Meant to be.

Smoothies

Arizona's POV

We just sat there for a while, Meredith hugging me and Addison holding my hand. I didn't mind though, it felt right, I used my free hand to run my fingers through Meredith's hair.

Addie was the first to break the silence, checking the time.
"We have 3 hours before Meredith's appointment, do you want me to get you some breakfast?" She asked smiling at me,
"That would be lovely, Meri honey, what would you like for breakfast?" I ask gently pulling her out of out our hug,
"Nothing," she says quietly,
"No you need to eat something, how about I make you a smoothie?" Addie asks,
I can see Meredith think for a moment,
"How about we all go into the kitchen and you can help pick the ingredients?" I suggest,
"Ok," Meredith says quietly,
"Perfect" Addie says smiling, I stand up, Meredith in my arms and make my way towards the kitchen.

Once we reach the kitchen I can feel Meredith tense up,
"It's ok you, you got this something light for this morning." I say gently rubbing Meredith back
I gently place her down in the counter,
"So what have we for got?" I here Addie ask as she opens the fridge
"We have mango, strawberries, raspberry, blue berries, yogurt, milk, honey, bananas, apple juice, orange juice." She starts to list off and I look at Meredith trying to gage a reaction to any of it.

Meredith's POV

The idea of a smoothie sounds ok and I don't feel nauseous yet, I can hear Addie listing ingredients but I'm a bit overwhelmed. She mentioned strawberries I think yeah, and maybe apple juice or was it orange juice

"Strawberries" I mutter, not really meaning to say it aloud
"So what was that my love?" Ari asks looking at me her big kind eyes starting straight into mine.
"Strawberries, and maybe some juice what juice did you say?" I say a bit cleared
"We have orange and apple," Addie replied grabbing the strawberries out of the fridge,
As I think about the juice I don't know I love orange juice but also the kind without pulp but I don't want to be a pain
"Hey share with us what you're thinking?" I hear Arizona say,
"Does the orange juice have pulp?" I ask cautiously, Derek would also get annoyed when I asked him
"Yes it does it that ok?" Addie asks looking at me,
I quickly shake my head, worried I've upset them I'm such a burden, I should just have the juice they offered but even the thought of it makes me feel nauseous.
As I look over at Addie though, she doesn't look annoyed or mad but understanding
"That's no worries how about strawberries, apple juice and some yogurt to thicken it up a bit?" She suggests
I nod enthusiastically that actually sounds nice, although my nodding seemed to make Arizona laugh so I stop quickly ashamed of myself I looked stupid
"Hey don't worry you looked cute, I wasn't judging you," Arizona says resting her hand on my knee.
"Ok," I say, I don't know if I believe her but I don't want her to feel bad.
"Meredith do you want blueberries in your smoothie?" Addison asks,
I quickly shake my head no, the skin on blueberries makes me feel ill,
"Ok no worries," she says with a smile putting the blueberries back in the fridge. "One strawberry and apple juice smoothie coming up."

Arizona's POV

We all ended up having smoothies for breakfast expect Addie put some muesli in mine and hers along with some mango to make it a bit more filling.
I'm really proud of Meredith she managed to drink 3/4 of her smoothie, it may not seem like much but for a girl that hadn't eaten in nearly a week that is remarkable.
Meredith's appointment is in about two hours and it only takes us 15 minutes to get to the hospital from here so right now we are just relaxing, watching some TV. I'm really hoping Meredith lets herself slip that way she can start to benefit from it, she was in a smaller headspace this morning but not completely just in small amounts. I notice her start to suck her thumb while lying over me and Addie, her heads in Addies lap and her feet in mine. Addie and both look at each other, smiling.
"Meri, baby are you tired?" I coo, gently stroking her back,
"Mmh," she nods her thumb still in her mouth
"Go to sleep honey, Ari and I are right here." Addie says, running her fingers through Meredith's hair,
It doesn't take long for Meredith to fall asleep her soft snores filling the air, I never thought I'd find snoring cute but here we are and it's one of the most adorable sounds I've ever heard.
"Hey Ari," Addie says turning to look at me,
"What's up," I say smiling,
She uses her free hand to grab mine,
"First of all I just wanted to tell you how proud of you I am for telling Meredith your story and how far you've come," she says gently squeezing my hand,
"Second, I wanted to discuss what points we should probably cover in Meredith appointment later, I think she should allow us to be in there but even if not we should have some points to give to the therapist."
"Thanks and I'm proud of you too," I say smiling, "and good idea, any suggestions?" I ask smiling down at Meredith,
"Yeah..." Addison starts to explain

Authors Note

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry for the delay, I've got this whole story planned out and I'm so excited for the next parts however I sometimes struggle with the in-between bits like these between the major events.

Anyway hope you enjoyed it,
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