Hi guys thanks for all the reviews, here is chapter 20 sorry for the wait.
Chapter Twenty: Some Kind of Bug
A week had passed and Meredith had still not told Mark about the baby. She was too worried about his reaction when he realised he may not be the father. They had talked about having children early on in their marriage and when she had fallen pregnant the previous year they had both been thrilled, they hadn't planned it but they were willing to make it work. Meredith had taken the loss of the baby hard and now feared that it could happen again.
"Coffee Mer" Alex asked as she entered the kitchen ready to leave for work, Alex had been spending most of his time there since things were finally going well between him and Izzie.
"No thanks I will just grab some at the hospital" she lied giving Izzie a knowing look. It felt nice to have someone she could confide to about the pregnancy until she found the strength to tell Mark.
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"Karev Sloan, Stevens Hahn, O'Malley Torres, Yang and Grey you can both stick with me today" Bailey handed out the shifts assignments to her interns noticing Meredith not looking well.
"Grey are you feeling okay?" Bailey asked as her and Cristina followed closely behind her.
"Ah yeah I'm fine" Meredith lied as Cristina studied her intently.
"Good wouldn't want you spreading something to my damn patients" the small woman bossed but Meredith wasn't listening to her as she tried to hold back the nausea she was feeling, it had seemed to be getting worse the last couple of days. Unable to hold it back any longer she ran to the nearest trash can and threw up.
"Meri are you okay?" Mark asked running to her from the nurse's station he had been standing at waiting for Karev to join him.
Meredith shook her head at him. "This bug has gone on long enough" he told her.
"She's been sick" Derek asked trying to act as if he wasn't concerned as he joined the group.
"Cristina take her into exam room 4 I will be there in a moment, you two get back to work, I have this" she told Derek and Mark as she went to see a patient before joining Cristina and Meredith.
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"Do you want some Morphine for the pain?" Cristina asked as she watched Meredith squirm on the bed.
Meredith just shook her head in response to the questions.
"So how long have you been feeling unwell?" asked Cristina in her professional manner, treating Meredith as a patient and a friend.
"Cristina stop, I already know what is wrong with me" Meredith said to her friend with a sigh.
"You do?" Cristina asked shocked.
"Well Dr Grey do you care to tell us what is going on or do you like wasting my time?" Bailey growled from the doorway where she was standing.
Meredith took a deep breathe before answering the questions. "I am uh well I'm..." Meredith started.
"Just spit it out Mer" Cristina edged her along.
"I'm pregnant" she mumbled softly.
"WHAT!" both Cristina and Bailey exclaimed.
"I found out last week, I've been to an OB/GYN at Mercy West, I'm about 7 weeks along now" Meredith told them.
"Yang go get an ultrasound machine, we should check and see if there isn't something causing the nausea, if not I will just prescribe some meds for you" Bailey told her with a small amount of compassion. She couldn't believe that one of her interns had been stupid enough to get pregnant.
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"Cristina" Mark shouted after her noticing her getting the equipment for an ultrasound. "Is Mer okay? Is it internal?" he asked worried.
"Ah yeah we think so" Cristina lied certain that Meredith hadn't told him.
"It can't be appendicitis" he told her quickly.
"It could be" Cristina lied again.
Mark shook his head at her. "She had her appendix out just after we were married" he informed her.
"Oh okay" Cristina said trying to hurry away from him.
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Meredith flinched as the cold gel hit her stomach for the second time; it was certainly a feeling she wasn't going to get used to. Bailey moved the wand around hitting a few buttons as she did. After a while she stopped.
"Everything seems to be alright Meredith, there is baby 1, and there is baby 2" Bailey said pointing to the screen.
"WHAT!?!" both Cristina and Meredith screeched.
"Oh you didn't know" Bailey realised suddenly "Congratulations Meredith you're having twins" she replied.
"This is just fantastic" Meredith mumbled sarcastically.
"I have to get back to my other patients, Yang stay with her" Bailey said to Cristina before heading out the door.
"Miranda is she alright?" Mark asked quickly approaching her.
"It is Dr Bailey to you and she will be fine" Bailey told him. "You can go see her if you like, Cristina is there with her" she told him before hurrying away mumbling to herself about her incompetent interns.
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"What are you going to do Mer?" Cristina asked after listening to her dilemma.
"I guess I just have to tell Mark and then wait for him to calm down after he explodes and then talk to Derek. If there is a chance it is Derek's then he has a right to know" Meredith told her friend.
Meredith jumped as the door slid open, revealing Mark.
"Hey, is everything okay?" he asked softly still slightly worried, Bailey said she would be fine but he needed to see it for himself.
"Yeah everything is fine" Meredith told him not looking him in the eye.
"I'm going to go, I'm sure Bailey has some gruelling task for me" Cristina groaned as she left. "Catch ya later Mer" she said giving her an encouraging look.
"So what was it? Just a bug right?" Mark asked her sitting on the edge of her bed stroking her hair.
"Not exactly but I don't want to talk about it here" she said to him softly. "Bailey has given me the rest of the day off so I am going to go home and rest and then tonight we should go out for dinner" she continued.
"Okay but Meri should I be concerned about this" he asked worried that it was something serious.
"Not at all" she told him kissing him softly on the lips. "I will see you later okay, I can drive myself home."
"Okay see you later" he said before exiting the room and heading back to his patients not being able to shake the feeling that Meredith wasn't being completely honest.