Chapter Twenty-Nine: Stress
"How's it going with Addison?" Mark asked Meredith as they sat at a table at the far end of the cafeteria.
"I cannot wait for this day to be over" Meredith muttered not really answering the question she had been asked.
"I'm taking that as it's not going so well" Mark commented at his wife's mood.
"She just wants to talk and I don't want to, I just want to get on with the patients so I can get out of here" Meredith told him.
"Meri maybe its best if you talk to Bailey see if you can get assigned to a different case" Mark suggested. "Stress isn't good for the babies and judging by how tense you are I would say your blood pressure is up" Mark said.
"I tried that" Meredith mumbled. "Its fine babe, once this shift is over I can go back to avoiding her, seriously how long can she stay away from New York" Meredith said.
"Okay but take it easy" Mark told her pressing a kiss to her forehead as she picked at her salad.
"Hi guys" Izzie's bubbly voice said as she sat down next to Meredith.
"You seem happier" Meredith noted.
"That's because I am" Izzie said with a huge smile.
"Do tell" Meredith said intrigued.
"Wow the gossip mill is slipping, you haven't heard about what happened this morning?" Izzie asked surprised.
"Honestly Iz I've had my own issues this morning, but tell me what happened" Meredith replied.
"Alex declared he was in love with me in front of the entire third floor" Izzie beamed.
"Seriously!" Meredith exclaimed hugging her friend. "That's fantastic Iz, I'm so happy for you."
"Thanks Mer, having fun with Satan?" she asked.
Meredith rolled her eyes but smiled at Izzie calling her Satan she truly was evil. "It would be okay if she stopped asking me to talk about what happened" Meredith said as her pager beeped.
"Speak of the devil" Meredith announced. "Got to run" she said placing a kiss on Mark's lips.
"Meri you haven't finished eating" Mark said to her.
"I will get something else later, I need to go I will see you later" she called as she ran to the neo natal floor.
"You paged" Meredith breathed reaching Addison at Mrs Hanson's room.
"Mrs Hanson needs to go into surgery now" Addison told her. "Get her ready then scrub in" Addison told her.
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An hour later Meredith stood next to Addison in surgery, they were in the process of removing the babies and stopping a large amount of bleeding that had occurred.
Meredith looked up in the gallery and saw Mark standing there leaning against the doorway. He liked to watch Meredith perform in surgery and made his way to the gallery to see her whenever he had the chance.
"Dr Grey can you take this clamp?" Addison asked. Meredith gave Mark a quick smile before turning her attention to the surgery.
After another half an hour Meredith began to feel dizzy, she knew she should have eaten more but she didn't have the time. Addison looked over at her once friend giving her a concerning look as she noticed her clenching her eyes closed.
"Are you alright Dr Grey?" Addison asked.
"Yeah I'm fine I just feel a little dizzy I ah didn't eat enough" she answered truthfully, there was no point lying to Addison she was a neo-natal specialist after all.
"Are you going to be okay to finish in here?" she asked.
"Yeah of course, it will pass" she lied, truth being she didn't feel well at all. Just as they had the first baby out she began to sway, she could here Addison faintly calling her name as she collapsed to the ground.
"MEREDITH" Mark shouted from the gallery running down and bursting into the OR.
"Meredith" he called again shaking her lightly.
"Mark you can't be in here, you're not sterile" Addison snapped at him but inside she was just as worried as he was.
"I don't care at the moment Addison, all I care about is my wife and the babies she is carrying" he snapped back picking Meredith up and carrying her to the nearest empty exam room. He immediately paged Bailey to the room.
"Mark" Meredith mumbled as she started to awake.
"Its okay I'm right Meri" he whispered brushing her hair away from her face.
"What happened?" she asked as Bailey entered the room.
"That's a damn good question, what have you done to my intern?" Bailey snapped.
"She passed out during surgery" Mark replied. "She didn't eat much at lunch, she was paged" Mark continued.
"Okay" Bailey said taking her blood pressure. "Blood pressure is a little higher than I would like, are you under any stress?" she asked Meredith.
"Of course she is stressed if you are making her work with Addison" Mark blurted out without thinking.
"Dr Sloan last time I checked I was your wife's boss not you therefore I choose who she works with, Dr Montgomery requested to have Meredith for reasons I am not sure of" Bailey lectured.
"Sorry" Mark said to the small African American woman who he had become rather afraid of.
"Is there a certain reason why working with Addison Montgomery would be particularly stressful for you Meredith?" she asked.
"Sure if you accept her sleeping with my husband and being the reason why I moved across state to Seattle" Meredith said looking at Mark.
"Oh I see" was all Bailey could reply with as her heart broke for what her young intern was going through.
