A Love That Knows No Boundaries

38.

Meredith was so glad to get off the plane, it was a long flight, and she hated planes as it was, especially when she had to fly by herself. Meredith slept through much of the flight, since Derek had kept her up all night, not that she was complaining, she wouldn't see him for a least three or four days, anyone else she was fine but she hated the fact that she wouldn't see him but it was her idea to come alone, and know she was kicking herself for it. While she was waiting for her luggage she quickly texted Derek, letting him know that she had arrived safely and that she loved him, before grabbing her luggage and going to meet Susanna, Carolyn and Lacey in arrivals.

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Derek had landed in Chicago, and he checked his phone, it was the first thing that did once he got off that flight. He had a text from Meredith, telling him that she arrived in New York safely, and that she loved him. He looked at his watch, knowing that he would have to wait until after his consult to talk to her, he sent her a quickly text, before leaving the terminal, telling her that he would call her later. Derek was met at arrivals by one of his former interns of when he was a resident at Seattle Grace.

Derek arrived at the Neurologic and Orthopaedic Hospital of Chicago to be, met my the hospital board director.

"Dr Shepherd, i am Dr Jack Bright"

"Pleased to meet you...Now why i have been called for a consult when you have
some of the best neurosurgeons in the US" Derek asked.

"The patient specifically requested you, and everyone here would love to work with the famed Dr Derek Shepherd"

"So, what is the diagnosis?" Derek asked Dr Bright. "I know next to nothing about the patient, only that he specifically asked for me"

"He was diagnosed with a rare tumour, and he insisted that he wanted you, he had heard about the Shepherd Method, and was interested in trying it. He was diagnose about two years ago, and after trying all treatments available, he was ready to give up until he read about your trial in neurology today, he knows that this could be his last chance to live"

"Okay, but it could also be the treatment that kills him, it is still risky, i have only a few successes with the trial"

"I am aware Dr Shepherd and i have given him the odds but both him and his wife is willing to take the chance"

"Ok, Dr Bright that goes and see our patient" Derek says, taking the chart from Dr Bright and following him into the patient room.

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Meanwhile in New York, Meredith is get settled into Susanna, she had hoped that Derek would have called her by now, but he hadn't, she had heard from him, other than the text he sent her after he landed in Chicago, she knew that she was being irrational, but she was regretting coming to New York without him, Susanna had to go back to the office, and in the last hour Meredith could feel the panic getting worse as the minutes went by. There was a knock on the door, making Meredith jump, she knew that Mark was in jail, and that he couldn't get to her, but she needed Derek.

"Meredith, its Lacey, can you let me in" Meredith heard the voice of Derek sisters, the relief washed over her, she opens the door. Lacey takes a quick look at Meredith before pulling her into her arms.

"Oh...Mer" Lacey said closing the door behind her.

"I'm sorry..."

"Don't be...I have already spoken to Derek quickly, he wanted me to come over and spend the day with you, and he knew how hard it would be"

"He hasn't called me" Meredith said sadly.

"Mer, i spoke to him before he boarded his flight, i have spoken to him, since he landed in Chicago"