Four paramedics storm through the hospital doors, they were pushing two gurneys each one had a boy lying on it. One was short and quite young. His messy hair was covered in blood, his eyes were closed and he had a very weak heartbeat. The other was a few years older, his arm was broke and he had a large gash on his head, but he was conscious.
"What have we got?" Derek shepherd asks from a distance when he sees them rush in. He had been talking to Owen and Mark but they all rushed toward the kids being brought in.
"Two kids, car accident, the older one should be okay, he has a few broken bones and a large cut to the head. As for the younger one, it's not looking good" The paramedic informs them.
"Get an OR." Owen shouts before him and Derek run over to the parademics to inspect the patients.
"Oh my god" Derek stutters when he sees the two boys. He freezes and it feels like time stops as he looks down at his blood covered sons.
"Get an OR now! Page Avery! Page Grey! Mark get over here!" Owen shouts he can't even look at the two boys, it breaks his heart.
"Georgie, Lukey!" Derek shouts there were tears pouring down his face as he stares at his sons
"Dad" George says weakly
"Georgie" Derek gasps moving closer to his oldest "What- What happened?"
"I'm sorry dad" George utters before being pushed in to a hospital room.
Derek can't move, he watches his son get pulled away and then looks down at his youngest, slowly dying in front of him. He's completely clueless until he hears Owen and Mark.
"Derek, go with George. Luke needs surgery now. Jackson and I will perform it" Owen orders his friend still unable to comprehend how his god-son was lying there dying.
"Derek come on" Mark pulls his friend away. Derek still can't talk, but he allows himself to be guided to his oldest son.
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Owen pushes the gurney to the closest OR and Jackson meets them along the way, he wasn't aware the patient was Luke only that it was a young boy.
"That's – That's Luke" Jackson stutters looking at him then up at Owen who had tears in his eyes.
"Jackson, pull yourself together, we need to save his life" Owen shouts not to seem mean only to pull the younger man out of the trance.
"Yes, okay, yes, what are we doing?" Jackson asks quickly. Both of them practically running whilst pushing the gurney.
"He has a bleed in the brain, we need to operate. Shepherd can't do it, he's absolutely distraught so it's down to me, you and Callie"
"Owen, is he going to make it?"
"Honestly, I don't know, but I'll try everything I can to make sure he does"
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When Meredith got the news that her sons were in a car crash, she thought it must have been a mistake. How would George and Luke be in a car? Then it hit her that it was Luke's hockey night and she ran as fast as she could. She ran all around the hospital until she found her husband. But when she did the sight broke her heart. Derek was leaning over their son's hospital bed crying, not just a few tears he was crying. His body was shaking as he held on to George's hand. She runs over to him, there were tears pouring down her face as well.
"Derek! Derek! Why? What?" She stutters running in to her husband who wrapped his arms around her not wanting to let go.
"George and Luke. Georgie and Lukey were in a car crash. George has a few broken bones and his head is cut open. Luke- he…" Derek can't finish because he starts to cry again. Meredith was in shock her whole body felt numb.
"Where is Luke?!" She shouts at her husband "Where is my baby boy?!"
"Mer" She turns around sees Alex standing there with his arm around Ella, she was crying and there were mascara smudges under eyes. She was wearing her polka dot onsie.
"Ella, oh baby girl, come here" Meredith pulls her daughter in to a hug. Derek is knocked back in to reality when he hears his daughter and wife crying next to him. He wraps his arms around both of them, just holding them.
"Alex, please, what's the latest on Luke?" Derek asks he was no longer crying but his eyes were still wet with tears and his emotions were running high.
"He has a bleed in the brain" Alex explains. Meredith gasps and begins to cry uncontrollably "There's complications in the surgery…Callie, Owen and Jackson are trying their best…but…it's not looking good" Alex admits, he was becoming emotional and tears were forming in his eyes "I'm so sorry" He adds quickly before leaving. He couldn't cry in front of them, not when they're like that.
