Don't you remember

15

"Richard, we need to sue him! He caused this! He is the reason Meredith is in a wheelchair, needing an assistant dog because she keeps having seizures. Last week I was gone for a bit and she had a seizure. She fell and hit her head and had a concussion-" Derek was yelling while tears were pooling in his eyes

"Derek, we did everything we could so far, we sued him and we're waiting for a court date" Richard placed his hand on Derek's shoulder

"Mer deserves justice" Derek's voice cracked

"She does. Where's she?" Richard asked as he looked around the living room

"Napping. I expect her to wake up any minute" Derek said and as if on cue he heard the sound of Poppy's toenails on the floor

The dog started barking softly to let Derek know Meredith had woken up

"Is it okay if I stay here for a bit? Just to talk to Meredith" Richard asked

"I'll go ask her" Derek replied "Come on poppy, let's go check on mommy"

Derek walked towards their bedroom and smiled as he saw Meredith who was sitting up a bit by now

"Hey sleepyhead" Derek kissed her forehead and pointed at her sitting up "Did Poppy help you?"

"Yes. Poppy helped" Meredith smiled

"Well thank you Poppy" Derek chuckled "Mer, Richard's here. He'd like to see you, is that okay?"

"R-Richard?" Meredith asked "Okay" She nodded softly

"Let's get you up. Wanna try yourself?" Derek asked her

"But stay. Stay close" She nodded her head and watched as Poppy stayed close as well

Derek helped her sit down on the edge of the bed and helped her up. He noticed she was scared to lean on her right side even if she could stand on it for a very short time but she was doing it. He helped her turn 90 degrees before he helped her sit down in the wheelchair

"You did perfect" Derek kissed her forehead

"Help. You helped" She smiled as Derek wheeled her towards the living room

"Hey Meredith" Richard smiled and walked over to her to give her a hug

"Richard, hi" Meredith breathed

"Okay, transfer to the couch" Derek announced and helped her

"You build up a lot of strength already" Richard smiled softly

PT.. Lots and lots of hours" Meredith rolled her eyes

"She doesn't like PT" Derek chuckled

"It h-hurts" Meredith sighed

"Didn't like PT either" Richard laughed and watched as Meredith's hand was brushing over Poppy's soft fur

"See" Meredith looked at Derek

"Stubborn" Derek chuckled "Do you wanna drink something?"

"No" She shook her head, not wanting to drink out of a sipping cup in front of Richard

"Oh, I'll have to go" Richard stood up as his pager started beeping "Seems like they need a surgeon"

Meredith looked sadly in her lap, realising there's a big chance she would never operate again

"I didn't mean it like that-" Richard apologized

"Know.. I-I know" Meredith sadly nodded

"Bye guys, see you later" Richard hugged Meredith once more before walking out

"How are you feeling?" Derek asked and walked towards her with the cup of water

"Bit sad" She sighed

"I'm sorry" Derek kissed her temple

"Good to see R-Richard" Meredith nodded

"I'm glad. Do you wanna drink a bit now?" Derek offered the cup

"Yes" Meredith's left hand weakly reached out for it and she brought it to her mouth to drink some water

Once she was done she gave it back to Derek who noticed her fingers in her right hand twitched

"Need leard drink out of normal- uh- normal cup" She said

"We'll work on it" Derek kissed her lips

"Grace home soon?" Meredith asked and noticed Poppy lifted her head by hearing Grace's name

"Soon. Alex texted me, he's on his way" Derek said and rubbed Poppy's head

The three of them waited in a comfortable silence until the front door opened. Poppy's tail was wiggling but she didn't move

"Go Poppy" Meredith chuckled and watched as the dog ran to say hi to Grace

"Poppy!" They heard their daughter yell before she ran into the living room "Mommy! Daddy!" She yelled and launched herself onto the couch to give her parents a hug

"Hi guys!" Alex laughed as he walked in behind Grace. He patted Poppy's back before placing Grace's backpack onto the table

"Grace, you wanna let Poppy out and play a bit with her?" Derek asked

"Yes daddy!" Grace jumped up and ran towards the kitchen

"Hi Mer" Alex said as he took a seat next to her

"Hi" Meredith smiled softly "Grace good?"

"She was very good. Couldn't shut up about how much she had missed Poppy" Alex chuckled

"Good" Meredith giggled softly

"How are you doing Mer?" Alex asked

"O-Okay" She nodded softly

"Really okay?" Alex looked into her eyes

"Sometimes" Meredith sighed

"And sometimes not?"

"Feel trapped. Trapped in fog" She shook her head softly

"I'm Sorry Mer. I wish this never happened to you" He sighed

"Hmm.." She sighed "Me stubborn" She laughed softly

"Yes you are" Alex chuckled and grabbed her hand in his "I love you, Mer. You'll get through this" He smiled

"Know. Many help" She smiled softly "M-Mmmm" She started slurring which made Alex realise a seizure was starting

Please don't let it be a full body seizure

"It's okay Mer. It's all okay" He whispered as he helped her through the absent seizure but quickly enough he heard Poppy whining next to him

"A seizure?" Derek ran in

"Yeah" Alex nodded

"Poppy ran in.." He sighed

"Oh Mer" Alex sighed and had to fight back tears

"Uncle Alex, mommy is just taking a power nap" Grace softly said and gave a kiss on her mother's cheek