Disclaimer: Unfortunately Grey's does not belong to me… I only own Cass, Maeve, David, and Eileen…
I have been having a hard time with this fic but I finally decided what I will do… it will be a little shorter than I planned but will have most of the same basis as it began. So please stick with me, it means there will still be a secret, but it does not necessarily mean Meredith will stand around and let it stay a secret…
Also, I am so sorry for taking forever to update this. Junior year has started out rough for me but once field hockey is over I will have free time after school before dance and the weekends still so I will update more often… especially once I am done my final two chapters of Love Can Never Be Forgotten and 10 or so chapters of If Only I Knew… thanks for sticking with me.
Last chapter was mostly a filler and the last of Cass with Meredith in that sense. This chapter is weeks after the basement incident beginning with Meredith with slowly begun to forget about her yet again and start focusing on baby making yet again. It also ended very nastily. This chapter has more violence but it is not as bad so I have warned you… you'll get a feel for how this story will continue by the end of this chapter…
Two weeks later…
Meredith rolled over and slammed her hand down on the alarm.
"Hmm," she moaned as Derek ran her arm across her stomach and down her thigh.
"Good morning," he smiled.
"Morning," she mumbled. He rolled on top of her and began trailing kisses along her neck. "We have work in an hour."
"We always have work," Derek complained.
"Yes but I am on your service today indefinitely," Mer giggled. "We are declaring today."
"Yeah, yeah," he smirked. "If I sign off on it."
"Stop teasing me Derek," Mer giggled, smacking him on his bare chest. "You know you love working with me."
"Keep believing that Dr. Shepherd," Derek chuckled and rolled off of her. "What I do enjoy, is taking a shower with you." She folded her arms across her chest and sat up.
"If you keep being mean to me, we can't do the bendy thing," Meredith raised her eyebrows.
"You're killing me Mer," he growled.
"Or we can't have babies," Mer reminded him. Derek shook his head as she referred to the baby book Izzie had given them, that had everything from a diet, to different sex positions, but Meredith's favorite section was the one that stated that the woman must come before all.
"I want to have your babies, I want to do the bendy thing, I want to have a shower with you, and I want to spend the rest of our lives working with you," Derek said, holding his hand out for her. "Happy?"
"You forgot one thing," she smiled.
"I love you with all my heart," Derek sighed.
"Just a quickie," Meredith giggled jumping up and dragging him to the shower. After their shower Meredith and Derek got dressed, got coffee, and left their house in the woods. Blissfully happy.
Several hours later…
"I've got 100 dollars on Shepherd, anyone else?" a nurse announced.
"This is so stupid," Derek muttered. "We all know…"
"I will," Arizona piped up. "50 dollars, neuro."
"Really?" Derek said.
"What can I say," Arizona shrugged. "Besides her and Yang, Stevens, Karev, Avery, and Kepner are all up for grabs; why not just put money in on something that I will actually get some back. That and I still say Peds for Karev."
"I said Stevens would go with Peds," Callie said. "She's a sucker for kids. Avery and Yang are probably cardio. Karev's definitely gyne or plastics, and Kepner… well I just put in some for everything for her."
"Avery and Kepner I understand, but Karev?" Owen asked. "He used to be a manwhore but-"
"You should have seen him when Addison was around," Mark smirked. "Followed her around like a puppy dog, not that he really had a choice, but, I am confident that Karev will choose plastics."
"After you've been so welcome," Derek rolled his eyes.
"Ever think of Kepner choosing ortho?" Mark questioned. "Actually some down on that."
"Breaking bones, Kepner," Callie snorted.
"I don't know, she surprises me every day," Owen shrugged.
"So what, you think she'd do trauma?" Derek smirked.
"She's quick on her feet, she could.. and Karev could do trauma too, he and O'Malley were fighting for it back in the day," he suggested.
"I'll put some on Kepner from trauma," Derek reasoned. "If Hunt thinks she can I want to win money since you all won't let me bet on my wife."
"It would be cheating Derek!" Arizona shook her head.
"Here they come!" the nurse bellowed. Everyone leaned in as the six residents exited the conference room.
"Cardio," Cristina said proudly and ran to Owen.
"General," Izzie squealed. Callie's face fell.
"Plastics," Jackson told them.
"Damn," Callie, Owen, and Arizona muttered.
"I could deal with Avery," Mark nodded.
"Peds," Alex mumbled.
"You disappoint me," Mark sighed.
"Mer?" Derek asked.
"Neuro," she smiled and rested her head against his chest.
"Trauma," April said.
"I was wrong, for all of them," Mark scowled.
"HA!" Owen bellowed. "Thanks Kepner!"
"Yeah thanks Kepner," Derek chuckled and split the money with her "Let's go Dr. Shepherd, got a brain tumor with your name on it."
"Will you let me open?" Mer asked nicely.
