The Midnight Surgery Featuring Dr. Grey?
Hey guys….I'm so sorry for the late update! I was going to update the first weekend of April, but I left my papers at home when I went on my college tour. Then I went to the Bruins game the next week, and then I was sadly forced to watch the last 4 episodes of Grey's. Which I hate right now, just a little fun fact. But here's my longest update yet, along with sneak peaks for upcoming chapters, to make up for it! This chapter is interesting to say the least; it doesn't quite follow the Grey's episode. I hope you enjoy it! I had fun writing it.
But boy do I have some plot twisting and exciting chapters coming up. Some are hinted at in my sneak peaks…if you have an idea of what might happen, let me know! I'll let you know.
Also, I'm looking for a story that I read a little bit ago. I believe it was post end of season 2, where Meredith left Seattle and joined an international residency program (imfs maybe?) She had a kid in Japan and before every surgery and they also did this dance from before surgery in the OR, which came from a festival thingy in Brazil. She came back to Seattle to finish off her residency, when she wanted too, and the Chief of the program is like her father. The story was funny and well written, with a MERDER end. If anyone knows what the story is called, please let me know!
And now, for our future presentation…. A NEW CHAPTER! Enjoy!
Xoxo- a merder fan for life (because Grey's sucks right now)
Meredith was finally home and in her bed, sleeping. It felt good to relax, even if she missed thrill of being in the hospital. She was dozing in and out of sleep when Meredith heard her pager go off.
Ugh. Sometimes, that was one thing Meredith hated about being a surgeon, the constant and annoying beeping of her pager.
Though, what she read was totally worth being woken up for.
Hepatic Adenoma OR 2 at 12am – Chief
A benign liver tumor. It had been a while since she'd done a surgery like this. They were pretty cool and Meredith definitely couldn't wait to scrub in.
But she had to chuckle at the Chief's humor; a midnight surgery, it couldn't get more inconspicuous than that. At least the OR and surgical halls would be almost empty; she could perform her surgery unseen and be ready for rounds by 430-5.
Meredith wasn't wearing the light blue scrubs for sure. She couldn't wait to see the look on the Chief's face when she told him that she was wearing the dark blue ones and nothing else.
After all, she was an attending. She couldn't wait to put her scrub cap on and not those crappy light blue ones. Meredith sure did miss her favorite scrub cap when she was scrubbing in for the Katie Bryce surgery.
With happy thoughts of surgery, Meredith finally drifted back to sleep. She couldn't wait to be back in the playing field after all. It had been far to long.
As much as Meredith wanted to dress to impress, it was 11 and no one would (hopefully) see her. Plus, she new she should try to stay under the radar, to be seen by few people.
Meredith did have what she would call a successful day at home. It consisted of sleeping, unpacking, eating, and watching surgeries. Repeatedly. Until, 10 pm when she got ready for her own surgery.
Yup. A day of success.
As she walked into Seattle Grace, the first thing she noticed was the silence; it was quiet. Then again, it was midnight but still, it was almost too quiet. Which, in the surgical world, is a bad thing.
But Meredith shook those thoughts away. She had a surgery to complete and then round to attend too.
The life of an intern and attending.
She made her way to the Chief's office, where Richard told Meredith to meet him.
Meredith reached his office and walked in.
"Chief."
"Meredith. I see you're early."
Meredith gave him a sly smile. Richard immediately knew she was up to something. He sighed. "What is it? What do you want?"
"What makes you think, Richard, that I want anything?" Meredith asked, feigning innocence.
The Chief gave Meredith a look. She sighed. "Fine. You got me. I want scrubs."
The Chief looked confused. "You already have scrubs."
"I know," Meredith started off. "But I want the dark blue ones. The attendings' scrubs. I don't want to wear my intern ones to surgery."
Richard opened his mouth to respond but Meredith cut him off right away.
"After all, Chief, I am an attending. It only makes since that I wear the scrubs that mark me as an attending as well. And, I don't want to stand out to others. Who knows what gossip could spread around here. An intern or resident scrubbing in with the Chief at midnight? I'm sorry but I wont allow for that to happen. No way."
The Chief thought hard and long, before giving in. "Fine Meredith. You can have the dark blue ones. Just make sure Bailey or no other interns catch you with them on."
Meredith smiled. "Thank you Chief."
"Come on Meredith, let's go get those scrubs. I can't wait to see you in action."
