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Chapter 9

Meredith slowly opened her eyes to see the light had already started to creep into the room. She looked around forgetting where she was for a moment. Suddenly the memories of the previous day came back to her. She sighed deeply, wishing it had all just been a dream. She looked next to her and saw that Christina was sleeping peacefully next to her. She looked to her other side and saw Izzie half sitting in the chair and half lying on the bed. She carefully removed Christina's arm that was over her and sat up, only to step on George. She gasped slightly not expecting to see him there. She looked over and saw Alex was sitting against the wall with his head bent down. She smiled to herself. She was really glad that her friends had all stayed the night with her. She cautiously stepped over George and went into the bathroom.

After she was done she walked back into her room to see George had woken up.

"Oh…I didn't wake you did I?" she asked.

He smiled. "Yeah kind of. You sort of stepped on me."

She bit her lip lightly. "Oh sorry, I didn't know you…"

He shook his head as he stood up. "No Mer its fine. I'm going to get some coffee…want some?"

She nodded. "Yeah…thanks George."

He smiled. "No problem." And he walked quietly out of the room.

Mer sighed and sat back down on the bed. Christina rolled over and opened her eyes.

"What are you doing? Go back to sleep." She said to Mer.

Mer smiled. "No…I'm awake now…besides I'm not tired anymore." She lied.

Christina rolled her eyes and sat up. "Yeah whatever." She looked at Mer. "I never told Burke I was staying here last night."

"Why don't you go see him…maybe he's here already." Mer suggested.

"No...I'm sure he figured it out."

Mer shook her head. "No go see him. I'll be fine." She paused, seeing that Christina was reluctant to go. "I want you to go…its not like I'm alone." She said, pointing out the other two interns that were sleeping in her room.

Christina sighed and stood up. "Fine I'll go. But I'm coming back."

"Okay…" Mer said smiling.

Christina grabbed her coat and walked out of the room.

Mer looked over and saw Alex starting to stir. She sighed, figuring that she probably wasn't going to get another minute alone for a while. She felt Izzie moving and she sat up. Izzie looked at her, confused for a moment, then realized why she was sleeping there.

"Hey…" she said groggily.

Mer smiled. "Hey Izz" she looked over and saw Alex wiping drool from his face. "Sleep well?" she asked him, trying not to laugh.

"Ha ha…very funny." He said standing up. He yawned and stretched as George walked back in with two coffees in his hand. He looked surprised to see Christina gone and the other two awake.

"Oh…I only got two…" he said, looking down at the coffee in his hands.

"Its okay O'Malley I need to stretch my legs anyway." He turned to Izzie. "You want one?"

She nodded and watched him leave the room. She turned to Meredith and sighed. "How are you feeling?" she asked.

Mer shrugged. "Fine I suppose." She said, taking her coffee from George.

Izzie looked at her as though she could see right threw her.

"Seriously." Mer said. "I'm fine. No worries." She smiled slightly, taking a sip of her coffee. She looked up at George and patted the bed softly. "Sit." She said.

He looked at her for a moment then sat down next to her.

"Have either of you seen…" Mer started to ask.

"Yes." Izzie said, before Mer finished. "He didn't leave right away last night. He had me checking every single source he could think of and then some."

"And…" Mer said.

"Well we didn't find anything that we didn't already know really…" Izzie said sighing.

"Izz…how could I have not known? I mean…" she paused. "How could it be this bad all of a sudden?" she asked.

Izzie looked down. She looked back up at Mer and sighed. "Well from what Dr…from what Derek told me, what you have is rather rare. Its called Meningioma. Its not normally malignant, but when it is grows rapidly and is very destructive." She paused. "So that's why we didn't know. That's why you were having these horrible sudden headaches. The symptoms don't show right away…so we had no way of knowing." Izzie looked down.

Mer looked at her. "Izz…what's wrong?" she asked.

Izzie shook her head. "I should have known. I live with you…there were probably signs…I should have realized."

Mer looked at her sadly. "Izz…don't. Don't blame yourself. You hear me, this is not your fault." She pulled her friend into a hug.

Izzie hugged Mer tightly and blinked away her tears. She pulled away and gave her friend a slight smile.

Alex walked in and handed Izzie her coffee and sat down on the other side of Mer. "So what I miss…anything good?"

Mer smiled and rolled her eyes. "Hello to you too…" she paused. "And who said you could sit on my bed anyway?" she asked, jokingly.

"Hey you had a nice comfortable bed while I slept sitting on the floor…don't yell at me for a few minutes of comfy sitting."

She smiled. "About that..." she looked at Izzie. "I want to thank you" she looked over at George. "All of you" she looked back over at Alex. "For staying the night with me…it meant a lot." She said, looking back over at Izzie.

Izzie nodded. "It was nothing." Izzie sipped her coffee and sat back in the chair. "Oh Mer, I…"

Suddenly the door was opened. "What is going on? Someone forget to tell me about the party that excuses you from your duties?" Dr. Bailey said, starring at her interns.

"Dr. Bailey, we're just…"

"Don't go trying to give me excuses Karev. Now I want you three to get to work…you have to do rounds."

"But Dr. Bailey…" George protested.

"O'Malley if I hear one more word from you, you will be working the pit the rest of the day. Understand?"

George just looked at her.

"I said do you understand?"

"Yes Dr. Bailey." He said, standing up. He looked at Meredith before leaving the room.

Alex got up and followed George.

Izzie grabbed Mer's hand and gave it a slight squeeze. "I'll be back." She whispered." And followed Bailey out of the room.

Mer sipped her coffee as she leaned back against the wall and sighed. She was scared out of her mind, and realized she really didn't want to be alone.