Disclaimer: See Chapter 1, I don't own anything to do with Bon Jovi Songs.
Chapter 10: Handguns and Second Chances
"Derek, watch out!" Kelly screamed. But, it was too late.
Derek had been rushed to the hospital as soon as the ferry stopped. "Dr. Garrison? What happened?" One of the nurses asked as Kelly rushed in with the EMTs and Derek on a gurney.
"My boyfriend was shot… by Oliver." Kelly managed to get out.
"Dr. Smith shot your boyfriend?" The nurse asked surprised that Oliver could do something like that.
"Yeah and now Derek has a bullet lodged into his head, I'm going to kill him!" Kelly screamed with tears gushing out of her eyes. She collapsed into the nurse's arms and screamed in sadness. She wasn't sure Derek would make it through the surgery he would need to dislodge the bullet.
"Dr. Kelly Garrison, please report to the Chief of Surgery's Office immediately." The PA system said. Kelly was sitting in a chair next to Derek's bed holding his hand tightly.
"I'll be right back, Der-Bear." Kelly whispered getting up and giving Derek a kiss on the forehead. Then, she took the long walk down to her old boss's office.
"Ah, Kelly, it's nice to see you again. What isn't so nice are the circumstances that you are here for. I understand that Dr. Oliver Smith, shot your boyfriend on the ferry?" Chief Wilson asked.
"That's right. Derek is now lying in an uncomfortable hospital bed with a bullet stuck in his head. He's stable, but we need to get him into surgery as soon as his family arrives. Wait, why is it that you called me in here?" Kelly asked.
"I want you to do the surgery." Dr. Wilson said bluntly.
"What- but…I can't." Kelly stammered.
"Why not? This man is going to die if he doesn't have the bullet taken out of his skull and you are just the person to do it. You are the best neurosurgeon I know besides Derek Shepherd, who just happens to be the one with his life on the line." Chief Wilson explained.
"I can't operate on people I know; I don't want to be responsible for someone's death." Kelly said tearing up at the thought of Derek dying. "Plus I signed a contract that said that I didn't have to operate on anyone that I have a relationship with." Kelly explained.
"You don't work at this hospital anymore do you now?" Dr. Wilson replied smugly.
"You're right, I'll do the surgery. But, only if you get Oliver locked up for the rest of his life for what he did to Derek." Kelly said.
"Fine, now go save that man's life."
After Derek's family arrived and said good luck to him, he was off to surgery. He had drifted in and out of consciousness. Kelly was just scrubbing up for surgery when one of the scrub nurses burst in and told her that Derek wanted to talk to her. "Tell him that I'll be right there." Kelly said drying her hands. She would just have to wash them again. She quickly walked into the OR and took Derek's hand in her own. "Hi Baby," Kelly said smiling when inside she was dying of sadness.
"Hey, I just wanted to talk to you before they put me under the anesthesia. I want you to know that I love you and no matter what happens I will always love you." Derek said drifting off a little again.
"I love you too, Derek. Don't die on me now." Kelly said kissing his lips softly. "Okay, everyone. In the words of Dr. Shepherd, It's a beautiful day to save lives." Kelly said sadly.
"Pressure's dropping." One of the scrub nurses announced.
"Come on, Derek, you can't do this to me." Then Derek Shepherd flat-lined. "Charge the paddles to 200." Kelly screamed. She couldn't risk losing Derek.
"Charged to 200." The nurse said.
"Clear," Kelly said shocking Derek with the electric charged paddles.
"No change," Another nurse announced.
"Charge them to 300." Kelly said forcefully. "Clear."
"He's been gone too long Dr. Garrison." The nurse said backing away a little.
"Charge to 360." Kelly yelled. When no one moved she yelled again. "Charge to 360, give him one more chance." Kelly pleaded. One of the younger nurses immediately charged the paddles. Kelly shocked him.
"We have a heart beat. Pressure's rising." The young nurse announced smiling.
"Thank you." Kelly whispered to the nurse. The young nurse just nodded her head. "Ok, let's close him up." Kelly said remembering back to her middle school home economics class. Up, down, loop, tie.
"Charlie? Lily?" Kelly said waking up Derek's sleeping parents. Once they were awake and fully aware of where they were, Kelly explained what had happened during the surgery. "We started to lose him and I couldn't get his heart beating again and then when everyone gave up, Nurse Sanders, the young nurse here, charged the paddles for me and his heart started beating again." Kelly explained.
"He's going to be okay, right?" Lily Shepherd asked worrying about her youngest child.
"There is a slight chance that he won't be able to walk, but I'm confident that Derek will bounce back quickly." Kelly said tears coming to her eyes at the thought of Derek being paralyzed. "You can go see him though. He just may be a little groggy from the meds." Kelly explained.
