Okay so in all honesty, I have no idea where this come from but I kinda like the way it played out. I have started the second chapter already as I started and could not stop, so I hope you all like where this goes.
I know I have 9 months on the run, but I needed more than one thing going right now. Also, chapter 7 didn't get that much attention than the others which was a little disheartening so I have been working extra hard on chapter 8 to get it perfect for you guys.
Anyway...
For the sake of this story, let's say Meredith and Derek were granted rights to Zola earlier in season 7 and they lost her at the end of the season, thus it just being the drama between them at the beginning of season 8 and Zola is not properly in the middle of it yet.
On with the show.
Meredith threw the last of her things from her cubby into the small suitcase she had and turned, sighing when she saw Cristina, April and Bailey walk in.
"We are going to fix this Mere, Bailey is already gathering people to speak to the board it is all going to be fine" Meredith just shook her head, heading out the door, them all following her in a rush.
"Meredith where are you going?" Cristina shouted after her when she reached the stairs, Meredith picking up her suitcase to carry down the stairs.
"I am leaving" Bailey huffed, them all running down the stairs after her, the speed she was walking at too fast for them too all keep up.
"Fine, we will bring the doctors to your house and discuss the matter there" Bailey called after, them catching the attention of Derek, Mark and Richard who were in their own heated argument at the reception.
"No I am not going home, I am leaving" Meredith snapped, turning on the spot, the three stopping in front of her huffing.
"If you are going to the trailer I think he is going to be there" April whispered, them all knowing who the he was.
"I am not going home and I am not going to the trailer"
"Well where are you going?" Bailey questioned, crossing her arms across her chest in slight annoyance.
"I am going to the airport and I am leaving" She turned again, Cristina's eyes widening as she grabbed her arm, stopping her.
"No you are not Ellis Grey Meredith, you are running from your problems!" Meredith felt a tear roll down her cheek as she shook her hand out of Cristina's hold, turning her head to look at them all.
"I was told a year ago that I had a hostile uterus and that I was most likely never going to have a child, then we find Zola and I actually begin to see things turn around. She was taken away from us and now my so called husband just laughed in my face and said I told you so when I told him I had lost my job trying to save my friends wife from a horrible life that I saw my mother live. I built my life back up and in the matter of a few weeks I have just watched it crumble right before my eyes. So yeah, I am running because I have nothing left" She looked behind Bailey to see the trio of men approaching in concern, turning her head to look at the door.
"I'm sorry" She started off again, walking out the large glass doors to the parking lot.
"What is going on?" Mark asked, the women turning to them all, Cristina's eyes narrowing and the sight of Derek.
"You fucking did it again" She murmured, Bailey grabbing her arm slightly, seeing a repeat of this morning when she woman attacked Alex.
"You know what, after what you did to her I begged her not to take you back, begged her to see how much of a ruin you actually were, but for her mental sake I gave you another chance. I saved you damn life while being held at gun point! And what do you do, you break her. Again! I understand you lost your precious trial and your career is a treasure to you, but you should be a little more considerate to your wife" Derek looked behind them all, watching as Meredith disappeared into the night, frowning.
"Where is she going?"
"To the airport. No disrespect to either of you, but, you have both done it this time" Bailey said, the sadness present as she looked at Richard and Derek before grabbing April, them walking away.
"Cristina" April looked at her, Cristina nodding knowing to update her if anything happens.
"You have three seconds to go after her before I do, and if you don't, that is it, for good" Cristina stated, putting her hands on her hips.
"One, Two-"Before she could get to three Derek took off, running out the door, managing to catch her as she shut the boot of her car.
"Meredith" She turned at the sound of his voice, shaking her head as she approached.
"I don't want to hear it" Her voice was muffled with tears, her head continuing to shake even after he had stopped in front of her, his eyes full of emotion.
"Where are you going?"
"Away Derek! I am done with this, I can't keep doing this. Not with Richard, or work, or you, or anything. I just can't"
"No Meredith-"
"No Derek you listen to me for once in your damn life!" She shouted, Derek jumping slightly.
"I met you, and then you chose Addison over me. You come crawling back and when things get complicated you left again. It took you our entire clinical trial to realise you wanted me and even after that, you needed confirmation from your mother to ask me to marry you. You act like you are always two steps ahead of everyone but you aren't! You don't know what you want. I watch you get shot right in front of me, I lose our baby, and then you almost kill yourself again driving and it took me telling you I had a miscarriage for you to stop driving recklessly. I would tell you time and time again and still you never listened, it wasn't until I told you about the baby you stopped. Then, I try and help out a man who has been more like a father to me these past 7 years than anyone in my entire life and you tell me you can't love me because I don't see everything as right or wrong, and I tell you I get fired from a job I worked my life for you and practically laugh in my face and tell me you told me so. You blame me for losing the trial, which I admitted time and time again was my fault anyway, but then you blame me for losing my job, for losing Zola, and not once think about me during any of this. You sleep in your trailer because you can't look at me and leave me in our house staring at the cot Zola slept in, folding her clothes over and over again. I lost Zola too Derek, I lost Zola, my job, my father figure, and now my husband. So yeah, I am done, and I am going to leave because people have their breaking points, and I have hit mine" Derek felt a tear roll down his cheek, Meredith taking a step back, shocked at how much she had exploded on him, running her hand through her hair.
