"Just freaking beautiful." Meredith groaned slamming the phone down.

"What?" Alex asked, sitting against the wall.

"All the elevators on the east end are down. We're stuck in the middle of two and three, so they can't get the door open at all. It could be an hour before we get out of here." She explained pacing the elevator. Alex grabbed her and pulled her down to his lap.

"Great." Izzie moaned.

"It's not like you are missing surgery." Christina said bitterly.

"But we're stuck in here with little happy couple over there." Izzie snapped.

"Jeez, you're still dwelling over that." Christina said sliding down the wall next to Meredith who had climbed out of Alex's lap feeling the tension in the air. "I mean sure, it's shocking that someone like Mer would ever go for a guy like evil spawn."

"Hey!" Alex said defensively.

Rolling her eyes, she looked at her watch. "I would be scrubbing in right now."

"Christina!" Izzie yelled. "Enough about your damn surgery."

"Izz, calm down." George said quietly.

"Oh, boo-hoo, Barbie didn't know that Evil Spawn was getting married. Worse things can happen. Cancer. Death. Missing my damn surgery. Cry me a damn river." Christina spat.

"That's enough!" Meredith yelled. Rolling her eyes, Izzie looked away. "Now, we're stuck here for awhile. Can we just get along for that long?"

Nobody responded and silence fell over them for about ten minutes. Meredith laid her head down on her husband's shoulder intertwining her hands with his that rested in his lap. He looked over at her and smiled lightly.

Izzie sighed harshly.

"What is your problem?" Christina asked annoyed.

"Where the hell have you been? Meredith and Alex are married." Izzie growled.

"You know, we're sitting right here. We can hear everything you say." Alex pointed out.

Silence fell over them for another

"I mean, seriously, Meredith, I told you things." Her voice low and harsh. "I told you I had feelings for your fiancé.

"Yes, Izzie." Meredith said having had enough of her whining. "I was engaged to Alex. I'm married to Alex. I didn't tell you. I didn't tell anyone other than Christina and she didn't find out until like three weeks ago. It wasn't the business of this hospital. And I'm sorry that you got hurt, but I'm not letting you ruin anything. I'm not letting you ruin this for us."

Izzie stayed silent as Alex wrapped her arm around his wife. Everyone sat in silence for five minutes when the elevator jolted. Meredith fell over into Alex's lap. The lights flickered rapidly as he wrapped his arms around her protectively. The elevator started to shake and loud clanking of metal bars rang through the air. A loud motor started up and stopped before starting again. The lights turned on and the elevator started to move up.

"Freedom!" George cried out climbing to her feet.

The others followed his example in silence, but Meredith stayed on the ground.

"Mer? You okay?" Alex asked with a concerned voice as he crouched down in front of his wife.

She jumped to her feet as the door opened slowly revealing Richard waiting on the other side. Just as he opened his mouth to say something to her, her stomach flipped again. Richard's mouth shut as he looked down at the vomit that covered his shoes. His eyes slowly returned to his stepdaughter. Everyone behind him stood in shock as Meredith wiped her mouth.

Alex stroked her back. "Are you okay?" He asked quietly.

Nodding, she felt another wave of nausea come over her. Without even looking at anyone, she hurried off the elevator to the nearest restroom. Alex and Richard looked at each other before Alex hurried after her.

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"Are you okay?" Alex asked as soon as the door opened.

Nodding slowly, she walked holding her stomach towards the nurses' station. Leaning over the counter, she let her head rest on her arms. Alex stood beside her rubbing her back.

"What's wrong, Babe?" He asked softly.

"I don't know." She answered speaking into her forearm.

"Mer?" Richard said walking up. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine. I'll be fine. Sorry about the shoes."

"Don't worry about it. I want you to get checked out."

"Richard, stop being a doctor."

"Mer, you should be checked out."

"Surrounded by doctors." She cried out. "I'm fine. Thank you for your concerns. But. I. Am. Fine." She annunciated each word. Her voice was still faint, tired, and sickly.

"Mer, exam room, now. Yang will be right in." Richard said sternly. She looked at Alex for help who was running his hand through her hair.

"I agree with him." He said giving him an apologetic smile.

She sighed. "Fine. I'll go. You're lucky that I love you or I wouldn't."

Alex smiled and kissed her cheek. "I love you too."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." She mumbled walking away.

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She was lying on the bed when Christina walked in.

"You don't have to do this you know. We could just say we did it."

"Yeah, so when Webber finds out that I didn't check on you, I'll be fired?"

Meredith rolled her eyes. "I'm fine. I probably picked up the flu or something. I do work in a hospital you know."

Glaring at her, she grabbed a needle. "So, what? Are you pregnant? I mean it can't be the appendix again."

She didn't answer as Christina drew some blood. "I couldn't be." She thought. "Could I?"