Title: Picture of the Past
Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy. I don't own anything or anyone.
Summary: A girl has a homework assignment to find an old picture and write a story about the people in the picture. Then she must meet the people and find information about them. She drags up the past and brings long lost friends back together. Sequel to High School Never Ends.
Digging up the past
Laurel stared at the numbers she had written down the previous day. She thought for a moment about who to call first and decided on Meredith Grey. She was the mother of the baby and probably the most willing to talk about the picture. She dialed the phone and waited.
The front desk of Seattle Grace Hospital answered the phone.
"Hello Seattle Grace Hospital Surgical Wing, Mindy speaking. How may I help you?"
"Hi my name is Laurel Write and I am looking for Meredith Grey please." She said in her politest voice.
"One moment please" five minutes later Mindy came back. "I am sorry Dr. Grey is in surgery. I can get Dr. Ellis Grey for you or take a message."
Laurel debated for a minute but then decided. "No I'll just call back later but thank you anyway." She wasn't sure how Ellis Grey was related to Meredith or even if she was.
Laurel didn't know who to call next. She decided on Derek Shepherd who was the father she suspected. He now lived in Baltimore.
"John Hopkins Hospital surgical wing Alicia speaking. How may I help you?" Came the annoyed voice at the other end.
'Hi my name is Laurel Write. I am looking for Dr. Derek Shepherd.' She was taking a guess that he was also a doctor.
"He is in a meeting right now. Can I get you another doctor to speak with?"
"Oh I will just call back later. Thank you for taking time to help me."
She hung up the phone. It wasn't going as easy as she thought it would be. Laurel debates who to call next and decides on Mark Sloane, who was living in New York.
"Dr. Mark Sloane's office how may I help you?" Came the cheerful voice of the receptionist. Laurel thought he must be doing well for himself to have a private practice.
"Hi I am Laurel Write. I am hoping to speak with Dr. Sloane."
"Hold please."
Fifteen minutes of bad music later Mark answered the phone.
"Dr. Mark Sloane, Plastic Surgeon."
"Hi my name is Laurel Write and I came across an old picture and I am doing a project on it and you were in the picture. I was hoping I could ask you a couple of questions about when the picture was taken and some of the people in the picture. The picture had you, Meredith Grey, Derek Shepherd, Preston Burke, Cristina Yang, Callie Torres, George O'Malley, Isobel Stevens, Alex Karev, and Addison Montgomery in it."
"I haven't talked to some of them in over ten years."
"I just need to know about when the picture was taken and you can tell me what you are doing now. I can ask them about what they are doing now myself. Meredith was in the hospital holding a baby girl in her arms and you were all around her looking somewhat happy."
"You should leave the past in the past. I have to go now. It was nice talking to you Laurel." With that he hung up the phone without another word. She was now really curious as to why the past should stay in the past.
Laurel was curious at why Mark was uncomfortable about talking about the past. She looked at the picture to see who she might get the truth out of. George O'Malley looked like an honest guy so she called him.
"Nancy speaking University of Michigan Hospital how may I help you?"
"My name is Laurel Write and I am looking for George O'Malley."
"I am sorry Dr. O'Malley is currently off duty. I can page him if you would like though or leave a message for when he gets in."
"No I will just call back at another time." She was really starting to get sick of all these doctors being busy. Laurel then looked at the picture and could tell that Cristina wouldn't lie to you so she called her.
"Dr. Cristina Yang, from Stanford Hospital, speaking can I help you?"
"Yes hi my name is Laurel Write."
"That name sounds familiar do I know you?" Cristina said tapping her nails on her lunch table trying to think back. "Oh my God I know who you are."
"You do because I just got your name from doing a project about finding a picture with people you don't know in it and then writing a story. Then I have to research the people in the picture and possible meet them."
"Yup your parents are Mr. and Mrs. Write. Do they still work at the high school?"
"Yeah they do. So I was wondering if you could tell me about the picture I found. It has Meredith in the picture shortly after giving birth to a baby girl. Can you tell me anything?'
"I haven't spoken to Meredith in three years. She was the last one I spoke to Izzie and I lost contact five years ago. Meredith gave that baby in the picture up for adoption. Her mother and Derek's parents made them. They kind of got attached by the end of her pregnancy. Girls in the school made Meredith's senior year of high school hell." Cristina gets paged for her surgery. "I have to go perform surgery on someone's heart. You can call back later if you want to know more." Laurel started to write down the information she had got so far. Then she got an idea. She would convince them all to meet up with her and tell them all the same place and time. They hadn't spoken in years but in the picture you could tell they were really close. She stopped calling before she had a plan to tell them when and where to meet up with her.