[128], During one of her trips to Minnesota, Nick asked Meredith to help remove a tumor on one of his patients, but when things started to go wrong, Meredith found out that the patient was actually one of Nick's old friends, the one who had donated a kidney to Nick. Meredith went into labor during the superstorm and had to have a C-section after injuring herself earlier from a fall on the stairs. They got interrupted by Owen and seeing how busy Meredith was, Nick told her to talk to him if she had any doubts about the program. Zola hugged her mother and said she loved her. While Thatcher was said to be only. Any fanfiction where Meredith and Derek knew each other before arriving at Seattle Grace. Her vitals remained stable and imaging showed improvement, confusing her doctors as to why she wasn't waking up. She wondered why he had kept his reasoning for his non-standard approach from her, to which he replied that convincing her that he belonged here was not a part of his job. He told her Megan was still convinced he was in love with Meredith, who was angered and walked off. She yelled back that she missed him, which he knew. Bailey declined and Meredith didn't come to work. After watching Andrew take care of the newborn baby, Meredith decided to gather her kids that night. Andrew went on praising himself for saving Suzanne's life against all odds, which led Meredith to point out he was sounding like his father. She relocated to Massachusetts with Meredith, and Thatcher lost all contact with his daughter. Derek froze. "Meredith, please, we don't even know what happened. Meredith starts treating matchmaker Cece. A young woman enters Derek's life as a patient, just as he finds out that Meredith messed with his Alzheime. Derek also told her that if she wanted to get closer to him, she had to do that herself by relaxing. Addison giggled . Meredith then told him that the chief had told her about the ring and that she was not going to give up on them. [62], While Meredith assisted Jackson, Catherine, Owen, and Megan Hunt on a complex surgery involving an abdominal wall transplant and a penis and scrotum transplant, Richard gave Andrew a solo lap appy under his supervision. In post-op, Jamie didn't care about the successful surgery as her crush still hadn't texted her back. He told her to take some time. The one person she'd figured she could rely on to steer the conversation away when she needed it was on hour five of a nine-year-old's heart transplant. [45] For Jackson's surgery competition, she submitted a proposal for a mini-liver procedure but was unable to get the patent from her mother's former friend, Marie Cerone, who still held a grudge over her and Ellis' fight. The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more. Ellis tells Meredith to be extraordinary. Catherine struggled with how to tell Richard. She questioned why Jo ever thought they would be good together and didn't try to hide her disdain from Link. An exhausted Meredith then returned to the COVID ICU. Maggie intervened to call a truce. Meredith broke down after the confrontation. Meredith was alarmed and alerted the other doctors, who originally believed her when he was taken in for brain surgery. However, that doesn't mean that the writers forgot about this romance. He tried to perform CPR in the ambulance, but she did not respond. She also figured Bailey would hate her even more, which Andrew confirmed as soon as he got to work. She was quiet. Upon entering the room, Nancy asked Meredith to keep quiet for once given the vicious prosecutor and let her do her job. At the beginning of season 1, episode 9, "Who's Zoomin' Who?," Meredith and Derek's iconic Grey's Anatomy romance got more serious after Meredith confided in Derek about her mother's health. Although Nathan tried to convince Meredith that he was still in love with her and that Megan didn't want to be with him, Meredith continued to send Nathan back to Megan because she didn't want Nathan to blow his opportunity to rekindle his romance with Megan. He kissed her and they got back together. George and Meredith apologize during a time-out. A month later, Meredith met Gerlie Bernardo, who was being discharged after having spent a month in the hospital with COVID. In reality, Meredith's condition progressively worsened and as her power of attorney, Richard was tasked with the decision about whether or not to admit her into a trial. Eventually, Derek was offered a job with the president. Will she be able to work in the new not-so-friendly environment and find love in the process? Profession Having children was truly a turning point in Meredith Greys life. A fanfiction involving Addison Montgomery, Meredith Grey, Derek Shepherd & Mark Sloan. Derek and Meredith were sitting in the cafeteria, he handed her some coffee, having his arm around her. Therefore, at the age of 13, she was very clear that love, like life, was about making choices. 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. Greys career was also in trouble after she had tampered with the Alzheimers trial in order for Richard Webbers wife to receive the proper medicine. Meredith Grey and Richard Webber had a very strained relationship for a very long time. February 27, 2023 By scottish gaelic translator By scottish gaelic translator Then when Paul surprised Jo at the hospital, Meredith was there to comfort her and to keep her safe from Paul. She stated Meredith had in fact broken the law to save a life, so she deserved to pick up trash, but she did not deserve to have her license taken over it. However, before she died, Meredith saw Ellis in a vision and Ellis hugged her and told her she was extraordinary and to continue being extraordinary. Meredith said she just did so because they were still figuring things out and promised not to lie to her anymore, like a real sister. Almost 18 years . [69], She got in touch with a website that would publish her story and shared some titles she had thought of with Andrew, all of them insulting to the medical system. Meredith ended up comforting April, creating a bond. However, after Meredith broke down after attending the execution of a murderer, Derek brought her to Cristina and they made up. While working shifts, she also tried to contact Andrew, who had disappeared without a word. They were going to move to DC. Baby. After the surgery, Meredith briefly met Atticus Lincoln but dismissed him at his attempt to introduce