Chapter 4
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I had worked at this hospital for over a year before I noticed that the waiting room walls were an ugly maroon-ish color. And that the chairs were light brown and not matching at all. I had been staring at that ugly maroon wall while sitting in that sticky light brown chair for over two hours. I vaguely remember Derek being there for a while. Speaking kind words to me. And Izzie. Izzie was definitely there. She had held my hand. But then she had left, and George had taken her place. He had been scared, speaking only a few things before muttering an excuse and leaving. None of them had told me any news though. Just whispered kind things.
I wanted news.
I needed news.
My legs hurt when I stood up. My knees popping; I had been sitting on them for the majority of the two hours. I was cold, shivering even, as I walked over to the elevator. I pressed the button, and within seconds stepped onto the empty elevator. The next floor was the OR and the ICU. Had she even had surgery? I wondered as the elevator jolted at the 5th floor and the doors opened.
OR 2-Shepard, Ava-Attending, Dr. Burke-Resident, Dr. Bailey-Intern, Dr. Yang-Cardiac Surgery
I peered left and right, looking for someone to stop me from going to OR 2. Nobody was there. I walked up to the gallery, where a new intern sat. As soon as he saw me he murmured something and left. I was wringing my hands. Things were going good. I tried to back out of the way, but Cristina had seen me, and soon she was nudging Bailey, who was nudging Burke.
Cristina came up and got me, and led me to a research lab (A/N: Those rooms behind the nurses stations w/ comps, where George told Izzie he had the syph). The blinds were already closed, and we both sat down in computer chairs.
"Congenital heart disease. She had an abnormal blood flow through her heart." I nodded, already knowing what Congenital heart disease was. "Burke is doing Cardiac surgery to fix the blood flow. –She's going to be fine." I nodded again. "They're almost done…and then they're taking her to the Pediatric ICU." I kept on nodding, not knowing what else to do.
"Derek." I said, not as a question.
"He knows. –He went somewhere Nobody's looked for—" I was out the door before she could finish her sentence. "Mer…Mer!" She called after me, but I didn't stop. I had to find Derek.
I looked at the OR board and noticed OR 1 was empty. My feet carried me up the stairs, slowly. When I opened the door to the gallery, I saw him standing near the window, his face full of anger and grief. He had been crying, not a lot, but enough for me to notice. I walked over to him and nuzzled my head into his chest.
DPOV
Somebody had found me. I had been in this gallery for nearly 2 hours, waiting for someone to find me. The door clicked open. It was her. Her eyes full of fear. She walked over to me and put her head in my chest, not saying a word. We stayed like this for a while, not moving until somebody interrupted us. Burke, Bailey, and Chief. They knocked lightly and came in. Meredith didn't move, and I just looked up and met their eyes.
They spoke for a while, telling us all of the details of the surgery. They both murmured goodbyes and left, but Bailey walked over to Meredith. "Come on, she's in the ICU." Bailey stopped, and Meredith didn't move. "Come on, she's going to be okay." Bailey nodded reassurance this time, and held out her hand. Meredith hesitantly took her hand and followed Bailey out, myself close behind. Meredith must have still looked worried, because Bailey said quietly to her again, "She's going to be okay."
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Okay, so that took forever. I know. And it's short. I know. I had it partially written 3 times. The next paragraph will be my excuses, so feel free to skip it.
Well, so I do have excuses. Homework? Studying? My brothers 19th birthday is today, and him and my father were in town. I had a bunch of band stuff going on too! Okay that didn't turn out to be a whole paragraph, but…those are my only excuses!
Okay, now…about the chapter. It was very hard for me to write. I had to research. I changed my mind 50 times trying to figure out what was wrong with Ava. And I finally figured it out. I still have no idea if any of my information is correct, but…I'm only 14, and have no sort of medical training. It was also hard to write distress. It was mostly just what went through Meredith and Derek's mind during and immediately after Ava's surgery. And I just realized that they would have needed a parent to okay the surgery, so I'm going to say Derek signed off on the surgery, we just didn't see that. Okay?
So, I'm done talking now. That was a lot of talking. I am really going to try to update within a week this time. And I think the next chapter will skip forward, but I'm not sure. I also think that it will be more fluffier! (Obviously, that's not a real word, but…I don't care). I love fluff, so, YAH! Fluff! Fluff is awesome. Okay, I'm shutting up now, that was a long rant.
As always, reviews are appreciated, I love them. So please, give me something to work with!
Julia