"I don't understand, how can you sell the house? My son built this house for you, you can't sell it." Carolyn says firmly.

"Mom just hold on," Amelia says trying to calm her down. "If Meredith doesn't want to live here, you can't make her. This house is out in the middle of nowhere and she has small children, I wouldn't want to live here alone either."

"Thanks Amelia, but it's more than that. This house isn't a home to me without Derek." Meredith says trying to explain to them why she can't stay there.

"Where will you go?" Carolyn asks, still upset, but trying to hide it.

"I don't know yet, but I want the kids to have the kind of like that I wanted when I was their age. I want them to have a house and a yard, the school nearby. I don't want them to spend hours on a school bus or have a nanny raise them. I want to be closer to work, so I can take off for school meetings and special events." Meredith's voice cracks as she talks and Amelia reaches out to touch her arm.

"That sounds great Mer and I am going to help you anyway that I can." Amelia says supportively.

"Amy, thank you. The kids love you and it means so much to have you here. It means a lot to have you both here, it's important that the kids know you and get to know their dad through you as well as through me." Meredith says reaching out to squeeze both women's hands.

Tearing up, Carolyn looks from Amelia to Meredith and then stands up and crosses the room to pick up the baby. "I know that I just got here, but I don't want to leave. Look at this baby, she's beautiful," she says before walking over to the bay window with the baby, swaying her back to sleep.

"Meredith, maybe Mom should buy the house, I can help her with it and that way it stays in the family. It's big enough that when family visits, they can stay here. Kathleen and Nancy's kids are older now, so she can move here and help us raise the kids." Amelia says softly to Meredith.

"Help us raise the kids?" Meredith asks confused.

"Mom already loves Sofia and Arizona and I are talking about having a kid soon." Amelia replies keeping her voice down.

"Will you adopt or will one of you carry?" Meredith asks softly.

"We're not sure since we've both had failed pregnancies. We're going in for testing." Amelia whispers.

"Your pregnancy failure was a fluke, Amelia. You should carry." Carolyn says from across the room.

Closing her eyes and grimacing, Amelia just nods. "Okay Mom, but it won't hurt to get tested to make sure I'm the best option." She replies.

"Well that settles it, if you're having children I have to stay in Seattle. Meredith, sell me the house." Carolyn says firmly.

"Mom, what about your house in New York?" Amelia asks suddenly, even though this was actually her idea.

"Liz has been trying to buy it from me for years, she's already moved her practice into the old neighborhood." Carolyn replies.


"I'm selling the house to Derek's mom, so I need to figure out where I'm going to live." Meredith explains to Callie the next morning over coffee. "I came into town to hire an appraiser so we can work out a fair price for the property and I have to start dealing with all the financial stuff that I put off for the last year."

"There's a house up the street from me for sale, it may not be big enough though. You'll want the kids to each have their own rooms." Callie says thinking a loud.

Meredith nods. "Do you think I can get Alex to sell my house back to me?" She asks suddenly.

"Probably, it doesn't hurt that he and Jo fight over the house all the time. She hates that he lets everyone crash there." Callie points out.

"Okay, so I just need to talk to him about it and make sure Jo is there too." Meredith says raising her eyebrows.

"Sneaky, I love it." Callie says pulling out her pager. "Damn, I've got to go. Keep me posted!" She says pulling money from her wallet and placing it under her cup. "Bye, Mer!" The brunette says before leaning over and kissing her friend's cheek.

Shaking her head Meredith laughs remembering the time Callie was staying at the house and accidentally kissed her good bye one morning before work.


Stopping by the hospital hoping to run into Alex, Meredith instead runs into Arizona.

"Meredith, what brings you by the hospital today?" Arizona asks pulling her into the lounge.

"Have you talked to Amelia?" Meredith asks, not wanting to spill any secrets.

"No, I just got out of surgery why?", the blonde asks.

"Uh, Carolyn's decided to move to Seattle and wants to buy the house?" Meredith says, leaving out the part about it partly being because Amelia told her she wants to have a baby.

"Oh, wow. That's uh, major." Arizona comments. "I get that though, my folks would move here in a second if I had a baby, not that they don't love Sofia." She adds carefully.

"No, I get it. It's different when your child has a baby." Meredith replies, then adds, "So are you planning to have one? I mean, I know that you miscarried with Callie, but you know I miscarried too before I had Bailey."

"We've talked about it and I do want another child. But I want us to get tested to find out which one of us should carry, but I'm kind of afraid to do it. You know I'm either going to find out that I'm not the ideal one to get pregnant and then I'll be devastated. Or I'll be the ideal one and I'll be terrified." Arizona explains, covering her head in her hands.

Reaching out to the blonde, Meredith can't help but feel for her, having gone through almost the exact same feelings, the difference was that both her children were total surprises.

Raising her head up to look at Meredith, Arizona says softly, "Please don't say anything to Amelia, I haven't really talked to her about this yet." Then wiping her tears, she sits up and looks around the room and sees Alex at the door.

"Hey Alex, come on in." Arizona says waving him into the lounge.

"Mer, how's it going?" he asks, sitting down with them. Glancing over at Arizona a little concerned.

"It's good." She says unsure about bringing up the house right now. "Carolyn is fixing a huge dinner and I'm supposed to invite you and Jo out tonight. You too Arizona, but Amelia was going to tell you." Meredith adds.

"Okay cool, I'll let her know. I don't think she works late tonight." Alex replies. "Hey should we bring anything?" He asks suddenly.

"No, just come out for dinner, it's not a big deal." Meredith explains.

Picking up her phone from the table as it vibrates, Arizona excuses herself to take the call.

"Hey, I was just talking with Meredith." Arizona says as she answers the call.

"Oh, good, did she tell you about dinner tonight? I left you a message this morning." Amelia replies.

"Oh you did? I didn't see it. Yeah, I'll come out for dinner, any chance you'll come home tonight though?" Arizona asks her girlfriend.

"Oh I'm definitely coming home tonight." Amelia says, her voice dropping an octave.

"Good, I want to show you how much I missed you." Arizona says thickly into the phone.


"We are not walking in there empty handed, just stop and let me buy some flowers." Jo argues with Alex on the drive out that night.

"Okay, whatever." He says finally pulling into a strip mall with a small flower shop.

Jo jumps out and goes in, a few minutes later she walks out with a really gorgeous arrangement in a vase. Slipping back into the car, she smirks at him satisfied. "You'll see, they say don't bring anything, but they love it when you bring something."


Out on the deck, Arizona takes a moment to kiss Amelia away from the others. "Mmm, I love kissing you." Arizona says pulling back and biting her lip.

"Not as much as I love kissing you." Amelia counters. Pulling the blonde back and pressing her body against her.

"Ahem." Alex says clearing his throat at the patio door. "Sorry to interrupt, but uh, Arizona can I talk to you?"

Looking up and rolling her eyes, Amelia takes a step back from the blonde, "I'll just go then."

"No, you can stay." Alex says reaching out to stop her from leaving.