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Just a little warning, this story is un-beta. All mistake are mine and I apologize a head of time.
Warning: A friend of mine read this chapter and said I should warn you about the flashback. So there, I warned you. You get a little glimpse into Meredith more recent past and it gets a little violent. Also, to warn you that it is a little graphic. Nothing to bad, I've read more graphic stories, But yeah, so it's just the flashback. You'll clearly be able to tell where it starts and where it ends, if that's not your cup of tea and you wish to skip it.
Unexpected Company
Meredith was laying in her bed, her back to the door, staring at her bedroom wall. She didn't need to look at her alarm clock, she knew she didn't have to be up for another fifteen minutes but she couldn't seem to fall back asleep either. Today was the first day of the week from hell. Now, many people would tell her not to have such a grim out look on things but Meredith has been through this before and she knew it was going to take at least a week before working in the hospital didn't look so grim. Well, that's how it went when she started her internship in North Carolina.
It only took an hour for people to start asking about her mother and she tried to lie at first saying she didn't know an Ellis Grey and they may be related some where way, way down the line. That only blew up in her face when an attendee sarcastically told her how great it was to be able to work with Ellis Grey's daughter in front of the other interns. Thus, began the week from hell and she really wasn't looking forward to a repeat. The floor creaking in the hallway caused Meredith to roll over and face the door. Within seconds, it slowly started to open and Maddie peeked inside.
"Hey Munchkin." Meredith whispered "What are you doing up?"
Maddie walk towards the bed as Meredith lifted the blanket so she could climb in. She waited until she felt Meredith's arm pull her closer to her before saying in a trembling voice "Bad dream."
Meredith's eye's shot open. She's been awake for at least an hour, staring at the wall and didn't hear Maddie cry out for her. Sitting up on her elbow, She made sure she was looking Maddie in the eye before asking "Oh Honey, why didn't you wake me up?"
Maddie immediately broke eye contact and shrugged her shoulders. Realization hit Meredith like a ton of brick's.
~ Flashback ~
Meredith let out a soft moan as he left a trail of kisses from her mouth to her neck. It wasn't a real moan. She hadn't felt anything close to pleasure from this man in months but she learned the consequences of not faking it, a long time ago.
"I've missed you, baby." he whispered in her ear.
"Mmm, me too."
Relief washed over her when she felt him smile against her neck. Relief should be the last thing she should feel in this position. A man lying on top of her, his hand under her shirt slowly traveling towards her breast, sucking on her neck, nibbling every so often. She knew there be a mark. There was always a mark. Pleasure, that's what she should be feeling. It's been so long since she felt something pleasurable.
"Oh God…" she moan as his hand finally made contact with her breast, simultaneously rolling her nipple between his fingers and biting down on her neck. Yeah, she's gotten good at faking it.
"You like that, Mer?" he asked huskily
"Mmm hmm." she replied as she arced her back.
Truthfully, she was trying her hardest not to vomit at the moment. Two more weeks, she told herself She could endure the torture for two more weeks. She's been trying her hardest not to piss him off since they returned from Seattle. He's been on edge and she didn't like the way he's been acting towards Maddie. He's never laid a hand on her daughter but that didn't mean he wouldn't and he's been blowing up at her lately for no reason.
Tear sprung to her eyes when she felt his hand abandon her breast and travel south. She didn't want to have sex with him and it was getting hard and hard to do it. Each time she felt his hands on her, her skin would crawl. Looking at him now, she had no idea how or why she ever fell for him in the first place. She hated this man on top of her.
He tugged at the string holding her pajama pant's in place. Crashing his lips to hers, he hooked his fingers on the waistband and pulled them down her legs, along with her underwear. He's never been a fan of foreplay, unless it was him getting pleasured, of course. At first, it bothered Meredith. Sometimes, without foreplay, she wouldn't find her release but as time went on, she was glad, wanting to get it over as soon as possible. He tossed her pants over his shoulder before standing up and pulling his own off.
"Mommy!" Maddie's scream broke through the quiet night.
"Ignore her." he said as she climbed on top of her
"I can't-"
"Ignore her." he demanded this time "We're in the middle of something. She'll go back to sleep, she's fine."
