Here's another chap for you. sorry for the small wait, but i re did this chapter. 2x16
Chapter 14 – I Want You There
Izzie swallowed, "Uh… Doctor Montgomery-"
"Addison." Addie told her, "I'm only Doctor Montgomery when we're at the hospital."
"Right. Well, uh, Addison, you might want to look at this." Izzie held the paper up, showing Addison the front page.
Addie took it and read quickly, then flipped to page 3 and read on.
Izzie saw her eyes fill with tears, "Thanks… Izzie." She wavered, "Excuse me." And Addison left the room, dropping the paper on the floor and rushed up the stairs, Izzie heard the bathroom door lock.
Izzie quickly finished her breakfast then made her way to Meredith's room, the paper in her hand.
"Uh Mere? You awake?" She asked,
Meredith grunted, "What?"
"Well…" Izzie walked forward and handed Meredith the newspaper.
Meredith read it, and then threw it of the bed.
"Thanks." She muttered before lying back down and rolling over, away from Izzie.
"Mere?" Izzie asked hesitantly, "You have to get up soon. We uh… we have work."
Fifteen minutes later Meredith wasn't up and Addison hadn't left the bathroom. Izzie walked into George's room and immediately sneezed. She saw him on the floor and frowned,
"What are you doing on the floor? Get up. Meredith needs help."
Izzie left and George pulled himself up and walked to Meredith's room. Meredith was curled in bed, the newspaper Izzie had been reading before was still on the floor.
"I'm not going." Meredith said, her back facing Izzie and George so they wouldn't see the tears in her eyes,
"You have to go to work." said Izzie, "You're an intern. Saving lives is not optional."
"It is now. I'm staying home."
"You're supposed to be helping." Izzie hissed at George,
George went over and sat on Meredith's bed.
"Uh Mere?" He said, "Maybe, um there'll be a horrible accident nearby the hospital. Cut a bunch of people open. Sternotomies, Craniotomies. That'd be fun, right?"
"I don't care about surgeries!" Meredith exclaimed, and she grabbed a second pillow and placed it over her head.
When that didn't work Izzie checked on Addison who wasn't even speaking, and still locked in the bathroom. George called Cristina.
Cristina arrived holding another newspaper, shoved it at George and went into Meredith's room.
"You have a feeling?"
Izzie and George waited outside, George reading silently,
Meredith removed her pillow, "Yes."
"Ok, what kind of feeling?"
"Like I might die."
"Today? Tomorrow? In 50 years?" asked Cristina, "'Cause we're all gonna die eventually, but now we're late. Let's go!"
Addison left the bathroom and saw Izzie and George waiting dressed outside Mere's room.
"She won't get up." Izzie said,
Addison nodded and walked into the room and said five words.
"You're stronger then this Meredith."
Meredith sat up and looked at Addison, "We can get through this." She replied, finishing the phrase that kept them going nine years ago.
Meredith got up and walked out of the room followed by Addison and a stunned Cristina.
* * *
Later that day Meredith was with a patient, in surgery with Burke. Hannah, a paramedic, had her hand in their patient's chest, and she was the only thing stopping him from bleeding out.
"Okay everyone. I'm going to do a thoracotomy and Hannah here is going to pull her hand out. Dr. Grey is going to clamp the bleeder when we have more exposure." Burke explained, he turned to Hannah, "Ready?"
"More than ready."
"Scalpel." Burke held his hand out and a nurse passed him the scalpel, he held it over his patient, preparing to cut. "Ok, on the count of the 3. One… Two… Three." Burke was just about to press the scalpel against his patient's skin when Alex opened the OR door panting.
"Dr. Burke? I need to speak with you."
Burke looked up annoyed, "I am in surgery, Karev."
"You wanna talk to me sir." Alex insisted,
Burke looked at him for a moment before handing the scalpel back to the scrub nurse. He made his way over to Alex who was standing at the doorway. The entire OR team and Hannah watched.
"Karev, if you interrupt me in my OR it better be for a good damn reason." Burke warned, but Alex interrupted,
"Was it through and through?"
"What?"
"The wound on James Carlson. Was it through and through?"
"No, it was just an injury. No exit. Why?"
Alex sighed.
Meredith stood at the operating table staring at the two, they were muttering and Alex looked deadly serious.
Hannah made a comment about Alex but Meredith ignored it. Burke looked at his patient and continued to talk to Alex in quieter tones. Burke turned, but Alex didn't leave.
"Hannah."
"Yes, Dr. Burke?"
"What do you feel? Inside of Mr. Carlson. What is your hand touching?"
Hannah frowned, "What do you mean?"
"Is your hand touching anything hard?" Everyone looked one confused, "Like metal."
"Um, I don't know." She looked down at where here hand would be,
"Don't move your hand. Just tell me what you feel."
"Dr. Burke, what's going on?" Asked Meredith,
"Hannah?"
"Um, my finger tips are touching something...kinda hard." She nodded, "Yeah, yeah definitely."
"Oh my god." The anaesthesiologist said gravely,
"What?" Hannah panicked slightly, "What's wrong?"
"Hannah, I don't want you to move. Not your hand, not your body. Not an inch."
"Ok you should know you're starting to scare me."
