Hey guys! So I haven't abandoned Blindsided—I am waiting until I can give you guys multiple updates at a time for all the waiting. I've been shifting ideas around for a story set during season 5, this story however just popped up in my head and I just had to write it down.

Summary: When she was 17, Meredith had a baby but gave her up for adoption. The terms of the adoption included keeping Meredith up to date with her child. Years later, Meredith is a second year attending in neuro and is with Derek. Derek knows about Meredith's first child, and MerDer are trying for their own baby. MerDer, Mer/OC. MerDer have been together since Meredith was in med school. There was never an Addison, Meredith is sisterly with Lexie.

1994

She was numb. That was the only word that could describe what Meredith Grey was feeling. Nothing around her registered—just the stick that she held in her hand. It was there, in front of her face, mocking her.

Pregnant. Meredith Grey was pregnant. She was sixteen and having a baby. If her calculations were right, she would be seventeen when she had the baby. For once in her life, Meredith was grateful that her mother basically lived at Mass Gen because that meant Ellis wouldn't even notice her teenage daughter's pregnancy. Now she had to figure out what she was going to do with a baby.

After sulking around for a few hours, Meredith weighed her options. She definitely couldn't keep the baby, Ellis would definitely notice. But she also knew that she couldn't go through an abortion. That was how Meredith found herself outside an adoption agency.

Meredith paced back and forth by the entrance, biting her nails, trying to get the courage to walk in the door that would ultimately change her life in the end. She knew she had to set some set of terms because she couldn't carry a child around for months and then just never see it again.

Entering the building, Meredith nervously walked up to the reception desk.

"I'm Meredith Grey…I have an appointment," Meredith introduced herself as she stood at the desk.

"Please take a seat, someone will be with you shortly."

The room in which she sat was quiet, and nearly empty. She did her calculations and estimated her baby would be born in a little over seven months. As she waited, Meredith mentally came up with a list of what she wanted from the adoptive parents once she gave her baby to them.

"Miss Grey? I can see you now."

Her adoption agents name was Lynn, she had quickly learned after their introductions. After explaining that she was a sixteen year old who wasn't anywhere near ready to raise a baby, Meredith voiced her opinions on what she wanted out of the adoption.

"I have a few things that I want as a requirement for the adoption if that's okay?"

"Okay, let's talk about them," Lynn encouraged.

"Well, I'm carrying this baby for months, I don't want to just give it away. There is bound to be some bond built within that time. I would like to be kept up to date with it; see it once in a while, watch it grow up. Is there some kind of agreement that could be made?"

Lynn nodded her head. "You'd be surprised how many people want that. I even have some couples who want to keep that birth mother in the picture, but she just wouldn't want anything to do with the baby."

Meredith nodded her head before asking her next question, possibly one of the most important questions she has about this pregnancy. "Can I…I mean, I want to pick the parents. I'm sure you're all very capable of choosing parents, but I want to be a part of that. I grew up with a mother who is a surgeon. People think that's great because she can provide, but she is never at the house. I was raised with nannies, so I want to be in the decision process."

"We have a book of people who birth parents can look through. Why don't you take a look, let me know what you think?"

"I'd like that," Meredith said as she took the binder from Lynn's hold.

She browsed the binder page by page, studying each profile closely. She wanted the perfect parents for this child. Meredith stopped on a profile that stood out to her. The Pierces. They were a young couple who will never be able to have their own child; both had good jobs that could provide the best, but not be so time consuming her baby was forgotten. They were it. If they would accept her terms.

A few days later, Meredith was called back into the agencies office so she could personally meet the Pierces. After she had made her decision a few days ago, Lynn notified the couple and had stated that there were terms that the birth mother had, and much to Meredith's relief, they accepted. She knew she wouldn't find another better set of parents for her child.

Once in the door of the agency, Meredith saw a couple in the waiting area speaking with Lynn, the couple that Meredith had picked herself to adopt her baby. It was all becoming so real, even though the morning sickness and positive pregnancy test had already confirmed this pregnancy.

"Meredith!" Lynn cheerfully called out when she saw the young teen walk in the door. "Meredith, meet the Pierces." Meredith extended her arm in order to shake both mister and missus Pierce's hands.

"Please, call us Sam and Cindy," Missus Pierce requested.

"Okay. Well, Sam, Cindy, it's nice to meet you. Thank you for agreeing to my wishes; it really does mean a lot to me. I know that I'm only a teenager, but I want what's best for my baby. And giving her to you, that's what's best."

"We can't thank you enough for this. We learned two years ago that we would never be able to have our own children. All I ever wanted to be was a mother. And you're giving me that opportunity. You're giving us the opportunity to be parents."

"I just want to do what's best."

Lynn decided she should take the group into her office so they could talk things out.

"I had my first appointment yesterday. All is going well with the baby. She said I was about two months along, almost three," Meredith said as she grabbed a picture out of her bag and handed it over to the couple who would be in her life forever. She had two copies of the picture, so she was able to part with one.

"Cindy and I were thinking that phone calls, letters and pictures throughout the year would work. We'd also like to have you there for birthdays and visits throughout the year," Sam spoke up as silence hit the room.

"Oh…okay. Birthdays, visits throughout the year definitely work. I really appreciate sending pictures and letters. Seriously, this means so much to me. I just knew that if I never got to see my baby again I wouldn't be able to part with it, but knowing that I'll be in its life, it makes it a whole lot easier to let it go. If you would like, you could go to my doctor's appointments with me, see the baby develop throughout the pregnancy."

"We would love that, Meredith."

A/N: Okay, so if you haven't guessed, the adoptive parents are Maggie's parents. Ellis never had another child. I don't think their names were ever on the show, but if they were I never caught them. So the next chapter will be current day (the year 2011) here's my thinking—Meredith was born in 1977, pregnant in 1994 (17), current day is 2011 (34).