I don't own Grey's Anatomy. Nor do I own the song that appears in this chapter, that is property of The Band Perry.
Meredith's POV
"Derek!" I cried as I saw my husband come through the white doors. I jumped up, wrapping my arms around him, smelling his cologne and burying my face in his shoulder, promising to never let go again.
"Meredith," he murmured against my hair before her pulled back to examine my face. He put his hand on my cheek, his thumb gently stroking my stitches. We stood there for a few seconds, not needing words to explain the gratitude we felt.
"Derek," I said freeing myself from his embrace, "Three people, w-we killed three people. Being a surgeon it should be no big deal, but it is! It was our fault, Alex and I. And they had a kid, who's gonna grow up with out parents. Imagine if we died and Zola-" I cut myself off. I hadn't thought about Zola ever since the ambulance and suddenly it him me, we were never getting her back.
"I need to...sit down," I mumbled before falling onto a chair in defeat.
"Meredith," Derek said once again as he crouched down taking my hands inside him, "I'm sorry?"
"What?" I said stupidly. Why was he apologizing? My head started to spin. The whole world was confusing me today.
"I'm sorry for blaming you all this time. All this drama with Zola, you've been going through it alone. I wasn't there for you, I was- I was blaming you for things out of your control. I'm so sorry. And it wasn't until today, when I thought you were dead, that I realized I need to be there for you. You could have died without knowing how much I love you."
"Oh Derek," I said as small triumphant feeling came over me because he had ad what I was hoping he would say for months. "You don't need to apologize, you didn't do anything wrong. I- we'll get through this." He smiled.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, it's just stitches. Alex threw out his back."
"That's good then. Meredith, Janet came by today."
"What?" I said startled, leaning forward in my chair.
"We- Janet gave us another hearing."
"What?" I shouted.
"Shh," Derek said soothingly, "She felt sorry for what she told you. She called the judge to see if there was anything she could do an it turned out the judge hadn't even looked at our file. It must have been a mistake. So...we have a new hearing, next week."
"Holy crap," I said leaning back in my seat once again. Zola. Zola, Zola, Zola. I repeated the nme in her head so many times I became dizzy. The room started to spin once again, fast this time, and suddenly t turned upside down as I fell out of my chair.
Christina's POV
Where the hell was Teddy? I had checked the entire hospital for her and there was no way she could have left place since her Hundai was still in the parking lot. The only thing that was left to check was the patients's rooms. I strolled down the pediatric hall opening doors and muttering a quick greeting to the patient before closing it and continuing on my search. I opened the last door wondering wheather I should check the Ortho or Neuro area next, I found Teddy sitting on the edge of a sleeping girl's bed.
"Teddy!" I breathed. She turned around quickly. As our eyes met I was suddenly reminded of the reason I was looking for her, I had more or less killed her husband. My body tingled as shame went through me and I wondered how I could ever face her again. Teddy's eyes were red, he hair messed up and her face shiny and tear stained. I never thought would see my mentor in such a state.
"Everybody's looking for you," I stuttered, "They want to know if you're okay."
Teddy didn't say anything. She continued to stare at me, stonefaced, betraying no emotion.
"Teddy, I'm so-" I was cut off as she took her eyes off me, stood up and briskly walked out of the room.
"Sorry," I whispered once she was long gone.
2 days later~~~ April's POV
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
"Can you turn off that damn country music before I smash that stereo?" growled Alex. I looked up from my laptop and gave a half-hearted chuckle. Somehow wearing a neck brace and a cast and not being able to move his upper body for a whole week made him a lot less threatening than before. Besides, this was one of the few times Jackson and Lexie weren't home to object to her music and what was Karev gonna do, throw himself at the stereo?
"Try me," I said before going back to my paper. Not being used to not getting his way, he scoffed and rolled his eyes.
And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger
I've never known the lovin' of a man, but it sure felt nice when he was holdin my hand
"These lyrics are stupid!" said Alex over the music, not having been able to keep his mouth shut for two minutes, "Why do you even listen to these songs. What you think some dude's gonna come out of the forest singing this song to hold your virgin hand?"
I couldn't even speak. The nerve of this guy to insult me after I spent two days at home just to take care of him. Well this was going to stop right now.
"You know what Alex? Get over yourself," I said as I stood up from my desk furiously walking to my room to get my bag and coat.
"Where are you going?" asked Alex tiredly.
"To work," I said a bit hysterically making my way to the door, "I did have today off but I'm sure if I just show up there they'll find something for me to do. I was going to stay home today to take care of you but seeing as you're doing well enough to insult me, I think you'll do fine on your own today. I mean you'll have fun today won't you, what with not being able to move and country music CD set on replay. And here," I said tossing the phone to him, "If you get hungry you can dial for pizza with your two good fingers. I'll be sure to leave the door unlocked."
And with that I stormed out the door slamming it behind me. I felt exhilarated. I had just stood up to Alex Karev.
Please review to encourage me to continue! Hey that rhymed...
