<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, parallels show similarities in Meredith's 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 . Meredith names her newborn daughter after her mother . Although still grieving over Derek, Meredith returns to Seattle with the children and later becomes chief of general surgery . She sells the "dream house" and moves back to her mother's house, having purchased it back from Alex, and now lives there with Maggie and Amelia Shepherd, her sister - in - law . </P> <P> Meredith hosts a dinner party and at the party Callie brings Penny as a date . Later at the event Meredith finds out Penny will be joining her at Grey Sloan Memorial . Meredith eventually forgives Penny, who becomes her favorite resident over Alex's girlfriend, Jo. 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 . Alex initiates 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 . Meredith finds herself in another love triangle when Megan rejects Riggs because he is still in love with Meredith, but Meredith pushes them to be together . After her relationship with Riggs ends, Meredith is nominated for a Harper Avery Award for her groundbreaking surgery on Megan . In the 300th episode, after failing to attend the awards ceremony to stay for a medical trauma, post-surgery, Meredith learns with all her closest friends in the OR and gallery that she has won the Harper Avery Award . </P> <P> In season 14 Meredith is doing surgery to remove a women's spleen when the computers and whole hospital (including lights and AC) are hacked into . Meredith removes the women's spleen but weeks later the patient comes back in with the same symptoms . They scan the patient to find she has produced mini spleens . This inspires her for her next research project . She gets chosen to continue her project by the Grey Sloan research contest . However Meredith needs a polymer that is patented by a man in Europe . Meredith learns the man has died a week before his meeting . She then meets his daughter who she recognizes as her "aunt" Ellis' former best friend . To give Meredith access to the polymer she demands that the Grey method be renamed for Ellis and her and as was a key part and Ellis cut her out . Meredith refuses and looks for other polymers to continue her project . </P>

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