Stole My Heart ❤️ {a Jackson Avery Love Story} (continued)

Chapter 251:

I was fast asleep in Jackson's arms and I chuckle when I felt Jackson kissing my neck.

Delilah: morning.
Jackson: good morning Mrs. Avery.

I turn around to face Jackson and he immediately pulls me in for a kiss, causing me to smirk into the kiss. Just as the kiss was heating up, I get a call, causing Jackson to groan.

Jackson: ignore it.

I continue to make out with Jackson, but the phone keeps ringing, causing Jackson to groan.

Jackson: whoever it is, tell them to go away.

I giggle as I answer the phone.

Me- hello?
Amy- did you read it yet?
Me- okay, good morning to you too Ames. Read what?
Amy- Mer's article. I sent it to you.
Me- what? I thought she wasn't finished writing it yet.

I pull up the link to Mer's article. I was beyond shocked at what I was reading.

Me- these her ideas with no context. That's not Mer's article, I know her. She would never write something like this. I'm coming over.

I hang up on Amy and start getting dressed.

Jackson: baby, come back to bed.
Delilah: I have an emergency with Mer. I'll see you at work.
Jackson: is everything okay?
Delilah: everything's fine. I'll see you at work, love you.

I kiss Jackson then I grab my things and bolt to Mer's. When I get there, I find Amy and Maggie in the kitchen then we run upstairs to Mer's room and I pound on the door.

Delilah: Meredith Grey, open the door right now!

I continue to pound on the door until Mer answers the door.

Meredith: what?
Amy: were you gonna tell us?
Meredith: tell you what?
Maggie: it just keeps going on.
Meredith: what keeps going on?
Delilah: your article.
Andrew: you wrote your article?
Meredith: no!
Maggie: this is savage. You went after everybody.
Delilah: Big Pharma, insurance, institutionalized discrimination.
Meredith: wait. I-I didn't write an article. I-I sent them, like, some ideas that I could write about with, like, headline and description, and they could choose one.
Amy: well...
Delilah: they chose.

Then, I get a text from Jackson.

My Sexy Hubby 😍💍❤️: I just read Meredith's article. What the hell?

Me: it's not what it looks like babe, I swear. It's completely out of context. I'll explain everything later.

Meredith: no. This is every idea I gave them but without the context and explanation. I mean, this is gonna terrify people.
Andrew: yeah. I think that's the point, judging by the headline.

I look at the headline on my phone, and I nearly drop my phone just looking at it.

Delilah: oh... my god.
Meredith: "Hospital Hell at Grey-Sloan Memorial– Fired Surgeon Speaks Out"? I didn't say that. I would never say that! They just made that up.
Maggie: yeah, they make the headlines up.
Amy: 90,000 likes so far. You're a hit.
Meredith: Bailey's gonna kill me.
Andrew: no, Bailey's gonna kill me.

-later-

I'm in the ambulance bay with Bailey waiting for the rig to pull up and I see Owen in his street clothes.

Owen: hey Elle. Bailey.
Bailey: why aren't you in scrubs?
Delilah: yeah man, the rig is less than a minute out.
Owen: uh, Allison's at my mom's, and I'm just dropping off Leo.
Bailey: and?
Owen: and I'm on paternity leave.
Bailey: for how long?
Owen: for as long as Koracick's restraining order lasts.
Bailey: Koracick!