A/N: I wrote this last summer and decided to put this on here as well as my other story ("Sometimes Life Is Just Too Much" and Alex/Addison/Mark fic). The title of this one is pretty self-explanatory. Enjoy :) And as always, feedback is appreciated!
Disclaimer: I of course do not own Grey's Anatomy.
Meredith looked out the window as she and her mom approached the Dartmouth University campus. Her mom looked down at the address on the paper and up at one of the residential halls. "Okay Meredith," her mom said, "Here we are."
Meredith got out of the car and grabbed her suitcase and as many bags as she could carry, while her mom grabbed a few boxes. Meredith excitedly ran up the steps of the brick building, checked in and received her room key. She waited for her mother and then proceeded up the stairs to her dorm room.
When she made it up the stairs to the third floor she saw that her door was open. Inside was a tiny Asian woman yelling at her daughter about how to arrange the furniture. "No Christina," the woman said, "If you put your desk over there you'll have a better view of the television from your bed and you'll have much more floor space."
Christina seemed less than thrilled with her mother's advice, but obliged. She rolled her eyes as she moved her desk and saw a thin girl with dirty blonde hair at the door. "Hi, I'm Meredith Grey," the girl said.
"I'm Christina Yang."
"Nice to meet you," Meredith said as she walked in. "I'm guessing this side of the room is your half?" Meredith asked as she looked at the bed covered in boxes and a desk that Christina's mother was positioning against the wall.
" Wow, you're a smart one," Christina sarcastically replied.
"Hey, be nice Christina. I don't know what I did to raise such an unpleasant girl," her mother said. "I'm her mother, Mrs. Rubenstein of Beverly Hills."
"Nice to meet you. This is my mother, Dr. Ellis Grey," Meredith said as she nodded toward the woman walking in the dorm room.
Christina's head perked up at the mention of Dr. Grey's name. "Wait, your mom is Dr. Ellis Grey? As in the Dr. Ellis Grey? As in the Laparoscopic Grey Method Dr. Grey?"
Meredith nodded and Ellis smiled weakly at the girl. "Wow. We should definitely get along then."
"You're pre-med?" Meredith asked. Ellis left the room to go back to the car and get more boxes, while Christina's mom continued to hang curtains and rearrange Christina's furniture.
"Hell yeah! Are you?" Christina responded.
"Eh, maybe. I don't really know what I want to do with my life at this point."
"Your mother is Ellis Grey, and you're actually considering not going into medicine? What's wrong with you?"
"I still have plenty of time to figure it all out." At this point Ellis returned with the last of Meredith's boxes from the car.
"Alright Meredith, I must get going in order to get back to the hospital in Boston. I only got today off and I have a surgery scheduled for early tomorrow morning. Have fun."
"Okay Mom," Meredith said, slightly disappointed that her mother wouldn't be there to help her unpack and move into her new home for the next year of her life. Ellis gave her daughter a weak hug and left the room. Meredith sighed.
"Hey, if your mom is anything like my mom, be glad she isn't here" Christina quietly told Meredith as she nodded over to her mother who was still meticulously trying to decorate Christina's side of the room. Meredith laughed and started unpacking.