So they left as on excited surgeon and a proud Chief, to go get scrubs.
Normal. That's how Meredith felt as she put on the dark blue scrubs. She felt like her 'normal' self, the kickass general surgeon once again. It was weird feeling like this again, after being an intern for a day, but it felt right.
She grabbed her favorite scrub cap from her bag and set off to OR 2.
The first thing Meredith did was put in her scrub cap. It was lavender and was definitely her lucky cap. It felt weird when she didn't wear it for surgery, especially when she scrubbed in yesterday on Katie's surgery. Meredith felt different.
As Meredith finished scrubbing in, she entered the OR, only to see that the Chief was already there with the patient. And a scrub nurse that she specifically did not ask for.
"Richard," Meredith began.
"Meredith. I know you said no scrub nurses but you need help in the OR. Someone to monitor the patient's stats and to hand you the correct instruments. I wont always be here to do it. You need one scrub nurse that you can trust," Richard told her. "Plus, I think you two will be great partners and even friends. She's someone that won't betray your secret."
Meredith sighed and looked at the scrub nurse. She was pretty and petite, around Meredith's height. She had pitch-black hair, with her eyes a shade of light purple. The nurse looked like a girl Meredith could trust. So she gave in "Fine," she began. "But only her. Nobody else can know."
The Chief smiled. He gestured to the nurse and said, "Meet scrub Nurse Courtney Williams. She's been working here for 6 years, every since she has been out of college. She's 27, your age."
Courtney smiled. "Hello, it's very nice to meet you. I can't wait to work with you Doctor…"
Meredith smiled. Maybe she could get to know this nurse. "Meredith Grey. Doctor Meredith Grey. It's very nice to meet you Courtney."
Courtney looked shocked. "You're-you're - "
"Ellis Grey's daughter, yes."
"You're the amazing child prodigy general surgeon from the East! I've heard all about you! It's an honor to work with you, Doctor Grey. IT has been a dream of mine."
"Thank you, Courtney. Although..." Meredith hesitated. "I came to Seattle to start over. I'm-I'm not known as Doctor Grey here, only as the intern Doctor Elizabeth Harrington-Gray. It isn't a complete lie but..."
Courtney interrupted Meredith. "But you don't want anyone to know. Don't worry, I wont tell. I get it, wanting to start all over. It's why I came here, to Seattle. I used to live back east, in Rhode Island, but I had to get away. I needed a change. So I get that, what you're going through. I hope you get it here. I know I did."
Meredith laughed. Finally, someone that understood her and what she wanted. "Thank you, for understanding. Not many people do. I have a feeling we are going to be great friends, Courtney. Let's get started now, shall we?"
Richard smiled. He knew this was the right thing to do, to make Meredith feel more comfortable. They all looked at the patient, who was asleep. Richard gently woke her up. "Ms. Johnson. It's time."
Ms. Johnson looked happy. "I can't wait. It's been too long."
Meredith stepped forward. "Hello Ms. Johnson. I am Doctor Grey. I will be the lead surgeon today. I assume you know Doctor Webber and this is my scrub nurse Courtney."
Courtney was ecstatic. No Doctor had every introduced her before, to a patient. She was excited. She knew Doctor Grey was different and could not wait to work with her.
Ms. Johnson smiled and grabbed Meredith's hand. "Thank you so much, dear. This means the world to me. I want this tumor out of me, I don't want to live like this."
"I promise to do my best Ms. Johnson."
"Katherine, call me Katherine."
Meredith smiled. It was patients like Katherine that made her day. "Alright Katherine, I need you to count back from ten for me."
"10, 9, 8," with that, Katherine was knocked out.
Meredith looked at Richard briefly, to see a smile on this face. She then turned to Courtney.
Meredith looks around the OR. "It's time to save a life today, everyone. Courtney, scalpel please."
She twirls the blade in her hand three times. It felt so good to be back in the OR, back in control. She missed it.
And without missing a beat, Meredith makes the first cut.
The surgery was very successful with no complications. It was a textbook procedure, yet Meredith made it look beautiful, not standard or normal. It was amazing, the way she worked; her stitches and cut were flawless. She moved and cut grace, making it seem as if the surgery was an art instead of just a routine surgery.
She was great, and well on her way to being on her way to being on of the greats. Probably even better than her mother.
This is what Dr. Webber and Nurse Courtney noticed as they watched Meredith during surgery. Meredith made them want to watch her; she drew them in.
