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When they got to the hospital's play room Zola ran to the toy box and Amelia put Olivia down on a chair. Olivia grabbed her hand and didn't let go.
"I'll sit right here" Amelia said pulling a chair for herself next to the girl. Maggie sat next to Olivia and Meredith on the other side of the table.
Zola walked back with Candyland.
"Can we play this one mommy?" She asked Meredith.
"Sure" Meredith said getting the game and Zola sat next to her.
They started arranging the game.
"I'm red" Zola said.
"I'll take green" Maggie said.
"Which one do you want Liv?" Amelia asked. Olivia shoved her head on Amelia's chest. Amelia pulled the girl to her lap and Olivia hid her face.
"You don't want to play?" Amelia asked worried.
"No" Olivia said.
"Can we play and you stay right there with Amy?" Meredith asked and Olivia nodded yes.
"Alright then" Meredith said. "I'll be blue" she added.
"We're yellow" Amelia told Olivia, tickling Olivia's thigh but the girl hid her face.
They went on and started the game.
The entire 20 minutes they sat there playing Olivia just sat quietly on Amelia's lap. They tried making her play with them but she just didn't want to. Every time they would tell her to move a piece or to get a card she would shake her head no or hide her face again. Amelia wasn't sure anymore if Olivia was just shy or if she was scared of something.
Once the game was over Olivia pulled Amelia's shirt a little to get her attention as the woman was talking to her sisters.
"My tummy hurts" Olivia said and started to cry.
"Do you want to go back to bed now?" Amelia asked the child and Olivia nodded yes.
"Can I come tomorrow too?" Zola asked Amelia.
"Well if your mom can bring you, sure" Amelia said. Olivia was crying but she wasn't making a sound.
"I can bring my doll and Olivia can play too" Zola said smiling. "Will you Liv?" The girl asked.
"I don't know" Olivia said with a few tears still falling, she was looking at Zola this time.
"If you feel better will you?" Zola asked and Olivia nodded yes.
"Okay then" Zola said smiling.
"Let's go?" Meredith said to Zola.
"Bye Olivia" Zola smiled at the little girl.
"Bye" Olivia said.
"Can I hug you?" Zola asked and Olivia nodded yes.
"Not too tight Zo" Amelia said and Zola gently hugged Olivia and Amelia at the same time.
"Bye" Zola said and grabbed Meredith's hand.
"I'll bring her if I can" Meredith said and Amelia nodded. And they left.
Amelia took Olivia back to bed. Maggie checked the girl's tummy and it looked fine. They gave Olivia her pain meds and she soon fell asleep.
"What was that on there?" Maggie asked Amelia about the girl's behavior.
"I don't know. I thought she would be excited about Zola" Amelia said.
"She seemed scared and tense" Maggie said.
"She was very tense. I could feel it" Amelia said.
"Was it Zola or?" Maggie asked.
"I don't think so. She seemed fine with Zola. I think it was the other people in there." Amelia said. "I could see that every time someone walked in or out she would tense more" Amelia added.
"She's probably scared they'll come here" Maggie said.
"Yeah. I think she is" Amelia said looking worried.
"Hey. She'll be alright." Maggie said. "You just gotta talk to her"
"I will" Amelia said.
"Try staying here tomorrow with the girls. Maybe they can play on the couch, you can put a movie on" Maggie said.
"Good idea" Amelia said.
The rest of the day went fine. Nothing much happened. Olivia slept for a really long time and when she woke up she watched a movie and soon fell asleep again. Amelia was a little worried about the amount of sleep the child was still getting but she knew those pain meds were like that sometimes. Amelia also did not ask Olivia about what happened at the play room. She decided to just try again on the next day.
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The next morning Olivia woke up to find Amelia on the chair and Meredith and Zola sitting on the couch watching tv.
"Hi" Zola said. She was the first one to notice the girl was away.
"Amy?" Olivia said and Amelia sat next to her on the bed.
"Good morning. How are you feeling?" She asked stroking the girl's hair. Olivia took her pacifier out, embarrassed when she saw Zola.
"My tummy hurts" Olivia said sounding very sad.
"You don't feel any better?" Zola asked waking to the bed.
"No" Olivia said.
"Let me see that" Amelia said and checked the girl's belly. It looked fine but it was starting to worry her.
"Do you want me to check?" Meredith asked noticing Amelia's worried face. Amelia nodded.
"It looks fine" Amelia said getting out of Meredith's way.
Meredith checked the incision and then gently applied pressure to Olivia's belly. The girl said Au when it got to where it was hurting and tried to move away.
"It's her stomach" Meredith said. "It can be just cramps but I think it's best if we do a blood test to check for any infection" Meredith said and went to get the things.
"Okay" Amelia said. "We need to do a blood test okay?" Amelia told the girl who just nodded.
