Someone asked when Maura and Jane would be entering this fic. I promise its very soon.
Ellis Grey hadn't been surprised when her husband had called to confirm their dinner plans for the evening. He always had a way of getting their daughter to meet with them even when she was angry with something that both of them had done. Knowing that he had managed to deal with that side of her made Ellis feel at ease that maybe she had a chance to redeem herself in the eyes of her child . She knew that it wouldn't always be an easy feat but hoped that an apology and whatever Thatcher could come up with in the mean time would assist in their daughter and her fiancée not running for the hills.
Looking down at her paper work, Ellis sighed. She hadn't been anywhere near the OR for the past two days thanks to this great pile of rubbish that had built up on her desk. "it's what you get for hogging the damn room the other day." Ellis heard her head tell her, and she let out another sigh as she lowered her head to rest upon her desk. When she had aspired to be chief she had never expected it to entail so much crap.
Closing her eyes, Ellis ignored the sound of her stomach rumbling as well as the accompanying knock on the door, both which she knew were annoying and completely unrelated.
Slowly lifting her head, she opened her eyes to see Dr Shepherd walk in. She could see a soft smile forming on his face and knew without a word that he had caught her with her eyes closed. Before she had a chance to ask him what he wanted, the mans wife - her niece and their best friend slipped in behind him.
Ellis's gaze shifted to Addison before moving on to Dr Sloan. "What do I owe the pleasure for such a visit?" Ellis asked.
The three doctors in front of her seemed to look between each other before returning their eyes back to her. "The chicken has flown the coop." Mark Sloan had said as if he thought he was being quite creative. Ellis just raised her eyebrows at him .
"We were wondering whether you would be interested in coming to Joes for a lunch" Addison informed her, after she made a point of slapping at Marks shoulder. "It seems to be the place to eat." She added knowing that Ellis would catch on.
Ellis smiled softly at her niece. "Is that so?" She asked and all three people nodded.
Looking down at her paper work, Ellis knew that she really shouldn't be going anywhere for a sit down meal but admitted that she needed some form of a break.
"Come on Elle," Addison encouraged, "you know you want to spy..."
Ellis tilted her head to consider the offer a little more, as she did her stomach cried out for food once more.
"The noise speaks for itself" Derek spoke, and as he did, moved around the desk to help his wife's aunt, his boss, out of her seat.
"Fine" Ellis sounded before turning to look at Mark Sloan. "Are you coming too or will you be able to stay back and hold the fort?" She asked.
"I'll stay" Mark promptly replied. Ellis gave a quick nod as she took Derek's offered hand, before standing.
"Good, make sure there isn't mayhem." Ellis warned before allowing Derek to lead her to the door.
"So they're eating at Joes?" Ellis asked as she walked with them out of her office. Maybe she would get another view of her future daughter in law.
...Heavy Heart... Heavy Heart... Heavy Heart
Calliope was relieved when Meredith arrived and escorted her to the Emerald City Bar, a place Meredith had told her would satisfy all of her cravings. She had steak on the brain from the moment she had returned to her office and begun to unpack and it had taken her an hour to allow herself to give into those cravings.
Now, as Meredith held her hand across the table, she couldn't stop her leg from bouncing with the anticipation for her lunch. She knew that Meredith would consider her bizarre but it was the only thing that she had craved so far and she wasn't too sure what to think of it.
She watched as her fiancée rolled her engagement ring around using her thumb and wondered just how long it would take for Meredith to crack and push the notion of the wedding. Callie had to admit that she found it highly amusing that her partner who once suffered from commitment phobia was now eager to get hitched, she didn't want to ask herself why the woman was now in a rush because a part of her wanted to rush down the aisle too. With the baby coming, and the move across the country, she wasn't sure whether they could handle another big thing to organise, but Meredith was determined.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Meredith asked and Callie couldn't help but smile at Meredith. She very rarely used the one liners correctly but this had been one she had mastered while in Miami. Most likely, Callie reminded herself, because she herself had a tendency to use that one a lot.
"Just thinking of you" Callie decided to tell her somewhat truthfully. She didn't want to broach the subject of the wedding herself, but in admitting that she was thinking about her fiancee while waiting for her food she knew she could truly open up the flirt fest that they skipped around of late.
"Care to further develop that?" She heard Meredith ask, as a foot slipped out of a shoe and up her leg.
Callie withheld from making a sound and instead widened her legs slightly and gripped Meredith's hand tightly. "Don't stir unless you intend on following through." Callie told her and Meredith giggled in response. "I'm like a horny bear right now and we haven't had sex in a week." Callie warned.
"What would you do to me?" Meredith teased before blushing red, realising that Joe the bar man had brought their food out to them.
"Don't mind me" Joe spoke, and Callie couldn't help but smile further at how embarrassed Meredith was at being caught out talking dirty. "We get all sorts around here, besides Meredith, it's good to see you still have game."
Callie waited for the bar man to walk away, struggling to hold in her laughter as well as trying not to think about the mans words. How did he know that her fiancée had game previously?
"Oh god!" Callie heard Meredith sound once Joe was far enough away. She felt the hand of Meredith's moving out of grasp and she quickly closed her own firmly around it.
"How about I tell you what I would do, once I have devoured this." Callie told Meredith as she lifted her hand and kissed it gently.
