"Mommy? When will the others be home?" Meredith asked as Carolyn was homeschooling her
"They will be here in about two hours. Daddy's picking them up once he's done at the hospital" Carolyn smiled "Meredith, three more exercises and you're done" Carolyn smiled
"Hmm.." Meredith nodded and went back to her words
"You're doing great" Carolyn smiled as she saw Meredith slowly writing the answers down
"Mommy?" Meredith quietly whispered
"What's wrong sweetie?" Carolyn asked, she had a feeling what was coming next. A bit before noon they had to cut their lessons short so Meredith could take a little nap as the pain was flaring up again
"It hurts.." Meredith sighed and filled in the last word
"Well let's go take a nap, we have a surprise for when the other kids are back" Carolyn smiled "Can I lift you up?"
"Hmm" Meredith shrugged "Yeah"
Carolyn lifted the girl in her arms, she wasn't wearing her braces today, her feet were swollen and her skin was red from rubbing against the plastic
"Let's close our eyes for a bit, maybe you'll feel better after" Carolyn smiled "But first let's get you comfortable"
Carolyn sat down on the couch with Meredith in her arms, a pillow in between them so Meredith would be comfortable
...
"Daddy, finally!" Amelia gasped as they entered the house "Mer? Meri!" She called out
"Shh, mommy and Meredith are taking a nap" Christopher whispered
"Dad, we're going to do our homework first" Derek said, the boys didn't wanna disturb his mom and Meredith that were asleep
"Thanks boys" Christopher nodded "Amy, do you wanna help me by preparing dinner?" Christopher asked
"But daddy- I wanna stay with mommy and Mer!" Amelia sighed
"Amy, they're napping. Meredith is fine, I promise" Christopher kissed Amelia's head and led her to the kitchen
About half an hour later the boys returned downstairs and went outside to play soccer, they had asked if Amelia wanted to join them but she'd rather stay to help her dad until..
"Awww!" They heard Meredith's cries
"Shit-" Christopher muttered, turned off the stove and ran to the living room, followed by Amelia
"Shh, it's okay. It's okay" Carolyn tried to calm Meredith down. She had placed the girl on her back on the couch so she could reach Meredith's port
"I'll go grab her meds!" Christopher said
"Mommy!" Meredith cried in pain
"Shh, daddy's grabbing your meds, sweetie" Carolyn tried to soothe her
"I'm back" Christopher ran inside and injected the meds
"Daddy!" Meredith whimpered
"Shh sweetie, it's okay" Christopher brushed his hand through her hair
"Hurts! I hurt!" Meredith kept crying, the kids were looking at her
"Shh, it will get a bit better soon" Christopher said and waited a bit until Meredith's cries got better
"Is that better honey?" Carolyn asked
"Laying down hurts" She whispered
"Let's try to sit on my lap. Okay?" Christopher asked and she nodded so he carefully picked her up despite her wincing in pain but she was actually more comfortable in this position in Chirstopher's lap
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Don't Worry About Me
FanfictionLittle Meredith Grey hasnt been feeling very well for a while. Will she convince her mother that something serious is up or does she need to get closer to the family next door? Co-written by @_ktje_
