Started on the Elevator: A Merluca Fan Fiction

Breaking point

(Amelia's POV)

    I wonder if something happened to Andrew's dad. The way he got so uptight about me operating on a man who has two kids.. It's a risky procedure, but I don't think Andrew is the one to get mad about it.. Maybe I should tell Meredith so she can talk to him, maybe she can see what's going on and work through it with him. Yeah, yeah I'll tell Meredith. I page Meredith to the lab and she arrives within minutes. She smiles, "Hey! What's up? You alright?"

I sigh, "I'm fine, but have you talked to Andrew? Caught up with him about his dad?"

She nods, "Yes, I did recently.. Why? Did something change?"

I look down, "I don't know, but I think something may have happened.. He got really angry at me because our patient has a tumour that I want to try and remove. But Andrew thinks that the patient will die, so he wanted to leave the tumour and give the man as much time as he can with his wife and two kids. But I told him no, and I want to try, so he got angry. I think maybe something happened with his dad, and I wanted to tell you so you can talk to him about it.."

She nods, "Oh god, yeah. Umm, I will talk to him. Thanks for paging me. I mean if he's all uptight about a father dying and leaving his two kids, then something must've happened."

I sigh, "Yeah, probably.. Poor Andrew. This must be hard."

She swallows, "Yeah, it really must be.. I think I should go now and you know.. Talk to him."

I nod, "Okay, good luck."

She smiles, "Thanks." She runs off and I sigh.. I really hope Andrew is okay.. I get up from the chair and into the ER when someone taps my shoulder.

Owen smiles, "Hey, how are you? How is the day going?"

I smile, "Good and good! And you?"

Owen nods, "I'm alright, the day is a bit slow, but it's nice.. Do you want to talk?"

I frown, "About what?"

Owen sighs, "What you've been dealing with.. What you haven't told me."

I shake my head, "I can't, I have a patient.. I thought we were going to talk tonight."

Owen nods, "Yeah, sorry. I was just wondering.. Are you sure you don't want to talk now though?"

I nod, "I uh, yeah.. yeah. I'm good."

Owen frowns, "You don't seem sure of that."

I nod again, "I'm sure.. I'll ah, I'll catch later."

Owen smiles, "Yeah, see you."

I walk into the direction of the Nurse's Station and grab the labs for Mr. Thomas. I wonder how it's going with Meredith..

(Meredith's POV)

   I go to the Resident's Lounge to find Andrew, and he's sitting there alone on a bench with his head in his hands, so I sit down next to him. I put my hand on his shoulder, "Hey, Andrew? What's wrong? I heard about what happened with Amelia. Are you okay?" 

Andrew keeps his head in his hands but replies, "It's nothing.. I'm fine." 

"Then look at me." I say softly. He faces me after a few seconds and my heart drops to see his eyes full of tears. I look at his face for a few seconds before I frown sympathetically, "Andrew, what happened? Is it your dad? Did something happen to him?"

Andrew nods, "Yeah... Carina texted me. Papa had.. Papa had another heart attack. It's really bad. Carina says he's in rough shape."

I stare into his sad eyes and sigh, "I'm so sorry Andrew, I really am.. Is there anything I can do to help?"

He shakes his head, "There's nothing you can do to help or fix this.. We just have to wait it out." He looks down and continues, "I umm, I can't believe the last thing I told him was to go to hell.. What kind of son tells his father to go to hell? Maybe papa is right.. Maybe I am a terrible son."

I shake my head, "You're not. And remember, he was drunk when he said that. You can't trust his judgement. He didn't mean it." 

He sighs, "I guess.. I'm just stressed about it all, sorry.."

I nod, "It's okay. It's going to be okay." 

He frowns, "It's really not going to be okay. Papa had two heart attacks and is barely alive. It's really not going to be okay." I sigh and he continues, "And Carina.. Carina is over in Italy with him, and I'm just here, waiting for him to die so I can move on.. Ah, Carina is going to be so hurt when.. If he dies. I'm going to have to really be there for her."

I frown, "Yes, but who's going to be there for you?"

He shakes his head, "I don't need anyone to be there for me if papa dies.. I can do this alone."

"It's almost impossible to grieve alone." I say immediately.

He sighs, "I really need to just get through this and be strong about it."

I frown, "Who said you had to be strong?"

He stutters, "I-no-why are you"-

"I'm here for you Andrew." I interrupt and continue, "I am.. I'm here no matter what." His eyes swim with tears and I add on, "And you don't have to be strong for me. So you can be strong for Carina if you want to, but you don't have to be strong for me. It's going to be okay. You're not alone."

Tears fall onto his cheeks, "Thank you."

I pull him into a hug and sigh, "It's okay. I've got you." He let's out a sob and I can feel the emotion he has been putting off. My eyes fill with tears and my heart breaks for him. This pain that he feels is something I never want him to feel again. He keeps crying in my arms and I every so often say, "I've got you." It's so hard to see him hurt like this. I feel so broken for him. I say, "I've got you." One more time and just continue to hold him.. This is what he needs.. he needs support.

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update! It's been a hell of a time for me but I'm back and will be posting more often! If you have any suggestions please let me know in the comments! I hope you enjoyed this sad part and you'll be seeing more soon!~