Zola

Zola had just been told by her mom that she needed to take Bailey home tonight, since they were going to see Ellis. She paged Bailey to her office

'What time does your shift end?' Zola asked as he walked in

'8 why?'

'Because mom and dad are going to see Ellis, so I'm driving home'

'Okay then, can I go?'

'Sure'

Zola sat in her office, when she was paged to the ER for an emergency.

'You paged?' Zola said walking over to an intern who was with a patient

'Yeah, this is Mr Thatcher Grey. He has a deep laceration on his arm, a gash to the head and is drunk' The intern said. The name meant nothing to Zola.

'Okay, I'll take care of it' Zola said putting on some gloves

'Sir, can I take a look at your arm please' Zola asked, 'You are going to need a few stiches'

'I want to go home' The patient shouted

'Sir, you need stiches and I need to look at your head'

'I'm fine, leave me alone' He shouted before flinging his arm around and hitting Zola

'Doctor are you okay?' The intern asked

'I'm fine, I'll put ice on it when I'm done here' Zola said, 'Push 5 of morphine'

'Sir, I am going to stitch up your arm and then you can go' Zola got the suture kit ready and began to suture the patients arm. When she was done she checked his head, which was fine. Before discharging the patient.

She went back to her office, and checked her eye in the mirror. It was going to bruise, she was going to end up with a black eye. Her parents were going to ask about it

Meredith

Meredith had just finished with her last patient of the day and rubbed her name off the OR board.

'Grey!' Mark shouted

'Mark?'

'Are you and Derek up for a drink tonight?'

'I can't sorry, I need to go and see Ellis'

'Has something happened?'

'They phoned me today and told me she hasn't been attending. So we are going to see what's going on'

'I'm sure she will just be…I don't know'

'Not making me feel any better Mark' Meredith said

'Well just tell her I said, make sure she is having fun'

'Right, thanks Mark'

Once her shift had finished, she met Derek in the parking lot before driving to see Ellis.

'What if something has happened Derek' Meredith said worrying about her daughter

'Meredith, I'm sure Ellis will be fine. I'm sure there will be a suitable explanation as to what's happened' Derek said trying to calm her down

'Why wouldn't she be going to school?'

'I don't know Mer, we will just have to wait and see until we get there'

Meredith sat in the passenger's seat looking out the window, thinking of all the possible reasons for her daughter's actions. Was she in trouble? Was she struggling? Had she dropped out?

Bailey

It was now 8pm and Bailey was due to meet Zola and go home. He went to walk into the locker room when he heard the other interns talking

'He definitely called him dad' One intern said, he recognised to be Ryan Wilson

'So, he is Doctor Shepherd's son' Jason said

'That's why he got to do the surgery today'

'He's going to get all the surgeries and we will get nothing'

'Wait if Doctor Shepherd is his dad, then that makes Doctor Grey his mom. He's from surgery royalty. That also makes Doctor Grey-Shepherd, you know Zola, his sister' Ryan said

'I doubt Doctor Shepherd is her father, her mother so had an affair'

Bailey didn't want to listen to this anymore so he walked into the locker room and they all stopped talking.

'My mother didn't have an affair' Bailey said as he walked in

'What?' Jason asked

'You said my mom had an affair and that my dad can't be my sister's dad. My mom didn't have an affair, my sister is adopted because they had trouble getting pregnant. She came over as part of a programme from Africa, of sick kids. My father saved her life' Bailey said defending his sister

'We didn't…'Ryan started

'I don't care, and just because my parents are who they are doesn't mean I will get all the surgeries. They pick of talent not relations. I'd told them not to' Bailey said taking his things out his locker, 'Oh and don't ever talk about my family again' He said leaving the locker room and meeting his sister

'What's up with you?' Zola asked as Bailey slammed the door of her car

'Just the other interns' Bailey said, 'What happened to you?'

'Drunken man in the ER, hit me by accident'

'Wait until dad see's that' Bailey laughed

Derek

Derek had just pulled up, and they were about to go and see what was happening. They walked to her room hand in hand, and he knocked on her door

'Come in!' They heard Ellis shout, so they opened the door and walked in

'Mom! Dad!'

'Ellis!' Derek shouted

'Wh…what are you doing here?' Ellis said clearly tipsy

'We came to check on you' Meredith said

'Why?'

