B for Babies

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Maggie had no idea that Meredith had even ended up in a hospital bed, she had been in surgery alongside Nathan Riggs, the object of her affections. It was completely unprofessional, but she couldn't help the way she felt whenever he opened his mouth, or glanced her way. He was the one who told her afterwards, as she was removing her gloves, and scrubbing her tired hands mercilessly.

"Your sister had quite a fall I hear." He had said to her, and Maggie had no idea what he was referencing, a frown fell across her brows.

"What happened to Meredith?" She questioned as she dried off her hands, and forearms.

"Last I heard she had fainted, probably been working too hard." He told her, shrugging his broad shoulders. He hadn't spoken to Meredith in almost a week, since she's been avoiding him like the plague, and honestly he could live with that, she was like a frightened kitten who would come around when she was ready, and probably pounce on him again. He could live with that.

It didn't take Maggie long before she was rushing across the hospital in search of Meredith, the only family she really had at the moment. She was a little flustered when she finally found her, bending over to catch her breath, holding her finger up to assure both Meredith and Karev that she was okay, just needed a moment.

Meredith simply smiled as she exchanged a glance with Alex who really wasn't surprised by the younger doctor's entrance, he knew it was only a matter of time before one of the sister's showed up. He had kind of bet on it being Amelia, which is why Meredith was laughing, since she'd put $5 against him on that.

"Riggs said you'd fallen?" Maggie spoke, after catching her breath. She had since walked into the room, concerned look on her face. She was constantly fussing and Meredith found it annoying most of the time, but it was oddly endearing this time.

"I didn't fall, I lost consciousness." Meredith clarified, as if that would change the severity of the situation. Maggie's mouth dropped open as if she was going to say something further, but she didn't, she just shook her head and sat down on her sister's other side. She could feel Karev's knuckles against her shoulder, as his arm was firmly embracing Meredith still, like she's seen him do a dozen times before.

"Are you okay? I told you that you should be eating more, you're always on your feet and should really taken better care of yourself." Maggie continued to ramble, and Meredith used all the strength she had, to keep herself from kicking her. She still had no idea what she was going to do here, especially since she'd noticed the way the other woman's face had lit up just mentioning his name.

"I eat." She responded, resting her head down on her sister's shoulder. She didn't want people fussing over her, but this felt oddly comforting. She knew in her heart that if Cristina were there, she'd probably offer her a shoulder too, before giving her advice, mostly advice that Meredith wouldn't listen to, but would feel comforted by all the same.

Alex pressed a kiss to her forehead then, before pulling away, and slipping his coat back on. She followed him with her eyes, watching as he stalked out towards the door of her room, not saying a word, but his eyes didn't leave hers. "I'll come check on you soon." He promised, closing the door behind himself on the way out.

"Is she okay?" A familiar voice interrupted his thoughts, he turned around to see Jo sitting across the hallway, arms folded over her chest. He groaned internally and rubbed his eyes out of frustration. He didn't need this right now. Things had been on edge for quite a while, and he really didn't need things to go overboard, not today of all days. He nodded his head, and walked away, turning back to see if she was coming with him.

"You know you're allowed to be friends with her, I'm not that insecure." Jo told him as they walked towards the elevator together, she didn't know why he felt the need to be so secretive about Meredith, especially when he insisted that he was just friends with her. "I'm not going to be a bitch if she's sick, okay? You can talk to me about it. I'm your girlfriend Alex, don't ice me out..." She continued, and he just nodded along to her words, unable to come up with the appropriate response, he knew that no matter what he said it was going to come out wrong. He reached out instead and took hold of her hand, tugging on her fingers as a reassurance that things were going to be okay, at least he hoped so.

Word had spread about Meredith throughout the day, by the time Alex had finished his shift, he was walking back to her room ready to take her home. Meredith had been visited by a large number of their colleagues, Bailey included. She didn't mind the company, but she would rather be out there working, she hated being off her feet, but Arizona had put her on bed rest for the rest of her shift, which was entirely infuriating and she couldn't even imagine what she's ever done to deserve that. When Alex walked in, she was already packed up, sitting on the edge of her bed in the dark. She looked up at him and smiled smally, watching as he reached for the light switch. "You want to know how many people have come in here today? And how many times I looked up thinking it would be you, and how many people disapointed me?" She asked him, and he simply shook his head.