Never grow up [1/2]

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"Ellie, we have to say goodbye to nana first" Meredith said as she was leading Ellis to Carolyn's room

"-Attle! H-ome!" Ellis giggled

"We're going back to Seattle, yes" Meredith whispered, trying to keep the little girl quiet

Meredith knocked on the door and waited for her cue to enter the room

"Come in" They heard Carolyn's voice

Meredith opened the door and Ellis ran in

"Naaaa" She smiled

"Hi, dear. How are you?" Carolyn asked. She felt a lot better as she's been getting stronger for the next treatment

"M-omm-y, me -Attle! H-ome!" Ellis smiled

"I heard! I'll miss you" Carolyn smiled and kissed Ellis' head that was resting in Carolyn's lap

"Miss too!" Ellis smiled and cuddled closer to Carolyn

"You have to say hi when you're calling daddy, okay?" Carolyn made Ellis promise

"Kay" Ellis giggled as she sat up "h-ome?" She smiled at her mother

"Home" Meredith smiled back "First we have to say goodbye to everyone else but also Daddy, Bailey and Zola" Meredith told Ellis

"D-addy -nd Bay -Attle!"

"No, daddy and Bails will stay here in New York with nana. You and I are flying back to Seattle" Meredith told her and Ellis nodded her head, remembering the talk they had the night before

"Come on, princess. We need to say goodbye" Meredith said

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They finished their goodbyes and now would come the difficult part where Meredith, Derek, Bailey and Ellis would have to say goodbye

"I love you, Meredith. Promise to call me" Derek told her

"I'll probably call you a lot with this munchkin" Meredtih giggled as she tickled Ellis

"My big princess" Derek said as kissed her forehead "Take good care of mommy, will you? Just call me when you miss me, okay? Bails and I will try to return as fast as possible" Derek said and pulled Ellis into his arms

"Bye Ellie! I'll miss you a lot" Bailey said and pulled her into another hug

"Bay" She started whining. Derek pulled her in his arms so Meredith and Bailey could say their goodbyes

"I'll miss you, bud" Meredith smiled

"I'll miss you too, mom. Take care and goodluck with Ellie" He hugged his mom close

"Are you ready, baby?" Meredith asked Ellis

"Ya!" She smiled and quickly made her way towards the door

"Mer" Derek called out and waited until Meredith turned around "I love you so much" He kissed her and let her leave. The two girls got into the cab that was stuffed with all Ellis' luggage

Once they arrived at the airport, Meredith had asked Ellis to use her chair. Meredith was carrying their bags and had no free hand to hold Ellis

"M-omm-y! F-ies!" Ellis pointed at the McDonalds

"No, baby. Not now, okay?" Meredith tried to argue, knowing they had a lot to do during the check in

"No! F-ies!" Ellis refused to move

"Ellie, please.. We have to check in the luggage and your chair, we don't have time but I promise we'll go to the drive through once we're home"

Ellis seemed to hesitate for a minute

"Please, Ellie" Meredith begged as tears ran down her face

Ellis felt guilty and gave in "s-orry"

"It's okay. Now let's go before we're too late" Meredith said and started to hurry until she saw Ellis had difficulty pushing herself as she was looking at the planes outside

"Hey, hey. You're okay. You have been on planes before, it's okay" Meredith tried to hide her own fear of planes after her own plane crash where she lost both Lexie and Mark

"Kay?" Ellis asked

"We'll be okay" Meredith smiled and the two woman hurried themselves towards check in

Meredith checked in their luggage, which was mostly Ellis' special needs and then they went through security, which wasn't the easiest thing with Ellis before they could go to their gate. Once they stepped on the plane, Ellis laid her head down on Meredith's lap and fell asleep. Meredith kept hoping that Ellis wouldn't wake up during the flight. Their previous flight scared Meredith. She hated how she had to sedate her daughter because people kept commenting about her throwing a fit.

"Sleep, baby. We'll be in Seattle soon" Meredith whispered as she brushed her fingers through Ellis' hair "Mommy loves you"

AN // I did start a new story 'Sweet child o' mine' go check it out!