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Richard Webber could feel his eyes growing tired as he entered his front door. Adele was sitting in the living room, reading a book.
'Hi,'
'Hi'
'Are you ok?'
'Yeah, I came to get you but you were with a patient,'
'Yeah,'
'Ellis Grey of all patients,'
'Adele she's sick. Meredith needs me,'
'Are you sure it's Meredith that needs you and not her. Richard I know you loved her once and I know you don't just turn love on and off,'
'Adele, she's my patient. I'm not going to stop going to see that just because of the past,'
'Richard, she's your ex mistress, it's a different ball game all together. And she's not your patient, she's Derek's,'
'Adele, I don't want to go into this now. All I'll say is that the past is the past and you're the woman I love and the woman I hope will stay with me till the end of time. If it hurts you so much that I go and see her then I won't,'
'Richard you know that's not the point,'
'Adele, I'm going to bed,' Richard walked away from the argument that he knew was growing, leaving Adele in the living room, fuming.
Derek pulled out the hospital car park and followed Meredith home. Izzie and George were sitting in the living room.
'Hey, how's your mom?'
'Yeah she's ok, listen, I'm just gonna go to bed,'
'You ok?'
'Yeah... I'm great,' Meredith tried to sneak Derek past the two who were facing the TV.
'Hey Derek,' Izzie had shot up and started waving backwards.
'Hey Izzie, George,' Derek nodded his head and started laughing. Meredith walked up the stairs in front of him. His hands started tickling her sides.
'DEREK!' Meredith squealed as she ran up the stairs, him in tow. Running in her room she flopped on the bed, pulling him down on top of her. As he kissed her neck she whispered in his ear.
'I'm going for a shower…' Meredith turned him over and headed for the bathroom, taking her cloths off as she headed to the door. Derek did the same and followed Meredith in. She took her hair out and let it fall down her back. Turning the lights off she stepped in the shower and started washing her hair. The smell of lavender was driving Derek crazy. Meredith washed the soap out her hair and turned to face Derek. The water was running down on top of them. Pulling her in close he began kissing her neck, sending shivers down her spine. All thoughts off her mother and the day's stresses and strains were soon gone from her head and all that she was thinking about was how much she loved Derek.
Izzie and George were sitting watching the television, full volume.
'God, can they get any louder,'
'You shouldn't of said that,' George got up and headed into the kitchen.
'You want a cup cake?'
'Yeah and can I get some coffee too,' the phone started ringing and Izzie answered it.
'Hi?'
'Hi is Meredith Grey there?'
'Eh…she's busy just now, can I take a message?'
'Can you inform her that Dr Shepherd is being paged to perform emergency surgery on her mother? She was bleeding into her brain.'
'Yeah I will, thanks,' Izzie slammed the phone down and ran up the stairs and started banging on the door.
'Meredith…Meredith!'
'Izzie…in case you didn't know I'm kina busy,'
'I got a call from the hospital, Dr Shepherd they are trying to page you, it's your mom Meredith,' the shower turned off and Meredith and Derek opened the door.
'What did they say?'
'They said…she's bleeding into her brain,'
'Christ, Mere I got to go,'
'I'm coming with you,' Five minutes later Meredith and Derek were pulling out of the driveway.
'Derek, is she going to be ok?'
'Honestly Mere, I don't know,' as they pulled up outside the hospital Meredith got a sense of dread in her stomach. Derek handed her the keys and ran in ahead of her. Locking up the car she could see Christina standing inside.
'Hey, you heard anything about my mother?'
'Mere…'
'What's wrong?'
'You should go and see her,' Meredith left Christina standing and headed up to her mothers room. Derek was standing in his scrubs, watching as her mother was being disconnected from the machines and attached to portable ones on the trolley.
'Get her down to OR 2,'
'Derek, what's happening?'
'She's bleeding into her brain, she must of ruptured. I need to go,'
'Derek, please, save her,'
'Meredith, I promise I'll try,' Derek ran off behind her mother's gurney, leaving Meredith sitting in her mothers room, waiting, for a second time, to see if her mother was going to be ok. Christina stuck her head round the door.
'Derek operating?'
'Yeah, I don't want to watch…I couldn't'
'You want company?'
'Yeah, please,' Christina sat next to Meredith in silence for forty minutes when Derek walked down the corridor. Meredith stood up sharply and walked over to Derek.
'Derek?' Derek didn't say anything.
'Derek, what happened?'
