Unbroken

Chapter 14

Addie enters the hospital, following Derek quickly. She knows that she has said too much without actually saying much. If she is going to find Meredith, she knows that she needs to stay close, but does not want to have one of their typical melt downs which they have famous for in the past.

Especially within the walls of SGH, he leads her up to her room Not a word is spoken by either of them as they stop outside and look in to see Mark talking quietly to Meredith's stomach They watch for a moment Addie doesn't want to invade the private time, but she knows that the sooner she deals with this the quicker she can go home.

She enters first her footsteps and presence-forcing Mark to look up at her, Mark wipes the tears from his eyes, he hated that he had been caught crying Addie smiled softly, as she tried to hide the pain that was coursing through her, maybe if she hadn't aborted his baby they wouldn't be here She hadn't thought that he would make a good father, but nothing would have prepared her for seeing him like this. She wanted to know how this had happened. She understood that Derek had been dating Rose, but surely Meredith had not gone out with Mark She knew it would have hurt Derek too much. Clearing her throat, she then moves closer to Mark.

"How far along is she?" she asks mark, not sure he wanted to know the response

"8 months" Mark grunted, "to the day"

On hearing this her face dropped, she could remember what happened 8 months ago; she remembered the phone call that had caught her off guard. The phone call that had revealed that she was cheating on him. Mark watched the realization wash over her but could not bring himself to say anything. Addie shook her head, trying to force herself back to the present day, and out of her memories. Memories of being mid orgasm when Kevin had answered her phone

"Derek said she was having seizures." Addie said, looking towards the door to find that he had gone.

Mark nodded, "I caught her as she fell"

Addie could see the concern on his face.

"Mm... Mark" Meredith sighed as she rubbed her eyes, opening them to see that Mark was now leaning over her

"It's okay Mer" mark said as he brushed her hair back from her face. "I'm here"

"The baby" Meredith mumbled as her hand pulled away from his and moved to her stomach.

"Mer, we... Derek and I called Addie in, we need her for you. Your going to be okay." Mark

said as he reassured her.

"Der" she mumbled as she moved to look around the room, her eyes settling on Addie.

"Oh" she sounded.

"Meredith" Addie said with a softening face, she could not remember seeing Meredith look worse not even after the ferry disaster.

"I'm going to make sure you and your baby is okay." Addie promised.

Meredith sighed and turned to Mark. "Can you... can you go find Derek please." She asked him. "I ... I need a moment alone with her."

Mark nodded, before rubbing her belly and moving out of the room. Meredith watching him leave before turning back to face Addie .Mer waits for Mark to leave before her eyes settle on Addie.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

Addie shifts awkwardly.

"They called me... Derek called me." Addie replies.

Meredith sighs as she looks away, taking a moment to regain her thoughts.

"How did this happen?" Addie finally asks.

"You should know that." Meredith replies. (Its not like it was a divine conception.)

Addie nods. Still keeps her eyes on Meredith.

"Fine we both hated ourselves, got drunk and fell into bed together." Meredith tells her. "Is that what you want to hear?" "That one drunken mistake got me into this mess?"

Addie is startled by her outburst.

"Well lets see if we can clean a bit of this mess up." She says reassuringly as she picks up Meredith's chart. Silence taking over the room