I'll miss you | Meredith (Merluca)

Chapter 4

5 days later | 11 days after Andrew died

After Meredith had been awake and was slowly doing better and getting some strength back, and since her recent covid tests came back negative, she was allowed to go home and see her kids again.

Maggie had picked her up at the hospital and brought her home before she needed to go back to work again. As soon as Meredith made her way to her house and opened the door, she had all her three kids around her hugging her. And it was all she needed in that moment.

She had missed them so incredibly much. And after the last few days of somehow trying to find that small light to look forward, and struggling to find it, she really needed to be around her kids again.

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"I missed you all so much." Meredith said, the emotions audible in her voice, while she was trying to blink back the tears that were forming in her eyes, putting on a smile for her kids.

"We missed you, too, mommy." Zola answered for all of them, making Meredith embrace them even closer for a moment before she loosened the hug a little, so she could look at all of them.

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"Why don't we go outside, and you show me these dance skills you talked about all week."

"Yes." She heard all her kids scream excitedly.

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute." She answered her kids, who were already on their way outside.

She put her things down and went into the kitchen to get something to drink, taking a moment for herself, taking a moment to breathe.

"Hey, are you okay?" Meredith flinched when she heard Link's voice next to her, not having noticed that he had joined her in the kitchen.

"I'm sorry." He added when he noticed that he had startled her.

"It's okay... I was somewhere else with my thoughts..." She quickly answered, taking a last sip from her glass of water before she put it away again.

"I noticed." Link gave her a sad but sympathetic smile, able to guess where her thoughts had been.

"Thank you for staying with the kids." She stated sincerely after a moment of silence.

Link gave her a small nod before Meredith was leaving to join her kids in the backyard.

"Hey, Meredith." He stopped a moment until she turned around and looked at him "If you need a moment now, or later or in a few days. We are here and we don't mind taking care of them for a little more time."

"Thank you." She answered with a small sad smile.

"I'm really sorry for you."

Meredith nodded slightly, trying to keep the small smile on her face while she was fighting the tears that wanted to form in her eyes again.

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"You're finally here, mommy." Ellis said excitedly once Meredith came outside.

"Mommy needed something to drink first, but now I want to see what you did the past few weeks." She put back on her smile for her kids.

"Okay." Bailey answered with a big smile before he started the music.

And then her kids showed her all the new dance moves they had learned. And just by looking at their happy faces, seeing how much fun they had, she found a small real smile forming on her lips as well. And just for a moment she could distract herself from everything that was going on.