I'm really happy that everyone's enjoying this fic and I know you all are curious about what's going to happen with Meredith and Derek's reaction but it's all coming soon.
It turns out that the patient Derek was paged in for was fine. The intern monitoring had freaked out when they saw that there was change in their vitals, it was only when Derek told them that it was a good thing that he was finally able to relax. Unfortunately for Derek it meant that he was pulled out bed with his wife and a good nights sleep for nothing.
He debated going back home but when he looked at his watch and saw it was six o'clock in the morning and knew he would have to be back within the next hour he realized that it would be pointless and useless. So he decided to go over some charts.
Glancing at his watch he saw that it was a little over 8 in the morning and there was still no sign of Meredith. Pulling out his phone he decided to call her.
"Hey, Mer…it's me. Just wondering where you are. I know you know you have a shift so call me back when you get this." Derek said as he hung up the phone glancing up to see Mark walking over.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Meredith's not answering her phone." Derek said looking at his phone
"She's in today, right?" Mark asked
"Yeah…"
"So, she'll probably be in soon. Considering the way the weather is outside, I'm not surprised she's not here yet." Mark said then looked at the Tv "Turn that up…" turning to a nurse.
"Police are urging Seattle residents to stay off the roads as driving conditions worsen." The news reporter said.
"What?" Mark asks Derek as he sees his face filled with worry as he continues to check his phone. "I'm sure Meredith is fine, she's probably driving 5 miles and hour to be careful, you heard what the guy said."
"Yeah, I know what the guy said Mark. But not knowing where my wife is especially with the weather doesn't make me worry any less." Derek said, snapping.
"Look man, I get it do…" Mark said apologetically
"Sorry, I just wish she'd call or something…"
"I'm sure she's okay. Would you rather her call you while she's driving and risk…"
"Ok, ok, I get what you mean. But that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to worry." Derek said interrupting him.
"I never said you weren't." Mark said softly "But checking your phone every second won't do anything. Go get coffee or something, I'm sure Meredith will be here soon" He told him then looked as his pager went off "Listen, I got to go, but just relax and do something to pass the time." Mark told him as he left to check on his patient.
Realistically, Derek knew that Mark was right. With the weather so bad Meredith was probably taking her time to get to work so there was no point in calling her, as he didn't want her to answer as she was driving. Looking outside he saw how bad it was and he almost wished that she wasn't on her way to the hospital and that she decided to stay home, only he knew his wife so she was on her way.
He looked at his watch before deciding to go check the OR board to see if there were any surgeries he could view as his only critical patient was stable and in recovery. It was rare that he had nothing to do so watching a surgery seemed liked a good way to pass the time waiting for his wife.
I know it's short…but I hope you all with bear with me…more is coming!
