Ever The Same

6

Her body was aching, she was tired and her head hurt. Now, after a long shift and dealing with her much dreaded interns, Meredith was more then relieved to be at home. She wanted her husband and maybe some food. Her stomach ached from being hungry so food and then lying in bed with her husband sounded amazing. Completely amazing.

Opening the front door even sounded amazing, as she slid the key in finally stepping into her house and wanting nothing more then to forget about her day. The home smelled of rich Garlic and chicken, which just made her want her husband even more. Maybe he'd feed her, which was a ridiculous idea but even holding a fork might take too much energy. "Derek!"

"Upstairs!" He called.

"What? Why?" She groaned, dropping her bags at the front of the stairs and walking to the landing of the stairs in the entryway.

"Did you forget?" He said, coming to the top of the stairs, looking down at her.

"Forget....Oh." Meredith breathed, a small smile forming at the corner of her lips as he held up a box. "Pregnancy test."

"Pregnancy test." He smiled.

"Right." She smiled, her body suddenly overcoming the exhaustion.

"Are you ready?"

"I...of course I'm ready." She said, quickly running up the stairs.

"Hmm...Welcome home." He laughed, taking her in his arms.

"Hmm...dinner?" She breathed, before catching his bottom lip lightly in her teeth.

"Oven..." He whispered, kissing her back.

"Good."

"We can eat...after..."

"After...we can...after."

"Mmm..." He murmured, kissing her again.

"Mmm...you taste like...you."

"Is that good?" He laughed.

"Very good." She giggled, her hands wrapping around him.

"I didn't know I had a taste." He laughed, his forehead resting against hers.

"You have a taste...a very Derek like taste but it's you and I like you so you is...it's a good taste."

"Okay...Thanks..."

"We should...I mean a test and then dinner so...we should take the test now."

"Okay...It's...I like this one." Derek said, holding up the box.

"Right....so...bedroom." She whispered, a hand moving over her flat stomach.

"Bedroom..." He repeated, taking her hand and walking slowly into their room.

"Okay." Meredith breathed, turning around as they stepped inside. "So...I mean I think I take the stick but what now...I mean the stick..."

"I think you just...you know..." Derek said, taking it out of the box.

"Okay..."

"I'll um...I'll be right here."

"Okay." Meredith whispered, walking into their master bathroom. This was weird, a weird kind of weird that she couldn't explain. Her hands were shaking as she took the test, waiting to find out the results. Six minutes, that was how long they were supposed to wait for this particular test and only a second after, felt like forever.

She sat the stick into the tray and walked out of the restroom, moving to sit next to her still new husband. "I um...six minutes?"

"Six minutes..." He breathed, looking down at his watch.