Disclaimer- I do not own the show/ the characters *sobs* all rights saved for Shonda & Co.
A/N- this is a series of one-shots about the ambulance crash in the end of "Dark was the Night" (8X09).
enjoy :)
Chapter 4:
"charge to 250; clear!" Owen was trying to save his wife's "person"
"please Mer you have to fight"
"no change, push one of epi"
"you have to fight for Zola" Derek was now freely sobbing
"charge to 300; clear!" *beep* *beep* *beep* "she's back" everyone let out a breath they didn't know they were holding.
About half an hour later
Derek was sitting next to Meredith and held her hand when he heard the door opens; he turned around and saw Janet- Zola's social worker holding the most important thing in his life. The light in the darkest days, the joy in the most depressing times; the girl that makes everything seem ok even when it's all bad.
"I'm sorry to hear about Meredith. I came to your home but you weren't there so I came here to tell you the news"
"what news?" Derek sounded exhausted
"after the judge had reviewed your case he decided to give Zola back to you. She's yours forever"
Derek smiled for the first time in many hours and hurried to get his little baby.
"I'll leave you alone. You just need to sign some papers but don't worry about it. You just need to focus now on Zola and Meredith."
A few minutes after Janet left Derek heard a soft groan.
"Mer? Can you open your eyes?"
Slowly Meredith opened her eyes. All she could feel was pain all over her body. She tried to focus on Derek when her eye wandered to the little girl sitting on his lap. A small smile came across her face when she realized she got her baby back. She wanted to talk but then she noticed there's a tube in her throat, she started to panic.
"please try to relax. You still can't breathe on your own. I'll give you a piece of paper and a pen to write."
Derek looked at what Meredith wrote
"when did we get Zola? Will she stay with us forever this time?"
Derek quietly laughed a little "yes. Janet came a few minutes ago and said the judge decided to give us ZoZo back"
Meredith looked relieved but she had many more questions about her medical condition.
"what are my injuries? How long was I out?"
"you had a gash on your forehead that Mark stitched so you probably won't have a scar. You had internal bleeding in your spleen so Dr. Bailey had to take it out; you also had many cuts from all the pieces of glass. Both of your legs were crushed but Callie repaired most of the damage so after a lot of PT you'll be back standing in the OR." Derek said trying to stay positive.
A single tear ran down Meredith's eye, she wiped it and then pointed her finger at the vent and looked at Derek. He understood what she meant.
"your body is too weak now to breathe on your own, it needs to focus on recovery. The fact that you didn't fight it when you woke up worries me." Derek just realized how badly injured Meredith was- even breathing was impossible for her body.
"can I hold Zola?"
"I don't think you're strong enough right now to do that but you can stroke her hair."
Meredith nodded and Derek held Zola close to Meredith so she can almost hold her without putting Zola's weight on her incisions.
After Derek took Zola Meredith's eyes closed and she fell asleep.
This chapter is a little shorter but during the weekend I'll have more time to write.
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