"Okay Mer, are you ready to do this?" Dr Bailey asked.
"Yeah." Meredith whispers weakly. "I don't wanna be sick anymore."
"Well, hopefully this surgery will be successful. It's very risky but if anyone can beat the odds, it's you." Dr Bailey says softly to her intern.
"Yeah." Meredith whispers, her eyes slowly closing. She forces them back open. "Where's Derek?"
"He's in the OR waiting for you. He's just scrubbing in." Dr Bailey tells her. She starts pushing Meredith on the gurney.
"Okay." Meredith says softly.
Cristina comes running up to them. "I'm here! I'm here!" She grabs hold of Meredith's hand as Bailey pushes the gurney. "Surgery ran long! I wasn't about to let you do this by yourself Mer."
"Thanks Cris." Meredith says weakly along with a few coughs. "Thanks for being my person."
"I will always be your person. You're not getting rid of me. So you better not die on that table because if you do, I will bring you back and kill you myself, got it?" Cristina says.
"Got it." Meredith whispers. "I'm really nauseous."
"We're just now at the OR Mer, so you'll be able to go to sleep in a few minutes and that will go away." Dr Bailey says. "Yang, this is it for you."
"But, Bailey! It's Meredith! I need to be there for her." Cristina argues.
"No. You're not watching. You will be in the waiting room like a regular visitor. Or you can go work but it's up to you."
"Please Bailey! At least let me be there for you until she falls asleep!"
Bailey sighs. "Fine. Go scrub in."
"Thanks Bailey! Mer, I'll be right back!" Cristina runs to go scrub in.
"Derek?" Meredith questions, her eyes slowly closing before she forces them back open.
"He's coming now Mer." Bailey tells her as the scrub nurses transfer Meredith onto the OR table.
"Hey Mer." Derek says with a big smile.
"I'm scared Der." Meredith whispered. Meredith whimpered as a scrub nurse started prepping her for surgery. They strapped her down onto the table and Meredith started crying in fear. "Der…" Meredith sobbed. "I'm scared!"
"Shhh, you're okay. I won't let anything happen to you I promise." Derek tells her, stroking her head.
Cristina comes back all scrubbed in and gowned. "Hey Mer, I'm back." She sees Meredith crying. "You're going to be fine Mer!"
"Dr Shepherd, we're ready to begin." Bokhee says.
Derek nods. Meredith cries harder hearing that.
"You're going to be just fine Meredith. When I'm done today, you're going to be done with this cancer. It will be all gone and you will be healthy. I love you so much Meredith." He kisses her on the forehead with his mask still on. "Just think of everything you want to do when you beat this cancer."
"Okay." Meredith whimpers. "I love you." She whispers.
"I love you more. You're going to have the best life when this surgery is done and you are free of this cancer. I promise you that."
"Derek, we need to let them put her to sleep now." Bailey says softly.
"Okay." Derek says. "Mer, you're going to go to sleep now okay? And I'll see you when you wake up."
Meredith nods with tears still streaming down her face.
Derek nods at the anesthesiologist who then puts the mask over Meredith's face and she then falls asleep.
"Okay. It's a beautiful day to save lives. Let's have some fun. Scalpel."
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"And we're done. Thank you all for your help today. You've helped give Meredith back her life and for that I am extremely grateful." Derek says with a big smile.
A sleeping Meredith is onto a gurney and rolled out of the room towards the recovery room.
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Derek is sitting at Meredith's bedside an hour later waiting for her to wake up. She should be waking up very soon. Derek can't wait to tell her the news.
Meredith begins to stir. Derek feels her fingers moving in his hand. He squeezes her hand and feels a weak squeeze in return.
"Hey Mer." Derek says softly. "Open your eyes for me."
Meredith groans softly. "Ughhhhh."
"I'm right here. I've got you."
Meredith's eyes flutter open and she sees Derek. "Hi." She whispers.
"Welcome back." Derek says with a huge smile.
"I'm alive." She says softly.
"You are. I have some good news for you." He says.
"What?" She whispers, her eyes slowly closing again.
"I got all of the cancer. You're cancer free Meredith Grey."
"Really?" She says tiredly, forcing her eyes back open.
"Really. You're all better."
"Good." Meredith says and her eyes slowly close again. This time she doesn't open them again. Derek hears her breathing even out and smiles at her sleeping body.
"You're cancer free Meredith Grey." He says with a smile.
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