Keeping up with McFamily

Divorce?

Zola- 19
Bailey-17
Ellis-15
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Meredith pulled the pot roast out of the oven as Derek walked in the door from work. The last few weeks had been extremely busy and they hadn't been able to sit down as a family for dinner until tonight. Meredith's last surgery ended early today, so she had time to go home and prepare a nice meal.
"Hey," Derek said, putting his briefcase near the door. He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her. "Smells good," he said, kissing her deeply. He moaned as he pulled away. "What's the occasion?"
"It's the first night that you and I are home together in weeks. We'll all be here tonight, so I made a special dinner," she smiled.
Derek smiled widely. "That reminds me, I haven't seen you much lately and I miss you. You're home for the evening?"
"I am," she wiggled her eyebrows. "And the hot tub is calling our name tonight."
Derek nodded, giving her a mischievous smile. "I'm going upstairs to change and while I'm up there, I'll turn it on so it's nice and hot for us later," he kissed her again. "Where are the kids?"
"Upstairs," Meredith replied. "Doing their homework. Tell them dinner is ready."
She finished setting the table as she waited for her family to come down for dinner. She heard the sound, resembling that of a herd of elephants, as they came down the stairs. All three of her children avoided eye contact with her and Derek as they sat at in their chairs and quietly ate their dinner.
After about ten minutes of silence and exchanging several concerned glances with Derek, Meredith had finally had enough. "Okay," she announced, her fork clanging loudly against her plate as she dropped it. All three kids jumped at the sound and looked up at her. "What is going on?"
The three exchanged awkward looks and remained silent. "Spill," Derek said in a no nonsense tone. "We're waiting."
Finally, Zola spoke up. "I just want to say that if you two decide to get a divorce, Carla's mom said that I can move in with them," Zola said, bursting into tears. "I'm now a statistic!"
"It's crap, Dad," Bailey said. "You two are, or used to be, in love."
"James says his parents envy you two because you're so busy with work, but have a great life. You're dedicated to your family and you freaking love one another!" Ellis exclaimed. James was Ellis's boyfriend friend. Mark had told Derek that the way James acted around Ellis , all giddy and love struck, reminded Mark of how Derek was over Meredith.
"What?" Derek asked, looking at his children in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"We know something's up," Bailey said. "You guys are avoiding each other by working all the time. Don't you think we haven't noticed that you're never together anymore?"
"You never have sex anymore," Zola added.
"Excuse me?" Meredith squeaked. "How do you know that?"
Mom," Zola rolled her eyes. "You guys aren't exactly quiet. We all had to get ear plugs because you were so loud...all the time. Now, I haven't used my earplugs in three weeks."
"We'd just appreciate you being honest with us," Bailey said. "I'd hate to think that after all this time, my parents would get divorced, but whatever. Just tell us."
Meredith looked at Derek as she sipped her water, silently telling him that he needed to deal with this. Her children actually invested in ear plugs because they had loud sex. They had always been aware that they were loud, but as the kids got older they made a conscious effort to keep the noise down. Apparently, not good enough, though.
"First of all," Derek started. "Your mother and I are not getting a divorce. We are still in love and will still be in love when we're both dead and gone, and then several years after that. We haven't been around because things have been chaotic at the hospital with one general surgeon out on maternity leave and a neurosurgeon on sick leave, so your mom and I have had to pick up the slack."
"Dad," Bailey said, but Derek held up his hand.
"And, for your information, we have been having sex, and a lot of it, just not at home under the curious ears of our children. Our offices have locks for a reason." He turned to Ellis, "And if James parents are envious of your mother and me, that's good because I would be, too." He then turned to Bailey "And I think its crap that you automatically assume the worst when something is not right in this house. Next time, talk to us instead of attacking us at the dinner table. And you," he turned to Zola, who was frantically wiping her tears. "You have gone all month without uttering two words to me, young lady. It's time you get off your high horse and remember that I am your father and I will do what's best for you. That Liam(Zola's boyfriend that Derek doesn't like and sent to ruin her date with Liam)character is a creep and if you continue to bring losers like that around, you can expect the same thing to happen each time." Derek turned to Meredith and winked, reaching for her hand. "Oh, and so all three of you know, I'd break out the earplugs tonight if I were you because there will be a lot of very loud sex at some point."
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Don't worry special day pt 3 is also coming today.😉🤞🏾