After the surgery, Richard pointed out that Meredith was risking losing her license and a prison sentence for committing a felony and that implicating Luis in insurance fraud wouldn't help his asylum. At Jo and Alex's wedding, Andrew kissed Meredith while drunk, which he immediately apologized for. She continued to direct them up until the moment she lost consciousness. He was surprised since it was Valentine's Day but gladly accepted. Overcome by desire, she removed herself from the situation and promised him she'd think about what he had said. Together, Grey and Wyatt worked through Greys issues with her mother, which gave Grey the ability to not be afraid of love and to be accepting of who she is. She ran into Amelia, who had seen Andrew leave the house and wondered if they were back together. Only a patient and George's best friend Izzie knew how he felt about Meredith. Alex cheated on Meredith with April Kepner. She has the same blood type as her father. Greys anatomy fan fic by @svu-jj. Not only was Grey able to overcome her issues, but she was also finally able to be with Shepherd. When Derek was leaving to hand in his resignation to the White House, he told Meredith to stay and wait for him, just like when he left her at the house of candles so he could break up with Rose. The couple subsequently got into an argument in the changing room, where Derek argued that it was Alzheimer's, a disease that she could potentially have, and one whose progression he was trying to stop or cure, while at the same time espousing that everything was black and white, a right and a wrong. Andrew and Meredith plan to leave soon for a night to themselves. Later, when Derek got shot, Meredith said that April didn't have the right to cry because of Derek, but she told Meredith that Reed, her best friend died. She sent him for a walk and apologized for his behavior. Before leaving, she told him she was missing him. However, it appeared that with Alex's apology, they mended their fences and went back to their former relationship, as he was there to provide some physical support after Meredith learned that Zola had to be surrendered to Social Services for the time being. Meredith Grey is the former Chief of Surgery, former head of general surgery and former Director of the Residency Program at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. [131] Despite their work, the residency program got shut down, Bailey quit, giving Meredith the key to the chief's office. Meredith did not want to be in another love triangle and believed that Nathan was betraying her by not seizing the miraculous opportunity to be with Megan again. While in there, Andrew confided in her about how his famous surgeon father killed four people while he operated in a manic episode but he got away with it because of his connections. She told him she could fix him as he was the one who taught her everything about surgery, life, and being a parent. He was told that to be put on the transplant list, he had to be sober for at least a year, but he had only been sober for 90 days. A CT revealed a blood clot in her liver so Teddy and Winston carefully performed a TIPS procedure to remove the clot. As such, there is very little that the two of them do not know, about the other, since day one of their internships. She w *Spoilers* Mark and Lexie have a 2-year-old daughter Charlotte. Afterward, an exhausted Meredith fell asleep on a gurney in a hallway, so Andrew moved her to a bed in an empty room and covered her with a blanket.[58]. After Meredith and Derek's break-up, Cristina protected Meredith by asking Derek to stay away. A lot of people die. She then took the Post-it note out of the garbage and hung it back up on the wall. They ordered room service and spent the night before heading to his cabin the next day. Although Richard tried to conceal his relationship with Ellis, Adele always knew, so if she was in their company, she would just play with Meredith. All of the surgeons were busy except for Bailey, who at the time was not operating because of her recent MRSA scare, but ultimately decided to save Meredith. How Does Greys Anatomy Alum T.R. As Jo left, a construction worker told Meredith that they were done with the grinder in the OR. Concerned over Catherine's health, Meredith was dismissive of Maggie's relationship troubles with Jackson. [82], At work, Amelia inquired about Alex's departure but Meredith said she didn't want to talk about it. She and Derek eventually divorced but after a short while, she managed to have a friendship with both of them. After convincing her that detecting possible cancer was more important than staying at work for two more hours, Meredith took her to the Grey Sloan parking lot for an ultrasound. It's only a matter of time before Derek is pushed towards Meredith again. She assured him NYE was an actual date between them. Lexie asked Meredith about her favorite thing about life. He administered steroids to her, which angered Meredith because if he was wrong, Suzanne would be killed. Derek saves Meredith from almost drowning in Elliot Bay. Meredith allowed