Okay, there seems to be a little confusion with the events. I'm sorry, I should have been clearer.
Meredith was still the girl with the bomb.
Bailey didn't push. Addison stole an OR.
Derek and Burke left and instead of Addison, he finds Meredith downstairs after the explosion.
I wrote this because really, when a freaking bomb goes off, how did only one person die?
Day Eleven
They recovered the footage.
First he and Tucker leave the OR floor, then Burke.
And then Meredith and the bomb squad, rolling the gurney down the corridor, inch by agonising inch.
Yang is there too, some sort of one - woman honor guard.
Bailey, and the isolette with her son in it.
No Addison.
" She waited. " Richard slumps defeated in his chair.
" For what? " he asks numbly .
" You. " he stares at him like he's lost his mind, which may be true. " She knew you were operating on Bailey's husband. She thought you were still there. She waited for you. "
I never deserved you.
-Derek.
Day Twelve
You know, I don't speak girl. But you were there when I needed you and you didn't make a sob fest out of it. Thank you for that. And if writing on this thing makes you get better then I'll write the freaking Declaration of Independence.
-Cristina Yang.
The Montgomeries leave, trailing apologies and promises to return.
He's secretly relieved; he likes to think that so is she.
Hey Addie, they're gone now. Go on and wake up.
Derek.
Day Thirteen
It's an unlucky number.
She develops a slight infection and a fever.
No visitors allowed.
He finds the hospital chapel for the first time in the year he's been here.
I'm still on your service, for what it's worth. Come yell at me, it's no fun without you. And seriously, your guy's praying. Could you stop him from making an idiot of himself? Because clearly you're going to kick ass as usual and be up before we know it.
-Karev.
Day Fourteen
Savvy hugs him in a cloud of perfume and tears, Weiss claps him on the back and sits with him while he tries to breathe without choking.
Sweetie, this isn't what we planned for our next meeting. It was supposed to involve shopping and spa day and no men. Derek rarely leaves, you know. I bought you that bag. You know the one. Wake up and I might let you have it.
-Sav.
Archer calls once a day to demand updates.
He lets Mark deal with him, manwhore to manwhore.
Addie ,I know you're mad at Derek, but he's falling apart. He loves you. He's too stupid to know it and too thick to show it. You never gave me that dance at last year's owe me one dance, and I know you're not one to forfeit.
-Weiss.
Do you remember that place, with the bed? And the sheets, and room service? And that place with the boat? We'll go back there.
-Derek.
Day Fifteen
Archer is back. He's staying at the Archfield.
Mark is at the Archfield.
Callie is at the Archfield.
He sticks to his trailer. Her perfume still lingers .
It used to annoy him; it mingled with the steam from the tiny shower in mornings and settled into everything.
He's grateful for it now, because it makes the trailer feel a little bit like home.
I know you can't eat them but I baked you some muffins. Blueberry . It's what I do when someone is sick. They're really good. Your friend ate most of them though. I would be honored to work with you. And I don't hate you. None of us do. We tried, believe me. But we don't.
-Izzie S.
Addie. This isn't the end of us. I need you, I need your bitching and your whining and wine nights with you and your shoulder to cry on and I need you to be there kicking my ass whenever I need it. Maya needs her godmother. Derek needs you. So this is not the end of us.
-Naomi.
Sam asks where he was when it happened.
Archer sneers and tells him he was babysitting his intern.
His intern is on the step of his trailer when he gets back.
" I'm sorry. " she whimpers, a pitiful sound.
You certainly are. Sorry is a good word for you.
He lets her sleep in the bed tonight. Neither of them should be left alone.
He sits on the deck all night.
Day Sixteen
My Addie lives to cut. My Addie is a fighter, she doesn't back down, and she always wins. Remember your intern year? I could see the greatness in you. You're my star. Don't forget that.
-Richard.
Addison, Naomi has eaten all the muffins. Please wake up. I wrote a book. I'll leave it here so you can have a good laugh when you do.
-Sam.
Tucker Montgomery Jones. That is my son's name. I would like to be able to point him towards the person it came from in about five years when he's getting teased on the playground. So quit lazing around and get up.
-Miranda.
The trailer doesn't smell like her anymore.
The traces of her are starting to fade.
Archer finds Meredith in an on call room and tells her she'll never measure up. She'll never be enough.
Joe calls that night, something about too much tequila and men with dirty eyes.
He can't leave her there , Cristina is nowhere to be found and Izzie no longer speaks to Meredith.
So he takes her home.
Archer asks if he's found a nanny yet.
Day Seventeen
He puts his ring on again.
He'd have done it sooner, he tells himself, but he couldn't find it.
He holds her hand, tracing his thumb over the pale circle where her rings used to be, and understands for the first time what it feels like to be the only one left in a marriage.
I'm sorry. One last chance, that is all I want to make this right. We're still us.
-Derek.
Come on, Adds. You once bet me a hundred Derek would pull off a aneurysm repair without blowing it and you lost. I'll bet you a grand he can't pull this off without you and I'll gladly lose this time. The man's a mess. Cut him a break.
-Mark.
Eleven days to go.
He's been married to her for eleven years but now all he has are eleven days and it feels like karma laughing in his face.
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