Authors note: Hello guys first off I would like thank all of you for your comments and reviews it makes me happy that you guys like and ready them really does help me out tremendously, now to answer MerDer2015's question Samantha is Addison and Derek's daughter she lives in Seattle with Meredith and Derek and plays a huge part in this story with Valentina, also in all of my stories Derek will be alive because in my story world Derek Shepherd cannot be dead and finally quick disclaimer I don't own any of the characters from Grey's or private practise those rights go to CBS and Shonda Rhimes I only own those that I make up in my story now that's out of the way I hope you guys will enjoy this chapter.
After three hours the trio finally touched down in Seattle to say that Amelia was nervous about Derek's initial opinion of Ryan would be an understatement she knew that her brother did not like him at all and Amelia figured that Derek being insistent on them staying at the dream house was so that he could observe Ryan and ensure that he wasn't, going to be a danger to Amelia, Valentina, Meredith or the kids. While she understood Derek's opinion on Ryan considering what he initially heard from Addison did not make Ryan sound like the type of guy you would want around your family she hoped that once he really got to know Ryan his opinion of him would begin to change, as it was important to Amelia that Derek and Meredith would be accepting of him considering that Derek is the only biological family that she had that cared about her or Valentina.
"You seem nervous Amelia are you ok?"
"Yeah I am because I know how Derek is going to be towards you and it makes me nervous that it is a real possibility that he won't see the good that is within you and the he won't see what I see in you and I need him to he's the only one in family who loved me and my daughter enough to never give up on us."
"Amelia I know that you're worried about his initial reaction and there is no denying it that he will undoubtedly hate me after all he is well within his rights to, because to him I'll always be the person that got you back onto Oxy and so we just have to prove to him that I am not as bad as what I seem and we have to show them that we truly love each other and that we have no plans on getting back onto the drugs and that I'm not a danger to anyone in the family."
"I know and we will."
Meanwhile at the arrivals terminal
Derek Shepherd could not help but pace around the airport back and forth for today was the day he would be meeting Ryan Kerrigan the man who by all accounts was nothing more than some deadbeat drug addict that was now engaged to his sister and would soon be the step-father to his niece Valentina as he stared at his phone he couldn't help but scroll into his photo's and look at the photo of his sister, niece and eldest daughter happy and smiling he loved his sister and niece more than anything and would do anything to protect them he always felt like he had to protect Amelia more than anything . This feeling became more prominent when their father was murdered before their very eyes and when Amelia first got hooked onto the drugs and almost died as well when she gave birth to his niece Valentina. As he stared at her beautiful face he couldn't help but feel immense sorrow towards her, she in her 16 years has had to do so much growing up and experience things that no 16 year old should ever witness it also saddened him so much that the rest of his family held so much love towards his daughter Sam yet were unable to hold that same love for Valentina. She was the innocent one in all of this chaos and it just seemed unfair to him that she should have suffered all that she had and yet despite all of the pain that beautiful girl has been through, the amount of strength and courage she displayed was more than words could ever describe but it occurred to him that while she may be brave and tough on the outside he knew that on the inside that girl was a mess and the fact that she never fell of the wagon even though realistically she should have astounded him and only served to remind him the proof of her strength and bravery. He knew that Valentina had no real father figure in her life and to him the minute she was born he knew that he would have to be the father figure in her life and as best as he could he always tried to make sure his presence was enough for her to get an idea of what having a father figure would be and he hoped she could look up to him in that way. Even though he knew that some of the choices Valentina had made throughout her life were the ones that were less than ideal he could never really blame her for making those choices, after all seeing your mum go through a 12 day bender and thinking that her mum was dead somewhere was only naturally going to cause her make few bad choices he looked over at his phone and saw the time he knew that the three of them would be coming to the terminal shortly, he looked over at Meredith and Sam and saw the worried and anxious expressions over their faces and knew that were feeling the same way. Meredith had always loved Amelia and Val she always considered Amelia to be her favourite Shepherd sister and wanted what was best for her and Val and as for Sam her Valentina were the same age and were more than cousins the two of them were so close to each other that they were more like sisters and would do anything to protect each other.
After a few minutes Derek spotted the trio and started to prepare himself he locked eyes with Ryan and had to try and restrain himself from attacking that lowlife and having him live in his house was scary but a necessary evil he had to make sure that he was not going to hurt either one of them because Derek had vowed that if anything like that were to occur he be dam sure that Ryan wouldn't live to see the next sunrise. As soon as Valentina saw him she started to run towards him nothing made him happier than seeing his favourite niece.
"Uncle Derek oh it's so good see you again I've missed you Aunt Meredith, Sam, Zola and Bailey so much but now that we are living here I won't have to miss you guys as much."
She hugged her uncle so tight that she was almost squashing him but she couldn't help it she missed him and her family in Seattle so much and seeing them brought her so much happiness and security to world and that was honestly something she needed right now.
"God I've missed you and your mum so much Valentina and having two of my favourite people now living here makes me so happy and your uncle Mark wanted me to say hi and that he was sorry thee he couldn't come tonight he got stuck at the hospital but he said he would see you and your mum in a few days."
Valentina let go of her uncle and then ran over to Sam and hugged her cousin so tight Samantha was the one person Valentina desperately wanted to see out of everyone Samantha was the only one who knew about Valentina's rape to Val, Sam was more or less her sister and her closest friend she had Sam was the only person Valentina revealed every dark secret in her life and Valentina was always grateful to have some one like that in her life.
"Sammy it's so good to see you again I've missed you so much and Skype calls really just weren't cutting it for me and it feels so surreal that we are actually going to be able to hangout more often now and there is so much we have to discuss."
"You are still the only person who get's away with calling me Sammy but it's so good to see you here Val I've been so worried about you and yes we do need to catch and we'll talk later on tonight."
Valentina then walked over to her Aunt Meredith and hugged her tightly as well.
"Val it's so good to see you again I've been thinking about you a lot and I'm glad to see you doing well in spite of all that has happened."
"Thank you Aunt Mere I'm so happy to see you all where is Zozo and Bail's?"
"We left them with the sitter with you guys coming we figured it would be easier to leave them with the sitter.
After hugging his sister Derek set his sights on Ryan he knew had to have it out with him but he didn't want to do in front of everyone at the airport.
"You must be Ryan Kerrigan I'm Derek Shepherd Amelia's older brother and Valentina's uncle."
"Yes I am it's good to meet you Amelia and Valentina have talked highly of you and your family."
Ryan Shook Derek's hand and was met with a very firm almost grip crushing handshake Ryan knew that this would only be the beginning and knew that it was going to take a lotto earn his approval but regardless Ryan was determined to prove him wrong in anyway. He greeted Sam and Meredith and soon the six of them left the airport with Ryan realising that this would only be the beginning of them moving forward.
Authors note: I hoped you guys loved this chapter in the next chapter we are going to focus on Derek and Ryan having it out and Valentina and Sam's talk anyways please review/follow/ favourite this story as it does help me out immensely xxx.