"Why don't you hold Zola's hand and I'll do it really fast?" Amelia said as Meredith placed the things on the bed.
"Okay" Olivia said.
"Can she sit next to you?" Meredith asked and Olivia shyly nodded yes. Meredith put Zola next to Olivia on the bed and they held hands.
Amelia did and Olivia just flinched a little when the needle went in and that was it. She looked sad but she wasn't crying or anything.
"Do you guys want to watch a movie now?" Amelia asked and the two girls nodded.
"Alright" Amelia smiled.
She put 'Inside Out' on and Olivia and Zola laid on the bed watching the movie together and Meredith left to work.
During the film, giggles and whispering could be heard as the girl talked about it and laughed at the funny parts. Once it was over Amelia handed their dolls and they just sat there talking about them.
Zola stayed till 4pm, when Meredith picked her up in the room to take her home.
Everyone was happy the girls were getting along well and having fun. Zola was like a little mommy. She was always worried if Olivia was okay, if she was feeling any pain or if she was hungry. They were already best friends.
When Zola had to leave Olivia asked if she could go back sometime to play again.
"I'll try to bring her, okay? But I can't promise because I have to work" Meredith said.
"Okay" Olivia said.
"But you'll get to play with her everyday very soon, alright?" Meredith said smiling.
"Yeah" Zola said and Olivia smiled. "Will she stay in my room?" Zola asked.
"We'll see" Meredith said looking at Amelia and signing Olivia, as of saying for Amelia to talk to see what Olivia wanted to do.
"Say bye Zola we gotta go" Meredith said.
"Bye aunt Amy" Zola said and hugged Amelia. Amelia picked her up and she kissed Olivia's cheek. "Bye Livy" she said.
"Bye Zola" Olivia smiled and they left.
"Did you have fun today?" Amelia asked sitting next to Olivia on the bed.
"Yeah" Olivia said.
"See, playing was fun" Amelia said. "Why didn't you play yesterday?" She asked.
"I didn't want to" Olivia said looking sad again.
"Why not?" Amelia asked and Olivia stayed quiet. "Was it because you were scared they would come back and see you there?" Amelia went straight to the point. Olivia nodded yes.
"Look honey. Sean and Cecilia are far far away. They're not coming back here. You're safe. There's nothing to be afraid of" Amelia said.
"What about Susan?" Olivia asked.
"You're afraid of Susan?" Amelia asked a bit confused.
"No" Olivia said. "I just didn't want to see her yesterday"
"Why not?" Amelia asked.
"Because I don't wanna talk about it" Olivia said almost crying.
"Talk about what happened?" Amelia asked and the girl nodded yes and hid her face on Amelia's belly.
"What if I tell her not to talk about it with you?" Amelia asked. "Would you see her?"
"Yeah" Olivia said. "But not today" she added.
"And how about tomorrow? You could watch a movie with her. Like you did with Zola" Amelia said.
"But she won't talk about them or what happened?" Olivia asked looking up at Amelia.
"I promise you she won't" Amelia said.
"Okay" Olivia said.
Later that day, while Olivia slept, Amelia called Owen and asked him for Susan's number. She called the girl and explained to her the situation. Susan agreed with everything and said she would stop by the hospital around 11 a.m. the next day.
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On the next day Owen went to the hospital to work around 6 a.m. and stopped at Olivia's room. Amelia and the girl were sleeping so he left.
When Olivia woke up that morning it was 9:40, she had already taken her shot and Amelia was awake watching tv.
"Good morning" Amelia said smiling and walking to the bed.
"Hi" Olivia said and Amelia kissed her forehead.
"How are you feeling?" Amelia asked.
"A little better" Olivia said.
"Susan will come today. Is that okay?" Amelia said.
"She won't talk about those things?" Olivia asked.
"No" Amelia said.
"Okay" Olivia said.
Olivia had breakfast and did some drawings till about 11:30. Amelia had just taken Olivia's table away when Susan arrived.
"Oli?" She said at the door.
"Hi" Olivia said. She looked a little scared.
"Can I..?" Susan asked wondering if she could really be in there.
"Yeah" Olivia said and Susan walked in.
"You look better " Susan said u but Olivia just stared at her quiet.
"She does, doesn't she?" Amelia smiled trying to light up the mood a little. "She was awake almost all day yesterday with her cousin." She added.
"You have a cousin now?" Susan asked smiling.
"Yeah. Her name is Zola" Olivia said smiling. She really liked Zola. "She gave me that. Look" she said pointing to the doll on the couch.
"What a pretty doll Oli" Susan said. "I've got you something too" she said getting an envelope on her bag and a little box. She walked to the bed and handed to Olivia. In the box there was a keychain with the England Flag.
