Merder mafia ✔️

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One month later

MEREDITH SHEPHERD

Derek and I are sitting in bed talking about baby names. We can't agree on one let alone two.

"I still think we should find out the gender of the Other baby," he says. "I don't want to, I want to wait," I say. "Fine but it better be a boy," he says. "Why a boy?" I ask. "Because we already have a girl," he says. "And we already have two boys," I say. "Still," he said. "Derek, what's so wrong about having another girl, we'll always have two boys," I say.

"You want another girl?" He asks. "I don't care what we have," I said. he sighs and turns his head to the side. "Derek we can't choose what gender the baby will be so there's no reason to get upset. you love Fiona and she loves you, she's a daddy's girl. how do you think she would feel if she found out you didn't want another girl, she would think it's her fault because she's the only daughter you have. she would think it was because of something she did." I told him.

"What If the second baby is a girl and she one day finds out her father didn't want her?" I say. "it's not that," he says quietly. "then what is it?" I asked. "I like having one little girl to spoil, I just wanted her to be my only little girl, I don't want to have another little girl if it will ruin my relationship with Fiona," he says looking at me.

"Derek... having another little won't ruin your bond with Fiona. you're not going to love her any less if you have another daughter. having two daughters will be better than you think. I'm okay with having two boys, Greyson is Greyson no one can replace him and it goes the same for Fiona. Fiona and your bond won't be any different. just like mine and Greyson's bond won't be different with another boy in the house... and I think it would be good for Fiona to have a little sister to dress up" I say. I kiss his cheek and carefully get out of bed.

I walk into the closet and go into the bathroom. I brush my teeth and wash my face. I brush my hair and put it into a low bun. I went back into the bedroom and took my clothes off. "Derek... can you help me?" I say handing him the bottle of lotion. he nods taking the bottle and squeezing some into his hand and rubbing it onto my stomach.

I lay down and try to fall asleep. an hour later I started to feel something wet between my legs. I sat up and moved back a bit and felt the spot. it was drenched. "Derek," I push on his shoulder. "Derek!" I say his name louder. "what?" he groans. "we have to go" I say. "where?"

"the hospital. I think my water broke" I say. he sits up and goes to grab the things. I grab my clothes and got dressed. we left the house and went to the hospital.

after we arrived Derek got everything situated while I sat in the bed. "did you make up your mind about your birth plan?" he asked sitting down in the chair next to me. "C-section" I answered. "you really don't want to do a natural birth?" he asked. "No, is that bad?" I say. "No, it's just most women want to do a natural birth. that's all" he says. "I don't want my vagina to tear into pieces and I'm fine with the scar, does the scar bother you?"

"No, the scar doesn't bother me. if you want a C-section then you can, it's your body," he says. I nod. "alright, Mrs. Shepherd, have you thought about your birth plan?" the doctor asked me as she walked into the room. "with twins a natural birth could be a bit riskier than with one, and since you have never naturally given birth pushing two out will be a lot on your body"

" she's decided on a C-section," Derek answered while I felt a contraction coming. "alright, we'll get everything ready for your C-section" she smiles before leaving the room. I laid my head back onto the pillow as I felt the pain shoot through my body.

"how's the pain?" he asked. "give me your hand," I said. he put out his hand and I took it into mine and squeezed it tightly as the pain continued. "Okay... now I see why men don't give birth," he says. "yea, let the tiny women take all the pain and suffering" I rolled my eyes. "Do you need anything?" he asked. "I don't know" I whispered placing my hand on my swollen large stomach.

"can you come here?" he looked at me a bit confused. "just get into the bed," I told him. he stood up and pushed down the sidebars and got in next to me. "can you talk to them? they're a lot calmer when you talk to them" I said. "Greyson used to hate it when I talked to him," he says. I give him a look. he nods and starts talking to them about Greyson and Fiona.

I felt the babies getting calmer. I felt my eyes fall shut. I lay my head down on his chest. he wraps his arms around my waist and ran his fingers through my hair. "Fiona told me she wants a pony" he whispered. "you once asked her if she wanted to fly on your private jet to the toy store, I don't know what you mean by that," I said keeping my eyes closed.

"our jet. and her birthday is coming up soon, it wouldn't be a bad idea," he said. "so you wanna spoil Fiona but you want to leave Greyson on the side?" I said. "of course not, I was thinking of getting him a large Andalusian horse," he said proudly. "if you want to," I say. "you still have your horse, you haven't ridden her since Greyson was born," he said kissing my head.

"I'll have to warm up a bit a few months after the twins are born" I whispered. "we have more time now with Amelia helping so you can do more, but ridding is something you can do with the kids now that they're older," he said.

"you'll have to convince him to wear something that isn't dress pants and a dress shirt so he doesn't get them dirty," I said. ever since Greyson started dressing more like Derek he hasn't wanted to wear anything else.

"what do you mean? you used to ride in dressed all the time" he smiled kissing my cheek. "I just want him to be careful and wear the right clothes so he doesn't get hurt," I said. "we can get somebody to teach him if you want?"

"No, I want to teach him myself," I said. "Okay," he replied. "Mrs. Shepherd, it's time for your surgery," the doctor said as she walked into the room. "I'll be here when you wake," he said kissing the side of my head. I nodded. he got out of the bed. he kissed me on the lips passionately. they took me out of the room and brought me into the O.R. the guy asked me if I was ready. I said 'yes'. he put the mask over my mouth and I breathed a few times before my eyes fell shut.