I Won't Let Nobody Hurt You

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"Izzwie noooo!" Meredith cried out in her sleep, rolling out of Addison's arms and falling onto her face in the middle of the bed. She woke up and started crying, startling Addison and Arizona.

"Bunny, what's wrong?" Addison scooped Meredith into her arms, rocking her back and forth as Arizona called room service for milk for Meredith's bottle.

"Mama!" Meredith sobbed, tightening her arms around Addison as if she would disappear if she let go.

"I'm here bunny, mama is right here. I'm not going anywhere." Addison promised, planting a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Mommy!" Meredith looked around for Arizona, sighing in relief when she saw her.

"I'm right here sweet pea, I was just ordering milk for your baba." Arizona assured her as she sat down next to Addison and rubbed Meredith's arm. "I think she had a nightmare. I'm pretty sure I heard her call out for Izzie."

"Izzwie! No!" Meredith yelled, hiding her face in Addison's neck.

"You're okay bunny, you're safe. I promise you that you are safe." Addison held Meredith tight, peppering the top of her head with kisses. There was a knock on the door, causing Meredith to flinch.

"No! Izzwie gonna get Mewedif!" Meredith sobbed, breaking away from Addison to hide under the blanket as Arizona went to the door, coming back with a small thing of milk. After pouring it into one of Meredith's bottles and warming it up, Arizona sat down on the bed, lifting the blanket to find a terrified Meredith. "Mommy?"

"It's just me sunshine, no one's here to hurt you." Arizona assured her in a soothing voice. "Do you want a baba?" Meredith nodded and reached her hand out for the bottle. "Do you want to come out from under the blanket?" Meredith shook her head, tears rolling down her face.

"Scawed." Meredith whimpered.

"Can we come under with you, bunny?" Addison asked, Meredith nodded and lifted the blanket a little more. Addison and Arizona crawled under, laying on either side of Meredith. "Can you tell us why you're so scared?"

"Izzwie." Meredith whined, rolling over to hide her face in Addison's stomach. "Shwe twexted big Mewedif. Now shwe in my dweams."

"Can we look at big Mer's phone?" Arizona asked as she rubbed Meredith's back gently. Meredith nodded so Arizona got out from under the blanket, coming back with the phone. She opened up the text messages and saw that Izzie had been texting Meredith pretty regularly, the most recent being the day before they left for Florida and Meredith responded. "Addie, look." Arizona passed the phone to the redhead who sighed heavily when she read the texts.

"Bunny, I need you to look at me. Can you do that? Can you look at mama for a second?" Addison put the phone down and waited for Meredith to look up, her heart breaking at her puffy tear filled eyes. "Me and mommy will not let anyone hurt you and we won't let anyone hurt big Mer either. Izzie is just being a meanie. We will never leave you. We love you too much. Do you trust me?"

"Wes." Meredith whispered. "Nuwse?"

"You can nurse, bunny, but why don't you have your baba first?" Addison suggested.

"Otay." Meredith nodded and crawled out from under the blanket. "Mama, mommy, come on." Meredith whined. Addison and Arizona chuckled and got out from under the blanket, each attacking Meredith's side with tickles. "Mama! Mommy! Enouf!" Meredith giggled. "Mewedif want baba!" Addison and Arizona ceased their tickling, kissing Meredith's cheeks over and over. "Enouf! Baba!"

"Okay bunny, we're sorry" Addison chuckled. "We just missed those little giggles of yours." She picked up Meredith's bottle, cradling the small blonde in her arms as she drank her milk. "She's been getting texts for weeks and never said anything." The redhead sighed, looking towards Arizona.