Chapter 8
"Derek you have to go to dinner" she said leaning against the bathtub
"No Mer I can't leave you when you're sick"
"Derek it's the last night your mom is in town I'll be fine Izzie's here plus the way I'm feeling I'd probably fall asleep in my soup" she sighed
"Are you sure?"
"Positive" she smiled weakly
"Okay but call me if you need me" he said kissing her softly
"I will" when the door had closed she sighed and leaned back against the tub squeezing her eyes shut "Oh God It's going to be a long night" she sighed as hung her head over the toilet
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"Derek how's Meredith?" his mother asked when he walked into the kitchen.
"Not great" he sighed
"Are you sure you want to go out?"
"No but she insisted, could you keep an eye on her please" he asked Izzie
"Sure I'll call if anything happens"
"Thank you" he smiled gratefully "You ready to go mom?"
She nodded and followed him out the door. "Is Addison meeting us there?"
"Yeah" he nodded
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Not long after they'd left Izzie made her way up the stairs with a glass of water.
"Mer, I brought you some water" she said opening the door slowly.
She gasped when she saw her curled up on the floor shivering "Oh God Mer are you okay?" she asked kneeling down beside her
"So…. Cold" she said her voice shaking
" Crap you're burning up" she said feeling her forehead.
She into her room and grabbed a blanket and her cell phone.
Placing the blanket around Meredith's shoulders she opened her Cell phone
Derek Shepherd
"Derek its Izzie"
Izzie is Meredith Okay?
Izzie smiled he really does love her
"She's burning up and shivering like crazy"
Shit I'll be right there
He shut his cell phone and got up. "Meredith's spiked a fever" he old his mother and Addison and ran his hands through his hair they both gasped.
"Addison could you pay for dinner? I'll pay you back later"
"Derek don't worry about it" she said waving her hand dismissively he nodded gratefully "I'm sorry mom" he said before running out of the restaurant almost knocking a tray of drinks from a waiters hands.
"He really does love her" Addison sighed as they watched him leave.
"He does" Carol replied with a small smile
"He never felt that way about me" she said quietly
Carol sighed and put her hand on top of Addison's "He didn't and you deserve someone who loves you like you love them.
" I feel like I owe you an explanation."
"No Addison…."
"Please I need you to understand" she looked at Carol with pleading eyes and she nodded silently
"I didn't intend to sleep with Mark it's just…. Derek and me we got successful and we got lazy. We forgot how to be a married couple first and doctors second and I just… I got lonely and that night Mark came over and we were waiting for Derek.
She paused and took a deep breath
"I don't even know how it happened we had a drink and then the next thing I knew we we're upstairs. And the Derek came home and that look on his face will haunt me forever" It was only when Carol put her arms around her the she realised that tears were streaming down her cheeks
"Oh honey I'm not angry I understand what happened you weren't happy and Derek is as much o blame as you are" she said sitting back down
"Thank you we better go and see how Meredith" she said signalling the waiter for the bill