Callie to move into her house for a while and Callie saved her from embarrassment at work and gave her advice about her dog, but Meredith was better friends with Izzie, who disliked Callie, so she often sided with Izzie in arguments. [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. Before merluca, 712 stories. Meredith insisted Alex would know when to pull the plug and asked Bailey to distract her instead. [41] Meredith rushed inside and started to help out with evacuating patients due to the spreading fire, all the while looking for Nathan. A writer, reader and tv fanatic, Kayleigh enjoys reading movie news and your film reviews. Although the two constantly flirted and Derek still hinted at having feelings for her, they both agreed to remain friends, and Addison, too, attempted to be friends with Meredith. He agreed to that,[30] but Jo got mad at him for not consulting her first. I'm not going anywhere, The post-it note was the only thing that survived the house fire in season 19, reminding fans how iconic their break room wedding was. He wished she would have done the community service and come back to work to change the system from within, but she said nothing she had written was untrue and that she wasn't going to sit on her mountain of privilege leaving others to fight for themselves in the broken system that was hurting and killing them. This led her to be diagnosed as a genius, which also proved to be the foundation of her panic attacks. It turned out Meredith had been right with her guess. Teddy deemed that Meredith's lungs were at a breaking point and suggested they needed to put her on a vent. Meredith started to put together a pro bono surgery day. Afterward, Andrew asked Meredith when she was going to stop stringing Link along as he was growing tired of wasting time not being with her. They stayed together and after his mother's visit, Derek decided to propose with his mother's engagement ring. Then she segued into her asking him why he he barely spoke to her all day. Meredith couldn't help but smile as she closed the door.[106]. She came to see how Levi set up a dance floor in the cafeteria for the patient and her husband, which made her reflect on how she used to be the kind of person who did romantic things like that. She went to Bailey who handed Suzanne's case to her. When Meredith is taken hostage at Seattle Grace hospital by a murder. The next morning, Meredith even tried to make breakfast for her and Lexie was so enthusiastic that she ate it, despite knowing she would have an allergic reaction. Bailey and George take care of her! Maggie intervened to call a truce. Cece had to be put on dialysis awaiting her kidney transplant. Amelia came in to update her on her kids and Andrew was optimistic they would be able to discharge her within a week if she continued to improve at the current rate. He agreed to all of those but refused to move the project to Seattle since it would cost them time he didn't have and even more money. But Richard and Callie conducted additional research of the company and learned that it would be a terrible asset to the hospital. She realized the article would terrify people and keep patients away from Grey Sloan. At the same time, Andrew came over to ask Meredith about her date. The show and its characters were created by Shonda Rhimes, who has gone on to create shows such as Scandal and Netflixs Bridgerton. Knight Feel About Ellen Pompeo Leaving The Show? Her friends tried to contact her repeatedly, but she didn't answer. Andrew overheard and offered to go get it himself, being used to the cold due to growing up in Wisconsin. With yet another death imminent, she called the patient's daughter to rush to the hospital to be able to say goodbye. I know exactly who you are." Derek planned to propose to her, with a ring from his mother but remarked to Mark that the timing had to be right, otherwise she would bolt. When Addison came to Seattle Grace, Izzie and Cristina stole a patient from psych to make her feel better and when Meredith was put on Erica Hahn's service, Cristina selflessly gave Meredith lots of advice on how to impress Hahn. Nick was supposed to stay at his cabin, but when he heard that Meredith couldn't go home for the holidays, he turned around and joined her at her hotel. She also donated part of her liver to her father, but a liver regenerates. She ran into Andrew, who had anticipated the request and had found her a cup. [111], After losing 3 patients to COVID-19, Meredith had been more stressed out than ever, causing a breakdown and a trashed supply closet. After the shooting, all involved were made to go through a psych consult to be cleared for surgery. First published Apr 01, 2020. Soon after, she was found in the middle of the hospital's parking lot, having collapsed. She later met Cormac in front of the OR board. The award, in Greys Anatomy, is the most prestigious medical award a surgeon can receive. He wanted her to torture herself less. After Derek died, Meredith took Zola and Bailey and left Seattle in the middle of the night, much like her mother did with her when she was