After - Meredith Grey

Meeting Mer

I've been at grey-sloan for coming up to a year now. Today is the day i'm meeting the other general surgery attending, Meredith Grey. Everyone has already caught me up on what happened and why she was gone, mostly so i don't accidentally say something insensitive.

As i walk into the attending's lounge i see her. Meredith Grey. I haven't seen a woman as attractive as her for a long time. "Hi, are you the new ortho attending? y/n l/n?" She said, sticking out her hand and smiling.
"Yeah, hi. Nice to finally meet you." i reply, shaking her hand. "It's Meredith right?" At this she nodded and smiled. "Not to be nosy but i heard about your husband. I'm so sorry for your loss he sounded like an amazing person."
"Yeah you're right he was. What else have you heard?" she asked, softly laughing. "Nothing bad." i replied, also laughing. "It was great meeting you y/n. I'll see you around." She said, smirking. "Yeah you too, see you around." I replied, grinning. She gathered her stuff and left the room as I went to get changed.

Oh i'm so gonna fall in love with this woman.

That was the last thought that went through my head before i left the attending's lounge to start my day. As it just so happens I get called into the e.r by April almost immediately and I run down to the e.r to find her to treat my first patient.

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After a very, very, very long day i head out the hospital doors to go home and get some rest when i see Meredith sat on the bench outside. She didn't seem particularly happy or sad, just kind of blank. I decide i may as well sit down next to her, even if she doesn't talk to me, i can just be with her, be there if she needs me. "Hey. Bad day?" I say, cautiously.
"Not necessarily. Bad life."
"I get that. You wanna talk about it? I mean, you don't have to, we only met this morning. I can just be here if you need me, sit quietly, listen. Whatever you want."
"Thanks."
"Anytime."
"Derek died, it's been a year, I had a baby, I'm a widow. Not much else to talk about."
"You wanna swap war stories? I've got nothing else to do." i offer
"Yeah i think that'd be nice." She says nodding. "However, i'd rather swap life stories in a warm house than on a cold bench." She says, softly smiling and laughing.
"Agreed. Your place or mine?" I say jokingly with a smirk.
"Buy me dinner first l/n" She plays along, laughing.
At this I stand up and offer my hand like some sort of butler or limo driver. "Madame." May as well play into the whole english butler thing. She laughs at this and takes my hand standing up with me, linking her arm with mine and walking to her car, all done with smiles on both of our faces.

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We drive to her house and I open the door i looking around in shock. Her house is massive. "Woah. Sorry, your house is really nice."
"Thanks, Derek and I built it."
"Really? That's so cool. I feel like me and him would've been good friends because this is awesome." I say, still looking around. She chuckles and says "Yeah I think you would've gotten along nicely." She walks to the bottom of the stairs and i follow, mouth still agape, admiring the house. "Amelia? Maggie?" She shouts up the stairs. "I'm home, with a guest."
"Oh really? Who?" Maggie says, coming down the stairs. "Oh hey y/n." She says, happily. Once she gets to the bottom of the stairs she opens her arms for a hug and i comply as she gets on her tip toes to wrap her arms around my neck. (y/n is around 5'10)
"Hi Maggie." I reply, smiling and hugging her back.
"Who's here?" Amelia shouts down from upstairs once me and Maggie separate"Hey Amelia." I shout back up to her "Oh hi y/n"
"Do you want anything to eat y/n?" Meredith asks me while walking towards the kitchen. "Have you got any ice cream?" I ask
"Yeah I'll grab a tub. Head up to my room, Maggie will show you where, I'll be up in a sec. "
"Ok sure yeah." I reply.
I follow Maggie into Meredith's room and sit at the end of her bed when Maggie asks me "Don't take this the wrong why but why are you here?"
"Me and y/n are swapping war stories." Meredith says from the doorway. I smile at maggie and she returns one before exiting past Meredith and closing the door behind her. "So." She says, sitting down next to me with a bottle of tequila in one hand and a tub of ice cream in the other. "Where do we start?"

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About an hour later me and Meredith have told each other pretty much our entire life stories and we're now sat together against the headboard watching a movie. As i begin to feel more and more tired i feel Meredith's head coming to rest upon my shoulder. I look down at her and see that her eyes are closed and her breathing is slow.

I sit there for a while watching the film, Meredith's head still on my shoulder before i too begin to drift slowly off to sleep.

A couple of hours later i am slowly awakened by soft giggling and whispering coming from the doorway of Meredith's room. I see Amelia and Maggie standing at the door laughing like school children and i begin to question why. This is when i realise that Meredith's previous position with her head on my shoulder had changed and she was now on her side, facing me with her legs entangled with mine and an arm draped over my stomach, head still on my shoulder but further down than before, beginning to
reach my chest.
I look back up to Maggie and Amelia putting one finger to my lips, telling them to be quiet before whispering. "What's the time?"
"It's like 4am." Amelia replies. "We didn't want to disturb you. Plus you guys look so cute right now." Maggie continues. "Do you guys know if Mer has work this morning?"
"Yeah she does but not until later." Maggie says
"Go back to sleep we'll wake you up in a bit."
"Ok sure. Goodnight?" i say hesitantly
"Goodnight y/n" says Maggie
"Night." Amelia says before quietly closing the door.