Flashback
Meredith had been staring at herself in the reflection of the mirror. She was analyzing all her cuts that had slowly healed after her accident
She felt like she was a completely different person. Earlier she and Derek talked about having kids and now she was sitting here, halfway through rehab but paralyzed for life
She received a text from Derek, checking on her to hear if all was okay. She hated how much he worried about her. She just hoped he'd start worrying less over time. She had replied she was okay and that Addison was gonna stop by later this morning.
Meredith sighed and wheeled to her closet, grabbing a tshirt and leggings to transfer into
A while later she was struggling to finish putting the leggings on when she heard Addison
"Mer?! Meredith?!" Addison yelled after ringing the bell earlier
"Bedroom! Coming soon!" Meredith yelled, getting frustrated by how slow she was. She placed a pair of socks on her lap, wanting to say hi to Addison first
"Mer-" Addison walked toward her. "Sorry, I didn't wanna rush you." She said, noticing Meredith was barefoot
"It's okay." Meredith nodded. "Do you want coffee or juice or water or-" Meredith started to ramble
"I will grab it. You want coffee as well? You just continue getting ready, don't worry." Addison tried to ease Meredith
"I'll try to hurry." Meredith promised
"Don't. I have the whole day off." Addison softly smiled and went to the kitchen to make both of them coffee
End of flashback
Meredith was at work, Derek was home with Emma. She was doing a lot better but had a headache. Both didn't feel comfortable leaving her but Meredith was called into surgery
"Mer, we need a neuro consult." Alex said as they were doing surgery on a kid
"Derek isn't working today. It would take too long to get him here. Page Murphy." Meredith said, hating to see Murphy but needing a neurosurgeon right away
"It will be okay." Alex looked at her, knowing what had happened the past weeks
A little while later Murphy walked in
"Theo Ruben, 8 years old, was in a car accident. His head CT was clean but we're gonna clem the aorta for a few seconds, we want you to check him neurologically." Alex explained to her
"I'll take a look." She nodded and started preparing the patient
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"Damnit, Murphy! You said he was okay!" Meredith started raising her voice. "What do you even think you're doing?!"
"I'm doing my job!" Murphy yelled
"Hey stop. You had to do your job. Someone page another neurosurgeon!" Alex ordered
" Dr Shepherd is almost available. She will be here in a bit." Linda the nurse told them
Meredith and Alex continued while Amelia was on her way, Murphy staying with the patient
"What the hell happened?" Amelia ran in a while later
"She didn't check his neurological stats." Meredith scoffed
"You may have left him with brain damage! He might lose the ability to speak, hear or even walk!" Amelia got furious
"And that's on me? I wanna work with doctors that are capable!" Murphy took off, looking at Meredith
"Come on. Let's focus. I want this little guy to walk out of here as if nothing has happened." Meredith said sternly
Hours later Meredith was on her way to the family of the little boy, together with Alex as Amelia was called into another emergency
"Hello, we're Theo's doctors. We were able to stop the internal bleeding and repair the damage that was done to his heart and liver. We also removed his spleen." Alex started. "But we had to cut off the Aorta for a small amount of time to fix it. During that we monitored his brain but because of a mistake we don't know exactly if anything went wrong."
"It might mean there can be some brain damage. Which we can't predict until he wakes up." Meredith explained. "It can mean issues with his speech, walking-" She continued explaining
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After the surgery Meredith hurried home. She was so done with this, Richard promised to deal with Murphy but all she really needed was her husband and daughter. She felt nauseous because of the stress. Soon enough they'd start the egg retrieval which added to her stress. As she opened the front door she felt her stomach turn and hurried to the bathroom, leaning forward as she started to throw up in the toilet
"Mer??" Derek ran inside, immediately worried about his wife. "What is wrong? Are you okay?"
But Meredith couldn't respond. She started sobbing in between throwing up, until her stomach was completely empty
"Baby, what's wrong?" Derek cupped her cheek in his hand, very worried about her
"Murphy- She-" Meredith sobbed
"What the hell did she do?" Derek stood up, ready to drive to the hospital and get her fired
"She almost ruined a little boy's life-" Meredith held tight onto his hand, scared he was gonna walk out. "Don't walk out, please." He hadn't heard her this vulnerable in a very long time
"I'm staying. I'm staying." He promised and kneeled down again. "Brush your teeth and we'll think about other things. Not about Murphy. I'll make sure she'll be gone by the end of the week." Derek kissed Meredith's head
"I don't know if we should have another baby, Derek. What if Em feels left alone or I turn into Ellis?" Meredith suddenly said
"What? You'd never turn into Ellis. And Emmie is so excited to become a big sister. We won't forget about her, not at all." Derek lifted her into his arms to hug her tight
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FanfictionMeredith and Derek have had their fair battles in their lives. After 7 years they make their way back to Seattle Grace Hospital with their daughter, to be back with their family. But is it that easy to go back to your old life when things have chang...