Meredith wanted to protest, she wanted to scream that her daughter was more important then what they were about to do. But the look in his eye stopped her and she merely nodded.
"Good girl." he said, grinning.
He roughly grabbed the back of her knee's, spreading her leg's far enough apart that she yelped in pain.
"Condom." Meredith suddenly said, putting her hands on his lower stomach to stop him from entering her. She was on the shot, the pill was to much work. She always forgot to take it but still, she didn't want to take any chances.
"No." he said as he grin grew even wider "We're not using condom's anymore. I think it's time we try for a baby. One of our own."
She felt the vomit rise in her throat. She'd never have a child with him. She had to think of something fast.
"MOMMY!" Maddie called out again. Meredith could tell she was sobbing now and she heard a door creak open. Her eyes immediately focused on his face to see if he heard it to.
"It's time that little brat learns not to interrupt us." he growled as he got off the bed.
"NO!" Meredith screamed, jumping up from the bed. She quickly found her pant's and pulled them on as he yanked open the bedroom door. Following him out into the hallway, she looked at Maddie, who was standing a couple of feet in front of her door.
"Madison honey, go in your room." she said softly but gave her a look, letting her know how serious she was. She knew what her next action would cause but she needed to get his attention back on her. So, she reached out and grabbed his arm, spinning him around so they were facing each other and braced herself.
"Bitch!" he hissed as he reached up and slapped her, across the face, with the back of his hand "Never put your fucking hands on me."
"Mommy." Maddie cried out as Meredith fell to the floor.
"Madison, get in your room." Meredith said as she scrambled to get back on her feet "NOW!"
Maddie listened and ran back into her room. Meredith felt relief wash over her when she heard the door shut. It vanished when she felt his hand wrap around her neck, slamming her into the wall.
"Never," he paused, tighten his hold on her neck, inching closer to her face "Never correct me in front of her again. She need's to learn to stay in her room at night. She get's you all day. At night, you're mine."
Meredith knew Maddie had heard every word he just said. It wasn't like he was trying to keep his voice down. There was no reason to. Sure they lived in an apartment building but on the top floor, in a corner, with the apartment below them vacant. Had been since they moved in three months ago.
"GOT IT!" he yelled when she didn't respond right away, tighten his grip even more.
Meredith couldn't breath let alone talk. Her nails dug at his hands, trying to get him to loosen his grip. Finally, she nodded her head. He instantly let go and she fell to the floor, grasping for air.
"Getting a little braver, baby." he said kicking her lightly in her hip "Don't let it happen again. Now, get up. It's time to teach you a lesson."
She didn't say anything as she rubbed her neck, trying to ease the pain. Suddenly, he reached down and roughly grabbed her by the arm, helping her to her feet. He pushed her inside the room, slamming the door shut behind them.
~ END ~
Meredith instantly reached over Maddie to turn the lamp on beside the bed. Resting her back against the headboard, she pick her up, setting her down in her lap so they were looking at each other. Maddie didn't hold her gaze very long before she buried her head in her neck and Meredith's eyes filled with tears when she felt one of Maddie's fall to her neck.
Taking a deep breath to try and delay the tears from falling, Meredith gently pushed Maddie away so they were, once again, face to face, saying "Maddie, I know…I know you've seen and heard some…very bad things. But no matter what's happen I want you to know that you can come to me anytime you want. No matter what time of day or night it is, if you needed me, come get me or call out for me."
Maddie looked down, playing with the button's on her shirt. Meredith dipped her head down so she would look at her.
"How long have you been having bad dreams?"
Maddie didn't look down this time but she, once again, just shrugged her shoulder. Judging from her reaction, Meredith knew it had been a while.
"Munch, why didn't you tell me?"
"Because he'd hurt you again!" Maddie exclaimed before her eyes went wide and she put her hands over her mouth, like she had just told a secret she wasn't supposed to tell.
This time, Meredith couldn't stop the tear from falling down her cheek. Pulling Maddie to her chest, she kissed the top of her head before whispering "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry, Maddie."
And they stayed that way until the alarm went off causing them to both jump. A smile crossed Meredith's face when Maddie let out a little giggle. Hitting the snooze button, Meredith looked at Maddie and wiped the tears off her cheeks.
