Chapter 4

"Meredith, Meredith, wake up." Meredith slowly opened her eyes, unsure of why she was in a hospital bed.

"What happened?" Dr. Webber looked down at Meredith before continuing.

"You were pushed by Nicole's father, you hit your head."

"How's the baby? Is she okay, did she get hurt?"

"Meredith, she's stable now, but we are flying in one of the best neonatal surgeons there is."

"Addison, you are flying in Addison!"

The chief looked away for a moment, unsure of how to continue to tell Meredith that if she didn't deliver within about 48 hours the baby would be dead.

"Is it that bad?" Meredith asked, wondering why he was looking away.

"Yes it is. Why don't you get some rest, Addison will be here soon, and you will need to be rested."

"Okay." Meredith looked towards the window, tears streaming down her face, hoping that her baby would be alright.

4 hours later

"Dr. Grey, I need you to wake up so that I can ask you a few questions."

Meredith slowly opened her eyes, realizing that it was Addison Shepard standing in front of her.

"Sure." Addison could tell that she had been crying, her eyes were red and puffy. She didn't know how much the chief had told her.

"When was your last prenatal appointment?"

"About a month ago. My next appointment was in 4 days."

"Okay. When you fell, your rib punctured the placenta, and if we don't get the baby out in about 44 hours, it wont make it. The sooner the better."

"O-okay, when can we do it?"

"I can later today. I want to run some tests to see how the baby is doing. But right now I need to do an ultrasound."

Addison had done one prior to waking Meredith up, but she knew that it would help calm the young woman to hear her baby's heartbeat.

"Do you want to hear your baby?"

"Yes." Suddenly the sound of the unborn baby's heartbeat was heard, leaving Meredith speechless. "Is she alright?"

"Except for the placenta tear, yeah, she is. Is there anyone that you want me to call before surgery?"

"Um, Izzie, or Christina, but other than that its just me."

"Does he know about the baby?" Meredith could tell the Addison had figured out who the father was.

"No, he didn't chose me when it was just me, I didn't want him around if it was just for the baby. I couldn't live like that."

"I see. Were you planning on telling him?"

"Yes, but not now. You aren't going to tell him are you?"

"No. That is for you to do. I'm just your baby's doctor." Addison turned and left the room, leaving Meredith alone with her thoughts. Slowly Meredith drifted off to sleep, the sound of her baby's heartbeat lulling her to sleep.

Just After Meredith's C-Section

"Would you like to see your daughter?"

"Yeah, I would love to see her." Meredith smiled as she was handed her little girl. "Hey princess, look at you, your beautiful. I love you."

"I'll let you rest, do you want me to let everyone in?"

"Yeah."

Everyone shuffles in

"Hey Mer, she's beautiful."

"Yeah, she really is. What's her name?"

"Her name," Meredith looked down at her daughter, "is Danielle Lynn."

"Oh, that's so pretty!" Meredith laughed at Izzie, glad her friend was here.

"Yeah Mer, its nice." Christina smiled at 'her person'.

"Well, we better let you get some rest. We'll talk to you later." George said, while placing a kiss on the baby's head. "Sleep well."

Everyone left, leaving Meredith alone with her thoughts.

"Your name little one, is Danielle Lynn Shepard Grey, and you, are my little angel."

AN: I know that this is short, but I figured, that I would post this anyways. I'll post more soon. Thanks for reading, and for reviewing. Hope that you enjoyed it!