Chapter 1

"So I figured she couldn't be that big of a bitch and would let me spend some time with Sofia over Christmas if I stayed in town. Do you mind if I stay with you? " Callie asked Meredith talking about her ex wife over a skype session as Alex walked into the kitchen over hearing the conversation. " Are you serious Torres? Are you really going to sit there and call Arizona names when she gave you permission to take Sofia when she didn't have to? How can you be so selfish? You let your lawyer attack her professionally and personally in court basically calling her a slut who cares more about her work than her kid. You know Torres, you're not perfect. You seem to forget that I know you were bumping uglies with Sloan while you were involved with Hahn. Robbins tried in therapy. You were the one who walked out on that, and don't think I don't know what you did the night before you walked out. That almost broke her. That was low even for you. So grow up!" He screamed as he stormed off.

Meredith and Callie both sat in silence for a moment when Meredith finally said " I'm going to go check on him. Of course you are welcome to stay here, I'll talk to you later, bye" and Callie was left staring at a blank screen as Meredith disconnected the call. All she could see was her reflection. Not liking what she saw, she quickly turned off her IPad.

Meredith walked into the living room to see Alex sulking blindly changing the channels on the television without even staying on a station long enough to even see what was on. Meredith reached over and took the remote out of his hand and turned off the tv.

"Don't start" he grumbled. They sat in silence for a while and Meredith got up and got a couple of beers, handing one to Alex, she asked " Do you want to tell me what that was about?" He sighed and responded "I'm just tired of Torres always saying crap and trying to make it like Arizona is the bad guy, and Arizona takes it because she doesn't want to hurt Callie or Sofia. What do you care any way? You testified for Callie?"

"Alex, I testified for Callie because she asked. Arizona never asked" said Meredith

"I didn't really help Callie much, because it was probably my testimony that caused Callie to lose. So what else is going on?"

"Mer, she's a good person. She made a mistake, she shouldn't have to pay for it for the rest of her life. I feel bad, I didn't testify for her when I should have, I should have been on that plane. She shouldn't have lost her leg and suffer from PTSD. She wouldn't have cheated and her life wouldn't have been ruined if it wasn't for me. Do you know that through all of this with DeLuca, even though she was mad at me, she still stood up for me? Catherine Avery wanted to fire me. Arizona wouldn't let her. Arizona told her that if she tried to fire me, she would need to find a new fetal surgeon as well. She was willing to give all that up for me. I'm the one who beat the crap out of her roommate. All I'm saying is everyone deserves a second chance." He looked up when Meredith said " Alex, you know that Arizona knows that Catherine Avery would never fire her, there are only like 6 fetal surgeons in the country and none as successful as Arizona."

Alex jumped up and turned to Meredith and stared her down. He said " See, I don't understand you. You were in a plane crash with her. She's been nothing but nice and supportive of you.. when you were attacked, she stepped up to help with the kids. Why is it so hard for everyone to treat her with some sort of respect?" Alex stormed off to his room and slammed the door. Meredith sat there thinking about their conversation when she realized that Alex was right and she thought about how they gravitated to each other when the plane crashed in the middle of downtown a few years ago and afterwards they went their separate ways like it never happened and she vowed to do better.