Don't Worry About Me

Chapter 12

"Come on, Meredith. Let's get inside so you can show the new stuffies to Amelia" Carolyn helped Meredith out of the car and wanted her to try to get inside by herself but couldn't see the little girl struggling so Christopher lifted her up in his arms and carried her inside

"Hi Mr and Mrs Shepherd" The babysitter smiled as they walked inside

"Hi Lucy, how were they?" Carolyn asked as she kept an eye on Meredith who got placed down on the couch

"Hi" Amelia giggled

"Mer!" Derek ran towards her

"How are you?" Mark ran after him and jumped on the couch, causing Meredith to wince as her hips hurt

"Careful guys" Christopher softly said and stuffed Meredith up with some Pillows that supported her

"Our stuffed bears" Meredith quietly said as she clutched Puppy close to her chest

"Let me go grab them" Christopher smiled and saw his wife talking to the babysitter

"Thank you Lucy" Carolyn dismissed the girl

"Mer asked for their bears" Christopher said

"Oh- I'll bring them over" Carolyn nodded with a smile and walked over to the kids "Meredith, do you wanna give Amelia her present?"

"Yes" Meredith giggled and took the bear with purple scrubs from Carolyn and gave it to Amelia

"My favorite color!" Amelia smiled

"Yes" Meredith giggled and took her own bear, the one with pink scrubs

"They look very cute" Derek smiled

"Mer, honey. you have to nebulize first, is that okay? Carolyn asked and she nodded

"I'll go find a spot for our new bears! Maybe we can do a tea party when you're done" Amelia smiled

"We're gonna help Amelia" Mark smiled and the three of them disappeared upstairs

"Do I really have to?" Meredith asked

"Yes honey" Christopher said as he walked towards them. Meredith clutching his hand in her own

"Can you do her treatment? Then I can call Ellis to see if I can go collect Mer's stuff and clothes" Carolyn said quietly as her husband was putting everything ready

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About an hour later Carolyn was back at the house. She sneaked in the bags she had packed at Ellis' house and called her husband over. Together they carried everything upstairs and put everything in place before they walked into their playroom

"Hi guys" They smiled as the kids were doing surgery. They were even a bit amazed by Meredith's skills on the doll

"Hi" All four of them replied

"Meredith, we have something to show you in your and Amelia's room" Christopher smiled and watched as she frowned

"Come on, Mer. Let's go see" Amelia jumped up and waited for Meredith

Mark immediately grabbed her crutches as Derek helped her stand up. She smiled at both of them and led the way towards their bedroom

"Wow" Meredith smiled "Those are mine!" She smiled as she pointed at her sheets and a few stuffed animals "Amelia, come look!" She smiled and crutched over with Puppy tucked in her armpit but then she fell

"Meredith!" Christopher tried to reach out for her as she fell but he was too late. Her crutch got stuck on one of the boxes in the room and caused her to trip. Christopher lifted her in his arms as she started crying softly