The Girls Are Beautiful

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Meredith's second pregnancy went a lot smoother than her first. Of course, she did have morning sickness (in the middle of the day for nearly eight weeks) and mood swings but it was just overall better the second time around. For the sake of formality, they found out they were indeed having their little girls at nineteen weeks into the pregnancy. Most of their friends and family were so surprised that they had been right about their genders from the go. Of course, Miranda and Kathleen accepted with ease the fact that some things, parents just knew. Meredith and Derek had decided to keep his dad's divine information to themselves. It was poignant, personal and something they wanted to keep within their little family.

The one thing that was absolutely the same with both pregnancies was the fact that their daughter didn't want to come out any more than their son had. October fourth came and went without one single contraction. Meredith was more than ready to have their little girls mentally; and physically her body had begun to prepare. The Little Shepherd girls simply weren't ready to leave her warm little cocoon.

"How are you feeling?" Derek asked as he rolled over in bed to wrap his arms around Meredith on the morning of October seventh.

"I feel pretty good," she replied and tried to arch her lower back to ease the pressure she felt there. "I'm glad you talked me into taking the last couple of weeks of this pregnancy off. It's been really nice just spending the time with you and Ian and doing the last minute stuff for their arrival."

"You've been relaxed and peaceful," he said as he began rubbing her lower back for her.

"Oh God," she sighed gratefully.

Derek chuckled and moved to kiss her cheek. "That almost sounds like a sex moan," he whispered into her ear.

"Keep rubbing my back like that and it might be."

"Hmmm," he tried to sound unaffected but he absolutely would not turn down the opportunity to make love to his wife. She'd been really tired lately and their sex life had taken a bit of a back seat. He understood why but he was definitely missing their intimacy. He also knew the first few months after their girl was born would be somewhat dry; so if his lovely wife was in the mood he would take her up on the offer. He just wouldn't ask her for sex right now.

Meredith giggled and made the effort to turn over and face him. She reached up to trace his face with her fingers and mimicked him, "Hmmm? I give you an opening for sex and you give me hmmm?"

"You didn't give me an opening," he protested, almost afraid to hope. "You said 'maybe'. That is not an opening, that's teasing."

She chewed her bottom lip contemplatively. Then she pushed him to his back and carefully climbed on top of him. "Allow me to be clearer," she said and peeled off her sleep shirt.

He grinned and then pulled her gently back down to lay on her side facing him. He leaned in to kiss her and took his time about it. Derek drew her lips into his mouth and traced their shape with the tip of his tongue. He feathered his fingers down her neck and shoulder, causing goose bumps to erupt on her skin. They took their time loving one another and then Mer fell back into a content sleep while Derek went to take care of Ian.

The family of three - five including the little girls in Mer's tummy - spent a relaxing day together at home and on their land. They walked over to their new house - which was nearly complete. They'd been hoping to move into it before the babies' birth but that wasn't going to happen. The construction was taking longer than they had thought it would.

"I can't believe we'll be moving with a tiny new baby," Meredith sighed.

"At least we don't have to live amidst the chaos of the construction," Derek replied and kissed her cheek.

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