I'd do anything for love (3/4)

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"Are you good?" Derek asked asked as he tied Meredith's gown

"Yeah" Meredith sighed. Derek wrapped his arms around her and slowly turned her around "I wanna see the kids"

"Should I call my mom? She can bring them over a bit earlier"

"Please" Meredith looked into his eyes

Derek nodded and cupped her head in his hands "It will be okay" He said as they got disturbed by a knock on the door

"Meredith, are you ready?" Tom asked as he entered the room with a wheelchair

Meredith nodded in agreement and took a seat. She didn't argue, she just wanted it to be over

...

Derek had decided to stay with her during the biopsy to keep her calm. The more Tom touched her, the more pain she was in

When the needle entered her skin she winced slightly but Derek could tell when it touched the tumor. Meredith's expression was full of pain, she held her breath because of how awful the pain was

"Okay Meredith, I need you to keep laying still" Tom said softly as he took a small amount of tissue for the examination

Derek's heart was breaking for his wife and while his mind was lost, all he could think about was the previous times she had fought cancer

"Okay Meredith, it's over. I'm sorry for hurting you, I'll make sure you get something for the pain" Tom said as he wanted to help Meredith sit up but her body protested

She cried out in pain so both Derek and Tom decided to let her lay down a little longer. One of the nurses had brought a stretcher and they helped her on it before wheeling her back to her room where she fell asleep after the pain meds Tom had given her

Derek walked out of the room to call his parents

"Derek, hi" Carolyn's voice was heard through the phone

"Mom.." Derek had to force back sobs

"Derek, what's wrong?" Carolyn's voice was full of worry

"Mom.. Mer, she-" Derek started crying

"Derek, please.. Talk to us" Carolyn started panicking

"They just did a biopsy" Was all Derek could say

"Derek- no?" Carolyn gasped

"In her spine" Derek breathed

"It's back?" Carolyn quietly asked

"Chances are very very high" Derek broke down "She wanted the girls earlier but she's in so much pain.. She's finally sleeping but this is bad.. Mom, I- she.. How?" Derek was lost for words

"We're coming" Carolyn said firmly

"Can you call Addison or Mark? They can watch the girls" Derek asked "But I want them to stay in the hospital in case Meredith wants to see them" Derek said sternly

"Okay Derek. We'll be there in half an hour" Carolyn said and hung up

...

By the time Carolyn and Christopher got into the hospital, they handed off the kids to Addison and explained everything to Mark. They then went to Meredith's room and heard her cries before they reached the door

"Shh, you're okay" Derek kissed her forehead

"Hi" Carolyn breathed before they walked in slowly

"Mom" Meredith breathed

"How are you feeling, dear?" Carolyn sat down next to Meredith, softly brushing some hair out of her face

"She's in a lot of pain" Derek rubbed her arm softly

"Meredith?" Tom knocked on the door

"Do you have the results?" Derek spoke up but immediately saw that something was wrong

"I do.." He sighed "It's cancerous. I suggest we take a full body scan to see if it has spread"

"No.. No, please" Meredith whispered as she started crying

"I'm sorry Meredith," Tom sighed. I'll go schedule those scans right now"

"Derek-" Meredith broke down

Derek laid down next to her and held her tightly as she kept sobbing. Carolyn was stroking Meredith's hair while Christopher held onto Carolyn

The family stayed like that for a while as they were all lost for words and didn't know what to say or what to do now

Everything went by so quickly. Before they realized, Meredith was taken for scans and brought back to her room as Tom gave her some pain relief

Derek was lying in the bed with her, holding tightly onto her as if he was holding on for dear life

"I'm scared" Meredith whispered in his ears as her eyes were drooping

"I know" Derek kissed her forehead

"Where are the girls?" She questioned

"Addie and Mark have them" He assured her "They are fine. Ava and Addie are probably talking about clothes and shoes while Emma is probably draining Mark's energy" Derek softly chuckled

Meredith finally got a bit distracted as she was thinking about her two girls which soon enough turned into more crying as she realized there was a chance that she would die and that they would forget about her

Carolyn didn't let go of Meredith's other hand. She and her husband were happy with the life they were living. They watched the kids from time to time even if they missed their older girls who moved all around the country, they loved living close to their youngest four. Meredith, Derek, Mark and Amelia

"When's Tom gonna be here" Christopher questioned

"It's okay dad. He'll be here soon" Derek nodded firmly

"I hope" Christopher muttered before checking Meredith's IV once more

"Meredith, we're here" Tom announced as he got followed by Dr Schwender

"Just tell me please" Meredith forced out and felt Derek's embrace tighten even more

"It spread. We found mets in your stomach, ovaries.. it's bad. Very bad" Dr Schwender explained

"We can take out the tumor on your spine without too many risks. You will need radiation there because of all the nerves and stuff, we just wanna be sure" Tom explained

"But we need to start chemo as soon as possible. We don't want it to spread even more" Dr Schwender said

"So what's coming first?" Derek asked as if his medical knowledge was completely gone

"Surgery in a few hours. We're keeping you here, you need a brace for a few days and once that's okay, Dr Schwender would like to start chemo and radiation" Tom explained "I'm very sorry Meredith" He squeezed her thigh softly

Happy new year! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'm sorry for doing this to you :P if anyone has any suggestions or ideas, feel free to let me know!