This takes place at the beginning of season 2. After Meredith found out about Derek wife and is trying to move on from him. But something comes up might change her life forever.
It's a few days later and Theo is still here, I haven't seen Cristina at the hospital at all and Burke says he hasn't heard from her either.
Theo's been sleeping in the guest bedroom and Derek's at work, I'm off for the next few hours.
Mallory had ballet today and Miles has soccer practice. They're a few hours apart.
I have to take Mallory to ballet first which is two hours and then I have to take Smiles to soccer practice for another two hours.
Mallory basically just spins around the room and Miles kicks a ball around but it's best they start when they're young.
I get Mallory dressed in her ballet clothes and slick her hair back into a bun.
"How's that? Move your head back and forth, see if it stays," I tell her. She shakes her head back and forth a little.
"Does it feel stuck?" I ask. She nods. "Alright, let's go," I say.
I help get Miles dressed into his soccer clothes, I get them into the car and drive to Mallory's ballet studio.
I watch her ballet practice for two hours before they finish off. I go to see her.
"Did you see Mommy!" Mallory says as we leave the dance room.
"Yes, you're getting very good," I say as I hand her a bottle of water.
"Soccer practice now?" Miles asks. "Yes, now we're going to soccer practice," I say.
**************** After soccer and ballet practice I drove the kids home and let them inside.
I walk into the living room where Derek and Theo are on the couch. Mallory's now sat in Derek's lap still in her ballet clothes.
"Any sign of Cristina at the hospital?" I asked sitting next to him.
"Nope, nobody's heard from her. Not even Burke," he says.
"Well, what do we tell Theo? He's expecting his mother to pick him up eventually... and why hasn't Burke picked him up?" I ask.
"He says he's too busy with surgery," he says.
"You and I both work and we always have time for the twins," I say.
"That's because we care enough to make time," he says.
"I don't get it... Cristina was going to get an abortion.. she wouldn't even have to tell Burke, she could have just said she miscarried and that would be that.. I'm not saying Theo's a mistake but she knew she didn't want kids.. she knew she wouldn't have time for them and she still decided to keep him... and now he's going to have to suffer for it," I say.
"I know... you said she was really stuck on the idea of getting rid of it when she found out.. she even told you to get an abortion," he says.
"Yeah, she did. I think she felt bad that I wanted to keep the twins and she didn't," I say.
"Maybe that's why she kept him," he says. "It's still not an excuse.. and now Burke won't even pick him up... he's going to have a rough childhood if they don't start stepping up," I sigh. I hate seeing such a young kid have to go through something similar to what I went through... I hate watching it, it sucked growing up that way but it almost feels worse to watch another kid grow up that way knowing there's nothing I can do.
"That's not something you should worry about.. we already have two kids of our own and another on the way.. we've got our hands full," he says looking at me, he can what I'm thinking by the way I'm looking at Theo.
"I know, I just... it's hard. Whenever I look at Mallory I see me in her, she has the same traits I did as a child... happy, cheerful, smart, funny... and growing up the way I did all those things faded.. and it took me years, decades, go get those back.. and it reminds me how much I need to do better than my mother.. I would hate to be the reason she can't trust people, to be the reason she doesn't believe anything good can happen to her, to be the reason she always had that little voice inside her head... I'd hate to be the reason her life was harder than it had to be," I try blinking away the tears that form but if only makes them fall.
"Hey.. you're doing a great job already.. the kids will never have a childhood like yours.. you don't even have to think about that.. you've always been a better person than your mother.. and now you'll be a better mother than she was.. you don't even have to try to be a good mother, it comes naturally with you," he says wrapping his other around me, placing his hand on my belly.
"I know... I just start thinking sometimes, like when I can't sleep," I say.
"If you can't sleep wake me up, I'll wear you out," he says. I smile at him. I lean in, kissing his lips passionately.
"I love you," I pull away for a second. "I love you too," he says before kissing me again.
