Open Your Eyes

You Are Not Okay

"Derek." Cristina said entering the room. "Sophie and Kendall can see Meredith."

"Ok." He says. "Can you help me?"

"Sure."

Cristina brings a wheelchair in and they place Sophie in there. Derek picks Kendall up places her in a wheelchair and they take them down to Meredith's room.

"Dadda."

"Yeah Kendall."

"Mumma?"

"Yes baby. We get to see mumma."

"Cris when is Angus coming out of surgery?"

"Very soon Soph."

"Daddy can I see mummy first. I have to tell her something?"

"Okay baby."

Arriving outside of Meredith's room Cristina took Sophie in first. She helped her up to the bed and let her sit down beside Meredith. Cristina left the room for Sophie to talk to her.

"Hi mummy. I'm sorry about this morning. I shouldn't have got angry at you because I am not too old for baths but daddy says that you know that I didn't mean it and he said that I am growing up. I want you to wake up mummy so you can watch me grow up and Angus and Kendall and the baby in your tummy. I want you to open your eyes because I need you to look into mine and use them to watch us grow and guide us the right way into life. I love you mummy." She says kissing her cheek. "I want you to open your eyes so you can sing our favourite song."

She turns around and nods her head to let Kendall in. Derek brings her inside and places her on the bed. Kendall climbs up to wrap her arms around Meredith's neck.

"Mumma." Kendall says.

"Soph will you be alright for a moment with Kendall?"

"Yes dad."

"Okay I will be back."

Derek left the room. He shut the door and looked at his kids sitting with their mother.

"How are you holding up Derek?" Callie asked.

"I don't know. I um.... I don't know."

"She will wake up. I know it." Callie tells him. Derek turns to walk but she grabs his shirt. "I'm praying that she will wake up and that all the kids will be fine."

"Thank you Callie."

"Do you need to talk?"

"I'm just remembering high school and how I was a jerk to her for about year because I had joined the football team and ditched her to hang with the jocks i.e. Mark."

"Mark was a jock?"

"Yeah he was." He tells her. "Meredith and I were best friends since the age of 10. I begged my mother to let me change schools and I did. First day at her school I had my lunch all over me and Meredith saved my arse. She told me what to except and things like that. She must have talked to Mark because by the end of the day Mark and I were good friends and I had joined the football team and I ditched her at every chance I got because Matt the other jock convinced me that she wasn't quality material to become a cheerleader and for me to date."

"And you believed him?"

"Yeah I wished I didn't because she was beautiful back then. Maybe she was a little different and she didn't fit in the cheerleader bimbo thing but she was so beautiful." He says. "She still is beautiful."

"What happened for that whole year?"

"Well I ended up dating one of the cheerleaders Alicia. You know we dated for 6 months. I dumped my best friend throughout that whole time. Our walks to school never happened for that long, our Friday night movies and pizza never happened. All those things that we did stopped for almost a year. It killed me not seeing her. She was my next door neighbour but she never came outside or came over. I'm pretty sure she hated me." He tells her. "I was pissed and ended up sleeping with Alicia because I found out that her and Mark slept with each other the year before. It was horrible I guess. I wish that it was Meredith instead of Alicia."