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"Chapter 10- Friends can be the best kind of Family"

Meredith woke up the next day to see Derek lying right next to him. She smiled and kissed him on the cheek. Quietly she got out of bed and climbed into the shower. Derek was still asleep when she got out. She tiptoed down stairs to see Alex on the floor and Christina on the couch. She felt bad that all her friends were here for her, and she wasn't even there. Meredith walked into the kitchen to see a big plate of chocolate cupcakes and cookies. Meredith laughed and grabbed one of each. She knew that everyone had the day off for the funeral. Meredith still wanted to go in though. She felt bad for taking all these days off. Meredith wrote a note to everybody explaining where she was and that she would be back soon. She grabbed her bag and car keys and headed out the door. The sun was shining for once in Seattle. This is going to be a good day day thought Meredith as she climbed into her car and drove off to one of her favorite places.

The Chief was sitting in his office when Meredith walked in.

"Oh, Meredith, I wasn't expecting you here today,"

"I felt bad. I wanted to come in for a little bit. I also wanted to talk to you Chief."

"Well you know you can tell me anything Mer. Here close the door," Meredith got up and closed the door. Before she turned back, she took a deep breath.

"So what's on your mind Meredith?"

"It's my mother sir. See I went to the lawyer's office yesterday to pick up the Will. Well, I was looking it over and I saw something. I don't know how to explain this, but Chief...she left me my half sister," the room went quiet. The Chief stared back at Meredith.
"Let me get this straight Meredith. She left you your half sister,"

"I know it sounds crazy but, it's true. Here," Meredith handed the Chief the Will. Richard read skimmed it. When he got Emily's name his eyes stopped.
"Well I'll be. Well yes it does say that you get Emily Mer. But you don't understand. See, Emily is 5 years younger than you Mer. She's 24 now. You can't own her,"

"I had a feeling that, that was the case. But, still what do I do Chief? Do I call her up and tell her what happened? Or do I just ignore it and forget about it?"

"Give her a call. Tell her what happened. She won't be able to make it here in time for the funeral. She lives in New York. But just let her know what happened. I think she would want to know,"

Meredith nodded.

"Thanks Chief,"

"No problem Meredith. Here, this is Emily's number. Give her a call when you get home. Now I don't want you to stay around here. Go home, get some sleep and I'll see you at the funeral,"

"Thanks again Chief,"

"Your welcome Meredith, I'll see you later,"

Meredith smiled and walked out of the office. Meredith looked out the window. The sun was still out. Meredith walked out the doors of SG and felt the warmth of the sun. Meredith smiled again and climbed into the car. Nothing could mess up her day now.

"OMG MER! YOU SCARED US HALF TO DEATH!"

"Izz, calm down! I left a note!"

"No you didn't!"

Meredith smiled and walked over to the cupcakes and cookies. She held up a piece of paper.

"Oh," Izzy said quietly. Meredith just laughed,

"It's okay Izz. I just went to go talk to the Chief. Don't worry,"

Izzy smiled at her friend,

"You just scared us. The way you acted last night, we thought you ran away,"

"Izz you keep on saying 'we'! Everyone is asleep,"

"Not everyone,"

Meredith spun around to see Derek standing in the kitchen doorway.

"Derek, you're a mess! Sit down,"

"Well what do you expect? You were having a mental breakdown yesterday. When I didn't see you this morning, I thought you went out and did something bad,"

"Don't worry. I just went to go talk to the Chief. Nothing is wrong with me," she leaned in and kissed him furiously.

"Looks like someone's feeling better," Meredith broke away and spun around,

"Don't do that Chris!" Christina just rolled her eyes.

"Hey do you have any coffee?"
"Top shelf, said Meredith going back to Derek. Izzy just stood there with tears rolling down her face,

"Izz?"

"Awww MER!" Izz ran and gave Meredith a big hug.

"Izz, I'm fine. IZZ I CAN'T BREATHE!"

George and Alex rushed in and pulled Izzy off of Meredith.

"Thanks," gasped Meredith. Everyone stood in the kitchen and started to explode into laughter. Meredith looked around. Sure her immediate family was practically gone. But this was her family. 4 friends and 1 boyfriend. What more could a skinny 29 year old intern want?