I'll be there- Merhayes

Chapter 1

I'll be there- Merhayes

Cormac was nearing the end of a gruesome surgery. Luna, now 6 weeks old, had to go into an emergency surgery. Her lungs were going into respiratory distress and Cormac had to open up her air sacs so that she'd have a better chance at breathing on her own. He and Jo were about to close when a page went off. "Dr. Hayes, your pager is going off." Bohkee, the scrub nurse said.

"Dr. Wilson, do you think you can close for me?" he asked Jo as he put the instruments in his hand down on the tray.

"Sure Hayes" Jo nodded before turning back to the patient at hand.

With that Cormac scrubbed out and grabbed his pager. Two missed 911 calls from room 3841. Meredith's room. "Shit!" he thinks. He runs to her room as fast as he can without causing suspicion to the rest of the doctors and nurses on the floor. As soon as he gets to her room his heart stops. There Meredith was sitting up in bed. She was awake and talking to Teddy.

Teddy must have seen him and waved for him to come in. He couldn't help the small smile apear when he saw that she was okay. Teddy walked out of the room to give them some privacy.

"You're awake." Cormac said walking over to her bed side sitting down in the empty chair.

"Took a quick nap." She chuckled. "I umm.. I saw Derek." She whispered. Now looking more serious towards him.

His facial expression softened and he gave her a small smile letting her know it was okay to continue.

"I was on a beach. It was weird. I got to see my friends, and George and Derek." She smiled genuinely. He raised his eyebrows. Trying to say "I need more information" without actually saying it. She continued.

"When I drowned, many years ago, I was in this alternate realm. I saw all these people who have passed in this lifetime. But I wasn't alive or dead. I was in an OR. This time I was on a beach." She furrowed her brows. "I think it's because the beach is where I go to be free. No cares, no worries, just me and my thoughts." She said as if she just realized something. "I think that's why I went to San Diego after he died. The beach is my safe place."

Cormac let out a small smile. "What made you come back here? He asked. "I mean, I would have given anything to see my Abigail again."

"The kids. Derek, he didn't get to see them grow up. They already don't have a dad. If I had died, they would have been stuck with Amelia or Maggie and let's be honest. They aren't ready to be parents to 3 hyperactive kids." she lied. Truthfully it was Cormac that had convinced her to come back. She had to much to fight for. But she wasn't about to tell him that.

"For what it counts Grey, I'm glad you fought." Cormac said. It scared him how open he was being towards her but it didn't matter now. She had been in a coma for 3 weeks now and he missed his best and only friend at this hell hole. "Its been to quiet without having you running around." He joked.

She cracked a smile. "Well, I'm back. What I miss?" she asked.

Cormac's smile faded. His blank stare was making her nervous.

"Well?" Meredith asked.

He didn't want to be the one to tell her this. But he knew it needed to be done. "2 weeks ago,  a woman, Opal, the sex trafficer came in and Andrew Deluca and his sister Carina chased after her." He took a breath.

Meredith looked at him and wiped a tear. She refused to cry. "He died didn't he?" she asked. "I saw him on the beach. He's with his mom now?" her eyes now glassy, tears threatening to fall.

"He was stabbed on the left side of his abdomen. Altman and Hunt stopped the bleeding and he made it through surgery only for him to start hemoraging again an hour later. He blead out and died. I'm so sorry." He said laying a hand on her knee. Trying his best to comfort her without overstepping.

Another tear fell from her eye. She couldn't help it. Every man she's ever loved has died. "Please go." she asked him. "I don't want you to see me like this and I just want to be left alone for a little while. Thank you for letting me know." she sniffled trying not to cry in front of him.

He took a breath. It hurt him to see his only friend like this. He respected her wishes and stood up to leave. "I'm really sorry Grey, is there anyone I can get for you?" He asked.

She shook her head and whispered a thank you before he nodded and left her room.