"Derek I feel so damn helpless, we are surgeons, we fix things! Why can't we fix our own
daughter?" "Do you not think I feel the same way? She had a sinus infection! I thought it would go
away because she wasn't that sick." "Haylie said she had a fever of 100, and she gave her tylenol.
When her fever shot up to 104, she knew something had went wrong!" "Don't blame Haylie! Why
didn't you take her to Arizona sooner!?" "Because I thought she was fine too! She had been
saying her head hurt but I thought it was because of her allergies! Haylie gave her tylenol. Maycie
never told me if her neck hurt! When Haylie said that she had those 2 seizures I almost died. The
tylenol didn't lower her fever, oh and Don't you DARE try to make this my fault!" "Well it sure as
hell isn't my fault!" "It's NEITHER of ours! The infection got worse and turned into Bacterial
Meningitis. We let it linger because I thought she had a stomach flu or sinus infection. If we ran her
to the ER everytime she was sick we'd live there with both her and Ethan being in daycare!" "We
"We already halfway live there as it is!" "Meredith, nothing is ever your fault." "You find anyone or
anything else to blame. I'm going to talk to Arizona." "Derek don't walk away from me!" "I'm not
walking away from you, I am going to talk to my daughter's doctor. You should stay here with your
son. He needs you too." "How do you know what he needs Dr. Shepherd? You're NEVER home!"
"Don't pick that fight now Mer, you won't win."
"Mer! How's Maycie?" "She still hasn't woken up Cristina. My baby was sick and I didn't know it.
How could I have been so stupid?" "It wasn't your fault Meredith. Cooper Sloan had that stomach
bug last week. . We both thought that was what Maycie had caught. Hell, all 3 of Lexie's brats had it
a few days ago, and now I think Lexie's throwing up." "Yeah but did they have a fever? I was so
stupid, oh Cristina when she started seizing I almost had a coronary!" "I can't believe my baby is
that sick. "Where's Ethan? Izzie has him, she has the next 2 days off, thank God because she
pulled a double shift." "Both Arizona and Alex are on Maycie's case. Her fever finally came down
to 100 last night. That's better than 102 and 3. We're basically just waiting on her poor traumatized
brain to wake up and the swelling to go down." "With the tests they've done, Alex is sure that
Maycie's seizures were just febrile." "Where's Derek?" "Hell he's tired and being a McAss. He
stormed off to go talk to Arizona about 10 minutes ago. I'm so sick of him, I don't want to see him
or talk to him. If you see him, tell him to find another place to sleep tonight. I'm going to call Izzie and check on Ethan, then going to sit with Maycie. Come see me later, k?" Ok, see you later, and
Mer? Yeah? Don't mess up your marriage with Derek over this, you know you love him."
"Bye Cristina." *sigh*
"Derek! Maycie just had another seizure!" "I know Mer, they're going to have to do surgery."
*Doors open* "Derek, Meredith, we're going to take good care of your little girl." "Arizona, I want to
scrub in." "No, Derek, you're not coming in my OR. You need to stay here and be with Meredith.
Go get her something to eat and get her to stop shaking." "Alex, Miranda, and I will take good care
of her. We'll page you as soon as we're done. If we can get the pressure down, we might not have
to put a shunt in." "We just have to drain the fluid. She's not allergic to anything, right?" "Right,
nothing but carrots." "Ok. See you guys in a bit." "Arizona!" "Yes Meredith"? "I love my little girl.
Please bring her back to me." "I know, and she loves you too, and I plan on it."
6 hours later...
"Wake up baby..Mer, wake up." "I'm awake! Derek! How's my baby?" "Shhh calm down. She's still
out of it. They didn't have to put the shunt in. They drained all of the fluid, but she became
unstable during the surgery and her meninges were inflamed. Right now they have her stabalized
and she's breathing on her own with the help of a vent." "Mer, baby it didn't look good for awhile.
That meningitis had gotten severe fast." "Meredith, look at me, I need you to breathe." "Look at
me, Maycie is going to be ok, you have to tell yourself that!" *squeezes her face and kisses her*
Arizona walks into room- "She's stable and it looks like the swelling is beginning to go down. I'm
staying with her, and so is Izzie and Alex. You two need to go home and get some rest. I'll call you
if anything changes or when she wakes up." "No, I'm not leaving her!" "Meredith you can't do
anything. You haven't slept in 3 days!" "Meredith let's go, she'll be fine." "Okay, I guess you're
right." Arizona smiled. "I'm always right."
