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.

Could it be?

Meredith finished up her surgery and went to the nurses' stations to fill out her chart. Today was an ordinary day for her until she got to the nurses' station and everything would change.

"Dr. Grey you got three phone calls while you were in surgery." Meredith was informed by Nurse Tonia. Meredith thought that was strange all of her friends work in the hospital and she lost contact with her other friends years ago.

"Oh wow I guess I am popular today. Who are they from?" She asked not really interested thinking it was a medical journal or someone trying to sell something again.

"You got one phone call from Mark Sloane, Cristina Yang, and then someone named Laurel Write she didn't leave a message. Mark and Cristina both said to call them back and it was important." She was kind of shocked to hear from Mark it had been close to eight years since she heard from him. Cristina must want to catch up or something it had only been three years. When she heard Laurel's name she knew why they were both calling. Now she was scared what if her daughter wanted to meet her.

"Thanks I will call them back in my office." She walked away quickly never looking back.

When Meredith got in her office she opened a locked drawer and pulled out a picture of her holding Laurel and all of her friends were in the room. That was the last time they were all truly happy together. She suspected that know one knew what to say to her and just didn't and it eventually drove a wedge into there friendship. Instead of calling Cristina or Mark she knew who she had to call.

She dug up an old address book that was kept underneath the picture. Meredith flipped right to the letter S and looked for Derek's name and number. She hoped he was still working at John Hopkins.

"John Hopkins Hospital surgical wing Alicia speaking. How may I help you?"

"Hi this is Dr. Meredith Grey I was wondering if I could speak with Dr. Derek Shepherd it is rather important." She said trying to act like it was a professional call.

"I will go get him. He should be here shortly Dr. Grey." Alicia knocked on the door of Derek's office and waited for his response.

"Dr. Shepherd there is a Dr. Meredith Grey on the phone for you." She said sweetly hoping to catch his attention. In moments of saying her name his face lit up more than she ever say it before.

"I'll take the call in here please."

"Alright she is on line 2." Alicia stepped out of the room leaving Derek alone thinking about why Meredith would call after all this time. He has no other choice but to pick up the phone to find out.

"Dr. Derek Shepherd speaking how may I help you?" He decided to go with the professional card unless she changed it to a personal conversation.

"Derek it is good to hear you voice again. This is Meredith, Meredith Grey. Well actually Dr. Grey now." He could tell she was nervous apparently she still rambled and it brought a smile to his lips.

"Well Meredith it has been a long time. How have you been?"

"Um…Good until today I got out of surgery and I had three phone calls. One from Mark Sloane and one from Cristina Yang I haven't spoken to either of them in a long time. The last call was from Laurel Write. The only Laurel Write I know is our daughter so I thought I should give you a call."

"Thanks for the call. Are we going to tell her the truth? Does she even know that she is adopted?"

"I think we should tell her the truth but together in person would be better. I can fly to New Jersey next weekend what about you?" She really wanted to get this out of the way and live her life again. No one in the hospital knew that she had a child fourteen years earlier and she didn't want anyone to know. She had to talk to her daughter before Laurel let it slip that she was her daughter.

"Yeah I can trade shifts with someone. Do you want to call her up or should I?" He was getting nervous about seeing Meredith again and what his daughter would think of him.

"Um…I don't have anything to do for about an hour so I guess I will call." He left out a breath he didn't even know he was holding and she sighed.

"I guess I will see you next weekend at Newark Airport." She looked at the clock. "I better hang up if I want to call her and have time before my surgery."

"Okay Bye Meredith see you next weekend. I will call later on and tell you when my flight gets in."

She hangs up the phone and stares at the phone number that could very well change her life. She dials the number before she has a chance to rethink the decision. It rings three times before someone answers the phone.

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New Jersey

Laurel and Hannah were having a sleep over. They were making Hannah's famous chocolate chip brownies. Well actually Hannah was doing all the work Laurel couldn't cook at all.

"So how is your project coming?" Hannah asked Laurel as she stirred the batter.

"It is coming good I talked to two of them in person and called three other before I got an idea." Laurel was starting to get excited about her idea.

"What is your crazy idea this time?" Hannah asked because Laurel was known to have crazy ideas.

