Summary: My take of late season 11 onward. Derek's accident happened, but Meredith has heard nothing from him. When she can't deal with living alone with their children in the Dream House in the woods, Meredith pulls an Ellis Grey and flees with nothing more than a vague note. Where does she go? Will Derek find his way back to his wife and kids?
Five o'clock came and went last week leaving Meredith with nothing more than irrelevant news.
We've found your husband's car on some back roads. There was an accident, but at this time we have not recovered a body. Missus Shepherd, we will keep you informed of your husband's status.
That was last week. And that was all Meredith Grey had heard from the police, at least before they notified her that the only thing recovered at the site was Derek's totaled car and cell phone. She had no whereabouts on her husband and the mystery was getting to her. All she wanted to know was if she even still had a husband. Or was she a widow that was left behind with two children? But what if he was alive, where the Hell is Derek?
Alas, mystery grew into worried impatience. Only to change in a matter of hours to worried, impatient, and what can only be described at as joy. She still worried about her husband, and she always will until she hears about him otherwise, but now, a tiny piece of plastic changed her life. Derek had managed to impregnate her once again.
As days passed on, Meredith still heard nothing from or about her husband. By two weeks, she had enough of the sympathetic looks and the daily reminder that she could be raising three kids alone in the huge house in the woods. So she had to go. Anywhere.
But she wanted to stay close in case anything had happened with Derek. Then again, she also planned to leave without telling anyone, not even Alex.
In the middle of the night, Meredith Grey left with her kids, leaving behind the vaguest of notes. She didn't really understand why, but her mind told her to leave to the one place no one would expect Meredith 'Dark and Twisty' Grey to go—sunny Los Angeles. Maybe it was just her mind telling her that she could have one Addison Montgomery as her OBGYN. After all, that baby in her uterus could be the last reminder of Derek, a reminder that she wanted to keep safe, and she would need the help of the ex-She Shepherd.
That was how Meredith Grey landed herself in Los Angeles, California. After the grueling eighteen hour drive, Meredith had checked herself and the kids into a hotel before heading to Seaside Health and Wellness. To say she was nervous would be an understatement. The last time she saw Addison Montgomery was when she came to perform emergency surgery on Callie, but the last time she talked to Addison was years earlier back before just weeks before she and Derek had gotten engaged.
And now she was walking into the practice partially owned by the red head in hopes that Addison would take her on as a patient. When she walked out of the elevator and entered the practice, Meredith noticed a very thin woman standing at the reception desk looking over what seemed to be messages. She slowly approached the desk quickly growing even more nervous than she already was.
"Excuse me?" Was what escaped Meredith's mouth in a polite manner.
The thin woman looked up at Meredith and smiled. "I'm Doctor Turner, can I help you with something?"
Meredith was about to ask for Addison when the read head had appeared herself. "I was looking for Doctor Montgomery," Meredith said, somehow she had earned confidence by the time the neonatal surgeon was at the desk. "Addison, hi," Meredith spoke softly with a small smile on her face.
"Meredith Grey! It has been forever since I saw you." Addison looked down and smiled at the two children who stood by their mother. Bailey was between Meredith and Zola holding on to both of their hands tightly. She was amazed how much the young boy resembled Derek. Before she could ask who they were, though she had already known due to phone calls she had with both Derek and Amelia, Zola stuck her right hand out.
"I'm Zola. This is my baby brother."
Addison smiled and looked at Bailey. "And what's your name, buddy?" A soft whisper of 'Bailey' came out of the boy's mouth. The red head looked back up at Meredith before speaking up again. "What can I help you with, Meredith?" Based on the way the younger woman bit her bottom lip, Addison could tell that it was something important, something she didn't want her kids to know about. "Hey, guys. See over there? Why don't you two go play over there while I talk to your Mommy?" She spotted Jake as she was speaking, "And if you need anything at all, Doctor Reilly is going to be right here, okay?" Both kids nodded before Zola led Bailey over to the corner of the waiting room that held children's toys.
As soon as she saw her kids were settled, Meredith looked at Addison. "I'm pregnant. And I'm going to need your help."
Seeing the serious look of Grey's face, Addison led her to her office. "No Derek?" She was certainly surprised that the neurosurgeon wasn't with Meredith, especially when she came to seek help for their baby.
"I actually don't know where he is. For all I know, he's dead. I haven't heard from him in two weeks. There was an accident and his car was totaled but no Derek anywhere. I fled to LA, Seattle just became too much without him there. Everywhere I went there was a reminder of him, or there were the looks of sympathy on everyone's faces. So, if Derek is dead, I need your help in keeping this baby nice and safe until its ready to be born. Aside from Bailey, this is the last physical reminder I will have of Derek. So, please Addison, please help me. I already lost one baby, was diagnosed with a hostile uterus, and almost lost Bailey..well actually I almost died with Bailey," Meredith had continued rambling much to the amusement of Addison.
"Meredith, I will help you, that I can promise. We'll do our best to keep that baby in there until you're ready to deliver, okay?"
"Thank you."
Just the starter, so it's short. Yes, started a new story again, but this idea popped into my head the other night when I couldn't fall asleep. Trying to figure out an update schedule for each of my stories.