After her meeting in the locker room with Cristina, Meredith thought it would be best if she looked for Derek and told him what had happened. She found him at the nurses' station filling out charts and sipping a cup of coffee, like everything was alright in the world.

"Derek," Meredith said.

He lifted his head and looked up at his wife. "Hey Mer, what do you need?" He asked before he looked back down at the chart.

"We need to go sit down and talk somewhere."

"Is everything okay Meredith?" He focused his full attention on her.

Meredith pulled gently on his arm. "Let's just go talk okay." She led him into an empty on call room and sat down on the bed. Derek leaned with his back on the wall opposite her. He stared at her waiting for her to say something.

"Addison and Matt were in that accident I saw on the news last night." Meredith stated, thinking that the best way to tell him was to be straightforward about it.

"Oh, God no. Are they going to be alright?" He asked concerned.

"Matt has a few minor lacerations and a broken arm. Addison hasn't woken up from her surgery last night." She explained.

"How did you find out about this?"

"Cristina told me. I asked about the dinner tonight and she said it was canceled. Morgan and Hailey were here all night. I think Cristina dragged Morgan home with her after she left the locker room."

"I need to find Hailey and see if she's okay." Derek said as he pushed himself off of the wall.

"Derek," Meredith called as he placed his hand on the door knob. "I am sorry about all of this."

"So am I." He walked out of the room in search of his daughter.

When he returned to the nurses' station he looked up Addison's room number, which was most likely where he would find Hailey. When he got there, he tapped lightly on the door not wanting to disturb the room's inhabitants. He slowly pushed the door open to find the lights dimmed. Addison was in the bed with machines hooked up to her. On the sofa in the corner Hailey was curled up fast asleep with her hair covering her face. In a chair sitting close to Addison's bed, was who he assumed to be Matt—Addison's fiancé.

At the sound of the door moving Matt looked up. In the doorway stood a man he had only seen in pictures. "You must be Derek," Matt said. He pushed a strand of hair out of Addison's face before he stood up. "Maybe we should talk outside."

Derek and Matt stepped outside the room before either spoke again. "So you are Matt, then." Derek said extending his hand. "It's nice to meet you."

Matt shook Derek's hand as well. "I was hoping it would not be like this though. I have heard a lot about you."

"I hope what you heard was good." Derek smiled.

"For the most part."

"How are they?" Derek asked.

"Addison is stable and she hasn't gotten any worse. I suppose that's a good sign. Hailey, as you saw, is exhausted. She could hardly stop crying all night. She ate breakfast with Morgan in the cafeteria, or I should say she attempted to eat. When I found her, she had a bowl full of soggy cereal in front of her. She fell asleep as soon as she came back to the room. I've been trying to get her to go to the hotel or to Morgan's to try and get some rest. I know that sofa isn't comfortable; she's too tall for it. But Hailey is stubborn." Matt explained.

Derek stood there and looked at the man standing in front of him. He was taller than he was. He continued to stare at Matt and saw that he was distraught. His hair was disheveled and his clothes were a mess. He had circles underneath his eyes and it looked like he had at one point been crying as well. From the concern in his voice when he had talked about Hailey, Derek deduced this man really loved Addison and thought of Hailey as his daughter as well.

"I think I'm going to go get some coffee. I'll be back in about fifteen minuets." Matt said as he walked off. He was giving Derek some time alone with Hailey, and for that Derek was grateful.

He walked back in the room, as quietly as he had before. Hailey stirred.

"Dad?" she asked as she began to rub her eyes.

Derek was surprised she had called him that. Maybe she's not that uncomfortable with the idea after all. Derek thought.

"Morning Hailey." Derek said as he sat down next to her.

Having finished rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she looked at the man sitting next to her. "Oh, Hi Derek."

He was hurt, Derek thought she had been talking to him when she said "dad." He brushed off the feeling; right now was not the time to discuss this. "How are you doing Hailey?"

"Not good, not good at all. Last night I almost lost the two most important people in my life and I was oblivious. I was sitting around a table, your table, laughing and having fun talking with you, Morgan, Jake and Laura. What kind of person am I?" Hailey asked as she looked into his eyes. "None of this was supposed to happen. We came out here to celebrate Morgan's birthday and here we are instead in a hospital room praying that my mom wakes up." Hailey was on the verge of tears.

Derek wrapped an arm around her as a way to comfort her, but she only began to cry harder. "No one meant for any of this to happen. It was an accident. Hailey, Addison is going to be fine. You just have to wait." Derek explained.

"How can anyone know that? What do you care, it's not like you ever loved her anyway?" Hailey stood up her long legs crossed the room in a few strides. She was pacing.

Derek was hurt that his daughter thought that about him. It was obvious to him that the two of them needed to have a long conversation. Right now, however, was to get her to calm down. He could see that she was going to start hyperventilating again. "Hailey, you need to calm down." Derek suggested.

"Why? Why should I listen to you? You don't even know me. My mother could be dying and you're telling me to calm down!" Hailey was furious; the stress was beginning to get to her. Her breathing started to come in short breaths. Then she was barley breathing at all.

"Hailey, please if for nothing else than to remain standing calm down and take deep breaths." Derek pleaded. At the rate she was going Hailey would not be breathing for long

From the hallway Meredith heard Hailey shouting, and decided to go see what was going on. Matt was also coming back when he heard the voices coming from Addison's room. They both walked into the room, not knowing what to expect.

"Get out! Stay out of my life! I NEVER want to see you again. EVER! YOU! OUT! NOW!" Hailey yelled.

Derek stood there stunned, not knowing what to do. He turned around to see Matt making his way across the room to comfort Hailey, and Meredith standing in the doorway. He walked out with his head bent and his shoulders hunched. His daughter didn't want him in her life.

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Okay another chapter finished. I'm just rollin' them out, mostly because I'm on fall break. As for the Derek-Hailey relationship, you'll have to wait and see. For some reason I felt that everything was going too well for them. I needed a little drama and angst I guess, besides Hailey's under a lot of stress. I think this may be my favorite chapter. Let me know what you think.