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Chapter 13: If A Broken Heart Could Kill
VO: All my relationships had led to broken hearts. So, I decided to let no one deep in my heart, ever again. Relationships are messy…
Meredith wasn't aware, Mark had followed her, but as she walked out of the day care, she saw Mark leaning against the door. She walked past him but he followed her again.
"So no longer the dirty mistress, huh." He said.
"Yeah, you neither."
"No, life is good."
It was quiet.
"And you're pissed at Derek"
"What does it look like?"
"I think, you think, he was hiding another wife" He said laughing.
She turned around. "Is it true?"
"No of course not"
"Well, tell me"
"No way, Derek should tell you that"
"But I want to know, and besides I'm not planning on talking to Derek in the next 36 hours."
"Good strategy"
"I know, it's my thing."
"Yeah, I thought so." He sighed "Nice girl that Sara chick"
"She isn't a chick. You know, you and Alex would really get along"
"You think, why?"
She laughed.
"No seriously, why?"
"Oh, I thought you were kidding."
"Yeah, I was actually"
"That's exactly why."
Meredith walked into the elevator, Mark didn't go in with her.
"You know, I would really talk to him, if I were you. He probably wants to spill his heart, and all" He managed to say just before the doors closed.
"Yeah definitely" She said more to herself.
An hour later, Meredith got 3 phone calls and 2 pages of Derek, trying to reach her. She finally gave in and called him.
"Derek?"
"Meredith?" He answered surprised.
"Yeah, I got that you wanted to talk to me about something"
"Yeah, yeah, uuhm, meet me at the nurses station."
"Okay"
10 minutes later she walked towards Derek at the nurses station.
"Hey"
"Hey"
"Uhm, can we talk in private?" he said hesitantly
"Sure" They walked into the nearest on call room. Meredith sat down on one of the bottom bed bunks and Derek sat down across her.
"I didn't know Addison came here."
"I know"
"Or Mark."
"I know Derek, that's not why I'm mad. Who is Adrienne?"
"Yeah Adrienne."
"Tell me, Derek"
"Okay, Adrienne is my, how do you say that. Well, she was my daughter."
"Was?"
"Yeah, she actually was the daughter of some friends of mine and Addison. At the beginning of our marriage they dumped her with us, she was only two. We raised her, but when she was ten they demanded her back."
"That's awful"
"Yeah, our marriage went downhill, the rest you already know."
"Yeah"
"She is eleven now and Addison came here to tell me, that Adrienne is now at one of the biggest police stations in Seattle. She was raped and abused, by her father and ran away."
"Oh god"
"Yeah, she is trying to get her back, she asked for my help. They won't just give her to her, you know."
"Why don't you want her back?"
"I loved her very much, but she never accepted me as her father, she and Addison were closer."
"I see"
"Mere, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you, I'm just awful"
"I'm mad, Derek, you managed to hold something important for me, again. But you're Sara's father and I love you. So, I really want us to… be together and happy, but I need a break, to think, I need us to take things slow, okay"
"Okay, okay" He said a little overwhelmed by her speech.
"You can sleep on the couch tonight"
"Thanks" He ruffled his hand through hair.
Meredith stood up, gave Derek a kiss on his forehead and walked out. "I will pick up Sara, see you at home?"
"Yeah, bye"
"Bye"
Meredith walked to the day care and saw Sara sitting on her own, drawing something. She walked towards her.
"Hi, honey. What are you drawing?"
"Mummy, it's for you"
Meredith looked at the piece of paper.
"That's Derek, that's me and that's you" Sara explained, pointing at the figures.
"Thank you honey, it's beautiful, I will give it a special place."
"Okay"
"Now, do you want to go home?"
"Yeah"
"Then, let's go home"
30 minutes later Meredith was sitting in the bathroom, reading an old cosmopolitan while Sara was taking a bath.
"Have you been in there long enough? You already look eighty"
"No, fifteen more minutes"
"No, honey, remember you wanted to go to school tomorrow."
"Okay"
She brought Sara to bed and went downstairs to put some pillows and a blanket on the couch, for Derek. After that she went straight to bed, she was exhausted.
The next morning Meredith woke up and walked downstairs, she saw Derek lying on the couch with still all his clothes on and the TV was still on. She turned it off.
"Looks like he had a long night" She said to herself.
"Yeah, I had"
Meredith jumped up from his words. "I thought you were a sleep"
"I was, but I was watching that."
"How can you be… Never mind… I'm mad at you."
"Meredith, you know you can't be mad for long."
"I know, but I'm trying."
"Mere, sit down."
"Don't you Mere me."
"Dr Grey, sit down."
"You're sleeping on my couch you can at least call me Meredith."
"Okay Meredith, sit down."
"Okay" She sat down on the couch.
"I'm not going to take Adrienne, she never really liked me, I'm just helping Addison to get her."
"Derek, you should know, it's not about that."
"Where is it about?"
She started to cry. "Because you should have told me, you managed to keep something important from me, again."
"Meredith, I really, I don't know, I just, I don't know why I didn't tell you." He paused. "I think I was scared for your reaction, I didn't know how to tell you and when."
"Derek there were enough moments, and you know it."
"Yes, your right. But I'm so sorry Meredith, I don't want to lose you, I can't live without you, I love you."
"I know"
"Good"
"I love you too, I'm still mad, but the big issue is Adrienne, here. Addison needs to get her back."
"Yes"
"But what can you do about it."
"We need to prove we were her parents all those years."
"But how can Addison get her back and not you."
"We will just get her back but they will adopt her."
"They?"
"Addison and Mark"
"Okay"
It was quiet.
