Chapter 54: Results Are In
"Thanks for helping me." Meredith said as she scrubbed in next to Derek "Not that I really need the help."
"God no." Derek chuckled "You would never admit to it."
"I don't need to admit to anything." She sneered "I'm perfectly fine on my own, it will just go a lot more smoothly, ouch." She hissed and grabbed her breast. "Shit."
"Are you ok?" He asked with concern.
"Yeah." She sighed "I Just have to scrub in again."
"Ok." He nodded, unconvinced but leaving it alone for now. "Well I'll meet you in the OR."
"Ok." She nodded as she started to soap her hands over again.
She gulped as she felt the small burning pain and hoped that it was just pregnancy related, maybe the test had been wrong? Maybe she really was pregnant. After all her period was due that day and she'd yet to see aunt Flo. She heard the door to the scrub room open and looked over to see a tall red head. Her face fell as she took in the remorseful gaze in her eyes, she stood there holding a lab slip.
"Meredith." She mumbled quietly.
Meredith knew what she was there to tell her, but she didn't want to hear it. She glanced into the OR and sighed as she tried to clear her head for surgery.
"I'm about to go into surgery Addison." She mumbled "I'll have to catch up with you later."
"But Meredith," she mumbled "this shouldn't wait."
"Actually it should." She said "I need to focus on performing surgery and I can't do that when I'm thinking about other things."
"Meredith I need you to realize the gravity of this circumstance."
"I realize that if you don't turn around and leave I'll make you."
"Where's Derek?" asked at the same time she peeked into the OR "Maybe he should come in here." She started to take a step towards me, and Meredith stepped to block her.
"Do-NOT-push me!" she growled. Addison reared her head back slightly, looking a little timid.
"Meredith." She muttered, but Meredith turned around and marched into the OR, shooting Addison a warning glare.
"What took you so long?" Derek asked, "I was about to do the surgery without you."
"Sorry." Meredith mumbled as she stepped up to the table "I had an issue."
"Everything ok?" He asked, knowing it wasn't like his wife to take his jabs without saying something smart ass'ed back.
"Yeah." She smiled through her mask "Everything is fine."
Just then she heard the OR doors open and felt her hair stand up, she sighed heavily and turned to see Addison holding a mask and looking at her worried.
"Addison!" Meredith hissed "I swear to God if you say a word, I will royally kick your ass, right here in the OR!"
"I'm sorry Meredith." Addison gulped "I know this is a bad time, but you need to start thinking of your options right away, time is against us."
"What." Derek frowned "Meredith, what is she talking about?"
"Nothing." Meredith growled. "Addison is being delusional."
"I AM THE ONE?" Addison scoffed "I'm not the one with my life lingering in my hands."
Meredith felt a sharp pain in her chest and saw Derek's confused and worried stare on her. She looked up at him sheepishly and let out a sigh.
"Meredith." He said softly "What's going on?"
"I have breast cancer." She said, all air in the room seemed to stop as everyone gasped in a breath, Derek looked at her with wide eyes full of disbelief "I need a ten blade." She brushed it off and held her hand out, she sighed when there was no response "Are you going to help me or not!"