"I told him Mum, I told him, he should've listened, he should've listened" Ella repeats still crying in to her mother's chest.
"I know you did sweetie, I know you did" Meredith replies. She wipes away the tears from her face and eyes before breathing heavily out. She looked at her crying daughter and injured son, and she remembered who she was. She was a mum and a wife. She had to be strong for them.
"Derek, is George stable?" She asks still sniffling. Her husband who had stopped crying a few minutes before turned to face her "George is going to be fine, he has a broken arm and a broken collar bone, a gash on his forehead which they've fixed with stitches but apart from that he's fine"
"Did you hear that baby? George is going to be fine" Meredith whispers softly to her daughter, who pulls away from her mother.
"What about Luke? He's going to die isn't he? My little brother is going to die"
"No. He is not going to die. He has some of the best surgeons in the county working on him. Everything will be fine." Derek assures his daughter, but even he wasn't sure he believed himself.
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Derek and Meredith sat on the sofa in George's room starring at their son, waiting, hoping he would wake up. Ella was draped across them sleeping. They still hadn't heard anything back about Luke, but they took this as a good thing.
Meredith was about to fall asleep but she heard a groan from the bed. She and Derek both looked at each other before gently placing Ella on the sofa and moving over to the bedside. George's eyes slowly opened and he groaned again.
"George, do you know where you are?" Meredith asks her son, she was full of hope now. If George can pull through, Luke can, he was the most persistent boy she'd ever met.
"In a hospital" He answers groggily
"Do you know how you got here?"
"Car crash" His eyes were shut again now but he was till speaking "Oh god, I'm so dead"
"Yes you are" Derek agrees. George's eyes open and he blinks a few times.
"Dad?"
"Yeah buddy, your mum and I are here, and so is Ella" Derek smiles at his son
"Luke! Oh god! Luke! Where is he?! Is Luke okay?" George was shouting and fidgeting around. Derek holds his sons arms to the side so he would stop moving about. "Mum! Where is Luke?!" He shouts again.
"George, calm down, Luke is in surgery, he has a bleed in his brain" Meredith explains
"No, Luke, no. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry mum. I'm so sorry dad" George sputtered, as he tried to scrub away the tears from his eyes.
"We know buddy" Derek smiles sadly. He pushed the hair out of his sons face and kissed his forehead.
Ella who had been woken by George shouting rushed over to her brother's side, when she saw her parents talking to him.
"George!" She cries hugging her brother tightly. George breathed in sharply, but he hugged back, the pain was worth the love of his sister.
"Ella, I'm sorry" He apologises the tears threating to fall
"I knew this would happen" She cried holding her brother's hand "I told you, and now, now you killed our little brother"
"Ella!" Meredith warns her angrily "Luke is not dead. He will be fine, we all know he will"
"It's all his fault!" Ella shouts pointing at her brother "I told him! I begged him not to take him! He's my brother as well George! You killed my little brother!"
"Ella, go outside and calm down" Meredith orders her daughter but she doesn't move.
"No, Mum she's right. This is my fault! It's all my fault! I killed my little brother!" George shouts the tears finally falling. He looked at his sister crying and it made him even worse.
"Everybody stop!" Derek says with a raised voice. George and Ella both stop crying, downgrading to an occasional whimper or sniffle "Luke is not dead, stop saying he is. My little boy is not dead. Luke is a fighter, he will be fine. Ella stop blaming your brother, he wasn't to know this would happen, let's just be thankful he's okay. George, stop blaming yourself because nobody blames you. Yes both you and Luke are in heaps of trouble, yes you're grounded for the rest of your lives, but we don't blame you"
"I'm sorry for blaming you George, I'm happy you're okay, I love you" Ella smiles through the tears at her brother. She moves herself and lies on the bed next to her brother. George manoeuvres his arm so it was around his sister "I love you too Ella, and I'm sorry, I'm so sorry"
"Guys" There was a knock at the door and in stepped Owen. They all turn to look at him, hoping for the best.