a child. While bleeding out on the table, Meredith Grey instructed Shane and Heather on how to perform the surgery. The next day, Addison found Meredith's panties in Derek's pocket and realized her marriage was over. When a stressed Alex entered her room, Meredith managed to calm him down by letting him hold her son. She then said she understood pain from deep experience and that her parents had messed with her head, like Alex's had, so they would both understand whatever had happened in Pittsburgh. Meredith responded that the situation was much more complicated than that, as it was Richard and Adele. However, upon learning of Meredith's tampering with Derek's trial, she voices her strong disapproval of her, as evidenced from her interactions with Meredith, when she got fired, and the Chief, when asked to write a recommendation letter for her. Drive to save lives, to make things better. She and Levi treated Noelle, a woman who had had an accident working jobs through an app that she needed to make ends meet. Her supervisor Robin Jones started to object to her street clinic since it was keeping people from doing their work but Meredith brought up she had noticed a nodule in Robin's neck that warranted a closer look. She comforted her by saying "You're Jo Wilson. Ellis tells Meredith to be extraordinary. However, that didn't mean they didn't face some obstacles. Ongoing. Title(s) He complied and spontaneously agreed to pay for the overtime, explaining that Griffin Ford paid them a lot of money. He agreed to that only if Meredith called the national trafficking hotline, which she agreed to. Meredith began advocating for Gerlie to be put on the transplant list but Bailey shut her down, believing Gerlie would recover without the transplant. She said Andrew was sexy and fun but she wasn't sure if he was more than that or if she even wanted him to be. They dated briefly after a long period of flirting until his son started having panic attacks due to his dating. She speaks Italian after taking it for three years in undergrad. She put up some resistance, stating she could keep going after the high of the surgery, but Andrew reminded her that a certain friend had once stressed the importance of getting rest. They then leaned into a near-kiss while Meredith said she didn't want to leave the kids. The surgery went well, and Derek took his newborn son to the NICU to make sure everything was fine. They both became very happy once Derek moved back to Seattle. Code Blue Jackson Avery by writer5678904. In a moment, this random one-night stand became the captivating hook the show hinged on, as viewers watched Meredith and Derek struggle to keep their professional and personal lives separate for weeks. [125] The next morning, he asked her out on a date. Zola set up a live feed for them to watch his talk, which went disastrously as he dismissed his Pen and started rambling nonsense about having found a cure for cancer. I didn't write this story all credits goes to "God." Meredith was then discovered in the hospital by Bailey but she stated she was just visiting a friend. Follow/Fav A very special gift. Afterward, Meredith and Bailey walked Abby Banks to the ICU to be reunited with her long-lost sister. After a tumultuous year between Seattle and Minnesota, Meredith and Derek are perfectly happy when they decide that staying in Seattle is the right choice. Right before the procedure, Andrew barged in and knocked over the tray with instruments to stop them from performing the biopsy. He concluded by saying she was always welcome to visit once she had accepted his decision so that his kids could meet their Auntie Mer, adding that he hoped she wouldn't hate him too much. He wrote that he had left Seattle, admitting he had chosen the easy way out as he didn't want her to give him crap for his decision to set him straight. Cristina, who found it typical for Meredith to go in labor during a superstorm, stayed by her side while Derek went to look for Connie. It was only later, that Alex explained that Meredith was more suited to be his assistant, as she had personal experience, in dealing with the patients and family. Eventually, Richard broke off his relationship with Ellis, as he felt he was being the better man, by walking away from Ellis, with Meredith only meters away, riding on a carousel. They talked and made up after the surgery. The hearing began and the judge introduced the doctors on the panel. Before losing consciousness, Meredith instructed Shane, who had found out that her spleen was bleeding, how to stop the bleed. Meredith's parents had a troubled marriage, though part of this was due to Ellis spending too much time working and normal everyday problems. While waiting for the results, Callie sat down in her room to have a little chat about how she was doing. Carina was concerned that Andrew might have the mania that their father had, explaining that that was why he went to jail for Meredith and why he was obsessing over Suzanne Britland's case. Meredith however, was in love with Derek Shepherd so she never really thought about George as more than a