An: At the beginning of most chapters there will be the intro section which is taken directly from the show it self. I've also changed the age of some people, so they are all slightly younger then normal attending's. Also I've decided to have Callie and Arizona staying together no matter what because I needed a stable relationship between two people that knew what Meredith was somewhat going through.
I do not own any of Grey's Anatomy.
Pain. You just have to ride it out. Hope it goes away on its own. Hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions. No easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside.
Meredith awoke on time the next morning, having a quick shower and getting dressed before going to deal with Lucas. She got him dressed and fed and in no time, she was off to the hospital for her first day of work. She said goodbye to Lucas as she dropped him off at the hospital's daycare, watching him head inside and get greeted by the daycare's supervisor before heading to the attending lounge to change into a pair of dark navy scrubs. She walked out into the hall, grabbing a tablet and seeing if any general cases were new and needed reviewing. Throughout her shift, she roamed the hospital, meeting some of the other attendings and residents she hadn't met the day before, including Dr. Avery and Dr. Hunt. For the most part her day was going well. No big trauma or emergencies coming in, only minor issues that she had the residents and interns do most the work on as she observed their techniques and skills from afar.
Half way through her shift she was paged for a consult in the Intensive Care Unit. She had taken a deep breath and was halfway there before stopping, berating herself for being emotional and thinking about the last time she was on that floor. I will have to be going up there all the time now that I work at the hospital, she reminded herself. Meredith toke another deep breath before continuing on her path, finding herself at the patient's room within a few minutes. Dr. Karev greeted her and explained how Amy, the patient, was found out side the hospital in a huge amount of pain. Meredith looked at the chart and her eyes widened a bit at the age of her patient. Alex noticed this and explained her was trying to keep it out of the spotlight and since she was a kid, he decided the adult ICU would be better..
Mer completed her check and found a tumor in the girl's stomach. She asked Alex to book the OR and let her know and they could go in together. She exited the room and was half way to the elevator when she turned around and headed to another patient room. She found the room empty and walked in, running a hand along the bed before sitting in the chair beside the empty bed. She smiled softly as she thought of the last time Mark had flown to New York to see them.
Mark wanted to surprise Meredith and Lucas and had booked a week off work and called Meredith's boss, asking him to let her off work for a week. He arrived at home and quietly unlocked the door before putting his suitcase in the door and closing the door behind him. He could hear Meredith talking to Lucas in the kitchen, no doubt telling him that Mark would be home later tonight like usual. Mark took quiet steps before yelling loudly.
"Honey, I'm home!" He stepped into view, smiling widely and opening his arm as Lucas ran at him. He kissed his head before carrying him over to Meredith and kissing her softly on the lips.
"You're home early." Meredith pointed out, as she grabbed Lucas' bowl and toke it to the sink. He smiled at her and she raised an eyebrow, wondering what he wanted. "Why are you smiling?"
"I'm not allowed to smile?" he joked before turning his attention to Lucas. "How would you like to go on a trip, Son?"
"A Trip?" he asked unsure, never being on one as he was born in New York.
"Yea. I was thinking we could go to DisneyWorld."
"You're not serious? Mark I have to work."
"I am serious, and no you don't. I called the chief and he gave you the week off to hang out with your son and fiancée." He smiled, putting down Luke before grabbing Meredith by her waist and kissing her.
Mer smiled at the memory, looking down to her left hand where the ring used to be before grabbing her necklace where the ring now hung. She checked her watch seeing her shift was over in a couple hours then her and Lucas could head home. She looked at the bed again, getting lost in memories once more.
Mark had left for Seattle, spending the last couple nights with Meredith. Mer told him to find her if he was still single if he ever came back. He promised and gave her a last kiss. Meredith smile calling after him to tell Callie hi.. A few hours after he left she started not feeling all to well and berated herself for staying in the cold for so long after he left. It wasn't till two weeks later, and lots of morning sickness, did Meredith decided this couldn't be just the flu. She got a pregnancy test and a hour later was laying in a private room at the hospital she work at with her best friend, Cristina Yang, pouring cold gel onto her stomach to confirm the test.
Their relationship wasn't meant to hold feelings. Sure they both felt something for one another, but it wasn't supposed to be anything more then a fling. Meredith knew he felt something more when he asked her if it was okay if he was the surrogate father for Callie a month after they started their fling. It took her a week to make up her mind and she hopped on a plane to Seattle to talk to him in person.
When she arrived in Seattle, she headed straight to Seattle Grace Hospital to see if he was there. When he saw her in the hall he was confused and went to see her. Mark had walked up to her and hugged her , asking how she was. Meredith relaxed in his arms before replying she could be better then asking the same question back. They talked for a few minutes before she asked when he got off. He said in a hour and she asked if they could talk after.
When she told him, he was shocked. Amazed that two doctors could forget that all forms of birth control weren't a hundred percent preventive. After the shock wore down, he was ecstatic. Happy to be a father again but mostly happy Meredith was the mother, he hugged her tightly before kissing her eagerly.
Mer had tears in her eyes as she heard footsteps nearing her. She quickly wiped the tears away before standing up and heading out of the room, unfortunately being seen by Dr. Shepherd.
"Dr. Grey?" She froze when he said her name. Derek had seen her come out of the room, and a moment of thinking he realized it was the exact room Mark was in when they took him off life support. He had watched her sit there with her son, holding Mark's hand, as if him dying was okay. Meredith had broken down once she got home, but had been strong for her son and Mark. "How is your first day going?" he asked as if nothing happened between them the day before.
"It's been good, not too busy so I'm expecting to wait for a busier day before deciding how it goes. Ask me in a week maybe." She smiled and waved goodbye turning to head to the elevator. She decided she would leave a few minutes early if no cases were priority. She stood at the nurses table looking at the tablet, reading over the general cases. She made a mental note to check one patient first thing in the morning and continued to the lounge to grab her clothes and head home.
Once changed and ready to go she headed to daycare, grabbing her tired child and heading to the parking lot, she finished buckling him and walked to her side of the car when she noticed Dr. Shepherd..
"Dr. Grey, I miss him too."