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A/N: I can't believe I forgot the best song of all, in the last chapter…
Kendall Payne: Scratch
Chapter 7: Closer To Perfection
VO: As a child you always have the perfect future for yourself. You would Marry a prince or even become a dolphin.
"Do you see her already?"
"No, Meredith just like 10 seconds before."
That afternoon they brought Sara back to the hospital and now they were standing at the airport to pick Emily up.
"You tell me if you see her, right?"
"Yes Mere"
"Oh, I'm sorry I'm just so nervous" She said laughing. She leaned towards him and gave him a kiss on his lips, but quick.
"It's okay I can understand" Derek said. "Isn't that her?" He pointed to a girl with blond hair she was really skinny and she looked a lot like Meredith.
"Yeah, it is" She ran towards her and pulled Derek with her. "Hey Emily" She hugged her. "Here, let Derek carry your suitcases" She passed Derek the suitcases.
"I don't think we've met" Emily said shaking his hand. "Emily"
"Derek, I'm Meredith's… boyfriend"
"Are you?" Meredith said laughing. She saw the expression on his face. "Of course silly"
When they came home George, Izzie and Christina were sitting on the couch watching Elis' surgical tapes.
"Emily, this is everybody. Everybody this is Emily, my sister"
Christina walked over Meredith. "Meredith, Burke is driving me crazy he keeps asking me if he plays good trumpet, how can I know, I've never played a damn instrument."
"Emily, this is Christina"
"Nice to meet you"
"Yeah, you look a lot like Meredith" And Christina began a conversation with Emily.
Derek fell down on the couch. "What are we watching"
Everybody looked at him.
"What are you doing here?" George said confused.
"Oh, Meredith and I are back together."
"Oh then it's okay" Izzie said sarcastic. "Let me have a word with you mister" And she pulled him into the kitchen.
Derek glanced back to Emily and Meredith.
"Derek, I'm so sorry" Meredith said just as Derek said it to her when Addison showed up. Derek could hear her laughing when he was in the kitchen.
"So mister, very nice you're back with Meredith and all but you hurt her and I don't want to have a train wreck in this house again, do you understand" Izzie said very impatient.
"Yes ma'am" Derek said very fake scared.
"Because if you hurt her again I will personally come to the little pathetic trailer of yours and kill you with it."
"How?" Derek said confused.
"I don't know, but I'm a doctor I will think of something maybe it involves a car and you flat"
"Okay, okay I understand."
"Good" Izzie smiled again. "Chocolate cupcake?"
"Oh, my god" He walked out of the kitchen.
"what?" She screamed after him.
Derek walked back into the living room to see George and Christina sitting on the couch and no Meredith and Emily anywhere.
"If you're wondering where Meredith and Emily are, they are talking about you upstairs." She said with her eyes still on TV.
"I wouldn't go there if I were you" George said while Derek was walking upstairs.
"Well, I'm going" he said.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid" Christina said.
When he walked to the guest room he could hear them talking.
"He was married?"
"Yes, with this, you know red haired fabulous gynaecologist."
"Seriously?"
"Oh, that talking about me" Derek said to himself and he practically ran back downstairs. He fell down on the couch. "You were right; I don't want to go up there"
"Told ya so"
"So, I'm going to be your intern?" Emily said. They were driving to the hospital for Emily's first day at Seattle grace.
"Yep, chief told me yesterday"
"Not awkward at all" George said from the back.
"Shut up George, they are banding" Izzie hissed.
"You will be with 2 other girls and 2 other boys" Meredith said.
"Seriously" Izzie said. "I only have boys, you're lucky Mere"
"I have 4 girls and 1 boy" George said.
"That sucks for the boy" Meredith said laughing.
They walked into the hospital.
"Well, go change" Meredith said.
"I'm going, I'm going."
"Oh, I love being a resident"
Christina walked over them.
"I hate interns"
"Yeah because we were interns so long time okay, like last month" Izzie said sarcastic.
