A Choice to Make

Grey's Anatomy

Setting: After 13x24

Characters: Meredith Grey, Alex, Maggie, Cristina, Nathan

NOTE:

Okay here is the chapter you all have been waiting for! Thank you all for being so patient and all of your support. Many of you may or may not like how this story goes so please no hate. Thank you for reading and I am sorry for any typos. Again I don't own anything, I just love the show. There is more to come so please keep reading.
Thanks!

Chapter Twelve

"Meredith!" Nathan shouted as she walked into the lobby. She didn't even walk ten feet in the building. He came up to her and he hugged her tight. "There you are! I was so worried." Nathan said. Meredith nodded, she didn't really know how to react. Once he pulled away, she tried to cover up that she had been crying. She tried to smile and act as normal as possible. Too much of her personal life had been advertised all over the hospital.
"Um Nathan, can we talk somewhere...um somewhere private." She asked quietly.
"Sure, is everything okay?" Nathan responded with a concerned look.
"Um, I just need to tell you something."
"Oh, alright." Nathan said. "So, how are you?" He said trying to spark conversation.
"Okay." Meredith replied. She wasn't in the mood for small talk.

Nathan took Meredith's hand, Meredith reluctantly took his. They walked to the attending's lounge, no one was in there which was good. Meredith thought that everyone must be in surgery. She closed the door and put her bag down. Nathan's face was now very confused.

"Can you sit down?" Meredith asked. She leaded him over to the couch, he sat down while she paced back and forth for some time.
"Meredith?"
"Um..."
"Well? What is it?" He said.
"Nathan-"
"Mer?" He asked.
"Nathan-" There was a long, quiet pause. "Oh god this was a mistake. I can't do this." She started to walk faster, back and forth, back and forth. Nathan was tracking her trying to figure her out. Before he could say anything she quickly reached for her bag and she began to walk towards the door but Nathan was faster. He grabbed her arm, stopping her from exiting the room.
"Meredith, tell me." Nathan said in a stern but gentle tone.
"Uh...sit down."
"Okay."
"Okay, um so...well..." Nathan's face wanted her to tell him, she could see that. "Nathan i'm pregnant." Meredith said, she tried to keep the tears back but she couldn't. She saw Nathan's face, he was stunned.
"Meredith..."
"Yeah."
"Meredith."
"Yeah."
"Meredith!"
"What?"
"This is great!" His face lit up, she was surprised, she thought he would ask her to abort.
"What?!" Meredith responded.
"This is great!" He said slowly.
"What!" Meredith began to shout back.
"I always wanted a family." A big smile began to form.
"No."
"What?"
"No, I don't want another baby!" Meredith shot back.
"Well..." Nathan now had a confused look on his face.
"Well what?" Meredith said wanted him to finish his sentence.
"I mean-your pregnant."
"I know that!"
"What do you want?"
"I don't want this baby."
"But I do!" Nathan was now standing up. Meredith was not the easiest person to get along with, and he knew that.
"Well I don't." She said stepping away from him.
"Meredith!"
"WHAT?"
"We need to talk about this, I love you and I think you love me too." He said stepping towards her.
"No." Meredith took another step back, away from him.
"What?" Nathan was taken back, she crossed her arms.
"No."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't love you and I am not going to have this baby."
"But I want to! It's not just up to you."
"Okay hold on. You just heard about Megan, whom you say was your soulmate and the love of your life, why aren't you with her? I mean for gods sake if it was Derek I would probably forget about you." Nathan's face looked hurt but Meredith didn't care. Well Meredith did care but she was confused with him.
"Okay, let me tell you."
"Good, go."
"Okay, I saw Megan and I don't know how to explain it but I realized...well..."
"Well what?"
"I don't know how to explain it, I am going to sound mean and I don't want to. I love Megan but..."
"But what?"
"I don't know! I guess I just love you more!"
"Nathan! She is the love of your life, so you say, how can you just forget about her?"
"I am not forgetting about her, I am just making a choice."
"Well it's the wrong one."
"I don't care."
"Well you should."
"Meredith, come on."
"Nathan, please stop."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because..."
"Why?"
"Because I don't love you, I will never love you!"
"That's a lie and you know it."
"No, no it's not." Meredith fired back.
"Come on! If Megan never came home I would be having dinner with you and the kids tonight. We would be together! Meredith come on! Just admit it. If Megan never came back we would be together, we would probably even have this baby."
"No we wouldn't. Nathan you need to go back and be with her. You love her, your dream finally came true and you don't appreciate it."
"I do!"
"Well you sure aren't acting like it..."
"Well i'm sorry you see it that way."
"Okay this is what is going to happen, I am going to go and get a blood test to confirm all of the other test .You are going to go back to Megan and stay with her. We will talk about this tomorrow." Meredith said, she started to pick up her bag but Nathan stopped her again.
"Meredith, please!"

Meredith ignored him and walked out of the room.