A Change Is Going To Come

Chapter 12

 Meredith moaned as light peered into her bedroom, peaking it's way through her eyelids. Her head pounded. Going through God-knows how many bottles of wine with Cristina the night before was not a good idea. She checked the time and sighed in relief; she didn't have to wake up the kids for at least another hour, giving her enough time to deal with her hangover.

She made her way downstairs to put the coffee on, a small slip of paper sitting on the island catching her eye.

Get your shit together with McDreamy, you guys are meant to be or whatever. Tell Owen hi and that I'll talk to him later. Goodbyes suck.

-Cristina

She laughed at the simplicity of the note, tossing it in the garbage and proceeding to make her coffee.

After dropping the kids off at daycare Meredith made her way to the OR board, making sure she didn't forget about any recent surgeries. She walked over to Owen who stood proudly at the OR board, one of nurses finishing up the schedule.

"Hey." Meredith said cheerfully.

"Hello Grey, enjoy your day off?" Owen asked politely.

"It was nice, good to talk to Cristina again."

"You two are talking again that's great!" He said enthusiastically.

"It's kind of hard not to when you're in the same bed. Actually, I guess that's not true. Maybe that's just for marriage though..." Meredith trailed off.

"Wait, Cristina was here? In town? At your house?" Owen questioned.

"Oh, yeah! She said I can tell you. She says hi."

"Why didn't she want me knowing she was here? Did she tell you?" Tears began to form in Owen's eyes. He couldn't believe Cristina hadn't told him she was in town. He would have given anything to hold her in his arms again even for a night.

"We didn't really talk about it. She was kind of telling me to get my shit together. Next time she comes I'll tell her to get her shit together. We alternate." Meredith joked.

"I'll see you around. Enjoy your day, Dr. Grey." Owen huffed and left Meredith alone at the OR board.

Owen made sure his afternoon was cleared so that he can work with Torres. At first, he was mad that she was not willing to take her time to work with veterans but what she is doing now is what is important to her. 

He thought he could focus on the leg when he got to the lab but after getting such an arrow to his heart, he just could not. How could Meredith not tell him. 

"Hey redhead, you okay?" Callie asked, waking him up from his thoughts.

"Yeah I'm fine," he picks up a prototype. "Have you tried these out yet?"

"Seriously Owen. What is wrong?"