A Choice to Make:
Grey's Anatomy
Setting: After 13x24
Characters: Meredith Grey, Alex, Maggie, Cristina, Nathan
Chapter Four
"Oh hey Zo!" Meredith wiped her tears and tried to cheer up.
"Mommy? Am I going to have another sibling?" Zola asked eagerly.
"Uh, i'm not sure." Meredith responded hesitantly
"Wait, so this must mean daddy is still alive right? If your having a baby that means daddy will be the dad, right?" Zola said cheerfully.
Meredith looked at Alex, she needed help. How could she explain that no daddy is not alive and that she's been sleeping with another man. And if she did have this baby it wouldn't be the same. One thing leads to another, once she tells Zola about Riggs that means marriage might come next and how could she tell her kids that she is going to get remarried. There're too young to know that you can love two people in a lifetime. And that even though she is marrying someone else, she will always love their father. No one will ever be able to replace Derek. Derek will always be the one. The man she will love the most. She may be falling for Riggs, but this love felt different from the great love she had with Derek. Nothing will ever be able to replace ferryboat scrub-caps and the tumor on the wall and the post-it note wedding. Meredith could feel tears filling up her eyes. She quickly wiped them away because she didn't want her kids to see her cry. She had to stay strong, for herself and for them. Alex took Zola by the hand and they walked down the hallway and down the stairs.
"Uncle Alex, what's wrong with mommy? She seems upset" Zola asked.
"This is complicated. You're right, your mom is not her usual self. You know what that means?" They walked down the stairs.
"No?"
"It means you're going to have to be patient with her, she is going through a hard time and she has a lot of decisions to make. You and you're siblings are going to have to act super well and follow everything your mom says. Okay?"
"Okay!"
"Okay, how about you tell your brother and sister."
"Umm, uncle Alex is my mom..."
"What? Is your mom?"
"Uh, never mind."
"No, what is it Zo?"
"Is my mom with someone else? Daddy isn't alive is he?"
"I'm sorry Zola, daddy died." He paused, he didn't want to answer the first question she had asked.
"So?" Zola trying to get an answer out of him.
"So what?" Alex asked
"Is she... is mom with someone else? Does she not love dad anymore?"
"Zola, it's complicated." Alex tried to change the subject because he didn't know what Meredith would want him to say.
"Alex! I saw someone the other day. He came out of her room. Is she with that guy?" Zola was getting frustrated.
"Zola-"
"Oh hey, there you are!" The nanny interrupted. Alex felt relived.
Zola went back over and started to play with Bailey again. She glanced over her shoulder looking back at Alex. Alex and her made eye contact but he quickly turned around and headed back upstairs.