It had been two days since Addison had gone back to LA and for some reason it was hitting Meredith a lot harder than she expected. She threw herself into work and had worked the last 48 hours nonstop so she didn't have to go home to an empty house. Meredith was just about to go lie down in a one call room when she heard mark calling her from down the corridor "Meredith, come here quick i need to speak to you ASAP." Meredith closed the door and walked towards her brother. "What's up mark?" she asked "I really need to lie down before I pass out" "Umm well, I don't really know how to say this" he replied "JUST SPIT IT OUT MARK, I HAVENT GOT ALL DAY" she shouted. "OK, OK Derek is coming here" he stuttered. Meredith's jaw dropped and her shoulders slumped forward "What? Why?" she asked. "He heard mum is deteriorating and wants to be close in case anything happens" he sighed. Derek was the oldest sibling out of the three and the only child Ellis really wanted. "Fucking fantastic, Doctor Shepherd to the rescue" she spat. Meredith and Derek never got on whilst they were growing up, Derek had a different father than Meredith and Mark and was always treated like the prince of the family. Meredith never met her real father Thatcher, he left when mark was three and Ellis was barely 2 months pregnant with Meredith. From the day Meredith was born she was brought up as Richard's and Ellis daughter. Richard worshipped the ground Meredith walked on and Ellis always got jealous over the bond her husband and daughter shared."Is he going to be working here" Meredith asked. "Yes, dad gave him a job as head of Neuro and he starts on Monday" Mark replied whilst pulling his little sister into a hug "don't let him get to you Mer, I promise everything will be fine" he said whilst giving her a kiss to the forehead. "Thanks mark, I love you" she said with a weak smile. "Go and get some sleep sis you look like death" he laughed. "Always got to spoil a sweet moment between us don't you "she replied. Meredith walked into the on call room and locked the door behind her. She walked over to one of the bunks and slid her shoes off and pulled her phone out.
Meredith: Hey baby are you free to text?
She closed her eyes for a few minutes before her phone started vibrating on her chest.
Addison: Hey my beautiful princess for you anytime, what's up?
Meredith: Mark just came to tell me that Derek is moving back to Seattle.
This time Meredith managed to get half hours shut eye before her phone went off again.
Addison: Are you joking?
Meredith: That would be a pretty sick joke don't you think
Addison: True.
Meredith: From the one word answer I guess you're not happy about this?
Addison: Of course I'm not happy. Mer I'm being paged,call me when you get home.
Two hours later Meredith had finally finished work. She wanted nothing more than to go home to bed but with it being a Friday and her having the day off tomorrow she decided to hit Joes with her fellow interns. "Alex get the tequilas in" Meredith shouted "I plan to get very drunk tonight." The interns had been at the bar for about twenty minutes before Meredith decided they should play a game "Who wants to play I've never?" she asked "How do you play that?" George asked very confused. "Simple Bambi. I say something like I've never had sex and if you have you have to drink, Get it?"Christina asked "Yes I get it" George replied. Meredith walked over to the bar and ordered 10 bottles of beer and 20 shots of tequila. Joe put all their drinks on a tray and handed it to Meredith. As Meredith arrived back at the table her phone began to vibrate. "It can go to voicemail" she said to herself. "Right you ready to play then? "she asked in-between hiccups. They played rock, paper, scissors to see who would start. Alex won with best two out of three so he went first. "I've never had sex in a public place" he said. All the interns downed a shot expect George. "Of course 007 haven't had sex in public" Christina mocked. "Right it's my turn" Izzie interrupted "I've never had sex with someone of the same sex" she giggled. Meredith picked up a shot of tequila and downed it. The other's just started at her with open mouths. "Are we playing or are you four going to sit there and catch flies" she said. Everyone ignored what they had just witnessed and carried on playing the game. They played for another hour and a half before they decided to call it a night. "Hey mer, what do you say about us moving in then" Alex asked trying not to fall over whilst he put his jacket on. "Fine, but Izzie gets first pick of the room so Alex and George you can fight over the other two okay?" she slurred. "Fine" the three of them shouted. Christina could barely stand let alone walk so George and Alex put her in a cab and made sure she got home okay. Meredith and Izzie walked back to Meredith's hoping it would sober them up abit. Meredith walked into the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water hoping it would fend off the hangover. "Want one Iz?" she asked. "No I'm just going to take a shower if that's okay?" she replied "Yeah carry on you know where everything is I'm off to bed. Night" Meredith said as she climbed the stairs. Meredith got to her room and took her phone out of her pocket and checked the screen to see 30 missed calls and 10 texts "OH somebody is pissed" she thought to herself as she climbed into bed too drunk to even undress.