It's been almost a month since Meredith became a married woman, and though that fact changes a great deal, most things, really, just stay the same. At least, anyway, the practices of daily life do now that the honeymoon is technically over. One of those things is waking up with Sean in a comfortable bed - or, today, sleeping in with him, since ( Read more... )

Meredith has imagined herself a lot of weddings ( Read more... )

Even though she's more eager than she cares to admit to see how her dress came out, Meredith pushes on through her classes before she goes to see Ianto and pick it up. That Sookie's suggestion wound up working out doesn't surprise her; if anything, she feels silly for not having thought of it sooner, but that doesn't matter now. She has the dress, ( Read more... )

It's by sheer luck that Meredith has the small waterfall to herself. That will change soon enough probably, it usually does, and she left a note at home saying where she'd be, so Sean may well join her (although that's far preferable to anyone else). For the moment, though, it's true, and for a little while, she just swims across its length, ( Read more... )

There are too many possibilities. Meredith goes over them again and again in her mind. It's beyond her to stop it, every silent moment filled with thoughts of what may lie ahead, of the worst ways all this could end. She fills her days as best she can, she keeps herself busy the only ways she knows how, but it doesn't do more than chip away at ( Read more... )

The whole thing makes Meredith uneasy. By now, she thinks, she ought to be used to it: elevators, entire floors of buildings, entire buildings have appeared from thin air, objects come back that were lost or unwanted, pets return that were dead, people walk around wearing the same face. The island is a strange place. Strange things happen. That ( Read more... )

Meredith was clear, when the idea of a party came up, that she's never done anything like this before. Thrown parties, yes, but the kind with loud music and copious amounts of drinking that mostly got way bigger than she intended them to and wound up with her waking up either on the couch surrounded by everyone else's trash or in bed with someone, ( Read more... )

Almost before she's opened her eyes, Meredith's sinking down into the clinic chair, gripping the desk as if that should keep her steady now. Even with blurred vision, she knows she's back where she's supposed to be, but it's a little longer before relief sets in; she's occupied in wiping the tears from her eyes, taking deep, calming breaths. ( Read more... )

It's not until Lexie leaves that everything she's said starts to coalesce in Meredith's head. In her half-sister's presence, she only has the energy required to keep up the conversation and to fight off thoughts of some off-shoot future and of her - their - father. It takes a lot out of her to bear Lexie, more than she thought not to snap at her ( Read more... )

Meredith just stands where they leave her for a few moments after Sean and Lexie go, willing herself to be a little calmer. Under her cold exterior, she's frazzled, and now that she's on her own, it's hard to keep that under the surface. She heads outside to check on the dog, which turns into playing with Doc, and somehow, throwing his stupid toy ( Read more... )