She looked down at her daughter and forced a small smile. She ran her hands down the dirty blonde curls. She looked up at her mother with the bright gray-green eyes. Madison Lynn Karev was perfect angel and a perfect mixture of her parents. Her gray-green eyes always sparkled. She a shade of hair closed to her mother's but dark blonde to light brown hair like her father's mixed in.

"Here you go, Madi." Meredith called getting her attention holding a large soft pretzel down to her. "Share it with Owen, okay?"

She nodded walking towards her brother who stood at the edge of the sandbox. He was squatted down with his elbows planted on his knees. Madi walked over holding out a piece of pretzel, but he shook his head. Madi looked back at her mother before walking towards the swings.

"What's wrong, Buddy?" Meredith asked crouching down next to him.

"Can we ever go home, Mama?" He asked.

Owen had always been the one with insight and wisdom beyond his years. He was a spitting image of his father. His father's brownish eyes blinked back at her. His medium brown hair fell into his eyes.

She brushed the hair out of his eyes and gave him a sad smile. "We're going to get a new house." She said gently.

"What about Coco?" He asked. He fell off balance into his mother's arm.

She sighed. "I'm sorry, Buddy."

"When we get a new house, can we get a new doggie?" He asked.

Meredith smiled. "I think we can do that, but…" She took a deep breath. "Things are a little complicated right now. But I promise to you everything will be okay." He smiled lightly as she kissed his cheek. "Go play, Baby. We'll talk later."

He nodded before running off to his sister. Meredith got up and sat on a bench and sighed. "Everything will be okay, right?" She thought.

There he was. There she was. They stood in front of her. Her arms locked around his neck. His eyes begging and pleading for her to give him a minute to explain. Ava had returned and she had her arms around her boyfriend's neck. Lipstick smeared on his cheek.

Blood dripped off her clothes as she back out of her room.

"Meredith." His voice pleaded. She shook her head as she sobbed.

She left that night. Looking back, she wasn't sure if it was because of that or because only an hour before her mother bled out in her hands. It wasn't because she didn't love him. She loved him. She still loved him.

She watched as the twins played on the swings and slides trying to get their life back together unaware that later that day they would be boarding a plane to go to Seattle where the memories will flood into her mind. Just being in the city will change everything.

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Seattle…

"New attending?" Christina spat in disgust.

"That's what I said, isn't it?" Izzie sighed twirling her fork through her spaghetti.

"Just what we need an attending to… ugh… remember when Dr. Slimmer came here. He actually complained about too many surgeries." Christina groaned at the memory of listening the attending, who joined the hospital a couple months. "Who does that?"

Izzie shrugged sipping her water. "What specialty do you think he'll be in?"

"I don't know." George shrugged taking a large bite of garlic bread.

"Chief said that he won't be here for a week or so." Christina added.

"Hey," Alex said walking into the room.

"Hey." They all said looking up at him.

He slipped into a seat and threw some food onto the plate that was left there. "So you hear about the new attending?"

"Yeah, know anything?" Izzie asked leaning onto the table some.

"You're such a gossip." Christina chuckled rolling her eyes.

"Shut up." Izzie snapped.

"No, I don't." Alex sighed, shaking his head.