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Hey, Dorothea, do you ever stop to think about me? When we were younger down in the park Honey, making a lark of the misery
Meredith missed her person. Since Alex had left she had been lonely. Sure Maggie and Amelia were nice and she loved her sisters but they hadn’t known her before she got married and had children.
You got shiny friends since you left town A tiny screens the only place i see you know and i got nothing but well wishes for ya
Meredith scrolled through Cristinas facebook. She had a picture of her and some other girl and a man who might be her boyfriend. An awful thought suddenly came to Meredith. Has she been replaced? Meredith and Cristina still facetimed and talked on the phone but it wasn’t the same as when she was here or when Cristina was in Boston. She missed Alex and Cristina. She also missed Izzie and Lexie. And george. She hadn’t thought about him for a long time.
She missed the times when the counters were covered in bakings, when three different people's underwear were drying, men complaining about buying tampons and six adults were living together and the house felt like home, the spot on the kitchen was no longer covered in blood but sound of laughter and orange juice which poor April would probably have to clean up.
Ooh This place is the same as it ever was Ooh But you don't like it that way
The house still looked the same. There still was the same ugly wallpaper and the same kitchen countertops. But it didn’t feel like home.
Not anymore. Now it felt like someone else's house which she was just pretending to live in.
It's never too late To come back to my side The stars in your eyes Shined brighter in Tupelo
If Alex or Cristina would come back she would forgive any grudges she had against them and let them in. It was never too late to come back to her side because she could imagine how bright the stars in their eyes would be.
And if you're ever tired of being known For who you know You know, you'll always know me Dorothea (ah-ah) Dorothea (ah-ah)
She wishes everyone wouldn’t leave. She misses the times when Alex would be a girl for her and five residents were trying to get ready at the same time and one attending was watching them amused.
Ooh, you're a queen Selling dreams Selling make up and magazines Ooh, from you I'd buy anything
Cristina was thriving at switzerland. Alex was finally a dad. They were selling dreams and she was still feeling like an intern.
Hey Dorothea Do you ever stop and think about me? When it was calmer Skipping the prom
Just to piss off your mom And her pageant schemes
She remembered all the things they had done and somehow still not gotten fired. She thought then it was luck. She now realized they were too good to be kicked out of the program. When life had been simple.
And damn, Dorothea They all wanna be ya But are you still the same soul I met under the bleachers?
Well But if Alex or Cristina or Lexie or Derek came back would they still be the people she once met? Would she still be?
Ooh I guess I'll never know Ooh And you'll go on with the show
She gathered up all the courage she had and called Alex. It went to voicemail. That’s okay, she convinced herself. He was probably busy. She tried to call Cristina straight into voicemail too. A lonely tear slipped down her cheek.
But it's never too late To come back to my side The stars in your eyes Shined brighter in Tupelo And if you're ever tired of being known For who you know You know, you'll always know me
And she convinced herself that everything would be okay. That she just had to get up, feed and drop off kids, go to be the chief of surgery, come home and then she could finally cry.
So she did that and that night Alex and Cristina called her back. And it felt like she was the only one that remembered all the important moments and feelings. Everybody moved but she stayed there.