"If you are nice to me I'll let you do the dissection too," Derek said. Meredith's eyes widened and followed him eagerly. Soon after that Izzie was swooped away by Bailey, Karev by Arizona, Avery with Mark, and Yang with Altman. That only left Callie.
"Hey, does that mean I don't get a pack mule," she exclaimed as her pager went off. "Grey!" she snapped at Lexie who was watching from the side. "You're with me!" They ran down to find Mark and Jackson already in the trauma room.
"Why was I paged?" she asked.
"Mrs. Scott, please explain to Dr. Sloan what happened to your daughter," Mark said. Just then Lexie saw a glimpse of the girl who had blood running down her face and was clutching her arm.
"Please, call me Eileen," the woman said.
One hour before…
"Take your wig off klutz," a kid named Henry hissed.
"It's not a wig!" Cass wailed.
"You were bald last time we saw you, it's a wig so stop denying you're a freak!" another girl Eliza smirked.
"Hair grows back," Cass whimpered, trying to walk past them and home to her baby sister. She hated leaving her in the house alone in fear of one day finding her dead or hurt from her parents.
"Well let us see," Anna, another girl said grabbing a fistful of Cass's hair and yanking on it. Cass lost her balance and fell straight on her back. She let out a gasp.
"Wow, no wonder you fell down the stairs idiot, she can't even stand up," Eliza laughed. Cass tried to get up but Henry stepped on her hair.
"Just let me go!" Cass screamed.
"Henry! Eliza!" Henry and Eliza's mother called.
"See you later freak," they hissed as they ran to their house and Anna ran to hers, leaving Cass to pick herself of the ground, shake the dust off her Tuesday dress, and walk the rest of the way home from the bus stop trying to make sure she looked good so her mom would not accuse her of trying to make her look bad.
"I'm home!" Cass called in and immediately heard the wailing of her baby sister. Her mother was on the couch, sitting and talking on the phone. "Mom."
"Shhh," she hissed.
"Where's Maeve?" Cass asked. Eileen motioned to upstairs and Cass flew up to her mother's bedroom. Maeve was lying amongst her mother's bed, red in the face from crying so much. She must have been like that for hours. Cass recognized her dirty diaper cry. "Mommy, Mae needs a new diaper."
"What are you waiting for then?" Eileen yelled up. Cass sighed and picked up Maeve who let out a whimper.
"It's okay," Cassandra soothed and brought her to her nursery which hadn't been cleaned in days. There were dirty diapers galore on the ground. Cass shook her head and placed Maeve on the changing table and held her nose as she discarded the dirty diaper in the trash can along with placing the rest in there as well. "Here we go, all clean." She put the new diaper on and picked her up again, but Maeve continued crying. "You are hungry aren't you?" Cass walked downstairs with Maeve.
"Oh yes Diana, I can't wait, tell me which night so I can get a sitter for the girls," Eileen laughed into the phone. "Alright well…"
"Mom," Cass said again.
"Hold on Di," Eileen said and put the phone on hold. "WHAT?"
"Maeve's hungry," Cass said.
"Top shelf," Eileen answered and turned back to the phone. "I'm back… so… wow… a doctor… you must be so proud. My Cassie… she's eight, she still thinks she can be an astronaut… no no no, Cass is not smart enough." Cass hung her head and placed Maeve in her high chair and grabbed a chair to climb onto the counter. She she heaved herself up onto the counter just as the chair clanked to the floor. Standing up, she tried to grab the baby food but lost her footing the minute she grasped the peas and carrots.
"Mom!" she screeched and went tumbling backwards. She only just caught herself on the cabinet as the glass went flying. With the force of her fall, the entire shelf of baby food came tumbling down smashing on the floor.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Eileen screamed.
"I almost fell," Cass whimpered.
"LOOK AT THE MESS YOU MADE!" Eileen continued.
"But I am not hurt," she whispered.
"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!" she screamed and grabbed Cass's arm. Cass, who was still holding onto the cabinet, braced herself as her mother tugged. Even the cries of Maeve could not overpower the load sob that escaped Cass's mouth when a loud 'pop' came from her shoulder. No longer able to keep her balance, Cass plummeted to the ground with a wail, her head just nicking the corner of the cabinet, continuing to her cheek.
"Oh Cassie," Eileen murmured sadly. "Look what you made me do." Gently, grabbing a paper towel, Eileen helped Cass up and placed it on her bloody head. "Now we have to go to the ER."
"I-I-I-I'm s-s-sorry M-m-m-mommy," Cass shook.
"It's too late for that, this was all your fault and the needle you will get for the stitches is your punishment," Eileen said, grabbing Maeve just before exiting the house.
"Excellent work today, can you please close up," Derek said to everyone and then turned towards another doctor. He nodded and then Derek nodded at Mer just as his pager went off. ER, seems like a car crash victim or something."
