I smiled as I made my way back to Meredith's room. She had gotten a lot better over the past two and a half days. She slept a lot but that was expected, she was tolerating a liquid diet and had been sitting up a little too. The only slightly frustrating thing was she wasn't talking. Not out of emotional safety but because she was just to tired. I understood but having important conversations were hard when they were one sided. Nevertheless I hadn't left her side unless physically forced by Bailey or Mark. However these trips only consisted of showering or going to the cafeteria to eat. This time I had gone to the cafeteria in search of apple juice for Meredith. As I re-entered her room with said apple juice I found Meredith sitting up by herself on the edge of the bed with the exception of Anna the nurse supporting her injured leg. Taylor the physical therapist hovered nearby but Meredith was doing all the work. I stood off to the side watching in awe as Meredith bit her lip in concentration. Taylor glanced up at me and smiled before turning his attention back to Meredith. After a minute, they helped her lie back in bed. I stepped forward and fluffed Meredith's pillow before kissing her gently. Taylor and Anna left quickly after that.

"I'm proud of you." I praised her as I rolled the tray table in front of her and set the apple juice down. She nodded and smiled before taking a sip of her apple juice. I flopped down in the visitor's chair and sipped my coffee while Meredith worked on her apple juice. We sat in companionable silence until I spoke again. "I talked to the Chief. He said that when you get into step down, they'll have a consult waiting from speech. Also Dr. Nelson referred you over to Dr. Whitt from Neurology." Meredith nodded and licked her lips.

"We...when?" She asked with much effort.

"He said sometime in the next 48 hours." Meredith nodded again and put her head back on the pillows. I got up and sat on the edge of her bed. "Scale of one to ten how bad is it?" I asked tipping her chin up with my thumb. She looked at me through hooded eyelids and held up eight fingers. I ran my thumb down her cheek. "Okay" I whispered. "Just go to sleep and I'll find you more painkillers." She shook her head vigorously

"W-want h-ho...home." She croaked.

"Okay okay." I placated, grabbing her hand. "Just sleep and we'll see how you feel later." Her eyes closed and next thing I knew she was snoring.

Meredith slept for a good six hours before Taylor the PT returned with Callie and a set of crutches. I almost wanted to kick them out of the room and tell them to leave Meredith alone.

"Are you sure that's a good idea. I mean she's refusing pain meds and she wants to go home..." I knew I was being irrational but I didn't care. Meredith was hurt and I had a lot of overprotectiveness to make up for during the time we were fighting. Callie just nodded.

"We're only going to have her stand. All we need is for her to be totally upright in order to discharge her." She explained. I swallowed and put all irrational fear aside.

"Meredith wake up." I whispered, gently running my fingers down her cheek. She shifted but didn't open her eyes. "Mer come on wake up." I shook her shoulder gently. Her eyes fluttered slightly and she let out a small moan. I gently ran my fingers trough her hair, allowing her a second to wake up. once her eyes were in full focus on my face, I began to speak again. "Hey there sleeping beauty." A hint of a smile flickered onto her lips. "You have some visitors." SHe turned her head slightly and the smile fell from her lips when she saw Taylor and Callie. Before I could offer any words of comfort, Callie spoke up,

"Hey Grey I know, this part sucks. But after this we can move you to step down which means you'll be a step closer to going home. All we're asking is two minutes now and we'll leave you alone." Meredith swallowed hard and nodded.

"Alright great" Taylor smiled. "So what we're going to do is have you sit up just like before then we'll hand you the crutches and you're going to put them under you're arms and slide forward. All you have to do is stand and Dr. Torres and I will be here to spot you." Her overly happy attitude made me want to vomit. This was scary and hellish so there was no need to be happy and grinning over my wife's misfortune. I was pulled from my thoughts by the sound of the bed being raised. Meredith had her lower lip caught between her teeth,concentrating very hard on the task at hand. I stood by the wall and watched as meredith slowly pulled herself into a sitting position, then swung her legs over the side of the bed. She, very slowly, eased herself forwards until her good foot was touching the ground.

'You're doing great Meredith." Taylor cheered. Meredith shot her a death glare and I couldn't help but smile. She was going to be okay. After two exhausting minutes, Callie and I helped ease Meredith back into bed. Callie left very shortly after and I climbed into bed with Meredith.

"Hhuuurrtss" She moaned, burying her face into my chest. I ran my fingers through her hair.

"Just sleep." I whispered.

"I...l-ll-lo-"

"Shhh I know."

A/N Well I'm a terrible updater. Sorry about that but my laptop died. NO rhyme or reason, the thing just stopped working. So I had to get a new and now I'm in windows 10 and I have no clue how this works. So I'm sorry. BUt I do hope you like this chapter even if it is short. Don't forget to read and review. Have a good day.