Chapter One

You breathed infinity into my world
and time was lost up in a cloud and in a whirl.
We dug a hole in the cool grey earth and lay there for the night.
Then you said, "wait for me we'll fly the wind,
we'll grow old and you'll be stronger without him" but oh,
now my world is at your feet. I was lost and I was found,
but I was alive and now I've drowned.
So now I will be waiting for the world to hear my song
so they can tell me I was wrong...

"It's too late! You're sorry? You're SORRY?! No. no. You, you drink yourself into a pit every night and come home and expect me to be the loving dutiful wife and when I'm no use you hit me?! No. No more Jack. I'm leaving you. And I mean it this time." Meredith Grey screamed at the man who wasted 3 years of her life.

She was young, just started her internship in Boston when she met a nice guy, Intern just like her. Tall, dark, attractive; he knew all the right things to say. And of course she fell for him, hard and fast. 6 months later, they were married. A year after that he began drinking heavily. She pretended she didn't notice, carried on as if nothing was wrong but 6 months after he started drinking he hit her. He promised he would never do it again, but of course he kept hitting her until one day she just couldn't handle it anymore. She wasn't going to loose what she was, her identity, what she believed in for a guy. For a stupid guy. She had better morals than that.

But they weren't there beneath your stare,
and they weren't stripped 'till they were bare of
any bindings from the world outside that room.
And they weren't taken by the hand
and led through fields of naked land
where any pre-conceived ideas were blown away...
so I couldn't say "no".

"Meredith, I'm going to miss you." Claire hugged her friend tightly. "I wish I had known sooner. I mean it's not too late. We can call the police and they will sort him out… you don't have to leave…"

"I know, but I need a fresh start, there are too many memories here. Good ones too. But I think it's best to just start again. Plus his parents are filthy rich and never liked me in the first place. He'll probably make it out that I'm lying and I'll just waste my money on lawyers. It's better if I just leave."

"Okay, but you have my number. As soon as you have a place in Seattle you call me and I'll be there straight away."

"Claire, as much as I'd love you to do that. You have a job. Patients to care for. I can't get you to do that." Meredith smiled at her closest friend she had made in Boston.

You sighed and I was lost in you, weeks could've past for all I knew.
You were there blanket of the over-world and so I couldn't say,
I wouldn't say "no". But they all said, "you're too young to even know,
just don't let it grow and you'll be stronger without him"
but oh, now, my world is at your feet. I was lost and I was found,
but I was alive and now I've drowned.
So now I will be waiting for the world to hear my song
so they can tell me I was wrong...

"I will Mer, whenever, just call okay?" Claire smiled and pulled Meredith in for a hug.

"Okay Claire." Meredith shed a tear and squeezed her friend tight. Meredith quickly wiped away the tear before her friend saw.

"I got to catch my flight now. But promise me. Don't tell him where I am. Just say that you had a fight with me and we don't talk. Bad mouth me. Whatever. Because I don't want you to get hurt too" Meredith looked sternly into her friend's eyes.

"Okay Mer, I promise…" Tears ran down Claire's cheeks.

But they weren't there beneath your stare,
and they weren't stripped 'till they were bare
of any bindings from the world outside that room.
And they weren't taken by the hand and led through fields
of naked land where any pre-conceived ideas were blown away...

"Don't cry Claire. It's for the best." Meredith smiled strongly and walked to the gate.

"It's not goodbye, it's just see you later" Meredith yelled from the gate.

Meredith started her new journey, hoping for a new life. Longing for a new beginning.

Claire smiled and watched her best friend get on the plane to a new life in Seattle.

But they weren't there beneath your stare,
and they weren't stripped 'till they were bare
of any bindings from the world outside that room.
And they weren't taken by the hand and led through fields
of naked land where any pre-conceived ideas were blown away...
so I couldn't say "no".

A/N: Happy reading