Meredith, oblivious to their thinking, was on a major surgery high, more so than from the day before. It felt so good to be back in the OR, to be in control.
But she knew that she had rounds next, as an intern, and her high would not last all day.
Sadly.
"Dr. Webber," Meredith began. All three of them were scrubbing out from the surgery. "What time is it? I have rounds at 4:30 with Bailey."
The Chief looked at his watch and responded with, " It's 4. The surgery was 4 hours Meredith, which is normal for a procedure like this. Bring Ms. Johnson back to room 2414 and make sure she's all set, before heading to change. I have paperwork to catch up on, but will check on Katherine throughout the day and will keep you updated if anything changes." The Chief paused before smiling at Meredith. "Dr. Grey, good job in there. You sure do live up to the rumors. It was a pleasure to operate with you."
Meredith was excited to here the Chief compliment her, "Thank you Chief."
The Chief smiled and nodded, before walking out of the scrub room.
Meredith turned to the nurse. "Courtney, thank you so much for doing this. It means a lot."
"The pleasure is all mine, Dr. Grey. You were amazing in there and I can't wait to work with you again. You're definitely one of the greats."
Meredith blushed. "Call me Meredith. Dr. Grey sounds like my mother." Both girls laughed before Meredith continued. "But thanks. You were great in there too. You are definitely one of the best scrub nurses I have worked with; you know exactly what I need before I ask. No one else has had that connection with me. I'll make sure that even if I am the intern scrubbing in, you'll be in there with me. I can't wait to work with you again, though hopefully soon. You can always page me if you need anything."
Courtney beamed at Meredith. "Thank you so much, Meredith. That means so much to me. Let's go bring Ms. Johnson to her room, shall we? And maybe get coffee on our way? Because I think we are both going to need it for the long shift ahead."
Meredith burst out in laughter. "I like you already Courtney. We are so going to be great friends."
And with that, two girls walk out of the scrub room, laughing together as old friends.
Meredith and Courtney sit outside nursery, drinking their coffee. Meredith sighs. "This is exactly what I needed before I start my shift. Babies make everything better."
"They do," Courtney says. "It's peaceful and calming."
They stare at the babies in silence, until one starts to turn blue. The girls look at each other before running into the room, to make sure the baby is okay. After checking him over, the baby looks perfectly fine.
"Huh, that's so weird," Courtney began. "One second he was blue and the next he wasn't. Was it a - "
"Yes. He has a murmur," Meredith finishes for her. "He should have been checked already though…"
An intern walks up to the pair, not realizing their status, and says, "What are you doing in here? You're surgery, you're not authorized to be in here. Do you know how much trouble you can get into for this?"
Courtney stares at the intern in shock. Doesn't she realize that the person she is talking to is an attending, a higher rank than her?
Meredith looks at the intern. Probably a know it all, she assumes. And an idiot; cant she see the scrubs she's wearing? She has the power to go wherever. "You should have done some tests."
"It's a benign systolic ejection murmur. It goes away with age"
Meredith scoffed. "So that means you're not going to do any tests? You don't even know if that is the correct diagnosis. You could be wrong, you are only an intern."
"He's not your patient, he's not even on your service! Why do you care? I'm a doctor too, you know."
Meredith, and Courtney were fed up with this intern. But before Meredith could say anything, Courtney spoke up for her.
"You're a doctor, she's a doctor. You're an intern and what is she? An attending. She's higher up than you, she knows more. So no, it may not be her patient, but she's entitled to make sure no patient is misdiagnosed by a cocky intern. Come on, Doctor Grey, let's go." Both girls left to leave, while Meredith smirked at the shocked intern. Courtney hesitated at the door. "I may just be a scrub nurse, and a damn good one, but even I recognize who my superiors are. You should too. Next time, look at the color of the scrubs before you start talking."
As soon as they were out of earshot Meredith said, "Thanks, you didn't have to do that. I could have handled that myself."
"It's not a big deal. It's what friends do. You need to get ready for you're shit though. And you need to change."
"Yeah," Meredith sighed. "I do. Thanks for everything. I'll see you around Courtney?"
"You bet you're ass you will. Hope to see you soon, Dr. Grey. Hopefully sooner rather than later."
With that, both girls parted to get ready for their respect shifts.
Meredith decides that she hates the light blue scrubs. They remind her of her old intern days, something she really doesn't want to relive.