"You know I'd do everything in my power to make sure no one ever hurts you, right?"
Maddie nodded her head, if she's learned anything from the things she has witnessed, it was that her mom would protect her, no matter what.
"I don't want him to come back." she said in a small voice.
Meredith didn't know what to say. She knew she wasn't going to allow that man back into their life but she couldn't guarantee he wouldn't show up. It's not like she left a note saying where she went and he didn't know she was from Seattle, he thought she was from Boston. But you could find anything out about anyone if you looked hard enough on the internet.
"I won't let him hurt you." that she could guarantee.
"Or you." Maddie said in a serious tone.
"Or me."
"Promise." Maddie said sticking her pinky out.
Meredith hooked her pinky with Maddie's, saying "Promise."
The alarm went off again and this time Meredith shut it off.
"Alright Munch, as much as I would love to lay in bed with you all day, I have to go to work and you have to go to school. So we have to get ready. We can't be late today."
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Meredith had been staring at the silver door knob for a couple of minutes now. She was standing outside the resident locker room but she couldn't seem to bring herself to open the door. After this morning's wake up call, she had been distracted, not having time think about what was going to happen when she arrived at work But now, Maddie was at school and she needed to changed into her scrubs. No one had tried to leave the locker room since she'd been standing there and she wasn't to sure if there was even anybody in there.
Taking a deep breath, she grabbed the door knob and walked in before she could talk herself out of it again. The conversation stalled and four pairs of eyes immediately focused on her. Two men and two women, one of them, Meredith recognized, as the rude women from yesterday. Nodding her head slightly, she started walking towards her locker, which was on the other side of the two men. She didn't miss the eye roll from the rude women as she walked through the group.
"Cristina!" the blonde exclaim as she pasted.
"What?"
Meredith ignored them as she opened her locker. She placed all her belongings inside before pulling off her sweater. When she got out of the shower this morning, she noticed the yellowish bruise on her upper arm. It wasn't very dark anymore and it would be completely gone in a few days but she still put on a long-sleeved shirt underneath her sweater to avoid any questions. She pulled her scrub shirt over her head before pulling down her jeans. She was completely dressed before she turned around to see all four eyes on her still. The blonde was smiling at her, the rude women looked unimpressed while the two guys openly stared.
"Hi, I'm Izzie Stevens," the blonde said "This is Alex Karev, George O'Malley and the bitch is Cristina Yang."
"Hey." Cristina protested
"Meredith." was all she said, once again giving them a slight nod.
They noticed that she didn't say a last name. Unless of course Meredith was her last name but they highly doubted that. Izzie was about to ask when Dr. Bailey burst through the door.
"I see you decided to show up on time today, Dr. Grey." Dr. Bailey said sending a brief look in Meredith's direction before looking at everyone else. "I'm sure Dr. Stevens has already made introduction, so you should all know Dr. Grey is the newest resident to join Seattle Grace. If she would have showed up for the meeting yesterday, you all would have had a chance to talk to her. Get to know her, that being the entire reason for the meeting. Now is not the time to try and get to know her. You have interns waiting outside. Let's get to work people."
And with that Dr. Bailey disappeared through the door, just as fast as she had appeared. Four pair's of eyes immediately focused on Meredith again. Only this time, they all had that look on their face. The look that said 'how lucky were you'. She knew it was only a matter of time now before someone brought up her mom. She quickly stepped towards the door.
"Dr. Grey?" Alex asked "So the rumors were true."
"Alex!" Izzie exclaimed sending Meredith an apologetic smile.
Meredith ignore both the comment and Izzie as she rushed out the door before anything else could be said only to come face to face with a group of interns. She stop suddenly and it took a minute but she finally pointed at herself and said "Dr. Grey."
All the intern's looked at each other before looking at her confused.
"Dr. Grey?" she heard from behind her. She spun around to come face to face with a rather handsome man. He looked a little to old to be an intern or a resident for that matter but Meredith just nodded her head. It wasn't her place to judge anyone.
"Dr. Shepherd," he said with a smile.
She knew that name, having heard it from Richard. Not knowing what else to say, she repeated "Dr. Grey."
He laughed lightly before nodding his head towards the end of the hallway, saying "You're with me."
