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Chapter 53

"You're still here!" George scoffed as he walked up to Meredith in the hallway that morning, she looked over at him for a second and went back to placing charts in the cubbies outside of the patient rooms.

"Obviously." She muttered.

"How long have you been working this shift?"

"I got here three days ago, haven't left since." She mumbled with a yawn.

"Meredith, please tell me that you aren't here voluntarily."

"Seriously George?" She frowned "I'm 32 weeks pregnant. I can't see my own feet much less feel them anymore, you think I really WANT to be here?"

"Mommy's still on the warpath."

"Yes, I've tried to tell her again. She won't believe me." Meredith mumbled, she cringed slightly and placed her hand on her stomach "Ouch."

"I hope to hell that wasn't a contraction." George said wide eyed.

"Braxton hicks." Meredith glared "They're normal."

"That looked painful."

"Well they can be, but they come and go. I'm not going into labor until I'm 40 weeks."

"And you're that confident?" George asked, arching a brow "You know babies have a mind of their own right? And you being on your feet so much doesn't help persuade them to stay in there."

"George." She muttered "It's bad enough I'm getting it from Derek!"

"Oh right, more Derek talk." They heard and looked up to see Ellis walking towards them with a petite brunette in tow. Meredith rolled her eyes "I thought I would introduce you to the new transfer, this is Lexie Grey."

"Grey?" Meredith frowned.

"Yes." She nodded "Your father seemed to produce a worthwhile spawn for once," Ellis giggled when Meredith flinched at the comment "Your half sister is a Harvard Medical graduate, and finished top of her class a whole year early! I'll be showing her the loops and be happy to mentor her myself."

"Ok." Meredith gulped and forced a smile to the timid looking young lady "Nice to meet you Dr. Grey."

"Nice to meet you too." Lexie nodded. She seemed to not know what was going on, or maybe she did and it was freaking her out a little bit.

"Come Lexie." Ellis smirked "I'll introduce you personally, to the attendings."

"Um, ok." Lexie nodded. They both walked off and disappeared down the hallway.

"Ouch, that was brutal!" George scoffed "What a bitch!"

"Yeah she's..." Meredith said and took a deep gasping breath "A real..." she stopped and gulped as she seemed to be bracing herself for something "Piece of work.."

"Meredith?" George asked, his wide eyed expression was back as he saw her hunch over her belly and grunt. "Meredith this isn't normal!"

"I know!" she said through her teeth. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply until it passed and then looked at George desperately "Take me to Dr. Montgomery."


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Derek leaned on the arm of his chair and rubbed his eyes. Would this board meeting every end? He sighed and thought about all the patients he could be helping at the moment. Why the board of directors decided right now to hold a meeting he didn't know, but felt annoyed.

He wanted to check on Meredith too, for some reason he had a sinking feeling that something about her wasn't right. She was trooping through the grueling hours that her mother was throwing at her, but it was only a matter of time...

"And so doctors," Richard Webber said as he pointed to a graph "I think this new addition to the hospital will ..." he was cut off as the door flung open and crashed against the wall, everyone jumped and looked to the open door "Dr. O'Malley, you are interrupting an important meeting!"

"I know, I need Dr. Shepherd." He said sounding out of breath.

"Whatever it is can wait." Richard scoffed "There are other neurosurgeons on duty right now."

"It's not neurological sir, I need Dr. Shepherd only."

"And for what!" he muttered.

"His wife is in pre-term labor." George said, it seemed as if a pin drop could be heard in the room as all eyes fell on Derek, his face seemed pale as he jumped up.

"What room?" Derek asked as he charged to the door.

"419."

"Derek, I had no idea you were married?" Richard laughed,

"No time to chit chat Richard." Derek called out as he rushed out the door. George caught up with him "How bad is it?" George looked warily at him "O'Malley, how bad?"

"Her mother is there with her, sir." George gulped.

Derek looked enraged as he picked up the pace to a fast jog and dashed into the stairwell, hoping that he wouldn't' get there too late.

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