They had devoured the meal together while Meredith listened to both girls tell her about their day.
Meredith had always tried to sit and talk with them, and found that hearing them out helped them to further te bonds that they had already.
Grace had told Meredith about her Biology test, while Hope spoke of the Prom coming up.
Both girls had noticed their mothers attention fading, and could tell that her mind had wandered elsewhere.
Grace nudged Hope and couldnt hide the massive smirk on her face.
"So there's this guy, Zac. You've seen him. He's a senior and drives that really nice blue hummer. I've liked him for a while now and anyway, i was thnking about cashing in my v-card with him at the prom. I mean its just sex right?" Grace said.
"Yeah, its like a rite of passage." Hope finished for her sister.
Meredith hadnt inteded for her mind to drift off from what her girls had been saying, but if anything was ever going to catch her attention, then her babies talking about cashing in their "v-cards" definitely did the trick.
"There will be no cashing in you v-card." she said strongly. "You are 14. You will not be having sex or even contemplating sex before you are 21 years of age. Because with sex comes disease, and babies, and while i love my babies there is no way in hell that i am ready to be a grandmother."
Hope had to try really had to hide the smirk that was on her face.
"So no sex" Meredith finished before moving around collecting all of their rubbish.
It was only then that Hope and Grace looked at each other before breaking into a fit of giggles.
Meredith doesnt laugh, she just shakes her head.
"Now that you've heard about our day, why dont we hear about yours?" Hope asked innocently.
"Not much to tell." Meredith says un-enthusiastically.
The girls look at each other, but know that she is lying. They have always been able to tell when she was telling tales. It was partly because of the look in her eyes and the way her voice wavered.
"Please" Grace says giving her a pouty puppy dog face. "We know you're distracted by something." she adds.
Meredith sighs as she turns to face them. "There is a guy here who looks like..." she starts before they are interrupted.
"Good your here." Ellis says as she walks in followed closely by Caroline. She smiles quickly at her gran daughters before continuing. "Now that you're fed, we need to head down to the OR. The Patient seized again and coded. Some bumbling intern tried to fix it but i had to defib to get her back." Ellis told her.
"The surgery isnt for another hour." Meredith states.
"I've moved it forward." Ellis replies.
Meredith nods knowing that this was how things were. She then moved to quickly kiss her girls before looking briefly at Caroline. " Dont let them con you into anything." she warns.
"They wont" Caroline replies as she moves forward and kisses Meredith. "We might watch for a bit from the gallery though." she states as the twins continue watching them closely, realizing that they would get to see their mother in the OR.