Bleeding Vividly || MerNick

Layla Gibson

A few days later...

Meredith had just changed into scrubs and walked to the locker to fix her things.

   "So, you guys joining Catherine's vacation in Boston?" Maggie asked, stirring her coffee

"Oh I am...I need a break" Alex chuckled

"Yeah,why not" Nick interfere

"Oh yeah, you should bring Layla..." Alfonso added, making Meredith stopped what she's doing and looked at the floor wait for his answer

"Who's Layla?" Maggie asked curiously

"She's um... a friend" Nick cleared his throath, looking over at Meredith and saw slowly closing the locker, "from radiology"

"You were making out with her at the bar the other night...saw you two in your car" Alfonso added, sipping his coffee

  "Why the hell would you say that!" Alex snapped at them

"What? I didn't know she'd be affected by it?" Alfonso reasoned

  Alex followed Meredith and saw her entered the supply closet, practically slamming the door behind her. When he entered she was already hyperventilating and sobbing heavily,her hand on her chest, whole she's supporting herself by holding onto the cabinet.

   "Mer,take a deep breath" Alex caress her back as she continue to cry

"He called me a whore, he's disgusted with me, he won't look at me, he won't talk to me, he want me gone! For what? so he could date freely like he just did the other night?" she sobbed, "we just signed the papers 2 weeks ago and as if 10 years doesn't mean anything to him! As if it never mattered to him!" Meredith's rambled, sobbing against Alex's chest "I don't know if I can do this... I miss him"

   "I know...I know" Alex didn't know what to say to comfort her so he just held her close until she calmed down.
"You'll be okay... I promise" he added, pressing a small kiss on her temple.

*time skip*

Meredith is standing in the main lobby of the hospital, signing a patient's discharge papers while an intern was standing behind her when a brunette approached the lobby.

   "Excuse me, hi!" she enthusiastically greeted the nurses, "Yeah uhm- is Dr Marsh still in surgery? Could you page him for me please?"

"May I see your ID ma'am" the nurse asked politely

"Here" she handed the ID as the nurse read it out loud, "I work here actually... in radiology floor"

"Layla Gibson... alright" the nurse read as Meredith froze. So she's the one Nick has been flirting with? The one Alfonso was talking about apparently. The one she made out with.

   "Oh hey, you're early!" a voice snapped Meredith out of his thoughts. She looked up and briefly met Nick's eyes as 'Layla' immediately wrapped her arm around his

"Oh, my friend insisted on finishing the scans for me so... dinner?" Layla smiled brightly, too much bright for Nick's usual type.

    Meredith's kind of a woman who doesn't wear too much make up like that Layla does, she's beautiful just the way she is, the reason why Nick fell in love with her at first sight, just no wonder why he had forgotten all of that and their memories and didn't even give her the benefit of the doubt and just— dump her. She's also extraordinary in many ways,not just a surgeon but also as a mentor and as a friend especially as a person and a wife, probably would have been an extraordinary mother if they didn't fall apart and if it weren't for Nick who can't seem to find the 'right time' to be a father.

    "... And don't forget to change Mr Torres' catheter,okay?" Meredith explained to the intern, "also, page me if anything changes with my patients Ms Marla in the ICU" she added a small smile on her face

"On it,Dr Grey" the intern nodded before walking away.

  Meredith went straight outside, feeling Nick's gaze on her as she walked to her car.

  "Wait in the car, I'll be back" Nick whispered to Layla as he jogged up to Meredith.

She was about to get in when he called her, causing her to paused, her heart as if it's exploding, her eyes getting watery again.

"Meredith?" he softly said. He hadn't said her name ever so softly for 2 weeks, why all of a sudden.

"Yeah?" she answered,her voice cracking slightly as tears freely leaving her eyes

  "When's the last time you slept?" he asked and a hint of concern in his voice

"I slept well,Nick... in fact better than ever" she tried to sound as normal as possible and not as if she wasn't holding herself back from breaking down

  "Mer—"

Before he could answer, she turned around and face him, "Why do you care anyway!" she snapped at him

"I was just concerned! Stop overreacting!" he snapped back

"I don't need your concern Nick,I am doing very well for your information!" she gave back, "Why don't you give your concern to that woman sitting in your car waiting for you to take her to dinner and fuck the hell out of her!" she yelled at him before slamming her car door and drove away leaving Nick speechless.