Hey guys how are you all I know it has been quite some time since I have last updated my books and for that I am so sorry about life has been crazy for me and between studying for my classes I haven't found a whole lot of time to update my books but I promise you I will update them when I get a chance, it's just that those two books do require some planning in terms of the direction I will be taking which is why I haven't updated as they do require a few hours of planning. With that being said this story is going to be a short one probably two or three chapters and it's to honour war veterans on ANZAC day and for those who are wondering what that is, this is a day here in Australia that we honour the fallen soldiers similar to veteran's day in America and it's a national holiday to honour them, now I hope you guys will like it and I know this pairing is different to the ones I would normally write but I am hoping you will like it all the same, so let me know what you all think of it as it does help me out tremendously xxxx.

From the moment she was born Jade was aware that her life was different she was the daughter of two surgeons although not just any surgeons they were military surgeons and when she born her parents were around for 8 or 9 months before her father had to return to Iraq. While her mum stayed at home with her and so it went for extended periods of time her dad would be gone to fight in a foreign country before coming home briefly, but change was soon brought about to Jade's world when shortly after her 6th birthday her mum and dad both had to return to Iraq and she had to live with her aunt Arizona and Callie. Both Teddy and Owen hated leaving their only daughter behind to fight in a war but this was their jobs and they knew they had to do it as Jade got older she grew to be a carbon copy of Teddy from her long blonde hair to her Jade green eyes to her slightly tanned skin and thin body build and apart from the shape of Jade's eyes there was almost no sign of Owen within her. When it came to Jade's personality it was a mix of both Owen and Teddy she had Owen's attitude of not taking anyone's crap but she also held Teddy's somewhat sweet and honest personality and she inherited both of her parent's intelligence as she was a grade ahead of everyone in her year level. So, as she got older she began to understand why her parents were away for such long periods of time and although Jade missed them immensely she understood why they had to go and it made her proud of them knowing that they were sacrificing everything to serve their country. It was two days before Jade's 16th birthday and she was going through her video for the presentation she had to give on veteran's day which incidentally enough happened to fall on her 16th birthday, it had been almost two years since she last saw her parents and her aunt and uncle all four of them were away on a two-year tour in Iraq and they were all scheduled to return home in 4 months.

Something Jade had been counting down she was currently living at her aunt Meredith and her uncle Derek's house and she had been living there since her family had left, as she was going through the video she looked at the photo on her bedside table it was taken on the day her family was leaving, Jade was standing in the middle while her mum and dad were standing on the right and her aunt Megan and her uncle Nathan stood on the left all five of them were smiling and looked happy. As they took the photo but every time she looked at the photo it was a painful reminder of how much she missed them it had been almost two years since she had seen them all in person, and even though they all wrote and skyped Jade as often they could it never felt the same for her she wanted them all home and she wanted them there on Wednesday when she had to give the presentation. The school had decided Jade should be the one to give the presentation since she was the school president and she had the unique situation of having four family members currently on active duty. So here she was editing a video with photos of her entire family and rehearsing her entire speech as she was editing someone began knocking on her bedroom door Jade put her laptop down and went to open the door to see her uncle Derek standing outside the door she let him in the room before sitting back on her bed motioning for him to do the same.

"How's the video coming along?"

"It's good I'm just doing the last-minute edits of the photos and the music after that I'll be done I only wished the four people featured in the video would be there though it feels weird and hard doing this knowing they won't get to see it in person."

"Jade I know it's tough not having them there but everyone at Grey-Sloan will be there and I know that they will still be proud to see the video of you giving the speech."

"I know but I guess it's even tougher with it being my 16th birthday and them not being here to celebrate it with me or be at party I was hoping they would be home before my birthday so that I could celebrate it with them."

Derek knew that it was tough for Jade but what she didn't know was that her family were actually going to be there for the presentation both Derek and Meredith received a call from Owen and Teddy telling them that both of them and Megan and Nathan had retired from the army and all four of them were coming home to surprise Jade. For her birthday and as hard as it was to not say anything to Jade both Meredith and Derek knew that her reaction to it would be worth a thousand words. It would be the surprise of a lifetime for Jade and neither Meredith nor Derek could wait to see her reaction as did the rest of their colleagues at Grey-Sloan, everyone knew how much she had missed them so for two more days they had to keep the charade up.

"I know it's hard Jade and I know that they more than anything wished they could be there but they will be home soon enough and I'm sure they'll celebrate it with you then."

"I know they will and I understand completely and I don't hate them for it but it's hard though not seeing them all the time."

In Iraq

Teddy and Owen had just finished their last surgery they had operated on a soldier who had a bullet lodged in his Aorta and although it was a tough save they both managed to pull it off. After they both had scrubbed out of surgery they headed back to their bunks to finish packing everything before they left for home in a few hours and neither of them could contain their excitement of finally seeing their precious daughter after two long years of being away.

"I can't believe that we are finally going home Owen and that we'll finally see our daughter after so long, god I just want to hold her and tell her much I love her."

"I know me to babe but it won't be long before all four of us will be home and we'll have her in our arms again now we should talk about what we are getting her for her birthday?"

"Well she is getting her license so how about a car we know she is responsible enough for one and it means we won't have to be a taxi service for her either."

Owen just laughed at his wife's comment of being Jade's taxi but he also agreed that it was probably a suitable gift for her.

"Alright so it's settled we'll get her a car now we just have to determine what kind of car we get her?"

"Mini Copper it's the car Jade has always wanted and it's not too expensive to buy either."

"Alright well now that we have that sorted let's get the last of our stuff packed before we leave, hopefully Meg and Nate will be almost ready to go."

They headed too their bunk as they entered they saw Megan and Nathan in there with all their stuff packed up.

"Oh, good you guys are done Nate and I want to get going so that we get home sooner to see mum and Jade, she has no clue we are coming home does she?"

"No, she doesn't everyone is keeping it quiet till after she finishes her speech and then we'll surprise her."

"Well that's good I bet you and Owen can't wait to see her or meet her boyfriend?"

At this comment Owen glared at Megan and then turned to his wife looking for some sort of explanation about Megan's comment.

"Owen, Jade told us about him remember his name is River?"

"Yeah I remember her mentioning him I was just trying to ignore that she even mentioned him or that he even existed."

Owen said through clenched teeth, he hated the idea that his daughter now had a boyfriend if it was up to him she would be 25 before she got a boyfriend but he was hoping scaring him a little would be enough to ensure that he wouldn't hurt his daughter.

"Well she wants us to meet him so please be nice when we do meet him."

"Teddy is right Owen I don't want this poor boy running away scared because you told him some horror story."

"I will try to be nice but it doesn't mean I have to like it either."

Nathan stood there laughing he knew this boy was probably going to have to worship the ground his niece walked on if he wanted Owen to even like him and he couldn't help but feel sorry for the boy but he also understood Owen's reaction. Nathan thought that if it were the other way around he would have a similar reaction to Owen.

"Come on guys we should get ready to go we have a niece and daughter to surprise and we have a long plane journey ahead of us."

With that the four of them picked up their bags and left the bunk to head for the plane that would finally take them home and reunite them with Jade and all four of them were excited that after two years of being gone they would all be home with her permanently.