"Owen, please tell me Luke's okay?" Meredith asks her hand was covering her mouth, she hated to expect the worst but when you work in a hospital, you learn to.
"Luke's surgery had some complications but we resolved them. He's not out of the woods but he is conscious and in the room next door with Jackson" Owen smiles happy to give good news to his friends.
They all breathe a sigh of relief. Derek gives Owen a hug "Thank you so much, thank you for saving my son's life Owen"
"He's my god-son Derek, I would do anything for him" Owen smiles before turning to Meredith and comfortingly hugging her, she whispers thank you before turning to follow Derek to see Luke.
Owen walks over to stand with Ella. She faces him and falls in to his chest, crying.
"Thank you Uncle Owen" She cries, her whole body shaking. Owen holds her tight before gently kissing her head "Don't worry about it sweetheart"
"Thank you Owen, I'm sorry, I had to put you through that surgery but thank you for saving my little brother" George smiles at him
"It wasn't your fault George, I'm just glad you're both okay" Owen smiles before sitting on the sofa with Ella on his knee. He stayed with them keeping them company until their parents came back when Luke was asleep.
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Derek and Meredith stand outside their youngest son's hospital room and listen to the sound of his laugh, it warms their heart. They hear Jackson teasing him and it feels like everything is back to normal.
"So buddy, since I saved your life, you owe me big time, I'm thinking the next time you're here with your parents, you can be my personal assistant and carry around my clip board for me" Jackson jokes sitting on the edge of Luke's bed. He gently pushed Luke's hair away from his face.
"No way, how about I just get the other doctors to leave you alone, because you know they all say things about you behind your back" Luke grins up at him
"They do not" Jackson pokes him in the ribs
"They call you A-hole Avery" Luke laughs. He loved his Uncle Jackson, he was always so funny and cool. Plus he saved his life.
"Seriously? Well it looks like I'm going to have to have a word with them" Jackson grins.
Derek and Meredith walk in to the room and Jackson smiles at them.
"Hey Lukey" They walk over to their son before turning to Jackson.
"Jackson, I don't know how to tell you how thankful we are. Thank you so much" Meredith smiles at her good friend.
"I was just doing my job, anyway I had to save my favourite kid didn't I?" Jackson winks at Luke "Anyway I'll give you some space, I'm glad you're alright Luke, I love you buddy" He says walking out the room waving bye.
"Love you too Jackson and thanks!" Luke shouts after him.
"Luke sweetie, everyone is so happy, you're okay" Meredith smiles kissing her son on the cheek
"I love you both so much and I'm so sorry" Luke says not wanting to make eye-contact with them "Is George okay?"
"George is fine, he's in the room next door with Ella, they should both be able to come in and see you tomorrow" Derek smiles down at his son
"What's wrong with him?" Luke asks curiously
"He's broken his arm like you, and his collar bone, he's also got a cut on his head" Meredith describes for him
"So I got the worst of it?" Luke jokes
"Yeah buddy you did, the car hit your side" Derek says "But you're okay, everything is going to be okay, but you're in so much trouble"
"So I nearly die, yet I'm still in trouble?"
"You broke the rules, and don't try and blame it all on George because he probably only drove you because you kept pestering him" Derek looks at him with raised eyebrows
"It wasn't George's fault. It really wasn't. I remember it, I remember sitting there arguing about his CD then feeling immense pain as the car hit in to us"
"Oh Lukey, I would do anything for you to not have to go through this" Meredith strokes her sons cheeks gently
"I'll be fine mum, I have you guys, and George and Ella, I have Owen and Jackson as well, they were real nice to me after my surgery. Jackson even let me go on his phone even though last time I dropped it"
"You've been very lucky Luke, very lucky" Derek says before they leave their son to sleep off his surgery. Both Meredith and Derek had never been more thankful.