Collide

Derek walked out of the OR. He was so stressed out, and now he had lost his patient ten minutes into surgery. He pulled off his mask and threw it in the trash and continued on to wash his hands. After finishing up in the scrub room he walked to the nurses station and informed them that when they found the family, they needed to page him. He needed to go see Meredith, he had already waited until after surgery. When he walked into her room, she was alone and asleep. Izzie walked up behind him.

"She just fell asleep. I think we should let her rest. I'll stay up here with her if you want to go see Delia again Derek." Izzie said.

"Ok, thank you Izzie. I'm really glad that I'm getting to spend time with her. Its like a part of me feels whole again. I have her to look forward to." He said with a smile.

"Derek, I know that you are happy that you are getting to know your daughter and all, but please don't hurt Meredith again. I don't think she could take it." Izzie said.

"I know. I just want us to be a family again. I made a mistake." He said as he turned to walk towards the elevator. The ride to the waiting room was full of anticipation. He just wanted to hold his daughter again. He smiled as he thought of all of the dance recitals, school projects, and fathers day cards would be in the future. All of that turned sour as the smile left his face. "What the hell" he said quietly as he made his way off of the elevator. Was he really seeing this? He tried to compose himself as he walked towards the man that was holding his daughter.

"I would really appreciate it if you would hand me my daughter and walk out of my hospital" he spat at Finn, who was feeding Delia a bottle. Finn looked up into Derek's eyes, seeing the rage that was taking over.

"Derek, I was just watching her while Lexie went to to the bathroom. What did you expect me to do? Leave her by herself" he said as he put her into her car seat that was sitting on the floor. Derek watched him buckle her in. The pain and anger Derek was feeling was overwhelming. That man was touching his daughter.

"Who the hell do you think you are! I want you to leave now!" Derek said in a low tone. He was about to snap.

"Derek, I think this is up to Meredith. I have been here for her throughout this whole thing. You weren't there when Meredith was so pregnant she could barley get down the stairs. And what about the first time Delia opened her eyes, her first bath, Derek. You weren't there. You keep hurting Mer and if you keep this up Delia might not have a mom. She almost drank herself to death because of you." Finn shot back.

"You think I don't feel guilty about that? I want to be apart of her life! I want to start over. I still love Meredith, and I'm not just going to sit back and watch some other man hold my daughter, let alone fuck my ex-wife in MY house!"

He felt a fist collide with his face, and the next thing he knew, he was looking at the ceiling. His head was pounding and Izzie was standing over him trying to help him up.

"Derek, are you ok? You've been out for almost five minutes." she said.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Where is that asshole?" He replied sitting up with a hand to his temple. He was never going to hear the end of this from Meredith.

"He left Derek. What the hell happened? He gave Delia to Lexie without saying a word and stormed out the front door."

"He was holding my daughter! That's what happened. I yelled at him and he punched me!" Derek said trying to stand up. Izzie helped him into a chair.

"Why are you so angry about him holding Delia? He was just trying to help Derek" Izzie replied.

"Look, I know that you don't care too much about me after what I did to Mer, but i'm not gonna let her boyfriend hold my daughter in my presence." He said.

"Meredith doesn't have a boyfriend Derek" she said with a serious look on her face.

"They aren't dating?" He said, embarrassment washing over his face.

"No Derek. They are friends. He's engaged." She replied.

"Oh my god." he said as he put his head into his hands.

Meredith was going to kill him...

this chapter was tough. so he was making progress with Mer, and now he's started a fight with finn...sucks to be Derek!! what do you guys think???