Grey's Anatomy
Chapter: 3
Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own Grey's Anatomy. If I did, I would probably make Meredith a bit more open with Derek. I wish those two would stop with all the S and M thing and really get together.
AN: First of all I'd like to thank all of you for the wonderful reviews. You guy's make me smile. Now, some things have been brought to my attention. Someone had asked me if either Derek or Meredith remember their one night stand all those years ago. The answer is no they do not… yet. I didn't really know how to bring them together, but now I have some ideas.
The second was is Derek married. Answer: no, he is divorced form Addison, but they are friends, and on the plus side, I liked her on the show. I am grateful that this was brought to my attention because sometimes I forget that I am not the only person reading this story and things aren't going to be as clear. I do that because I'm a dork.
Anyways… on with the story:
It took some time for Meredith and Riley to adjust to living with two roommates. Riley had walked in on George several times in the shower. Each time she would run out of the shower with her eyes covered, even though she had seen nothing.
One morning, where no walk-in incidents happened, Izzie, Riley and George were in the kitchen when Meredith came in. Izzie was at the stove making pancakes. George and Riley were both seated at the island eating said pancakes. Meredith went over to the fridge to grab a slice of leftover pizza only to find the box missing.
"What happened to last night's pizza?" Meredith asked.
Izzie glanced at Riley with a smirk.
"We hid it." Riley said.
"Where?" Meredith asked.
"Not telling. Cold Pizza is not breakfast." Riley reprimanded.
"But I wanted pizza." Meredith whined.
This was a game Riley and Meredith often played. It started out as a way to teach Riley how to behave by Meredith acting the way Riley should not. Although, breakfast was something that Meredith was never good at for her own good. Izzie and George laughed at the mother/daughter interaction.
"You can have it for dinner… if you behave." Riley said turning back to her pancakes.
Izzie set down a plate of pancakes in front of Meredith.
"Fine, you won this round." Meredith said.
After breakfast the four grabbed their stuff. Riley ran upstairs to brush her teeth and grab her backpack.
"Do you have all of your stuff?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah." Riley said as they all headed out to the car.
After dropping Riley the three roommates drove to the hospital. Meredith was put on Burke's service and the two were in the OR for the better half of the morning. Meanwhile Izzie, Alex and Christina were in the pit after being paged by Bailey. The interns ran over to their tiny resident.
"We have a two Vic. MVA coming in, and a kid who fell. Yang, Stevens You two have the MVA's, Karev You got the kid." Bailey told them.
Alex stayed in the ambulance bay after Izzie and Christina received their patients. The ambulance pulled and the doors opened. Two paramedics popped out and brought the gurney out of the ambulance cabin.
"Riley Grey age 10 fell off the playground at her school. LOC (loss of consciousness) times fifteen minutes…" The Paramedic said. He gave the rest of Riley's vitals then packed up the rest of the stuff and he and his partner left.
It didn't register to Alex that this girl had the same last name as one of the interns in his group. He knew that Meredith had a kid, but he figured it was a baby and not an eight year old. Alex ordered blood work for his patient. He was updating Riley's chart when Izzie came by.
"Hey, how's the kid?" Izzie asked.
"Out of it. I'm getting a CT as soon as the blood work and wrist series come back." Alex said.
"Grey," the lab tech said from the little window where the results came out.
"Grey?" Izzie asked taking the lab sheet. "It's Riley, that's Meredith's Daughter." Izzie said.
The two went back down to the Pit to see Riley after sending a page to Meredith. When they got down to the pit Izzie could see Riley's eyes drooping as if she would fall asleep right there.
"Hey Riley, what happened?" Izzie asked.
"I fell off the playground. Riley said. "My head hurts."
"I'll bet it does." Izzie laughed.
Izzie ands Alex took Riley to gat a CT. Meredith met them there. Just like any mother, Meredith looked frantic.
"What happened?" She asked.
"Calm down Mer, Riley fell and it her head." Izzie said.
"Results are in." The CT tech said handing Izzie the film.
Meredith, Izzie, and Alex Crowded around the fuzzy film. Meredith held it up to the light to get a better look. She pointed to a small area.
"Is that a bleed?" Meredith asked.
"It could be nothing. It's a bad scan. We'll do another." Alex said.
"Maybe we should do an MRI just to be sure." Meredith said.
"Yes Mer, we will." Izzie said.
Izzie paged Derek Shepherd for a consult. Izzie had actually talked Meredith of not being in the room when the images came in. After, Meredith sat with Riley in her room. Riley had fallen asleep as Meredith ran her fingers threw Riley's hair. Derek was leaning against the doorway to the room just watching for a few minutes. He stood up straight and entered the room.
"Did you look at the scans?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, they're clear. Riley just has a concussion." Derek said.
"Thank you. I know I was a little crazy, sorry about that." Meredith said.
"You're a parent. I have fourteen nieces and nephews, I get it." Derek said.
"Fourteen? Wow, and they all live n New York?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah. Have you ever been there?" Derek asked.
"Once, I was seventeen. My friend and I snuck into this bar near NYU with Fake ID's." Meredith said.
"A bar, great place to meet people." Derek said.
"That's what I thought. Of course, my judgment was somewhat impaired." Meredith said.
"It happens." Derek laughed. "When were you there?"
"Christmas. I came up form Boston." Meredith said.
The two fell silent for awhile. Derek was deep in thought after the mention of Boston and the bar near NYU.
"Do you remember what bar you went to?" Derek asked.
"Uh… Mac's. I remember wanting to name Riley Mac when I was in labor. That was before the drugs." Meredith said. "Why?"
"I've been there before, just wondering." Derek said "I got to go; I have a surgery in ten."
"Thanks, again." Meredith said.
Derek left the room. He leaned against the wall near the Nurse's station as he remembered some fuzzy details of the night he had his one night stand.
"No way, it's too coincidental." He thought. "This can not be the same girl I picked up on the bar."
AN: Sorry it took me so long to update. School has been crazy and work. I had most of it written a few days ago, but I didn't know how to finish this chapter. Thanks for all the reviews and advice. Did I mention that you guys are awesome? Well you guys are. Hope you like the chapter and please tell me what you think.