Meredith kept switching from room to room making sure all her fellow victims had company at all times. Though she was doing this she was mainly focusing on Derek and Lexie. They were the only one's with fairly serious injuries. Derek woke up the day after his surgery but was not able to accept the fact that he may not operate. Lexie was constantly in a touch and go state she awoke a couple of times but soon slipped back and would become unconscious. This was having a toll on everyone. People were getting worried about it and others were getting pissed off at her.
Arizona had woken up around the same time as Derek. She was not happy about her amputation but had started accepting it slowly. She knew that they would not just chop her leg off for nothing and that there must have been some reason for it and she felt as though she knew why though no one would tell her the actual reason. All she got were half answers saying "It was too damaged" or "We did it to save your life". Even though she trusted everyone in this hospital she felt a little left out.
Christina, Callie and Alex were helping Meredith in shifting from room to room and sitting with their friends. Christina and Meredith were discharged two days after they arrived in the hospital as no one (including Bailey) could find any reason to keep them there. Christina just had to keep a cast on her left arm for three weeks just to be on the safe side. Though Meredith looked quite normal on the outside inside she was in so much pain that no one seemed to notice. She was too worried about her husband and sister though she would not admit it to anyone. Even when the surgeon inside her was saying that these kind of things happen everyday and people walk straight out of the hospital very much alive, she still could not help but worry.
Meredith had found out the day they had left for Boise that she was pregnant. She decided to keep it to herself until she was sure the baby was going to stay inside her. She did not want to give anyone including herself false hope. It would become real the minute she told anyone. Most importantly she wanted to give people time to heal from the crash before she sprung this news on them. Putting people through another misery before they could even heal from this one was not something she ever wanted to do if she had a choice.
The only thing that seemed to help Meredith out of her misery was spending time with Zola. This was the only thing that kept her going these days, watching her beautiful daughter acting like her and Derek even though they weren't her biological parents. Zola joined Meredith whenever she was sitting in any of the survivors rooms. By now Meredith had to tell someone that she was expecting. She felt like she would explode if she did not tell someone. She became so desperate that one day when she was sitting with Zola in Derek's room she told Zola after she made sure that Derek was asleep.
"Zo you want to know a secret. You are going to be a big sister soon Zo. Yes you are, there is a tiny baby in your mama's tummy right. The baby is probably the size of a pea right now." she said with a wide smile on her face. Zola looked utterly confused at her but when Meredith patted her tummy she kept her ear close to it trying to figure out what was going on.
Finally she squeaked "Baby?".
" Yeah Zo a baby right there".
What both of them did not know was that Derek was in fact awake and listening to their conversation. What he did not understand was why Meredith hadn't told him yet. She knew better than anyone that he wanted kids. He felt betrayed that she told their daughter before telling him. But he decided to give her time and wait for her to open up to him about the 'pea' sized baby. He found it so cute that she called the baby 'pea' sized and could not stop the smile from forming on his face.
None of the crash survivors were allowed back to work even two weeks after their rescuing. Christina was getting quite desperate by now. She was so bored of sitting around doing nothing all day. She knew without doubt that all of them had a lot of wounds that only time could heal, but she needed to work. Another thing she did was thinking about her life. She realized that if not for surgery and Owen her life was empty. She was nothing worth living for other than that. She wanted to change that. She watched how kids seemed to help people heal their wounds. Meredith and Derek seemed to feel much better with Zola around. Even Mark, Callie and Arizona's faces lit up at the sight of Sofia. She now realized that she too wanted that in her life, but was too scared to accept it. She was scared to death that she would become like Ellis Grey and become the worst mom in the world. She was terrified that she would ruin a kid's life just because it was born to her. She thought the best thing to do right now was to keep her desire and fears to herself until she found some answers.
Derek was always a very independent person and hated depending on others. He now had to depend on people for even trivial things and he felt like a kid having to ask help. Even though he knew that people never thought that he was a burden, he could not help but feel that he was exactly that. He wanted to be the same old independent Derek Shepherd. It would takes months for him to completely recover. But he did not care about that as long as he could operate again some day. Callie and Meredith were helping him with his therapy and boosting his confidence respectively.
Arizona had left the hospital three weeks following her amputation with a prosthetic in her leg's place. Mark too was allowed to leave with her, after advising him bed rest. The only ones left in the hospital were Lexie and Derek. Lexie was now showing good signs of recovery. She may have to live the rest of her life with a limp but that did not affect as she was just happy to be alive like the others.
Owen was trying to find the cause of the crash that injured so many in his staff. The only progress he had made was, he found the airplane company at fault. To make sure he was right he would have to talk to all the survivors and put the pieces together. He knew how hard it must be for them to relive the entire incident but it will be necessary to find out who the hell did this to the people he loves. Owen had contacted the airplane company and they were ready to either investigate and find the reason for the disaster or settle a huge amount of money as it was clear to them too that they were at fault. But the choice would be entirely up to the survivors.
Mark was at the hospital everyday since he was allowed to walk. No not to work but to sit with Lexie. He would never leave her sight. Doctors and nurses had to kick him out everyday at night saying visiting hours were over. He could not help himself, he had fallen hard for her. She really was the love of his life and he wanted to help her in every step of her recovery. Lexie was now able to do almost everything like a normal person. But when it came to walking she would soon get very tired. The doctors said that this was normal with patients with high injury levels like her. She knew that herself after all her nickname was Lekopedia. Even though she would never admit it she was glad that Mark was spending so much time with her. She realized that not only was she in love with him but he too was in love with her.
A/N This will be my last chapter for the month I'm going out of town so enjoy and sorry to make you all wait for the next. Thanks for all the reviews!