Arizona and Meredith looked at each other. Their mother's words going around in both of their heads.
"We need to tell Lexie." Arizona said quietly, still not believing what her mother had just revealed.
"And Richard" Meredith murmured as she looked over at the letter again.
"Yeah" Arizona sighed, thinking back over everything that happened
"Who first?" Meredith asked looking concerned.
"Lexie, I guess." Arizona replied, not able to hide her trepidation of what could come.
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Meredith and Arizona entered the hospital together. Both so nervous that they held each other's hands. In the other hand, Meredith held the letter from her mother.
They were not sure that they were going about this in the best way or the right way, but they knew that they had to do something.
"This will destroy her." Meredith said to Arizona. "You're lucky Ari, there's no question over who your family is." Meredith added.
Arizona looked at her sister, as her hand reached for her pager. "No, I'm just the one caught in the middle of this mess, and finding out that I may have another sister."
Meredith sighed.
"But we're in this together now Mer-bear." Arizona said as she gave her hand a squeeze. "We will get through this together."
Meredith nodded as they both climbed onto the elevator. Both quite shocked to find Derek waiting for them.
"Hey" Meredith murmured as he moved to put his arms around her.
"Hey" he replied, not able to hide the concern on his face. "I saw you both pull in. whats going on?"He asked.
Meredith sighed and pulled him closer to her.
"Mer" he murmured as he ran a hand through her hair.
"We've got to see Lexie about something." She told him and loosened her grip on him slightly.
"Is everything ok?" he asked and he felt Meredith shake her head.
"Can Lexie have the rest of the day off?" she asked.
Derek sighed at the thought of losing another surgeon. "Will she need it after you both speak to her?" he asked.
Meredith nodded. "She's Ellis Greys daughter. She's going to need it."
Derek's eyes widened at the thought as he felt Meredith pull back.
"Sure she can take the day off." He told her as he gave her a quick kiss. "You girls are pretty tough, you'll be fine."
Meredith forced a smile as she stepped off. "Wish us luck." She murmured to him as she headed towards the nurses desk, to where they had paged Lexie.
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Lexie had no idea why Dr Robbins was paging her. Last thing she had heard was that she had left to tend to some personal emergency, but she had no idea what.
Now as she approached the nurses desk she could see both Meredith and Dr Robbins standing together. She could see that Meredith was nervous about something and the look on Dr Robbins face didnt leave much to speculate, their was definitely something going on.
She reached the nurses station and looked awkwardly between the two. Neither girls moved to speak first and it was seeming like they no longer wished to speak with her Letting out a sigh, she then turned to walk away.
"Wait" Arizona called, not wanting her to leave. "We ah..." she started but then stopped, looking to Meredith for support.
"We need to draw some blood." Meredith told her "We will explain it once we get out of this place, but you need to go with Ari and give some blood, then you need to change. We are all taking the rest of the day off."
Lexie looks at Meredith, she can't hide the confusion. Its obvious that something is going on. "Why cant you tell me now?" she asked.
Meredith let out a sigh, "please lex, just , we just . Just do this okay."
Lexie could see the look Merediths eyes, it was obvious that she was pleading with her.
"Ok, but I've got work. I cant go anywhere." she sighed.
"Dr Shepherd has cleared you, you can come with us." Arizona spoke up.
Lexie looked surprised at first but should have realised that if Meredith had told him that she needed Lexie, then he wouldnt hesitate to deliver.
"So i go with Dr Robbins?" Lexie asked.
Meredith nodded. "I have a session." she told Lexie. "Come on up when you're done."
Lexie looked at her curiously as she watched her play with her hands. "So I go with you?" Lexie asked Arizona again.
Arizona nodded. She began walking away, hoping that Lexie would follow
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Arizona hated this. She had hated this before when it was just Meredith, but adding another person to the mix, well that just filled her with dread.
She had carefully inserted the needle into lexie's arm and drew the blood. She had watched her new sister go five shades lighter with the process and knew that in telling her what they had just found out, they were not only welcoming a sister, but they were compltely turning her world upside down.
If lexie could walk away from this it wouldnt be doubted that she was strong.
They were literally going to stand in front of her later and tell her that the mother whose death she had mourned for not even a full year, wasnt her mother, and then had to throw in that her father may not even be that either.
