Chapter 9 of This Heart

This is quite possibly my favorite chapter.

At first, I just kind of sat at my computer, tapping random keys, not really knowing what to write or how to start it off. But then it just came to me--that Derek should be having his bone marrow extracted.

And then when Izzie and George are helping him out of the hospital. THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART! I just loved it when Izzie was thanking him and George was saying sorry and they were telling him that Meredith would live through this because she's a fighter and she doesn't give up easily. I just thought that it showed true human nature, to stick together and protect one another when someone is in trouble. It's Izzie's nature anyway, as the compassionate one, to really stick up for the defenseless. But George--man, George just rocked this chapter. He rocked it hard.

And Meredith's decided to fight. She's decided to survive because she wasn't done yet. There was still more to do, more to accomplish before she was even remotely ready to die. She still has to finish her residency, she still has to attend Cristina's wedding and deal with her crazy freak outs. But most of all, she still has to tell McDreamy that she loves him. Not like he doesn't already know that, but now she also has to thank him for the bone marrow. And she can't die yet without hearing the words "I love you" come out of his mouth.

Oh, and Cristina's getting married. I'm going somewhere with that, I swear.

Anyways, thank you for making This Heart my most successful story on fanfiction. It really means a lot to me that you guys like it so much. I love you guys! You rock!

Ciao.