Love is a game

5

Derek was in tears in the hallway. Meredith's cries in pain made him angry and upset. Not with her, with her disease. He had called Amelia and she told them to come in if it would be too bad. Derek had carried Ellis to her own bed so she wouldn't hear her mother cry

Poppy had jumped into the bed and pushed her body into Meredith's neck to keep her warm as she was shivering

"Meredith, I'm gonna help you sit up, okay" Derek said and did so. He put the pill in her mouth and let her swallow it

"Aww" Meredith whined as he helped her lay down again

"I'll go grab your heating pad" Derek smiled sadly

Back when Derek and Meredith splitted up she didn't have any idea of her fibro yet. It was only a few months after she gave birth with Ellis that she felt stabbings in her side that eventually had gotten worse and even held her bedridden for a few days

Derek returned a bit later with her heating pad and placed it on her side

"Hmm.. Perfect" Meredith smiled softly as Derek placed it on the spot that was hurting the most

"Do you need anything else?" Derek asked

"Can I get another pill?" She quietly asked

"You had your max, Mer. Is it that bad?" Derek asked and kneeled down next to her

"Doesn't matter" She muttered

"Can I do anything to lighten the pain?" He asked her

"No.. it's okay" She nodded and felt exhaustion overtake her but her headache was too strong to let her fall asleep

"I can stay here a bit until you're asleep" Derek suggested

"Really?" Meredith quietly said

"Of course" Derek smiled and grabbed her hand in his own but she cried out in pain as her fingers cramped up "What did I do wrong?" He asked confused

"Cold hands" She groaned as she breathed through the pain

Derek covered his hands with the sleeves of his shirt and held her hand to warm it up

"I'm so sorry" Derek whispered as he saw how her whole body was tensed

"It's okay" Meredith breathed heavily

"I'm really sorry" Derek covered her with a blanket

...

During the night Derek had to change her IV so he got up from the couch and went into Meredith's room

"Ellie?" Meredith groaned

"It's me. I'm gonna change your IV" Derek quietly explained

"I'm fine" Meredith whispered

"I need to change them" Derek repeated but Meredith didn't like this. He unhooked her from the bag of fluids that was now empty and switched it to a new bag "How come you're still awake?" He questioned

"I woke up. Just the usual" Meredith sighed

"I'm sorry, Mer. I can't give you anything more" Derek looked at her with a concerned face

"I know" She nodded

"Sleep, I'm in the living room. Yell if you need me" Derek softly

...

The next morning Derek was making breakfast. Today was Meredith's last day before she would be admitted before the surgery

"Morning daddy!" Ellie walked into the kitchen