She walks out of the locker room, quite early, and hesitates before putting up a sign for roommates.
"Roommates, why do I even want roommates? I don't need any help paying and they can be annoying. Why then?" Meredith pauses her monologue. "Right. To make friends. This is definitely my dumbest idea yet. Other people are far too messy. It's all about lines. Drawing lines in the sand, and praying like hell no one crosses them. So what the hell am I doing?"
Meredith shakes her head and walks to find her resident. She, although, has to answer George and Izzie, saying she doesn't want people from the hospital. That would definitely be crossing the line. She watches as the others, Cristina included, complain to Bailey about wanting to cut, which is completely stupid. It won't work. Bailey then goes on a rant about making her happy, in which Meredith tunes it out. She knows the rules. When she tells them to move is when Meredith listens. Cristina then asks her, "Don't you want to cut too?"
Meredith smirks and decides to have some fun. "Who says I haven't cut yet? Maybe I have. Maybe I'm on a surgery high." Meredith walks away laughing, leaving Cristina dumbfounded.
And she's still laughing, even when she gets on the elevator with Doctor Shepherd.
"Seattle has ferry boats."
Meredith is startled, though she doesn't let it show. She wasn't really expecting him to talk. "Yes."
"I didn't know that. I've been living here six weeks, I didn't know there were ferry boats."
"Seattle is surrounded by water on three sides." She states as an obvious fact
"Hence the ferry boats. Now I have to like it here. I wasn't planning on liking it here. I'm from New York. Genetically engineered to dislike everywhere, except Manhattan. I have a thing for ferry boats."
'New York?' That definitely concluded Meredith's suspicions about Derek. But there was something else she was missing. "I'm not going out with you."
"Did I ask you to go out with me?" Derek pauses. "Do you want to go out with me?"
"I'm not dating you. And I'm definitely not sleeping with you again. You're my boss." It pained Meredith to say that, when he really wasn't.
"I'm your boss's boss."
'Technically she's not my boss either…' But Meredith couldn't really say that either. "You're my teacher. And my teacher's teacher. And you're my teacher."
"I'm your sister, I'm your daughter."
'Ass.' "You're sexually harassing me."
"I'm riding an elevator."
"Look, I'm drawing a line. The line is drawn. There's a big line."
"So, this line. Is it imaginary, or do I need to get you a marker?"
Meredith stares at him for a second, pondering what to do. To kiss him or not. 'Oh, what the hell.' She drops her folders and kisses him. They kiss until the elevator doors ding and Meredith quickly crouches to pick up her folders and leaves. Derek stands there looking bemused.
"We'll talk later?"
Although he can't see it, she smiles. She definitely couldn't wait to talk to him later.
As Meredith sees the rape victim for the first time, she cringes, knowing this is going to be a tough one.
She watches Shepherd and Burke talk about the girl during surgery, about her odds on surviving, how she's a fighter. Meredith sighs. They are missing one important fact, the girl's name.
"Allison. Her-her name is Allison," Meredith tells them. It was important to know the patients name that someone is operating on.
"Allison." Derek repeats what she said. Meredith wants to punch the wall; obviously it's Allison if she just said so.
Burke is the next one to speak. "I think I may have found the cause of our rupture," he says, as he pulls out a piece of flesh. "What is this? Does anyone know what this is?"
Meredith looks at it and her eyes widen. "Oh my god."
"What? Spit it out, Grey."
Meredith can't believe it. This case just got so much more interesting. "She bit it off."
"Bit off what?"
"That's his...his penis." She can hear the groans throughout the room and Meredith just wants to laugh her ass of. Men. "She bit off his penis."
Meredith almost does when Burke throws the penis into the tray. However sad this case is, this just made her day. "Well, this is a first," she mumbles to herself.
Burke frowns. "Gray, do you have something to say?"
Shit. Meredith thought no one had heard her. She rolls her eyes. "No sir." Sir my ass, Burke.
Derek is confused. She definitely said something, something about a first or something. He shook is head. He had to be imagining things, right?
Meredith watches after the surgery as the intern who called her a nurse yesterday gets reassigned to her group. Lovely. And to think that this day started with a high…
She leaves to go to the Chief's office, to get rid of the damn penis. She patiently waits in his office, until the chief comes in, which is when Meredith gets straight to her point. "Why am I carrying around a penis in a cooler? I'm a surgeon, a damn good one, for crying out loud! I'm not a penis carrier!"
