Thank you for the reviews. Last chapter was hard to stop because it did feel like something more than just an alternative way to save Derek. I might eventually come back to it and pull it into its own story. I hope whoever is reading this enjoys it, but honestly it is so enjoyable to me to find as many ways possible to save Derek's life. The show just isn't the same without him.
Meredith was walking across the bridge, ready to dial Derek's phone when a herd of interns came rushing at her, jostling her so that she lost her grip on her phone before she was able to hit send. By the time the mass of them had passed her, she finally was able to grab her phone, thankful that the screen had not shattered. She didn't have time to have it fixed. The phone rang for a moment before Derek's voice picked up on the other end, "Mere?"
"Derek?" she voice was slightly panicked, but already just hearing his low timbre sent soothing waves through her. "Derek, where have you been? Washington called and said that you didn't make your flight."
He paused before answering. "There was an accident..."
Meredith's panic again rose at the thought of an accident. It couldn't be too bad, after all he was talking to her. He was alive. But she looked up and realized the irony that she was standing on this bridge of all places, that only foot away from her was where he had almost died at the hand of Mr. Clarke. "Are you all right?" she choked out. Terror washing her complexion white.
"I'm fine. I'm out on this road that I was trying to use as a short cut to the airport because there was a accident on the interstate. There is hardly any traffic at all, other than the red logging truck that just passed me. But some dumb kid was driving like an idiot, and he caused a pretty major accident. I'm glad I was here. I ended up saving several people, stabilizing them enough for the ride to the hospital. There isn't a scratch on me or even on my car."
"Oh, Derek." MEredith felt her legs giving out on her as she slid to the floor her breath raspy. "I was so scared. I had this bad feeling, a feeling so strong I almost didn't come in to work today, like the one I had during my intern year. And then I was worried that you had been shot or been in a plane crash... Derek there was a plane crash. Oh no, my pagers is going off. I've got to go."
"Mere, I'll call Washington and head back to Grey Sloan. If there was a crash, I'm sure you can use another pair of hands. And are you sure you're ok? You don't sound ok. You sound like your about to hyperventilate." He listened to her rapid breathing. "I'll be there as soon as I can. Just breathe, you've got this. I'll be right there."
Meredith rose on shaky legs and rushed down to the pit to help however she could. She had just stabilized a patient and was ready to head up to the OR when she felt arms envelope her. She immediately turned, still clothed in a trauma gown, and sought solace in her husband's embrace. "Derek, I don't want to lose you."
"110, remember?" He grinned, kissing her forehead. "I've got fly out in a couple of days to resign, but I think we should go as a family. I don't want to spend any more time away from you or the kids. And" he whispered discreetly, "I'd like to work more on adding to our family."
"When you called, I was on the bridge to your old office. When you told me that you'd almost been in an accident, I was a few feet from where you lay dying in a pool of blood. Sometimes I hate it here. Sometimes I wish that I just gone with you to Washington. We would have been closer to your family. I guess as a positive I found out I have another sister. But I just can't shake these images of you dying in front of me, of having to take you off of life support, of having to let you go. I know I said I could live without you, but what if I'm wrong? What if I had lost you today? What if I had to raise our children without you keeping them from being all dark and twisty? I don't want to ever live without you. I started the day chirping like Lexie or Izzie would have about how Blessed I am and then I'm basically having a panic attack because I think I could have lost you today. I don't want to have to tell Zola or Bailey that daddy is never coming home."
Derek silenced her frantic rambling with a kiss. "I'm fine. and I could be totally wrong, but with as emotional as you are today, I have to wonder if we already succeeded in making a new addition" he chuckled, his hand softly caressing the tender area between her shoulder blades. "Let's head up the the OR. I'm sure that we're both needed."
Meredith nodded at him and then pulled away from his arms and grabbed his hand heading for the elevator bank."Even if we haven't succeeded, we've got lots of time to keep trying."
******How Meredith nearly getting trampled by a herd of interns saved Derek Shepherd's life****************