She gave him a confused look but followed anyway. At least it was an escape from the other resident's for a while. He laughed a little harder when he saw the look on her face.
"I thought you would like to assisted me in surgery today." he explain
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Mark walked through the busy hallways of Seattle Grace, discreetly listen to the interns whisper behind him. They were talking about none other then Dr. Grey. He had yet to meet the mysterious resident but it seemed like that's all he's heard about today. When he first arrived, it was Derek who brought her up. Telling him she was the daughter of Ellis Grey and he was taking her into surgery this morning to see if she inherited any of her mom's skills.
He blamed it on his curiosity when the Richard suddenly showed up next to him while he watched her and Derek from above. He try to check her out but it wasn't so easy with her bent over an operating table, elbows deep in someone's stomach. Her hair was pulled up, hidden by a surgical cap, her face covered by a mask but yet, her eye's seem to stand out to him. He had seen enough women in that amount of scrubs to know that she had a pretty decent figure hidden. It was when he ask Richard what, for the third time in a row, that the chief's face turned serious and told him Meredith was off limits before walking out of the room.
A smile crossed Mark's face as he turned his attention back to the OR. The idea of her being off limits just seem to add fuel to the infatuation he had with her. An infatuation that was coming on to quickly as it was. That and now he knew her name was Meredith. He's never had a Meredith before. Well, from what he could remember. He took off out of the room when he saw them exiting the OR, wanting to catch her before she disappeared again. Ok, so she was off limit's but that didn't mean he couldn't introduce himself. After all, they would more then likely have to work together someday.
When he made it to the room where she should have been, he came face to face with Derek and only Derek. Who, by this time, was holding his stomach because he was laughing so hard at Mark's not so graceful entrance into the room. Mark pull on his lab coat, as if to straiten himself out and mumbling something under his breath as he went to push the door open to leave. It was then, that Derek told him she had been paged followed by a good luck.
After thirty minutes of 'not looking' for her, he gathered his interns for the day and went to make his rounds. For the past ten minutes they haven't stop talking about the mysterious Meredith Grey. Mark like to believe he knew women pretty well and judging by the way these two were going on and on about her, they were pretty jealous. He knew they weren't paying attention to anything going on around them. That's why one of them nearly ran into him when he suddenly stop. Looking past him he heard one let out a groan when she saw the reason for his abrupt stop.
There she stood, leaning against the counter, looking down at the file open in front of her. She rolled her neck back in forth before reaching up with one hand and rubbing the back of it. Her other hand held a pen as she chewed on the end of it.
"Quick," he suddenly said turning around to face the interns "You had to skip breakfast and lunch. You've just got out of a 5 hour surgery and only have five minutes to spare. What do you grab from the vending machine?" he finished walking between them on his way to the nearest vending machine, knowing this womenl had a habit of disappearing. He gave them five seconds to answer before saying "If this was surgery, in the five seconds you've sat and thought about the answer, your patience could have die and you still haven't answered me."
"A bag of chips."
"A candy bar."
"No, no, a power bar." one answered causing the other to nodded her head.
"A power bar?" he questioned as he pulled out his wallet. Looking through the glass, he noticed three different kinds. He looked back to the interns and pointed at the machine, asking "What one?"
"E5." one answered, immediately this time.
He nodded as he put some money into the machine. He pushed the appropriate buttons and wait until the power bar fell to the bottom. He picked it up and walked around the interns without saying another word. A smirk crossed his face as he approached the counter.
"You did pretty good in surgery," he said "Junior."
Meredith glance at the annoying man out of the corner of her eye "Did you just call me junior?"
"You're Meredith Grey, right?"
Meredith nodded her head, without looking up.
"Daughter of Ellis Grey?"
Once again, she merely nodded her head wondering where he was going with this.
"So, you're a junior."
Meredith rolled her eyes thinking Maddie could come up with a better line. "You seem to know a lot about me."
Mark shrugged his shoulders, the smirk never wavering "I know a few thing."
"Oh yeah, like what?" she asked not once taking her eyes off the file in front of her.
"Like you're Ellis Grey's daughter."
"You've already pointed that out."
She heard him laugh a little as her felt her personal space being invaded. Leaning towards her ear, he whispered "I've never seen anyone make a pair of scrubs look as sexy as they do on you."