"Good day to declare huh," Mer smiled as they scrubbed out.
"You sure are lucky," Derek teased. "But we gotta go."
"Better busy than bored," Mer shrugged.
"We'd never be bored," Derek smirked. "We'd find… something…"
"Now I wish we weren't busy," Mer groaned.
"Now who is torturing who," Derek kissed her gently on the cheek. Meredith smacked him on the chest.
"Let's go Derek," she rolled her eyes as they hurried down to the ER.
"What have we got?" Derek asked as he burst into the exam room doors.
"Car crash, multiple victims, only one with head trauma," the ER doctor listed off. "Ellen Michaels, hit her head on steering wheel, hasn't regained consciousness."
"Isn't that what airbags are for?" Mer sighed.
"Old car," the doctor answered. "Or weren't working. Either way she shouldn't have been driving it."
"Meredith, order a head CT," Derek commanded. Mer nodded and let the ER nurse know. As she was returning to the exam room, she heard a familiar cry of a baby she passed Lexie and Callie talking to a woman.
"Eileen," Meredith called and ran towards her worriedly. "Is Cass alright? Did she…" Eileen narrowed her eyes as her and held Maeve closer to her.
"No, no, no," she shook her head. "She…" Meredith didn't want her excuse, she wanted Cass's explanation.
"Meredith!" Cass smiled.
"Cass what happened?" Meredith questioned.
"She is going to tell you what I was trying to," Eileen scoffed. "Don't waste your time."
"Cass," Mer pressed.
"I… I climbed on the counter… and I fell and when I grabbed the cabinet something popped and all the baby food I was trying to get fell on me," Cass explained avoiding everyone's eyes.
"Dislocated?" Meredith asked Lexie. She looked at Callie who was glaring at Mer.
"Yeah," she said. "We are about to discharge her."
"Oh… I…" Meredith began.
"I must leave soon, Maeve needs a new diaper and we left the house in such a hurry, I still need to clean up the mess in the kitchen before it stains," Eileen excused. "Come on Cass. Nice to see you Dr. Shepherd…"
"Wait," Callie called. "You need to come back in a week for another x-ray, take it easy and make sure she does not strain it more. Cass needs to keep the sling on."
"She will cooperate, let's go," Eileen nodded dragging Cass behind her. Cass's eyes widened as she searched to meet Meredith's eyes.
"Bye Mered-" she was cut short as the door slammed.
"Don't interrupt with my patients Shepherd," Callie hissed and stormed out.
"I thought she was that patient… I was going to tell you," Lexie said quietly and followed Callie out. Meredith sighed and rubbed her head. It had just been a brief encounter but she realized how rehearsed Cass's answer sounded and how she didn't meet anyone's eye when telling it. Or how quickly Eileen rushed them out. Everything she was thinking was just confirmed in that tiny meeting.
More slowly she left the exam room to run into Derek.
"Where the hell were you?" Derek asked. "Mrs. Michaels needs surgery now, she started hemorrhaging."
"Cass and Eileen were here again," Meredith said. His anger turned into worry.
"Another problem?" Derek questioned. "After surgery I can-"
"No, Cass hurt herself again and I…"
"It wasn't neuro?"
"No, her arm…"
"Then it's Callie's responsibility, not yours. You are a neuro resident."
"I know Derek, it's just…."
"No Meredith," Derek shook his head.
"I'm sorry Derek… after I scrub in…"
"You're not scrubbing in," Derek hissed. "You are a NEURO resident! You want ortho tell Richard you switched it up."
"Derek," she called.
"See you in the gallery Dr. Shepherd," Derek growled and Meredith sighed as he walked away. She got him mad, just when she needed to talk to him.
"But I think Eileen and David are abusing Cass," she whispered as his dark hair rounded the corner and disappeared.
So she finally said it out loud. Granted it was to nobody but it would have been to Derek if he had not gotten mad at her. But of course then Mer would have never stopped to see Cass if she would have been there on time… Anyway… Next chapter will show that Meredith is getting more and more suspicious, which in the long run may hurt Cass more… until….
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A/N: If any of you read NCIS fanfiction, check out my profile and vote on my poll for the title of my first multi-chapter fic… here is its summary:
Ziva centric. Ziva David has always shown an interest towards children, but when 10 year old Aaliyah McCallin is found at a crime scene, she never expected the connection to be so strong. No one on the team expected how quickly she would weasel her way into their hearts. But when it's discovered that they have similar pasts, Ziva will stop at nothing to protect her, going as far as to admitting something that could risk her position on the team. As they dig deeper into the past of this young girl, one of Gibbs' rules is the least of their worries. The team soon finds themselves in a race against time to save Aaliyah, NCIS, and prevent a terrorist attack that would make 9/11 look like a normal day in New York City.