"Thanks so much, Kelly, you saved our son's life in more ways than one." Charlie replied.
"Oh, it was no problem really. I'm just glad I could help." Kelly said with the tears freely streaming down her cheeks. "I'm just going to compose myself, now." Kelly said laughing through her tears. She walked to an empty on-call room and sat down on the bed and cried some happy tears.
After she composed herself, Kelly called Meredith to tell her what happened. "Remember my ex-boyfriend Oliver, Mer?" Kelly asked.
"Yeah, he was a jerk." Meredith said. "What about him?"
"He-he, he shot… Derek." Kelly said opening up the flood gates again.
"Oh my god! Is he alright?" Meredith asked her sobbing friend.
"I had to operate on him. Oh, Mer, it was horrible, I almost lost him. He told me he loved me this morning. I don't know what I would've done if he had died." Kelly said still crying.
"Kell, calm down. George and I will be on the first plane out there, you're at memorial right?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, we were on the ferryboats when it happened." Kelly said a little more calmly.
"You both did always have a thing for ferryboats; I wonder why I never thought of you two together. Ok, sweetie, we'll be there as soon as we can. Be strong." Meredith said hanging up the phone just to pick it up again to call the airlines. She was going to New York.
After sitting on a plane for the longest time, Meredith and George quickly made their way to the hospital. Addison and Mark had decided to come along too, since they were friends of Derek's. When they got up to the surgical floor, they found Kelly in Derek's room slumped down in the most uncomfortable chair in the hospital, which just happened to reside in Derek's room. She was holding his hand, which was gently rubbing her ring finger on her left hand.
"Derek, oh my God are you okay?" Meredith said upon entering the room.
"Yeah and guess what! I can move my legs." Derek said smiling happily. "The only thing wrong about getting shot in the head is I had to lose all of my beautiful hair." Derek said jokingly.
"You'd think the actual getting shot part would be the worst." Mark said.
"Shut-up Mark," Addison said slapping him playfully. This lead to everyone laughing loudly, waking up Kelly.
"Jeez, you guys are loud." Kelly said wiping the sleep from her eyes with her right hand. She looked down at Derek's hand gently massaging her left ring finger. "Derek? Can you move your legs?" Kelly asked quietly.
"Yup, pull up the blanket and I'll show you." Derek said smiling a McDreamy smile.
Kelly did as he said and lifted the blanket off of Derek's legs. They were indeed wiggling. "And they say doctors are the worst patients. My Doctor is already recovered." Kelly said giggling. "The nurses here are calling you Miracle Man. I told them to call you Dr. Miracle Man." Kelly laughed.
"Good job." Derek said laughing after he high-fived Kelly.
"You guys, I bet you're totally jet-lagged. You can go back to my house if you want. I have a full fridge, movies and a bunch of guest rooms. Feel free to do whatever. I'm just going to stay here with Derek." Kelly said practically shooing them down the hall and out of the hospital with her words.
"Yeah, that's a good idea. I know where it is and where the spare key is. Let's go guys, give them some time alone." Meredith replied seeing that Kelly and Derek wanted to be alone to talk. They left soon after saying their goodbyes to Derek.
"When I was in a coma, I was thinking that I wasn't going to make it through. I started thinking about kids and I had the strangest dream. This little girl, she-she looked exactly like me but with your hair and nose." Derek said getting a little emotional. "She kept asking me where her mommy was. I told her that her mommy was in the kitchen making stew for dinner. Then I heard a woman singing along to the radio. She was singing that new song by Bon Jovi, Who Says You Can't Go Home, the new state song for New Jersey." Derek said.
"I love that song." Kelly said tearing up.
"Well, I walked into the kitchen and I don't know what possessed me to do this but, I wrapped my arms around the woman's waist. She turned around and it was you! The little girl, you called her Cecilia, she was making cookies on the counter and eating the cookie dough." Derek said looking a little freaked out about his future seeing abilities.
"Cecilia, I like it. It's a Saint's name." Kelly said laughing.
"That's what I was thinking when you said it. The little girl, Cecilia, was about 4 years old. Then you asked me to check on Charlie. I thought you were talking about my father, but you were really talking about a little baby that was in the next room over from the one I was in. He had to be only a few months old. I was so happy that I had a son that I started crying like a baby. Then I woke up and I was in here. It seemed so real."
"I'm sorry that it wasn't." Kelly said sincerely.
"It could be."
AN: I'm sorry I haven't posted recently, I tried really hard but the website wouldn't let me log in...I might be a little quicker posting because I wrote some more chapters when I couldn't log in.
AN2: I love the names Cecilia and Charlie...
PLEASE REVIEW! I'm sorry to kind of take hostages here but I won't post if no one reviews.
AN3: Long enough?