Since The Beginning// A MerDer FF//

Chapter 22

     Eliza basically told Meredith that she would tell them whenever they planned to hurt any of them. And that she was sorry. The family part of it was, if Meredith felt up to seeing her bio dad, she would go for it. But they didn't need to call each other sisters if they didn't want to.

     Eliza went home and Carolyn finished their dinner a little while later. They were all day in the dining room, eating.

Christopher spoke up and asked, "Hey, so, what did Eliza need?"

"Long story short, That her had another kid and got remarried and he also has a step-daughter that just so happens to be Eliza. Eliza used to get bullied by Erica and Rose but they said if she joined them, they would stop. There is another girl named Alana who apparently is also a big time jerk and will most likely go after me so Eliza is going to tell us whenever they plan to hurt anybody." Meredith rambled.

"Wow...that's a lot of information." Lizzie said.

"Yea.."

"Oh, Meredith?" Carolyn asked, putting her fork down.

"Yea, ma?"

"Would you be ok with taking physical therapy? Help you to start walking again?"

"I mean...yea. Yea, that's fine."

"Ok. We have someone you can train with. It shouldn't take long to get you walking and jumping and cheerleading again."

"Mkay."

They finished their spaghetti and Jackson, Alex, Cristina, April, Izzy, George, Mer, Derek, Amy, and Mark all went back to The Shack.

"So, if you start walking again, would you be able to go back to school before your therapy is over?" Cristina asked.

"I don't know," Mer shrugged. "Maybe. It won't be until around Valentine's though. It all happened in October so I've already missed half the year."

"Yea..but that ain't your fault." Mark added.

"I know. I know it's not. It's Rose's fault. Yea..Eliza could've stopped her, but she didn't hurt me. And now that i think of it, she never really has. It was always Rose. And she was the one telling Erica. If you ask me, Erica shouldn't have gotten that long of a sentence."

"That's your opinion, Mer. What are you going to do about the next hearing." April asked.

"Tell the truth. Talk when I'm told."

"But all they did was ask about your past." Derek said.

"Yea.. my past. My past also is what they bullied me about. It all comes into play. I'm just gonna let whatever happens, happen. If they want to ask where my mother went, I'll say Boston. If they want to ask where I was........shot.......I'll say the stairs. I'm still scared. I still have PTSD. I still can't go down the stairs without my eyes closed. But I'm not gonna let this control me anymore. I have 5 months until summer break, and 14 days until Christmas. So, no. It won't control me anymore."

"Wow...ok. That's- that's great." Jackson said.

"Yea. I guess I start PT next week."

"It'll help you, Mer." George said.

"I know.l she replied with a smile.

She really did have a lot of people. Even if it didn't always feel like it.