Meredith, Zola, and Bailey we sitting on the couch trying to ignore Ellis' screaming, but when they heard clashing noise of something breaking that was enough. Something was taken too far. They immediately stood up and looked up the stairs to find Alex bolting down them.

"I-I have to go now." Alex stammered. "Bye kids, and Meredith a word?" He gestured toward the door.

"What happened up there?" Meredith questioned, as she followed him out the front door to talk in private.

"Did you know Ellis made it into the future doctors program at the high school? They only accepted 15 people. 15 people Meredith."

"No." Meredith shook her head. "S-she didn't tell me…"

"I was suppose to be her sponsor at the ceremony and I obviously can't make it so YOU need to. Promise me you won't forget this time..."

Meredith could not believe the words that were coming out of his mouth. Alex never talked to her like that. She was also trying to think of a time she had forgotten about Ellis and she could not think of one, so she just stood there staring at him.

"And one more thing Mer…go talk to Ellis about Derek. She needs to know more about him. She has heard that he was a good man, but only knows the story of her father's death. That is why she wants to be trauma doctor to save lives of people so they don't end up like Derek did."

Tears started to fall slowly down Meredith's cheeks.

"I know it hurts to talk about Derek and that you miss him so much, but so does your daugher. Ellis deserves to get to know the man that her father was so she can be proud of him." With that, Alex walked down the porch steps to his car. "Goodbye Meredith, I will call you tomorrow. Let me know how things go with Ellis." He said and drove away.

Meredith just stood there staring until his car was completely out of sight. Then she broke down and fell to her knees slowly and started crying.

Zola and Bailey peered out the window of the front door and saw their mother on the ground. Her hands were covering her face and she was on her knees. They opened the door slowly and walked over to her.

"Come on mom…" Zola rubbed her back. "You need to come inside... it's chilly out here." Zola and Bailey helped her off the ground. They had no idea how long she had been on the porch alone.

As soon as they were in the house, Meredith went into the bathroom in her bedroom. She closed the door, locked it, and then looked in the mirror and started crying again.

While Meredith was trying to pull herself together in the bathroom Zola and Bailey went to check on Ellis. They quietly opened the door to her bedroom and found shattered glass all over the floor.

"Ellis?" Bailey whispered. "Are you okay?" There was no answer.

"Let me try." Zola pushed Bailey aside. "Hey Ellis…" The pair did not want to enter the room due to the glass everywhere. "She must be sleeping." Zola shrugged her shoulders she closed the door.

Zola and Bailey were on their way to their bedrooms to get ready for bed when they ran into their mother.

"Goodnight you two." She gave each of them a kiss on the head and tried to smile.

"Night mom!" Bailey smiled. "Love you!"

"Love you too Bails." Bailey turned around and went to his bedroom.

"Mom?" Zola asked.

"Yeah Zo?"

"I'm worried about Ellis…there is glass all over by her door and I think she's sleeping, but I wouldn't go in there…"

"Yeah, I need to go talk with her about a few things. This thing with Alex hit her a lot harder than I expected..."

"It is hard on you too mom…"

"It is, but don't worry about me. Okay?"

"Okay mom. Goodnight, I love you." Zola gave her mom a big hug.

"Love you too." Zola headed off to her room.

Meredith walked over to Ellis' room and opened the door.

"Oh my gosh…" Meredith gasped as she looked at the ground. Glass was everywhere. Whatever object Ellis threw had shattered into a million tiny pieces. She took a deep breath and went to get the proper supplies to clean up the mess. After Meredith cleaned it up, she walked over to Ellis' bed to see if she was actually sleeping.

"Hey El, it's me. You don't have to pretend your are sleeping." She whispered.

Ellis sat up and faced her mom. "Are you mad about the glass I'm sorry…" Her eyes were full of tears.

"No." Meredith shook her head. She wiped her daughters tears.

Ellis opened her arms and gave her mom a hug and laid back down. Meredith got up off of her bed and exited the room. She figured Ellis had enough for one day would just talk to her in the morning.

The next morning Ellis and Meredith were sitting in the living room on the couch.

"Why didn't you tell me you made it into the future doctor's program? Or that you even applied for it?" Meredith asked compassionately.

"Because me and Uncle Alex were going to surprise you. We were planning something special…" Ellis looked down. She figured Alex told her yesterday, so she wasn't going to ask how she knew there was no point.

"Alex told me I will be taking his place as your sponsor, so what do I need to do? And what day is the ceremony?"

"Next Friday, in the auditorium and be there by 1:30 and don't be late. Make sure you dress up." Ellis said sternly.

"Alright, I'll be there!"

"Seriously?"

"Seriously!"

"Promise?" Ellis asked.

"I promise!" Meredith smiled and hugged Ellis. She smiled slightly realizing maybe her uncle was right maybe her mom will support her.

Sorry this was a shorter chapter and thanks for the couple reviews I got and the bunch of reads! It means so much! I'm hoping y'all aren't too disappointed with the story so far please hold on! More action next chapter! I promise!

-Lucie