Jo then opened up about how all the terrible things in her life were just her birthright, but Meredith quipped with good things that Jo had been a part of. She has a bachelor's in creative writing from USC with a minor in songwriting. Cormac was delighted to see her move her head. She then took the Post-it note out of the garbage and hung it back up on the wall. [133] On Nick's first day at Grey Sloan, to Meredith surprise, he was professional towards her, while she expected an email or for him to go to her office, so at the end of the day, she paged him to talk about a budget request for new component of the residency program. Meredith was invited to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota by David Hamilton, a former colleague of her mother's, to attend the opening of a research library named after Ellis. Greys Anatomy continued to showcase the post-it note due to its extreme importance to the show and to Grey. As she pondered his proposal, she saw Nick Marsh leaving the restaurant with his date. Because he had been so close to Ellis, he felt close to Meredith, and he was close to her as a child and she thought that he thought he was her father. He likened their situation to Doctor Who's TARDIS, where the rules don't apply, but she told him the rules still applied. Original Character - Freeform. [51], After returning to Seattle, Meredith bailed out Richard as a windstorm hit Seattle. He informed her he was doing well and had spent his time asleep at home to keep the mania from creeping back in. While awaiting the date, Andrew kept staring at her longingly so Meredith set a rule that he could not do that at work so at to not be distracted from her work. Meredith had been reading up on the effects of long-COVID, which terrified her. Her current phone password is "1008", which she revealed to Jo during a surgery. As time went on, he witnessed her convincing her patient's husband not to give up, he wondered how she could tell the man that if she herself kept running away from love. Born Meredith then admitted she was scared she wouldn't wake up if she were to fall asleep, though Cormac was confident she was tough enough to beat the virus. You drag me back in, keep me from drowning in the waves. Her talk brought him back to reality and he handed over the scalpel. Following an argument about Meredith's future, Meredith spent two months traveling in Europe with her best friend Sadie Harris, who also hated Ellis. Bright and Shiny by karensmith reviews AU MerDer. Levi replied that he heard her voice with every win that he booked. They had Andrew accompany her during the pre-op exams. Before she could elaborate, Jo called her about Alex assaulting Andrew. However, that friendship may have run its course, seeing as how he had sold her out, while in a drunken stupor, to Owen Hunt, while the residents were all in the race for Chief Resident. She developed a habit of reciting surgical steps in her head to deal with her claustrophobia in the PPE. After Diane eventually passed away, Nathan and Meredith agreed that their timing wasn't right to start something between them and indefinitely postponed their dinner plans, since Maggie would heavily rely on Meredith in the near future. Their relationship was strained due to Ellis's devotion to Richard Webber and her work, often forgetting about Meredith. Meanwhile, Meredith was extubated and remained stable. An unexpected event of the secret rendezvous was Meredith losing her panties when Derek had pocketed them. As a small child, Meredith got to see her mother perform surgery. The post-it note that married Derek and Meredith. When Richard disappeared from his room, she found him hallucinating in an OR, about to slice open his abdomen. She instructed Meredith to go out and buy herself five new outfits and ready herself for something new, which she did.[48]. She surprised Amelia and her kids as they were preparing for her arrival. He asked her about the top-secret project she was in town for her. MerDer is already married before they go to Seattle Bright and Shiny 2 is already up on my account! In her free time, Abigail enjoys a good reality show, going to concerts, and pretending she knows how to cook. Alex also spilled to Cristina that she and Meredith were all he had and that they were his family, and that realization made him help Meredith and attempt to get Social Services to let Meredith keep Zola. Eventually, with all of Meredith's pushing, Nathan started a new life with Megan in Los Angeles with her son, Farouk. George was humiliated and furious and for weeks, he refused to speak to her. After the incident, Meredith Grey left Seattle for an entire year, though it was only for two episodes for audience members. When Meredith was five, Ellis left Thatcher. The patient revealed she had been rationing her insulin. When Zola vomited during breakfast, a worried Meredith took her to the hospital and asked Tom for a head CT given Zola's history of spina bifida. The speech is well-remembered by fans, and its culminating line is often repeated by fans. Addison discovered Meredith's underwear in Derek's pocket and the two finally agreed to divorce. When Addison came to Seattle Grace although she wanted Derek back, she was civil to Meredith and even defended her in front of a mislead patient. Later that day, Nathan told Meredith to stop listening to what people were telling her about him and listen to her own feelings for a change. The act may come out of a place of his depression, but again, he puts unfair blame on Meredith. She hadn't seen them in two weeks since she was quarantining away from home. In the 8th grade, her English class had to read Romeo & Juliet. Years later, an adult, and now a doctor, Meredith uncovered the doll while she and Derek were unpacking boxes in their house, which was previously owned and inhabited by