Change | Greys Anatomy

One | Its Hard

From the day I was born Mom always had my back, she would tell me stories, hug me tight after nightmares, tell me about my dad and make me laugh after I had a rubbish day especially before I she took me out of school when I was bullied so much I was scared to leave the house, that was by the age of 10 but it was the best thing to actually happen for me... life was great up until a week ago, that's when everything changed, the day my mom had a heart attack and died...

"So your moving in with your aunt today, how does that feel?" May, The social worker who took over my case asked, I had been living in a kids home for the last week as they had to make sure that my auntie Meredith was a suitable person to basically adopt me, Mom had always says auntie Meredith would take me in if everything happened to me and she was amazing, she just started her internship at Seattle Grace Hospital; well not literally just started, she started a month ago. Mom and I cooked auntie Meredith dinner the day that she got home from her first 48 hour shift. Auntie Meredith also lives with two of her colleagues I believe their names are George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens but then again their names may be completely different, I haven't met them yet, I've seen them when I've been sat in the car waiting for mom to finish talking to auntie Meredith.

"I'm feeling okay about it I guess. Mom and Auntie Mer' we're close, it's going to be hard, I mean it is hard but I guess it's only hard because I'm still grieving but Auntie Mer' and I will be burying mom on Thursday, that's going to be the hardest" I said with a small shrug, how was I meant to be feeling. I didn't know how to feel.

"Well I'm going to give you my phone number. I'll be their for you to talk to if you need to." May said and I nodded.

"Thank you" I said as we made our way to the car. For a few minutes I stayed quite, I was thinking, their was something that I had to ask, about school, I had to see if I was allowed to stay home schooled, I couldn't go back to school, I couldn't.

"Can i stay home schooled? I don't want to go back to normal school, home schooling is better for me. I get more work done and I get to learn more too." I asked May who had now began driving.

"You'll have to discuss that with your aunt, it's totally up to her" May informed me

"Okay" I said quietly, they was the first thing I was going to do when I'm settled in.

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"Right if their is anything you need don't forget to call, I'll be checking in on a few weeks to see how Chloe here has settled in" May said to auntie Meredith and myself as we stood together. I looked up to my aunt who smiled a small smile and nodded.

"Thank you May" I said quietly. Meredith and I watched May leave before heading back inside.

"Do you want to meet George and Izzie now or do you want to go to your room and sort things out?" Auntie Meredith asked as we stood by the door.

"I don't know... can I ask you something? Its kind of important?" I said anxiously

"You don't need to ask to ask me anything" Meredith said and I bit my lip.

"You know I'm home schooled? Well I was hoping I could stay home schooled? I can't go back to school. I don't think I could face getting bullied again. I promise I won't get in the way  but I just can't face going back to school" I panicked as I asked my aunt to stay home schooled.

"We can keep you home schooled and if you ever feel like you are ready to go back to school we can discuss it then. How does that sound?" Meredith asked me and I nodded. I knew she was scared that she was now responsible for me, Mom and her didn't really have a role model when it came to moms, my grandmother Ellis Grey was more interested in her job than my mom and Meredith.