Tallassee Florida was a familiar place to Meredith Grey. The sun was always shinning with blue skies all around. When Meredith was born it was a very hot July day. July 4th 1984 was the day her parents remember so well for their third child had been born. Meredith has two older brothers Mike is 22 and Matt is 24. They both attend school at Florida University. Meredith looks up to both of her brothers a great deal. As July 4th rolled around Meredith began to get very excited for her birthday was coming up. Ever since Meredith was a little girl she had dreamed of going to Hawaii when she turned 18. Meredith's parents were worried that their daughter would fin out about the surprise in which they had planned for her. Both of her parents had a very hard time compromising about how many people could come and how long they would be able to stay. They finally agreed and were very pleased with the outcome. Meredith was able to bring six friends and they would be staying for two weeks. Meredith found out a week later about her surprise she was so excited that she could barely breathe. Meredith knew exactly who she would invite her six best friends who she has known since kindergarten. On July 2nd Meredith's six best friends Cristina, Izzie, Olivia, Addison, Callie and Sydney also known as the Knockouts showed up the Grey household ready to go. The knockouts are what they called themselves because they were very popular and everyone wanted to be their friends.

Meredith's parents drove the seven friends to the airport and their trip had begun. They arrived to Hawaii several hours later and it was everything they had hoped for and more. As they got off the plane four women were wearing hula skirts and greeted them by placing a lay around their neck and kissed their cheek. The friends skipped off to find their luggage. A little girl approached them holding a piece of paper and a pen holding up to Izzie.

Girl: Can I have your autograph?

Izzie: Why do you want my autograph?

Girl: Aren't you Katherine Higel?

Izzie: No!

Izzie tried to hold back her laugh. The little girl walked away somewhat disappointed. The six friends were amazed that someone thought their friend looked like someone famous. They quickly gathered their bags and went to flag down a taxi. The taxi took them to their hotel they were very happy with what they saw when they walked in. The floor was made marble that you could see yourself in there was a huge chandler hanging above the desk. Sydney walked in and dropped her bags.

Syd: Wow!

The bellboy helped them to their room. They all thought he was really cute. Once they made it to the 12th floor they were shown to their rooms before the bellboy turned and left. There were two rooms that joined together and a balcony that wrapped around the two rooms.

Cristinia: Look!

She pointed towards the beach. The six other friends ran towards her and saw that she was pointing to the beach that was right in front of them.

Addie: What are we doing just standing here?

Syd: "Yeah let's hit the beach.

The girls quickly threw on their bathing suits and walked towards the beach. They could not believe how beautiful it was once they got closer.

Izzie: Wow look at that.

Izzie pointed towards the giant green tent of hula dancers. The girls walked towards the tent curious at what was going on. They decided they would try that another day so instead they hit the beach. After being at the beach for an hour they were tired and really hungry. As they gathered their things they were trying to decide what to eat.

Girls: Pizza?

They all laughed and walked into a pizza place and ordered. The next day when they woke up the sun was shining and wind was lightly blowing.

Callie: Come on you sleepyheads get up

Callie was standing between the two rooms. The girls rolled out of bed got dressed and perfected their make-up before leaving the hotel room. They grabbed a bagel from the complimentary breakfast before heading to the beach. As they got closer they noticed as sign that said volunteers wanted to give free surfing lessons to younger children. A little girl walked up to Meredith and pulled on her tank top. Meredith looked down at the little girl and smiled. As Meredith bent she asked the little girl her name.

Girl: Gabby.

Mer: That's a pretty name. Would you like to learn how to surf?

Gabby nodded her head with a huge smile on her face as Meredith took her hand and led her towards the water. Gabby was on the board laying in the sand pretending to paddle and then jump up onto the board.

Gabby: I want to be just like you when I grow up.

Meredith was honored that someone wanted to be like her. Meredith's other friends came running towards them waving.

Addie: Gabby is Meredith a good teacher?

Gabby just nodded her head and continued to paddle in the sand.

Addie: Mer will you teach me to surf like you do?

Addison looked towards her feet. Meredith agreed as Addison plopped her board next to Gabby's and copied her motions. A few minutes passed and the three of them headed towards the water hoping to catch some good waves. Gabby's lesson eventually came to an end. When it did Gabby threw her arms around Meredith's tiny waist and hugged her for along time. After Gabby left they went surfing. Everything was going perfect they had the best waves they could ask for they could not have asked for anything else. When all of a sudden something horrible happened to Meredith.