He hadn't thought, after only being told that morning, that he would be seeing his daughters so soon. He had been able to see that they too knew who he was, but he couldn't technically say that he had officially met them because he hadn't, and just having stood in the same room as them, had not been enough. He needed to know more about them. Hear them talk about themselves. He needed to be a witness to their lives and experience the facades of their personalities, but more f all he needed to know if they wanted to know him.

He had no idea why that last point seemed to stick with hi, but he was not sure what the girls knew about him or his past. He didn't know what Meredith had told them, if she had told them much.

One thing he did know as that they looked fragile, and yet completely sure of themselves. They were tiny like their mother and yet they had his hair colour, he couldn't help but wonder if it would grow darker like his did too.

He had been in a world of his own as he thought about his daughters and how much he wanted to know them that he was yet to page Turner to let him know that the scans were done, and now as he wheeled the patient back down the hall he began to feel weird pushing around the girl that one of his daughters had decked. He couldn't help but question why Grace would have done such a thing; he had to fight temptation to ask his patient what she had done to piss her off.

Still distracted, he pulls up in front of the elevator and presses the button. Once the door is open he pushed the gurney in, not even noticing the person who was leaning up against the back of the elevator.

"Earth to Alex" he heard a voice say and he looked up just in time to see a small smile cross her face.

"Sorry" he mumbled before pressing the button for the floor he needed.

"You were a million miles away." She commented as she moved across slightly, making way for him to stand next to her.

He shrugs slightly as he leans up against the cool metal wall. He then casts a look at his patient who now has her iPod plugged in and has completely zoned out. "I saw the girls earlier." He tells her before looking at the elevator doors.

"Yeah... I.... oh... I was going to let you know." She admitted "but ahhh.... I haven't seen you."

Alex nodes before looking at her quickly. His eyes flickering between her and the patient. "They're and interesting combination." He stated.

"What?" Meredith asked, not sure what he had meant.

"Of us." He finished. "An interesting combination of us."

"You think so?" she asked hesitantly and she feels his hand brush against hers.

"I want to meet them properly." He confided, and Meredith looked up at him, nervously biting her lip.

"Ok" she murmured, her eyes meeting his.

He moved away from the wall slightly and turned to face her, his hand hesitantly coming up to her face.

"Alex" she mumbled, not sure what to do. Her head was yelling at her to pull away, while her heart was begging her to stand still.

"So do you have anyone?" he finally asked remembering the question she had asked him earlier.

Meredith shook her head, 'No', and Alex let out a big sigh of relief.

Meredith raised her eyebrow at him, but didn't say anything as his eyes focused in on her lips, the lips he hadn't kissed for 15 years.

It was a moment that neither had thought would ever happen. His lips felt like home to her and he was pretty sure that he had died and gone to heaven.

Alex went to deepen the kiss when they heard a throat clear behind them. Pulling away he looked over at his patient who was now staring at him. "If I tell Dr Turner about this, wont I get you in trouble?" she asked simply.

Alex growled almost slightly before looking back at Meredith. "No wonder why Grace hit her." He said before moving away and towards the front of the elevator, just in time for the doors to open.