On finishing the surgery meredith looked relieved. "So what do u think der?" she asked.

Derek grinned..."not bad at all mer. Mom will be thrilled."

Meredith rolls her eyes at dereks comment. " I don't care about that... I rocked it."

The staff in the surgery giggle. "Bid head much?" derek asked.

"You worried it might contend with hers or more specifically yours?" meredith bit back playfully.

Derek couldn't help but laugh. "Do I get boasting rights with everyone here? Or do I have to wait for everyone to read about it?" he asked somewhat seriously.

"You can boast but I doubt they'd believe you until they read about it." Meredith said pointedly.

Derek sighed knowing that it was true.

"Right well I have a patient to get settled and a husband to call. You have our mother to visit and neices to entertain." She said smartly.

"See u when u get back?" he asked

"Of course " Meredith said with a big grin. "Bye der"

"Bye" he sighed .

Meredith watched as the screen went blank. She then
turned and gestured for the nurses to take sam back to his room. She watched as they wheeled him out and she scrubbed out. She knew that she needed to talk to andy about the surgery and get something to eat and find a bed. However, she also knew that she needed to call Alex and talk to him and the girls.

Sighing as she pushed the door open. She went off in search of andy. He really needed to be told that Sam was ok and for the moment things were looking great. She was even thinking about transporting him to seattle grace so she could see out the rest of his treatment.

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Alex was some how still awake despite his lack of sleep the night before. He had felt like crashing out earlier but wanted to call Meredith after her surgery, only problem was that she had not told him what time she would be finished or even what kind of surgery she was even doing he did not know what to think of 'big surgery' especially when he had the feeling it was bigger than she had told him.

Looking at his baby girls - who he was till getting used to having - they we're curled up on the couch in Ellis's hospital room sleeping. He knew he should take them home soon but he was not ready to wake them.

Ellis was barely awake and Richard was sitting rather uncomfortably in the chair. Addison had gone with michelle and nick to buy some food and drinks.

Derek had been booked in for a video supervision for some neurosurgery, and Alex knew that he would be getting out sometime soon.

Alex shifted as he moved to the doorway. He wanted to do something. He hated sitting around doing nothing.

"Getting restless?" richard asked as he looked to Alex who was still standing by the doorway.

Alex nodded

"I'm sure she will call soon." Richard reassured him.

Alex sighed as he watched Addison, MIchelle and Nick make there way down the hall. Lucy and Beth asleep in michelle and nicks arms.

"Still no news?" nick asked curiously.

Alex shook his head.

"I'm sure she will call soon." He reassured her.

Alex sighed as he looked back as bella and mattie who were still asleep. "Maybe I should just take the girls home."

"Don't go yet." Addie sighed. "Have something to eat first."

Alex looked at addie reluctant.

"Look we have chinese food. You know you want some." She added trying to convince him.

Alex's stomach grumbled as if one que. "I guess I really should have something."

Addie pushed him back into the room and nick and michelle put the girls down on the end of ellis's bed. Both were still asleep.

As addie began dishing up the food Alex's phone rang. Everyone looked at him as he quickly pulled it out of his pocket he flipped it open and moved to the doorway, he didn't want to wake up the girls.

"Hey" he finally said into the phone. He couldn't help but be relieved that she had called.

"Hey babe." She said just as relieved.

"So" he said not sure how to open the conversation.

"Well" meredith sighed as she tried to relax further. "The big surgery was a success." She told him.

"That's good." He told her. "But may I ask what that really big surgery was?"

He could hear the change in Meredith as soon as she began to spoke. "I did a standstill surgery." She told him.

"You mean you assisted?" he asked

"No" she said exhausted. "I ran the standstill with the video guidance of Der." She told him

"Wow" he said quite surprised.

"Yeah... it took long enough." Meredith sighed. " and I am hoping to get home tomorrow as I have bossed Andy into bringing him out here to let me see his treatment through."

"That's great" he told her as Derek walked through the door.

"Yeah. It feels weird being here now." She whispered. "I just want to be there with you and the girls."

"I can't wait." He sighed. "We could finish our date."

"Sounds ideal." She said and he could hear the small smile on her face.

"I hope you can come home tomorrow." Alex said honestly. "The girls are sleeping now, but they have been missing you all day."

"I've been missing you all day, plus my girls, I have never been away from them like this before." She told him earnestly.

"Well they're fine." Alex reassured her. "We all just want you home."

"And if I can, we will fly out tomorrow. I want to talk to the Sam, and if I know him well enough. He will be up for it. After all, he will want to meet the daddy of his girls"

"His girls?" alex asked.

"Well he has been like their dad lex... not so much a dad, but the father figure." She countered knowing that she had hurt him.

"Yeah like" he sighed.

"Sorry babe." Meredith sighed.

"Don't" he cut her off.

"Lex, babe, don't do this. I love you and the girls love you. Sam was just there when you weren't." She tried to comfort him but seemed to be only digging himself into a deeper hole.

"Enough." Alex grunted. "You didn't give me a chance to be there. I don't give a shit if I meet the prick."

Meredith could hear the anger in his voice, so could the occupants of Ellis's room.

"Lex" meredith pleaded.

"Not now mer." He bossed and hung up.

Looking at his phone he knew that he would now have to walk into that room to meet their curious glances.

Walking back into the room he didn't bother to look at them, he walked straight to where his girls were. Both were now sitting watching him.

"Come on girls daddy's taking you home." He told them.

They looked at wach other before looking to Nick who nodded.

"Say night to everyone." He told them.

They quickly ran around the room giving them hugs and kisses.

"Will see you all tomorrow." He mumbled.

They nodded reluctantly. All quite curious as to what had occured on the phone.

Alex groaned as the girls skipped to the door. He could not believe that 5 minutes ago they were sleeping.

As he walked out the door his phone beeped and he pulled it back out of his pocket looking to see that he had a message.

"I do love you... more than I know how to say." It read, and he didn't need to scroll down to see that it was from meredith

"Yeah... right back at you." He replied as he led the girls to the elevator just wanting to get them home