"Ok we are going to take a look at the baby and see how its doing." Said the doctor that Dereks father had gotten. Meredith turned her head away from the screen towards Derek. She couldn't see it. She knew that if she saw a picture but heard nothing that she would fall into the abiss. That if there was no heartbeat that there was no baby and she couldn't deal with that.
She felt the the wand for the ultrasound get to her stomach. She let out a lonly tear slid down her face. Derek quickly wipped it away. He must have had the same feeling because he wouldn't look at the screen either.
It was taking to long. It was taking to long for the doctor to find the heartbeat. A second tear slid down her face. She saw one similar on Dereks face. Then she broke down. If Derek was crying she knew that something was up. Something was very wrong.
She broke out in sobs and Derek wrapped his strong arms around her trying to make her pain go away. His sobs broke the scilence of the room joining with hers.
"I'm...so...sorry." Meredith cried. He held her head in his hands and kissed her forehead.
"You have nothing to be sorry about." With that one more sound entered the room. "woosh woosh woosh." It was the sound of their baby's heartbeat. Derek causiously brought his head up to look at the monitor.
"Is that...is that it?" Meredith asked in a quiet voice.
"Yep, it looks fine. The heartbeat was a little hard to find. I was starting to get a little worried but its strong and it looks good." The doctor said with a smile.
Meredith looked up at Dereks tear streamed face. She was so overcome with emotions. She wrapped her arms around him but winced at the action. Derek took notice to her strange action.
"Whats wrong, Mer." Derek asked with concern.
"I'm so happy but my arm hurts." Meredith said quietly.
"Here, let me look at it. I know that you said that you didn't feel like anything was hurt but we have had many moms who hurt themselves but didn't relize." She said as she was feeling Meredith's left arm. Meredith winced as the doctor pressed on the bone. "Ok it seemes that you might have broken it. We are going to get an x-ray..." Meredith seemed to want to say something. "We will put extra sheets over your stomach so none of them go to the baby. It will be fine." Meredith just nodded her head.
"Ok I will get a doctor to bring you down there."
"Oh could I bring her down. I have done it before with pacients of my fathers."
"Sure, so Derek are you following in your fathers foot steps?" The doctor asked.
"Yep, me and Mer are going to be surgons." Derek said with a big smile.
"You both are going to be surgons. When are you going to have any time?" She said half jokingly.
"We will work it out. We will be great and there is nothing I would change." Derek said leaning in to kiss Merediths flustered face.
"Ok you two love birds go and get the x-ray and I will send the orthopedic to fix you up." she turned to leave but turned around before the door opened. "You guys did the right thing coming in. You are going to make great parents." She said with a smile.
"Thank you." This was the first time Meredith had said something besides telling the doctor how she fell and everyone could tell she truely ment it.