Charlotte emerged at the door to see Derek putting clothes on me.
"Daddy…" she said tentatively.
"Honey I need you to get my phone," Derek instructed her. "Now press number two, that's the number for Miranda okay,"
Charlotte stayed on the phone and waited for Bailey to answer.
"Hi Randa it's Charlie!" she said. "Daddy told me to ring you, mommy is on the bed…"
"Charlie! What's going on?" Bailey cried.
"Charlie, tell her that mommy fainted and we are bringing her to the hospital!" Derek told Charlotte.
"I heard him honey, now get off this phone and ring 9-1-1," Bailey told her.
Charlotte hung up the phone.
"9-1-1…" she muttered to herself as she pressed the numbers.
"911 emergency?"
"My mommy needs an ambulance…" Charlotte told the operator.
"Honey, tell them that mommy is pregnant…" Derek said.
"Mommy is pregnant,"
"Where's your daddy?" the operator asked.
"He is getting her dressed…" Charlotte answered. "She fainted,"
"Tell me your address sweetie," the operator instructed.
"6-1-3 Harper Lane Seattle,"
"Good girl! Tell daddy the ambulance is on its way," the operator hung up.
The sirens wailed across the streets of Seattle and Derek sat in the ambulance, mortified at the thought of what he could tell Bailey…and Addison.
Oh god, he thought. She passed out during sex…I did this…this is my fault.
"ETA to Seattle Grace is two minutes!" the paramedic explained.
Bailey met Derek at the emergency entrance.
"What happened?" she asked as they wheeled the gurney into a trauma bay and slammed the door shut.
Cristina, meanwhile, had seen the whole thing. She ran into the room and glared at Derek.
"Dr. Bailey asked you, what happened?" she shouted.
"Has someone paged Addison?" Derek shot back.
Addison ran into the room.
"What happened?" she cried.
Everyone turned to Derek.
"She fainted…" Derek answered nervously.
"Duh, McDreamy, we can see that quite well…but how?" Cristina cried.
"Mid…um…during sex…" Derek replied.
Cristina's eyes bulged with rage and the darkness in them almost turned a shade of crimson; she was mad, furious, horrified. Her fists clenched so hard by her side that her knuckles turned white and her breathing grew heavy as she drew in sharp, angry breaths.
"I will kill you!" she screamed.
Addison restrained Cristina with all her might and Bailey proceeded to do the same.
"We have a patient on the table right now!" Bailey yelled at her. "His girlfriend and your person, or whatever you call her! Get out of the room and I will deal with you and your suppressed rage issues!"
Cristina went in for one last attempt to jab him before Bailey shoved her out the door.
"Out!" she yelled. As she closed the door she folded her arms and glared at Derek with eyes that could scare Satan himself. "How the hell did she manage to pass out during sex?"
"She…just did…" Derek couldn't believe his ears.
"Well I am going to ask you…" Bailey looked at Addison who was checking for a foetal heartbeat; she then picked up a chart and started hitting Derek with it. "…what possessed you to have sex with her in her condition? Are you stupid? Do you understand the risk? For a brain surgeon you are so damn brainless!"
Derek tried to block her hit.
"It's okay…I asked for it…" came my voice. I had started to wake up in the midst of the drama.
Derek breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you okay honey?" he asked leaning down to kiss my forehead.
"I will be once I hear our baby's heart beat," I nudged Addison as she turned up the amplifier and smiled as the heart beat of the filled the echoing walls of the room.
"Nice and strong," she commented.
Derek held me tightly.
"Thank god," he murmured into my ear.
Bailey frowned and folded her arms.
"I'm so embarrassed Dr. Bailey, please don't…" I sighed.
The chief opened the door frantically.
"Meredith!" he said breathlessly. "I just saw Stevens and O'Malley with Charlie!" he turned to Derek and Bailey. "What happened?"
"Miranda…" I said nervously.
"She passed out…mid…um, sorry chief do I need to I need to continue?" Bailey asked.
The chief shuffled on his feet and then turned his gaze to Derek.
"You had sex with her in this condition?" he yelled. Just as Bailey had done earlier, he picked up a chart and took a swing at his arm. "Are you stupid?"
"Chief!" I cried. "Richard I am okay!" I proceeded to take his hand. "The baby is okay,"
The chief sighed heavily.
"Meredith, I promised your mother I would take care of you," he said. "And I just…"
"I'm fine," I told him. "The baby is fine,"
Addison took the opportunity to interject.
"She is just low on insulin by the looks of it, that's what caused her to faint," she told everyone. "The sex would have been a small, very miniscule contributing factor,"
Suddenly the door burst open with a chuckling Alex.
"Grey! I always thought you would die having sex!" he laughed. He stood still when he realised the chief and Bailey were both in the room. "Crap! I'm gone!"
"Karev! Go and get Charlie so she can see her mommy," Bailey ordered.
Alex walked over to Charlotte who was sitting on Izzie's knee and talking to George.
"Hey kid, wanna go see your mommy?" he asked.
Charlotte nodded excitedly and reached out for him to carry her.
"Please, please Uncle Alex," she pouted sweetly.
Alex felt his heart of stone turn to mush when he saw those big blue eyes staring at him; his sort of niece was clearly the most beautiful little girl in the world. Sometimes she would come over to him and just hug him, taking away any anger, turning him soft.
"Okay!" Alex gave in.
He carried her into the room where her eyes lit up.
"Mommy!" she said excitedly.
"Hi baby," I smiled as she climbed up onto the bed. She heard the heart beat, still floating through the room.
"What's that?" she asked.
"That's our baby," I told her. "That's the baby's heart beat!"
Her jaw dropped.
"Does mine sound like that?" she asked.
I nodded and reached for Addison's stethoscope.
"Have a listen," I put it to her chest and let her listen to her own.
"Can I hear yours?" she asked putting the scope to my chest. "Wow, yours is beating fast mommy,"
Derek cleared his throat.
"It appears our daughter is a hero," he smiled. "She called Bailey and 911 all on her own,"
I felt tears form in my eyes.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yup!" Charlie beamed.
"I am so proud of you," I told her. "Thank you my little angel,"
Later that night Charlotte was asleep on my chest and Mark emerged.
"Hey!" he smiled at Derek and I. His hand patted my head softly. "You okay?"
I nodded and motioned to Charlotte on my body.
"She's a little hero," Mark smiled as he ruffled the tiny curls that fell across her back.
I smiled again.
"Thank you," I said softly.
"For what?" he asked.
"Coming to see me," I told him. "I appreciate it,"
"Anything for my favourite dirty mistress slash hot sexy momma!" Mark joked.
"Mark…" Derek warned.
"Joking!" Mark laughed. He reached over and pulled Charlotte off my chest. "I'll take her back to Stevens,"
He carried her to the residents lounge and sat down with her.
She stirred slightly and woke up.
"Hey cutie," he said.
"Uncle Mark…I called 911…" she said softly.
Mark kissed her forehead.
"I am so proud of you," he told her. "You know, you're my hero!"
Charlotte smiled.
"Really?" she asked.
"Really, really." Mark answered.
Meanwhile, I was slowly falling asleep in the room, Derek ran his hand over my forehead and I let my eyelids fall to the motion of his fingertips. I heard him sniffle and my eyes shot open.
"I am so sorry," he said with tears in his eyes.
"Honey, it's not your fault…" I told him.
"Cristina didn't seem to think so…" he sighed.
I managed a smiled.
"She tried to kick your ass?" I laughed.
He nodded.
"It is not your fault!" I said pulling him in for a kiss.
"I love you," he said pressing his forehead to mine.
"I love you too," I answered.