Arizona couldnt even begin to think how she herself would take the news...
Finishing with the sample, she suggested that Lexie go change before waiting outside Dr Wyatts office. In the mean time she would need to run the sample down to the lab to make her final request.
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"Have you considered what effect this will have on you?" Dr Wyatt asked Meredith as she sat with a pen in her hand, ready to take notes from this emergency session.
Meredith shrugs her shoulders. "There's nothing i can really do about it."
Dr Wyatt keeps her eyes focused completely on Meredith who seemed, like usual, to be focused on the fish tank. "What about Lexie, how do you think she will feel?" she asked, hoping that she would get a reaction.
"Our mother lied to us for our whole life. The only difference being that Lexie had a family and i didnt." Meredith said quietly.
"But you are about to tell Lexie that Susan Grey was not her mother and that Thatcher Grey may not actually be her father." Dr Wyatt added.
Meredith sighed, turning slightly to look at Dr Wyatt. "My mother did a really horribel thing because she didnt want to accept the reprecussions of her affairs." Meredith said quietly. "but im sure your going to tell me that she, in some sick and twisted way, was trying to protect her family."
Dr Wyatt watched Meredith toy with her watch, it was a nervous tick that she had become familiar with.
"What do you think Meredith?" Dr Wyatt asked, she was waiting for Meredith to at least answer one of her questions straight.
Meredith bit her lip and toook in Dr Wyatts facial expression. "I think... i think my mother was selfish and was too concerned about her own self image to worry about how this affects her children, her own flesh and blood."
"Was she really selfish Meredith? She did give Lexie to Thatcher." Dr Wyatt stated.
"You asked me what i think." Meredith snapped. "You didnt ask me what i know."
Dr Wyatt sighed, it was obvious that the difficult sessions were going to return. "Well what do you know." she reiterated.
Meredith went back to looking at the fish. They seemed to help relax her. "She was broken, and she was trying to fill the void and replace the missing pieces." Meredith murmured. "she sought out the ultimate connection between a man and a woman to give her that something."
Dr Wyatt nodded. "Sounds like someone else i know."
Meredith looked at Dr Wyatt frozen. "Are you suggesting that i would have a childd and pass it off as another mans?" She asked, her eyes revealing the hurt of the comment.
"No, but at one stage you did seek out the ultimate connection between a man and a woman to fill the void." Dr Wyatt replied.
"No" Meredith sai as she raised her hand up to wipe the tears that were now in her eyes. "It's diffferent." she told her. "What my mother did was inexcusible."
Dr Wyatt sighed. "Meredith."
"No look, im going to go." Meredith told her as she stood and rushed to get her things together. " i.... later." she murmured as she left, ignoring Dr Wyatts attempts to call her back.
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Richard hadnt been able to believe that Samuel had came to see him, epecially after all this time.
He had painfully istened to all that he had to say ecretly thankful that Adele was at work.
Now as he entered the hospital, he was hoping that maybe he would find Meredith here. He had called Derek on hi way in, and was pleased when he told him that she had been in a little earlier and that she had said that she had come in to see Lexie, and had also asked for lexie to have the rest of the day off
Moving through the levels of the hospital, a letter from Ellis held in his hand. He could only hope that he could find the trio and talk to them about all that he had just found out.
With everything that had happened today he felt that the ground had begun to move as the world that he knew started to crumble around him. He had no knowledge of what would remain of his old lide, or what he would find that he could build on from the wreckage.
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Lexie had found Meredith sitting in the supply closet, but the truth be told, she had first watched her run in there. She had decided that it would be best to give her a few minutes to gather her thoughts together before she herself invaded the space.
She had been shocked to see the remnants of tear on her face.
No words came to her as she went to her sister and wrapped her arm around her.
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Arizona found her sisters, they were glued to each other sides. They were standing quietly and Arizona could see the faint lines of tears on Merediths face.
"You okay?" Arizona asked as she neared them, and watched as Meredith pulled away from Lexie slightly.
"Fine" Meredith murmured and Arizona could tell that she obviously wasnt.
"What did she say?" Arizona asked protectively.
"Nothing" Meredith lied.
"Meredith, what did Dr Wyatt say?" Arizona asked again as she reached out to touch her shoulder.
Meredith shrugged it off. "Dont" Meredith murmured, and Arizona watcher he coil away "Didnt we have something we needed to do?" she asked, wanting the focus to be off of her.
