Derek had managed to get Meredith next two days off work. Once he had made the call he made his way back up stairs and in to Abbey's room. He found her sitting on her bed obeying Meredith's earlier orders, to get changed into some clothes. Derek walked into the room and knelt in front of his daughter.

"Hey baby, are you ok?" Derek asked as he ran his thumb over Abbey tiny cheek

Abbey said nothing she just raise her head and gazed into Derek eyes. She had been crying, her eyes were all puffy and red and her tiny nose was a little snotty.

"Hey, come here" Derek said as he positioned his hands under her arms and lifted her onto his lap before wrapping his arms safely around her. She responded and firmly wrapped her arms around his shoulders before burying her head into his chest.

"Abs what's the matter?" Derek asked as he brushed the back of her hair

Abbey began to sob uncontrollably into her dad's chest. Derek began to rock her back and forth to calm her down. Once she had quietened down he pulled himself away to look at her face to face.

"Mommy..." Abbey finally spoke

"I know, I know. She's just not feeling very well right now. She didn't mean to scare you" He began as he wiped a little snot running from her nose "She loves you" Derek smiled as he brushed her hair back behind her ear.

"DEREK!" he suddenly heard Meredith shout from their bedroom

"Stay here" He said to Abbey kissing her on the cheek as he lifted her back onto her bed before exiting her room.

"What?" He replied to Meredith as he walked into their room "Oh are you ok?" He asked as he ran to her side.

"No" She spoke in pain "Pain... I've got serious pain in my chest and I can't breathe" She said breathlessly almost in tears

"You're really warm and moist" he said as he raised his hand to her forehead "Ok..." Derek said as he began to pull back her covers

"What are you doing?" Meredith asked as he tried to breathe evenly

"I'm taking you to the hospital" Derek said as he began to help up sit up

"What? No! I don't think so" Meredith shouted as he wrapped his arm around her back

"Meredith, you're ill you need to go to the hospital. Look, don't fight me on this ok. You know as well as I do there's something wrong. Can you get up? " Derek as he caressed her cheek

"Ahh" Meredith moans as she swung her legs off the bed "Yeah, I think so"

"Ok I'm gonna call Izzie and tell her to meet us in the lobby ok"

Once Derek had called Izzie and informed her about Meredith's situation he helped her change into some decent clothes and planted her in the car, before placing Abbey into her car seat and heading to Seattle Grace. Once they arrived Derek helped Meredith out of the car and unbuckled Abbey's seat belt. He parked in one of the reserved spots at the front of the hospital so there was only a few meters walk to the main lobby. As Derek began to walk Mer to the door Abbey ran ahead of them when she saw Izzie rushing towards them.

"What happened?" Izzie shouted as she came to Meredith side

"She has chest pain and has been having a hard time breathing. She also been vomiting, we need to run some tests, get a wheel chair" Derek ordered Izzie

"Already have one" George shouted as he wheel it towards them

"Thanks" Meredith said as she said down slowly

"Abbey come here" Derek shouted to his daughter who was running herself in circles around them

"Sorry" She said as she took hold of her dads hand before walking with them into the hospital

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An hour had passed since Meredith arrived at the hospital; Izzie had admitted her into a room and drew some blood did a CT and other tests. All they needed now was the results. Izzie had gone to check the labs leaving Derek and Abbey alone with Meredith. Meredith was lying in bed with a breathing mask over her mouth. Derek was sat on a chair beside Meredith's bed with Abbey lay in his arms.

"You tired?" Meredith asked as she lifted her mask off over her head

"Kind of" Abbey said with a faint voice

"Ok close your, and count some sheep, you know like we do at bedtime" Derek suggested with a smile

"One, Two, Three... Four" Abbey began to recite slowly

"Derek maybe you should drop her off at daycare" Meredith whispered once Abbey stopped counting and closed her eyes

"No, she's ok here" Derek said as he cradled Abbey in his arms

"You've gone kind of blue" He said

"It's probably the flu of something stupid like that, stop worrying, I'll be fine" Meredith reassured him before throwing him a smile

"I think I will drop Abbey of at daycare, we don't want you infecting her now do we" Derek giggled as he stood up and lift Abbey up on his hip

"Were we going?" Abbey asked as she opened her eyes

"I'm taking you down to daycare" Derek said as he placed Abbey onto the floor

"Why I want to stay with mommy" Abbey said as she lifted herself back onto Meredith bed

"I know you do sweetie. But mommy's not feeling very well and I do want you to catch it so... you have to have to go, I'll see you later a promise, love you" Meredith as she held out her hand

"I love you mommy" Abbey replied as she gripped onto Meredith hand

"Ok see you in a minute, put the mask back on" Derek said as he held open the door for Abbey and followed her out of the room

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Once Derek headed off to the daycare center Meredith laid alone in her room. She felt clammy and nauseous and found it even harder to breathe.

