Hello everyone! Thank you all for your amazing reviews. They mean so much and truly motivate me to keep writing. How have you been doing? Well, i was saddened to hear Sandra's leaving after S10. But i wish her the very best and thank her for the amazing job she's done portraying our beloved Cristina Yang. Anyhow, i wasn't thinking about updating today, but i miraculously had 45 free minutes on the way home to write and i kind of got inspired. So here you go, update on Grey'sDay :) I hope you all like it. And yeah, as i said before, DRAMA is here! Enjoy the read!
Expect The Unexpected Part 1.
"I'm telling you Derek, I'm gonna be fine here. I'm just gonna stay watching movies with Laura and getting more things ready for the nursery." Meredith told him with a smile.
"But you could get help at the hospital, Izzie could help you with Laura while you rest." Derek said.
"I don't wanna slow Izzie down asking her to take care of Laura while i can perfectly do it here." Meredith pointed out with a smirk.
Derek sighted and smiled watching his beautiful pregnant wife standing in the middle of the room. "Fine." He said.
"But if anything comes up you call me ok?"
"Of course i will." She reassured him.
"Don't be standing up for too long." He told her giving still sleeping Laura a kiss on the cheek and then kissing Meredith.
"I'll see you tonight. I love you." He said.
"Love you too." Meredith replied closing the door behind him.
Her due date was in 11 days. She had started to feel a little uncomfortable, but besides that, she was just fine.
Meredith had enjoyed going to the hospital as a visit the past three days, but she wanted to be at home today.
She had already showered and had breakfast with Derek. She headed to wake Laura up so she could feed her and bathe her.
"Good morning my love." She said softly.
Laura stirred and slowly opened her eyes. "Good morning mommy." She greeted with a smile and sleepy eyes.
"Daddy's gone to work sweetheart. We're gonna stay at the house today alright?" Meredith announced.
"Okay" the little girl said rolling to face Meredith and gave her a sloppy kiss on the cheek.
"Come on baby, i'm gonna make you some breakfast and then you'll take a delicious bath." She said taking Laura's hand as she stood up holding on to the nightstand. Being 11 days away from her due date, it was to be expected for Meredith to have some trouble keeping her balance.
She walked to the kitchen with Laura and poured her some milk and cereal along with a small bowl of fruit.
Her phone beeped, it was a text from Derek: How's everything going? I have one craniotomy and then some post-op consults. I'll be home around 12. I love you girls, give Laura a kiss.
She quickly texted back: We're doing great, good luck, we love you too.
Soon enough, Laura was finished with her breakfast.
"Okay sweetie, now let's go give you a bath." Meredith smiled and they headed to Laura's bedroom where Meredith picked up a pair of jeans and a purple t-shirt.
Meanwhile, Derek walked to the scrub room.
"Hey, where's Meredith and Laura?" Lexie approached him curiously.
"They stayed at home. Meredith wanted to relax there watching a movie and doing some light stuff." Derek replied nonchalantly.
"Oh. I can't believe the twins will be here in 11 days! I'm so excited." Lexie squealed.
"Neither can i. I am anxious." He said grinning as his face lit up with pride and joy.
"Well, i'm scrubbing in with Callie, tell her i said hi." Lexie concluded and left.
At the house, Meredith was finishing to dry Laura after the bath. She dressed her and pulled her hair in a beautiful french braid.
Then they walked to the living room where Laura chose a movie for Meredith to play.
Meredith lay on the couch while Laura watched the movie and played tea party with her dolls at the same. It was a funny multi-tasking thing Meredith learned children loved.
Halfway through the movie, she felt the urge to pee. Seemed like the twins thought it was funny to play with her bladder like it was a squeeze toy.
"I'm going to the bathroom honey, i'll be back in a minute." she said to Laura, who nodded and kept playing.
Meredith was washing her hands when she heard a tremendous noise coming from the kitchen followed by screams and cries which obviously belonged to Laura.
