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Chapter 34

It was almost time for Joe's surgery and Meredith was going to head up to the gallery to watch but she wanted to check on Joe first. He'd been a good friend, and a good bartender to her for the past few months. She walked in, the surgical nurses hadn't come to get him yet. She walked in the room but felt a cramp in her stomach and wave of nausea so rushed into the bathroom and tossed her cookies. When she rinsed out her mouth and walked out of the bathroom he was staring at her with a smirk on his face.

"Morning sickness must suck." he teased.

"Shut up." she muttered as she looked over his chart "You will not breathe a word of this or else!"

"Or else what?" he grinned.

"Joe are you about ready to..." they heard a voice entering the room and both looked up as it trailed off, she looked up immediately and melted in his warm blue eyes. He started to smile at her but turned back to Joe who wasn't missing a thing "Are you ready to go Joe?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." he said "Looks like a good day to die anyway."

"Right." Derek chuckled "Well we'll be bringing you back."

"I'm ready then."

"I'll go let the surgical nurses know then." Derek nodded, he gave Meredith another glance before leaving the room.

"Seriously?" Joe raised his brow "The neuro God?"

"Shut up." she muttered again.

"Don't try to deny it, I saw all that sexual tension in the room." he smirked.

"Yeah well you should be more worried about all the hostile tension going on in the OR."

"Why?" he asked "What do you know?"

"Christina, your intern?" she said, he nodded "She was dating Dr. Mason the cardio-thoracic surgeon who will be stopping your heart. But then he decided to go back to his wife that Christina had no idea of."

"Ouch!" he cringed "Should I reschedule?"

"No," she smiled "Dr. Shepherd has you in good hands."

"Is your baby daddy in a good mood?" he asked.

"Joe." she said through her teeth.

"I won't say a word." he said "Your secret is safe with me... well at least for the next four months."

"Four months?"

"When you start showing of course."

"I won't show until at least six." she frowned "The little girls always show the latest."

"Right." Joe laughed "And just where exactly are you going to put it?"

"Crap." she muttered.

"He's right." she heard in the door way and cringed when she heard Christina walk in "And I'm assuming you're going against my advice?"

"I'm going to go watch from the gallery." Meredith said "I'll see you after surgery Joe!"

She turned and walked out of the room feeling uneasy. She stopped at the vending machine and grabbed some crackers before heading up to the gallery. It wasn't too full and she saw George and Izzy sitting down so she sat between them.

"Did you bring snacks to come to watch Joe die?" George asked.

"He's not dying George." Meredith said "They're bringing him back...and it's crackers, not a box of movie mints."

"I thought you were sick?" Izzy asked.

"I am, but I'm getting better." she mumbled as she munched on a cracker "I don't think it's the 12 hour flu. More like the two week one or something."

"Well don't give it to us!" George said

"You've already had a form of it, you won't get it." she said "And Izzy is so pumped full of antibiotics she won't catch anything."

"True." Izzy said. "So what were you and Christina whispering about?"

"What?"

"You and Christina were whispering?" George frowned "There's something wrong with the world if you and Christina have a secret that we're out on...spill."

"We don't have a secret." Meredith gulped "No secrets with us."

"Yeah you do." Izzy laughed "She kept telling you to get rid of something."

"Oh don't tell me you have the syph too." George rolled his eyes "Are you sleeping around on your cyber boy?"

"Poor cyber boy." Izzy giggled.

"Yeah." Meredith giggled half heartedly and relieved to have an out of the conversation "You caught me, I'm a dirty, dirty whore and I have syphilis."

"Well no wonder you're so sick then!" Izzy said "Those antibiotics made me sick to my stomach too. Don't worry it'll get better after a while."

"Yeah." Meredith said just above a whisper "After a while."

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