Authors Note: Hey guys, this is my first Grey's story so let me know how you like it! Basically all characters will appear at some point or another just be patient. Sadly, I don't own any of these wonderful characters except the teachers I made up :)
Meredith's alarm clock started blaring at 6 on the dot, startling the teenager awake. Blearily, she cracked her eyes open and examined the ceiling of her room. The pale paint was peeling around the edges and showing the drywall beneath it. Her mom said it added to the charm of the house, but Meredith just thought it made the place look old and run-down. Meredith's eyes trailed from the peeling paint to the boxes stacked neatly around the perimeter of the room. Despite the number of times her mother had asked her to unpack, the boxes remained sitting there as a mild act of rebellion.
Three weeks ago, Ellis Grey had waltzed into the unsuspecting Meredith's room, announcing they were moving from Meredith's childhood home in Boston to Seattle. A chief of general surgery position had opened up at one of the premier hospitals on the west coast and Ellis Grey knew she had to take it. Despite the fact that Meredith only had a year left before graduation, Ellis insisted that this was the right decision for the pair to make. Meredith hated the fact that her mother wanted to uproot her life the summer before her senior year of high school, it just wasn't fair. Now she was going to be starting a brand new school as a senior. But, as her mother always says, 'the carousel never stops turning.'
Groaning, Meredith rolled out of bed and threw on jeans and a t-shirt. Not one to be late, (she was the daughter of Ellis Grey after all) Meredith grabbed a pop tart and headed out the door to attend her first day at West Seattle high school.
Not knowing anyone to talk to before first period, Meredith opted to head straight to her first period class, AP calculus. Meredith enjoyed math and was pretty good at it, so she expected a pretty easy morning. When she entered the classroom, she was the only one there other than a red headed girl sitting in the front row. Meredith rolled her eyes at the back of the girls head and took a seat in the back row. Meredith put in her headphones and closed her eyes, wishing the day away.
"Excuse me" Meredith heard faintly above the music playing in her ears.
She opened her eyes to find the red head turned around in her chair, eying Meredith quizzically. Meredith raised an eyebrow and took out her headphones as if to give the girl permission to speak.
"Are you new here?" the girl asked.
Meredith nodded briefly and the girl's face lit up, "Me too!" she squealed, hurting Meredith's ears, "My name is April Kepner and I just moved here from Ohio! Where are you from?"
"Boston" Meredith answered curtly hoping the nosy red head would get the message and leave her alone.
Unfortunately for Meredith, April didn't do subtlety and continued talking, "wow Boston is literally on the other side of the country! I mean, I thought I was coming from someplace far, but you wow, what made your family move?" April asked her eyes wide and curious.
Meredith didn't know what to do, she wasn't used to someone being oblivious to her dismissive remarks.
Left with no other option but to respond Meredith replied, "my mom got a new job"
"My dad got a new job too, that's why we moved. It really sucks though, I had to leave all my friends back home" April's eyes started to tear up before she shook her head of the memories, "oh don't mind me, I'm just an emotional mess. I'm not used to having to make first impressions, everyone at home already knows me"
More students started trickling in, saving Meredith from having to deal with the emotional red head. April gave her one last smile, her eyes becoming tearless again, before turning back around in her seat and training her eyes on the board. The final bell rang and the only seat left was the one directly to Meredith's right. Her calculus teacher started off by introducing herself, the course and giving them a limits problem to work on. While the class was silently working on the problem, the classroom door swung open and a boy walked in.
Meredith eyed the kid that had just walked in, 20 minutes late to class. He was wearing ratty jeans and a short sleeved shirt with dirty converse. His hair was not combed neatly but rather washed and dried very quickly. In short, he looked like a mess.
"Ah, Mister Karev how nice of you to join us" the teacher said dryly, "take a seat, there is one open back there next to Meredith"
The kid scanned the room before his eyes landed on Meredith and the seat next to her. He ambled his way over to the empty desk and plopped into the seat with a sigh. Meredith made eye contact with April and rolled her eyes, causing the red head to laugh.
Meredith briefly gave the kid another once over, to which he made eye contact with her. He smiled flirtatiously and said, "The name is Alex, Alex Karev"
Meredith gave him a glare and turned her attention back to her teacher who had moved on to reviewing the basics of limits. From the very brief interaction Meredith had with him, she could tell Alex Karev was a world class douche. Lovely, she thought, I get to spend my senior year sitting next to an asshat. She let out a sigh and tuned back into the lesson, jotting down notes every once and a while.
Finally, the bell rang and Meredith was off to what she hoped her favorite class would be- anatomy and physiology. She noticed April was heading the same direction and looked like a freaked out deer. Meredith saddled up next to her and walked silently, hearing April let out a relieved sigh. Maybe, just maybe, thought Meredith, this year won't be complete hell.
Next up: Meredith meets Derek, Addison and Mark along with the infamous Christina Yang