(Meredith POV)
"Ready to scrub in?" Burke asked. I nodded and went to scrub in.
I scrubbed in quickly and met Burke in the OR, talking to Hannah, the paramedic with her hand in the patient. He cracked his neck, loud enough for me to hear it. That was his pre surgery thing. "Okay. Scalpel." He said. The nurse handed him a scalpel and he made the first cut around Hannah's hand.
"Grey, retract that." Burke ordered. I took the retractor and pulled back the skin. As I did this, I heard something shift in her abdomen. The last thing I saw before flying through the air was burkes scared expression on her face.
(Alex POV)
"Mrs Carlson? What was your husband and friend doing in the basement?" I asked, trying to get an idea of what happened. "My husband likes to make replicas of bombs for some stupid reason." She explained. "Is it a real bomb?" I asked. "I think so." She said. I ran past her and to the chief. "Evacuate the second floor now. Mr Carlson has a bomb in his chest." I said quickly. "Go stop that surgery." He said as I started running to the stairs.
I ran up the stairs as fast as I could. I knew Mer was in there. Right when I got to the top of the stairs, I heard a huge explosion and the hospital literally shook. I ran back downstairs and saw everyone in a crowd. "The bomb just exploded." I said nervously.
(Richard POV)
A bomb just exploded in my hospital. That's awesome. "Okay. Who was in the OR with the patient?" I asked. "Burke, Meredith, and a few scrub nurses and the anesthesiologist." I replied. Derek and the other interns head shot up at this information. "Meredith is up there?" Derek asked. I nodded. "Okay. Shepherd, Bailey, Karev, yang and Montgomery, all of you come up with me. We need to make sure everyone's okay." I ordered.
(Derek POV)
I followed everyone up the stairs and found the hospital floor, looking to be in somewhat decent form. We got to their OR room and immediately saw smoke coming from under the doors. Richard opened the door and the OR was in pieces. We stepped in and saw bodies on the floor. Richard went to Burke, karev went to a scrub nurse, yang went to another scrub nurse, addison went to a pregnant nurse, and Bailey and I attended to Meredith. She was unconscious against the wall. "I'm guessing the blast threw her against the wall and onto the floor." Bailey said. My heart started racing at what could have happened to her.
She had cuts and blood all over her body. We carefully rolled her onto her back and assessed her injuries. Bailey pulled up her scrub top and revealed a huge cut on her stomach that was bleeding and tons of shrapnel. Baileys eyes widened at the sight, and I was freaking out. I pressed my hands against her stomach, trying to close the wound and stop the bleeding. "We need some help over here!" Bailey yelled.
Richard and Cristina came running over, shocked at what they saw. "Oh my god. Yang, go prep an OR now!" Richard yelled. Cristina went running off. "She definitely got the worst of it." Richard said. "Everyone else looks to be okay, just a few concussions." He added.
Meredith starting waking up at this point. She groaned in pain. "Mer? It's me, derek. Stay still, okay?" I asked. "Mm okay." She mumbled. The blood loss was definitely getting to her. She breathed heavily as she tried to stay calm.
(Bailey pov)
Why is always Meredith who gets the worst of things? She literally just scrubbed in on a surgery and now she's barely conscious. This laceration on her stomach was at least 5 inches long. She was battling just to stay awake.
(Meredith POV)
I woke up with a pounding headache and a very big pain in my stomach. I opened my eyes and saw Derek and Bailey looking down at me. Derek said something about staying awake, so I'm trying to. It hurts so bad. "OR 2 is prepped and ready for you." Cristina said as she came in with a gurney. Derek lifted me up into his arms, which hurt so much. I groaned in pain as he laid me down. "I know it hurts. Your gonna be okay." Derek said. I nodded slightly before I passed out again.
(Richard POV)
We got her into an OR and immediately started doing damage control. She was bleeding internally a lot, mainly from her spleen. "She needs a stat splenectomy." I announced. I worked on that while Bailey removed the shrapnel from her chest that practically covered her tiny body.
"Okay. Spleen is out. How you doing up there?" I asked. "Shrapnel is all out." She said. "Okay. I'll close up and I want to get her a ct to make sure we aren't missing anytning." I said. I closed her up and we wheeled her to ct.
About 30 minutes later, she came out of the ct and it showed a grade III concussion. We wheeled her out and into a recovery room, where all of her friends were.
(Derek POV)
Meredith just came out of surgery. This whole bomb thing really put things into perspective for me. I love Meredith. Not Addison. Meredith almost died, and I almost didn't get a chance tell her that. I waited in her room along with her fellow interns, Richard, and Bailey.
She woke up very slowly and opened her eyes, looking confused. I stood up and walked over to her bed. "What happened?" She asked quietly. "There was a bomb in the patients abdomen and went off in the room. You got the worst of it. You had a big cut on your tummy, but we fixed that up with a splenectomy. You have a concussion too." I explained quietly. "That's why my head hurts and that's why my stomach feels like someone's stabbing me." She said as she cracked a small smile. I smiled at her humor, glad to see it there after what happened. I could see her eyes closing, and she fell asleep.
I walked out of her room and went to find Addison to tell her that our marriage is over. "Addy!" I yelled as I found her. She came over to me and I pulled her into an empty on call room. "What's going on derek?" She asked. "I'm not happy anymore, Addy. I'm so sorry." I said. "I know Der." He said. "I'll get you the papers by tomorrow. Go be with Meredith." She said. "How did you..." I trailed off. "Derek, I know you love her. Go be with her, and don't let her go." She said. I nodded and went out the door to find Meredith still fast asleep.
(Meredith POV)
After I woke up, I saw Derek in a chair reading a magazine. "Hi." I whispered. "Hey." He said softly. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "Mer, I ended things with Addison. I- I love you." He said. I looked at him in surprise. I love him too, but do I say it? I don't know. "What?" I asked, not sure if I heard it right. "I love you, Mer. Today, scared me so much. I didn't know if you were going to be okay." He said. "I- I love you too." I replied. He smiled and laid down in the bed with me. He put his arm around my neck and rested his hand on my stomach, being careful of the incision. I put my head on his chest and drifted off to sleep in the arms of the man I love.
