A/N: Sorry for the delay with this chapter, both of us have been drowning in schoolwork. Anyways, hope you all enjoy :)

Meredith moaned as light peered into her bedroom, peaking it's way through her eyelids. Her head pounded. Going through God-knows how many bottles of wine with Cristina the night before was not a good idea. She checked the time and sighed in relief; she didn't have to wake up the kids for at least another hour, giving her enough time to deal with her hangover.

She made her way downstairs to put the coffee on, a small slip of paper sitting on the island catching her eye.

Get your shit together with McDreamy, you guys are meant to be or whatever. Tell Owen hi and that I'll talk to him later. Goodbyes suck.

-Cristina

She laughed at the simplicity of the note, tossing it in the garbage and proceeding to make her coffee.

After dropping the kids off at daycare Meredith made her way to the OR board, making sure she didn't forget about any recent surgeries. She walked over to Owen who stood proudly at the OR board, one of nurses finishing up the schedule.

"Hey." Meredith said cheerfully.

"Hello Grey, enjoy your day off?" Owen asked politely.

"It was nice, good to talk to Cristina again."

"You two are talking again that's great!" He said enthusiastically.

"It's kind of hard not to when you're in the same bed. Actually, I guess that's not true. Maybe that's just for marriage though..." Meredith trailed off.

"Wait, Cristina was here? In town? At your house?" Owen questioned.

"Oh, yeah! She said I can tell you. She says hi."

"Why didn't she want me knowing she was here? Did she tell you?" Tears began to form in Owen's eyes. He couldn't believe Cristina hadn't told him she was in town. He would have given anything to hold her in his arms again even for a night.

"We didn't really talk about it. She was kind of telling me to get my shit together. Next time she comes I'll tell her to get her shit together. We alternate." Meredith joked.

"I'll see you around. Enjoy your day, Dr. Grey." Owen huffed and left Meredith alone at the OR board.

Owen made sure his afternoon was cleared so that he can work with Torres. At first, he was mad that she was not willing to take her time to work with veterans but what she is doing now is what is important to her.

He thought he could focus on the leg when he got to the lab but after getting such an arrow to his heart, he just could not. How could Meredith not tell him.

"Hey redhead, you okay?" Callie asked, waking him up from his thoughts.

"Yeah I'm fine," he picks up a prototype. "Have you tried these out yet?"

"Seriously Owen. What is wrong?"

He sighed. He couldn't hide anything from that woman. Honestly, that is what made her such a good friend.

"Cristina was here. Well, not here here but she was at Grey's."

"Oh Owen…" she started.

"Don't. I don't want any pity or anything. It's just, I want to understand why she did not come find me or at least let me know that she would be in town."

"I'm sorry. I'm sure she will call you soon. Plus, you will get to ask her about it during your Skype calls. Yang probably has a good reason. Don't worry about it that much, yeah?"

"I'm sorry. I did not mean to put this on you. You're probably right…"

"Hey. I'm a superstar, I'm always right," her smile quickly turned into a frown.

"Alright, you helped me with my problems. What's up with you?"

"Just this whole Arizona thing. I don't even know why I am doing this. We are separated, I don't even know what is up between us anymore. I don't know if I will stay in the house when this is done," she said as she pointed to the prosthetic leg."

The redhead crossed his arms. He was not the best person to ask for relationship advice. Arizona and Callie are such a nice couple and it was a shame to see them separated like that.

"Honestly, let things go with the flow. Things will happen when they will."

"Geez, you really sound like my dad."

They both laughed and quickly returned to work. It was soon the time to introduce the leg to her owner.

Maggie sat alone at a table, scarfing down some kind of sandwich as she looked through one of Ellis' journals. She pretended to read it, she had to look busy or her sitting alone and eating would look sad. She'd already read the journals twice over. She looked up as someone sat across from her, making her internally exhale in relief.

"Hey." Meredith smiled as she placed her lunch across from Maggie.

"Meredith, hi!" Maggie replied, a little too cheerfully.

"How's your day been."

"First break in almost 24 hours. God, you'd think people would take cholesterol more seriously so they wouldn't end up on my OR table every other year. How was your day off yesterday? I heard Cristina was in town that must have been nice. I mean, I know you two were close, are close? Anyways, it must be hard for her to live so far and then with Derek gone oh, I'm sorry but when I start babbling I need you to shut me up or I will write a fricken novel!"

"Definitely the Ellis in you." Meredith grinned at her blushing half-sister.

"You do it too?"

"All the time it's freakin' ridiculous! I didn't know I did it until Derek pointed it out to me. Well, he didn't really point it out but I'd start babbling and he'd just stare at me grinning, looking at me like I was crazy. It used to be cute now I just want him to freakin' stop me!" Meredith huffed. "Sorry, my life is kind of a mess right now."

"I guess that's the Ellis in you." Maggie said making Meredith laugh.

"I wouldn't doubt it."

A silence fell over the two as they finished their lunches. Maggie stood to leave, making Meredith look up from her half-eaten salad.

"I should get going. Two more surgeries and I'm free!"

"Oh is tomorrow your day off?"

"Yes and I cannot wait."

"You should come over to dinner. I was actually going to cook. If you don't want to be around two young and very loud children on your day off though I completely understand I just thought that because you're new here and I'm kind of alone it'd be nice to -"

"I'll be there. It sounds...fun?" Maggie chuckled before walking away.

Alex was quick to slide into the seat Maggie had vacated. He grinned like an idiot as he began to eat his lunch.

