Silent Storm
"The flowers go over there! No! There!" Sarah stood in the church as men decorated it with flowers. In her hand she held the t-chart Meredith had made up a while ago. Meredith and Derrick watched from the corner.
"You hired her?"
"She worked for a wedding planner to get her way through high school. George heavily recommended her."
"And when did George have a wedding?"
"I said there!"
"She has the list. I'm sure she'll do fine."
"There you morons!"
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Christina entered the on-call room to find Lexie, Izzie, and Sarah standing there. "About time." Sarah hands her a dress. "Come on. Try it on. The wedding is at five. That gives me seven hours to get this whole thing together."
"Why do we have to wear dresses? Meredith gets to wear her scrubs."
"It was a point to Derrick to balance out simple cake. He got formal wear for bridesmaids and groomsmen. Now get it on so I can see if we need any last minute adjustments." She turns to Lexie.
"How does it look?"
"You look stunning. George's jaw is going to hit the floor and you'll be next down the aisle." She blushes and Sarah turns to Izzie. "Does the fitting work?"
"Not too big, not to small."
"Good?" She looks Christina over. "Good. They'll be in the dressing room at the church. You all have hair appointments down the street at three. Try not to be late."
The girls exit the room just as Mark walks in. "You paged me?"
"I did." He goes to kiss her when George walks in.
"You paged?"
"O'Malley too. I never thought of you as quirky. But I can roll with it." She hit him on his arm.
"Stop that!"
"Don't pretend you don't love it."
"I have your groomsmen outfits. I also have Alex's here. I'll be in the hall and open the door when you're ready for me to see them."
She started to exit. "Don't pretend you don't want to see this."
"Mark, just quit while you're ahead. You're lucky enough you got me to date you."
"I think you're the lucky one."
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Christina sat in a chair getting her hair and make-up done and just praying it would soon be over. Sarah entered in her dress as Meredith came in behind her in her scrubs.
"Are we ready?"
"Does it have to be over?" Izzie was obviously enjoying herself as she was pampered. "Can we stay a bit longer?"
"Ladies, we need to move. We have to get to the church now. We are already running behind. The car is right out the door. Let's move."
The girls piled into the car and they took off across the road.
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Callie had made a decision. Erica would hate living her life like this. She would hate this. It was time to let her go.
Callie was going to flip the switch and turn the machines off. She felt tears crawling down her eyes as she stood over Erica, her breathing methodical.
"I love you."
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"What do you mean the car is stuck?!" Meredith was practically strangling Sarah as she re-entered the car.
"Traffic is jammed. It is pouring. We have nowhere to go. We are stuck. And me being the only one here having a phone, which has died. We have ten minutes to get there, and we won't."
"Oh my god! Do you know what Derrick's going to think? He's going to think I ran again. He's going to say typical Meredith, always running from things. I-"
"Calm down," Christina said. "We'll figure something out. He'll figure it out. He is a brain surgeon after all."
"I'm stuck in a limo with my old interns. What in God's name did I do to deserve this?!"
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Derrick stood at the front of the aisle trying to look calmer than he was inside. It was forty minutes past the time they were scheduled to start and there was no sign of Meredith. The Chief entered from checking the church and shook his head.
Derrick put his head down and took a deep sigh as the few guests from the hospital started to look nervous. Mark put a hand on his shoulder.
"She ran again."
So folks, we have two more chapters before this story wraps up. Let's hope everything works out for our favorite couple. I'll see you next time.
