Meredith pulled off her gloves, her hand resting on Jax's chest before moving into the scrub room methodically scrubbing out. Meredith took a deep breath before she turned the corner to the waiting room. As she expected Gemma all but pounced on her once she was close enough.

"How's my son?"

"He lost a lot of blood but he is going to be okay." Meredith told her smiling. Gemma hugged her in relief before pulling back. "You going home now?" The chill had snapped back into her voice.

"No." Meredith's answer was simple and to the point. "I can take you back now." Meredith smiled at Opie before leading Gemma down the hallway.

"Have we met before?" Gemma asked when Meredith stopped in front of Jax's door.

"I don't think so." Meredith smiled opening the door, motioning Gemma inside before walking back down the hall to the nurses' station. She heard a fight coming from the waiting room and she ran to the noise. The men were fighting amongst themselves. "STOP."

She was surprised when they stopped looking up at the tiny doctor. "This is a hospital. Act like it!" Meredith went to Opie, pulling his hand down frowning when she saw that his cheek was split open. "Come on." Meredith led him to a room, pulling out the supplies to stitch up his face.

"Sorry, our lives are different." He expected her to blow up, to walk away, and to do a hundred different things.

"I know." Her quiet acceptance floor Opie.

"I will try to rein them in."

"You don't have to; just keep it out of the hospital. If you want to stay off the police radar anyway." Meredith smiled. Opie didn't even flinch as she stitched him up. "All done." She led him to Jax's room. She slipped in checking his vitals, not looking at Gemma. She walked back to the nurses' station, writing her notes when she felt someone walk up behind her.

"Excuse me are you Dr. Grey?" Meredith turned around a smile on her face.

"I am. You must be Chief Walters. Thank you so much for allowing me to operate on Jax." The man smiled warmly at her, already thinking about stealing her from Seattle.

"No problem at all. When you get a minute I would love to speak with you in my office." Meredith nodded following him down the hall.

Later while they were walking back down the hall he told Meredith he would always have a place for her should she decide to move to Charming. Meredith evaded answering slipping back into Jax's room. Her eyes didn't wander as she checked his vitals again; she stopped when an older man came into the room, blocking the door.

"I'm sorry." Meredith backed up, allowing him to come in.

"Meredith?" She looked up, trying to place the gravelly voice.

"Do I know you?" Meredith asked her brow furrowed.

"Are you Meredith Grey?"

She nodded and was pulled into a fierce hug. "Um, okay. Seriously do I know you?"

"Sorry, I haven't seen you since you were five. I'm Piney. Piermont Winston. I'm your mother's older brother." Meredith gasped holding onto his cut. "I remember you." She hugs him as the memories came rushing back. "How is your mother?"

"She passed away a couple months ago." Piney looks down ashamed he wasn't there for Meredith.

"How?"

"A heart attack. Maybe we can sit down at talk, dinner?" Piney nodded taking her hand and leading her out into the hallway. "I can't leave right now; I want to stay to keep an eye on Jax."

"Hey kid!" Piney yells and Opie steps into the hallway looking at Piney.

"Yeah Pop."

"Where's the prospect? I want him to go get us some dinner; I need to catch up with your cousin."

"What are you talking about old man?" Meredith laughed at the interaction.

"I guess we haven't officially met, I'm Meredith Grey. Your cousin." Meredith smiled as Opie laughed.

"You are Ellis's daughter. Okay." Opie smiled before walking down the hallway. "I will take care of it Pop."

The next morning Jax woke up to a monitor beeping, he struggled to sit up only to feel that same small hand pushing him back down. "You must have a death wish." Meredith smiled, winking at him. She pulled the covers back over him, picking up the chart.

"What happened?" Jax asked his voice raspy.

"You started bleeding internally, we brought you to St. Thomas and I operated. You are going to be okay, but you have got to take it easy. No more running out of hospitals." Meredith lectured her hands on her hips.

"Yes mam." Jax smirked at her and Meredith giggled, rolling her eyes.

"I'm going to go change; I will be back in a couple minutes okay?"

"I'll be here." Jax promised. Meredith nodded moving down the hall. She passed the waiting room and smiled. The club was taking up most of the room sprawled across the chairs and couches sound asleep. She knelt next to Opie shaking his shoulder.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah, he's awake. I'm going to go shower and change. Will you go sit with him? He has got to stay in bed this time." Opie nodded sitting up, before walking down the hall to Jax's room.

"Hey brother."

"Hey, where's that hot doctor of mine?" Jax asked looking around Opie.

"Shower. She told me to come make sure you stayed in bed this time. And she's my cousin."

"What?"

"Yeah, do you remember Piney's baby sister Ellis?"Opie asked settling into the chair next to the bed.

"Not really." Jax admitted looking over at his best friend.

"Their mom left, took her when Ellis was still a kid, anyway Meredith is Ellis's daughter."

"Small fucking world man."

"You can say that again." Meredith said from the doorway smiling at the two men.