She was late. She was late and she knew it. She had promised she would be there at 6:00 p.m. She thought this surgery would not take longer than 3 hours but she, obviously, had been wrong.
She breathed deeply and tried to collect her thoughts. Now her priority was to save this patient and forget everything around her…
(Meanwhile in the 4th floor)
"Page her again Alex!" yelled Izzie
"What's the point? I already told you she's in surgery…"
"I don't care! I need her here! WE need her here! Page her again!"
"Seriously… you're freakin' out Izz…"
"Page her!"
"Women are so bitchy!" Alex uttered under is breath
A few minutes later Meredith appeared running through the hallway. She had already changed to her street clothes. She saw Alex down the hall…
"Alex!" She yelled
"At last you arrive! The kid is freakin' out and so is Izzie. I just don't know who freaked who…"
"Sorry… it took me longer than I thought." Meredith stopped next to Alex just to catch her breath "Where are they?" she asked
"On call room…" Approaching the on call room Meredith could hear the cries that passed through the door. She took a deep breath and entered.
"Oh Mer, thank God!" Meredith kneeled in front of Izzie, smiled at her apologetically and then looked at the crying girl in her arms…
"Baby I'm sorry. I know I promised I would pick you up and take you to the park…" Meredith ran her hand through her daughter's face but that seemed to upset the girl even more. "Sweetie you never act like this. You understand mommy's job… Something else happened. Do you want to tell me what's wrong?" The girl didn't move an inch. Izzie got up and exited the room. Seconds later Alex came in with the girl in his arms…
"Izzie wants to talk to you…" he excused himself from explaining the rest. Meredith nodded.
"You sure you'll be ok with her?"
"No." Meredith smiled a little. It was Alex, being Alex. He wanted to prove he was a bastard but no matter how hard he tried, he always would end up doing something good. Meredith met Izzie in the hallway.
"She's being acting weird Izz… I neglected it. She's been acting weird for a month or two now… She doesn't smile as often as she used to, she doesn't play anymore. She has been wetting her bed too… The only thing she still likes to do is to watch the DVD's Derek bought her before he went to Spain."
"I was going to ask if you want me to take her for the night… so you can rest and maybe talk to Christina…"
"I appreciate your gesture Izzie but I would rather take her home with me and try to understand why she has been acting like this..." Izzie nodded.
When Meredith entered the on call room, once again, she saw that Alex had managed to put her baby girl to sleep. She thanked him and took that chance to get home.