I Won't Let Nobody Hurt You

11

"Mama. Wake up." Meredith tapped Addison's cheek. Addison blinked her eyes open with a sleepy smile.

"What's wrong bunny?" Addison asked.

"Where mommy?" Meredith questioned, glancing over to the empty spot on the bed. Addison followed her eyes and then smelled coffee and the sound of voices coming from downstairs.

"I think she's downstairs, bunny and it sounds like Cristina is with her." Addison responded.

"Cwistina!" Meredith exclaimed, her eyes lighting up. "We go see?" Meredith asked as she sat up.

"Yes bunny, as soon as you're changed we can go down stairs." Addison got up, hoisting Meredith onto her hip and walking down the hall to change Meredith into a fresh pull up and outfit before going downstairs. As she walked into the kitchen she noticed that April was with Cristina, causing Meredith to hide her face in Addison's shoulder. "Hello."

"Oh hi Dr. Montgomery! Dr. Robbins was just giving me advice on a patient." April explained, nerves clear in her voice.

"Hey Mer!" Cristina greeted walking up to Addison and taking Meredith out of her arms. "Do you want to go watch TV with me?" She asked, sensing the blonde's unease at April's presence.

"Wes! I gotta well at Mwickey! He was so mwean in my dweam last night!" Meredith declared, wrapping her arms around Cristina's neck.

"Was he really?" Cristina asked, feigning disbelief. At Meredith's nod she gasped. "That meanie! Let's go yell at him!"

"Cristina does not seem like the kid type." April noted as Cristina and Meredith left the room.

"She's not, but Meredith's her best friend so it's different with her." Addison explained with a fond smile before turning towards Arizona. "I didn't realize we were having company this morning."

"Cristina just finished her shift and called me saying she had to talk to us so I told her to come by and Dr. Kepner needed some help with a patient, so I offered to review the charts if she was able to come by." Arizona explained as she passed Addison a mug of coffee. "Sorry I didn't give you a warning, but you and Mer just looked so sweet I didn't want to wake you up."

"It's okay, waking me up would mean waking her up and she had a really long week and deserved to sleep in on her one day off. She woke me up when she noticed you were gone and got very excited when I mentioned that I heard Cristina." Addison chuckled.

"Big or little, that's her best friend." Arizona nodded, bursting into laughter when both Meredith and Cristina could be heard yelling at Mickey Mouse on the TV.

"How old is she?" April asked shyly.

"She bounces between one and two, but right now she seems to be in her two year old headspace." Arizona explained. "Did you want some coffee?"

"Oh no thank you, I don't want to bother you. I'm just lost on this patient and want to be able to help them, but I can't do that if I don't know what's wrong with them." April explained.

"It's really not a bother." Addison assured her. "I'm going to go hang out with Mer and Cristina while you guys talk work because I prefer to pretend that place doesn't exist on my days off."

"Do you want me to make her a bottle?" Arizona called as Addison exited the kitchen.

"I'll ask if she wants one!" Addison yelled back as she walked into the living room where Cristina and Meredith were coloring while watching Mickey Mouse. "Hey guys, what are you up to?"

"Hi mama! We coworing and watching Mwickey Mweanie!" Meredith smiled. "Come sit!" She patted the spot next to her on the floor, Addison carefully sat down putting her coffee mug on the table.