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Onerous

"So what does this all mean?" Derek asked as Callie told them the news

"The only way to fix this is to reopen your hand and go back in." Callie explained

"But if you do that it could just do more harm than good." Meredith continued

"Are you saying there is no way or there is a way but it's risky?" Derek asked

"Look, the problem is farther into the nerves than before... so if I do operate we risk damaging the surrounding nerves" Callie sighed

"And if we wait?" Derek asked as he put his arm around Meredith

"The damage could resolve slowly on its own... or it will become permanent and we won't be able to fix it. I'm sorry I wish I had better news" Callie said as she took the scans down and put them away

"So again, it's surgery or no surgery. Fun" Meredith said while leaning into Derek

"We'll weigh out the options and do what's best, it'll be fine." Derek said as he held Meredith trying to comfort her

Callie's pager beeped so she looked over at Derek and he nodded, she left to the room she was paged to. Derek was thinking of what to say to Meredith that he hadn't already said before.

"I just want to go home." Meredith whispered filling the silence

"Okay" Derek whispered as he kissed the top of her head and grabbed their bag.

Bailey walked past Callie in the hallway and stopped her as she walked by.

"How'd it go with Meredith?" She asked as Callie stopped beside her

"Not good" Callie sighed heavily as she shrugged her shoulders

"Seriously?" Bailey asked in a disappointed and saddened voice

Derek and Meredith were walking out of the hospital when Arizona walked up besides them.

"Hey, how'd it go?" Arizona asked

"Nothing new." Meredith said as they continued walking.

Derek gave a look to Arizona that told her they got bad news but Meredith didn't want to tell anyone. Arizona took the hint that Derek gave her and decided not to ask anymore.

"I'm sure everything will be fine." Arizona said as she started walking in a different direction

"Mhmm" Meredith hummed as she took a deep breath and kept walking

Derek could tell she was over all of it and she just wanted to stop thinking about everything bad. She had just started getting her life back to normal and then this happens. Before he could tell her anything Amelia caught up with them outside and stopped them.

"So what did Callie tell you?" Amelia asked

"So everyone just knows that I went to go see Callie about my hand?" Meredith asked in an annoyed tone

"Well I just figured after what happened yesterday you were going to- never mind. I'm sure it'll all be fine Mer." Amelia followed

"It doesn't feel like it'll be fine, everyone told me I'd be fine and now look what happened! I'm sick of people saying it's fine or it'll be fine! Sorry it's just- I just want to go home." Meredith snapped as she walked away.

Derek watched her walk towards the parking but chose not to follow her just yet.

"So it's bad?" Amelia asked in a concerned voice

"Yeah, we don't really have any option but to wait anymore."

"I'm sorry" Amelia said as she put her hands in her pockets