And so it begins. I know I'm supposed to be working on my Little Miss story but after reading waaaay too many fanfic's with Meredith and Mark and siblings, this idea just sorta popped into my head and would not leave me alone.
"Bye Derek." Meredith blushed as she scurried up the stairs. When she herd the door close she let out her breath and sank down on the top step. Half-drunk sex with a random guy from a bar, god she needed to get over this 'inappropriate man' phase. Oh well, at least she never had to see him again. Seattle was a huge city, the chances of running into him again were minuscule. Besides, even if she did, who's to say he'd even remember her?
She was surveying the dusty, sheet covered house that she'd moved into when she heard a door open behind her.
"Well you're up early. You didn't even offer to make him pancakes?" She could practically hear her brothers smirk as he sank down next to her.
"And I suppose you're going to go right down and make breakfast for whoever you dragged home last night Mark?" She smiled.
"Why do you assume I brought someone back to the house?" He have her his best wounded look.
"Mark, I may not remember much about last night other than some really fantastic..."
"TMI." He held up a finger.
She giggled. "Than some really fantastic drinks, is being well aware of a purple tank top on the stairs that definitely wasn't mine."
Although he was technically her half-brother, Meredith and Mark were closer than most siblings. Ellis Grey's first marriage had been a mistake, pure and simple, a fact she never let Mark forget. She and Charlie Sloan had been married for a grand total of 38 days before she'd driven him out of the house. If she hadn't discovered she was pregnant with Mark she probably would have forgotten about it all together.
From the day she was born, Mark seemed to realize that no one was going to fight for Meredith, a fact proven right again and again after Ellis drove off Thatcher and spent all her time at the hospital. He'd tried to be there for her as much as he could, but then his father had gotten remarried when he was 13 and Meredith was 5 and had insisted that Mark live with him. Ellis thought it was a fantastic idea and shipped him off to New York. He'd called Mer every night, always letting her know he was there, and sometimes on school holidays he'd stolen his dad's credit card and bought a plane ticket to back to Seattle. Neither Ellis nor his father and stepmother ever noticed, turns out they weren't any better at parenting than Ellis.
From their perch on the steps, Mark surveyed the house. "I still can't believe you chose to move back in here. This place is a child psychologist's wet dream." He shook his head.
She shrugged. "True, but you know it's spacious, it's furnished, and it's close to the hospital. So basically I'm moving in for all the reasons mom did." She have a little grimace. "Besides, it seemed silly to have access to a house and not use it."
Mark pursed his lips. "I guess, but if it were me, I'd want to get as far away from it as possible." He kissed the top of her head. "I worry about you little sis."
Meredith rolled her eyes good naturedly before sighing.
"Although I think I'm gonna need another roommate. Did you know this place was so expensive?" She complained.
"Didn't Ellis pay it off?" He looked confused.
"Property taxes, electricity, gas, water, groceries, cable, not to mention the added cost of paying for Roseridge." She ticked off each expense on her fingers. "It all adds up surprisingly fast. God maybe I'm gonna need two more." She groaned.
"I thought Yang was staying with you?"
"She is, but it's still not enough." Meredith shook her head. She and Cristina had met on the first day of med school. While everyone else, students and teachers alike, had gathered around her like a swarm of locust and had been bombarding her with questions about her mother, Cristina had literally reached into the mob surrounding her, yanked her out, and scurried her away to a bar where they had proceeded to get absolutely wasted. By the end of the night they had become best friends. When they both got the offer to do their internships at Seattle Grace, Meredith had offered up her mother's house to Cristina, an offer she'd happily accepted. Meredith had the sneaking suspicion in was more due to the rent being lower than anything else even remotely close to the hospital but she was glad Cristina had accepted all the same.
"You know I'll give you money, all you gotta do is ask for it." He offered but Meredith shook her head.
"Its fine Mark, I'll figure something out. I don't want to be dependent on my big brother for everything." She shrugged. "And no secret deposits into my checking account. Last time you did that I had the IRS knocking at my door." She pointed at him accusingly. He just laughed. "When are you going back to New York?"
"I'm leaving tomorrow. Gotta get back to the practice." He looked at her apologetically. "Sorry Grey."
She waved her hand. "Thanks for coming over for the long weekend." She hugged him and leaned her head his shoulder. She knew there was something he wasn't telling her about New York, probably to do with a girl, but she knew enough not to push it. He would tell her when he was ready. "So what's her name?"
"Who?" He tensed visibly. Yep, definitely a girl.
"Bar ho." She jerked her head back towards his door.
Mark rubbed his temples. "I think it begins with an L. Yours?"
Meredith chuckled. "Derek, see I remember the names of my inappropriate sexual partners."
Mark smiled but his eyes clouded in thought. Did Addison say he had run to Seattle? He shook his head, even if she did there must be hundreds of Derek's in Seattle.
"I'm gonna go wake her up." Meredith said as she stood. "You wanna make yourself scarce? I can always say you got called in." She offered.
Mark shook his head. She shrugged and knocked on his door. "Rise and shine whoever you are. Time for a walk of shame." She called.
She heard shuffling in the room before the door was flung open. Meredith's eyes almost popped out of her head.
Aaaaaand it's a good old fashioned cliffhanger. I hope you like it, I think it's gonna end up being only two or three chapters. Please review, pretty please with Jolex sprinkles and a Slexie on top!