She sat in the room. The kids were sleeping on one of the beds together. Meredith was sitting in the chair between that bed and the space where Maggie's bed was going to go. She was rubbing her head having formed a headache from all the stress. It had been nearly six hours since Maggie had been taken into surgery. From what she figured, it would be another two or three hours. The kids had been going non-stop without a nap since six in morning when the kids decided to come in and jump on Meredith's bed. There was a quiet knock on the door and she looked up to see who was coming in.
"How are you doing?" Richard asked. Meredith squeezed her eyes trying to make her vision less foggy.
"Stressed as hell. Worried."
"Do you need anything?"
She shook her head. "She helped me through the worse of times after Carson was born. What if she doesn't make it?" She cried.
"She'll make it." He rested his hand on her shoulder. "I don't know what to do with Carson and Alex and…" She wiped her eyes. "What kind of mother am I? I'm keeping my son from his father."
"You're a great mother. You're protecting him."
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Two hours later…
"Dr. Grey?" Derek said walking in noticing the two kids sleeping he lowered his voice. "How is she?"
"She made it through surgery. They're bringing her here now."
"Were there any complications?"
"She crashed once during surgery." He said after a few seconds. "As for any complications now… I'm not sure."
She nodded and looked over his shoulder to see a couple of nurses wheeling in Maggie.
"Mags." She said hurrying to the bed even though she was still unconscious.
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The next day…
She got up early even though she didn't fall asleep until nearly one in the morning just incase Maggie woke up. Eventually she could resist the sleep any longer and she fell into a deep sleep in the uncomfortable rock of a chair. When she opened her eyes to the sound of the door opening, she rubbed her hand over her face and yawned as Alex walked in.
"I'm just checking on her vitals." He said quickly noticing she was waking up.
"Why? You're a plastic surgeon."
"Pit is full. Nuero is all down there. Doing a favor for Shepherd."
She looked back at the bed to see the kids were starting to move around meaning they were going to wake up soon.
"That your son?"
"Yeah." She smiled but still looked at the kids. "What are you doing here, Alex?"
"What do you mean?" He said looking at her.
"Here? With me? Talking to me like that?"
"I'm trying to make conversation. I want us to be okay."
"I just need time and..." She sighed. "I just need time to get everything right in my head. Between this and Maggie and everything. I just can't think."
"Mama." Carson's voice came. Meredith got up and walked over to the bed.
"Good Morning, Baby." She picked him up.
"Good Morning."
"Are you hungry?" He nodded. "We'll go get something when Whitney wakes up." She let him back down on the bed and looked at Alex. "Is everything okay? With her vitals?"
Alex looked over at her and nodded. "They're fine."
"So she should wake up soon?"
He looked at her again. "I hope so." His eyes fell to the two kids in the bed. Whitney was asleep still, but Carson was awake.
"Who are you?" Carson asked looking over at Alex.
"I'm Alex." He said waking towards them.
"I'm Carson A…"
"He's the doctor Carson." She said cutting him off knowing where it was going.
Carson's eyes grew wide. That's when Alex first noticed them. They were grey-green eyes with his hair falling down into them.
"Like Mommy?" He said. Meredith nodded looking back up at Alex. He was staring at Carson.
"Let's go see if we can page Grandpa." Meredith said lifting him to the ground. She walked passed Alex following Carson to the hall.