As Derek made his way back to Meredith's room he ran into Izzie who was standing outside the lab room holding up some CT scans towards the ceiling light.

"Hey those Meredith's?" Derek asked as he leaned in to get a better look at the CT scan

"Yeah, she's got some shadowing in her left lung, how long has she been vomiting for?" Izzie pointed out

"Almost a week, but that could be a number of anything's" Derek said as he examined the CT scan

"Whats taking them so dam long..." Derek said as he begun to pace "Labs for Grey?" He asked as he approached the lab technician

"10 more minutes Dr Shepherd" He replied

Suddenly Izzie's pager suddenly began to sound. She pulled it from the band of her scrub pants and read the display

"911 in room 2143" Izzie said

"That's Meredith's room" Derek cried before they both ran down the hall for Meredith

As the pair rushed down the hall they bumped into Cristina

"Hey how's Meredith? I just got you're page" Cristina said but they carried on racing past her "What's going on?" Cristina asked

"It's Meredith!" Izzie shouted as she turned the corner.

Suddenly she noticed nurses rushing into Meredith's room. Once she entered the door way she saw an intern standing over Meredith's head holding a scalped

"What the hell are you doing?" Izzie shouted as she and Cristina rushed to Meredith's side

"She stopped breathing and I couldn't get the tube in, I was going to do a tracheotomy" The nervous intern stuttered

"What she doesn't need a trach, get away from her" Cristina shouted as she grabbed a pair of gloves and picked up the intubation tube

"What the hell are you doing in here?" Derek shouted as he entered the room

"Dr Shepherd, I'm the intern on Dr Grey's case" Dr Patterson said as she stepped away from Meredith

"No you're not, GET OUT!" he shouted before rushing to Meredith side holding onto her hand

"What?" Dr Patterson replied

"You heard him get out!" Cristina said as she begun to intubate Meredith

Dr Patterson exited the room quickly. Glancing at Derek once more before she turned and walked away

"Derek you need to go, you can't be in here" Izzie said as she picked up Meredith's chart

"No I'm staying" Derek forced as tears began to well up in his eyes

"Ok I'm in" Cristina said with an almost proud sigh as she tilted Meredith forward and clipped the ambu bag onto the tube that was protruding from her mouth

"Her sats are going back up" Izzie said as she inspected the heart monitor "BPs holding steady"

Izzie's pager began to sound once more she looked at the display and smiled as Derek

"Her labs are in; don't worry Derek we're going to figure this out" Izzie said with a nod before leaving the room

"She'll be fine" Cristina added as she attached a large tube to Meredith's breathing tube

"This will help her breath for now, hopefully when we figure out what's wrong we can get her lungs back up and working on their own" Cristina said as she made her way past Derek patting him on the back before leaving the room to find Izzie.

Derek moved his chair closer to Meredith's head as he gripped onto her hand and kissed it gently

"You'll get through this, You have to get through this. Come on Mer" Derek whispered to himself as tears began to flow down his cheeks. He stared up at Meredith's heart monitor. He could hear it bleeping away persistently; he could hear her breathing loudly with the help of the machine. Seeing her like this was heart breaking, she was so helpless. As he continued to watch her chest rise and fall when he heard the door open, he looked behind him and saw Izzie and Cristina enter the room

"Her white blood cell count is high, she must have an infection, I'm gonna do a chest x-ray. But it looks like Pneumonia, we're gonna have to do more tests to interpret which type she has but it's looking more like Bacterial pneumonia from the tests we already have. We just need to confirm it" Izzie suggested

"Ok..." Derek inhaled slowly

"Derek?" Izzie said

"This morning she was morning our son and now she's... Here" Derek began to sob

"We will keep a close eye on her..." Izzie began "... Cristina!" Izzie shouted as he noticed Cristina jolt out of the room

Derek nodded at Izzie as with that she exited the room in search of her friend. Derek continued to sit by her side and hold her hand as she begun to fight for her life.

Ok so I don't really know the in's and out of pneumonia but I did my research like two hours worth and I'm gonna try my best to make it sound as real as possible! Sorry I made this happen to her but what a little drama? LOL! Hope you like it =p until next time my friends. REVIEW!!