Title: Tangled Web
Author: Farrah
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own the great show we all know as Grey's Anatomy; I sure do wish I did though.
Summary: Meredith didn't deserve the cards she was being dealt, so she took matters into her own hands. She left, but the death of a loved one brought her back. But when she returns, she's not alone. Post 'Into You Like A Train' episode. Set six years in the future.
A/N: This is my first EVER fanfic, so please bear with me. I always thought about how things played out after the 'Into You Like A Train' episode, this idea just came to me one day. I'm going to show where she's at now (the year 2012), then some recaps to show how she got there. Then the REAL fun begins. Also, I don't know how old Meredith is so I'll say she's 32 now so she would have been 26 when she got pregnant. Derek and Addison are 39 in my fic.
I'm not completely sure about the pairings in the end. I know for sure they're going to be: BurkTina, Azzie, Chief and Adele, Bailey and Tucker when it's all said and done. But when it comes to the others I'm not entirely sure.
I'm going to start out a little slow, mainly talking about Meredith and how she's been for the past six years then I'll get into why she has to go back to Seattle and just who exactly she's bringing with her.
This chapter is just laying some groundwork. It will tell some of the events that have occurred since Mer left Seattle.
Chapter 1:
Meredith left because she couldn't take it anymore. Derek, the man she fell in love with, after only being together for two months had a wife. A very beautiful, leggy and fabulous wife. Even, with said wife, Meredith still wanted Derek; so she told him: pick me, choose me, love me. What did he go and do? He chose his wife. Meredith had never been one to beg, especially for a man; and she despised the fact that she did indeed beg. But to top it all off, she was once again the talk of the hospital. Practically, everywhere she turned people were staring at her, every room she entered the conversation ceased to exist, and she was tired of it. She was even being pitied by her friends. At that moment she knew what she had to do, get out of that hospital, get out of Seattle, and start over. So that's exactly what she did. She left. She left, and became one of the most promising neurosurgeons around. Even though Meredith was only a surgical resident, she made a name for herself; separate and apart from being Ellis Grey's daughter that is.
When Meredith left Seattle she was not aware of her pregnancy, and when looking back, Meredith can truly say she's glad she didn't know. Mer knew that if she had known she was pregnant before she left, she would have ended up telling Derek. All Derek would have had to do was look at her with those damn eyes of his and she would have spilled the beans. Not only would it have been a big scandal in the hospital, but she would have been a home wrecker too. Along with not being a beggar, Meredith was not a home wrecker.
Even with Meredith's ever growing credentials, she always makes time for her son, Jeremy. Meredith is now in her fifth and final year of residency and her precious little boy, Jeremy Richard Christian Grey, is about to turn five. Richard, for the man who was like a father to her; Christian being the closest name to Christina (her person) she could find for a boy. There was once a time in her life when all she wanted was to be one of the greatest surgeons ever, but when she looks at her little boy all she wants to be is the best mom ever.
Best mom ever, that's what she wanted to be. She vowed to herself that she would be a better parent to her child than Ellis or Thatcher had ever been to her. Meredith hadn't talked to Thatcher in over twenty years and never once had the desire to do so. Ellis on the other hand had early onset Alzheimer Disease (AD) and made Meredith promise to keep it a secret. When she realized she would be leaving Seattle, Mer arranged for her mom to be transported from Seattle to New York. She put her mother in the best home she could find, one where she would really be taken care of. Whenever asked about her mothers whereabouts by colleagues or other medical personnel wanting to meet the illustrious Dr. Ellis Grey, she would come up with something like traveling, working with U.N., or writing a book. Meredith was never a good liar and she knew it, but she became ridiculously good at it when it came to her mothers whereabouts.
Only two people in New York knew the truth, her friend Liza, and her boyfriend, Mark. She had been overwhelmed one day with work and the incessant calls from her mothers caretakers that she was about to blow a gasket. Her boyfriend, although he was only a good friend then, sensed her tension and asked her about it, she was reluctant at first but he persuaded her to spill, so she did and in the end she was glad she did. It turned out that a relative of his also had the Alzheimer Disease and he knew what she was going through, he consoled her and told her that he would help in any way possible. He meant it too; he talked with Meredith about it when she needed to vent and went with her to visit when she wanted. When she just wanted to be left alone with her mother, he would take care of little Jeremy. That's just the kind of guy Mark was toward her. He was caring, sweet, supportive and all those good stuff. Although he could get quite cocky and arrogant and was even a little rude, but some how he was always charming while he did it. Mer told Liza about her mom one night when they went out for drinks. She had finally agreed to leave Jeremy with 'Uncie Markie', as her then two year old son liked to say. Mer partly told Liza because she didn't like lying to her friend and also because Liza wouldn't stop asking her about where her mom was and if she was ever coming to New York to visit.