"It is not crazy this time. I want them all to come together and maybe retake the picture and bring back the friendship of these ten people. They haven't spoken in years in sounds like."

"Wow it might just work if you can pull it off." The phone rings but before they can answer the phone Laurel's mom Lauren answers the phone.

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"Hello Lauren Write speaking."

"Hi this is Dr. Meredith Grey calling from Seattle Grace Hospital. I got a call from Laurel and I was hoping I could talk with you or her." Meredith was nervously waiting the reply from the other end.

"Meredith, how have you been?" She says taking a seat on her bed wanting to know exactly why her daughter called Meredith.

"I am good. I just got out of surgery when I got a message saying Laurel called I was hoping we could talk about that. Do you know why she called?"

"She is doing a project for school. She showed me the picture she is using. It is of you and all your friends right after you gave birth. I think she needs to interview everyone in the picture." Lauren said and sighed.

"Does she know she is adopted because it is her in the picture? I called Derek and we are both flying out next weekend and we will talk with her about everything if that is what you guys want." Meredith said while fiddling around with her pen. It was a nervous habit she had since she was a kid.

"She knows she was adopted but that is all she knows. I figured one day she would want to know more and you and Derek should be the ones to tell her." Lauren said hoping they made the right decision all those years ago. "Do you want to speak with her?"

"Yeah that would be good. I can tell her that Derek and I are coming and find out who else she might want to be here." Meredith was nervous after that weekend the truth would resurface and would now have their daughter's opinion about what they should have done. Neither she nor Derek had been back to their old town since graduation. Both of there families moved out of town after they graduated. Ellis and Richard went to Seattle and the Shepherd family moved to New York. Meredith hoped she didn't run into anyone she went to high school with.

Lauren went to get Laurel to talk on the phone with Meredith. She had a moment to think about what she was going to say to her daughter before she came to the phone but Meredith didn't really know what to say to her.

"Hello this is Laurel." Said the young nervous girl at the other end.

"Hi this is Meredith Grey. You called earlier so I am calling you back. I know we probably have a lot to talk about so Derek and I are flying in next weekend to speak with you. I know about your project and finding the picture. Do you want me to call anyone else in the picture to come to?"

"Yeah that would be great. I can call them if you are busy.' She said sounding excited and happy.

"No I will. Oh I have to go now and start making calls but I will see you next weekend."

Meredith was pacing back and forth in her office trying to decide what to do next. She had eight other people to call. She decided to call Mark and Cristina first because they called her. She dialed Mark Sloane's private office number and waited. They haven't been nearly as close since there fight 14 yeas ago and then they just grew apart.

Flashback (14 years earlier)

Meredith was once again crying over giving up her baby. She did that a lot lately. She hardly ever ate and cried whenever she saw a young child. Derek, Mark, Addison, Burke, and Callie were all leaving for college in a week. All of her friends were trying to be supportive but it has been going on since April. The week before they are supposed to leave Mark drops by her house.

"Meredith, you have to grow up and move on. It is not fair to Derek because of you he is thinking about staying home the first semester of college. He wants to be a doctor and have a life. You have to let him leave and pretend you're okay. It has been months just move on already." He was angry at her his best friend was thinking about giving up on his dreams. He was taking it all out on Meredith.

"You think any of this has been easy on me. I had to give up my child. When I go to school I get talked about behind my back. I can't see child on the street it brings back memories I don't want to remember. Like when she used to kick or how happy Derek and I used to be. This isn't easy and you yelling at me isn't going to make it any easier." She was crying and could no longer look at him.

The only other time they spoke to each other it was with other people. The never hung out alone like they used to. Meredith always thought they had a special connection but it was ruined when he yelled at her.

End of Flashback

"Mark Sloane," he answered the phone wondering who was calling hardly anyone knew his private office number.

"Mark this is Meredith, Meredith Grey. You called earlier today and I know why you called it is about Laurel wasn't.' She asked hoping that was the reason he called her.

"Yeah it was she called. I wanted to tell you. I think the past should stay in the past. We all made a lot of mistakes."

'Yeah well Derek and I are going to New Jersey next weekend and we want everyone to go to talk to her and try and see if we can save are friendship."

"I guess I am in. I didn't know you and Derek were still close. I call him about ever six months he hasn't mentioned you in years." He was growing curious now if they had a relationship or not.

