CHAPTER SIX

"Meredith? Meredith? Come on Doc… We need you to wake up." One of the paramedics that recognized her said as they loaded her into the ambulance.

Her eyes fluttered open briefly before closing again. "Ok, that's good enough for now."

They called it in, but never told anyone at Seattle Grace that it was Meredith Grey they were bringing in.

When the paramedics finally made it to the ER, they swore silently to themselves. Waiting her arrival were Dr. Bailey, Dr. Karev, and one of Meredith's interns.

"Thought we'd at least be able to get her in the door before she was recognized."

Alex opened the ambulance door and before the paramedics could say anything, Meredith's intern said, "Oh my god… Is that Dr. Grey?"

Dr. Bailey went in for a closer look. "What the hell happened?"

"We found her at the bottom of the High School's bleachers. Looks like she's fallen all the way from the top." One of the paramedics said, helping wheel her in.

"Alex, call Dr. Grey's husband." Bailey said, cutting open Meredith's clothing.

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Izzie drove Derek and Samantha and in perfect timing, Christina showed up in the parking lot at the same time.

"What the hell is going on?" Christina asked, getting out.

"I don't know. Alex just called telling is Meredith was here." Izzie explained as she tried to get an extremely sleepy Samantha out of her seat. "Derek, go ahead. I've got her." She said, watching Christina and Derek run inside.

"Where is my wife?" He asked a group of nurses.

"Derek!" Miranda called over.

"Where's my wife? I have to see her." He pleaded.

"We're still working on her Chief. You know you're not allowed in. We're doing everything we can right now."

"What happened?" Christina asked as Izzie finally caught up with them.

"Apparently, she fell down high school bleachers."

"High school bleachers?"

"High school bleachers. Look, I need to get back in there. She's stable, but she's not waking up. Dr. Bordeau is with her now." Miranda said before going back into the trauma room.

"Fell down some bleachers? What was she doing near high school bleachers?" Izzie asked.

"I don't know." Derek whispered. "She said she had a patient to check up on."

"Where mommy?" Samantha asked, taking her head off of Izzie's shoulders. "I want to see mommy."

"Sammie honey…" Izzie started, hoping Derek would continue. When she noticed that all he was doing was pacing, she continued herself. "Your mom was in an accident and doctors are fixing her up. We have to wait until their done."

Samantha took a moment to consider Izzie's words. "Can we get some jello while we wait. It always makes time go faster." She smiled sweetly.

Izzie looked around. Christina was sitting on the floor outside the trauma room door while Derek continued to pace.

"You're right. Let's go find some jello. And we'll call uncle George too."

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Ten minutes later, Christina was in the same position and now Derek had joined her on the floor.

"Umm, Dr. Shepard?" Derek looked up with tired eyes. "This letter fell out of Dr. Grey's jacket earlier." She handed the folded paper to him. Christina looked over. "I didn't read it or anything." When the young intern didn't get a response, she walked away.

"Oh my god!" Christina exclaimed, finishing the note.

"Where's Samantha!?" Derek said, standing up quickly and frantically looked around.

"Izzie has her Derek; she's fine." Christina attempted to calm. "I'm going to call security and then go find Izzie and Sammie ok? Stay here."

Christina started to walk away, but quickly turned back around. She could tell Derek was fuming. "Hey. Don't do anything stupid ok?"

Now, five minutes later. Samantha was asleep on a nearby gurney, being closely watched by her father and security. George has made it and now they were all waiting outside for any news.

Moments later, the door opened and Alex came out. "She's going to be ok." Be started. "Broken left wrist, dislocated shoulder, broken right ankle and broken left leg." He sighed. "Three broken ribs and a nasty concussion."

Izzie had tears in her eyes as Alex moved over to comfort her. All Derek saw was red. Finn did this to her and he was going to pay.

"Can we see her?" Derek said, eager to see his wife.

By this time, Dr. Bailey had come out. "You can. She hasn't woken up yet though. She hit her head pretty hard."

"Yeah." Everyone could tell Bailey was trying to fight tears away. "We don't think that it will last very long though."

Derek walked over to Samantha and carefully picked her up so she wouldn't wake and let Alex open the door for him.

He saw his wife's small form in the bed and was ready to break down. George could see his shoulders started to shake so he quickly moved in front and pulled Samantha out of his arms and into a nearby chair where she continued to sleep.

Derek let tears fall from his eyes as he walked closer to Meredith's bed. The other's staying back a little bit.

Derek ran his hands through her hair. The bent his head into her pillow and started to cry. "I'm so sorry baby." He whispered over and over again.

"We're hoping she'll wale up really soon." Bailey said to them.

Derek lifted his head. "Come on baby. Wake up for me. Please wake up for us."

Meredith moaned in her sleep. Everyone moved closer. He eyelids fluttered open. "Hey baby… welcome back."

Meredith looked at him, then around the room, turning her eyes to Christina, George, Alex, and Izzie. "God you guys are looking old."

They all looked at her confused.

Meredith turned to Derek. "Who the hell are you. Where's Finn? Can one of you please call Finn for me? We had a date tonight and I don't want him to be worried."

"What?" Everyone said.

"Finn… My new boyfriend. Remember him?"

The room went silent.

END CHAPTER SIX.