Two days later when we get off our plane my little sister is there her hair pulled up into a messy bun cradling a tiny little blue bundle that has to be little Parker, she's smiling and cooing at the baby without even noticing that Brooke and I are almost right in front of her. I take a moment to look her over she looks exhausted but more beautiful then I have seen her in a long time, it's the happiness that does it. She's glowing and I'm intensely jealous of the way her life is turned out. Mine used to be like that and I want it back. But then her life also used to be like my life is now.
"Meredith Alexandria Grey!" I say quietly in a voice that sounds so much like our mothers she jumps. startling the baby into crying.
"Arizona!" She hugs me carefully as to not harm Parker. I take him from her without a word and kiss his cheek.
"Hello Brooklyn." She says raising an eyebrow at the teenager who is almost a carbon copy of me.
Brooke smiles slightly it turns out looking more like a grimace, I can tell that she's doing her best to not act like she is happy about seeing her aunt. Then her eyes travel over to Parker and there is not hiding her excitement. She grabs his tiny little fist and strokes it with a look of wonder on her face. Meredith pulls Brooke over toward her and hugs her tightly then kisses her on the top of her head, which isn't as easy as it used to be since Brooke is getting taller by the day.
"Lets get you guys home." She says grabbing my bags, she looks nervously over at Parker. "This is my first time I've actually taken him out in public." She says in explanation.
I nod because I remember not taking Brooklyn out until she was at least two months and here Parker was at a mere three weeks, one our way to the car she continuously throws nervous glances behind her at me.
"Chill sis." I laugh. She gives me a slight smile and shrugs her shoulders.
"And your absolutely sure that you don't mind Brooke and I staying while I find a place? I mean Brookie here is a lot to handle." I wink at my teenager and she glares at me then turns her Ipod up so loud that I can here every word the singer is saying.
"Not at all Derek's mother is here one of his sisters as well but we have plenty of room, six bedrooms actually and I've set Brooke's room up and everything. Your going to love the place it's amazing sometimes I can hardly believe I live there." She laughs, "We have two horses too, absolutely beautiful. I told Derek that dad used to take me and you to ride horses before he left and I come home one day and there they are."
"Derek sounds like a great guy." I laugh because my sister is glowing even more now as she talks about her husband.
"He really is you should see him with Parker he's even worse than me and his mother, well lets just say we didn't have to buy rhis little guy any clothes or toys or whatever. A week after we told his mom I was pregnant the boxes started arriving."
"So how come we weren't invited to the wedding Meredith." Brooklyn asks with a sour look on her face.
"It wasn't really a wedding, we just went to the court house, nothing big."
Brooklyn grunts in reply and slips into the back seat without another word once again clicking her Ipod to full volume.
Once were on the road Meredith looks over at me a couple of times frowning. "How are you Ari?"
"I'm great." I reply shortly.
"No really how are you?"
"Keeping it together as well as I can. I'm not really upset about the divorce it's kind of like freedom you know?"
Meredith looked back making sure Brooklyn wasn't paying any attention before she replied. "I never liked him, he was always an ass. The only good thing he's ever done as far as I'm concerned it Brooklyn."
"he's a good father, and my marriage falling apart wasn't just one sided." I sigh and look out the window why am I defending him? He doesn't deserve it.
"Maybe Zona but he cheated on you. He's a bastard."
I smirk and look over at her. "If I recall correctly a certain someone was a very dirty mistress not to long ago."
" Hey she cheated on him first and plus they were separated for most of the time we were together."
"Most of the time." I mumbled under my breath earning a light punch in the shoulder from my little sister.
Derek really is great and perfect for Meredith in everyway. The way he looks at her with so much love in his blue eyes always a smile on his face when he glances her way there is no question in my mind that they are going to make it even if they have had a rock past. And the fact that Meredith can love the way she loves him after everything she's been through is extraordinary. I at least got a little while of our mother and father being like regular parents before they ended up like they did.
I was ten when our father left our mother, that's when mom stopped being mom and turned into the cold surgeon Meredith grew up knowing. I guess she did us some good though because look how we turned out. Both of us good parents and Meredith deeply in love with her husband. Well, maybe I'm not such a good parent I've got a pot smoking sex having fifteen year old daughter whose completely out of control.
Come to think of it I'm just like my mother, I work to much and my daughter hates me.
I sigh and lean back in my chair at the dinner table, Derek's mother made us the most delicious pot roast I've ever tasted. She's a very nice women too.
"So I've got a job interview at Seattle Grace, and Mercy West tomorrow."
"No way! Your going to work with me?" Meredith said excitedly
Arizona laughed. "Yeah it's going to be super amazing. That is if I get the job."
"There is no way chief is going to not give you the job."
"It's head of peaditrics not the easiest job to get."
"Maybe but he knows you! Even better than me and plus you're a very good surgeon sis."
"And if I get the job at Mercy West?"
"You will and you wont take the job because you love your sister so much that you just can't stand to be away from me." She grinned widely at me. "Not to mention that Mercy West is a level two trauma hospital and Seattle Grace a level one so we get the best trauma's."
"Mer, I still have to get the job,"
"I just told you that you will. Plus Derek's got pull with the chief don't you hon."
Derek smiled and nodded.
"And if I don't want to work with you?"
Meredith glared at her. "Oh you do want to work with me sis you know you do."
I laughed again, "Well I'm going to bed big day tomorrow. Good night everyone it was nice meeting you."
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A/N: Heyyy, hope you enjoyed this chapter, Next who knows maybe our beautiful blonde will meet Callie? I'll try to get it up asap but I'm having computer problems.
