Hello!
So I had no time to translate another chapter. Well not until today. I used the little time I had between Biology and German and I have to be back in school in about 30 Minutes so I won't write a novel long AN.
I don't know how much time I will have in the next weeks with learning for school and all.
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Have fun with Chapter 6.
LG Julia
Chapter 6
It was raining which was no surprise. There were many days in Seattle filled with rain. But just rain was an understatement. The term monsoon was more fitting. Meredith stood on the bridge in front of the "glass wall" and watched the world outside of Seattle Grace Hospital. She stood there motionless. The young woman leaned back against the railing and ignored what happened around her. She didn't even recognize the Doctors and Nurses who ran past her. She was disappointment. Bu was the term disappointment the right one to describe her feelings? Had she expected a different reaction to her mother? Had she really believed the chief could be proud of her daughter? Had she hoped Ellis would take her "part" as Kate's grandmother?
All these questions were buzzing in Meredith's head of, while she stared out the window. Suddenly here phone vibrated in her pocket which caused Mer to jump. Meredith took it out of her pocked and slapped herself on the forehead. Of course, the dinner at Thatcher's house. How could she forget it? One look at the clock told her that her shift ended over an hour ago. She should have been at her father's house about 30 Minutes ago. Meredith ran to the locker room as fast as she could to get changed.
"Come on, pick up the damn phone." Derek said nervously.
For over an hour now he tried to reach his wife. He definitely had left her over 50 voice messages by now. Did she have an argument with Ellis? Was she still in surgery? Did the battery of her phone die? The neurosurgeon kept going through all the possibilities why his wife wasn't with him yet or why she couldn't pick up her damn phone. He was not used to his wife "ignoring" him like she did right now.
"Did she pick up yet?" The worried face of Thatcher appeared in the kitchen.
"No."
"I want to know what's going on. If she had another surgery she would have called. "
"I know. Maybe she is ignoring her phone because she wants some alone time. "
"Why should she want to be alone?"
"Ellis is our new chief of surgery."
"The Ellis? Ellis Grey? My ex-wife? "
"Yes, the one and only!"
"Oh, holy shit.", Thatcher's face was full of shock and concern now.
"I thought the same when Richard told us yesterday."
"Are you two talking about "The Mother of the Year"? ", suddenly Meredith appeared in the kitchen.
"Meredith, thank god." Derek hugged his wife.
"Where have you been?" Thatcher asked his eldest daughter.
"I've been thinking."
"What? Why? What happened?" Derek asked worried.
"I've had a pretty interesting conversation with my mother."
"What did Ellis say to you?" Thatcher saw the sad eyes of his daughter and he felt the anger about his ex-wife rise in him. Not only had betrayed him and left with Meredith. No, she made her childhood hell and was now back again mess up her life.
"It does not matter now." Meredith said.
"So did you have dinner yet?"
"No, we wanted to wait on you. The casserole is still in the oven so it should be still warm. "
"Ok, then let's eat."
The three adults went into the dining room, where Susan and Kate were waiting for them. Thatcher took the casserole out of the oven, while the others started talking about their plans for Christmas.
"Mommy?"
"Yes, kiddo."
"Is Santa Claus coming to our house when there is no snow?" Kate looked questioningly at her mother with wide eyes.
"Of course."
"Really?."
"Sure."
Meredith looked amused at her daughter. Kate was used to snow on the Christmas holidays. Usually, the three of them spent the holidays in New York with Derek's family. But unfortunately they did not get leave this year. So this year they had to stay home in Seattle. Meredith was glad that Derek's mother would come over the holidays, because Susan and Thatcher would spent the holidays with Molly, and who lived in a small town about an hour away.
The rest of the dinner went smoothly and after about an hour of talking Meredith and Derek were on their way home with her daughter.
"Is she asleep?"
"Yes."
"Good."
"Meredith, what's going on?" Derek said as he snuggled under the covers with her.
"I had a pretty intense conversation with my mother." ,the young woman said, closing her eyes as her husband put his arm around her. The next moment she snuggled even closer to him.
"What did Ellis say to you?"
"It's not important."
"Meredith, you're upset. So it is important" Derek said.
"Ok, my mother saw us."
"And why does that make you upset? We work in the same hospital, it is clear that they see us there."
"No I don't mean it like that. She saw us going into an On-Call room yesterday. She thought we had an affair. I told her I was married but not to whom. So she thought I would never get one as good as you are. I set her straight. "
"And what did you tell her?"
"Well, she asked me how long we were sleeping together and I told her the truth. Then she asked me if my husband knew I was sleeping with you. I said yes. She got angry and I told her that my so called affair and my husband are one and the same person. "
"And what did she say?"
"Nothing, I left the room. I can't believe she compared me to herself. "
Meredith felt as tears forming in her eyes. Her mother was back in her life for 24 hours and once again had showed Mer how ordinary she thought she was.