At the Shepherd residence----
"I'm sorry Meredith. I shouldn't have yelled at you, I was just upset and scared. I love you so much,
and I love Maycie and Ethan- hey wait, poor kid, where is Ethan?" He's at Cristina's, her and Owen
were taking him to Chuck E. Cheese's." "Cristina said Owen was excited about playing house." "I
didn't want him to go to Lexie's because she's got her hands full with Greyson...and I love you too
Derek and I'm sorry for yelling at you." " I'm just so scared, we take Maycie and Ethan and their
health for granted since we're doctors." Meredith rises up and puts her arms around Derek, who does the same. "Kiss me, Dr. Shepherd. Derek picked Meredith up and placed her on their bed. Meredith moaned
as he kissed his way down her belly button and then began to kiss back up toward her neck. He
wrapped his fingers in her hair, pulling her hair back so he could kiss her neck. He then took her
shirt off and cupped her breasts. Her breathing ragged, Meredith yanked Derek's shirt off and
unzipped his pants. Finally, they were both naked and she took him in her hands and guided him
toward her. "Not so fast", he panted. His tongue ran over her nipples, and then he blew on them,
she almost jumped off the bed. His fingers, then tongue lowered to explore her. She squirmed and
moaned as her muscles clenched and when she came, she laughed. She turned over and pushed
Derek down on the bed. "My turn", she said. He laughed and said, "if you say so". She kissed him
deep, and then lowered herself onto him until he was fully inside her. She threw back her head and
moaned as Derek thrust up into her again and again, and she rode until there was a tingling
everywhere in her body. She came, he came, and then they both came together with such an
intensity that they both let out a cry as they both shattered into sated bliss. When they woke up,
they made love again, this time slower, and sweeter, but with the same orgasmic bliss. Later on,
with Meredith in Derek's shirt, and Derek in just a pair of sweats, they stood in the kitchen eating
cold cereal. "I've got to go to the store", Meredith laughed. "Yes, you do", said Derek as he poured
chocolate syrup into his milk. "I can't believe you still do that," Meredith said. "I find it completely
adorable", she said as she kissed him. He kissed her back, and said, "Well I love my chocolate".
He then squirted some on her neck and licked it off. Twenty minutes and half a syrup bottle later
they both made it into the shower where they cleaned up and then headed back to the hospital,
well rested and happier with each other. They both felt they could face what was to come with their
sweet baby girl as long as they had each other. As they walked into the hospital, Meredith said,
"Derek, do you realize that Monday is our eight year wedding anniversary?" "The post-it
wedding?" Derek looked at her and smiled and said, "I always think of that as our real anniversary.
To me, that night you became Mrs. Derek Shepherd, even if you didn't wear that gown and walk
down the aisle till 2 years later." He leaned down and kissed her cheek, and she smiled as they
stepped into the elevator.
They walked into Maycie's room. Izzie got up and smiled sleepily. "I'm heading home she said, I
have to work tomorrow." "My 3 year olds miss me. By the way, her temp has broken at 98.9 and we
took the vent out about three hours ago." "She still hasn't woken up though. Goodnight you two.
Good night Iz, thanks."
Both of them leaned over their daughter and Meredith whispered, "Maycie, it's Mommy", "and
Daddy," Derek whispered. "Wake up princess, we want to see those beautiful blue eyes." Derek
kissed her forehead, and Meredith held Maycie's hand to her face. Slowly, Maycie opened her
eyes. "Mommy? Daddy? Where am I? My head hurts. My throat hurts." "Oh sweetheart, we missed
you!" "You're in the hospital, you've been really sick but you're getting better." "You can go back
to sleep sweetie." "Are you thirsty? Yes mommy, can I have some water?" Meredith smiled and
got some water as Derek went to find Arizona.
"Well, Miss Maycie Claire, you gave us quite a scare!" "Haha you're funny Zoni," Maycie laughed.
"Can I go home now?" "Sorry sweetums, not tonight. We're gonna keep you here another day and
watch you like a hawk, and then if everything's ok you can go home, ok?" "Right now, I was
wondering if you'd like to see your little brother? He's bugging us wanting to see you." Giggling,
Maycie nodded and held out her arms for her 3 year old brother who ran up and hugged her. "I
miss you sissy", he said. "I missed you too Ethan", she said. "You come home now"? He asked.
"Zoni said maybe tomorrow". "Otay". Meredith and Derek watched their kids, and Derek asked,
"Mer, you ever think of having just one more?" "We'll see Derek, you never know", she said with a
smile.
2 Days Later
"Ready to go home Maycie? Dr. Arizona said you can go home, you're better!" "Yay mommy! I
want to go home, but first can we stop and get an icecream?" Meredith smiled and nodded at her
daughter. "Of course we can sweetie. Let's get you ready to go home." She slid a sweater over
Maycie's head, careful not to touch the stitches, as they were still a little tender. After some tights
and a blue jean skirt, she put her daughter's favorite pink converse shoes on her feet and carried
her out the door, where Derek was waiting with Ethan. With that, the Shepherd family went home.