Ok this is my first GA fanfic, please be indulgent (I'm from Germany and therefore English isn't my native language) if I make mistakes (above all comma placement is a problem, in German this is complicated so if I don't even get this in my first language…;-) ), I'll do my best!
Reviews would be nice! Thank you in anticipation!
The story starts with the conversation between Derek and Meredith while preparing for the OR (2x06: Into You Like A Train)
P.S.: forget about the elapsed time. I don't like old Mer and Der ;-); I will not be particular about this.
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Destiny Has Its Ways
SGH, Seattle, Washington; OR
"Mer…" Derek started slowly as the woman he loved more than anything else glanced at him, while he was searching for the right words to explain.
She looked at him and then she knew. "You're staying with her. "
Her eyes filled with tears, which she wiped away quickly.
"She's my wife. I have to give it another trial." Derek said while looking at her sadly and then lowered his head.
Two weeks after this incident, on a rainy Monday morning Meredith said goodbye to her friends.
An hour later she was at the airport in order to take the next flight to New York.
She took a deep breath. "It will get better. I will manage this. WE will manage this." she said while placing a hand on her abdomen. She had to believe this although she was scared.
Manhattan, New York; 18 years later
"Liam! Steph! Hurry up, we're late! "Meredith shouted upstairs, visibly stressed.
"Just a sec!"
After a brief time, two youths jumped down the stairs into the hall.
Both smirked at the sight of their mother standing in front of them, trying to give them a stern look.
Meredith couldn't help smiling to herself as she saw her son Liam, who was tall and had short black wavy hair standing next to his sister Stephanie, almost same size, who had shoulder-length dark blond curled hair.
Liam looked at her with a feigned look of guiltiness with his freakin' blue eyes.
Steph had greyish green eyes. Mer had no idea where she got them from.
"Enough already, we're running late!" she said smiling but nevertheless with a trace of rush in her voice, so the kids grabbed their schoolbags, followed their mother and climbed in the car.
About ten minutes later they arrived in front of their high school.
"Okay, I'll fetch you at Tom's this evening after my surgery" Meredith said to Liam, leaning out of the window.
He answered with a nod.
Their mother tried hard to accommodate a number of things, but as a single parent and a surgeon, life wasn't easy. They did everything to make things work.
"I'll be home at about six" Steph told her mother before she shut the window.
"Bye Mom", they said synchronously and walked towards the entrance while Mer drove to work.
In the car, she reflected about her life. "I'm so happy I didn't become my mother."
She thought relieved.
Indeed, when she found out that she was pregnant she couldn't imagine being a good mother; and she was too afraid to try because of her childhood with her stressed Mom, who always had only her career in mind.
But now, she couldn't even imagine a life without her children.
"It's good when you are content with who you are." she thought and had to smile.
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"I got a B in maths! I can't believe this!" Liam grinned.
He always had been lousy in maths.
He and his sister liked other stuff, like chemistry or biology. Things that made sense.
Maths was like a closed book to them.
"You're lucky, I have a D, my Mom is going to kill me!"
"Come on, it won't be that bad!" Liam said and grabbed Tom's shoulder, who was his best friend since kindergarten.
"We'll see" Tom muttered as they arrived at his parent's house. They walked up the stairs, where he unlocked the door and the two entered the hall.
Liam didn't even look around. Everything was familiar to him; he knew this house inside out cuz he was coming here nearly every week since he was three.
But as he looked down he noticed a pair of sneakers which were strange to him.
"You have somebody over?" Liam asked Tom by the way.
"Yeah, my uncle's on a visit for a week. I think he's at home by now, you're going to like him." Tom walked towards the kitchen and Liam followed him.
As they entered the room Liam saw Tom's Mom sitting at table opposite to a tall man with short black wavy hair.
She looked up. "Hey, the two of you! How was school today?" Liam really liked Tom's Mom. Every time he was around he felt quite informal.
"Hey champion!" The tall man greeted Tom with a light claps on his shoulder. Then the man noticed Liam. And Liam noticed his freakin' blue eyes.
Tom introduced them to each other. "This is Liam." he told his uncle.
"Liam, this is my uncle Derek."
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