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The second installment of this story guys, hope you like it!
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"Derek, that wasn't you fault". Miranda told him gently.
Derek was about to reply to her statement when the doors of the truama unit opened and the head of the truama unit himself Owen Hunt came out along with the chief and both carried the grimist of expressions, making Derek jump to his feet.
"Derek, sit down son". the chief began.
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"Why would yo...oh no oh god, she's dead, isn't she? oh god, oh no no no. It's all my fault, it's all my fault". He chanted over and ocer again as he began to pace back and forth.
All three surgeons stared at the broken man in front of them not knowing what to do.
And ralized that the next conversation that had was going to be the tougest of their career, because this wasn't some ramdom patient that had been wheeled throught the doors of seattle grace mercy west that they treated and sent on their way.
This was Addison Adrienne Forbes Montgomary-Shepherd, a world class surgeon, an asset to the medical industry, one of their own, their friend and they would be danmed if they gave up on her.
"Derek, I need you to sit for me, come on son just over here". The chief gently told him.
Derek looked at the chief and ralized at he was right, so with a heavy heart he sat down to a conversation that would change his life either way.
"As you know your wife was..."Owen didn't get to finish what he saying before Derek cut him off.
"My wife? are you serious? you work with her on a daily bases, at least have the curtusey of calling her by her name!". Derek told him, harshly.
"Your right, i'm sorry". Owen apologazed to him, feeling slightly embarrested.
"Thank you". Derek replied.
"As i was saying Addison was brought with two gun wounds, one to the thigh and one to the chest, now we managed to stanlize her, but she will immediate surgery to remove the bullets and repair the damage. I myself will be profrming the operation, now Addison alot of blood so she will need a blood transfution". Owen explained to him.
"And the baby?".
Derek asked, nervously.
"There isn't a OBG/YN on call that we think you would trust enough, so we haven't done ultrasound yet". The chief told him.
"How long before you take her into surgery". Derek then asked the two world class surgeons and friends before him.
"My team are preppong her now". Owen replied.
"I want to see her before she goes up to the OR". Derek told them.
"Come with us". The chief told him.
Derek looked over at Miranda who was sat to his left.
"Will you come with me?". He aske her softly.
"Of course I will". She replied with a soft smile.
"I don't have to tell you that you need to make this quick as soon as we get her in to surgery the sooner we can work in reoairing the damage". Owen told Derek., Derek just ignored him, anting vto see his wife for what might be the last time.
"Do you have to be so cold? your not in the army now, the man's wife is in there fighting for her life, can't you see that the man is in peaces, nasty". Miranda reminded him in a harsh whisper.
"I was just reminding him". Owen replied.
"I don't care what you were doing, now can it". Miranda told him.
Owen was about to reply when he recieved two death glares that were so dire that he knew to keep his mouth shut or he was up the creak without a paddle.
The four surgeons preceeded to make their way in to the truama room where Addion Montgomary- Shepherd lay waiting to be took up to surgery not knowing if she would ever see the light of day again, and not that she would admit it to anyone, but that scared the hell out of her.
Derek made his way over to the bed that his wife was lay in at the moment, Addison sensing that someone had come to stand beside her slowly turned her head and took the oxygan mask off that was on her face to help her breath.
"Hey, don't speak , they are going be taking you up to the OR soon". He told her gently.
"List..en if any..thing- ha...ppens to me up the...re e..every...thing is in or...der with ou..r law..yer a..and y..you d..don't h..have to worr...y ab...out a th...ing". Addison informed with great difficulty dur to the bullet that was currently lodge in her chest cavity.
"Don't you dare do this, do you hear me? your going to pull through this, your strong. your not a Forbes Montgomary for nothing. This isn't the end, this is not goodbye". He replied firmly.
A nurse came to give Addison her pre-meds for surgery.
"Were is he going?". Owen asked, as Derek walked up to the OR with them, not once letting go of his wife's hand.
"He's walking her to theatre, what does it look like?". Miranda sicasically replied.
"But that's not allowed". Own objected.
"Well this is no ordinary case, is it?". Miranda snapped at him.
"i'll be up in the gallary watching, ok? so you better pull through this, remember this isn't goodbye so i will see you on the other side, i love you". Derek told her.
"L..love y..you t..too". Addison replied weakly as the ansisia took effect.
Once he knew the she was saftly in the OR, Derek made his way to the gallary with a heavy heart, knowing that the next couple of hours were going to be the worst of his entire life. Not just for the fact that his wife was having emergency surgery due to the bullets that were currently lodged in her body, but also for the fact that them bullets were meant for him and he knew that the guilt would one day eat him alive.
How do you ever repay someone for something like that, putting there life on the line for you without so much as a seconds though? Did they actually even think about it or was it on impulse? Would that mean that they actually proved there love for the other person without a shadow of a doubt?. As derek thought about all of this he knew that he would for always be in her debt and he knew from the depths of his that he could never ever truly paid that debt, but he would sure as hell spend every waking day he had on this earth trying.
The next three hours were pure hell for everyone involved, there was a few times there that they that Addison wasn't going to pull through, but she was a trooper and sailed, Derek laughed internerly at how ironic it was trust his addi to keep everyone on their toes like she has always said a true surgeon needs to earn their paycheck.
Another hour later they were wheeling Addison in to recovery, they knew that it would take a least a couple hours to wake up fom the anisisia due to the period of how long the surgery was and the truama that her body been through and that fact that it needed that couple of to recuperate and heal, not that Derek minded one bit he was just truly thankful to the gods above that his Addi had made it through.
Every hour on the hour a nurse came in to check Addison's vitals and had gotten used to Dr. Shepherd sitting ther that if one of them came and found him not sitting tghere they would have been worried. Two minutes after the nurse Addison began to stir from her unconsious state and wake up to the world.
She slowly opened her eyes and then quickly shut them again at the brightness of the room and get out a groan, to which had Derek on his feet in seconds.
"Addi?". He asked softly.
"Hmm". Came Addison groggie reply.
"Come on honey open then beautiful eyes for me". He requested gently of she did and Derek was never more greatful for to see them eyes in his life.
"I made it then?". Addison asked the rhetorical question.
"I'm going to get Hunt and a nurse i'll be back". Derek promised her, and with that he went off to find Hunt and nurse to check his Addi was alright as can be. He had to admit that a heavy weight had benn lifted from his shoulders and heart and for that fact of that he knew they were going to be alright.
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