AN: I have read a lot of Grey's fanfics lately. I've tried writing a couple Crowen ones but I had an idea for a MerDer. If you've ever seen Zoey 101 the school in this one is kind of like PCA but only for gifted children. Well I hope you enjoy. Please review and all of that. I obviously don't own Grey's because if I did I certainly would not be writing this right now.

Meredith Grey was ecstatic to be leaving her mother and Boston behind. She had been waiting for this day since June when she got her acceptance letter from Seattle Grace School for the Academically Gifted. She would be on the other side of the country away from her rude mother.

She was in the cab she had called to take her to the airport. Her mother didn't bother to go with her or even say goodbye. Ellis Grey had already left for her shift before Meredith had woken up that morning. Meredith was used to this. With a childhood filled with OR galleries and nannies she didn't expect her mother to be there.

Now at the airport people were staring. It was unusual for a thirteen year old girl to be walking around the airport by herself. It was even stranger because Meredith didn't look like a thirteen year old. She looked ten or eleven years old. She was underdeveloped for her age even though mentally she was more mature than most twenty year olds.

Making her way through security and then boarding the plane Meredith felt like there was a weight being lifted off her shoulders. She would no longer have to live under the scrutiny of her mother. She was free.

On the plane she found her seat. It was a window seat her favorite. She checked her phone and saw it was exactly 8:30. She did some quick math in her head and figured out that she would be arriving in Seattle at about 2:15.

She felt a presence in the seat next to her. She looked over and saw a woman probably in her early twenties sitting next to her. Meredith smiled and noticed the woman had very interesting indigo eyes.

The woman spoke and said, "Hi I'm Nancy Shepherd. You seem very young to be all alone. Do you have a parent seated in a different part of the plane?"

Meredith responded to the woman saying, "I'm Meredith Grey and I'm all by myself. I know it's very strange but my mother is a surgeon and couldn't possibly take the time out of her schedule to bring me to school." Suddenly something clicked in Nancy's head.

"No way you're Ellis Grey's daughter. Like the creator of the Grey method. Hasn't she won like two Harper Averys. I'm currently in med school so I know all about her." Nancy said excitedly.

"Yep that's her," Meredith responded. "She didn't want to waste her time bringing her daughter across the country to go to a school. Most parents would be ecstatic if their daughter was going to Seattle Grace School for the Mentally Gifted. Not her though she just shrugged and said something about me being ordinary."

"Wow that's really awful. That's cool that you're going to Seattle Grace. My brother is going there too. That's actually why I'm going to Seattle he's going into ninth grade. What grade are you going to? Seventh?" Nancy asked.

"I'm actually thirteen. I'll be fourteen in October so I am also going into ninth grade. Maybe I'll meet your brother." Meredith responded.

"Wow, you're quite small for your age. You will probably get to know him. It's quite a small school. I went there for my senior year because I got a full scholarship. When my brother applied he also got a full scholarship or he probably wouldn't be going." Nancy responded. Meredith and Nancy talked for the rest of the flight and before they knew it they had landed in Seattle. They kept talking all the way to baggage claim and they decided to share a cab to Seattle Grace since they had become friends.

"I'll tell Derek to be nice to you." Nancy said during the cab ride. "It'll be nice for you guys to have friends. Also, his best friend Mark will be starting there too. He's a bit of a man whore but he's nice enough." Meredith was nervous. As soon as they pulled into the driveway of the school all of her fears shrunk. The school was on a beautiful lake and the whole place was rustic but modern at the same time.

As they got out of the cab she saw an older woman with short graying hair yell. "Nance, good you're finally here. We thought you might have missed your flight like last Chris" but all of a sudden the woman that Meredith figured was Mrs. Shepherd stopped. She then started again saying, "Nance, why is there a girl in that car with you?"

"Mom, this is Meredith Grey and she is also starting ninth grade here. We were next to each other on the flight and became friends on the way here." Nancy replied. "We decided it would be easier to share a cab and I could introduce her to Derek." All of a sudden a dark haired boy with the same blue eyes as Nancy stepped out from the other side of the car. Meredith's breath caught in her throat he was very dreamy.

Derek had heard his eldest sister say his name and decided to say hi. What he saw was a beautiful girl standing next to her with the most amazing green eyes he had ever seen. She smiled and he felt his legs turn to jello.

AN: I really wanted to make Nancy nice because I always kind of liked her. If you want to see more please review. The next chapter will have more Derek's perspective and you'll meet some other characters like Cristina, Izzie, Alex, George, Mark, Owen, Callie, and Addison.