Complications

Chapter 2

Edited

A sleepy Meredith felt cold tiny little fingers trying to pry open her resistant eyelids. She'd be the first to willingly admit she was dog tired but she couldn't help but laugh at the energetic toddler trying to wake her bone tired momma by squeezing her tiny fingers inside her eyelids.

"Wake up mommy!!... momma please! Mooommmmmmaa!" Lexie squealed.

"Ok!!" She said in mock frustration.

"Ten more minutes!!" she whispered as she leaned closer to her daughters clear- with the exception of freckles laid randomly across her cheeks and button nose- glowing face. Mer kissed her cute button nose and threw herself back onto her royal blue pillow. all was quiet for about 90 seconds when Lexie shouted," okay momma times up... momma wake up..." She huffed in pubescent anger . then her naturally pale face lit up all that was missing was the lightbulb above her head. Her little hands went to her eyes but Meredith was one step ahead of her devious child. Her cherub paws latched onto her mothers slender nose blocking airflow, when Meredith opened her mouth the other paw clamped on the opening. Barricading all and any airflow to her needy lungs .

Damn that resilient child.

Meredith put up a helluva fight to stay in the comfort of her warm cocoon she called a bed but, Lexie had been named unyieldingly the victor when she unfairly started to tickle her and her momma was EXTREMELY ticklish. Everywhere...

Derek at exactly that moment across the street was woken up by an angelic laughter. He was shocked by how much that resembled Meredith's laugh, his Meredith-starved brain surely creating make belief Merediths just to relief some of his starved heart. He couldn't help but feed his imagination so he got out of bed with such a force he was sure his closest neighbor that was a mile could feel the shutter of his feet. He went down the stairs and to his window to see if he could see anything from across the street . Nothing .

Man I wish I had a telescope... oh god can I be anymore of a stalker ....

He spent like 20 minutes looking at the window trying to see the woman with the angelic laugh. Since his big window was wide open a female jogger saw him and noticed he was shirtless and waved flirtatiously , but to her disappointment he didn't notice her. He was to focused on the house across the street.

It was already 8:35 and he had to be at work by 9:40 so he had a little over an hour so he ate his breakfast, maple oatmeal with apples and raisins and some herbal tea. It was now 8:54 , he decided it was best to go out for a jog . He put his neon green and black running shoes. His black shorts and no shirt.

Since he didn't really know the in-and-outs of the town he went for a jog into the heart of the town where all the stores and even the hospital he worked at was located. he couldn't help but be surprised that this town was so small. It resembled a postcard from the 1940s. It was so small but what it lacked in size it made up in character. His thoughts wandered and again landed on Meredith Grey. She was the one person he missed , how they would have coffee together during work, because they both worked at Mercy West hospital in Seattle. How he found her crying in a supplies closet. And stayed with her for about half an hour. And yet refused to leave her when she stopped crying. That was a moment he would never forget because it was the moment he fell in love with her.

Meredith's POV

at 8:50 she picked up Lexie and made her some homemade waffles with orange juice ,and she had waffles with chocolate milk. She was addicted to that stuff for most people it was coffee but she couldn't stand that sorry excuse for a beverage.

"Mommy...?" Lexie's whispered with a terrified look on her face

"What's wrong sweetie?"

"When are we going to see daddy again?"