Continuation of If/Then

Part 18

Later that night, Meredith had gone to bed while Nancy and Derek stayed up.

"So, Derek."

"Nancy."

"What are you doing?"

"What do you mean?"

"You divorce your wife then immediately shack up with another woman?"

"Yea."

"Didn't you want any time to be single, find out who you are on your own?"

"Honestly Nancy, no. Because I know who I am. I am a man who belongs next to Meredith Grey."

Nancy smiles at him. "Well. I am glad you are happy. How is Addie?"

"Um, I think she is fine. She is definitely not happy about Mer and me."

"Yea I wouldn't imagine she would be. Did Mark stay with her?"

"I don't know what is going on between them. Mark shows up every once in a while, I think he is still working in New York. Maybe she will move back there with him once the baby is born."

"Poor Addie."

"Well. If she didn't cheat on her husband, she wouldn't be in this situation." 

Nancy hits him.

"Why do women keep hitting me!?"

"Shame on her for cheating but you don't get to hold that over her forever. You get to move on and play house with Meredith while she has a maybe relationship with a man-whore and she has to raise a baby."

"She still cheated on me."

"And you were perfect during your relationship?"

Derek scoffed.

"Forgive her Derek."

"Fine. I am going to go to sleep. You are settled in your room?"

"Yea, thank you. Good night."

Derek got up and went into their bedroom. He put on some pajamas, brushed his teeth, and climbed into bed.

Meredith was half awake when Derek positioned himself next to her and wrapped his arms around her body.

"What does your sister say?" Meredith mumbled.

"She says she is happy that I am happy."

Meredith rolled over to face him with a big smile on her face. "Hard mode isn't too hard."

"For you maybe. She is making me forgive Addison."

"That's probably for the best. I don't have to forgive her right."

Derek laughed lightly, "Why are you mad at her?"

"Because she hurt you."

At this they kissed softly, "you should forgive her too."

"Hmmf." Meredith grumbled as she fell asleep.

The next morning Meredith woke up to an empty bed and a great smell. She quickly climbed out of bed and walked into the kitchen. There she saw Nancy sitting on the counter and Derek standing with a pan and a spatula over the stove. She walked over to Derek and kissed him on the cheek.

"What are you making?" Meredith asked while peering over the stove.

"French toast" Derek responded as he swung his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him.

"It was his specialty growing up. Whenever he made breakfast, he made French toast. He would even bike to the bakery to get the good bread" Nancy explained.

"Hmm. I like French toast." Meredith said drooling over the pile of the finished slices.

"Yea, Kathleen would make scrambled eggs, Lizzie would make waffles, Ames would make pancakes, and Nanc would make fried eggs, cause she wasn't a very good cook."

"I wasn't bad! I made chocolate chip cookies all the time!" Nancy defended

"You burnt cookies all the time."

"Cause I forgot about them. But I saved half of the dough to eat raw anyways. And now I am a great baker." 

They all laughed a bit. "What did your mom make?" Meredith asked.

"If Ma was making breakfast, we were getting cereal." Derek said.

"Mornings for her were always a bit stressful since she had to get five kids to school by herself."

"Wow. I couldn't even imagine. I usually just got breakfast at the hospital or found leftovers as a kid." Meredith said.

Nancy and Derek shared a concerned look.

"Well now you will be getting French toast." Derek said with a large smile while handing her a full plate.