her mother and father before their divorce, and by her mother after, until Meredith was forced to place her mother in Roseridge Home for Extended Care, due to Ellis suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. With Meredith and Derek's relationship in a much healthier place after the couple took things slowly, Derek eventually proposed to Meredith in episode 19, "Elevator Love Letter," decorating an elevator with shared mementos and memories. Cristina also had sent her a package to congratulate her but it was nowhere to be found. Meredith recalled the moment of giving him her blessing to go. Robin had seen her primary care physician about it, who referred her to an ENT, but her appointment was still months away. Since Meredith couldn't bring herself to say it, Lexie said the depth of grief came from the depth of love. After the surgery, Meredith briefly met Atticus Lincoln but dismissed him at his attempt to introduce himself. She also donated part of her liver to her father, but a liver regenerates. During the "superstorm," Meredith gave birth, via c-section, to a baby boy whom she named Derek Bailey Shepherd after both Derek and Miranda Bailey.[109]. During her visit to the Clinic, Richard, Bailey, and Cormac called her to remind her of her ties to Grey Sloan and she swore she wasn't there for a job interview. He claimed he knew they were just friends who had sex, but during Owen and Amelia's wedding, he smilingly looked at her, indicating he had started to feel more for her. Meredith decided that they should keep it between the three of them. Meredith then convinced Catherine to let her run an EMG, which showed impaired function. At the end of season 6 and most of season 7, Meredith and Derek's relationship faced several tests as they struggled to conceive; fans, in particular, were especially heartbroken to see Meredith miscarry in the season 6 finale ("Death and All His Friends") since she had been so excited to tell Derek the news. Others Danielle lives with her best friend Jaina in a beautiful, three bedroom house in Seattle. She asked for a rain check and walked off. Tom complied.[79]. When the shooter entered the OR, Meredith entered too and told him to shoot her. Bailey later informed her that the aunt and her niece had disappeared, making them fear that Andrew had been right. Bailey took the stand first and denied Nancy's suggestions of her and Meredith being close. To calm herself and "act normal", Meredith took Andrew into the kitchen and took over preparing egg rolls from the catering staff, inadvertently putting a plastic tray in the oven, which led to the penthouse being evacuated right before the big celebratory speech. That meant leaving a lot of time open for grilling Meredith, even if they all left after eating, which she could hardly expect at a buffet-type meal. [125] The next morning, he asked her out on a date. She briefed the paramedics when they arrived and stressed that they should get him a head CT. Gabby is among the patients who showed up to show their support for Meredith. She told him about Jo's depression and what had caused it. However, she has shown to be able to put her dislike aside so it wouldn't affect patients, or when Nathan told her his side of the story. [120] Nathan continued to try to get closer to Meredith, and although she liked him, she kept brushing him off as she knew Maggie liked him too. However, Maggie misinterpreted his look as being for her, and she confessed to Meredith that she had a crush on Nathan, leaving Meredith in an awkward situation.[36]. She told him they wouldn't leave until they figured it out and got to work.[86]. Grey's Anatomy fanfiction. She had 4 letters of recommendation for her internship at. During a Halloween sleepover, Zola had another panic attack causing Meredith and Nick to put their romantic getaway on hold to pick her up and drive her home. Alias The hospital must function through the worst thing yet. In a scrub room, Addison told Meredith that if there was even a chance that Derek still loved her then she wasn't leaving Seattle but she would if he didn't. She later came across the arguing DeLuca siblings in a hallway. If not, there was no point in avoiding death and she may as well just join Derek now. It was just a place she worked at and she could find a new workplace. Gabby was reunited with her father after three months while her mother was still in the detention center. The Geek and the Rebel (Status: Complete) Including sharp comments about insurance companies, Big Pharma, and institutionalized discrimination, the article started trending online. Meredith was visited on her beach by Mark and Lexie. Enjoy! She could only tell him that Megan would be brought to Madigan Medical Center. She ran into Andrew, who had anticipated the request and had found her a cup. On her pro bono surgery day, she had 25 surgeries to divide among four surgeons, all before Tom would shut down the project at 7 PM. Richard told Meredith about the ring, but the despondent Derek hit the ring into the woods, with a baseball bat. Later, she ran into Link and he properly introduced himself. With this declaration, Meredith walked out without returning the sentiment and spent some time avoiding Andrew. They ended up having sex. She then expressed desire not to face the traditional clap-out, where he planned for their final goodbye to take place. At work, Meredith encountered Cormac as he was giving his boys a tour of the hospital. With Gabby's condition worsening, Meredith promised she had a plan. Cormac suggested the write him up but Meredith declined. And she managed to share that joy through her spirit of discovery and of possibility and of hope, right in the face of darkness. Cormac complimented her on her work today but she was too concerned about the human trafficking situation to accept the praise.