A/N: So in this chapter Meredith and Mark arrives at the hospital... Hope you have a great reading time... Thanks for the reviews by the way... The long ones are really giving me thing to work with! Hugs to you all!

Chapter 7 – Everybody's Changing

As the rain started to fall down on the city of Seattle, Meredith Grey stepped out of the cab in front of a building with letters on it reading "Seattle Grace Hospital". She took a deep breath as she started her way towards the doors. Meredith didn't know what to expect when she'd enter, if she'd enter at all.

"Are you nervous?" Mark said and Meredith blinked. She was so caught up by the feeling of being back on familiar ground that she had started to forget his presence.

"Eh…"

"…because it looks like you're about to throw up any second…" he said laughing.

"I'm not nervous, I'm fine, really. It's just jetlag or whatever it's called…" she rambled as they were almost by the doors. "And I had a crappy breakfast so…"

"You don't get jetlag after a flight across the country…" Mark laughed, but stopped as Meredith gave him a glare. "… but I guess you're different…"

Meredith stopped right in front of the doors and she could feel the warm hospital air make its way out as the doors opened and closed. She could also see the inside much better, and to her surprise nothing looked like it had changed.

Honestly she felt kind of relieved it hadn't, but seriously she knew everything inside wouldn't be the same.

"Are you coming or what!?" Mark shouted halfway through the doors as Meredith was still outside. "It's raining like hell Mer! Come on!"

"No, no I'll stay out here for a while… just wasting some time I guess…" she said and smiled nervously, wiggling back and fourth. "I'm fine really… I'm from here, remember! We like rain!"

"You're acting like a teenaged girl, and your hair will curl up by the water, which reminds me… Your teenaged daughter is inside trying to find her slightly curly haired father. So if you don't get your arrogant surgeon's ass over here she'll find him before we find her!" Mark explained under his breath. "Come on Mer!"

"I'm not the arrogant one!" Meredith shouted and sighed. "I'm coming, though I just have to know…" she paused. "Have I changed?"

"Changed?" Mark looked oddly at her. "Ehm… I don't know really. I mean; I didn't know you when you lived back here, though I can't say you have since I met you in New York… No grey hair, no visible wrinkles, no sacky breast…"

Meredith gave out a smothered laugh. "I'm not 50 yet Mark…"

"Oh, and what is that supposed to mean?!" he scoffed. "That I am? That I have grey hair, visible wrinkles and… sacky breasts…" Mark made a face.

"Shut up Mark… You do not have visible wrinkles and definitely no sacky breasts…" Meredith smiled. "But you are 50, and you do have grey hair… but grey hair is kinda sexy…"

"So you think I'm hot?"

"I never said that!"

"Whatever you say… So are you coming?"

Meredith nodded. "But what I meant with changing was as a person; have I changed?"

Mark scratched his head. "As I said, I didn't know you back here, but I think the whole mother thing changes everyone... Besides that I think you're pretty much the same as you were when I met you… Still a bit messy and weird…"

"I like you too…" Meredith said and nodded as she walked up to him. "Thanks…"

"You're welcome…" he said as he wiped away a few raindrops from her cheek.

"So let's find Zadie now…" Meredith said, but as she was just about to walk inside Mark grabbed her arm. "What?"

"You don't think you can just sneak in and get Zadie without being seen right?" he said and looked seriously at her, as she looked down. "Mer?"

"On the plane I thought I'd just rush in, get Zadie, and leave all this behind me, but I know that wouldn't be fair to anyone, especially not to Zadie…" Meredith paused, taking a deep breath. "I always knew that a day like this would come along and the truth or secret would or whatever one can call it would come out… I guess this morning when I woke up, I didn't thought that this day would be that day…"

Mark smiled. "I know you didn't…" he said and put his arm around her shoulders as the started to walk inside. "So how do you think your friends will react?"

"For starters: I don't know if they still consider me as their friend or just the bitch who left them…" Meredith exclaimed, almost with a bit of irony in her voice. "Really I have no idea what they're like now… All I know is that they have changed. It's like that song…"

"What song?" Mark looked at her as she stared up at the ceiling, thinking. "Meredith?"

"… everybody's changing and I don't feel the same…" she sang. "That old Keane song… Remember?"

"No… but remind yourself to never sing again…" he said rubbing his forehead. "You're not Celine Dion, just so you know…"

"I never said I was!" Meredith sighed. "You're a jackass you know that?"

"So you keep telling me…" he smiled as they walked up the stairs.

"… like you can sing any better…" Meredith murmured, and looked up at the signs hanging from the ceiling. "Not even the signs in the ceiling have changed…"

"Maybe that's because the Surgical Wing hasn't moved…"

Meredith glared at him. "Did I tell you you're a jackass?"

"Still weird and messy…" Mark chuckled and nodded.

"Oh shut up…"

A/N: So... Good? Bad? I made it a funny but yet a serious one I think. Next chapter we'll meet Derek, maybe we'll find out how he's been the last 15 years... Though I'm keeping you in suspense, cause I don't I'll make Zadie meet him just yet, but maybe Mer will... Well see you guys, and please review!