This is the sequel to The Other Shepherd. I strongly recommend reading it first, mainly because each of the pairings might seem kind of strange unless you know their back stories. This is kind of a time jump like five years of time jump so I'll fill you in. Mark and Callie have son Teylon who is six, and a daughter named Shelby who is four. Kallye and Alex have Toby who is six, Kimberly who is five, and twins Whitney and Zach who are three. Addison and Derek have twins Courtney and Trenton who are six and Jacob who is two. April and Jackson have triplets Abigail, Lillian, and Andrew who are five, and Lucas who is three. Miranda and Ben have Tucker who is ten and Jessica who is four. Meredith and Trey have Cole who is four and Natalie who is two. Lexie and Eli have Mathew who is only one. Owen and Cristina have Tarah who is five and Elizabeth who is one. This begins on Toby's seventh birthday.

Kallye's View

Toby finished off his lunch and grabbed his soccer ball.

"Mom can I go play with Teylon?" He asked hopefully. I sighed.

"Did you finish those subtraction problems?" I asked. Toby nodded.

"Yes." He told me. I nodded.

"Go ahead." I said. Toby grinned and ran out of the house. Kimberly came in.

"Momma where did Toby go?" She asked. I hoisted her up on to the chair.

"He went to play soccer with Teylon." I told her. Kimberly nodded.

"I'm hungry." Kimberly whined.

"Well, whatcha hungry for?" I asked.

"Can you make some macaroni and cheese?" Kimberly asked hopefully.

"Sure thing Kimmy go see if Whitney and Zachary want some okay?" I asked. Kimmy nodded and climbed down from the chair. I smiled and started on the macaroni. Kimberly returned when I was almost done with Whitney and Zachary. Whitney was attached to her sippy cup like always.

"Momma, I want some more juice." Whitney begged.

"Hold on Whit Whit." I told her calmly.

"Mommy?" Zachary asked.

"Yes bud?" I asked.

"When is Shelby and Lucas comin?" Zachary asked.

"Shelby's my buddy Zachie not yours." Whitney told him.

"I can play with her too!" Zachary argued.

"No. She's my friend." Whitney argued back.

"Mommy, they're giving me a headache." Kimberly complained.

"I'm sorry Kimmy. Here's your macaroni." I said sliding a bowl in front of her. "Whitney do you still want some more juice?" I asked. Whitney nodded and held out her sippy cup for me. I gabbed some apple juice and filled up her cup.

"Tank you momma. Food?" Whitney asked. I grinned and lifted her up onto a chair. Then I set a bowl of macaroni in front of her.

"Momma I want food too." Zachary begged.

"Hold on Zach Attack." I said and lifted him onto another chair. I slid a bowl of macaroni in front of him as well. Alex came in still in his scrubs. He kissed me on the cheek.

"Hey beautiful." He grinned.

"Hey. Why are you still in your scrubs?" I asked as he went around and kissed each kid on the cheek.

"I have to go back in." Alex told me.

"Will you still be here in time? Toby's really excited." I asked.

"I should be. Speaking of Toby, where is the big man?" Alex asked.

"He went to play soccer with Teylon." I told him. Alex nodded.

"Oh yeah, I did see them in their front yard when I passed by." Alex said laughing at his own stupidity. Alex left after lunch to go back to the hospital. Whitney and Zachary ran off upstairs to play with Legos. Kimberly went up to play with her Barbies and I started making Toby's cake for tonight. The phone rang while I was putting the finishing touches on it. I answered it.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Kallye, you need to come over here. Toby fell and I think he may have broken his arm." Callie told me.

"What am I going to do with the kids?" I asked.

"Bring them over here and I'll watch them." Callie decided.

"Okay, hold on I'm putting the finishing touches on Toby's cake and then I'll be over." I told her.

"Okay, hurry. Toby is most definitely not good with pain." Callie said and hung up. I wrote happy birthday Toby on the cake really quick and then stuck it in the fridge.

"Whitney! Zachary! Kimberly! Get your shoes on!" I yelled and slipped my flip flops on. Kimberly came running with her sandals on.

"I'm ready momma! Where are we going?" Kimberly asked. Whitney and Zachary came into the bathroom barefoot. Whitney had he sippy cup with her like always.

"We are going to hang out with Aunt Callie so I can take Toby to the doctor." I explained and helped Whitney with her shoes.

"What happened to Toe?" Zachary asked.

"He hurt his arm." I explained and helped Zachary put his shoes on.

"Is it a bad boo boo?" Whitney asked. I nodded.

"Yeah it is, come on you can bring your juice." I said and took Whitney's hand. It took about five minutes to get everyone in the car. But eventually we made it down the street to Callie and Mark's. I herded the kids inside. Toby was laying on the couch holding his arm. Callie had Teylon holding ice to it and trying to make Toby laugh. Shelby was laying on the floor coloring. Callie helped Toby off the couch.

Hour later

Alex came into the ER and saw Toby. He dropped his chart and ran over.

"What on earth?" He asked.

"I fell and hurt my arm." Toby told him.

"Is it broken?" Alex asked me.

"They only just brought him back from x-ray. It will be a while before we know but Callie and I both think it is." I told him. Alex nodded.

"Let me know." He said and rushed off to help with a kid who had just been wheeled in, the kid looked to be about ten. Dr. Mason came over with Toby's x-rays.

"I have to put him under to set the arm." Dr. Mason told me and showed me the scans. I sighed and pushed Toby's hair out of his eyes. He whimpered quietly.

"Shh buddy it's okay." I told him.

"Mommy it hurts." Toby complained.

"I know buddy, I know." I said soothingly. Dr. Mason pushed some anesthesia into his IV.

"We're going to make the pain go away okay buddy? You're going to get really tired in a minute here. Don't fight it okay, just go to sleep and then when you wake up your arm will be in a cast but it won't hurt near as much. Okay so just go to sleep." Dr. Mason told Toby calmly. Toby nodded and his eyes began to droop shut. Dr. Mason smiled at me and they wheeled Toby away. I ran into Meredith on my way to find Alex.

"Oh hey Kallye, I thought you had the day off?" She asked.

"I do, Toby's in surgery. He broke his arm." I explained.

"Oh my God, and on his birthday too. Is he okay?" She asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, he's just a bit shaken up." I told her. She nodded.

"Well I have a surgery, but I'll see you tonight." She said and walked off.