It'd been about 2 months since Hayes and Meredith had revealed to their kids that they were dating, and for the most part, things had been going incredibly well. All of their kids immediately hit it off the first time they met. Ellis had become obsessed with both Hayes and Liam specifically, and though it was a drastic change of pace, the older boys could not deny that they really enjoyed having the younger children around. Meredith cried tears of joy when she got home with the kids after the first time they'd all met. There was something about how the kids got along that just set her right over the edge. She'd been so worried that it wouldn't go over well, and though she'd held it in over at Hayes' place, she was overwhelmed seeing just how good Austin and Liam were with the kids. Everything had felt so perfect, and for the first time since meeting Derek all those years back, like things were truly meant to be.
What Meredith wasn't prepared for though was the amount of times she'd find herself or Hayes pulling each other into on-call rooms whenever they found the time during the day. They'd been lucky, in that they'd been yet to be walked in on by Webber or Bailey. Ever since their first night together, they'd find whatever time they could to have sex in the on-call rooms, make out in supply closets, and sext when they couldn't be together. It was something that Maggie and Amelia had teased Meredith mercilessly about ever since they'd caught her doing it in the attending's lounge on Hayes' days off. It was all in good fun though, and they made sure to also consistently tell her how happy they were to see her so undeniably happy all the time.
One morning, Meredith had gotten out the door in the morning incredibly rushed, as the kids had woken up late and were almost late for school. She got Ellis into her clothes, helped the kids as they brushed their teeth, and hurried them out the door. She completely forgot to grab her coffee and breakfast, which she wouldn't realize til' much later in the day. She dropped all three kids off at school in the nick of time, and then made her way over to the hospital. She walked into the attendings lounge around 9am, and Hayes was in there, sitting lazily on the couch alone. Meredith put her bags down and sat down beside him, resting her hand on his thigh. He looked up at her and smiled, raising his eyebrow. "Morning," he said, placing his phone down and leaning over to kiss his girlfriend. "Mm, morning." She said, kissing him again, much deeper this time. His hands tightened around her back and pulled her closer, as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Somehow, he'd gotten her laying down on the couch in the midst of it all, and he placed trails of kisses along her neck and collarbone. Amelia walked in just as Hayes had begun unbuttoning her shirt, and their heads turned at the sound.
"You guys know it's like… 9 in the morning, right? And there are on call rooms for that." She said, staring blankly. Meredith knew Amelia would probably never let her live this one down. Meredith groaned as Hayes pushed himself off her, sitting up straight. "Apologies, Amelia." He said, and Meredith sat up, fixing her shirt before anyone else could walk in. Amelia chuckled at the embarrassment plastered on both her sister and Hayes' faces. "Don't be sorry, I get it. Just maybe lock the door next time? Imagine I'd been Bailey, or even worse, Jackson or Webber." She said as she smirked, heading into the bathroom to get changed into her scrubs. Hayes looked over at Meredith, a smile forming on his face as he laughed about the situation. Though she would never admit it or show it on her face, Meredith was upset at the fact that they were interrupted. But she laughed along with Hayes, because it was a funny situation, no matter how much she wanted it to keep going.
The rest of Meredith's day had gone strangely normal. There were no major traumas that required her assist, so she did a few elective procedures before heading to her office to finish up some paperwork. Bailey had come by later in the day, and the two chatted while Meredith caught up on all her department head crap that she'd fallen behind on. Hayes had been pulled into a massive surgery on a peds trauma that'd come in a few hours prior, so Meredith couldn't pull him into an on-call room and finish what they'd started in the morning. But Meredith was glad for Bailey's company.
As she stood up to head out for the day, a wave of dizziness rushed to her head, and nausea to her stomach. "Grey, you okay?" Bailey said. "You look like you're going to throw up." She began to grow slightly concerned. "I feel like I could throw up. I don't know if I've eaten anything today, I'm sure I just need to eat something." Bailey reached into her pocket, remembering she had a granola bar. Meredith took the granola bar gratefully and ate it in seconds. Of course, it was seconds later that she found herself leaning over the trashcan beside her desk, throwing it all back up. She rolled her eyes as she stood back up, looking to Bailey. "Are you sure you're okay?" Bailey said, her concern growing by the second. She'd remembered feeling all the symptoms Meredith was showing, when she had her heart attack. That worry came to an all-time high when Meredith suddenly collapsed to the floor.
Bailey yelled for a gurney and for someone to page Maggie and Amelia. She rushed to Meredith's side, checking for a pulse. It was still there, but it was extremely rapid. They got her rushed to an exam room, and Maggie hooked her up to an EKG, while Amelia checked Meredith's pupils and tried to wake her. A nurse had come in and drawn blood, making sure to get rushed results. Maggie and Amelia both had a moment of realization and looked to each other. "Where's Hayes?" Maggie said, knowing Hayes would be a mess when he found out. Meredith's eyes fluttered open as Maggie said that and responded to Maggie's question. "OR 3. Where am I?" She said, looking around the room, her vision still distorted. She closed her eyes again. Maggie and Amelia nodded at each other, and Amelia made her way out of the trauma room and over to OR 3 to see if Hayes was okay to leave the surgery.
"Amelia, what's going on?" Richard said as she entered the OR in a hurry. "Dr. Webber, do you have this under control?" She asked as calm as possible. "I mean, yes. But why?" He asked again. Hayes looked at Amelia, and the calm demeanor she exhibited threw him off. Should he be worried, or no? "Hayes, I need you to come with me." Okay, now he was growing worried. "Why? Dr. Shepherd, what's going on?" He asked, trying his hardest to keep his composure over the patient. "I… uh." She didn't want to have to announce this in front of the OR staff, but she knew Hayes wouldn't go anywhere unless he had a solid reason to leave. "It's Mer. She collapsed, she's in trauma room 4 right now with Maggie." Hayes froze in his spot, his heart sunk to the bottom of his chest. Every worst case scenario and fear was running through his head. He looked to Webber, who nodded, letting him know he could go. He ripped his OR gown, gloves, and boots off as fast as he could, and he sprinted as fast as he could to his girlfriend's side.
"What is it?" Hayes said as he bust the door open to the trauma room, Amelia following closely behind him. "Definitively not a heart attack. We're just waiting on the lab results. Should be ready any time now." Maggie said. Meredith's eyes opened again to the sound of Hayes' voice. He let out a sigh of relief as her eyes opened and he rushed to her side. "Are you okay?" He asked, grabbing her hand and stroking her hair. "I think so. I just need to get food into me and actually keep it down." She said, a small smile forming on her face. "We gave you anti-nausea meds after we took your blood. If you want, we could try getting you something to eat." Maggie said softly to Meredith. "That'd be great." She smiled at Maggie. She then looked over back at Hayes, who was still coming down from his panic.
30 minutes later, Bailey came back into the trauma room. "Lab results are ready." She said, shaking her head. Hayes could feel the panic in him starting to build again. "Oh, what is it? Infection? Malnourishment? Is it my liver?" Meredith said worriedly. "No, Grey, no infection, no signs of malnourishment, or liver disease." Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief. "Then what is it? Did the lab results show anything?" She pushed further. There was something Bailey wasn't telling her. "Everything was normal, except-" "Except?!" Everyone yelled, interrupting her. "Would you all shut up, it's nothing bad!"
"All of your levels are normal, except your hCG levels. Meredith, you're 8 weeks pregnant."
So…
Uh…
Yeah. Surprise!