"We aren't exactly when I got her message I thought it would be best for Derek and I to talk to her together and then she wants to talk to everyone so I figured why not."

"Okay well I hope we can put everything behind us and I will see you next weekend. I have to go now for an appointment but it was nice talking to you." He said trying to rush her off the phone, because if Meredith wanted to she could talk for hours.

"Yeah okay bye see you soon."

Wow one call done seven more to go. This shouldn't be that hard after all. Next I will call Cristina and then Izzie and take it from there. Meredith thought as she hung up the phone from her last call.

"Dr. Cristina Yang, from Stanford Hospital, speaking can I help you?" Meredith called her cell phone knowing Cristina always had it on. The last time they spoke was right before Cristina almost got married but then couldn't and fell apart for a week before she pulled herself together. That was three years ago. They were both apparently to busy to pick up a phone now.

"Cristina it is Meredith. I got your call a little while ago." Meredith said thinking she could come up with a speech to read off of now.

"That's good was your surgery successful." So much like Cristina to ask about the surgery before telling her why she called in the first place.

"Yeah the guy should live but might not be able to walk again.' She paused and then continued with her reason for calling. "So Laurel called and Derek, Mark, and I are going out to New Jersey next weekend. I thought you could go to. It is going to be like a mock reunion. I think it will be fun to see everyone again. I know the other year you were still thinking about Burke." She was trying to find a way to convince her to go but with Cristina that could be difficult.

"Yeah I am in. See if Burke says I am not ready for a committed relationship. I still can't believe he said that when he left for college. I am going to be the best cardiothoracic surgeon out there and he will be shocked that I am 'committed' to something." She said growing mad at Burke yet again. "So you talked to Derek and Mark."

"Yeah I did we had civil conversations. Oh I have to go and make some other calls. I haven't spoken with Addison and Callie in a long time or anyone actually."

"Have fun with that. I am going to hang out in the ER to see if any good cases come in."

Talking with Cristina made her feel like she had just spoken with her yesterday. They always got along so well. Cristina always did stick up for her and try to protect her.

She knew who she would call next. She dialed Izzie's home phone number. She was probably home now. She went into private practice in Texas after her husband Denny died leaving her a single mother. She had two kids Brent, who is seven, and Carly, who is four.

"Hello Izzie speaking." You could her kids screaming in the back round and making noise. "Carly get down from there." She said warningly to the young child.

"Hi Izzie it is Meredith."

'Hey Mer, how have you been?"

"Really good. Um…Derek, Cristina, Mark, and I are going to New Jersey next weekend. I thought we could make it into a mock reunion. Laurel is doing a school project or something and wants to meet us. I said yes and have been calling people ever since. You can bring my niece and nephew if you want. It will be fun you know."

"Sure I need a break from these kids." They both laugh and start planning where they are going to say.

She hangs up the phone feeling slightly relieved she is half way done now. She flips a coin and decides to call Alex next then and then George.

She dials the number for Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. He chose to specialize in neonatal. For some reason he was really good at probably because back in his intern days he dated an attending in neonatal. She called and was forwarded to him after ten minutes.

"Dr. Alex Karev speaking, how may I help?" He asked very professional and politely not like his old cocky self.

"Hey Alex this Meredith. I was calling to say we are having a sort of reunion with me, Derek, Cristina, Mark, and Izzie. It is in New Jersey next weekend. Laurel is doing some school project based on a picture and she is using that one of all of us shortly after she was born and we thought it has been years since we have been together."

"Yeah I am in. How is Izzie after losing Denny and all?"

"She is holding up well I guess the best that can be suspected it doesn't seem like she is dating anyone."

"How long has he been dead?" He asks her showing concern for Izzie maybe he still likes her.

"It's been like five years I think because she found out she was pregnant a month after the funeral with Carly and I had to help her out for a month after she was born." Meredith says thinking back to the sad time for her friend. Meredith had a hard time helping still thinking about her daughter she could have raised.

"Wow that long. I hope she brings our niece and nephew. I got to go now a women is about to give birth to identical triplets and I can't trust an intern to do it."

"Bye Alex see you soon."

That wasn't as hard as she thought it would be. Meredith was nervous to call George she hasn't heard from him in six years and doesn't know what he is up to.

