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Chapter 35

Meredith had been having a helacious few days at work, it seemed she couldn't get a break. She couldn't remember the last time she'd really left the hospital other than to go to Joe's. Her baby sickness wasn't easing any either. She was in the room behind the nurses station doing research for a patient when she heard the door close and someone shut the blinds quickly. She turned already knowing who it was.

"Are you insane?" she hissed. "What if someone saw you come in here!"

"The coast was clear, I checked four times." he grinned.

"Well what do you want, I'm working." she snapped.

"Wow those hormones don't take long to set in do they?" he frowned.

"That was bitchy, I'm sorry." she sighed.

"You didn't come over last night."

"I was on call." she said "I just stayed here."

"You know you could have come over anyway. You can come over tonight."

"Derek seriously." she groaned "I'm barely able to function at work, I don't think sex is a good idea right now."

"I wasn't talking about sex." he frowned "I want just want to let you rest, and pamper the mother of my child a little."

"I'd rather just spare you the--" she trailed off when she started to gag, Derek was quick and grabbed the wastebasket and held it under her mouth just in the nick of time. He had a tissue ready for her when she was done, she wiped her mouth and looked up at him with weary eyes "Thank you."

"So will you take me up on my offer?"

"I'm an intern...I'm lucky if I get a night off."

"You're not scheduled." he pointed out.

"You were an intern once Derek, you know how it goes."

"Will you please try to take it off tonight?" he sighed "For me?" she stared up at him incredulously "For the baby?"

"Ugh!" she groaned "And it starts."

"What starts?"

"The kid is just a ball of cells making me sick right now and you're already using it against me."

"So does that mean I win?"

"I'll see what I can do." she said, he tightened his lips "Fine! I'll do everything in my power to get the damn night off!"

"Thank you." he smiled, his pager went off and he looked at it and frowned.

"Work?"

"Worse." he groaned "It's Addison."

"My mother is trying to set you two up by the way."

"I know." he sighed.

"You should go along with it."

"What!" he mumbled, rocking back on his heels.

"I think you should go out with Addison."

"Have those hormones caused you to lose your mind!"

"It'll take the pressure off Derek!" she pleaded "Once the baby starts growing everyone, especially my mother will be looking to see who I might even have the slightest connection with, she'll start looking for someone to pin. And if you're so called with someone she might look past you."

"So you want me to falsely lead Addison along?"

"Well, yeah!"

"Meredith that's cruel." he grimaced "And I won't do that!"

"You have to." she said sternly as she stood up, then smirked a little as she rubbed her stomach "For the baby."

He narrowed his eyes at her as she started to leave the room.

"That is so not fair!"

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