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Ignoring the compliment, as always she tilted her head to one side. "That's not what I asked...", Meredith let her voice trail in a dumbfounded way, which was very uncharacteristic for her. Of course she knew the date. She knew it was their birthdays. She was also very aware of the significance of the date to Lloyd and Erik. Meredith was new to the game, having only been in the teens' life a little over six months, but she was not quite sure it was the best idea. For months now she had been subtly trying to sway their decision of throwing them all together at once. It just did not seem right to her.

Following him with her eyes she listened to his instructions for Erik. In her mind she was conjuring up a good reason to attempt to delay this meeting. Any brilliant ideas that were forming were shattered, when Lloyd shot her a order. He was her superior. A defiant side of side told her to speak up, refuse, something, but of course she merely nodded. Meredith was usually one to follow all orders, laws and rules in general.

With perhaps more force than necessary, Meredith sat her file down on the counter and headed toward Alex's room. As if confirming her hesitation to this whole ordeal, Jason choose that moment to take on an extreme case of cabin fever. Biting the inside of her cheek, she turned just as the guards shouted for her. As she rounded the corner, her suspicions were validated. The boy was in full form, as far as she knew. He seemed to be quite uncontrollable after a session with Linda, whose methods even Meredith was not a big fan of. Today, however, may just be his lucky day... hopefully.

"Hey, easy!" she instructed the guards. Her attention then focused entirely on Jason. In a calm but firm tone, she spoke directly to the teen, who was currently on his back behind held down by the two men. "Jason, it's Dr. Abernathy. If you can calm down then I'll take you some place right now..." She waited for him to calm and let that sink in. "There's... something we'd like to show you", she further explained as the doctor shifted her weight to one foot and placed her hands on her hips. When the boy would calm, she would motion the guards off of him. It was unlikely the boy was given enough drugs to totally subdue him, he did seem to be rather strong willed.