She stormed down the hall. Her emotions were somewhere between hurt and furious.

"Dr. Grey?" Lexi said as she walked by.

Meredith looked at her with fire in her eyes. "Yes, Dr. Grey."

"I was wondering if I could scrub in on Dr. Shepherd's…"

"No. You will stay with your attending. I always have to tell you to stay with your attending. How many times do I have to repeat this dance with you!? Your attending in Dr. Sloan today, so ALL of today, you will be with Dr. Sloan!" She explained in a huff before storming away.

By the time she got to the Chief's office, fury had faded and replaced with pain and hurt. She knocked letting out a long sigh waiting for an answer.

"I'm in a meeting." He yelled back.

She took a deep breath and opened the door. "Sir, this will only take a second."

The Chief looked up at Meredith then back to the board member sitting across from him. Meredith's actions didn't seem to stutter as waited for the Chief to answer even though she was disobeying him. Tears lined her eyes.

"What do you need, Dr. Grey?" He sighed.

"I can't stay here. I can't be here right now."

"What are you talking about?" He stood up and walked over to her.

"Emily is back." She said quietly before she let the tears overflow her eyes.

"What? Em… Emily is here?"

She nodded. "I need to leave. I can't focus."

"No, no. I understand. Take all the time you need."

"Thank you." She sniffled wiped her eyes.

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She fell back onto the bench after changing into street clothes and rubbed her forehead. Opening her wallet, she withdrew an old picture. Its fragile edges were ripped and bent. She unfolded it and stared at the two little girls who looked back at her. The younger one stood beside a red wagon with a teddy bear tucked under her arm and her thumb in her mouth. Her hair was up in pigtails with little ribbons tied around them. She looked to be about two or three. The older one who looked to be five or six stood by the tree not far from the other girl. Her hair down in a mass of dark blonde curls wearing a pink skirt and white top. Neither smiled just stood looking at the camera.

The door to the locker room opened. She quickly folded the picture up and returned it to her wallet. Rubbing her temple, she stood up and stared down into her locker. Mark came up next to her smiling.

"Hey." He said.

"Hi." She mumbled returning her eyes back to her things.

"Are you getting out of here?"

"Yeah."

"What's wrong Mer?"

She shook her head and sighed. "Nothing. I got to go find my interns."

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"Alex?" She said leaning onto the nurses' station.

"You look like crap." He commented raising an eyebrow.

"Thanks. Can you watch my interns?"

"We don't need a babysitter, Dr. Grey." Jonathon interrupted.

She turned and glared at her interns before looking back at Alex. "Can you?"

"Where are you going?" He asked sorting through some charts.

"Alex, please." The desperation in her voice was evident.

He looked up from his chart. "What happened?"

"I don't want to talk about it. Just… Can you take them?"

He nodded giving her a suspicious look.

"Thank you." She turned back to her interns. "If I hear any of you did anything, and I will hear about it, I will hurt each and every one of you. Grey, if I hear you even try to move services, there will be consequences." Lexi rolled her eyes, but nodded as Meredith turned back to Alex. "Thank you again. See you later." With that she walked away.

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She kicked the door shut with her foot. The house was quiet and in the same manner as when Izzie, Alex, and herself left that morning. The house she grew up in. She didn't think about it anymore perhaps it was because of the pain the memories brought with it. Her eyes traveled up the stairs.

"Daddy?" Her voice was soft and tired. She held the rail with a firm grasp as she took each step carefully. She warily walked over to her father and put her hands up. She tried to hug him, but he carefully took her hands off of him and put them by her side. "Daddy? What's wrong?"

"Meri, what are you doing out of bed?"

"There was a boom, boom, boom."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you. Go back to bed before Emily wakes up."

"Where are you going?" She asked noticing the suitcase.

"I'm going away for awhile. You're too young to understand."

"No I'm a big girl. I'm five."

He smiled and gave her a hug. Walking to the door, he stopped to say something, but decided against it. "Be a good girl." He mumbled as he opened the door, grabbed the suitcase, and left.

Tears rolled off her cheeks as she walked up the steps to her bedroom. Walking into her closet, she reached up and pulled a box off the shelf. She carried it back to her bed and sat down tucking her feet under her.

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He knocked again, but still no answer. Taking a few steps, he looked around the house at her car. She had to be here. He knew she wouldn't mind if he let himself in. Opening the door, he stepped into the considerably warmer house.

"Meredith?" He called. "Mer?" But nobody answered. He walked up the stairs and called her name again. With once again no answer, he walked down to her room and knocked. "Meredith? Are you in there?"

He opened the door after waiting a few seconds. She was standing by the bed staring blankly at a picture in her hand. Her face was swollen under her eyes. Her nose and eyes were red. So it was obvious she had been crying.

"Mer?" He called softly. She didn't look up until he called her again. "Mer? Are you okay?"

She didn't answer as he came closer until he was right beside her. Without a word, the photo dropped to the floor and she collapsed into his arms. He was caught off guard, but reacted immediately and lifted her into his arms. Using one arm to balance her and the other to move a few pictures, he sat down on the bed with her in his lap. For a second, his eyes just scanned the different pictures.

"What's wrong?" He asked pushing her hair out of her face.