Later on that day, Meredith went to the maternity wing to check on one of her patients she was assigned to earlier that week. The lady was having triplets, and had a few false alarms so she was kept in for observation.
"Good afternoon Mrs Day, how are you feeling today?" Meredith sang in her cheery voice.
"Hello Doctor Grey, I'm feeling great thanks! Apart from the fact that I can't get any sleep because these little monsters won't stop kicking!" the lady laughed, gesturing to her unborn triplets.
Meredith laughed "Aw, that's a good sign, don't forget that. Try to get some sleep whenever you can, and they will be out before you know it-" Meredith was cut off when she saw Addison stroll past outside the private room, "I'm sorry can you excuse me for a second, I'll be right back to go over your c-section with you." Meredith smiled. She put the woman's chart on the end of the bed and ran outside to catch Addison before she could escape.
"Hey Addison! Hey wait a second!" She called down the busy corridor. Addison was stood at the nurses' station looking through some ones notes, rapidly scribbling words down on the page. The sound of Meredith calling her made her jump.
"Doctor Grey, how can I help you?" Addison asked, gesturing with her eyes that a patient was standing behind her and she was busy.
"Oh sorry" Meredith whispered. "Doctor Montgomery, when you have a moment, I'd like to see you please, sorry to interrupt." Meredith smiled to the patient, and quickly walked to the other side of the nurses' station to pick up some timetables for the OR. Within a few minutes, Addison was back to talk to her.
"Hey Mer, sorry about that. What's up?" Addison said, still engrossed in the chart she was holding.
"I was going to ask if you could do me a favour this afternoon." Meredith asked, flicking through her own papers.
"Sure...what for?" Addison asked, now intrigued in the conversation.
"I need you to do an ultrasound and test for me." Meredith asked, her voice rising at the end of the question, nervously.
Addison gasped "Oh my god are you pregnant?!"
Meredith was shocked, but laughed. "Noooo! It isn't for me..it's..it's for my sister."
Addison raised her eyebrows "Lexie?!"
"Please? It'd be such a help"
Addison sighed. "Ok yeah sure, tell her to come to my office at 7pm, thats when I have my break. It's only going to take a while tell her not to worry."
Meredith smiled widely "Thank you so much, she'll see you then!" She said, touching Addison's arm.
With that, Meredith picked up all her things, and went straight back to her patient to organise a time for her c-section.
Meanwhile down in the clinic, Cristina was stuck with her interns. Cristina was working with Lexie and her number 2 on a patient who had slit open their foot on the beach on a piece of glass. Well, the interns were working, and Cristina was observing, making sure they were doing everything properly, occasionally quizzing them.
"Right, that's all the glass out," Lexie smiled to the teenage boy, "Now I'm just going to have to sew it up. We will give you an anaesthetic to numb your foot so this shouldn't hurt a bit!" Lexie stood up to get the needle, and felt automatically dizzy. She grabbed the cabinet for support, and tried to steady herself. Suddenly, she felt a wave of nausea hit her. Not again, she thought. But as hard as she was trying, this time she wasn't able to contain it any longer. "Excuse me Ken, Doctor Yang-" she gasped as she ran out of the cubical down to the nearest bathroom.
Cristina was concerned, and put down her note pad. "2, you can take this from here, I'll be back after the anaesthetic has set in and I'll fix that foot for you. If you would just excuse me a minute." She said with a reassuring smile as she left walked out of the curtain. She got to the bathroom, and slowly entered, scared of what she may find as she walked in. When she closed the door, she heard poor Lexie vomit in the toilet, then let out a small sob.
"Thre- Lexie, are you ok?" Cristina hesitated. She wasn't good at the whole comforting thing.
With that, the toilet flushed, and the stall door opened. "I'm fine," She said as she wiped her mouth on a paper towel, tears still in her eyes. "I'm so sorry for leaving like that, Doctor Yang, I couldn't wait any longer." she said, a tear rolling down her cheek.
Oh dear, someone's knocked up, Cristina thought. She could sense what was going on, she could just feel it. But she wouldn't mention anything yet, it wasn't her place. She had to be somewhat supportive of Lexie, it is her best friends sister after all. "It's ok, don't worry about it. Everyone gets sick from time to time, I'd rather you do it in here than in front of a patient." Cristina smiled, handing more paper towels to her sobbing intern. "Don't cry, it's not a problem."
Lexie was somewhat shocked at the kindness coming from her mentor, it was a side she has never seen of her the whole time of her internship. "Thanks Doctor Yang." Lexie smiled, wiping her tear off her cheek.
"Oh, before I forget, I saw Meredith earlier. She said she was going to page you but since she saw me Iought to tell you. She said that Doctor Montgomery wants to see you at 7pm this evening. Got it?"
"Got it, thanks."
"Ok..why don't you..do some paperwork at the nurses' station for a while if you are feeling sick. And don't forget 7 o'clock." Cristina smiled as she left the bathroom, the small intern close behind her.