Meredith finally looked up and stared at the wall in front of her for a few seconds before she turned and looked at him. His breath got caught in his throat for a second when he finally came face to face with her. Not missing a beat, he pushed himself off the counter, with a smirk on still planted on his face as she let out a little laugh.
"Seriously, does that work?" Meredith said. He could help but smile wider when her eye's seem to darken as her anger raised "I've learn a lot about you, Mark Sloan. I've heard all about your little conquests. And I'm telling you right now, you're wasting your time. I'm immune to your charm. It's not going to work on me."
Meredith didn't give him a chance a reply. She immediately turned her attention back to the file in front of her, thinking he would walk away. It unnerved her when he didn't move an inch and a she heard a chuckle escape.
"You want to grab some lunch?" he suddenly asked.
She narrowed her eyes as she met his face again, wondering what he didn't understand about what she had just said.
"I'll take that as a no." he laughed setting the power bar in front of her "Wouldn't want you to pass out on your first day. There's already enough talk going around, if you know what I mean." he finished nodded his head over his shoulder.
He turned and started to walk away as she looked past him. Two intern's stood behind him, glaring at them, whispering back in fourth to each other. As soon as he was facing them, they stopped and waited for him to pass before following him down the hallway.
"Wait." Meredith suddenly called out causing all of them to turn and look at her, along with a few other people. She grabbed the power bar off the counter as she jogged towards the interns "I'm sure one of you two fetched this so, you can have it."
When neither intern reach for it, she grabbed one of their hands, making her take it. She gave Mark a sweet smile before saying "It's not just me people like to talk about."
And with that she walked way with a smile on her face. Satisfied with getting the last word.
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Meredith walked towards her front door exhausted. Maddie was perched on her hip, talking about her new daycare, which Meredith had dropped her off at after she picked her up from school, having a late lunch with her daughter before heading back to work. She nodded her head, muttering oh yeah or that's cool, Munch, every so often so she wouldn't be accused of ignoring Maddie as she struggled to unlock the front door. As soon as the door was open, Maddie wiggled to get out of her mothers grasp and ran up the stairs, heading towards her room.
Meredith kicked her shoes off before walking in to the living room and let out a groan, clasping onto the couch. She looked around, taking in all the boxes and tried to talk herself into getting up and unpacking what was left. Instead, she found herself resting her head against the back of the couch and her eyes drifted shut.
There wasn't much left to unpack. After the mover's left yesterday, Meredith unpacked Maddie's room first, want her to have some sense of normalcy before she went to pick her up from school. The rest of the night was spent unpacking her room along with the bathroom all the while keeping an eye on Maddie, too. Needless to say, once Maddie was sleeping peacefully in her room, Meredith clasped on her bed.
All that was really left was the kitchen and all the little knick-knacks that made a house feel homey. And after the ten hour shift she just put in at the hospital, she really didn't feel like hanging picture or putting away pots and pans. She swore she could already hear the hammer banging the nail into the wall.
"Mommy, someone's at the door." Maddie giggle from behind her.
Meredith eyes shot open and she heard it again. Someone was defiantly knocking at the door. She turned her head just in time to see Maddie reaching for the door knob.
"Madison, wait." she called out, jumping up from the couch, stubbing her toe on the leg of the coffee table in the process. "Ouch, damn it. Madison, don't op-"
"Papa Richard." Maddie shrieked cutting off Meredith.
She let out a sigh of relief when she heard Richard laugh and dropped to the floor, pulling off her sock to examine her foot.
"I don't think you're suppose to be answering the door." Richard said as Maddie jumped into his arms.
Maddie gave him a kiss on the cheek before wrapping her arms around his neck, saying "I missed you, Papa Richard."
Richard laughed as he looked down at Meredith who rolled her eyes with a smile on her face.
"That door should be locked." he lectured
"I think I broke my toe." Meredith muttered in respones, dropping her gaze back to her foot.
"That doesn't change the fact that the door should be locked."
Meredith stood up and limped over to him, giving him a kiss on the cheek before limping towards the kitchen, calling over her shoulder "Then turn around and lock it."
Richard shook his head as he turned his attention back to Maddie.
