iLove

Chapter 43

Meredith managed to avoid Derek all day long and his question or mention anyway along with him. She didn't really want to go home and drill Izzy but she did in fact owe George. She walked in the house that evening, the lights were on but she didn't hear anything. George's car was already in the driveway and she was sure that they'd be talking already.

"George?" she called out as she climbed the stairs "George are you in here!"

She didn't hear him respond and frowned as she passed his room and finally saw him when she glanced in Izzy's room. He was sitting on the edge of her bed, his shoulders slumped. Her bed was naked, empty, no blankets or sheets on it. The closet doors in her room were open showing nothing in it. She walked in a few steps and looked around to see all her stuff gone.

"She's gone." George confirmed, holding up a small piece of paper "All she left was a note."

"What." Meredith gasped "What does it say?"

"She said that her mom needs her and that she needed to get out of the big city." he said.

"So she just up and leaves!" Meredith muttered in disbelief.

"Yeah." George sighed "She didn't even say goodbye."

"She could have given us some kind of warning!" Meredith muttered, she felt her anger level rising.

"I can't believe that she didn't even tell her best friend."

"How can she leave us hanging like this!"

"I don't know." George shrugged "I guess we didn't mean as much to her as I thought we did."

"Yeah." Meredith said, her voice suddenly broke and she gasped "I guess not."

"Meredith?" George looked up with concern to see she was starting to cry "Are you ok?"

"Ye..ye...yeah." Meredith sobbed and shook her head "I'm fine."

"You're crying."

"No I'm...No..no I'm no." she stuttered as the sobs overtook her voice "I'm not!"

"You are." he said almost amused and stood up "I thought you were mostly annoyed with Izzy anyway?"

"I w..w..w..was." she sobbed. She shook her head at the ridiculousness of it "Jesus!"

"Calm down Mer." George frowned with concern "Breathe!"

"I..I'm..I'm...I'm..." she sobbed and gasped "Trying!" she sobbed again "Stupid...stupid...hor..."

"Stupid hormones?" George asked.

"Yes!" she cried. She started shaking and gasping, George started to get worried and reached out and touched her arm. She almost collapsed into herself as she started to sob violently but her eyes held panic as she couldn't seem to stop herself. "Make it stop!"

"I'm trying!" George panicked as well.

They heard footsteps hurry up the stairs and they looked up as Derek rushed through the door, seeing Meredith sobbing to the point she might make herself sick.

"What's wrong!" He asked with concern, then glared at George "What did you do to her!"

"I didn't do anything!" George defended "Izzy left without a word and she was ripping her about it and then she just started sobbing!"

"What?" Derek frowned "Izzy left...but Meredith doesn't really like Izzy."

"I know!" George said "It's her stupid hormones!"

"Don't call her hormones stupid!"

"Shut up!" Meredith cried out, they both looked up at her startled "Make it stop!"

Derek reached out for her but George gasped and held him back.

"Don't!" he warned "That makes it worse!"

"Someone sedate me!" Meredith hissed through her tears.

"No one is going to sedate you." Derek said.

"I will." George said desperately, Derek gave him a dirty look.

"Screw it." he mumbled and stepped forward and swallowed her in his arms. She started to sob harder so he scooped her up and carried her into her bedroom and sat on the end of the bed holding her. "Shh it'll be ok."

"Derek?" she squeaked out.

"Yes?"

"When is the baby due?"

"June 20th." he said softly.

"And how far away is that?" she sobbed.

"Five months." he said, she gasped and sobbed a few times and sniffled.

"This sucks!"

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