Theme: Angst/Tragedy

Pairing: None, Grace centric

Rating: K

Losing Louise was like losing a daughter. Louise's parents had died when she was quite young and so she looked up to Grace as a daughter would. They didn't have the stereotypical mother-in-law/daughter relationship, they got along quite well and felt as if they were truly family.

So when the cop came to their house to break the news, she felt as if she was losing a child. A pain that was never truly forgotten. She moved on, she had to in order to survive. She focused her aching heart on taking care of Samantha, and slowly her wounds healed.

Then her son came to her and told her that he had met someone. She told him to follow his heart but wasn't sure about her own. Could she ever accept another woman into the home that Louise had lived in? She would never be mean to another person, but she was worried that she wouldn't be as nice to the woman as she was to Louise, and she knew Wyatt would notice.

Then she met Brynna and a part of her came back. While she would never replace Louise, she was a wonderful woman and perfect for her son. Sam had her reservations of course, but on the whole she was amazing for the family, restoring a part that had been lost for so long.