"How was your day Lily?" Meredith asked walking in with Mike.
"Good, yours?"
"Busy," they both said sitting down on the couch.
"There is pizza in the fridge," Lily said getting up. "I'm off to bed." Lily went into the kitchen to get a glass of water before heading to her room when she saw a small medical alert bracelet sitting on the counter. "I'm not wearing that Mike," she announced getting a cup out of the cupboard.
"It's just in case you pass out again. For your safety."
"NO!" Lily stood up straight and yelled.
"Lily I just want you to be safe."
"Then let me take care of my own safety." Lily brushed past her brother and slammed her door.
Mike ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. "Sorry Meredith. I didn't mean to start that with you here." Mike sat down and Meredith curled up in his lap. "We usually don't fight."
"All families are dysfunctional. I think it's a rule." Meredith didn't care that Lily and Mike had a fight. It was slightly uncomfortable but not the worst thing she'd ever experienced, hell it wasn't even close.
Mike smiled and kissed his girlfriend, thinking to himself that he had never met someone so perfect. "Do you want to go to bed?"
"I'm fine right her," Meredith said as her eyes closed. "Anywhere you are."
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Lily got up at 5am the next morning to find Meredith and her brother on the couch asleep. She had to open the gym this morning and always took the car she just hoped Mike remembered. Quietly she bounded across to the kitchen to grab a piece of fruit. As she washed it she noticed the bracelet on the counter. She picked it up and stuffed it into her pocket. Mike was just looking out for her and she knew that but being nineteen she knew she could take care of herself. Picking her bag up off the floor she slipped out the front door and headed to the gym. It was still dark as she drove across town and slightly eerie. Tuesday was her morning to open and officially the gym didn't open till 7:30 but she still had her yoga class, which is why she opened. Once she got inside she turned on the lights and put the heat up, the fall weather was starting to show with the cooler temperatures. Shortly after the gym was ready her yoga students started arriving, which was when she felt her heart rate speed up. "Damn it," she muttered under her breath before starting her class.
Lily managed to hold her own throughout the hour class but felt herself loosing her control as people began leaving. However the gym was not scheduled to open for another halve hour before any of the other staff would arrive. She assured herself that she was fine and stood behind the desk saying goodbye to her students as the headed out. She attempted to eat her apple she had brought but found her hand shaking. "Another exceptional class," someone said startling Lily she thought everyone had left already.
"Thanks Addison," Lily managed to get out before her really began to get dizzy.
"Are you feeling okay?" Addison asked while readjusting her purse.
"Fine." Lily wished Addison would leave so she could sit down and regain her composure. "I'm fine."
"Okay," Addison said nodding but not believing. "Do you mind if I stay in her to wait for my husband? It's still pretty cold out this time of morning."
"Sure," Lily said as she started to feel better. She had a brief moment of clarity followed by a massive head rush and her body traveling at warp speed to the floor while she mentally kicked herself for not wearing the bracelet. Mike was right.
"Lily?" Addison asked not really she if Lily had fallen or if she had ducked behind the desk to grab something behind the desk. When she didn't get a response she walked to behind the desk confirming that Lily was in fact unconscious. Staying calm Addison knelt down beside Lily's head and carefully checked that she was still breathing. "Lily? Lily can you hear me?" she asked close to her head. It was safe to say, because Addison hadn't heard her hit anything on her way down, that Lily didn't have a spinal so Addison tilted her head back and checked her pulse. Carefully counting to ten she was surprised to find it going abnormally fast. "Lily?" she tried once more.
Lily's eyes fluttered open in confusion as she looked up at Addison. "What happened?"
"You passed out."
Lily lifted herself up with a little help. "I forgot to eat breakfast this morning."
"I think it's a little more than that," Addison said helping her over to a chair. "Your heart is racing." Lily felt her world spinning around and was pretty sure she was loosing it when she saw McDreamy walk through the front door of the gym. "Lily, Lily stay with me," Addison said tapping Lily's face.
"What happened?" Derek asked coming into help his wife, supporting Lily's body.
"She tachyci, somewhere around 160 beats per minute. We should get her to the hospital," Addison said getting out of the way so Derek could pick her up, the two ran out to Derek's car which was already running. Derek jumped into the back seat with Lily. "She was fine and then collapsed," Addison explained as she raced through the streets.
"She has a heart condition." Derek began massaging Lily's carotid artery when he noticed the fading cut on the side of her head; it was Meredith's friend. "She's coming around," he announced as Lily's eyes opened. "Lillian can you hear me?" Lily opened her eyes to see McDreamy looking down on her and hearing Addison's voice in the background, she nodded to his response. "Good girl. Just relax, we're taking you to the hospital." Addison pulled into the ambulance bay of the hospital. Derek picked up Lily and got out putting her on the gurney Addison had yelled for. "I want an IV, ECG and oxygen," Derek ordered as the gurney was put in a curtain in the emergency room. "Are you okay Lillian?" he asked noticing some anxiety in her eyes.
"Someone has to call my brother," she said looking towards Addison.
Addison saw the petrified look on Lily's face as people rushed around her. "What's your brother's name?" she asked taking hold of Lily's hand giving her a small sympathetic smile.
"Mike Craig."
"Okay, where does he work?" Addison was trying to keep Lily calm; after all although she was mature she was still pretty young, and at this point very confused.
"Seattle General." Lily closed her eyes trying to concentrate. "What hospital am I at?"
"Seattle Grace." Addison brushed a few strands of hair out of her face.
"My brother's girlfriend works here, she can get a hold of him." Lily was getting anxious and began breathing heavily.
"Lily you need to relax," Addison announced. "What is her name?"
"Meredith, Meredith Grey."
Addison shot a look to her husband. She had wondered in the car how he knew that Lily had a heart condition and why he was calling Lily – Lillian and now it all made sense. "Okay I will go get her but you've got to relax, okay?"
"Okay."