"What's up with you?" Meredith asked, smirking.

"What? I'm happy. Back off." Alex replied gruffly.

"You just broke up with Jo I didn't expect you to be this happy."

"Well, I am, as you can tell." Alex sighed in frustration.

"You got laid didn't you!" Meredith yelled.

"Say that a little louder would ya? I don't think the coma patients heard you."

"I'm right aren't I? Alex, I'm glad one of us is getting laid but don't screw random nurses, please. You don't want to be like Mark they blacklisted him or something I don't really know I just know it wasn't good."

"Not a nurse." Alex replied simply. "Don't you have surgery, like, now?"

"Shit." Meredith said looking at her watch. "This isn't over."

Izzie exited the OR, bumping into Meredith on her way out.

"Hey Mer!" Izzie said cheerfully. "You have a good day off?"

"Yeah it was good I -" Meredith trailed off, Izzie's cheerfulness making a lightbulb go off in her head. "Crap!"

"Is everything okay?" Izzie asked.

"No, everything is not okay! Everyone but me is getting laid, you included. I mean Alex? Seriously? He just broke up with Jo, Izzie. I mean I get it you guys were married and in love and you had cancer and everything but seriously Izzie? Seriously?" Meredith tried not to yell.

"Hey, don't you have surgery."

"I'm going to kill you both when I'm done I swear to God Izzie, I swear to God!"

"Whatever you say, mom." Izzie joked and walked away from Meredith.

Bailey entered the lounge with a cup of coffee in the hand. Putting William to sleep was a hassle the previous night. The little boy has sneaked candy into his room and went on a sugar rush right before his bedtime. She stretched her arms to release the tension.

Richard just grabbed his small snack from his bag.

"Oh hey Bailey. Rough night?"

"You can say that. Being a mother is not as easy as it seems."

The man chuckled gaining a glare from the other surgeon.

"Sorry. I just wish I did not miss out of that kind of things, you know? I wish I knew that I had a daughter."

"What is this nonsense you are saying? You are a father. Maybe not biologically but you are, to so many of us. Grey's is basically your daughter and Avery, your son. You are such a good figure to Amelia too. And do I also need to mention Mark and Derek? You are a father to everyone, even me. Do if you say that you wish you had been a good father again, I will find you and smack you. I respect you, sir but I will smack you so hard."

"You ready, Robbins?" Nicole asked as she began tying her scrub cab.

"Is the patient still classified?" Arizona asked beginning to scrub in.

"Guess you'll have to get into the OR and find out for yourself." Herman replied, walking past Arizona and into the OR, Arizona quick to follow.

Arizona froze as she saw her friend laying helpless on the operating table before her. April had already been put out for the surgery. Arizona stayed at the door, not being able to move.

"Dr. Herman I'm sorry but I don't really think it's appropriate to be here. She's my friend."

"Relax Robbins, she's out she won't even know you're in the room."

"That wasn't the point I was trying to make." Arizona stated.

"Then what was it? This is a once in a lifetime surgery Robbins. I won't be here to show you how to do it the next time. So you're either in or you're out. Pick one and pick one fast." Herman said sternly.

Arizona stood and watched as Nicole breezed through the surgery. Without warning Nicole stopped and stared down.

"Dr. Herman is everything okay?" Arizona asked.

"My hand it won't stop shaking." Nicole spoke softly, still looking at her shaking hand. "I need you to finish the surgery Robbins."

"What? I can't, Dr. Herman I don't know how I can't do this you're the expert." Arizona sputtered.

"You don't have a choice Robbins! If I try and finish this surgery I'll cause more damage than anything and the past two hours will have been a waste. I will be here, I will tell you every move. You will be fine. You can do this Robbins."

Arizona took a deep breath in before removing Nicole's hands and replacing them with her own.

"What do I do next?"

Owen has been nervous about this all day. What was she going to tell him? That she never wants to see him again? He hoped so hard that that was not it. A ring coming from his laptop startled him.

"Hey Owen."

"Hey…"

"So, I guess Mer told you," she said after a few seconds of awkward silence.

"She did."

"I did want to see you, Owen."

"But why did you?"

"It's just," she sighed. "I'm scared that if I see you, touch you, I would't have came back… I miss you."

"I do too, Cristina. I just wish things were easier, you know know?"

"Yeah… It's easier said than done."
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Callie shut the door silently, trying not to wake up her little girl who just fell sound asleep. It was harder to get Sofia to sleep lately but it was not something she could not manage. She turned to the living room and found the blonde dozing off on the couch.

"Ari, you should go to bed. I just need to clean this up."

"I'm good."

"No come on, let me take you to bed," Callie insisted.

The blonde did not bother to argue and let herself be carried to her bed. The king sized bed did not feel the same since they had separated. It was too big for one and it gets cold and lonely from time to time. She often woke up in the middle of night thinking that Callie was on the other side or cuddling her close. Arizona has missed that feeling.

Torres was just walking out the room when she called her back.

"Callie, can I talk to you for a second before you leave?" she asked, hopefully.

"Sure."

"I've thinking a lot... You know especially when I'm not working as much... As soon as I get a leg that will get me through the whole day, I want to finish my fellowship as soon as possible," the Latina continued to look at her. "I want to have a baby. And most importantly, I want to have a baby with you Callie."

"Arizona..."

"Let me finish," she continued. "I love you, Calliope. No matter what happens, no matter how many dumb things we do, I will always love you... Always."