"I'll just go wake Sara" Meredith walked upstairs and into Sara's bedroom. "Sara?" No response. "Time to go to school."
"Mmm"
"Come on, you have to go take a shower."
"Okay" She muttered.
"Sara."
"Yes, yes, I'm going" She stepped out of bed and walked to the bathroom. "Mummy, I'm tired." She said to Meredith who was following her.
"I know baby, but it will be better when you showered.
"Really?" She stepped in the shower with her pyjama still on.
"I think it's better when you take that of"
"Yeah?"
"She so going to drink a lot of coffee when she's older." She said to herself. She helped Sara out of her clothes. "I'll make you breakfast, okay? You're clothes are already lying on your bed."
"Can't Derek make breakfast?"
She laughed. "I'll see"
"Okay"
Meredith walked out and Sara went on with showering.
"Kiss" Meredith demanded. They were sitting in the car in front of Sara's school.
Sara kissed her cheek.
"Now, have fun"
"I will" she giggled, "Bye mummy"
"Bye honey"
Sara stepped out and ran to her friends. Meredith watched until she got in the school and drove away. When she got home she saw Derek sitting on the table with a mountain of papers.
"What's this all"
He looked up. "Papers, papers, and some more papers"
"Ahh, I feel sorry for you." She kissed him on his forehead. "Karma"
"What?"
"Oh nothing just karma"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Coffee?"
"Yeah,"
She handed him a cup.
"Thanks"
"Day off?"
"I took a day off."
"I have a day off"
"Okay."
"Do you need help."
"No…"
"No, it's alright, I don't have anything to do so…" she sat down across him.
"Thanks"
"Okay, this one is about you…"
The day went by slowly, it was 3 o clock and Meredith was waiting in front of Sara's school to pick her up. Sara ran out of the school holding Katie's hand with the other she waved to Meredith.
"Mummy, can Katie eat with us tonight."
Meredith hesitated. "Well, I guess. Do your parents agree, Katie?"
"Yeah they do" Katie said shy.
"Okay, jump in then."
Sara opened the back door and let Katie in.
"What do you want to eat?" Meredith said when they both were sitting in the car.
"Nothing you cooked."
Meredith laughed. "No I'm not touching a pan again."
"Okay, I want McDonalds."
"Okay, Katie what about you?"
"I love McDonalds." She said less shy.
"Then McDonalds it is." In 15 minutes they were standing in the line at the McDonalds.
"Mummy, Katie wants a happy meal too."
"Okay"
"With a hamburger, just like me."
"Okay"
After dinner they drove back to their house.
"What time do you have to be home, Katie?"
"I don't know"
"Well, then you can might as well, watch a movie. Sara has finding Nemo"
"Really?"
"Yes, I got it for my birthday." Sara responded.
"Okay"
Meredith pulled up to their house. She saw Addison's car standing outside. "Good that they finally stopped fighting and started working together… and that I brought a lot of McDonalds with me." She said to herself.
"She walked in and Sara and Katie immediately sat down in front of the TV."
"Derek? Addison?"
"We are here." Derek yelled from the kitchen.
"I brought you guys some McDonalds" she said putting the bag on the table.
"Thanks Mere. You're a god"
"I know" She said as she kissed his forehead. "Is it going well?" She asked to Addison.
"Yeah, It would even go better if your boyfriend here would stop being so stubborn."
"I'm not being stubborn"
"Okay" Meredith said. "Sara has a friend over so please try to keep the fighting low"
"I'll try" Derek said.
"Thanks Meredith for the food." Addison said.
"Oh, you guys could use it"
"Yeah,"
Meredith walked to the living room to start the movie for the girls.
"Katie would you like to sleep over?" She asked after a few minutes of the movie.
"For real?" Sara responded.
"For real"
"Come on Katie that would be fun!"
"Now Sara, let Katie decide."
"Yeah I love to" Katie said with a huge smile.
"Okay, I will just call your parents."
After Katie's parents approved, Meredith brought Katie and Sara upstairs for a bath.
"But we want to watch the rest of the movie" Sara complained.
"I know, but first we're going to take a bath and then you can watch the rest of the movie."
Meredith put the two girls in bath with some toys and changed in her pyjama's herself. She lay down on her bed and listened to the sound of the rain. Sometimes she stood up to check if Sara and Katie were still alive. After one check up she went down stairs to get something to drink. Addison and Derek were still sitting on the table, still fighting, they looked tired.
"Addison, why don't you go home, we still have tomorrow, and we are all tired."
"You're right Meredith, thanks, I'll just get some sleep." She stood up and gave both Meredith and Derek a kiss on the cheek.
"Don't be to hard on him." She whispered in Meredith ear when she walked her out.
"I won't" She whispered back.
When she left Meredith walked to Derek and gave him a long kiss, on his mouth. "You're officially allowed in my bedroom, again." She said when they broke apart.
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Okay"
"Now we should go upstairs to take the two eighty year olds out of their bath."
"Two?"
"Yes, Katie is sleeping over, I already put a mattress in Sara's room"
"Ahh, cute"
"Yeah."
After putting the two girls in bed Meredith and Derek walked to their bedroom.
"I think Katie is scared of me." Derek said as he closed the door.
"Of course not. She's just shy."
"Okay" He walked over Meredith and kissed her just as passionate as she did just a few minutes ago.
"I love you"
"I love you too"
VO: I always think of my failed relationships, as lessons, just to know where to go, and where I really shouldn't. I have always known there was a perfect man for me out there, who I would love more then life itself. And I think I may have found him…
"For always."
Well… What do you think? Tell me… More told about Adrienne this time! Tell me what you think…