Hey everyone! I decided to repost this story with a better structure so you can read it easily. This is my second fanfiction. It's a story that came up to me out of nowhere and i simply started to write frantically. I think it's an interesting turn of events and have always wanted to see Meredith dealing with something like this (you gotta read to know what it is!) at that stage of her life. I hope you like it and please review! I'm eager to read what you have to say and the suggestions you may have.

Disclaimer: I don not own Grey's Anatomy. This is just for fun and entertainment.

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The Phone Call

Meredith woke up at 2 am. with her cell-phone ringing. She sighed deeply and answered with a sleepy voice wondering who could be calling her at that time. An unfamiliar voice spoke "Am i reaching Ms. Meredith Grey?"

"Yes, this is Meredith Grey speaking, who am i talking to?"

"Ms. Grey, i am sorry to call you so late but i'm afraid i have bad news to tell you." Said the woman on the phone.

"What happened?" She asked confused.

"Uhm. Miss Grey, your father, his wife and your sister Molly were in a car accident. It was very serious and they were all rushed to the hospital. But, i'm afraid none o them made it" said the woman with a pity tone.

"Oh My God. I... That's... Uhm did you tell my other half-sister yet?" She replied shocked.

"Yes, i did. Miss Grey we're going to need you to get to the hospital now" said the woman.

"Sure, i'll be there in 20 minutes" answered Meredith trying to process everything. "Alright, thank you Miss Grey. And I am deeply sorry for your loss" said the woman.

"We weren't actually close... Uhm.. Thank you" replied Meredith. She hung up the phone and quickly pulled on jeans and a sweater.

As she drove, she kept thinking about her father. How she had just seem him for the first time in 20 years a couple of weeks ago. And her half-sister, who went to the hospital pregnant a while ago. She didn't even get to tell her who she was. she only talked a little with Thatcher and Susan.

She hadn't even met her other half-sister Lexie, who was still in med-school. It was too much happening at a time. She arrived at the hospital 15 minutes later and rushed to reception where a woman greeted her and walked her into the waiting area.

After a brief explanation of what had happened, Meredith and the woman headed to Richard's office. He had been waiting for Meredith and greeted her and tell her how sorry he was about it. She thanked him coldly and signed some papers. When she was starting to stand up from the chair.

The woman grabbed her arm delicately and said "Miss. Grey. There is something else i have to tell you. You know your sister Molly" said the woman.

"Half-sister" replied Meredith. "Yes, half-sister has a baby girl called Laura." the woman completed.

"Yeah, she came here when she was close to her due date about 10 months ago." was Meredith's response.

"Well, her husband was a soldier in Iraq, he died two months ago. And now that she's gone as well... The baby has been left as an orphan" explained the woman.

"Oh.." Meredith said not knowing how to react.

"Laura's father doesn't have anyone left. And as your sister is in med-school; she can't take care of the baby" the woman sat straight with a serious tone.

"Well, Meredith, you are the only relative the baby has now. And we would like to know if you could take her temporary custody, until we put everything in order" said the woman.

"Oh.. I.. Uhm.. I don't know if i... Do i even have the right to take her? I mean, i barely knew them and.." Meredith rambled with a shocked expression in her eyes.

"See Miss Grey, as there's no one else left to take care of her for now, she could be sent with a foster family. But we think maybe you could take care of her. Because, you are her aunt after all" replied the woman smiling slightly.

"I see" Meredith sighed. Panic taking over her. This was too much! Taking care of a child she didn't know? Her dead half-sister's baby? She just couldn't! She had never even babysitted a child. But, she couldn't let them take her to a foster family either. After all, she was all this baby had left and she couldn't do this to her. She had already lost both her parents.

It took her about 10 seconds. Meredith didn't know if this was insanity or vulnerability speaking. But she had to do this.

"I'll take care of her. I mean, the temporary custody. I'll do it" she said firmly but not believing the words that just came out of her mouth.

