A/N; Okay. Sorry for not updating..I had a lot on my mind..especially with school. Anyway, this will be the last update for a few weeks because I'm going away at the weekend, but I'll take my notebook and write..hopefully I'll get some inspiration lol. Anyway, R&R! (Thanks for the reviews by the way, you guys rock!)
Addison quickly stood as Derek entered the room, expecting a diagnosis.
"Well?" She tapped her foot, but not so that Lana would wake.
Derek sighed. "She has extra stress on her brain, causing her to seize, My guess is that because of the memories she blocked, she is also trying to remember, which is causing the stress."
Addison sank down onto the mini sofa, her head in her hands. Derek contemplated tiptoeing out of the room, but they were in this together, for their daughter. He sat next to her, and wrapped his arms around her, whispering consoling words in her ear. A noise from the bed interrupted them.
"Where am I?" Lana stirred, opening her eyes to see a blank wall of white above her. "Oh god, I'm not in one of those mental homes am I?" Lana squeezed her eyes shut, and opened them again, as if hoping the walls would regain their light blue colour of her bedroom back home.
Addison rose, grasping her hand. "You're in hospital, you had a seizure, and we need to keep you in for observation." Derek joined her side, keeping his hand on the small of her back. Lana noticed the interaction, and smiled slightly. However, the news of her condition slowly sunk in. "Wait, I had a seize?"
Derek nodded, but didn't go into any more detail. Lana sighed and lay back, pulling her hand away from Addison's.
"Can I ask you a question?" Lana asked, the thought having been burning in her mind ever since she woke up to them in the On call room. "Why are you guys always here for me?"
Addison opened her mouth to answer automatically, but Derek cut her off. "We're doctors, it's our job." Lana accepted this as a valid answer, but quickly butted in with a new one. "Don't you have other patients though?"
Addison grinned. "There is a little God given gift named Interns." Lana laughed, but immediately coughed. Addison leant forward, propping her up by instinct.
"Okay, you may be doctors, but aren't there rules about giving patients personal space?" Lana coughed out, swatting Addison away. Addison sighed, and closed her eyes. She opened them to find Lana's eyes looking blank at the wall in front. Derek checked her vitals, and stood back gripping Addison's hand. "We need to let her ride it out," he whispered.
She lay shaking, calling out for her mom.
"Mom..mom..I..mom!!" Lana was screaming, her eyes frantically searching the room. Addison went to comfort her, but was restrained by Derek. "Let me go, she's my daughter!"
"She's OUR daughter, and she doesn't even know that!" Derek spoke forcefully, let logically. Addison stopped struggling, and watched helplessly as her daughter went through painful memories that she herself knew nothing about. Almost as soon as it started, Lana stopped, lying still and breathing heavily. Addison clutched Derek's scrub shirt, pain evident in her eyes. Derek rubbed Addison's back, his free hand running through her hair. Lana grasped the sheets, trying to salvage the scattered remnants of her memory. Her eyes snapped open, staring at Derek.
"Get..get out..please…get away..please..go.." Lana stuttered out, trying to sink back into the bed as far as she could go. Derek looked downcast, as he tried to approach her. Addison held his chest, seeing the tell tale signs of the reason why no woman would let any man near her after their experience. Addison's heart broke, knowing what her little girl had to go through. Derek took the message, and spoke to Addison through his eyes, something only they could do. He left, leaving Addison and Lana in his wake.
Addison turned to Lana, seeing her more relaxed once Derek had gone.
"What happened?" Addison wasn't known for treading around the subject, she tended to jump right into it, like ripping off a band aid. Lana reached for her hand, and grasped it tightly.
"Saying it out loud would make it feel more real.." Lana whispered, tears glistening in her eyes. Addison could feel her own tears prick behind her eyelids, but was determined to stay strong for Lana's sake. She took off her heels and climbed into the bed. She held Lana while she started to speak – and cry – at the same time.
"I was six, and somehow, I got lost in the street. I was walking.. looking for my parents. This guy.. he came up to me. He asked if I was lost, and he offered to help me home. We went down an alleyway, he said it was a shortcut. But he forced me down, stuffing these dirty tissues in my mouth to stop me screaming, to silence me. He took off my clothes, assuring me this was normal. It was only until I felt him against me, inside me, that I knew it wasn't." By now Lana was sobbing uncontrollably, unable to speak. Tears were also flowing down Addison's face, feeling the impact of her daughter having to go through such an experience at a young age. She also felt guilty, feeling it was her fault. Lana turned to Addison, and held on to her while she cried. The wheels were turning in Addison's head, wondering if this had anything to do with her not being able to remember anything before that point in her life.