Meredith blushed from the attention, before giving Callie's a hand a squeeze in return.
"This looks and smells amazing." Callie pushed on , wanting Meredith to relax.
Meredith smiled slightly before Callie let her withdraw her hand so that she could begin to eat.
Slicing into her steak, Callie slowly lost herself in her food. She closed her eyes to savior each bite, her craving for now, fulfilled
... Heavy Heart... Heavy Heart... Heavy Heart...
Meredith had found it hard to concentrate on her food from the moment she had watched Calliope close her eyes and let out a soft appreciative moan when she bit into the steak. She found that her body seemed to react instantly and the heat she had felt from embarrassment, moments before was quickly being replaced by the heat that was associated with desire.
Meredith picked at some of her fries while she took in her fiancees appearance. It was true what they said about pregnant women glowing. She had thought it quite ridiculous when she had first heard about it, but now she wasn't so sure.
Calliope Torres had never looked hotter and Meredith wasn't sure why she hadn't stopped and taken a good look at her fiancée recently. Yes she had loved her and shown her that love, but with all the moving and organisation for their trip across the country, she hadn't been able to completely stop and look at Callie and see the true effects of her pregnancy.
A smile started to cross her face as she watched as the subject of her affection lifted another piece of steak to her mouth.
"What?" Callie asked once she finished chewing and Meredith realised that she must have been staring at her.
"Just taking you in." Meredith responded and was not completely sure how it sounded to her fiancée.
"Hmmm" Callie sounded and Meredith looked at her carefully waiting to see if she would continue her response.
Deciding to give her fiancée that little more to ease her she added, "we've been so busy I am not sure I have given myself the chance to just completely take you in. You look beautiful."
"Your saying this because the morning sickness has eased and you are hoping to get laid aren't you?" Callie questioned and Meredith couldn't help but shake her head. She was a little disappointed that her fiancée could think so little of her but then again, Callie, herself, had admitted to feeling horny earlier.
"I'm saying it because this is the first time we have sat and ate a meal together in a place that's not beside a toilet or in bed. These past 3 months since we conceived the baby. I don't think either of us has stopped long enough to truly appreciate each other." Meredith told Callie as she decided to make herself cut into her steak.
Meredith then watched as Callie seemed to consider all that she had just said before giving a nod of acceptance.
"You do know that I love you right?" Meredith heard Callie ask, and Meredith took in the emotion that was thick in her voice and the evidence of tears in her eyes, damn hormones.
"Of course" Meredith sounded as she reached for Callie's hands "I was just saying that we've been busy.
Meredith watched as Callie took a breath to steady herself "I don't want you to think..." Callie started and Meredith quickly stood, causing her to stop. She moved swiftly around the table and slid onto the bench seat beside Callie.
"Shush" Meredith sounded as she wrapped her arm around Callie. "I didn't mean anything bad." Meredith told her. She turned Callie's face so that it was now close to her own. Lifting her hand Meredith cupped Callie's cheek.
"I love you, you're amazing. You are everything I want and need." Meredith told her before leaning in to kiss her, she hoped she could kiss away this latest wave of worry.
In pulling back, Meredith reached over for her plate and cutlery.
"I'm enjoying being with you." Meredith told Callie as she settled with her food. "I'm sorry I upset you."
...Heavy Heart... Heavy Heart... Heavy Heart...
Ellis watched as her daughter kissed her fiancée and noted the concern in her eyes. She had just arrived at Joes and while she longed for a drink and food, she couldn't take her eyes off of the couple.
"Elle, what do you want to eat? Derek will order." Addison told her.
"El?" Addison said again, while Derek came to a stop right in front of her, blocking her view.
"I'll have what Meredith is having." She told her before she began to move past Derek and towards Meredith .
"El" Derek said as he tried to stop her from walking towards Meredith.
"Once you've ordered pull up a seat and let's join the happy couple. I don't want to play spy." Ellis told them before continuing on towards the table.
She watched the couple as she did, the change in their body language, their obvious ease with each other. She hoped they could stay comfortable when she intended on crashing what could possibly be an intimate moment. God only knew how much she hated being disturbed during couples time with Thatch.
"May I join?" She asked as she came to a stop at the end of the table, pulling the now eating couple away from their meal.
Ellis watched as Callie stiffened, while Meredith simply looked up at her mother.
Ellis didn't make a move to sit, which normally she wouldn't have waited for consent, but this time she paused long enough to see an obvious exchange between Meredith and Callie before Meredith gave a sharp nod.
Ellis let out a relieved sigh before she slid into the booth across from the women.
Smiling softly at her daughter she waited for Addison to join her on the bench seat before thinking it wise to talk.
"Calliope I wish to apologise to you for my behaviour this morning. I sometimes find it quite difficult to keep my concerns to myself, but you must understand, Meredith is my only child and Thatch and I tend to be quite protective of her."
"Mum" Meredith sounded in warning, but Ellis quickly waved her off. "It's all I wanted to say on the matter." She advised Meredith.
Meredith nodded, and Ellis watched as she reached for Callie's hand to hold it tight.
"Please don't let us keep you from your food, Derek is just ordering our as well." Addison advised.
Ellis watched as Meredith let go of Callie's hand and took a hold of her cutlery, but not before Callie leaned briefly into her.