friend. Jo then revealed that her mother was raped by her father and that she looked like him. Finally understanding the origins of his laid-back nature, she apologized for the way she behaved. Their marital issues proved too great, and eventually, Thatcher left the home when Meredith was five years old. She advised Alex to go and tell Bailey what happened, but he went to try and stop Andrew from pressing charges. Shortly thereafter, Ellis accepted a fellowship opportunity at Massachusetts General Hospital. Meredith spent the day worrying about Andrew, but he passed Richard's test with flying colors despite the surgery turning into a complicated procedure. Meredith decides not to choose between the two men pursuing her just yet. She tried to reach Derek again, making a run for it, but she tripped and fell. Meredith Grey was away from Seattle after the death of her husband Derek Shepherd for around a year before returning in the Season 12 finale. James asked Levi if Meredith really was as mean as he'd heard. Their relationship has been rocky since Derek's death. Meredith used Robin owing her to follow the entire procedure through but Bailey hung up on her as soon as the procedure was over, leaving Meredith to go take care of a beehive in a discarded toilet. Meredith then told a story of Bailey made everyone laugh by faceplanting into his birthday cake. And Rose and Addison are out to kill. Meredith talked him through the case and noticed that he was speaking fast and apparently had not slept for days. When we first met Meredith, she was an intern alongside Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), George O'Malley (T.R. He said he'd back off for a while and wait, but he'd call and then come back. When Derek forgave Mark for breaking up his marriage and they resumed their friendship with him, Meredith too became friendly towards him, although Mark still threatened her, only half-jokingly, on her wedding day. Cormac suspected a tumor but Meredith suggested it may be leftover gallstones from the gallbladder removal she had performed a few years back. Link successfully removed the hip, which would solve the problems. The only people that knew about Meredith's miscarriage were Cristina, Owen, and April. Being on the beach with her, he finally felt that true acceptance of who he was and what his strengths were. Meredith quietly explained the situation to Nancy but upon learning that the hearing would have to be rescheduled, which could take six months, Meredith decided to power through with Paul on the panel. Cece planned a blind date for Meredith, who briefly came into work beforehand wearing make-up, which was noticed by several men, including Andrew and Link. She was delighted to get to do what she is best at again. Ellis didn't like that Meredith got pregnant at 16 and Meredith took off, raising Erica on her own. After the tour, Zola told Meredith she loved the school and Meredith decided to move to Boston and accept Jackson's proposal. When Meredith received a call about her mother, she left Europe and went back to Seattle. [60], Andrew spent all his time on his father's research while Meredith gave him the space to do so. Cristina later helped "diagnose" Meredith as having a case of "severe abandonment issues," as the cause of her relationship problems with Derek, due to the fact that Thatcher left her, when she was a child, that she had to suddenly leave her childhood home when she was five, and that Ellis was absent for most of her childhood, due to her work and the affair she was having with Richard. Disclaimer - all the characters belong to the wonderful Shonda Rhimes. [16] The doctors learned that Dr. Cahill was planning to clean up the hospital so that it could be sold to a company called Pegasus Horizons. And unlike Derek, who viewed the world in distinct shades of black and white, Meredith tends to see things in shades of gray, which Carolyn Shepherd remarked to her son that was what he needed, while she was visiting Seattle.[108]. Amelia joined them as Meredith said that a house filled with happy people would be the perfect last memory, as that had been what Derek had wanted. However, after Bailey explained that Lexie probably thought she hated her, because of their family links, and after a traumatic day when Cristina brought Lexie home with her, Meredith made an effort to bond with her so they danced and drank tequila. They later become so close, that Meredith gave Thatcher a piece of her liver because Lexie asked her to and she doesnt want her sister to feel the loss of her father, something of which she had experienced herself. She told him to "go give 'em hell" in Boston and he thanked her for showing him how. When Derek moved back home after being in D.C. the two were lying in bed and Derek told her that she was always the one. She didn't care about her standing with the medical community since they were in a fight already anyway. She then told him about her miscarriage. Though both of them were really happy, Meredith was very concerned due to her hostile uterus, but Derek remained optimistic, and she was still pregnant.