Falling Apart, Barely Breathing

THE VERY VERY REAL Chapter 40: What Have I Done To Deserve This?

Author's Note:

Thank you all for waiting for today for this Chapter!

This one is over a hundred pages long in my browser... Seriously!

For those reading this in the future, this one was delayed a few days due to Mother's Day 2020.

This work has been 30 Chapters in 30 days from April 1st to 30th, 2020...

And I wanted it to be 40 in 40 days, like as a symbolic number I guess.

Instead, I decided to take an extra few days for this one and I hope this is worth it.

So it is now 40 Chapters in 42 days, which still seems like a nice poetic number. ;)

At long last, I present Chapter 40 of "Falling Apart, Barely Breathing".

And I wish and I hope that it will be as special as it is for me.

This one is the longest one EVER, with extra notes, too.

So enjoy the ride, and settle in for a little while...

With extreme gratitude, joy, and love,

Welcome to my world and enjoy it.

Let me know what you think!

Happy reading for you!

bobbiejelly

PREVIOUSLY ON "FALLING APART, BARELY BREATHING":

What seems like ages ago, to both Meredith and Addison, right now, on that fateful night...

Addison stays just so she can tuck the girl in as she pulls over the sheet trying not to tickle Meredith's toes and she tugs over the throw blanket so it covers all of Meredith's feet and her calves. And then she lifts up the duvet all the way up to Meredith's head before Meredith pokes it out to say "peekaboo" and Addison almost loses it laughing before stopping and realizing that the both of them laughing was making them both now be way too loud.

"Peekaboo you now young Meredith Grey now you get yourself some sleep it's been quite the long day for us both hasn't it, huh," Addison says with her most concerned doctor voice as she clicks her tongue and Meredith grins up at her, eyelids growing heavy and falling further and further until she can no longer keep her eyes open.

"Thanks-" Meredith tries to say more but she's snoring already and Addison takes this as her cue to shut the lights off to Meredith's room and to close the bedroom door behind her as she leaves.

Addison ignores Meredith's earlier orders to leave the potted plant alone because she can't stand that the plant will probably wilt on its own if left sideways so she straightens the roots out back into its shell and she rights it right onto the table it had taken to before tending to it with some water and with the wear of her hands.

She settles Meredith's coat onto the coat rack even though none of the others have hung theirs there and she silently slips back into the kitchen again so she can wash out her hands before she spies a half-empty bottle of aspirin back under the counter she stores in her hand while she searches for a piece of spare paper and a spare glass for water as well as a pen.

Addison then realizes that she doesn't want to leave the house door wide open behind her all after she's gone and she's not going to be crawling through any backdoor windows at this time of night and besides of which Meredith has at least her two housemates and that they'll see each other soon in the hospital anyway.

So she leaves Meredith a note which she doesn't sign a name to. And she slips the house key off of Meredith's car key keychain before twisting it to hers where it snaps now it's securely shut. And she's securing the door lock to Meredith's mother's house and she is testing it behind her before calling herself another cab and feeling even more empty than before as she stumbles into her hotel room alone at the Archfield.