Looking at you side ways

5

"Your mother is Ellis Grey. The famous Ellis Grey."

Meredith stood still hoping the floor would swallow her up. [i]Everyone was staring at her.[/i] DePalma was enjoying the show. [i]Grey looked very uncomfortable and it was obvious the others knew nothing about mother and daughter. He had gone to the Chief's office to request her file. Patricia said her file was confidential, but asked why he was inquiring about Ellis Grey's daughter. He vaguely remembered a little kid clutching a doll, sometimes hanging around Ellis.[/i]

"That explains so much," said DePalma.[i] He was implying her mother got her into the program.[/i]

"Well, she is your mother right Grey?"

Meredith started chewing her lower lip and said softy, "She's my mother."

"Well then, this should make for a very interesting year. Ellis Grey was my resident when I was an intern. Don't worry Grey. I will treat you exactly the same way your mother treated me."

Meredith couldn't think of a single thing to say and the silence stretched out uncomfortably.[i] Knowing what a cold bitch her mother is, she can only imagine how DePalma would make her suffer.[/i]

"Okay. Shepherd, Sloan, Montgomery, Yang and Burke follow me to the conference room. We will go over the surgery for the next hour." He started walking off with them in tow.

"Wait, what about me?" asked Meredith in a shaky voice.

"You? Honey, you get to do rectal exams. Check with nurse Debbie for what rooms."

Mark, Derek and Cristina all looked over their shoulders at her with a look of sympathy.

Meredith stood there for a second and then made a mad dash to the bathroom. She just made it before she vomited. [i]DePalma had made her physically sick. Now everyone knew who her mother was. And they would want to know things. Things she couldn't tell.[/i]

After leaving the bathroom she found nurse Debbie and completed the rectals. [i]From performing a surgery on her first shift to rectals. Talk about the highs and the lows. She had resigned herself to the fact that now everyone thought her mother got her into the program and they would look down on her. She'd have to work twice as hard to show everybody. What a crappy end to the shift, she thought. Both literally and figuratively.[/i]

Meredith changed clothes and sat on the bench in the locker room. She read Cristina's note that she had left in her locker. It said,[i] Meet us for drinks at Joe's across the street. I can't wait to hear all about the great Ellis Grey![/i]

At Joe's, Cristina asked the table, "You guys know Meredith was inbred?"

Burke said, "Like it's uncommon around here to be a doctor's parent?"

Cristina says, "No, royally inbred. Her mother is Ellis Grey."

Mark says, "Shut up. The Ellis Grey?"

Addison asks "Who's Ellis Grey?"

Cristina looks at Addison like she is an idiot. " Ellis. The Grey method? Where'd you go to med school? Mexico?"

Mark explains to Addison, "She was one of the first big chick surgeons and she practically invented the abdominal laparoscopy."

Cristina said, "She's a living legend. She won the Harper Avery. Twice!"

Addison muttered, "So I didn't know one thing."

Burke said, "Talk about parental pressure."

"I would kill to have Ellis Grey as a mother. I'd kill to be Ellis Grey. All I need is one good case."[i] Cristina couldn't believe Meredith's mom was Ellis Grey.[/i]