The Chief sighs. "You have to take it with you."
Meredith explodes. "WHAT?"
Richard sighs, he knew this would happen. "Chain of custody rules. All medical matter and array must stay with the person who collected it, until it's placed in police custody."
Meredith is shocked. "Custody of a penis. What am I suppose to do with the penis?"
The Chief doesn't respond.
"I'm not a penis protector Richard." Meredith storms out of the room, with the cooler in hand.
Meredith gets angry as George and Cristina question her about her cooler. All she wants is to be left alone. So she walks away, trying to think about her surgery this morning and the blue baby, which don't exactly improve her mood. Instead, she goes to look at Allison. She doesn't even notice she's not alone, until Derek begins to talk.
"Meredith. I've called every hospital in the county. Sooner or later, the guy that did this is going to seek medical attention, and when he does, that penis you're carrying around is going to nail him."
"Where is her family?" She wants to know, this girl needs support.
"Doesn't have any."
"No siblings?"
"No. Both parents are dead. She just moved to Seattle three weeks ago. Welcome to the city. Meredith, you okay?"
Meredith stares forward in a trance. She knows how it feels, to be alone. And now this girl is all alone too, and hurt. Meredith begins to talk, not fully realizing what she is saying or saying to. "It's just I hate cases like these. They hit you the hardest. And to be alone, it sucks. I get it." She remembers the baby from this morning. "I have to go." Meredith runs out of the room, hoping to save a baby's life.
She doesn't realize that she left Derek there dumbfounded over her words. Here words, the 'cases like these,' and being alone, he didn't understand. This would be her first one; she's just an intern.
Derek realizes that something is off with Liz. She's different. And Derek won't stop until he finds out what it is.
Meanwhile, Meredith bursts into the Chief's office. "Richard," she begins. "There's a baby in the nursery who keeps turning blue, I saw him after my surgery this morning. The intern says it's a murmur, but I know it's not. It could be a serious heart defect, and no body in Peds will do anything about it. Can you get Burke to check it out or something? I just don't want an innocent baby to die, not when I can do something about it."
Richard stares at Meredith and sees that she is serious. He nods slowly. "I'll ask Burke to check it out. If you're right, you can scrub in, ill see to it."
Meredith sighs in relief. "Thank you Chief."
"It's not a problem. And Meredith, I would do the exact same thing that you did. Good job."
Meredith smiles and walks out of the Chief's office and goes to find Cristina. She finds her and they sit in the lobby together.
It's Cristina who speaks first. "What're you doing down here?"
"Just sitting here with my penis. What about you?"
"Hiding from Alex."
"I-" Wait I can't tell her I kissed Derek.
"What?"
"I talked to Shepherd today, like a full on conversation. And I made a fool of myself, sort of."
"You talked to him? I thought you said he was a jackass."
"He was easy to talk to and I got distracted. It's a bad day."
"Oh, so this is what you do on your bad days. Talk to Dr. McDreamy. What's next, making out with McDreamy?" They both stand up to leave.
Meredith smirks at her. Cristina looks at her, with her jaw on the floor. "You did not," she exclaims.
Meredith laughs. "I kissed Derek."
"You kissed Derek."
"In an elevator."
"Oh, you kissed him in the elevator.
"Like I said, it's a bad day, a day that started off so good."
"So this is what you do on your bad days," Cristina confirms. "Was he any good?
"Well, that, and you know, carrying around a pen1s just makes everything seem so shiny and happy." Meredith pauses, before continuing. "It was amazing. He's a really good kisser."
"I can't believe you kissed McDreamy."
Before Meredith can even respond, both girls hear a car swerve. Meredith looks at Cristina before running outside. A man is staggering out of his car, his clothes soaked in blood, mainly around his crotch. He collapses and in seconds there are doctors and nurses checking him.
'Ah, so this is the rapist,' Meredith thinks. "I'll go security. Let's move people"
As Meredith is puling the bed, Dr. Bailey shows up. "So, what've we got?"
"Take a look."
"What?" Bailey says, before looking. "All right, let's get him into OR 1. Liz, you call the chief and let him know we got the rapist."
Meredith calls the Chief before going to scrub in. She reaches into her pocket to grab her scrub cap, before remembering that interns don't have their own. She sighs, scrubs in, and goes into the OR.
Meredith decides to see say something, as her and Cristina are cleaning the penis. "I saw Alison, you can't believe the beating that she took. And then to see this..."