"That's excellent. Thank you Miss. Grey. I'll get some papers ready then and i'll get some fellow agents bring the baby here in an hour" said the woman smiling as she stood up and left.

Meredith stayed still, sitting in the chair absorbing what just had happened. Richard looked at her with surprise, approval and confused at the same time.

Meredith walked out of Richard's office without saying a word. She bumped into Cristina, who had heard everything and told her she was sorry. Meredith told Cristina what just had happened.

Crisitina looked at her in disbelief with her mouth wide open. "Seriously?! You're taking the baby?!" She exclaimed.

"Do you even know what that means? Meredith this is insane" Cristina said.

"I know, i still can't belive it either but i just couldn't let them take her to a foster family. What if they don't take care of her? What if they hurt her? I wasn't even close to her family but i can't do this to her and live knowing i may have ruined her life for being her selfish resentful half-aunt" Meredith replied.

"I guess you're right. Well i gotta go scrub into a surgery. Good luck" said Cristina as she walked away.

Meredith pressed the elevator button and went in when the doors opened. Derek went after her and stood by her side. "I'm sorry about your father and his family" he said.

"Thank you. I wasn't even close to them. You know that. But somehow i feel bad i never got the chance to get to know them better, you know?" she replied with tears in her eyes.

"Meredith if you need anything. I'm here ok?" "Yeah thank you. It's just too much. I don't know if i can do this right now. I'm confused and i don't know Derek" she said while tears started falling slowly through her face.

"It's alright. We can talk about everything later" Said Derek taking her hand and hugging her.

The elevator stopped and they both climbed off heading to separate ways.

An hour later, the woman and an agent came with a baby in hands and a couple of bags, a portable crib and a stroller. "We'll send the rest of her things to your house by tomorrow. Meredith, this is Laura. I hope you too will be fine" she said handing the baby to Meredith.

"We'll figure it out somehow" answered Meredith. She finished signing some papers and minutes later she was left in the hospital with a baby in hands.

Derek got out of his surgery and walked to the cafeteria, where he found Meredith sitting with a baby in her arms, crawling her softly and cooing sweet words at her. "Hey. Who is this?" He asked.

"Hey. She's my niece Laura. My half-sister's baby.

She has no one left to take care of her so i agreed to temporary custody." said Meredith.

"Oh, wow. Are you sure about it?" He hissed.

"Yeah, well no. But i have to so this. The thing is, i know what it's like to be left alone, to be abandoned and nor have anyone to take care of you. After my father left my mother got even more focused on her work, she was never home and i had no one to take care of me. She was always absent and it sucks to live like that. I simply can't let this baby to go through the same. I can't live knowing i could have done something and i didn't cause i was too scared to take that responsibility" Meredith said.

Derek looked at her with the dreamy eyes and special smile he had for her "You'll do great. And of you need anything, help or to buy something tell me and i'll be on my way" he said.

"I... Thank you Derek. I just don't know how it's all gonna work out. I'm afraid i'll screw it up. And..." She said with anguish in her voice.

"I know, we haven't come up to terms of what we want and where we're gonna go from here. Now that Addison and Finn are out of the picture we really need to talk about it. I just want you to know that i love you and i'm not going anywhere. I'll be here" Derek said grabbing her free hand.

"Thank you Derek. And yeah, we need to talk. I want to talk. I want us to be okay and make it work" She said with a tiny smile.

"Well i'm heading home. I have to accommodate her things and get her to sleep" Meredith said as she stood holding the baby in her arms and taking the diaper bag. She walked away as Derek looked at her amazed and in disbelief of what had happened. He had never pictured Meredith like that. And he loved seeing her with a baby. He loved her.

Meredith arrived home exhausted as she held Laura In her arms. "Well sweetie. It's you and me now. Izzie and George won't be here till tomorrow."

Well, there you go! chapter 1. Thank you for Reading! Please tell me what you think! Hopefully u like the story and will follow it I promise to update between once and twice a week according to my college schedule and life Thank you for Reading! –Tammy.