"Seattle." Meredith said out loud
She sighed as she drove through the green traffic light. She knew she was going to have to drive passed the hospital, but she didn't want to and she didn't know another way to go to get to her hotel. She took a deep breath and began to drive slowly passed. Luckily the only person outside waiting on an ambulance was Isobel Stevens and what Meredith could only think to be her interns, standing there, looking afraid. Meredith smiled. Izzie was going pretty good after all. She had to remember to ask Cristina about her later.
As she passed the hospital, Izzie thought she has seen Meredith drive by, but then she thought she was seeing things. The sirens began to ring and Izzie and the interns stood on their toes as Izzie looked and definitely saw the blue jeep turn a corner.
"Meredith." Izzie whispered.
"Who?" Shaun, one of Izzie's interns asked.
"Oh, um, no one. Stop asking question and get your ass moving." She yelled to her interns and looked back to see if she saw the car again, but nothing. She shrugged and got to work.
Meredith finally got to her hotel and was checked in and everything. Lilly was still asleep and Meredith had laid her down on the bed, gave her her Tinker bell blanket and cup and turned on the TV on low and settled down to relax.
Later that night, Meredith ordered a pizza because she didn't feel like taking Lilly out in the weather, with it being so cold in Seattle at the time of the year. She took a slice from the box, cut it up and sat it down in front of Lilly, who was in her booster seat at the table.
"Here you go sweetie, pepperoni." Meredith says and grabs a piece for herself and sits down with her two year old. Lilly wasn't starting to eat.
"Baby, what's wrong?" Meredith asks, knowing something was wrong if Lilly wasn't eating because Lilly loved to eat.
"My tummy not happy." She says
"Your tummy is not happy?" Meredith asks with a laugh.
"Maybe you should eat some pizza. I bet it would help and make that belly feel like there is a party in there." She says
"Yuck." She says and pushes it out of the way.
"You have to eat. Try a bite." Meredith says.
After Meredith said that, Lilly puked on the floor. Meredith felt bad for saying Lilly was basically lying.
"Lilly." Meredith says and goes over to her, grabbing a trash can.
"Get it all out in here sweetie. "She says and takes her daughter and holds her, rubbing her tiny back. Lilly began to cry because she was scared, not knowing what's going on. She continued to throw up for about five minutes.
Meredith hugged her close when she was finished and rubbed her back, but then noticed Lilly was really hot and sweaty.
"Lilly, honey, does your tummy still feel bad?" she asks
Lilly only nods, falling asleep in Meredith's arms, or what she thought was falling asleep.
Meredith felt Lilly's forehead and gasped. "Oh my God!" Meredith said out loud
"I need to get her to the hospital!" She says and grabs Lilly's coat and throws it on her. She could tell by the way Lilly was feeling and her symptoms that something was not right. She wasn't sure what it was, but she knew with being a doctor at all that something was not right. Lilly had passed out in her arms, but still had a pulse. The only hospital near was Seattle Grace, where she would have to take her.
She made sure Lilly was bundled up and ran out the door, forgetting her own jacket. She buckled Lilly in the car seat, got in the front seat and sped as fast as she possibly could to the hospital. Panic mode had set in for her majorly. She was scared, not of running into Derek, but for her daughter. She didn't know what was going on.
They got to the hospital about five minutes later and Meredith rushed in.
"I need help!" she said with Lilly in her arms, threshold style.
The familiar faces of Seattle Grace turned to look at her. There stood Miranda Bailey, Isobel Stevens, Alex Karev, and George O'Malley.
"Meredith Grey?" Bailey asked and ran over to her, with interns grabbing a gurney.
"What's going on?" She asked as they wheeled Lilly down the hall.
"I...I...don't know. We were eating dinner and she said she didn't feel well and before I knew it she was sick and passed out." She said
"Oh okay. We are going to have to do some tests and what not. Can you please tell me her mother or father, so we can contact them." Bailey said, not knowing that Meredith had a baby. She just knew Meredith moved to a new hospital.
"Her mother is Meredith Grey! Me! I am her mother!" Meredith screams, afraid, like any normal mother would be.
Bailey was taken back in shock, but snapped out of it to get the little girl to a room. "Oh, well, once we get settled, you will have to figure it out and Meredith, don't worry, we are going to do whatever it takes to help your little girl."
"Lilly." Meredith says.
"Lilly. Bailey says and smiles as they go down the hall into the ER.
