instantly his words fall short when his mother spoke up, bite to the inside of his cheek.. he knows how important her work is, it's why he's rarely ever kicked up a fuss.. least as he got older.
fidgeting with his hands, a newish habit of his, more frequent than —
"Bailey, stop!" Meredith told her son. She knew Bailey didn't want to worry her or anything, and she wasn't doing this because of his head injury at the moment. Okay. She was, but she also wants to spend time with him. Especially if she had been putting most of her time into —
he knows he, and his siblings are important to her; but he also understands her job. she saves lives. he doesn't want to pull her from that, for something so.. in his opinion, small.
“it's not that bad-” it's him trying to ease her worries, something hes done —
Meredith didn't care if she had patients or not. She could give them to someone else for the day so she could spend time with her son to make sure he was okay. The paperwork can always hold off until the next day.
"You need me more. So I'm all yours. I'll get Webber to take —
part of it, was knowing she has more than enough to worry about, other than him or his sisters. probably why he's always the first to do something to make both his parents smile rather than worry them.
being open, as his mom knows; isn't exactly easy.
it could've been much —
It was something that Bailey had gotten from Meredith. About being fine when they're not really fine. Wishing that was the one thing he hadn't gotten from her because she wants to know what's on his mind and for him to be as open as possible towards them.
A concussion wasn't —
Much like he'd done since he was little; he tried to play it all off, nothing wrong.. he's fine, etc. but he does answer honestly when asked the important things.
a concussion was likely, not the news he wanted, but no one picks the outcome.. could've been worse.
Meredith stood there beside her son as she watched Alex to examine and fix Bailey up. It wasn't long before Derek finally arrived, and who was making sure Bailey was okay. But they both seen there was a possible concussion, so they'd have to watch Bailey closely.
Closest, yes; they're practically family, part of the kids aunts and uncles. Their family wouldn't be the same without them.
Sitting still when Alex got to work, the suspicion of a possible concussion came up, but other than that he seems healthy as always.
Out of everyone, Cristina and Alex had been the closest to the Shepherd family. Considering Cristina is her best friend and Alex had always been there from the beginning when they got Zola into their lives.
It wasn't long before Alex had began to numb the injured area and —