it came softly.
The End.
A/N: Hey you all! Thank you so much for all of your comments! I really appreciate all of them and I am happy all of you have liked my story enough to post them. This is the last chapter for this story. So, I hope it's ok, and please R&R. I'd like to know what you think of the finale chapter of 'Love comes Softly'. I know it's not really long, but this is all I could do... I might make a sequel to it. I've been thinking about writing were Derek comes back to Seattle and comes to Mark and Meredith's house and he stay's for a while. And during his stay he tries to seduce Meredith... Max and Conor will be in it as well as Tristan and the new addition to the family... But, I think I'm going to make it like, maybe seven years into the future... I don't really know...I might not write it... I'll have to see all of your comment, before I make a finale decision... Anyways, thank you for reading. And I hope you all liked this. :)