Title: Spiral
Author: MissMouseMD
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A/N: Okay, this chapter is kind of short, and I apologize. There's also a lot of point of view shifts, and sorry for that too. But I hope you guys enjoy it, and thanks for the wonderful reviews!
Talk
Meredith
When she wakes up, her vision is blurred and her head is pounding and she would kill someone for a glass of water.
Also, Bailey is sitting in her bedroom.
The shock doesn't quite hit her for a few seconds, but when it does, she bolts upright. And regrets it immediately, when the pounding in her brain escalates.
"What are you doing here?"
It comes out more snappish than she meant it to, but she doesn't bother to apologize.
She starts to regret that when she catches the look on Bailey's face.
"Sorry…"
She mumbles something about a hangover.
Bailey just glares at her until she starts to squirm, much to her embarrassment.
"What the HELL do you think you're doing?"
She jumps, and tries to conceal her uneasiness.
"Are you TRYING to get yourself KILLED?"
She shakes her head. She doesn't trust herself to speak.
"Well you're sure as hell ACTING like it!"
Bailey's voice lowers a bit.
"I expect to see you at work on in a week, do you understand me?"
She nods.
"Good."
She slumps back onto the bed as Bailey makes her exit.
Bailey
Kids.
Sometimes yelling is the only way to really make your point clear.
Of course, she's not stupid.
If Meredith so much as toes the line back into Slightly-Suicidal-Tendencies Zone, she's sending her straight to a shrink.
Derek
He's busy drowning in his guilt when a thought occurs to him.
What if Meredith really isn't okay?
The very idea paralyzes him.
He tries to fight the panic, but he can't seem to make it go away.
Finally, he grabs his keys and calls something to his wife about work.
She just nods.
Addison
She isn't stupid.
She knows that he isn't going to work. He's going to see Meredith.
She doesn't really blame him for it. After all, the girl's losing it fast.
But the nagging voice in her ear just won't be quiet.
He loves her more, you know.
He's going to leave you for her.
You just wait and see.
George
He doesn't want to let McDreamy in.
But Izzie insists, and he's never been good at refusing her when she pouts like that.
Then he finds himself feeling sorry for Dr. Shepherd, and that's just weird.
The guy broke Meredith. He doesn't deserve any pity.
But the frantic look in Derek's face as he asks if Meredith's okay, and the fear in his eyes as he demands to see her, make it hard to keep on hating him.
After all, he's only human. They all are.
Meredith
She's contemplating getting out of bed for some water when the door swings open.
She's somewhat relieved to see that it's Derek, not Bailey again.
But only a somewhat, because he's got that look on his face like he wants to talk about Big Scary Issues.
She wonders if he'd be fooled if she were to play dead.
"Meredith, we need to talk."
She looks at her hands, the wall, the ceiling; anywhere but him.
She can't think of anything to say, except,
"I know."
And I'm afraid that you're going to have to wait for the discussion of the Big Scary Issues. Anyway, review please!
