Unexpected

The one that got away

It was about 3 am when Dereks phone started ringing. The ringing woke both him and his wife up. He quickly picked up the phone and read the caller ID. 'Nancy' he read. "Great" He muttered what could she possibly need to tell him at 3 am. He picked up the phone and walked into the bathroom so Mer could go back to sleep. He answered the phone and said "hello". "Derek" Nancy was crying. "Nancy what's wrong" Derek asked concerned. "Mom, she had a heart attack and passed away" she sobbed. That caused Derek to start crying himself. "Wha- I'm coming to New York, has anyone told Amelia?" He asked in shock. "No I was going to call her after you" Nancy said still sobbing. "Don't worry I'll tell her and bring her to New York with me. I don't think Mer will mind if I come down. Just stay strong, I love you" He said as he hung up. He looked into the mirror and just started crying and couldn't stop. After crying for about 10 minutes it was visible if you looked at his face that he had been crying. He left the bathroom and packed his bag which made enough noise to wake Mer up. "Derek what are you doing" she asked sleepily. "I'm going to New you're with Amelia" He said avoiding eye contact. Meredith stood up and walked over to him and grabbed his hand. When she looked into his eyes she could tell he had been crying for awhile. "Der what happened" she asked. He started crying again so she pulled him into a long hug. "My- mom she had a heart attack and died" He sobbed. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry" She said pulling him into another hug. "I have to go to New York to be with my sisters I'm sorry" He said wiping his tears. "It's ok, let me know if you need anything I got the kids. I love you" She said kissing him and hugging him one last time before helping him pack some more. After he was all packed Derek went to the kids rooms and gave them each a kiss before he left. Now it was the time he had been dreading, the time when he tells Amelia. He walked into her room and shook her awake. "Derek it's 3:30 am" she yawned. "Amelia" Derek said sternly. "What happened" She asked staring up at his eyes that looked like they were going to burst out crying. "It's mom, she had a heart attack and died" He cried. Amelia stared at him for a couple of minutes and then bursted out crying herself. "I told Nancy not to tell you because I wanted to tell you" He said hugging her. "This isn't a funny joke Derek" She sobbed. "It's not a joke" He said as he rubbed her back. "I'm going to New York do you want to come" he asked. She looked up at him with her tear shot eyes and quickly replied yes. Derek helped her pack and they were on their way to the airport. On the drive, Derek was so pissed that he didn't tell his mom about the new baby soon enough, now there is not telling her and it was because Meredith was to scared to get people attached. He knew it wasn't her fault but he couldn't shake that feeling. When they arrived at the airport they parked the car and went through security as fast as possible. They had 30 minutes until the plane was able to be boarded so Derek knew it would be a good time to call Meredith. He walked over to the bathroom and quickly dialed her number. After a couple of rings Meredith picked up. "Hey" she sighed. "Hey" He replied in the same tone. "What's wrong" She asked. "What's wrong? My mom just died and I didn't get to tell her about our baby on the way because you're to scared to tell anyone. She deserved to know and now she can't because she is dead" he sobbed into the phone. "Derek it's not your fault" Meredith replied. "I know it's not my fault it's yours, you're the one who can't let me have a say in telling anyone about our baby. Like really Meredith it's not just your baby it's mine too." He yelled. "Whatever talk to me when you are in a better attitude, I'm sorry your mother died and I'm sorry that I was the reason she didn't get to know about her soon to be new granddaughter" Meredith said sternly you could tell she was about to cry. She hung up before Derek could get another word in. He walked back out and sat down by Amelia. "Hey"She said groggily. "Hi" He sighed. "You called Mer? Why do you look like you just lost a fist fight" She smirked trying to lighten the mood. "I went off on her, because I didn't get to tell mom about the baby before she passed because Mer is to scared if something happening" He sighed holding his head in his hands. Then a voice came over the intercom 'flight 173 from Seattle to New York is now boarding' which made Amelia and Derek stand up and make their way over to the doors to board the plane. They were excited to go back to New York, but not because of their mother's passing. Meanwhile at home, Meredith was crying. The mix of hormones, Dereks mother dying and Derek screaming at her was enough to make her cry uncontrollably. It was already 4:30 am and she had work at 6 so she needed to try and get some sleep. She laid down on the pillow and after about ten minutes she was out like a light. She wasn't sure how she felt about Derek screaming at her, was it really her fault that she didn't want to tell anyone about their new baby? She wouldn't of blamed him for something like that and she didn't understand why he would blame her.