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

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Derek was sitting in Meredith's room. Her fever had come down earlier and they were waiting for Meredith to wake up so she could see the girls again

"Hmm" Meredith finally started stirring

"Hey sleepyhead" Meredith smiled

"Hi" She whispered

"Do you wanna see the girls?" Derek smiled

"Really?" She asked with wide eyes

"If you feel up to it" Derek smiled

"Yes please" Meredith smiled widely

"I'll be right back" Derek kissed Meredith's head and left

She was in so much pain, she desperately wanted to take her girls to the playground while she and Derek would sit and talk about surgery but she couldn't

Once again reality hit hard as pain ripped through her abdomen

"Hey look who's here" Addison said as she carried Emma inside

"Mommy!" Ava screamed and let go of Mark's hand and struggled to climb up the hospital bed. Addison placed Emma down as well

"Wait honey, I'll help-" Derek offered

"No!" Emma pulled away and crawled closer to Meredith

No one knew how to respond to Emma pushing Derek away. It hurt everyone to see how the cancer was ripping their family apart

"Honey, you can't be mad at daddy" Meredith weakly said

"I can" Emma stubbornly said and held onto her mother

"No and now go say sorry" Meredith weakly ordered her daughter

"Sorry" Emma whispered

"It's okay munchkin. I love you so much" Derek laid down next to Meredith

"Sorry daddy" Emma whispered again

"Shh" Derek kissed Emma and Ava's forehead

"Let's give them some time" Carolyn softly said "Let's return after lunch"

...

"Der-" Meredith softly sobbed as pain radiated through her whole body

"Mom is on her way. Bailey's getting some morphine" Derek held her in his arms

Meredith tried to not wake the girls that were asleep next to her

"Okay Meredith, here you go" Bailey administered the morphine

"It will be better in a minute" Derek softly rubbed Meredith's shoulder

"Derek, Meredith?" Carolyn walked in

"Mom, can you take the girls?" Derek asked as he felt Meredith's body getting less tensed in his arms as the pain meds finally did their job

"Of course" Carolyn softly replied and woke up Ava and Emma. Or at least she tried to wake up Emma but the little girl seemed to be completely exhausted as she didn't wake up so she lifted the little girl in her arms "We're going for some ice cream. Keep us updated" Carolyn softly said as she saw how much pain Meredith was in

Once Carolyn had left the kids Meredith finally complained

"It's my stomach" She sighed "It's so painful"

"The morphine doesn't seem to make much difference" Bailey frowned

"There must be something we can do to help her" Derek held a weak Meredith in his arms

"I-Oh" Meredith gasped before she spitted up blood

"Mer?!" Derek gasped

"I need an ultrasound, now!" Bailey yelled so nurses could hear her "Derek, you need to let her sit up in the bed for me"

Derek did as Bailey ordered him. Meredith weakly clenched onto Derek's shirt as her eyes were full of fear

As Bailey was putting on her gloves some nurse brought the ultrasound over. Bailey quickly set everything ready and started checking out Meredith

"Okay, she has a pretty bad stomach bleeding. It seems as if the tumor is doing all the damage" Bailey said and let the nurse call for an available OR

"No- You can't take her!" Derek started panicking

"We have to Derek. This is her only chance" Bailey said softly

"I love you Mer. I love you so so much" Derek sighed and kissed her forehead but she was barely conscious from the bloodloss

"Go get a shower and change your clothes. I'll ask someone to keep you updated and to call Mark and Addison" Bailey said as they wheeled Meredith quickly out of the room

"Mer-" He whispered as he saw her getting wheeled out "My Mer" He muttered as he looked at his clothes. Blood was everywhere over his clothes. Meredith's blood

He quickly took off to his office to get showered and changed into a pair of scrubs as it were the only clean clothes he had left in his office

Once he was done he had a missed call from Mark but when he tried to call back someone knocked on the door

"Mark.." Derek sighed

"I'm sorry" Mark pulled Derek in for a hug "What happened?"

"Where are mom and dad?" Derek asked

"Waiting in the waiting room" Mark softly replied

"I don't wanna repeat this ever again so just do it once" Derek sighed

"Let's go find them then" Mark softly led Derek towards their parents

"Oh Derek, dear!" Carolyn gasped as she saw her son

"What happened?" Christopher asked concerned

"She was in pain. Bailey gave her morphine but it didn't seem to help and- She then began to spit up blood so they did an ultrasound.. The tumor is almost as big as her stomach and it started bleeding.." Derek sighed

"Oh honey" Carolyn rubbed his back softly

"I wanna go to the gallery" Derek stated

"Derek, I don't think that's a good idea" Addison said softly

"I need to know she's okay!" He said harshly

"Derek, Bailey is operating on her. She's in good hands" Mark held him

"I'm so sorry, I just-" He looked at Addison

"It's okay, Der" She said softly as he took a seat and started fidgeting

"Where are the girls?" He asked

"Alex has them" Addison softly smiled "He'll come over in a bit then I'm gonna take the girls. Don't worry about them"

"Let's go sit down and stay calm. We'll stay here until she's out of surgery"

"She needs to be okay. For me, for the girls" Derek sighed

"For everyone" Mark sighed