After The Fall – Chapter VII
Derek listened as Christina closed the door behind her then turned to Meredith who lay oblivious on the bed. Following the IV from her wrist, up to the vial then over to the breathalyser which connected to the hose which ran finally to the tube hanging limply out of Meredith's mouth, Derek took in a shaky breath and quickly had to sit down in the chair next to her as he felt his knees tremble beneath him.
Hunched over in his chair Derek held up his shaking hands to his face then quickly tried to stop them by clenching them together in a fist.
Looking up at Meredith's face his breathes became more shaken until he quickly grabbed her hand in his, held it up to his mouth and kissed it gently.
"I can't do this." Derek mumbled as he looked down at her limp hand in his. "You have to…I can't…" Derek finally looked up at Meredith's blank face again. "I can't do this without you. I wouldn't know what to do. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't work, I couldn't bake…I would just be…nothing. I just…I cannot imagine any life I would live if you were not there with me."
Derek felt his hands tremble again and lightly placed Meredith's hand back onto the bed as he looked up at her face and tentatively brought his hand to her forehead and gently stroked her hair back. "Wake up." Derek murmured. "Wake up for your stupid, arsehole McDreamy."
Her eyes shot open.
Derek sprang back in utter shock as his chair fell backwards on the floor.
She was looking at him. Her eyes were wide open and she was looking at him.
There was a loud beep. And again, and again, getting faster by the moment. Her eyes closed again.
Derek suddenly fell forwards to Meredith, holding her face in his hands as he tried in vain to wake her up again, but her face was in oblivion as it had been for hours before.
The door crashed open. Derek could hear the rush of people into the room, the pulsating screech of the monitor still throbbing in his ears. "She opened her eyes." Derek looked at Meredith's face in vain once more. "She…her eyes were – "
"Derek…"
Derek looked up at Bailey when he suddenly noticed that the beeping had stopped, and that it had been replaced by a single, long, screeching note.
"Derek get out of the way." Bailey ordered frantically as she pulled up the crash cart and picked up the paddles, pulling down the sheets on Meredith's bed and shocking her.
Derek watched her body stiffen up and leap slightly from the bed as he felt himself gently be pulled away from the side of her bed over to the wall.
"I have to…" Derek murmured in shock.
Mark moved in front of him and looked him in the eyes. "No Derek, you have to stay here. We have to save her."
Derek remained standing he stared past Mark over at Meredith who was leaping rigidly off the bed once more as Bailey put down the paddles. There was a beat but it stopped again. Bailey shocked her again. Meredith's body became stiff again then stopped.
"300." Bailey's words vibrated dully in Derek's ear. The crash cart was charged, Meredith was shocked again. Nothing.
"Charge again!" Suddenly Christina shouted from the other side of the room as she was being held back by Alex from charging over to her bedside.
"Christina." Alex tried to reason with her but the words fell limp as Alex looked over at Meredith again.
"No!" Christina barked angrily as she felt her eyes beginning to glaze over. "No! Try again!"
Izzie grabbed on to George's hand as she stood in shock next to Alex and Christina, her hand covering her mouth as the tears built up around her red eyes. Bailey looked over at them then pressed the button on the crash cart as it charged once more. Biting back a cry as she looked at Meredith's face once more as she brought down the paddles to her chest, Bailey looked up at the stats again.
Nothing.
Bailey didn't need any more outbursts to make her quickly turn back to the crash cart and turn it up to 350. Biting back her pain once more she shocked Meredith. And again. And again. And again.
The single note remained unbroken.
Ignoring the cries of the others that thudded dully in her eyes, Bailey slowly brought out her stethoscope and placed it in her ears, slowly bringing down the diaphragm to Meredith's chest as she heard her own blood thumping in her eyes. Bailey listened through the stethoscope and suddenly felt her stomach turn sick. Her eyes began to sting as a lump formed in her throat, choking her words.
"She's gone."
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NB: …..jesus. Please review.
