Hey, I know this a short update and it's kind of just a set up. Next chapter will be a lot more eventful. I promise : )

Liv didn't take her eyes off the window their entire ride from the airport to the apartment, both her parents and Meredith were going to stay at the apartment with her. It was weird to remember that is was both her mother and father's apartment, they hadn't been there in so long Liv began to think of it as her own. It was good to be back in the city, less rain and no trailer were only some of the benefits.

As Derek, Addison, and Meredith shuffled up to the apartment, Liv was careful to observe Meredith. Part one of the plan- getting Meredith to come to New York, had been so easy it was sad. The doe-eyed junior was so infatuated with her father that she would agree to anything (Liv had been secretly getting her to do her 'favours' all morning). Bring Meredith to New York was definitely not something Liv was thrilled about, but it was necessary, Meredith needed to feel insecure. Once she was insecure it would be easier to remove her from the picture. How to make Meredith insecure? Throw her in with her father's old life, his friends, his status, his money, his image- it was a different world and Liv was going to make Meredith aware she could never be apart of it. Giddy with excitement, Liv checked her messages. She'd only been out of state for a few days, but she had a lot to catch up on.

O-

Missed You.

Pick you up at 8.

Mom wants to know if your parents are coming.

-J

She had totally forgotten tonight Katherine Drummond was throwing one of her famous dinner parties. Everyone would be there, parents and children, it was a must-go-to event. Everyone would be there. Everyone. "Hey, Meredith, How would you like to attend your first Upper East Side dinner party?"

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Meredith Grey had felt so out of place in her life, stepping into the apartment Derek and Addison once shared was surreal. She had expected it to be nice, but not this fancy and elegant. Derek was a fisherman/surgeon for God's sake, in Seattle his idea of furniture shopping had been trips to the local Ikea. New York Derek obviously had different tastes (or at least an interior designer). The foyer was golden beige and a number of beautiful paintings graced the walls, Meredith was surprise at how clean the apartment was. She had assumed that Liv had been living there herself with minimal check-up and didn't understand how a fifteen year old could handle the apartment, until she met Delia. Apparently New York Derek also had a maid or at least an Au Pair, as she had introduced herself.

"Miss Meredith will be coming to the Drummonds tonight Delia," Liv spoke up. "She's also going to be staying with us."

Delia looked surprised and then, Meredith decided, terrified. Was she scared Meredith was a crazy maniac who enjoyed spending time with her boyfriend's ex-wife?

"Oh Miss. Meredith," Delia smiled. "Is there anything you will for tonight."

Meredith shuck her head signalling no and continued to watch in silence as Derek brought bags into the apartment and Addison chatted away on her cell-phone. "You're going to love the party, Jason's mom always throws the best dinner parties. He'll be picking me up tonight, I assume you'll go with my mom and dad."

Meredith nodded at Liv who seemed to be the trying to explain this whole new world unmercifully.

"I also suppose you don't have a dress for tonight. I'm sure my mother can lend you one, than again you're a lot shorter than she is. I guess you could use an old one of mine."

Meredith nodded once again, how many bags did they have and what was taking Derek so long?

"It's last year's Marc Jacobs, no one will be able to tell though," Liv added when Derek finally walked through the door. Taking Meredith in his arms he gave her a sloppy kiss on the check. Gross. Liv had noticed that since she'd 'invited' Meredith to New York with them her father had been more outward with his relationship with Meredith. It was purely disgusting. Meredith looked at him like the sun was shinning because of him, and her father walked around with this odd sense of control as Meredith followed everything he did. Rolling her eyes and sighing, Liv let out a loud sigh to break them apart.

"It's such a beautiful day Daddy. I wish you and I could for a walk in the park today. To bad I have to help Meredith find a dress," Liv made herself look extremely disappointed. It was a lame excuse, but she couldn't come up with anything better after feeling so nauseous when she saw them kiss.

She hadn't expected it to work, but when her father laughed and shock his head she knew she was in. "Delia can help Meredith find a dress, we haven't spent time together in ages and the park sound fabulous."

"Oh Daddy, you don't have to," Liv whispered quietly. Even Meredith could tell she was playing him.

"Of course I do. My little girl comes first." With that Derek gave a quick kiss to Meredith on the kiss and headed for the elevator.

"Yeah," Liv said following her father only after giving what Meredith could have swore was a triumphant smile.

Next Chapter: Meredith and Addison alone in the apartment, what does that mean?

Liv and Derek have the first of many much needed father- daughter chats.

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