She rushed to the kitchen trying to be as careful as possible not to trip on anything.
When she saw the scene, her heart skipped a beat.
Laura was sitting on the floor, crying, her left arm bleeding slightly and pieces of glass scattered around.
"Hey.. Shhh baby i'm here." She said slowly bending careful not to cut herself.
"It's okay sweetie, you're okay." She soothed Laura trying to lift her in vain.
She couldn't handle her own weight and even worse summing up Laura's.
"Okay baby-girl. I can't bend anymore. You need to help me and stand up careful not to step on the glass okay?" Meredith said.
Laura nodded between sobs.
"That's it, very good. You're my good girl." She said as Laura hung to her on a hug.
"What happened sweetie?" She asked calmly.
"I...wanted...a...cup...for...my..my...doll." Laura said still sobbing.
"Awe honey it's okay. You're not in trouble." Meredith reassured her. "But next time you have to wait for me or daddy and ask us to help you okay?"
Laura nodded, calming down a little.
"Alright, now i'm gonna clean this little cut and put a pretty pink band-aid over it okay?"
"Kay." Laura said softly still holding on tightly to Meredith.
"You didn't hit your head right Laura?" She asked her calmly.
"No, i hit my arm and fell sitting." She explained and tears started streaming again.
"Okay baby i'm gonna check you out." Meredith said.
After examining the little girl carefully, Meredith saw only a slight bruise in her right leg. She massaged it with an anti-inflammatory gel and took care of the small cut.
"There." You're fine princess. She told Laura and gave her a kiss.
"Go back to play sweetie, i'm going to clean the glass." Meredith said and went to the kitchen to clean up. She took the mini vacuüm cleaner and quickly suctioned every piece of glass, then emptied the contents to a bag and threw it inside the trash can.
Meredith moved back to the living room with Laura, they played with some puzzles and Laura organized a fashion show with her dolls.
Meredith got a text from Cristina: Hope you're holding up alright at the house, have fun playing tea party while we kick ass in the OR in your name. Oh, Izzie, Bambi and Evil Spawn say hi. Take care.
Meredith laughed and answered the text, then she realized what time it was.
She checked the clock, it was close to 1 in the afternoon. Derek had been out of his surgery for at least two hours and he said he'd be home by 12. 'Maybe he got stuck with the post-ops.' Meredith thought, she took her phone and called Derek just in case. After two beeps he answered.
"Hey Mer, i'm sorry. I'm downtown on my way home but traffic is awful, there's tons of cars stuck. I don't know what it is but a lot of people are getting off their cars and there's some commotion. Maybe an accident ahead." He explained.
"It's alright, i just wanted to know if you were ok." Meredith said.
"Yeah, it's all good. Surgery and post-ops went smoothly. What about you girls, what have you been up to?" He asked in a sing-song tone that made Meredith giggle.
"We've been doing fine, Laura was.."
"Oh my God" Derek whispered cutting her off. Before she could ask what was going on, Meredith heard a loud gunshot through the phone, so loud even Laura turned around with a frightened expression.
"Derek?! are you okay?" She said anguished. "Derek?" "Derek.." Nothing, she received no answer as if no one was on the other side of the line.
She turned on the news channel and froze when she read the headlines: 'Three gun man start shooting right near the main square downtown. Injured people and presumably four killed so far.'
"Derek!" She cried out on the phone. Still nothing. She felt like the floor was moving beneath her, then she felt a small contraction that made her wince and look down to the floor. Her water had broken.
This could NOT be happening.
So... I know, major drama here. But come on, it wouldn't be an authentic MerDer story without it! I will post part two as soon as i can. Most likely next thursday or so. But i promise the wait will be worth it because twin time is here! Babies will be born next chapter. And as the title says... Expect the unexpected! Please REVIEW! And let me know what you think! Thank you for reading! Have a wonderful friday!