Meredith ran with them, but unfortunately, like any other parent, Meredith wasn't allowed in the exam room. She waited outside, and watched through the window. She stood there, shaking and crying, just as Addison Montgomery walked by.
"Meredith?" She asked, looking at her.
"Addison, thank God." She says
"Please, it's Lilly. You have got to go help her." She begs.
"I am on my way in this room right no…" She says and then stops looking in the room.
"That's her. You are going in there with my baby." Meredith says
Addison takes a breath, "I'm going to what I can to figure out what is going on and when I do, I will come find you. Please sit down, calm down, before you end up in the ER as well Dr. Grey." Addison says and Meredith just looks at her.
"I can't calm down! That's my baby in there!" she exclaims
"I know and right now, I am going in, so please calm down." She says and then goes in. Addison rests against the door for a minute to breathe. Meredith Grey was in the hospital with her daughter. Derek's daughter was here. She suddenly found herself flashing back to a night where she and Derek had a serious conversation.
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September 19, 2006
Derek's and Addison's trailer
"I delivered a premature baby girl today." Addison said as she laid there on Derek's chest and he twirled her hair. Addison had gotten back from the hospital about an hour ago and she was exhausted.
"Was she and the mother ok?" He asks
"Couldn't be any better. The baby is healthy and the mother is as well. We had a lot of complications at first, but with an epidural and time, mom was able to push her out. The baby is in the NICU, but she is going to be fine." Addison said and wiped tears away, so Derek wouldn't see, but too late. He had heard her.
"Addie?" He asks
"Why are you crying?" He says, rubbing her back. "It was just another patient. You deal with this all the time."
"Not like this. This mother had complications throughout her whole pregnancy and the little baby survived. It's just so rewarding seeing a baby survive like that and knowing I did it." She says through tears.
"You are an amazing surgeon and OBGYN. I am sure that mother is grateful for your service." He says and hugs her close.
Addison sniffles. "Derek?" She says as she hugs him back
"Yeah?"
She takes a long breathe, "The woman I delivered a baby to today, was Meredith Grey." She says and waits for his response
"What?!" He asks, not sure what to say.
She nods. "She was only seven and a half months along Derek."
"Meredith. Are you sure?"
"I'm sure and I'm also sure that the baby I birthed today is yours Derek." She says still crying.
Derek just sat there in shock and in disbelief.
"You're lying." He says.
"Am I? Do the math Derek. She left six months ago to move to a new hospital. She left because she was pregnant." Addison said
Derek was in shock and not sure what to think. He just looked at his wife in disbelief.
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Seattle Grace
Present Day
"Dr. Montgomery, we need you now." Erin, a neonatal intern said as she was standing by Lilly's side.
She nods and rushed over to her.
About an hour later, she came out and found Meredith, sitting outside against the wall.
Meredith gets up immediately.
"How is she?" Meredith asked
"She is going to be actually. She just has pneumonia. I want to keep her overnight for observation. She is awake now and we are going to move you to a room with her on the children's floor." She says
"Thank you." Meredith says and shakes Addison's hand
"No problem." She says and walks away
"Addison?" Meredith says and she turns around
"Yeah?"
"What caused her to pass out?"
Addison walks back to her. "Oh. That was her body responding to the pneumonia. It's nothing to worry about. Her body just went into shock, but she is fine now."
Meredith nods and Addison begins to walk away again.
"Addison, I don't want…"
She turns around, cutting her off.
"I won't tell Derek you're here, but I can't stop him from running into you."
She nods and smiles, going into her room where Lilly had been moved.
She sits down beside her sleeping daughter and kisses her on the head.
"I'm so glad you are okay." She whispers and then relaxes.
Meanwhile, Isobel Stevens had walked by and decided to walk in.
"Hey." She says
"Hi." Meredith says "How are…"
"You had a baby?" Iz asks.
Meredith nods.
"How old is she?" izzie questions.
"she just turned two in September." Meredith clarifies.
Izzie nods. "Why didn't you tell anyone?" She asks, being blunt
"Because, it wasn't anyone else's business." She says.
"But you just left. You didn't say goodbye to anyone, you just left." Izzie says.
"I'm sorry Izzie. I had to do what I need to do."
Izzie just shakes her head and walks away, stopping at the door.
"Is the baby Derek's?" She asks
Meredith just looks at her and smiles
"Yes." Meredith comes out with.
"She is Derek's daughter."