Meredith holds her hand to her already starting to bruise cheek and whimpers. "D-Der."

Derek kneels down in front of Meredith's wheelchair and takes her hand off of her cheek to see the injury. He knows that her cheek is bruising so quickly because of her cancer. "We'll go put some ice on your cheek." He softly says.

She nods weakly.

Derek stands up and glares at Thatcher. "You need to leave. Now."

"That's my daughter. I have a right to see her." Thatcher says.

"You say she's your daughter yet you hit her? What a great father you are." Derek scoffs.

"Clearly she deserves it." Thatcher smirks.

Meredith wants to get away from her father and starts to stand up without Derek noticing. She wobbles but remains standing. She takes a few steps but then collapses.

"Dr Grey!" A nurse yells and rushes over.

Derek turns around and sees Meredith laying on the floor. "Mer!" He helps her up and she holds onto him to steady herself. "Are you okay?"

Meredith ignores the question and glances at Thatcher. "I need to go." She whispers weakly.

"Let's get you back to your bed." Derek says.

Derek picks up Meredith and she clings to him.

"Hey! I don't think she's going anywhere!" Thatcher slurs.

"Leave her alone Thatcher!" Derek yells.

"Der… don't feel well." Meredith mumbles, feeling nauseated.

"I know sweetie, let's get you back to bed." He rubs her back to comfort her.

"She's just like her mother!" Thatcher yells drunkenly.

"Can someone page Bailey and Webber to meet us in her room please?" Derek starts walking towards Meredith's room and whispers comforting words in Meredith's ear.

Thatcher follows Derek and Meredith. "I bet you're cheating on your perfect Doctor, just like your mother!"

Meredith whimpers.

"Shh, ignore him." Derek whispers. "Thatcher, you need to go before I call security."

"She's faking! She's not sick! She's doing it all for attention!" Thatcher yells, continuing down the hallway after them.

"D-Der… need to… throw…up." Meredith closes her eyes, her skin all pale.

"Okay. Can you hold on just a minute? We're about to be in your room."

Meredith shrugs. "Dunno."

Meredith all of a sudden can't hold it in any longer and throws up all over Derek. She instantly starts sobbing because she threw up all over the both of them.

"Hey, you're okay! No big deal Mer. Let's get you cleaned up." Derek sets her down in the chair and leaves to get a nurse.

Meredith starts shivering and her teeth chatter.

Thatcher enters the room all of a sudden and Meredith's eyes widen when she sees him.

Thatcher starts throwing random items around the room, some just barely missing hitting Meredith. The next item he throws collides with Meredith's forehead, making a deep cut.

Meredith starts sobbing and puts her hand over her forehead.

"Oh shut up! You're fine, you faker! That didn't hurt!" Thatcher yells in her face and tightly grips her arms

Meredith sobs more and tries to get out of his grasp.

Bailey, Webber and Derek walk in just in time to see Thatcher pulling at her gown, causing Meredith to fall down. It looked like he wanted her to stand up but she was too weak. They were right on time to pull him away before he started kicking her.

"Call Security!" Derek yells.

Bailey kneels down on the floor next to Meredith.

"It's okay sweetie. He's gone. We'll clean you up, okay?" Bailey whispers as she holds her intern in her arms but Meredith didn't reply.

"Meredith, it will be okay. We're here, he's gone. He won't hurt you ever again" Bailey soothes.

Meredith whimpers and cries on the floor.

"She's faking! She's faking! She's not sick!" Thatcher slurs. "She's trying to get out of work! She is faking!"

"Thatcher! She is not faking! She has leukemia!" Dr Webber yells.

Thatcher goes still. "Leukemia? But that's cancer. My daughter doesn't have leukemia. She could die?" Thatcher is immediately sobered up when he hears Webber's words.

Just then security shows up and takes Thatcher away. Thatcher allows them to take him and gives Meredith one last glance as she lays on the floor.

Once Thatcher is gone both Derek and Webber go to see Meredith.

"Let's get you cleaned Mer." Bailey says softly. "I've got it from here Richard." She says softly to him. "Derek, go get cleaned up, I'll help her."

"I can help her first!" Derek insists.

"Shepherd, I've got her. Go clean yourself up. She's in good hands, I promise." Bailey says.

Derek sighs and nods. "Mer, I'll be back okay?"

No reply from Meredith.

Derek sighs at her not responding. He leaves the room with Webber.

"Okay Mer, it's just us now. Let's go get you cleaned up." Bailey says softly. "Let's get you into the shower." She carefully gets Meredith off the ground and helps her walk to the bathroom.

Bailey talks to fill the silence. "Okay, let's get this dirty gown off of you." She takes Meredith's gown off and tosses it in the soiled bin. "There we go. I bet that feels much better already. Okay, let's sit on this bench." She helps Meredith sit on the bench in the shower and she quickly cleans Meredith up.

Meredith shivers and doesn't say a word during the shower. She just stares straight ahead.

"I know you're cold, we'll get a new gown on you as soon as we're finished here."

Bailey helps Meredith out of the shower when she's finished and gets her into a new gown. She helps her walk towards her bed. Meredith almost collapses on the way back but Bailey steadies her.

"Okay sweetie, let's lay you down now. I'm going to take a look at your forehead now." Bailey examines Meredith's forehead and cleans it up. "You're going to need a few stitches Mer." She gets the items she needs to stitch her up ready. "This is going to sting just a little." Bailey says as she injects her with the anesthetic. Once Meredith's forehead is numb, she stitches her up.

"All done!" Bailey says, smiling at Meredith. "You're good as new sweetie! Why don't you get some rest?"

Meredith just stares and doesn't say anything.

"You're going to be just fine Mer." Bailey says softly.

Derek rushes in right then. "Hey Mer, I'm back sweetie." He smiles at Bailey. "Thank you Bailey."

"Of course." She looks at Meredith. "I'm going to go now Mer, Derek is here now. You're going to be okay."

Bailey nods at Derek as she leaves the room.

"Oh Mer." Derek whispers.

Meredith's lower lip starts to tremble and she bursts into tears.

"I'm here, I'm here. I've got you Mer. I won't let him hurt you." Derek climbs into bed with her and carefully holds her in his arms, making sure to avoid all of her wires.

Meredith buries her face into his chest and sobs. "Derek!!!"

"I know, I know. You're okay. I've got you." He slowly rubs her back and she eventually falls asleep in his arms.

I hope you enjoyed! I scared myself last night cause I accidentally deleted this whole chapter after I wrote it in google docs but luckily got it back! I was so scared! Also, I can't believe this story now has 30 chapters! I originally only intended for it to have a few!