"Chief, how are you?" she asked as she walked into the chief of surgery's office.
"Meredith. I've been well. How are you doing? How is Boston?" Dr. Webber replied.
"Boston is very nice. I like it a lot. I don't think I would have stayed if I didn't." Meredith smiled.
"That's great. Well, let me show you to the conference room that you'll be speaking in." Richard said as he guided her out of his office and down the hallway.
Meredith was still on her guard. She didn't want to run into anyone just yet. She already saw her person this morning. She had dropped off her luggage at the house. She knew everyone was still working at this hospital except for Addison. Addison had got the divorce papers signed and went to LA to work with her friends Naomi and Sam. She and Addison had gotten along every time that they saw each other. You could say they were close friends.
The Chief and Meredith walked into the conference room that was filled with surgeons. Meredith was going to be speaking on her "pride and joy". It took 2 years for the trial to pan out. It's an operation for inoperable tumors, where you inject a live virus into the brain. She had perfected it and since the trial has ended she hadn't lost a patient yet.
"Everyone! Quiet! Could I have your attention? I want to introduce Dr. Meredith Grey. She will be talking about the Grey M Method. She will speak and then there will be a Q & A session. So I'm going to leave it to her now." Dr. Webber spoke in front of about twenty doctors.
Dr. Webber sat over by the door and watched one of his favorite interns. He didn't have her around very long, but while she was here she did amazing work. He knew she would be an excellent surgeon. He was extremely proud of her. He saw a once shy woman turn into someone who was outgoing and was really passionate about what she did. Her mother would be proud. He didn't realize when she was wrapping things up and started the question and answer portion of her speech. He didn't realize that an hour and a half had gone by.
"So, does anyone have any questions," she asked looking around the room.
"Yes, I have one," someone from the middle asked.
"What would that be, Dr. Shepherd?" Meredith said nodding at him.
"I was just wondering. You seem like you've been working on this trial for a long time. What year of residency are you in?" Dr. Shepherd asked.
"Dr. Shepherd, it's no longer just a trial. I have been training neurosurgeons for 2 years on this. It works, I have yet to lose a patient since the trial period ended. I am also not a resident. I am an attending and I have been one for 4 years now. As well as I finished my internship with Doctors Without Borders and have been working at Boston Medical since I finished my residency with them five and a half years ago." Meredith replied. "Anymore questions?" she saw someone "Yes, Dr. Wilder"
"Dr. Grey, I was wondering if you had any experience with children and this method. More so I'm wondering about infants." Dr. Wilder asked.
"During the trial I had 35 patients. Eight of which were under the age of ten. And two of them were under the age of one. All eight of them had been at the end of the trial where I had perfected the method. It also appears that children bounce back wonderfully. Where I usually say two-three months recovery, I've seen the children bounce back in about a month and a half. Since the trial ended there have only been two more cases that are children. Which I am very thankful for." Meredith replied smiling at her.
The question and answers kept going for about another hour and a half until it finally broke up. Meredith let everyone go and started packing her stuff up. She noticed someone standing on the other side of the podium. She looked up and smiled.
"So we're all going to meet in the cafeteria for lunch in about ten minutes. Do you want me to wait for you?" Cristina asked her. Meredith looked at her and shook her head glancing behind Cristina. Cristina nodded understanding without words what she meant. Cristina walked out and met up with Izzie and they walked down the hall.
"Meredith?" he asked.
"Dr. Shepherd?" Meredith replied.
"I think maybe we should talk. You know straighten some things out. You could also call me Derek." Derek stated smiling his McDreamy smile at her.
"Der. Dr. Shepherd. Is there something that you don't understand about the information? If not I could have my colleague Dr. Tates come out after I get back to Boston and he could help you with it." Meredith replied. "Other than that I don't think we have anything else to talk about. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go meet some friends for lunch."
Meredith grabbed her briefcase as her phone started ringing.
"This is Dr….uh sorry this is Dr. Grey." She said into the phone.
"Wow, I haven't heard you say that last name In a long time. I miss you baby"
"Hi. I'm sorry. I'm just trying to get outta the conference room so I could go meet everyone for lunch. I know you do."
"Meredith. Is there something going on I should know about. You don't sound like yourself. Usually you would sound more excited about talking to me. Especially since you're across the country from me"
"I know. There were other people in the room with me. I know you don't have much time because you have to get off to work and stuff. Could I possibly call you later after lunch? I want to catch up with everyone. And I'll be able to talk more later."
"Okay, I understand. I love you. I'll talk to you later. I'll probably have my phone off until four our time because of surgery."
"Me too hunn. Talk to you later" Meredith replied hanging up the phone.