"It's like that old saying, you should see the other guy."
"Why are we not attempting to reattach the severed penis?"
Cristina answers Bailey first. "Teeth don't slice, they tear, you can only reattach with a clean cut. If she wanted to slice him off with a knife..."
Meredith decides to chime in "Besides, the digestive juices didn't leave much of the flesh to work with."
"Right, so what do we do?"
"Sew him up minus a large part of the family jewels."
"And his outlook?"
Meredith smiles under her mask. "He'll be urinating out of a bag for a very, very long time."
"Not to mention he'll never be able to have sex again."
"Oh, too bad."
"Shame."
"Let's all take a moment to grieve. Clamp."
Meredith wants to laugh, but knows it would be unprofessional. And besides, they guy is losing what makes him a man anyways, which is so worth it.
Later on, Meredith walks into any empty hallway to find her fellow interns sitting on beds. She makes the decision to rant to them. Like an intern would. "So the police say that they can't send down the crack crime scene guy for hours. So I have to spend the night with a penis. Alex, don't say it."
"Ahh, it was too easy anyway."
"Who here feels like they have no idea what they're doing?" George asks. Everyone raises their hands, except Alex and Meredith, who hesitates before doing so, as to not seem suspicious.
George continues on. "I mean, are we supposed to be learning something, because I don't feel like I'm learning anything."
"Except how not to sleep," Izzie says.
Cristina says something next, which surprises Meredith because she didn't think that Cristina would. "It's like there's this wall, and the attendings and the residents are over there, being surgeons, and we're over here, being..."
"Suturing, code running, lab delivering penis-minders." Meredith wanted to slap herself for saying that. It's what interns are supposed to do.
"I hate being an intern."
Meredith sighs and mumbles to herself, "I did too, Alex."
Bailey comes in and looks expectant. Everyone gets up and leaves, except for Meredith. Bailey sits down and starts eating someone's chips. She looks up at Meredith. "You want to say something Gray? If not, there's stuff to be done."
Meredith sighs. What was she thinking? But before she could change her mind, she blurts out, "You'll make an excellent General surgeon, Doctor Bailey. You have what it takes to succeed in this specialty. Not many have what you do. And trust me, I've been around the famous general surgeon myself." Meredith smiles before leaving, knowing that she could give away herself. But Meredith meant every word she said.
Bailey looked at the retreating form of her intern, confused. How would the intern know that? And the famous general surgeon? That would be…no. Maybe they're related. Bailey sighed. She would take the complement, but ask the Chief about this intern. She was a special one.
Meredith gets paged to the Chief's office. When she walks in, she sees Burke leaving and immediately knows it's about the baby. Burke stops her before she can walk in. "I'll see you in the OR, Gray."
"Liz," the Chief says as Meredith walks in. "I got Burke to check out the patient. It's tetrology affirmed lower pulmonary artresia. OR is booked for tomorrow. I told Burke a fellow attending noticed something, while walking by the nursery. Good job Grey."
Meredith is shocked. She didn't think Burke would believe the Chief. "Thanks Chief. I need to go check on Allison." She smiles before walking to Allison's room.
As Meredith walks in, she notices Derek is still there. She decides to say something. "How is she?"
"No change."
"Have you been here all night?"
"Mm-hmm. Yup. You know I have four sisters? Very girly, tons of kids. If I was in a coma, they'd all be here. I'd want them here. Having no one? Can't imagine that."
Meredith sighs. "I can. I have my mother but, well, she's not the best mother."
Derek nods sadly. "So we're kissing but we're not dating?"
"I knew that was going to come up."
"Don't get me wrong, I like the kissing. I'm all for the kissing. More kissing, I say."
"I have no idea what that was about."
"Is it going to happen again? Because if it is, I need to bring breath mints. Put a condom in my wallet."
"Shut up now." Derek laughs. "There was this baby up in the nursery. He's brand new. No one's neglected him or damaged him yet. How do we get from there to here? Someone's beat the crap out of her, and she's got nobody. I just don't get it." But before anything else could be said, there is beeping. Alison's in trouble and Meredith hits an alarm on the wall.
"Her ICP's double, get an OR! Put her in for a craniotomy."
Meredith sighs. She really thought that Allison would make it. Since she couldn't go in, Meredith leans against the wall, until Derek comes back. Eventually, later on, Derek walks past her, only to turn back to her.
