Highway to Hell

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Derek was currently taking a shower while Meredith was still in the bed until she heard Zola crying. "Derek?" She yelled but he didn't respond. He probably couldn't hear her with the water running. "Derek!" She yelled again, this time as long as possible. Carolyn was probably baking something in the kitchen so no way she could hear Meredith or Zola.

Meredith's mother's heart was at a breaking point. In fact they ordered another wheelchair for upstairs so Meredith could wheel herself around instead of being carried by Derek. Their baby was home, Meredith needed to be independent but her baby was crying now and the chair hasn't arrived yet. She wanted to climb out of her bed and crawl to Zola to at least show her there was someone. Deep down she knew this was a stupid idea, of course this was stupid! Meredith set up and swung her legs to the side of the bed before she gently tried to lower herself onto the ground.

Once her body was on the ground she tried to move her body with her arms but her back started to hurt which made her legs spasm very bad. "Shit" She murmured, suddenly feeling as if knives were stabbing in her spine.

She heard the water has stopped running down in the shower so she tried to call Derek again "Derek!" She yelled and he ran out of the bathroom "Mer, what-" He stopped by seeing Meredith on the ground. He had no idea what happened, meanwhile he could hear Zola crying in the room next door.

"Go.. take care of Zola" She said while breathing through the pain.

"Mom! Can you come upstairs, fast please" He yelled in the stairways making Carolyn come hurrying upstairs. "Mom, can you take Zola, please?"

"Oh, of course, dear!" She said with a sad smile, knowing something was up with Meredith. She walked over to Zola's nursery

Derek hurried back into his and Meredith's bedroom to check on her

"Zola?" She asked as she tried to keep herself up against the bed

"My mom is taking care of her" Derek said "Can I lift you on the bed?"

"Please" She gave him a weak sad smile

He gently lifted her up and placed her on the bed before she winced in pain "You okay?" He said before gently laying her down. He knew what was gonna be the answer but he also knew that she was in real pain she he stuffer her legs and made sure she was comfortable enough in the bed

"I.. I overdid and now my back hurts like shit" She admitted

Derek was shocked by her answer, he expected "I'm fine" so he knew this was serious.

"Can you give me my meds, please? But please, check on Zozo first" She begged him

He nodded before placing a kiss on her forehead and walked off to Zola's nursery. Hearing his wife sighing and groaning in the background. His heart broke, he wanted to take her pain away but he couldn't. "Hi mom.. hi Zozo" He said as he entered the room

"Is Meredith okay?" Carolyn asked while she was changing Zola's diaper

"She.. When I got out of the shower she was on the ground next to the bed, clearly in pain and I heard Zola crying so I assumed she tried to get to Zola.. Mom.. I.. I know it will get better, and once her chair arrives.." Derek said while having some kind of mental breakdown

"Derek, calm down. We'll go down and grab her meds and she'll be okay after. Her chair arrives any day so she'll be able to move around on her own upstairs and the feeling will return, dear!" Carolyn tried to calm him down

"Mom, I can't see my wife struggling, I can't see her in pain. This is our fourth night since Zola is home, today she has no PT but she'll probably need to lay down all morning to get a chance to get out this afternoon. She can't get on the couch when Zola is on her lap, she can't even transfer to the ground on her own." Derek said slamming his fist into the wall

"Derek, calm down. You're gonna hurt yourself and Zola and Meredith need you. You take Zola and go to Meredith. Grab some toys and watch a movie with them. Meanwhile Meredith can rest. I'll make you some breakfast and I'll bring her medication and when you're relaxing I can bake a pie for you and in the afternoon, if you don't need me I'm gonna go to the mall and shop some things for my newest granddaughter, okay?"

"Thanks.. Thanks mom.." He smiled

"Now, go!" She smiled

"Going!" He said as he grabbed Zola and some toys "Mer?" He called as he entered their bedroom

"Hmm?" She groaned, not looking away from the ceiling

"There's someone who really wanted to see her mommy" He smiled

She turned her head to see Derek and Zola standing at the door

"Ma" Zola said as she started wiggling

"Now, Zozo. Mommy has an owie, we'll be very gentle today and we're gonna cuddle all morning, how does that sound, baby?"

"Ma!" She babbled again

"She wants to sit with her mommy" Derek said before placing Zola next to Meredith. "Are you okay?" He asked

"Can you help me sit up a little more? But not too much, it hurts" Meredith whispered

"Of course" He said before gently helping her sit up a little more before sitting next to her with Zola between them. He turned on the tv on some kind of baby program

Zola was playing with her stuffed animals with Meredith and Derek.

They spent the whole morning in bed and in the afternoon they went for a small walk outside. Zola was sitting on Meredith's lap as Derek was pushing her chair as they were walking towards the cliff to enjoy the view as one happy family. Even though this day started bad and needed to be spent in bed, no one seemed to be bored. They were the McFamily.

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