<P> After Derek's death, Meredith returns to Grey Sloan Memorial to inform the others of his passing . Following the funeral service, Meredith impulsively packs up her belongings and leaves with the children to San Diego . Months pass by while her friends and family are unaware of her whereabouts . Eventually, we are shown the parallels between Meredith and Ellis' lives . Both have lost the love of their life, both run away from Seattle following their loss, and both eventually give birth to a daughter . We are again reminded that "the carousel never stops turning ." Meredith names her newborn daughter after her mother, Ellis . Although still grieving over Derek, Meredith returns to Seattle with the children and later becomes chief of general surgery . She sells the "dream house" as it no longer feels like home without her husband, and moves back to her mother's house, having purchased it back from Alex, and now lives there with Maggie Pierce and Amelia Shepherd, her sister - in - law, both of whom help with the raising of her three children, along with a nanny / housekeeper . </P> <P> Meredith hosts a dinner party and at the party Callie brings Penny (the doctor responsible for Derek's death) as a date . Later at the event she finds out Penny will be joining her at Grey Sloan Memorial . Meredith eventually forgives Penny, who becomes her favorite resident over Alex Karev's new girlfriend, Jo . </P> <P> Alex and Meredith continue their close, sibling - like relationship of being each other's "person", despite Jo's displeasure and inability to understand their closeness . He supports her when she is violently attacked by a disoriented patient, and she supports him through his legal difficulties . Karev instigates a weekly family waffle day where he makes waffles for everyone in the house . </P> <P> Meredith recovers enough to start seeing Nathan Riggs, Owen Hunt's former best friend, by season 13, although their relationship is complicated by the fact that Maggie confesses to Meredith that she has feelings for Riggs and Meredith is not ready to declare their relationship formally or publicly . Eventually she accepts her relationship with Riggs but it's complicated by the unexpected return of Owen's sister, Megan Hunt, Riggs' fiancée . </P>

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