Complications~Grey's Anatomy

Family Affair

24 weeks pregnant

EMMY SAT AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, instructing the kids how to spread the mass on the corn husk. Out of nowhere, they heard a load groan coming from upstairs.

     "Was that Auntie Gigi?" Bailey asked.

Emmy hummed, continuing to spread the masa, "I think so."

They all focus back into the tamales.

Minutes later, Gigi waddled into the kitchen, groaning.

Emmy furrowed her brows, questioning her friends actions, "What's wrong with you?"

     "Nothing fits me anymore." Gisele whined.

Her shirt barley covered half her bump.

Emmy laughed, "You look cute," Gisele rolled her eyes, "You finally popped."

She scoffed, "I popped last week, this is just unnatural."

     "It's pregnancy, Gigi. It's natural by definition."

     "Triplets is not natural. The human body isn't built for this many babies."

    "But, that's a good thing. Right?" Zola asked, curiously, "It means my baby cousins are growing."

Emmy nodded, "Exacto, it means they're happy and most likely healthy."

    "We're making tamalies." Bailey shouted excitedly.

    "Papas, we've been over this. It's ta-mal-es."

Zola continued spreading the dough and asked, "Why don't you just buy some new clothes that fit?"

Meredith walked in, going over to the coffee pot, "I still have some maturity clothes if you need any." She offered.

Gigi scoffed, "I'd rather die then wear any maturity clothes. There are no cute options, plus I'm not going to spend a bunch of money on clothes I'm only going to wear for two months."

    "Gisele, you're still gonna need clothes." Meredith said.

   "Do you still have some of Derek's clothes?" She figured some of his clothes would her a little while until she inevitably would be forced to purchase new clothes.

Meredith nodded, "Yeah. Down in the basement."

The two of them went downstairs, Meredith walked down by Gigi's so she'd be by her side just in case she missed a step. They silently searched through the boxes for the clothing, the two of them hadn't had a conversation that didn't involve the kids since Gisele blew up at Meredith. Gisele had been experiencing extreme body aches and couldn't push through the pain to work all day, recently she'd been having more bad days than good, so she volunteered to look after the kids.

    Meredith found the box and pulled out some of Derek's clothing she thought would fit Gisele.

Gisele was hesitant to grab it, it had been a while since she actually last thought of her brother. Which made her feel awful.

    "Thanks." She sniffled.

Meredith gently patted the hand, "It's okay. You know he'd be proud of you."

She scoffed, "I doubt that."

She slid on an oversized Bowdoin sweatshirt and they headed back upstairs.

    "Auntie Gigi?" Zola asked as she sat down at the table next to her.

    "Yes." Gisele reached for a corn husk.

     "So, the babies are identical. Which means that they're all exactly the same?"

Gisele nodded, grabbing a spoon and grabbed a spoonful of masa, "Yes, they are."