"Hello this is Olivia O'Malley."

"Hi this Meredith Grey, can I speak with George." She said sweetly she knew George had a small ceremony in college that she could not attend and must still be married.

"Sure I will get him…He will be down in a minute he is putting Megan to bed."

"Oh okay," who is Megan Meredith thinks to herself. Five minutes later she hears George and Olivia talking.

"The only Meredith I know I haven't spoken to in years. I am not having an affair." George whispered to his wife and then picked up the phone.

"George this is Meredith. How have you been?"

"Good my wife and I are expecting are fourth child. We have Peter, who is five, Sara, who is four, Lisa, who is a year and a half. Now we are having our fourth daughter Rebecca."

"Wow that is good. I am happy for you. So how is the University of Michigan Hospital treating you?"

"Oh it is great I had this really interesting heart surgery yesterday."

"That's good. So listen next weekend me, Derek, Mark, Cristina, Izzie, and Alex are having a mock reunion. Laurel found a picture of all of us shortly after her birth and is doing some project on it and she wants to meet us all and interview us and I thought it's been so long since we were all together why not get together."

"I think we can. It is a long weekend off of school. I will see you there we have to clean our house now before the terrors wake up again." He said sounding happy.

"Okay bye. I am going to call everyone else. I can't wait to see you. We are all meeting up at Newark Airport."

It was weird talking to all her old friends again. Maybe she should have just let Laurel call all of them. Now the next person to call would be a hard decision Addison, Burke, or Callie still needed to be called. She decided to just call them in alphabetical order. She doesn't hate any of them so it should be easy just talk quick and get off the phone.

"Hello Brigham and Women's Hospital Harriet speaking."

"Hi this is Dr. Meredith Grey I was hoping to speak with Dr. Addison Montgomery." She said using Dr. to hopefully speak to her quicker.

"Hold please she will be with you in fifteen minutes." Meredith thought back to one of the last times she spoke with her. They were both shopping in New York City and ran into each other. Addison like always had ten designer bags and talked about working up in Boston and how she loved it. Meredith talked about Seattle and how she was there for some Neurological disorders seminar.

"Dr. Addison Shepherd speaking."

"Hi this it Dr. Mered…"

"Meredith Oh my God it has been years how have you been."

"I am good. We are all going to New Jersey next weekend me, Derek, Mark, Izzie, Alex, George, and Cristina. We are trying to make it into like a mock reunion. Laurel has questions so that is why Derek and I are going and we haven't all been together in ages so I thought why not."

"Definitely count me in. I have to go just fax over the hotel we are staying out and the airport to land out and I am there. I have to go deliver conjoined twins."

"Wow good luck I only have two calls left Burke and Callie."

"Oh I hope Cristina doesn't hurt Burke."

"Yeah I know what you telling her she is committed enough for a relationship."

All she has left is Burke and Callie she feels quite accomplished and getting tired of telling people the same story but continues anyway.

"Preston Burke"

"Hey Burke this is Meredith."

"Hey how have you been?"

"I am good we are having a reunion next weekend do you want to come."

"Is Cristina going to be there? I don't think she would want me to come. We didn't leave on good terms."

'I already told her and she is over it. That was like fourteen years ago. The past is the past."

'Yeah your right." There is a page for Dr. Burke in the back round. "I have to go. I will see you and everyone next weekend bye for now Meredith."

Only one call left. Callie who is currently in Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She dials the number and waits. Meredith was never that close with Callie but they were still friends at one point right.

"Callie Torres speaking."

"Hey Callie this is Meredith. I am calling to invite you to a reunion next weekend with all are friends from high school. Are you in?"

"Meredith Grey wow I haven't heard from you in a long time. I guess I will go. Where is it?"

"In New Jersey the old town. Laurel has questions for all of us."

"Okay great I will see you then.'

Meredith is finally done with all her calls. It wasn't as hard as she thought it would be. None of them were angry or upset to hear from her. They all actually sounded excited. Maybe now they finally put the past behind them. She also couldn't wait for the reunion and to see Derek again. She wanted to see if they could still have a relationship. She has been thinking about him a lot lately especially since she got all the calls. His voice sounded as sexy as possible. Hopefully he isn't seeing anyone.

Wow a really long chapter. Thanks for all the reviews of the first two chapters.