"Remember the American keychain you have? This is like that but it's from where I'll live now. England" Susan explained. Olivia had a keychain that she got from a previous foster home she had stayed with when she was 2, and she always kept on her backpack.
"Thank you." Olivia said.
"Open the envelope now" Susan said and Olivia started to open. "This is actually for both of you and it's from my grandma and me" Susan added.
Olivia opened to find two plane tickets to London with open dates.
"Oh Susan. You didn't have to" Amelia said.
"My grandma Insisted" Susan said smiling.
"What's this?" Olivia asked confused.
She had never seen plane tickets before. The last time she was on a plane was when she moved to Seattle with her parents and she was a baby so she didn't remember at all.
"These are plane tickets so we can go visit Susan in England some time" Amelia explained.
"Oh" Olivia said smiling. "Is England where the Big Ben is?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah" Susan said. "And I'll live really close to that" she said.
"Really?" Olivia asked excited.
"Will you go visit me one day?" Susan asked.
"Yes. If Amelia takes me" Olivia said.
"Of course I'll take you" Amelia said smiling.
"Good" Susan said.
"Well. So how about a movie girls?" Amelia asked and they nodded yes.
"Can I sit here?" Susan asked putting her hand on the bed, and Olivia nodded yes so she got up and sat next to the child. Amelia put 'Despicable Me' on and sat on the couch.
They watched the movie and not even once Susan mentioned anything other than her grandma or how Olivia was doing. No Sean, no Cecilia. Nothing.
Once the movie was over they ate lunch together and then Susan had to go.
"Oli I'll have to go to England in two days" Susan said. "So can I stop by tomorrow?" She asked and Olivia nodded yes.
"Okay then. Bye" she said and gave Olivia a kiss. "I love you" she said and left.
Olivia asked Amelia for another movie and they started watching 'The Wizard Of Oz' but Olivia fell asleep only 20 minutes into it.
Amelia left the movie playing and sat on the chair next to the child's bed.
Later Alex stopped by and checked the girl.
"Everything looks fine. She should be going home tomorrow or the next day." He said.
"Oh good" Amelia said excited. She couldn't wait to take Olivia home.
Alex left and shortly after Owen walked in.
"Hey" he said and kissed her. "How is she?" He asked.
"Alex said she'll go home in a day or two" Amelia said.
"Really? That's wonderful" Owen said. "Have you heard from the adoption?" Owen asked.
"Not yet." Amelia said. She had sent in the papers but she knew that most of the time it takes time.
"And have you set up her room yet?" Owen asked.
"No" Amelia laughed realizing how much she still had to do.
"Why don't I help you?" Owen asked and they sat on the couch, Owen threw his arm over her shoulder. "Just tell me what you want to do and I'll do it" he said and she smiled.
"The thing is that I don't know yet" Amelia said. "Meredith asked about Olivia sharing Zola's bedroom but I'm not sure if that's going to work" she said.
"For her or for you?" Owen asked.
"Both of us" Amelia said. She was a bit scared something could happen to the girl when she wasn't with her.
"Look I think she'll be okay with Zola. And she would have her space and not sharing a boring grown up bedroom with her mom" Owen said.
Amelia looked surprised as he said the word mom like it was no big deal.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing." Amelia laughed. "Um... I'll ask her" she said. "Zola asked about it too. Maybe it's what she wants" Amelia said.
"Yeah. Just find out and tell me" Owen said.
"Thank you" Amelia said and they started kissing. They were so busy kissing that they didn't notice for a long time that Olivia was awake and staring at them.
"Is he your boyfriend?" Olivia asked smiling a little, and they stopped kissing and stared at her surprised and a little embarrassed.
"He is" Amelia said. She wasn't sure if they were calling themselves that now but how would she explain that to a 4 year-old.
"Is that okay?" Owen asked standing up. He liked Amelia, he really did, and he wanted to be with her.
"Yeah" Olivia smiled.
"Really?" Amelia asked standing up too and Olivia nodded.
Owen picked Olivia up.
"Do you like me?" Owen asked.
"Yes" Olivia said a bit shy.
"You're the nicest guy I've ever met in my whole entire life" the little girl said.
"And you are the nicest girl I've ever met in my whole entire life" Owen said and hugged the girl tight. The girl laid her head on his shoulder.
Amelia's heart melted. She couldn't be happier about them.
It was true she didn't know exactly what they were but they really liked each other, and they wanted to be with each other. Both knew relationships could be very complicated and after everything both had been through they weren't 100% sure if they were ready for that yet. But things were happening and people could see they had something going on. So why not? They thought.
"Just don't hurt her heart or I'll be mad at you" Olivia said serious and Owen and Amelia laughed.
"I promise I won't" Owen said smiling at the girl.
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