"Don't be scared. Everything is going to be fine. Dr. Grey could you." Burke motioned her over,
Meredith walked over looking confused, Burke continued to face the patient and Hannah but he spoke to Meredith in a quiet and barely even voice,
"I want you to walk out of this room. Walk, do not run." He enforced, "Go and tell the charge nurse that we have a code black."
"I'm sorry, code black?" Meredith whispered very confused,
"Code black. Tell him that I am sure. And then tell him to call the bomb squad."
* * *
Dr. Bailey was going to be having her baby today and she sat with Addison on the small couch in her room. She had refused an epidural.
"Women all over the world do this at home." Bailey said, her voice slightly strained, "With nothing more than a pair of scissors and a bucket of hot water."
"Well women all over the world also die giving birth at home every single day." Said George who was standing in the door way. Addison and Bailey both gave him a look, "I did not just say that." George said,
"You're supposed to be making yourself useful and finding my husband."
What Bailey didn't know was her husband was in a car collision while he was rushing to the hospital. She also didn't know he was currently in surgery with Derek in the OR next to Burke's.
"What? I..." George said,
Addison interrupted, "He's ah, not here."
"Oh now he should be here by now!" Exclaimed Bailey,
"Ok we're going to go find him. Right, Dr. O'Malley?" Addison said looking pointedly at George,
"Right." He left just as Addison pager went off; she looked down at it and did a double take, making sure the words weren't her imagination.
CODE BLACK
"What?" Asked Bailey, noticing the look on Addison's face,
"Oh nothing. I'll ... I'll be right back."
* * *
Addie just found out how real this was. Code Black. No drill. The bomb squad had arrived.
Addison looked at Izzie, "Where's Meredith?"
"Uh, she was with Dr. Burke."
Addison's heart faulted.
* * *
Addison walked into Bailey's room trying with all her might not tho think about the bomb that could kill her girlfriend and ex-husband at any second. Bailey was standing next to the bed, passing another contraction,
"Trying to get gravity to do me a favour." Bailey told her as Addison checked a few things quickly, "I'm 9 centimetres dilated. I need that last centimetres."
"Good. That's ah …good." Addison told her still preoccupied. She avoided looking at Bailey. Addison knew her eyes were bloodshot and if she looked at Bailey knowing Tucker was in brain surgery next to a bomb… She didn't want to think about it.
There was a pause, Addison had her back to Miranda, her eyes were filling and she couldn't stop them.
You're stronger then this Addison. She told her self. You can get through this.
Addie wiped her eyes and sniffed trying to pull herself together.
"Dr. Montgomery?" asked Bailey, "Where, exactly, is my husband?" She asked slowly.
Addison turned, "He's with my husband." She walked forward and started to break the news,
* * *
Cristina and Meredith found Hannah shaking; the anaesthesiologist had left, leaving her with the ambu bag. Hannah was panicking and told them she was going to take her hand away now.
Cristina took over the ambu bag and Meredith was trying to calm Hannah down.
"Hey, somebody help! Help here!" Cristina yelled.
Burke and the leader of the Bomb Squad, Dylan, rushed in, "I think I'm going to take it out now." Hannah cried,
"Ok we're almost to the finish line." Mere said, "You can do this."
"No, no. No, I just want to take it out and be done with it."
"Hannah. It won't be much longer. Remember you're keeping him from bleeding out." Burke tried to soothe,
"No!" cried Hannah, "I am 22 years old! I should not even be in here! This is some kind of mistake!"
"She's panicking." Dylan said to Burke, "We need to clear the room."
"I'm not leaving." Meredith stated,
"Grey, let's move."
"I'm not leaving her." She said again,
"Get everyone out now Dr. Burke."
"She's my intern. I am responsible for her."
Meredith had her hand over Hannah's arm trying to keep it there. Hannah was crying and talking and Meredith was trying to sooth her Burke and Cristina talking over the top.
"No, it's gotta come out! It needs to come out!" Hannah cried,
"Yang, go with Dylan." Burke said,
"You go with Dylan." Cristina retorted,
"It's alright. Hannah, look at me." Meredith tried,
Hannah shook her head, crying harder, "NO! It's gotta come out. No, NO!"
"Hannah, look at me. You can do this."
"Hannah, you need to calm down." said Dylan, "You need to relax. Everything's gonna be fine."
"No!"
"Hannah. Hannah."
"Hannah. You can do this."
"No. It has to come out." Hannah continued to cry,
"No, you keep it there. Just a little while longer." Said Burke but Hannah yelled over him,
"I have to! I have to!"
She yanked her hand away and Cristina, Burke, and Dylan fell to the floor the ambu bag forgotten. Hannah ran to the door still crying and ran away.
Meredith was still standing, staring at Hannah then down at her hand, which was no longer visible, as it had replaced Hannah's in there patients chest.
Cristina looked up and saw, she stood and so did Burke and Dylan. They were all staring at Meredith.
"Meredith." Whispered Cristina,
"What did I do?" Murmured Meredith to herself, "Oh God."
"Just stay right where you are." Dylan whispered, "Nobody move. Stay exactly where you are."
Meredith took a long, slow breath.
"What did I do? What did I do? What did I do?" She said under her breath, over and over.
suspence! not really... :P
review!