"Want to see my room." Maddie asked
He laughed as he put her down, saying "Lead the way."
She reached out and took his hand, pulling him towards the stairs. Stopping suddenly, she turned around and said "Papa Richard, you didn't lock the door."
"Good girl, Munchkin." Meredith called out.
She laughed when she heard the chain rustle before the sound of foot step's and Maddie's voice traveled up the stairs. She started making a pot of coffee, the one thing she had unpacked from the boxes in the kitchen, as one of Maddie's giggles broke through the silence. A smile crossed Meredith face. A plus of moving back to Seattle meant Maddie would see her Papa Richard more.
About eight years after Ellis and Richard ended their affair and went their separate ways, Meredith ran in to him, outside a 18 and older dance club, in Manhattan. She was only fourteen at the time. To make a long story short, he eventually made her take him to the hotel her mother and her were staying at. They were in town so Ellis could attend a conference. Ever since that night, no matter how many time's she hung up the phone or yelled and screamed at him, saying she hated him, that he wasn't her father, that he had no right to butt into her life the way he did, he stuck around. He had always felt somewhat responsible for Ellis packing up Meredith and moving her clear across the country which resulted in Meredith losing all contact with her father. So, in some crazy way he tried to fill the void as much as he could. When he lived in Manhattan, Ellis would call ever so often when Meredith was to much to handle and he would call her or if he could arrange it, he would fly to Boston or where ever Meredith was at the time and play the father roll. He didn't really think it helped much but Meredith would tell you different.
Adele, Richard's wife, admitted year's later that she always knew about the affair and his 'secret trip's' to play daddy to Meredith. After that, all contact stopped untill a rainy night in March of 2001, when Meredith showed up on the Webber's doorstep, that night everything changed. Richard was at the hospital but Adele was home. She was shocked to see a visible pregnant Meredith Grey standing on her doorstep but no the less, ushered her into the house out of the cold. They had never met face to face but she knew what Meredith looked like and even if she didn't, the resembles to her mother was undeniable.
Meredith wasn't sure why she did it but she broke down and told Adele everything. That she as pregnant, a result of a drunken one night stand, how her mother told her she was going to be a horrible mother to her child and she just get ride of it, that it would ruin her career. It broke Adele heart when Meredith turned to her, tear's pouring down her face and said "I know he's your husband and I have no right to be here but he's the closest thing I have to a dad and I really need him, right now."
Adele and Meredith never spoke or saw each other after that night but things retuned to normal, if not better, between Meredith and Richard. He was there for her and Maddie grew up knowing him as Papa Richard. He would call all the time, send gift's on their birthday's and Holiday's. Even flew out every so often to see them.
"You were pretty impressive in the OR today." Richard said as he walked into the kitchen
"So I've heard." she muttered as she poured a cup of coffee.
"You've heard?" Richard repeated as he declined the cup she offered him "From who?"
He was pretty sure he knew and he couldn't stop the anger that started to boil inside him. He told him she was off limits.
Meredith laughed at the look on his face. She'd seen that look a couple of time. Always when he was trying to 'protect' her.
"I think you already know." she finally said.
"Dr. Sloan is a great doctor and a pretty decent guy when he want's to be but he wouldn't be good for you or Maddie, Meredith."
"Don't worry, I've already been warned. Well, not really warned but I've heard things." she said through a yawn.
He nodded, not quite sure if he should take her word before looking down at his watch, saying "I should get going. I just wanted to stop and check in on you two. I figured Maddie wouldn't be making an appearance at the hospital anytime soon and I would be in trouble if I didn't stop and see her soon."
"I was going to invite you over once the house was in order." Meredith laughed before calling up the stairs "Munch, Papa Richards leaving."
"Wait!" Maddie yelled "I'm coming."
"You have a fan." Meredith laughed
"The feeling mutual." Richard smile as Maddie jumped into his arms.
She kissed him on the cheek again before giving him a tight hug, saying "Bye, Papa Richard."
"Bye, Maddie."
Meredith open the door and gave him a kiss on the cheek only to hear a man burst out laughing. Richard and Meredith were shocked to see who stood on the other side of the door and Maddie hide behind her mother's leg's, pecking around at the unexpected company.