Why Me?

chapter 1

hi everyone! this is my first fanfic so please don't judge and *constructive* criticism is appreciated. thank you and i hope you enjoy!

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(Meredith's POV)

I woke up another day at 4am to start my day as an intern. I am so ready to be a second-year resident already. But what makes it bearable is smelling the scent of Derek Shepherd laying next to me. He had finalized the divorce with Addison and we could finally enjoy being in a relationship with no distractions. That was until this week started.

As I was getting out of bed to head to the bathroom to ready, I felt my stomach churn and ran to the bathroom. I heaved other the toilet as I emptied my stomach of whatever I ate last night. Gross. I then felt Derek grab my hair into a ponytail and rubbed my back. I'm so lucky that I have him.

"It's ok Mer,", Derek said with obvious concern in his voice. "Ugh", I say once I finish and wipe my mouth. "I'm fine now Derek. Probably something I ate last night. I have to get ready now.", I said getting up and flushing the toilet.

"Well I would believe you were fine if I didn't just see you puke up all of your guts. Maybe just get back in bed.", Derek said while feeling my forehead. "Aw, it's cute that you're worried but interns don't take sick days. I can't stay in bed today.", I replied. "Fine, but if you still feel sick later tell me and we'll get you checked out.", Derek said while rubbing my back. "Okay, but I feel better now.", I lied. Truthfully, I felt terrible and would love to stay in bed but being intern makes that not an option. Derek and I finish getting ready and head downstairs for a quick breakfast.

Derek makes himself a bowl of muesli and I grab some honey-nut cheerios and a coffee. We eat it quickly with a short conversation about Derek's surgeries today then we head in the car. About five minutes until we get to the the hospital, I get the same feeling in my stomach as I did 45 minutes ago. "Derek, pull over.", I say almost gagging and holding my stomach. "Why? We are almost ther-", Derek stops himself when he looks over to see how green I am. He quickly pulls over and I get out throwing up my breakfast. Ugh. 

"Oh my God, Meredith!",  Derek says running to my aid. After I finish getting sick and coughing, I stand up straight and say, "Okay, let's go now.". I go back to the passenger's seat and Derek goes back to driver's seat reluctantly.

"Why do you keep getting sick Mer? Do you need to go to the doctor?, Derek asked worried. "No, I'm fine. Probably just a small bug. I'll be better by tonight or tomorrow tops. I just need to get to work.", I say. "Okay...", Derek said turning his attention to finding a good parking spot.

"Okay, bye Mer! See you at lunch, maybe?", Derek said as we part ways in the hospital. "Bye! Maybe, I'll see what my schedule looks like. Love you!", I say now running to the locker room. "Love you too!", Derek says.

When I get to the locker room, everyone is already there but I am not too late since some are still changing and everyone is talking waiting for Dr. Bailey to come with assignments. "Hey Mer! How are you?", Izzie asks very chirpily. She gives me a headache sometimes. "Fine.", I reply plainly as I drink Pepto Bismol from the bottle. "Damn, you good Mer?", Cristina asks. "Yea, just not feeling like myself.", I reply as I finish changing.

Soon after, Dr. Bailey comes to the locker with the assignments. "Yang, Neuro. Grey, General with me. Stevens, Cardio. Karev, Ortho. And O'Malley, Scut. Move it people. We have lives to save.", Bailey says. Everyone scurries out to find their attending and I follow Dr. Bailey to a patient room. I meet with a liver transplant patient and Bailey tells me that I will be scrubbing in. A six to twelve hour surgery and I already don't feel well. Great.

This is going to be a long day.

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Exactly 700 words! Nice. :))

Also don't worry, the following chapters will be longer and will get to the main point of story.

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