A Choice to Make

Grey's Anatomy

Setting: After 13x24

Characters: Meredith Grey, Alex, Maggie, Cristina, Nathan


Chapter Two

Hours later Meredith arrived home. She was greeted by the nanny and her three beautiful children. She smiled as her kids ran up to her and hugged her.

"Mommy are you okay?" Zola asked
"Yes honey, just a little shaken up."
"Mommy you smell like smoke." Bailey added
"Yes, I know. There was a fire at the hospital but everything is fine." The nanny came over holding Ellis. "Hey, why don't you two go and play in the other room." Meredith said to her Zola and Bailey.
"Oh okay." Zola said. They walked away slowly and Meredith managed to take off her coat and made her way over to the kitchen. The nanny followed her, but she first put Ellis with her siblings.
"Hey, are you okay? You don't look so good." The nanny asked.
"Um yea, I just need to rest and take a shower. Is there anyway you could watch them for another hour?" Meredith asked.
"Sure! Your kids are so easy." The nanny responded.
"Great, thank you so much." Meredith replied weekly.

She made her way up the stairs and into her bedroom. She stumbled over some toys, she passed Amelia's room, there she saw the drawing of the tumor. She kept walking. She entered her bedroom and she took out the post it she had put away a few days ago. She just sat there staring at it, everything she had ever wanted was on that piece of paper, but all of this had disappeared. She picked up her phone and called Cristina. Even though she was in a different continent she was still her person.

"Hello?" Meredith said. There was static but soon she heard a familiar voice.
"Hi, Doctor Grey. It's Doctor Ross, Doctor Yang- Cristina is in surgery but she should be out any time. I can tell her to call you back."
"Okay, that works. Thanks Ross." She hung up the phone.

She took out a small cardboard package from her purse. She went into her bathroom. She could hear her kids playing downstairs and the nanny telling them to behave. She then heard the door open and close. It was a familiar voice, Alex's voice.

"Meredith! You home?" He shouted.
"Oh hello Alex! Meredith is upstairs, she wasn't feeling so great. She just got home a few minuets ago." The nanny responded.
"Okay thanks!" Alex turned his head. "Hey Zola! Hey Bailey! Hey Ellis!"
"Hi Alex!" Zola and Bailey said at the same time.

Meredith heard him talking to the kids and soon he was coming upstairs. She sat in the bathroom waiting. She had just placed the plastic stick on the sink and now she was back to throwing up.

"Hey Mer!" Alex shouted as he made his way to her room.
"Hi Alex!" She responded.
"Where are you?"
"Hold on i'll be out in a second."

Alex sat down on her bed and waited for her. He knew Meredith, he knew something was wrong. He knew it was bigger than Riggs leaving her. He knew that something had happened.

"Oh hi" Meredith stumbled out of the bathroom and she slowly made her way over to Alex.
"What's wrong? Maggie said something was up."
"Oh um. Where is she? Is she still at work?"
"Yes, something came up with one of her patients"
"Um okay." She got up and she started to pace back and forth.
"Okay, I'm not gunna do this. I'm not going to play the guessing game. Just tell me what's wrong and we can fix it. I'll help you!"

Meredith disappeared into the bathroom and seconds later she came out with the plastic stick. Alex knew exactly what is was. His face quickly changed. She made it half way to Alex but she quickly ran back to the bathroom and threw up.

"Are you alright Mer? I now know what's wrong." Alex told her. Meredith came out of the bathroom franticly.
"Alex! This can't be! I can't be-! I am suppose to have a hostile uterus! Alex! What the hell am I suppose to do!
"Mer calm down! This is not going to help! Just hold on." Alex paused. "Mer give me the test." She walked over to him and put it in his hand.
"Okay before you freak out-"
"I'm already freaking out!" Meredith responded cutting him off.
"Okay- before you go full on crazy let me ask you this."
"Okay what?"
"Did you take the test again? Sometimes there are false positives."
"I know that Alex! I am not a total idiot!" Meredith responded as if her head was going to explode.
"Okay. Where is it?"

Meredith walked back to her purse and pulled out several more cardboard boxes. She quickly took them out. They all had positives. Her eyes started to fill with tears and she ran back into the bathroom.