Chapter 25

Megan was on the warpath. The day after Mark found out about her pregnancy, she was operating on a patient of hers at Seattle Grace. The entire surgical staff were avoiding her, she had already gone through six interns before noon.

"Dr. Webber I need another two interns," said Megan as she barged into his office where he was talking to Thatcher.

"Another two?"

"I won't have incompetent children in the my OR," she snapped. "Do you have another two or do I have to call Mercy West and have them send me a team that can actually do their jobs?"

"Take Grey and Findlay," said Richard then he glanced at Thatcher. "I actually have..."

"What? Are the two of you friends now?" she said growling at her father. "Comparing notes? Reminiscing about the good old days when you were fucking his wife and then you killed killed his other wife? You really couldn't make this stuff up!"

"Dr. Grey," said Richard sternly.

"Dr. Webber," she mocked.

"Perhaps I will just leave the two of you alone," said Richard. Thatcher had come to him again to try and reach out to Meredith and Megan. But apparently today was not the best day to appeal to Megan's better nature.

"Why?" said Megan bluntly.

"Dr. Grey senior is looking over your research papers," said Richard sternly. "He is on the board that controls the grant you applied for before your London job offer."

"I'm not going to London," Megan snapped. "I turned the job offer down."

"Oh good I am glad to hear that," said Richard. "Since you are staying perhaps it is in your best interests to talk to Dr. Grey."

"He can hardly be called a Doctor," Megan muttered. Richard quietly slipped out of his office, Megan rolled her eyes and sighed as she sat in the chair next to Thatcher.

"Uh...your paper is very impressive."

"Thank you," said Megan clearly irritated by being made to talk to him. "Do you have any questions

about it?"

"No your research seems to be quite thorough," said Thatcher. "We have set up an interview with you and a few other candidates next weeks where we will ask you questions. You should receive an email about it."

"I'll have to check my emails then," said Megan getting to her feet. "If there is nothing else Dr. Grey."

"You were always such a brave little girl, nothing scared you," said Thatcher. "Meredith used to have nightmares about the witch from Sleeping Beauty, you never did you always used to tell her that the witch was just a drawing."

"Can't say I remember that," Megan snapped.

"I was there when you were little."

"Look I still don't want to talk to you," said Megan. "I want that grant so I can't tell you exactly what I think of you, although god only knows how you still have that job from what I hear you're a useless drunk."

"I've been sober for almost two months."

"There is no cure for alcoholism," said Megan walking out of the room, shouting over her shoulder. "Just take the hint and go away!"

"Megan," said Meredith carefully. She had been nominated by the interns to talk to Megan, since she had been terrorizing them all day. She already know something was bothering Megan, she had saw her arrive that morning and could smell the bleach on her hands. When Megan seriously freaked out she cleaned, when she found out she was pregnant with Alfie she had cleaned her apartment from top to bottom all night. The night before she left home for Las Vegas she had cleaned the bathroom for four hours. Meredith just assumed she was stressing because of the job offer.

"Yes," said Megan.

"Are you feeling alright?'

"Why?" asked Megan suspiciously. Surely Mark wouldn't have told her sister she was pregnant before she did.

"Some people are a little concerned because you have been so...edgy today," said Meredith. "Bailey had to send one of the interns home, you made her cry."

"Who, Bailey?"

"No the intern," said Meredith. "Do you want to go and get some coffee?"

"Coffee?" Megan all but growled. "I don't have time for coffee, I am surrounded by a bunch of incompetent idiots! Even the nanny is pissing me off!"

"Alright how can I help then?" asked Meredith. She knew Megan was about to explode and she really didn't want to be the person that tipped her over the edge. "What has the nanny done?"

"He is in Portland visiting his sick mother and I won't get out of surgery until at least four thirty..."

"I'll pick Alfie up from school," Meredith offered quickly.

"Don't you have surgery?"

"No," said Meredith. "My shift is almost over, I will pick him up from school you can pick him up from my house."

"Thank you," said Megan then she caught sight of Mark walking in her direction talking to Derek. "I should really go and check on my interns and make sure they aren't screwing up again."

"Maybe you should go easier on them," said Meredith uncertainly. "I know they are a pain but it is our job to teach them and remember you were an intern once."

"I knew how put in a central line," said Megan. "The interns this year are a useless bunch of idiots. Your little sister couldn't even file paperwork."

"Megan I thought you were getting along with Lexie," said Meredith.

"Why on earth would I do that?" said Megan bluntly. She spotted Lexie coming up behind Mark, she shouted out to her. "Grey! Did you manage to file those results?"

"Uh...yes," said Lexie.

"In chronological order?"

"Yes."

"Good," said Megan. "Go and prep the patient, if you manage to do it without screwing up you can scrub in and watch."

Lexie turned on her heel and walked off to the patient's room, not giving Megan the opportunity to give her a hard time again.

"Oh that was much better," said Meredith sarcastically.

"What do you want from me? You want me to hold her hand and gently talking her through the complicated process of taking someone blood pressure."

"Well aren't you a little ray of sunshine today," said Derek smiling from ear to ear. "Did you really kick the chief out of his office?"

"Bite me!" snapped Megan picking up her chart and storming off.

"Is everything alright?" Derek asked Meredith.

"No," said Meredith. "Everything is not alright. But it's Megan, she never shows weakness until she has no other choice."

"Can I help?"

"You can help me look after Alfie this afternoon," said Meredith. "We're babysitting."

"Alfie has a dentist appointment this afternoon," Mark interrupted.

"Oh Megan didn't say anything about that," said Meredith. "I'll ask her about it."

"Well it was Megan that told me about and with her you never know if she is actually telling the truth or if she just wants to fuck with your head," he said angrily.

"Uh...okay," said Meredith shooting Derek a look. "Maybe the two of you should keep each other company today, you know save the rest of the world."

"I'd rather chew my own arm off," said Mark. "I have an appointment with my attorney this afternoon anyway."

"Nothing serious I hope," said Derek. He hadn't heard anything about Mark needing a lawyer.

"I hope not," said Mark.

That afternoon Megan was halfway through the surgery when she started to feel lightheaded. She stopped what she was doing and took a deep breath. She had been up all night the night before scrubbing her kitchen, she couldn't sleep after Mark had walked out. She had been feeling a little sick that morning and hadn't had breakfast, come to think of it she hadn't eaten or drank anything since yesterday afternoon. When she felt her body sway she knew she couldn't keep operating on her patient not unless she was prepared to risk his life.

"Dr. Findlay," said Megan. "Can you page Dr. Bailey to come in here and finish off for me."

"Yes ma'am."

"Dr. Grey," said Megan. "Monitor the patient and make sure he remains stable until Dr. Bailey arrives."

"Okay," said Lexie.

Megan calmly placed her surgical instruments on the tray. She walked into the scrub room and pulled off her scrub cap and gloves. She was just about to wash her hands when her she was overcome with fatigue and fainted.

Mark who was sitting up in the gallery jumped up when he saw Megan go down, nobody in the OR had noticed as she hadn't hit anything on her way down. But Mark had been watching her.

"Get a gurney down to the scrub room now!" he roared to one of the residents as he ran down to the scrub room himself.

Dun Dun Dunnnn!

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