Meredith really only had three friends in New York, one of which was her boyfriend another was a general surgeon named Elizabeth. Elizabeth Brighton, also known as Liza or Beth, met Mer on her first day of work, Liza was also an intern and they immediately took a liking to each other. The other just so happened to be the Chief of Surgery at Western Memorial, the hospital which Mark, Liza and Mer all worked at. Her name was Trisha Davy, Trish for short. She took a liking to Mer after she saw how truly brilliant Mer was. Also Mer's determination not to be sent to peds after she found out she was pregnant, but instead finish her surgical internship; and not to be mommy tracked after having Jeremy.
After six years, Mer had gotten stronger. She had to, if only for her son. She couldn't be all dark, twisty, scary and damaged Meredith anymore. She was a mother. She had to grow up and move on. After a while Mer forgave Derek for what he did to her and honestly hoped that he had finally become happy with Addison. Even though she left Seattle she never lost contact with her friends, the Chief, Dr. Bailey and even Dr. Burke. She made sure to call them at least once a week, no matter how messed up her shifts were or how tired she was. After five years, she considered them all to be family, especially Christina. Christina and she had been close from the get go, and for some reason or the other their relationship only grew stronger. They would talk on the phone for hours and joke around like school girls. Over the years, they all had chosen they're specialty areas of surgery: Meredith was neuro, Christina was cardio, George was general, Izzie was neo- natal, and Alex, was in plastics. Although during internship Meredith thought Christina would be the general surgeon and George, cardio. She based her theory on the fact that Christina liked cutting people open so much, and George was after all, Dr. Burke's 'guy'; now they all just laugh about it.
On the vary rare occasion when Meredith could get an extended period of time off for vacation, would fly back home to Seattle with Jeremy. Meredith only made it back to Seattle six or seven times during the six years she was gone. And when she went out there it was only for three or four days. She would meet her friends for dinner at a restaurant, or they would get together at her old house, which George, Izzie and Alex now occupied. But when she was there she avoided Seattle Grace and ferryboats like the plague. None the less, she wanted Jeremy to know the people whom she considered family which would in turn be his family, and vice versa.
Everyone loved Jeremy from the minute they met him, and he them. They were all infatuated with him. Even though Jeremy, didn't see them a lot he knew them all. They all, each and every one of them made it a point to call 'their' Jeremy during the week. Jeremy loved it, he loved getting phone calls from across the country from his: 'Auntie Miranda', 'Auntie Izzie', 'Auntie Chrissy', 'Uncie Alex', 'Uncie Preston', 'Uncie Georgie' and last but definitely not least his Grandpa, whom he had three names for, which were: 'Gwampa', 'Gwampa Richie' and 'Gwampa Richard'.
All of his uncles absolutely adored the fact that he called them Uncie, and Chief Webber just loved the sound of being called Gwampa.
Meredith always sent them pictures of Jeremy, from the day he was born. She even recorded hours of video footage of him crawling, taking his first step, just learning to talk and so on. She would always send everything to Izzie, as she was sure Izzie would somehow get it to all of them.
On her last trip out to Seattle Mer brought her boyfriend Mark along. She wanted him to meet the special people in her life. At first, the men in her life didn't like Mark, not that he wasn't a good guy it's just that they were being protective. But after they saw how much he truly cared for Mer and Jeremy, they accepted him just fine. Meredith thought they were actually beginning to like him too much, she joked around about them trying to steal her boyfriend away from her. None of the men thought it was funny, but the girls did, even Bailey. Bailey had become a much calmer, softer person after the birth of her son William, but she was still the Nazi, no doubt about it. William was only 2 months younger than Jeremy and they became instant friends. Both Meredith and Miranda were happy they're boys got along so well, it was sort of confirmation that they're 'family' would live on in they're children even after they were gone. All in all it was a good trip, and by the end of it, Christina and Izzie had conveniently given Mark a Mc - nickname, though Meredith couldn't quite make out what it was because of all their giggling.
Meredith was truly happy for once in her life. She had a beautiful son, a thriving career, great friends, and an awesome boyfriend. She would be an Attending soon, which meant more time for her to spend with her son, which she absolutely loved. Life for Meredith Grey was outstanding.
Meredith should have known better, because life for her never went smoothly. She should have known something would happen. But still, she was so happy and infatuated with her utterly happy life, that she didn't see it coming. When it happened it hit her like a ton of bricks.
Please review. I would really like to know what you thought about it so far, be it negative or positive. I am really not good at starting stories, but it was one of the best I have done so far, so tell if you liked it. The next one will be set in the present time (2012), and will start to get into the characters's lives.