"Seriously Izzie, stop trying you don't have it. Just leave the sarcasm to me, okay."
"We better go, interns are waiting for us."
"Torture time" Alex said who just walked towards them.
"Yeah" And they walked towards the locker rooms.
When Meredith walked to the locker room she decided to give a quick visit to Sara. She walked in her room.
"Sara?"
"Hey Meredith"
"Hey, I got to go fast but I just came to see how you are."
"I'm fine"
"Okay, that's good."
"Yeah"
Meredith gave her a kiss on her cheek and ran out of her room.
"Grey, Foreman, Kinter, Johnson and Werten you are with me." Meredith said as she walked into the locker room. "I'm Doctor Grey and I'm your resident" She smiled at Emily. "Let's have some fun" And they walked out of the locker room.
At lunch everybody came back together.
"Mine are so stupid one didn't even know how to suture." Christina said with her mouth half full.
"Well, I have this girl and she's so stubborn she tried to convince me that your hart is on your right instead of your left side."
Everybody was quiet and looked at Meredith.
"Okay maybe not exactly that, but she's definitely stubborn"
She didn't notice the chief walked towards them when she looked up she saw the concern in his eyes.
"Meredith, it's your mother"
Meredith drove to the nursing home. Christina would take over her interns but she didn't tell Emily where she was going. She walked into the nursing home and started screaming to one of the nurses.
"She ran away"
"I'm so sorry Dr Grey."
"What she just jumped out of the window without any of you notices it"
"Yeah, kind of"
"Oh god, how are we going to find her?"
"The police will only start looking when she's missing for24 hours."
"Yeah, just great"
"A couple of our employees are already searching. I'm sorry we can't do anything else but wait."
She stormed out of the nursing home and got into her car. When she got in her anger disappeared and made room for sadness she started sobbing and cried all her frustrations out. Her cell phone rang.
"Hello, Meredith? Is that you?"
"Yeah I'm here Iz"
"I just called to see if you're alright. Emily is very worried."
"Oh I'm fine"
"You don't sound Fine Meredith."
"I'm fine, tell Emily I'm fine. I don't want her to worry"
"Yeah, I can do that but she's not the main issue about worrying." She said clearly not comfortable.
"Meredith? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine Derek don't you worry" She said laughing.
"Okay" He was glad to hear her laughing again.
"Well I got to go." It was quiet for a minute. "Derek?"
"Yeah"
"Can you come over tonight?"
"Of course Meredith"
"Thanks"
"Bye Meredith"
"Bye Derek" She hung up the phone and drove home.
Meredith had stayed on the couch for the rest of the day. She suddenly remembered there was nothing on TV at day so she watched some chick-flick movies. Derek, George, Emily and Izzie walked in the living room.
"Hey Mere how are you."
"I'm fine"
"Yeah right" Derek sat down next to her on the couch.
"I brought Izzie, George and Emily cause you took the car."
"Oh I'm so sorry I forgot."
"Oh don't mind Mere" George said he walked upstairs.
"Meredith you know what helps in this kind of situations… A chocolate cupcake"
"I already ate them Izzie" Meredith said.
"Oh I can make some more" Izzie walked to the kitchen.
"She'll be busy for a few hours." Meredith said. "Come here Em"
"You know it's really annoying when everybody talks about something you don't know"
"I know, but I going to tell you."
They looked at Derek.
"Some privacy please."
"Oh, oh I understand" He practically ran to the kitchen.
"Okay Em, You know mum has Alzheimer.
"Yeah"
"well, it's very advanced and she is almost never lucid."
"I didn't know that"
"Well, I just got a call from the nursing home and she… she ran away"
"That can't be good"
"No it's not. Most of the time she doesn't even know what she's doing"
"Oh god" She burst into tears and Meredith followed. She hugged her.
"It will be alright it will all be alright"
VO: As you get older you create a more realistic perfect future, of course nothing is completely perfect…
"We will find her."
VO: And when it doesn't go as you would like, you always have your family and your friends where you can lean on.