Unbroken
Chapter 18
Derek couldn't believe it there he sat just outside of her room knees drawn to his chest head resting on his hands as he bowed his head both in anger and in devastation he should have been able to read the signs he should have caught this earlier had no idea why this had to happen to her and why it had to happen now.
However, it seemed that his whole world was being ripped away from him and he was not sure what he should do. How was he supposed to fight for this when he felt like he had never stopped.
Mark had passed him moments earlier. He had gone in to sit with Meredith to talk to her about the result of her scans. To make sure that she was handling this. He knew that he needed to talk to Derek that he needed to get him up and ready for this surgery because if he did not, then he would not be fit to operate and well he was not sure what would happen if that did not.
The words still flooded her mind, She had not been able to process everything that was going on she was shutting down. She knew that she needed to talk to Derek about this she also knew that she needed to talk to Mark but right now... she just wanted to concentrate on those few words. She had a brain tumor
She had heard those words when they had tumbled from Richards's mouth and could have only hoped that she was dreaming. Now as Mark sat there rubbing her stomach and talking to her, words that she was not even hearing, she knew that this was her life…this was her reality.
Bailey had circled the trio a thousand times. Had watched as they all tried to process the news she knew that this was a massive mess and had hoped that things would not get worse, but now that they had, she knew that she needed to step in. This was her intern and she could not sit back and watch them all go to their dark place and do nothing about the problem at hand.
"Stand up" she said to Derek as she stopped in front of him.
"Stand up and be the surgeon you know you are so you can save this screwed up family you've got." she told him.
Derek looked up at her, tears in his eyes and the turmoil written all over his face.
"I should have seen this," he said angrily.
"But you didn't." Bailey replied, wanting nothing more than to kick his ass for sitting and wallowing while the woman he loved, the woman who was her intern, was lying in the bed with a time bomb in her head.
"Stand up and get ready. You need to go in and remove that tumor Derek. You may have not seen the signs. This may have snuck up on you all. However, you are the person she needs right now. You are the only one who can fix this.," she told him.
Derek could feel the words slowly progress through his brain. He knew that he should get this prepared.
"There is an OR on stand by, just waiting for you Derek. Stand up and save their lives. Your life." Bailey added.
Derek ran a hand over his face. He still was lost by all of this. He was still angry at the fact that he had missed this.
Derek ran a hand over his face. He still was lost by all of this. He was still angry at the fact that he had missed this.
Grumbling to himself he finally moves to stand. Bailey stepped back and watches him.
"Go tell her you love her, and then get her prepped for surgery. I will do it myself if I have to." Bailey bossed.
Derek shook his head at her
"I'll do it.," he told her. "If someone is going to shave her head it will be me.," he added, Derek ran a hand over his face. He still was lost by all of this. He was still angry at the fact that he had missed this.
Bailey nodded her head before walking away. Pleased to see that they were going to stop avoiding this and tackle this head on. "Get OR2 ready.," she told the scrub nurse as she walked past. Making sure that everything was prepared.