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Chapter 54

"I will keep asking until you tell me." Ellis said through her teeth as she hovered over Meredith's hospital bed.

"Dr. Grey." Addison huffed "You're stressing her out and I am begging you, please leave. Her contractions already have her dilated to two centimeters and I need to stop it!"

"Then help me get it out of her!" Ellis growled "Tell me who the father is!"

"Please." Meredith gasped, tears ran like a waterfall down her face as she was terrified that her baby would come too soon. "Please leave!"

"Tell me now!" Ellis screeched.

The door suddenly slammed open and everyone in the room jumped. Derek charged in with a steel cold glare and headed straight for Ellis.

"Leave." He muttered in one word.

"What!" she gasped for a second then glared "And what the hell gives you the right to throw me out of the room? This is none of your business Dr. Shepherd and you are out of line!"

"It is every bit my business!" Derek roared "That is my wife and child and you are doing more damage than you have already done! You can threaten my career, you can fire me, or you can black list me all you want, but if you EVER hurt them I guarantee you my revenge will be much worse!" He pressed his lips together and saw the look of utter shock on his face "Now, I will give you five seconds to leave this room or I WILL forcefully and physically remove you myself!"

Ellis stared at him, her mouth dropped open "But."

"Three seconds!" Derek yelled, she flinched and glanced at Meredith before rushing out of the room.

Derek closed his eyes for a second and let out a cleansing breath before turning to Meredith. He walked over and sat down on the bed beside her and pulled her into his chest for a deep embrace. They heard some loud beeps and Derek knew that with her crying the baby wasn't getting good oxygen so he reached behind the bed and turned the oxygen mask on and put it over her face.

"Shhhh!" Derek soothed as he rubbed her back "It'll be ok."

"I'm scared Derek." She squeaked "it's too soon."

"You just need to calm down." He said softly and kissed her forehead "just breath slowly and think calm thoughts."

"Ok." She sniffled.

She closed her eyes and breathed as she leaned into Derek's embrace. Derek glanced at Addison who looked relieved yet worried as she watched the screen that fed off the reading of the contractions. She sighed and left the room for a while, Derek continued to soothe Meredith and hold her as she fell asleep. After about an hour Addison finally came back with a much more pleased expression on her face.

"Hey." She smiled as she walked in.

"Hey." Derek gulped "So what's the verdict?"

Meredith stirred awake and looked up grogilly at Addison "Is the baby ok?"

"The baby is fine and looks very healthy." Addison said "But you risk of going into pre-term labor again, and at 32 weeks your baby could survive but it would possibly have a lot of health problems, so it's best if we do all we can to keep him or her in there as long as possible."

"Bed rest?" Meredith asked.

"I want to keep you here for at least a few weeks." Addison said, Meredith groaned "Meredith, it's for the best. If you start having contractions again we can stop them right away."

"I know." Meredith sighed "I'm just so sick of this place right now."

"We'll make it comfortable for you Meredith." Addison smiled "I'll make sure everyone waits on you hand and foot."

"And after the past few months of being a slave for your mother." Derek mentioned "It's very much deserved."

"Ok." Meredith smiled half-heartedly.

Addison turned and started to walk out but stopped and smirked a little. "Oh one more thing."

"What is it?" Meredith asked.

"No sex." She said.

"What!" Derek scoffed "Why not? She doesn't have to leave the bed for that."

"Wow Derek." Meredith glared "Um, that's not too embarrassing!"

"To answer your question." Addison smiled "An orgasm will cause the uterus to contract. And since Meredith's seems to be contracting prematurely on it's own anyway. I'd rather we not risk it, you never know if we'll be able to stop them next time or not."

Derek sighed into a pout after Addison left the room "This'll be a long six weeks." Meredith glanced over at him and narrowed her eyes "What?

"Make that twelve you horny asshole!"

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