Parents

Sarah shot up. "Dad, you really shouldn't be here. You're not allowed to be near me. You need to go home."

"I can't come visit my only daughter in the hospital." He moves up to her bed and she is obviously tense as he looks at everything. "I'm awful sorry about the window. But you just wouldn't behave. "

"Go away."

He leans over her and whispers, "Everything's going to be okay."

"You lay one hand on her and you will never see straight again." Both turned to see Mark standing in the doorway.

"Mark!"

"I'm going to give you one chance to leave."

"She's my daughter."

"And you have no right to be near her. Now get out!" The two men stared at each other for a long moment before her dad started to move past him.

"This isn't the last you'll ever see of me!"

"I have a feeling it is." Her dad turned to see all sorts of doctors glaring up at him from filling out their charts. He looked at Christina who had spoken. "Because if you lay one hand on our perky doctor I will take you to hell myself."

Meredith smiled. "So don't come back around." Michael cracked his knuckles as if to emphasize the point.

"If we hear one word of you harassing her, we'll have you put in jail," Derrick concluded before her dad ran out the door. "I think we really freaked him out."

"Good. People with bad parents need to stick together."

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George found Sarah asleep in her bed with Mark sitting next to her holding her hand. This made him smile. "I think I'll head home for tonight."

He turned and walked out the door causing Sarah to wake up. She looked at Mark. "What took you so long?"

"I had issues to deal with."

"Don't we all."

"Listen, I know I messed up bigger than I ever can again. I just hope you can for-"

"None of that matters. What matters is you're here. You stood up to my dad and probably saved me. It doesn't matter about what happened before that. You're my Prince Charming."

"One more thing. I love you too." She put her head back on the pillow and he tentatively stroked her hair. "You are way too good for me."

"I know. You're not going to leave are you?"

"I'll be here all night."

"That's good." And that night Sarah didn't wake up from a single nightmare. Everything seemed perfect.

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Meredith found Derrick walking out the door of the hospital. He was talking to his dad. Meredith took a deep breath and joined the two.

"Derrick, we need to talk. I don't want you two to be like this. Family is so much more important than me. You shouldn't have to choose. I'll walk away." Damn. She was tearing up. She went to turn when he grabbed her arm.

"Dad, I know something. People should never give ultimatums. I know you're living in the past with Mom, but Addison wasn't her. Meredith is my her. I love her and I'm staying with her. I'm her knight in shining whatever."

"Really?"

"Of course Meredith."

"Well son, I really don't know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything Dad. You can come see me when you stop looking back and start looking forward." And he took Meredith's hand and the two walked out the door, leaving him staring after them.

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Christina sat in an on-call room when she fell asleep. And strangely enough it was that she was in the on-call room. There was really only one big difference.

"Hello Christina."

"Mom?!"

"Yes, it has been a while."

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, I actually came to yell at you. Stop worrying about the future. Seize the moment. You should have learned that through me. Just keep going forward and everything will fall into place. Okay?"

"Alright. I miss you Mom."

"I miss you too." And she woke up, no longer afraid of taking things forward.

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Izzie hung up the phone as Alex sat next to her. It had not sounded good. "She freaked out just like I expected her too."

'It can't have been that bad."

"She asked how I could end up like this again." Izzie quickly covered her mouth.

"Again? You mean you've done this before."

"Well-"

"Izzie."

"I did have a girl when I was in high school. I gave her up for adoption and she lives with a real nice family."

"What happened to the guy?"

"The stress grew to be too much for me and I dumped… him."

"Interesting."

"Alex." And he was out the door.

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George opened the door to find his mom at the kitchen table. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"I came to visit my son, only he doesn't ever come home."

"I was with a friend. How are you?"

"I'm fine. So this Lexie girl called and said she wouldn't be home today." George dropped his stuff in his room not saying anything. "She seemed nice."

"I've been down that road Mom."

"I'm sensing some hostility. What happened?"

"She cheated on me."

"So?"

"So we are no longer together. I don't want to even talk to her or look at her."

"Didn't Callie cheat on you before?"

"That is true."

"And you forgave her."

"That was different."

"Explain that to me." George couldn't answer. "I thought so. Forgiveness is very important George. We all do terrible things sometime but in the end we have to look past them. We're all only human."

"You didn't come here to lecture me did you?"

"No. But I'm just saying she seems like a nice person and you're a nice person too. Now why don't you get me some coffee? Your brothers should be coming any minute to get me."

"They're coming?"

"Stop. They're you brothers and you have to love them."

"I do, it's just-"

"Make me that coffee sweetie."

"Yes Mom."