"When the two of you broke up I . . . you know that I didn't agree with how serious your relationship was. You were at the beginning of your medical career and I didn't want you to be distracted by anything."

"Mom, what happened?" he asked.

"I stalled her career, I put words in that she wasn't a good student and that the hospitals were better off without her. I didn't think too much of it and I even forgot until you mentioned she was doing stunt work. That's when I realized the damage that I did, she was too good not to be in a hospital."

"Mom, how could you?" he asked, shock clear on his face while I held in my tears.

Hearing her admit it was more than I ever expected. It hurt so much more than I thought it would and I can't believe it, I still can't believe it.

"I didn't think about it until after the fact, Kiara I'm so sorry."

"Don't, don't you dare apologize for something that you're not sorry for. I've had more than enough hypocrisy in my life, I don't need yours too." I interrupted.

"I mean it, you're a brilliant surgeon. I've been following you and you're career, it took me more time than you deserved but I had to get you back in a hospital. I do apologize for everything that I did to you, I never meant for it to be . . ."

"That's exactly what you wanted, you wanted to be rid of me. The poor girl who isn't good enough for the Avery. Don't think I didn't see how you looked at me and it made me work so much harder to prove that I had what it took and I did but it still wasn't enough. You screwed me over for no good reason other than you wanted me away from your precious boy." I said.

"That is true but . . ."

"No, I've had enough drama for today, I really have and I don't need or want anymore. I can't deal with it, I've got to get home to my . . . I've got to get back to the hotel. Good bye." I said, walking out before I could start to cry.

This was so much more than I expected it to be, today was just . . . horrible. Absolutely horrible and I don't know what to expect.

"You must be Dr. Velez." I heard from behind me.

"Yes, I am, and you are?"

"Meredith Grey, I'm Dr. Pierce's sister." she said with an attitude.

"Great, its nice to meet you Dr. Grey." I said.

"Why are you here?"

"Why is that important to you?" I replied with the same bad attitude.

"You're not gonna take my sister's job, there's no way that you're gonna replace her." she said.

"Excuse me, I'm not here to relace anyone. I'm here to work Dr. Grey, I'm not trying to replace anyone. Its an honor to work here, this is the best hospital I've ever had the pleasure to work at and that's all I want to do. I don't know why all of you are so against me coming onto the team, but I hope that I win you all over." I said, walking away from her.

"This is gonna be very harsh on you." Jo said suddenly.

"They all stick together don't they?" I asked her.

"They do, but I've got your back. You still haven't met Alex Karev, he's peds too but I don't know how that's gonna go."

"Why?"

"He's Meredith's best friend."

"Great, they're all gonna hate me."

"What's your deal with Dr. Avery?" she asked.

"You're very direct aren't you?"

"Yeah, I really am. You gonna answer my question?"

"We dated in med school and things really flopped, really bad and I haven't seen him in years. 5 years maybe, last I saw him was in LA."

"When do you start?"

"Tomorrow, it's definitely gonna be interesting. Let's see how things go." I told her before leaving.

I took my time driving to the hotel, it was about 15 minutes from the hospital thinking about everything that happened. Hope, that's all I can have that things get better for me after today because they are not happy at all. After calling my mom she told me they were downstairs getting something to eat so that's where I found them. My daughter had her headphones in while she watched tv on her little tablet.

"Tienes hambre mija?" she asked.

"Not really."

"What's wrong, no te ves muy contenta."

"The surgeons made no attempt to hide the fact that they don't want new faces in the hospital and I saw someone I didn't want to see."

"No me digas que . . ."

"Yes, he's here mamá. What am I gonna do?"

"Vas a tener que . . ."

"No, that's hopefully not gonna happen. I can't mom, I just can't. I won't do that, things are best the way that they are right now."

"Este secreto no va durar mucho, es mejor que lo sueltes de una vez." she replied before the food arrived.

The next two weeks were definitely difficult to say the least. I was met with resistance at every turn, the attendings were just not being a team, at least not with me. I was rejected from OR's, pushed away from surgeries and just all around ignored. It feels horrible, I feel like shit most of the time but the patients and the parents make it all better.

A lot of the patients love me, they're just awesome. The kids, they kill me, they're so funny in spite of their condition and its just wonderful to see. Jo has been wonderful, the residents have been great to me but the attendings just don't want me around. Bailey is trying her hardest to make me feel welcome and I appreciate it but I don't know how much more of this I can take.

"So you did stunt work in LA?" Jo asked as we walked down the hallway.

"Yeah, it was so much fun."

"How did you get into it?"

"I was playing around in a trampoline park with a friend and the owner of a stunts company was there training some new hires. He liked what he saw me doing and offered me a job. It was hard at first because when you first start it really hurts but it was awesome. I met a lot of amazing actors and actresses, it was an amazing experience."

"What made you stop?"

"I stopped when I found out I was pregnant, I couldn't continue there. They were willing to wait out my pregnancy but I couldn't keep putting my life on the line like that having a child depending on me."

"You have a child? How am I just finding out about this? How old?" she asked.

"My daughter is 5, she's the light of my life." I told her with a smile.

"You have a 5 year old daughter?" I heard from behind me.

"Oh shit." I muttered.

"You have a 5 year old daughter?" he asked, making me turn around.

"Jackson . . . I . . ."

"Did you ever plan on telling me?" he demanded.

"Holy shit! I love that I'm always here when this happens." Jo said with a smile.

"Fuck." I managed to say before he pulled me away.

"What the hell?" he demanded again.

"You've got a bad habit of doing that. Don't touch me." I argued, pulling my arm out of the really tight grip he had on me.

"Did you plan on telling me at all?" he asked.

"What makes you think she's your daughter?" I asked.