Greys Anatomy with Dr. Shepherd

11x23 Time Stops

DEREK POV

Time stops when you're in the O.R. You step up to the table you evaluate the patient you pick up a scalpel. And then you go into a bubble.
It's just you and your surgery, and nothing else matters, not time, not pain, not exhaustion nothing.

It was mine and Merediths first day back at work. I had just dropped the kids off at Day Care. Zola was just about to start school. Ellis was now a month old. Meredith came in early we had been home for 2 weeks. Everyone was very welcoming, understanding my decision and allowing me back to work. All except Amelia. She still hadn't come over. Everyone says us leaving nearly broke her. Owen caught her with a bag of oxy. I did feel terrible but I needed to heal and I couldn't in front of her now being the head of neuro. I was looking at the OR board trying to find Amelia. After all she was now in charge of me.

"Hey. Just finished my Laparoscopic Colon Resection" Meredith came up to me smiling.
"Did I miss it?" She giggled
"No, you're good." I smirked looking back at the board.
[Cellphone chimes]
"Wow. That was fast" She said smiling
"What was fast?"
We put Zola's name on the list for Bright Water Waldorf School and she's got in!" She said excitedly
"Really?" I asked
"Yes" she said happily

"Why do people constantly feel the need to kill their arteries?" Maggie sighed joining us.
"Are they here yet? Oh, did I miss it? Tell me I didn't miss it." Callie ran to us.
"Nope." Meredith said
"I almost forgot. I can't wait to see the beads of sweat on their freaked-out little faces." Callie sighed in pleasure
"Oh, man. Did I miss it?" Alex said coming over to us "Nope." I said still looking at bored. Amelia was just finishing a corpectomy
"I want to see someone crap actually crap." He grumbled. Making Meredith chuckle
"Seen it, smelled it. Not as fun as you'd think." Callie said honestly.

"It's happening! The baby chicks and ducks are here!" Arizona said running excitedly past us.
It happens in real life, too.
"Derek." Meredith called
"Meredith" I replied still looking at the bored l. Thinking.
"You coming" she smiled holding her hand out for me. I happily obliged

"Each of you today comes here hopeful, wanting in on the game. A month ago, you were in med school, being taught by doctors. Today, you are the doctors.
The five years you spend here as surgical residents will be the best and worst of your lives. They will..." Richard said being interrupted by one of them. "You have a question?" He asked.
"Yes. Why?" She asked
"Uh, you raised your hand." Richard sighed
"No, I'm sorry. I mean why will these be the best and worst years of our lives?" She explained
"Uh, I I was getting to that." He said
"Sorry." She mumbled and retreated back in between the others.

"Um, where was I? Oh, right. You will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you. Say hello to your competition." He continued. I listened and looked to all us in the viewing room. They were my competition but they were also my family who were all reciting every word Richard was saying.

"Eight of you will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure. Two of you will be asked to leave. This is your starting line. This is your arena. How well you play that's up to you." He finished
"They look stupid." Alex grumbled
I chuckled "They look like babies."
"Were we ever that young?" Meredith questioned
"They're so well rested." Ben smiles
"And stupid." Alex finished
"And eager, like puppies." Meredith chimed in.
"No, not like puppies." Arizona laughed
"Chicks and ducks." Arizona and Maggie giggles
"When did we start calling them that?" I asked them "You and Meredith have been gone for a year." Alex smirked
"Left to their own devices, they would drown. And take the patients down with them." Arizona explained
"God help us all." Callie looked down. We all chuckled. I looked behind me and Amelia was at the door way. I looked right at me and she looked straight forward. How do I solve this.