Derek watched outside, looking in through the windows. He couldn't hear anything, but he could see both of them crying, holding each other. He was so engrossed in this, that he didn't notice Meredith come up.
"Who is that girl Dr Montgomery is holding?" She questioned, looking at Derek expectantly.
"Dr Montgomery Shepherd." Derek said on impulse. Meredith looked shocked, but covered it up quickly. "Uhm sure..right..ok..so, who is she holding?"
Derek leant against the glass, closing his eyes. "She's my daughter." Silence met him, and when he reopened his eyes, Meredith had gone.
Addison eased herself off the bed, careful not to disturb Lana, who had fallen asleep from sheer exhaustion. She walked out to where Derek was, who had slid down and sat with his back to the wall. She joined him, squeezing his arm. They sat like that, no words being needed as all they needed was each other.
"He has a freaking DAUGHTER?!" Cristina exclaimed, backing into the wall. "What's next, TWINS?!" Meredith pulled her knees up to her chest as Cristina carried on with her rant. Izzie, George and Alex turned the corner to see Cristina freaking out and Meredith looking depressed. Not like that was new.
"What's up?" asked Alex, plopping himself next to Meredith, not expecting an answer. "The McMarrieds have a daughter." Meredith deadpanned. Izzie and Alex shared shocked looks before questioning Meredith, and George spat out his strawberry milkshake, which also spurted out from his nose in a brilliant pink shower.
"WHAT?!"
"Is she adopted?"
"How did that happen?!"
"What's her name?"
"QUIET!!" Yelled Cristina, holding her hand out to stop the onslaught. " I realise this is a cataclysmic cosmic payback joke, but seriously, stop with the freaking questions!"
Izzie patted Meredith's hand, jumping slightly when both of their pagers beeped.
"Great, Mongomery wants us." Izzie yanked Meredith away from her spot, and together they walked cautiously toward the nurses' station as though they were walking to the guillotine.
"Great, you're here." Addison spoke crisply, her once warm demeanour evaporating now that she had other patients to attend to. "I need you to keep an eye on Lana Caoimhe Parker, the new VIP patient, make sure she has her meds and if she seizes, let her ride it out and page either me or Dr Shepherd. Got it?" Both Izzie and Meredith mutely nodded, and they trailed in to her room, Izzie grabbing her chart along the way.
"Hey" Lana greeted them as Izzie and Meredith walked in.
"Hey, I'm Dr Stevens and this is Dr Grey." Izzie motioned to Meredith, who clearly looked uncomfortable at being near her boyfriend's offspring.
Lana nodded. "So I guess Addison and Derek got tired of me then." She laughed lightly, not noticing the blatant confusion on the doctor's faces of her using informal naming of two doctors.
"So..tell us about your family then." Izzie encouraged, hoping to pry some information out of Lana. Meredith burned warning looks at the back of her head, not wanting to be in the room when Lana confirms her worst fears.
"I don't have any family." My mother died yesterday, and so did my dad." Lana refused to let any tears drop from her broken yet guarded eyes. Izzie tried not to look shocked, but failed miserably.
"What?" Lana asked, Meredith discreetly nudging Izzie in the ribs. "I thought your parents were still alive though?" Izzie asked, ignoring Meredith's sharp elbows.
"How would you know? You don't know me.." Izzie realised her mistake, but Meredith butted in. "Your chart hasn't been updated yet, it was only yesterday your parents died.." Lana raised an eyebrow, and settled for her answer. Izzie and Meredith stood around for a while, Lana looking a little uncomfortable with the tense atmosphere in the room. Meredith couldn't stand to stay in the room for much longer, so she left after administering another dose of medicine into Lana.
"Mer?" Derek walked down the deserted wing of the hospital, hoping to see her.
"I'm here." Derek followed her voice and sat beside her, wrapping his arms around her. "I may have a wife..I may have a daughter..but that isn't going to make me lose you." Derek nuzzled his neck against Meredith's, gently pressing his lips against her collarbone. They stayed like that for a while, in a comfortable silence, molded into each other as they caressed each other's arms and stole a few kisses. They were oblivious to the fact that Addison had walked in, immediately feeling the impact of seeing her husband with another woman, expressing his feelings like he used to do with her. She immediately walked out, feeling sick to her stomach. She decided to visit Lana, to see how Izzie and Meredith had gone with her. She entered her room to see Izzie standing by an empty bed.
"Where the hell is my daughter?!"
A/N; That merder scene was unbelievably hard to write. But if there is going to be Addek, then merder has to break up..eventually. I'm under strict orders not to play it out fast...but if you keep reading and reviewing..I may give you some cookies..oh, and ideas for the next chapter with what you'd like to happen would be greatly appreciated..I'm so stuck! So yeah, R&R s'il vous plait!
