"Hey Mer you almost done," Izzie asked poking her head into Grace's room.
"Uh no not really," said Meredith, they were still waiting for Grace's results, Derek had put a rush on them but it still took another hour or so.
"It's just me and George have and the car…. We came together…" said Izzie awkwardly they had all heard about Grace by now.
"It's fine take the car home…I'll be back later," said Meredith.
"I'll take you home," said Derek who was sitting in the chair next to Grace's bed just staring into space.
"I'm so sorry, when was your shift supposed to finish?" said Grace she was sitting cross legged on the bed with her ipod.
"3 hours ago," said Izzie, "You better be careful, you'll hit your limit soon"
"You should go home, I'm so sorry I didn't realise," said Grace.
"It's alright, I'm staying," said Meredith.
"No, it's not fair on you. I have Uncle Derek not that he is much help at keeping me amused," said Grace.
"Grace I'm staying, it shouldn't be much longer anyway," said Meredith firmly. She couldn't explain it but she really liked this girl, she reminded her of Derek and Mark so much at times only as a girl.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah of course," said Meredith.
"Okay thank you. At least let me buy you a coffee, even if it is crappy hospital coffee," said Grace.
"That is not necessary," said Meredith.
"Come on please, I have to get out of this room. He is driving me insane," she said indicating to Derek.
"Alright then," smiled Meredith.
"Uncle Derek, I'm going to the Cafeteria with Meredith," she said to Derek.
"Huh oh okay alright then," he said, "I'll go and chase up these results. I'll page you"
"Okay, come on then," said Grace grabbing her bag and bouncing off the bed.
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"My dad told me about you," said Grace as she and Meredith sat down with their coffee.
"Did he?" asked Meredith surprised.
"Yeah, when he came back. He told me you had been seeing Uncle Derek while Satan was in New York, and he punched him when he saw that he was talking to you. He also said you were on of the most promising interns he had seen in a long time," said Grace.
"Oh," was all Meredith said.
"Did you love him?"
"Who?"
"Uncle Derek, did you love him?"
"I uh… don't think we should…." Said Meredith uncomfortably.
"Sorry am I making you uncomfortable? I tend to do that a lot, I speak exactly what I am thinking," said Grace.
"It's okay," shrugged Meredith.
"Dad says he loved you," said Grace.
"Can we please change the subject?"
"Okay sorry. You know thoughts just fall out my head without going through the brain route first"
"It's fine," said Meredith, "How have I not heard about you? Your dad was here for weeks"
"Yeah me and my dad haven't been on the best of terms for the past few months," said Grace looking away.
"I'm sorry. You okay?"
"Uh yeah, I guess," said Grace.
"What happened?"
"Are you always this nosey?" said Grace.
"Uh coming from you," laughed Meredith.
"True," laughed Grace, "We just had a big fight when he and Addison… I moved out and we have barely spoken since."
"You're 16 how can you move out…" said Meredith.
"Dad lives in his bachelor pad on 5th and I live in the brownstone," shrugged Grace, "he pays the bills, school fees and my credit card"
"Wow reminds me a little of me and my mum," said Meredith remembering her childhood, and absent mother.
"I guess it would, Ellis Grey as a mother. We're quite similar then, both from single parent families, said parent is a great surgeon crappy parent," said Grace.
"Yeah," said Meredith, "You should still call your dad, if you're ill…."
"I doubt he would care, when I packed my bags he didn't even try to stop me. I thought he would at least offer to ask Addison to move out…." Said Grace.
"Addison was living with you and Mark…" said Meredith.
"Oh crap," said Grace, "Yes she was, but please don't say anything I said I wouldn't"
"Your secret is safe with me," said Meredith.
"She wasn't always such a bitch," said Grace.
"She isn't a…."
"She is," insisted Grace.
Meredith's pager went off, she looked down it was Derek.
"Your results are in," she said.
"Let's go then," said Grace.