"I'm just so sorry" She let out a sob as she gave him one last look, climbing in the car. Derek squinted as she put the car into start, the lights blinding him as he banged on the window, trying to stop her puling out.
"Meredith just wait! Meredith!" He screamed, Meredith not giving him a last look before driving away, leaving Derek alone in the middle of the parking lot.
"Damnit Derek" He buried his head in his hands, kneeling down on the floor in anger. He stormed back to the hospital in defeat, the three waiting for his return.
"Well?" Cristina looked hopefully at him, though the shake of his head concluded everything.
"Damnit! Son of a bitch" She grabbed her phone out her pocket and stormed away shaking her head, Mark even looking slightly disappointed in him.
"You aren't getting out of this" Derek was shocked at the tone in his voice, watching in horror as he walked away, leaving Richard and Derek with their guilt.
"What did we do?" Derek asked him in an utter lose, Richard wanting to punch himself in the face.
"We ruined everything"
Three years later
Dr Meredith Grey, chief of General Surgery looked at the tumour on the examination room wall in awe, shaking her head.
"I can't believe he is still going, this is miraculous" She said in awe, the chief of surgery, Dr Smith nodding along.
"It's wrapped itself around his spinal cord, his heart, his liver and kidney. It's amazing he is still alive- this should have killed him months ago"
"What a stroke of fate he breaks his leg for the first time in his life and we catch this"
"Do you think you can remove the tumour from his liver and kidney?" Meredith nodded, knowing that in her career she had come face to face with worser tumours in that condition, but on a whole this was a whopper.
"I can, but unless we tackle the other areas and defeat it, it will just grow back. What about you? Can you get that off his heart without killing him?" The chief raised his eyebrows, shaking his head.
"I have faced a lot of tumours but this is out of my hands. I mean, look at the way it wraps around his valves, it would be a suicide mission going in on that. Although, I have a friend who has a surgical team who might be able to go in on that. Are you willing to work on it with outsiders?"
"Anything to come face to face with this" She grinned, him nodding, pulling out his phone. He excused himself, making the call outside the room while Meredith continued to admire the beauty the mans body had created. She flashed back to the tumour that was drew on her bedroom wall back at home, Derek's face flashing through her mind. She shook her head, putting her focus back on the scans. Now was not the time to be distracted by old memories. She hadn't spoken to Derek since the night in the parking lot, not speaking to most people since that night. She spoke to Bailey, April, Cristina and Lexie often though, them all face-timing her and calling whenever they get a chance, but nobody even breached the subject of Derek or even Richard for that matter. And neither of them spoke to the two men regularly, keeping the relationship in work professional and nothing more. She was snapped out of her haze when the chief walked back in, a grin on his face.
"I have some surgeons taking the two hours flight right now to look at this, will you wait for their arrival?" She nodded, wondering what set of surgeons would agree to consulting on something like this without even a little bit of warning.
"How many?"
"I think there is a cardio specialist, a neuro, an ortho for his leg considering Rowling's is on holiday and another general to help you out"
"Well the general better not be stuck up otherwise I will be kicking them out" She laughed, Smith pulling an awkward face making her frown.
"I think you will be good. Be in reception in two" The hours went by slowly, Meredith meeting Smith in reception. She was messing with a pen and paper, her back to the doors as Smith stood next to her.
"What hospital did you say there were from?" She wondered, Smith not answering her question, but diverting it to another.
"What made you stay here and not go back to Seattle when you passed your boards?"
"Well I doubted the board for the hospital would have accepted me after the incident but I liked the new scenery here. Besides, you have a better general surgery program"
"Yes but you passed your boards with flying colours, anyone would have had you"
"I had a history there you know that. Half of the people I worked with I couldn't stand to look at so I decided to stay. I want to move on as best as I can" He cringed, Meredith not noticing as she continued to swirl the pen around on the paper.
"You never told me what hospital you flew them in from" She said again after a few minutes, Smith perking up when he saw the car pull up.
"Here they are" She just rolled her eyes, not turning around as he stood up straight, walking towards a man he recognised from articles, shaking his hand.
"Thank you all for coming on such short notice! I would like to introduce you to the other general surgeon working on the liver and kidney" Meredith sighed and turned around, her eyes widening in horror as she came face to face with Cristina, Callie, Richard and Derek, all staring at her in shock.