himself. While surprised, she was fine with it, so Meredith then went to find Andrew and took him out on a date to a restaurant. He eventually grew to realize that he was miserable without his family and wanted to be with them more than "saving the world." While the writers added a bit of drama as Meredith tried her best to avoid repeating the same mistakes her mother made when raising her, there were plenty of light-hearted moments too as the couple made a disaster with Zola's birthday cake (season 8, episode 12, "Hope For The Hopeless"). Meredith Grey. Zola was taken away from them for a time, during which Meredith and Derek rekindled their relationship. Derek told her that he was unfortunately unable to accept the offer, but he took her card anyway. In the 8th grade, her English class had to read Romeo & Juliet. When he was about to leave, he collapsed from his own recent kidney transplant and was admitted as a patient. Over ice cream, she told them that Andrew was her boyfriend and that he would be visiting more, but that she was not going anywhere, following Bailey's advice.[64]. The very first time we met Meredith Grey ( Ellen Pompeo ), she was waking up next to Derek Shepherd ( Patrick Dempsey) in her living room. Back on the beach, she tried to reach Derek but somehow always ended up back at the starting point far away from him. This article contains references to miscarriage and death. When Nathan Riggs arrived at the hospital, it did not take long for Meredith to discover the reasons regarding his feud with Owen. When Amelia was diagnosed with a tumor, Meredith supported her and sat by her side in recovery, as Amelia had refused to call any of her family members. [17] They brought the survivors together for a secret meeting and discussed purchasing the hospital so they could maintain the hospital in which all the doctors had been trained and which they still loved. 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. She also held off on going on a real date with Andrew because she wanted to make sure Maggie was okay with it. The couple had three children together. However, Meredith was forced to leave when there was a risk of explosions in the OR. The prosecutor suspected it had something to do with Meredith's being fired. Because Burke was dating Cristina, Meredith and Derek were often invited over to their house for dinner and vice versa. Amelia moved with Meredith to her old house after Meredith sold her and Derek's house. While the break-up in episode 25, "Didn't We Almost Have It All," felt inevitable since it helped prolong the will-they, won't-they drama, it did benefit their characters in the long run since the beginning of season 4 allowed Meredith and Derek to grow as individuals and work on several internal issues that kept holding them back. Initially, Izzie was not pleased to know that Meredith was in a relationship with Derek, as she felt that Derek would be favoring her over the other interns, and thus giving her a much better career prospect. Meredith was left speechless and walked away. Meredith however, was in love with Derek Shepherd so she never really thought about George as more than a friend. When April first came to Seattle Grace, Meredith did not approve of her. The line was recently paralleled by Grey in Ellen Pompeos last episode of Greys Anatomy. As they got started, Meredith said it had helped for her to have a village of people pulling for her with every complication. As the new year began, the hospital received vaccines for the staff. However, Derek found out that Meredith tampered with his Alzheimer's trial just as the couple was granted temporary custody of Zola. He didn't mind as he liked the chase. Enjoy! Derek tried to make a decision, but it was a hard one, as he had been married to Addison for eleven years. [113], He then called her several times, but she didn't answer the phone. Cece had to be put on dialysis awaiting her kidney transplant. The most amazing thing about Meredith, though, is that she takes all that pain, all that loss, and she turns it into drive. They advised Meredith not to fight change and resist pain, deeming it a waste of life. Andrew then took Meredith into a guest room at Jackson's and they started making out there, only to be caught by Richard. As she was about to head to the OR, Zola's surgical team came by to tell everything had gone fine. She wore red sneakers all throughout third grade due to her love of author. At this point, the character had been through so much, and fans were astonished by her resilience and perseverance through grief. At the time, Grey and Shepherd were struggling in their relationship and were spending some time apart. Cristina had to do his surgery herself after barring Meredith from the OR. Unable to choose, she decided to go home to her children.[53]. Meredith shot up and told him that he had no right to talk about her daughter as he had been the one to kill her father as he neglected to do even basic burr holes, let alone a head CT. Meredith yelled that he didn't deserve to judge her or anyone for that matter, after which he had a sudden seizure. Meredith learns that Cristina sent her Cormac as a present. Meredith and Cristina also have several sleepovers at each other's houses, sometimes in Meredith's bed with Derek in it. [102], Meredith aced her respiratory exams and was prepared to be discharged while Bailey and Richard struggled to tell her about DeLuca's death. To get through to her, Meredith talked about how she stopped fighting when she was about to drown and asked if Jo wanted to stop fighting, too, or if she just needed a few more days under her covers. Afterward, Meredith and Bailey walked Abby Banks to the ICU to be reunited with her long-lost sister. So . The guard came to let Meredith out and they wished each other good luck. Afterward, the prosecutor presented her with a list of questionable events Meredith had been involved in, all of which Bailey confirmed to be true. Zola called an ambulance, saving her. He later sent her a text to come over, which she did. Andrew overheard and offered to go get it himself, being used to the cold due to growing up in Wisconsin. While they decided that they should just go back to their no-strings relationship, Meredith eventually realized that she did want to spend her life with him after he began dating Rose (which resulted in Meredith making a house of candles in episode 17, "Freedom").