She sat in Christina's room hoping she would wake up. In only an hour House and his team would be waiting for her to pick them up at the airport. She hoped Christina would be awake by now but between meds and having fallen unconscious her body was resistant to awake. She had barely left the hospital in the last twenty hours and it was nearly one in the morning. The day was catching up to her. She strained to keep her eyes open which was becoming harder and harder with every passing moment.
"Come on, Christina." She mumbled.
The door opened and Mark walked in. "Hey." He said in a hushed tone.
"Hey." She gave him a small smile as he leaned down and kissed her.
"How are you holding up?" He asked kneeling down beside her.
"I want her to wake up. She's my person. What am I supposed to do with out her?"
He pulled her up slipping into her seat before cradling in her lap. "Remember what I told you when we started dating?" He asked as she buried her head into his chest. He laid his head on top of hers taking a deep breath of her hair scent in. The scent he had always loved and found comfort in.
"What?" She whispered.
"I told you that everything is going to be okay. That I will never let anything… not be… okay." She smiled into his chest.
"I love you, Mark."
"I love you too, Babe."
"Uncle Greg and his team will be here soon."
She looked up and kissed him softly. She laid her head down on his shoulder as he stroked her hand with his thumb.
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She nervously played with her hands as she waited for their arrival. Worry for Christina would probably describe how she felt better. She watched as a crowd walked through the gate. Standing up from her chair, she stood up on her tiptoes to see holding her cell phone in her hand.
"Make room, cripple coming through, make room." She laughed as she heard his voice over the crowd. "Cripple coming through!"
He stopped once he saw Meredith as he got to the front of the mass. She smiled and waved at them as his team almost tripped over him and Wilson, who too had stopped. Wilson started to hurry over first, but House tripped him up on his cane causing Meredith to laugh harder.
"No fair." Wilson said getting his footing back. House stuck out his tongue.
"I get to go first." House taunted. She smiled as he pulled her into a hug. "It's good to see you Meri-Ann."
"You too Uncle Greg." Wilson cleared his throat. "It's good to see you too, Jimmy."
He pulled her into a hug as well.
"Uh, excuse me, what's going on here?" Chase's voice came.
House slapped his head sarcastically. "I knew there was something I was forgetting. Meredith, my ducklings. Ducklings, my niece Meredith."
"Hi." She smiled at them.
"And you actually thought I cared about VIP patients." He laughed getting a glare from Meredith. "I mean I care about this VIP patient."
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They got into the car after House made Foreman and Chase put the luggage in the back of Meredith's SUV that Mark had brought her after her jeep died. She glanced down at the clock to see it flashing two am causing her to yawn subconsciously.
"How long have you been up?" Wilson asked.
"Since…" She had to think back to the beginning of her shift. "Five."
"Where are we going?" House badgered.
"To the hospital. I have to check on Christina again before I go home."
"You've been up for 20 hours and you're going back to the hospital?"
"I need to check on her."
"She'll be there in the morning."
"She's my person, I have to. She didn't leave the hospital when I was trapped with the bomb or anything. And I need to make sure that nobody told Burke or I will kick McAss's ass. He wanted to tell Burke."
"Burke the guy who walked away from the wedding?" Wilson asked from the seat behind her.
Meredith nodded glancing in the rearview mirror. "He came back and has been trying to talk to her which is just stupid. That's why she even collapsed because he was stressing her so that's why she thought she had a headache. So basically I blame him for her current state. I had to threaten McAss not to tell him saying that I'll turn him into the board and get his license taken away."
"So where's McSteamy?"
Meredith couldn't help but laugh as House called Mark that. "I think he's at home."
"Where are we staying?" Chase asked. She had almost forgotten that there were three other people in the car.
She shrugged. "I don't know. There are hotels everywhere. I would let you stay at my house… but that would be kind of weird. Besides, I have roommates and a boyfriend, who sleeps at my house. You'll be much more…" Her phone started to ring. "At a hotel." She glanced at the caller-id.
"Hey Alex."
"Is it true?" His voice full of excitement.
"Is what true?"
"House? Your uncle is House?"
"Yeah. So?"
"Seriously, you didn't tell me."
"Sorry." She rolled her eyes. "How is she?"
"No change really." He sighed. "She'll make it. She's Yang."
"I know. Are you still at the hospital or at home?"
"On my way home. With Yang being incapacitated, I had to pick up her slack."
"Like she could help it. Did Burke find out?"
"Not that I know of but it's all up and down the hospital, so it wouldn't surprise me."
"Great. Just what she needs. Did Mark leave yet?"
"I don't know."
"Have you gone to get him coffee in the last… hour?"
"No."
"Then, he's not there. I'll see you when I get home."
"Alright."
She hung up as she came to a stop light.
"Alex? Your roommate?" House asked.
She nodded. "One of them. Izzie is the other."
They pulled into the hospital. "Now let's go over who I have to beat with my cane. Ex-McDreamy aka McAss." She laughed. "Richard."
"I know you don't like him, but he's not a bad guy." She said pulling into a parking spot.
"Do you think I care?" He asked. "And that Lexi girl."
"I don't have any relation with her at all."
"I can still hurt her with my cane. Oh… and Thatcher."
"You don't have to beat anyone. I'll be fine."
She pushed her door open. "Are you going to wait here?"
"And miss the chance to be the night prowler who made McDreamy not so dreamy because of cane-shaped dents in his head?" House said causing Meredith to laugh.
"Jimmy, you coming?" He nodded opening the door. "Are you three coming?"
"We'll wait here." Cameron asked.
"Okay." She shut the door and the three headed towards the door.