A/N: Sorry it took so long to get y'all this! I still don't have internet and my muse ran away... as did this chapter, kind of. Heh. I hope you all enjoy. As always, I don't own a darn thing.
"Derek's been suspended."
Meredith's eyes flew open as she resisted the urge to sit up, all traces of sleep quickly leaving her as Lexie barged into the room with a bag of food. She cleared her throat, itching behind her ear with a frown on her lips.
"What the hell happened?"
"Uh, well," Lexie lifted the side of her mouth up in a half-hearted smile, setting the food down and moving to the side of the bed. "He went after Mark again like an idiot and Chief said he couldn't afford his head of Neurosurgery running around throwing punches every time it fancied him."
"Is he okay? Mark, I mean." She licked her bottom lip, taking the drink from her sister with a smile. "Derek's a dumb ass for trying to start something again."
"Callie's x-raying his face right now. He told me to tell you that he'll come see you when he's finished." The young brunette pulled the food out of the bag, handing over the ice cream first. "Jackson got pulled into an emergency surgery with Robbins, so that's why he never showed."
"Cristina was here earlier," she assured her sister as she placed the drink down and took the ice cream, grabbing the gummy worms before she could put them away. "Is it all over the hospital?"
"You mean that you're a whore who sleeps with all the Attendings?" Lexie laughed as she crinkled her face up in disgust at Meredith's eating habits. "Yeah, that is definitely all over the hospital."
"Seattle Grace Mercy West really needs to get a new hobby that doesn't involve me," she groaned before taking a huge bite of ice cream.
"Not even going to lie, I won fifty dollars in the bet." The brunette grinned, grabbing a gummy worm and biting the head off. "They wouldn't let me go full in cause we live in the same house."
"You're telling me that the bet over my baby-daddy just bought me lunch?"
"Basically."
Meredith shrugged, licking the spoon as she leaned back and closed her eyes, riding out a wave of pain. She couldn't really blame the younger doctor for going for the easy bet; Lexie had to know that her and Derek hadn't had sex in months. "Who else went for Sloan?"
"Torres and Robbins, Jackson, Cristina, Alex and a handful of the nurses. You'd be surprised at how many people bet on Alex, though." She shook her head, chewing on the gummy. "I think it boosted his ego a little too much."
"That was an easy win for all of you except Jackson, unless you told him that Derek and I haven't slept together in months, and the nurses."
"He just kinda went with my bet," Lexie shrugged as her pager started going off. "Crap."
"Go ahead, I'll probably just go back to sleep when I finish eating." Meredith offered a smile, chewing on a gummy.
"Eat some of the healthy stuff, too," Lexie warned as she stood up and disappeared out the door.
"Yes, mother," the older doctor muttered to the empty room as she finished off the pint of ice cream. "I thought I was the older sister."
"When you get pregnant, that all flies out the window."
Meredith jerked her head up to see none other than Addison Montgomery walking through the door, the ice cream and gummies churning unpleasantly inside her stomach. Whoever had called the redhead needed their ass kicked; they needed it kicked so bad that Meredith was all but tempted to climb out of bed herself and do it.
"Mark called," Addison answered the unasked question as she flashed a smile and closed the door behind her. "Followed by Cal and Richard."
"That's a lot of ass to kick," the dirty blond muttered as she pressed her good hand against her ribs.
"I wouldn't recommend it in the state you're in," the older doctor offered as she sat down in the chair Lexie had vacated minutes ago.
"If someone just points me in the right direction and holds me up, I can do the ass kicking part."
"As much as I think Mark Sloan needs his ass kicked," Addie started as she snitched a gummy from the table. "Maybe that should wait until your leg heals, at least."
"Have you seen him?" She frowned, pushing her hair out of her face. "Lexie said Derek went at him again and that he was getting x-rays."
"The stubborn man that you speak of is currently stitching his own face up and refusing to let anyone else help."
"Sounds about right," she muttered. "Did you see Derek or has Chief made him leave already?"
"He was leaving as I came in," Addison confirmed. "And pissed as hell that I came."
"You're supposed to be on his side," Meredith bit her lip, glancing towards the door and back at the other woman. "Not on the cheating girlfriend and ex-best friend's side."
"I'm not picking sides," she offered. "I'm here to see a patient who is pregnant and needs my help."
"I didn't tell them to call you," she spit out. "I would never.. I mean, it's Mark. I wouldn't do that." She shook her head, itching the side of her face as she glanced around the room.
"Meredith, it's alright. I know you wouldn't have but Mark, Callie and Richard do not have the same problem." The redhead offered up a smile, reaching out to pat the younger woman's hand. "And don't worry about Mark, I've known for a while now."
"Callie told me," she remembered. "I-I really didn't, uh, mean to.."
"You didn't do anything," Addison assured before her face became serious. "I just hope that you're not leading him on, about keeping the baby."
"I'm not," she replied quickly before she glanced away. "I wouldn't get rid of the baby, I can't get rid of her."
"He warned me that you were persistent about it being a girl."
"I just have a feeling," she murmured to herself as the door opened again, forcing her to look up and her lips to form a smile.
"That feeling is going to win me fifty bucks," Mark smirked as Addison stood up, turning to look at the man.
"You bet on the gender of your baby?" Addison's eyebrow shot up, turning to both of them before shaking her head. "It's the hospital. I swear, it ruins everyone."
"And yet you keep coming back for more," he chuckled as he moved to the side of the bed.
"I figure if I keep the visits to a minimum that I won't be affected.. much."
"Good luck with that," Meredith laughed, pressing her hand to her ribs. "Damn it."
"I'll be back later to take a look," Addison promised as her hand rested on the door knob. "I need to find Richard and have a talk with him about ordering me from LA at the drop of a hat…"
Witt that the redhead doctor left the room, closing the door behind her as Meredith shook her head and Mark chuckled, his eyes crinkling with concern as he turned to study Meredith. His face was bruising now, a cut above his left eyebrow and along his right cheekbone.
"Derek's on the list," she muttered.
"The list?"
She glared at him now, remembering how the list came about. "Yes, the list. And you're at the top, mister; bringing Addison in? Seriously, Mark?"