"Hey. I, uh, I had to leave her skull flap off, till the pressure in her brain goes down."
"I figured."
Derek looks at her with a blank expression. "She's going to be fine."
"If she ever wakes up."
Derek nods. "If she ever wakes up." Meredith looks at him one more time before walking out, leaving Derek only with his thoughts.
Meredith is excited when she finally is able to get rid of the penis, even though it's a bit weird when Richard mentions that he used to change her diapers. But when Burke tells her he'll let her hold the clamp, Meredith is ecstatic. Heart surgery is pretty cool, even if it's not what Meredith specialized in.
And later on she finally tells George and Izzie they can move in. "Okay, fine, George and Izzie, you can move into the house."
"YES! Yes!" George screams.
"I can't believe you caved!" Izzie says, while hugging George.
"Yes!" George screams, while him and Izzie start dancing
"I can't believe I caved."
"I can't believe you did."
Meredith walks over to the elevator to check on Ms. Johnson before leaving. She sees Derek there.
"So. It's intense...this thing I have for, ah, ferry boats I mean."
Meredith turns to smile at Derek. "I'm so taking the stairs this time."
The elevator dings.
"No self-control. It's sad. Really."
Meredith walks into Ms. Johnson's room to find her awake. "Ms. Johnson? Hi I'm Doctor Grey." Meredith picks up the charts, checks it over as well as all the monitors. She sees that all the stats are good and that Ms. Johnson is doing very well post-op.
Ms. Johnson smiles. "I remember you. Thank you so much. You did an amazing job. I can't wait to go home."
Meredith smiles at the patient and walks to the door and stops. "It was my pleasure Ms. Johnson. I'm glad to see you are doing so well. You will most likely be able to go home in a couple of days, I'm sure Doctor Webber will confirm that. Take care now."
"I will. I hope that I don't have to come back here but if I do, I want you as my doctor, Doctor Grey. From what I have seen you are very good."
Meredith laughs. "Thank you. That means a lot. Have a good day."
Ms. Johnson smiles. "You too doc."
Meredith runs outside and catches up with her friends. She begins to think that maybe this second time around will be better. She smiles and laughs, finally glad to be going home.
Derek Shepherd watches this whole scene play out in front of him. When he sees Liz smile, he recognizes it. It's almost like…he shakes his head. It can't be, it's only a coincidence. Derek walks away, trying to convince himself. And failing.
Little does he know how right he is.
Shit. It's the Dead Baby bike race today. I totally forgot. Stupid Seattle. At least I'll get some OR time.
In the distance, a phone rings. "Don't answer it! I've got it!" a voice yells. She sees the area code ad sighs. "Hello, Doctor Grey speaking…Hello Mother." The voice on the other end keeps talking and the girl sighs. "Fine, I'll come. But I can't do this all the time. I'll talk to you later mom." After a minute she hangs up. "Who was that?" the girl's roommate asks. The girl jumps in shock. "My mother." "You're mother?" the roommate questions. The girl forces a smile. "Yes she's very demanding. I will be right back. I have an errand to run." With that, the girl walks out of the house and when she's alone, she adds to her last comment; "Because no one ever ignores Ellis Grey."
"WHY IS SHE HERE RICHARD?" The man in question looks confused. "What?" The girl sighs. "You know who. Why is Liz a patient in this hospital? She knows me Chief. That's a big no-no in my book." Richard looks at the girl. "Meredith," he begins. "You know why she's here. She is-" The girl cuts him off. "I know what se has Richard. She is dying, I know. I saw the chart. But why here? Do you know how it is for me? And now I should, I have to tell my mother. How do you start that conversation? 'Hello Mother. By the way, your favorite scrub nurse is dying.' How? How do I do that Richard?" Meredith bursts into tears. Richard moves to hug the girl, someone he looks at as a daughter. "I am so sorry Meredith, she came here, I couldn't turn her away. You know that." Meredith sniffles. "There's no chance. Cristina thinks there is going to be a Whipple but there won't be. It's too late. It's too advanced. She's-she's going to die." Meredith bursts out crying again. She mumbles softly, "She was my favorite too. I'm-I'm going to miss here Chief." Richard looks at Meredith with a soft expression. "I know, I know you will. Your mother will too. Everyone will. She was an amazing scrub nurse, especially when she had to deal with your mother." Meredith snorts and laughs a bit. And so they sit, crying and sort of laughing over the impending death of Liz.
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