'Because the school phoned and said that you hadn't been going in' Derek said

'Ellis what's going on?' Meredith said sitting on her daughter's bed next to Ellis

'Nothing' Ellis lied

'Ellis, you don't have to lie to us' Derek said

'I…err…I dropped out of med school' Ellis revealed

'What?' Derek asked

'Derek' Meredith said

'I don't want to do it anymore mom' Ellis said looking up at her mom, 'I don't want to be a surgeon. I know it's what you want of me but it's not what I want'

'We want you to be happy' Derek said crouching in front of his daughter

'Why didn't you tell us?' Meredith asked

'I didn't know how. I thought you would hate me for it'

'We could never hate you'

'I felt like I was letting you down. Dad, you come from a family of surgeons, and Mom, so do you. I mean your mom is Ellis Grey. That's who I'm named after, you don't understand how much pressure that is. And then Zola got made chief resident and I am happy for her, I am. Then Bailey started his internship, so I felt like I had to be a surgeon because everyone else is' Ellis said starting to tear up

'Ellis, sweetie. Nobody is making you be a doctor. If you don't want to be one you don't have to be' Meredith said

'Why don't you come home with us?' Derek asked

'I want to, but I don't want to leave Rachel or Jamie' Ellis said, 'Can I go and talk to them?'

'Of course, you can'

Ellis left the room to go and talk to her friends leaving her parents alone.

Ellis

'Rachel, open up. It's me' Ellis said, 'Rachel!'

Ellis opened the door and walked in and almost cried at what she saw. Her boyfriend and best friend making out on her bed

'Ellis!' Jamie shouted shocked

'What are you doing?' Ellis shouted

'It's not what it looks like' Rachel said

'I highly doubt that. Did my so-called boyfriend fall onto your lips then? Is that right?'

'Let me explain' Jamie said

'No, do you know what. No. I don't care' Ellis said walking out and slamming the door behind her before re-entering her room

'I'm coming home with you guys'

'Let's pack your stuff then' Derek said. As they were packing Ellis's stuff, Rachel and Jamie walked in

'Ellis…I am so sorry' Jamie said, 'I didn't mean for you to see that' Jamie said not knowing her parents were in the room

'Ellis?' Meredith said

'Ellis, that's not how we wanted you to find out' Rachel said

'Find out what?' Derek said coming around the wall

'Oh' Jamie said, he was slightly scared of Ellis's dad

'Mom, Dad. I just walked in on Rachel and Jamie kissing'

'What!' Derek shouted

'I'm really sorry' Jamie said

'I bet you are' Ellis said, 'Just get out

A few hours later…

Meredith and Derek pulled up at their house and helped Ellis bring her things in.

'Hello!' Meredith shouted as she walked into her silent house

'Hey' Zola shouted from her room

Once all of Ellis's things were back in her room, Derek started to prepare tea. Once it was ready he shouted everyone and they all sat around the table

'Zola what happened to your face?' Meredith asked

'She got hit by a patient' Bailey laughed

'Really?' Derek asked

'It was by accident, he was drunk. But the weird thing was his name sounded familiar, I'd heard it before' Zola said

'What was his name?' Meredith asked

'Thatcher Grey' Zola said, causing Meredith to nearly choke on her food

'Mom, do you know his?' Ellis asked

'Err…no. No, I don't' She said sharing a look with Derek

'Okay then' Zola said

'I'm glad you're back Ellis, it's good to have everyone here' Derek said changing the subject

'What are you going to do now?' Bailey asked

'I don't know, I'll find a job'

'What about at the day care at the hospital. They are looking for someone' Meredith said

'I'll have a look'

'Oh, by the way' Bailey started, 'Everyone knows at the hospital. I know I said I wanted to keep it a secret but it came out'

'Why?' Derek asked

'They heard me call you dad after the surgery, and I overheard them talking. The said that if you're my dad that makes you my mom. Which makes Zola my sister, but dad you can't be her dad. So, they said that mom must have had an affair. Which is when I barged in and told them the truth

'They really said that?' Meredith asked shocked

'Yeah, but I told them that Zola was adopted. Then I also told them never to talk about my family again'

'Just ignore them Bails' Zola said

'Have you been thinking about next year Zola?' Derek asked

'I have, I have an idea of what to specialise in'

'Come on, tell us' Ellis said

'I was thinking about Cardio'

'Why cardio?' Derek asked

'Well originally I was thinking about general. But then I realised that I'd be following in the footsteps of mom and her mom and I didn't want that pressure. I don't really fancy neuro, ortho is boring and peds is for softies' Zola said

'Ah right then' Meredith said

Once the family had finished their dinner; Zola, Bailey and Ellis went to their rooms and Meredith and Derek were sat in the living room.

'I need to go and see Thatcher tomorrow and tell him to stay away from the hospital' Meredith said

'Meredith…'

'No Derek, he doesn't get to come to our hospital and lash out at our daughter. He might be my father but he is not getting to know our kids'

'Maybe you should let them, it will be good for them to have a bigger family'

'You're supposed to be on my side Derek' Meredith said with her voice getting louder so Bailey could hear from his room, 'I don't want my kids to know him. He doesn't deserve to know them. He walked away from me and my mom when things got hard, he left me alone. So, I grew up without a father. Thatcher is not getting to know my kids' Meredith said storming off to her room.