Arizona sighed. All she had to do was look at Meredits face to see that whatever it was was bad, and could only hope that she would talk about it later.
"Come on" she sighed ushering her sisters away from the psych ward and towards the elevator.
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Arizona nudged Meredith and Meredith absent mindedly bumped her back not really paying attention to the gesture as she figured that she was trying to bug her about what happened in Dr Wyatts office still. After all, she had only just asked her to drop it. But when she heard her say her name and then stopped, Meredith finally looked up.
Merediths eyes, along with Arizona's, settled on Richard, who wasnt exactly looking like the man he had this morning when Meredith had first faced him.
Her eyes moved over him, taking in his tired features, his comfy sweats, that he now wore, and then there it was, a letter held tightly in his hand.
Lexie, who still had no idea what was going on, was not quite sure about the Chiefs presence, or his appearance for that matter. She did not say anything because the situation remained quiet, and unbeknownst to her, this man was still absorbing the news that she had yet to receive.
"We were just going.'" Arizona stated somewhat protectively.
Meredith moved to press her hand on Arizona's shoulder, willing her to back off slightly. "We just came to get Lexie." Meredith said quietly. "We've taken a sample, and have taken it down to the labs. We should know in a couple of days."
Richard nodded, grateful that she was keeping him in the picture.
"We ummm... we have to go. Still need to talk to Lexie." Meredith then told him.
Richard again nodded, he wasnt quite sure what he could say anyway.
"We will call you when we are done." Arizona filled in, knowing that she really couldnt shut him out completely.
Richard looked surprised yet thankful. The gesture was truly something that would ease his mind.
The girls then began to move past him again and towards the doors.
"What was that about?" Lexie asked, eyeing them both off.
"You'll find out soon enough." Arizona said with a sigh as she continues to lead them to the car.
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There was no place deemed more appropriate for the up and coming conversation than the house of which they all now had a connection.
Lexie was curled up on the couch eying Meredith who was pacing backwards and forwards in a manner that Lexie now knew she had gained from Derek, and Arizona, Arizona was now playing Alex's nintendo wii, trying to develop the courage she needed to have this conversation.
The scene continued and the silence between the three was killing lexie. She had no idea what was going on, but she knew that it was obviously something big.
She sighed slightly not knowing hot to get them to finally speak in the end she decided to go with just asking.
"So whats this..." she started only to be cut off with Merediths "My mom is yours..."
Lexie was stumped by this and watched as Arizona paused her round of Mario Kart and turned to pay attention.
"Come again?" Lexie asked not sure that she ahd heard right.
"My mother is yours." Meredith repeated.
Again Lexie didnt say anything. The only thing that she could figure was that this was a really bad joke.
"Our mother wrote a letter. I think you should read it." Arizona spoke up.
Meredith looked at Arizona with uncertainty.
"Just so you know, it will also explain the blood sample that we took today." Arizona added before flipping back to playing the wii.
Meredith shook her head before handing the letter over to Lexie. "Im sorry" she murmured hanging her head softly as if she was in mourning, and in a way it was as though she was.....
Lexie read the letter. Disbelief washed over her face, as she moved to read the letter again, although she didnt need to she already had it memorised.
She fought the tears that were coming with the stream of questions that were running through her head. She felt like she had been hit by a freight train or a mack truck. She couldnt be sure but she knew that she had been hit by something.
If this letter was correct. If Ellis's words were true, then her motehr, Merediths mother, was not the woman who had tucked her in at night. Was not the one who had comforted her at night when she had nightmares. Was not the person she had grown up with. It meant that Susan Grey was not her mother, and thatcher Grey, possibly not her father. An intense level of hatred filled her as it stormed through her veins with the knowledge that her life could only really be considered a lie. There was no other way to put it, and she had no idea what else to think.
She looked up at a nervous Meredith and an ignorant Arizona. Of course she wouldnt be worried. It wasnt her world, her life, the basis of her existence in question.
Lex." Meredith spoke unable to read her expression.
Lexie shook her head as she stood. "I cant" she murmured as she began to run out of the room.
Meredith went to follow her but was stopped by Ari. "Give her time." she murmured. "you know she'll be back." But the thing was, Meredith wasnt completely sure if she would be.