Thank you all for continuing to read this! I also published this fanfic on Whattpad but rit doesn't seem to be going very well! This chapter is based about 4 weeks after the last chapter and contains lots of flashbacks and therefore it's like lots of mini one shots together so I hope it isn't confusing! Hope you enjoy!
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'Owen, do you know where my waffle maker is?' Teddy shouted from the kitchen of their new house. Despite them being there for nearly a week, the two had rushed to put everything in place for Michelle when she would come home from the hospital to stay with them that day.
'Have you checked the top cabinet by the draw near the bin?' He yelled back.
The house was located about a 15 minute drive from the hospital so it was just rural enough to have a lovely green garden within a 2 minute walk of a playing field and a park. The two-story house was made out of different shaped grey stone cemented together with a slanted modern non-pitched roof. Inside on the ground floor was a lovely open plan kitchen and living room with silver marble counter tops and a kitchen island. There were solid oak floors leading to a light brown carpet in the living room area with beige walls and bay windows and big patio doors which looked into the pretty peaceful garden lined with vibrant flowers. A spiral staircase in the corner led to the 4 bedrooms: a master bedroom, 2 slightly smaller bedroom and one bedroom a lot smaller but perfect office size.
Owen stood there remembering the day in the hospital the two decided to focus more on their house hunting...
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4 weeks ago in the hospital.
'She's got cancer! I can't believe it, I don't even know what type, if she's dying or what! I can't loose her Owen. Amelia told me to leave and give her some peace while she takes Michelle for another head CT.' Teddy ranted after she's got herself to a closet and paged Owen 911.
'I've seen her file Teddy.' He whispered while the two sat on the floor. 'They found she had stage 3 pancreatic cancer when she was pregnant and she didn't start treatment until Freddie was born so it spread but that's all I know when I was shown her chart yesterday but Amelia said Michelle wanted to tell you.'
'I can't believe this.'
'I'm sorry.'
'What can we do?' She asked while looking at Owen, 'Michelle can't just live in a hotel or a flat when she rents one out, what will happen to Freddie when's she here and if she get's more ill?'
'I don't know, but you can talk to Michelle about this.' He reassured her. 'Michelle is welcome to stay at our house when we find a house.'
'Thank you.' She whispered while smiling at him. 'I need to go and speak to her - she should be out of CT.'
'I can come with you if you want...'
'No it's fine.' She answered while she wiped her face on her top and the two got up and left the closet.
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The two were on the kitchen making diner when they heard a crying sound.
'It's my turn!' Owen Exclaimed while dashing upstairs to return with a sleepy 3 month year old baby.
'Freddie aren't you just the cutest!' Teddy cooed while going to the Fridge and checking his feeding schedule! 'And you little mister must be hungry as it's time for your feed!'
Teddy and Owen had been looking after Freddie ever since Michelle had been in hospital but they dropped him off in day care every day when they worked, which meant that during their breaks and lunches or when things were quiet they would take him down to see Michelle.
Teddy was finally getting a hang of managing Freddie while Owen was a natural. It had been 4 weeks since Teddy first took him when she was staying at Alex's house and Teddy could remember every single bit of that horrifically long night...
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4 weeks earlier...
'Freddie!' Teddy shushed at 3am in the morning while trying to rock the crying a baby to sleep! 'Please go to sleep!' She shouted out of desperation.
'Teddy, it's 3am and that's the sixth time he's been up, please let me help you because I have to go to work tomorrow!' Alex sleepily spoke and Teddy could tell the annoyance it his voice.
'Okay, please just take him!' Teddy sleepily mumbled while giving the baby to Alex and he quickly rubbed the baby's back and hushed the baby and soon it was fast asleep all while Teddy looked in amazement.
'He was winded. You need to remember to wind the baby after you feed it.' Alex annoyingly said.
By 5am everyone was up and getting ready for work after the household getting very little sleep that night so when Arizona came through the doors the atmosphere was less than dull.
'Hey, i was just going to grab some clean clothes... hey, what wrong with all of you?' She asked looking at the very sleepy Jo, Alex and Teddy.
'Come with me.' Teddy mumbled while leading Arizona upstairs to the attic to arrive to see Freddie in one of Meredith's children old cot. 'Meet my nephew, he kept everyone up all night!'
'Oh Teddy..' Arizona sighed.
The two talked about Michelle and how Teddy was looking after Freddie.
'I don't know what to do, Owen said that Michelle can live with us but we still need to get a house and it's not fair on Alex and Jo having to listen to a screaming baby all night and honestly I'm useless - I don't know a thing. What should I do Arizona?' Teddy panicked.
'I think you need to speak with Owen and I know he's off shift so why don't you give him a call to come over?'
So that's what she did and two hours later Owen and Teddy was sat discussing the future after Teddy had made obviously clear how much she was struggling with Freddie and how guilty she felt living here.
'Why don't you rent and apartment just until we find a house and we'll focus on trying to find a house sooner rather than later. I can sort out an apartment by the end of the week in you want?' Owen suggested while cuddling Freddie and making him laugh.
'Thank you but I don't know if I can do it alone!' Teddy confessed. 'Last night was hell and it's not going to improve any time soon! And look at you - your a natural!'
The two sat there in near silence while they tried to think of a solution.
'I'll move in with you to help out with Freddie in this apartment - I mean I've always wanted kids and look how innocent he is!' Owen announced while showing Freddie to Teddy as if he'd suddenly got even more cuter.
'Thank you.' Teddy said softly giving Owen an appreciative look at Owen. 'But you won't be saying that at 2am when he's screaming his head off and you have no idea why!'
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'Hey welcome home!' Teddy yelled at Michelle as she came walking through the door to be greeted by a big welcome home banner hung over the kitchen!'
'Oh my god thank you so much!' She shouted back in appreciation.
'Welcome to the family!' Owen announced while holding the excited Freddie.
But she could tell Teddy was thinking about something...
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4 weeks ago in Michelle's hospital room...
'Michelle.' Teddy whispered as she walked into the room. 'I think we need to talk.
The two sisters sat there in silence.
'I have cancer and it's quite advance.' She whispered with a tear rolling down her eyes. 'That's one of the reasons I came and found you and was so willing to drop everything and move to Seattle because I don't know what the future holds and I should of found you sooner but I never knew I had a sister. I only started looking for my birth parents but when I got told they were dead my world crushed but then I got told I had you I had this glimmer of hope so I rang you and then Owen told me I should come over as you were going back to Germany soon and that was that.'
Teddy gripped hold of Michelle's hand tightly and even though she was trying to be as strong as possible, her eyes were red and puffy.
'What did the doctor say?' She quietly spoke.
'The cancer in my pancreas and is too hard to cut out with surgery at the moment as soon after Freddie was born I started chemotherapy but they soon realised that wasn't working and then they found another med in my liver so I don't know what we will do now but the head of oncology here is going to speak to me I've been told and put together an action plan. So there's hope.'
'How much hope?'
'About a year more of hope if I'm lucky the last doctor I saw said but if this head of oncology has a better it could be more.' Michelle cried and Teddy just held her. 'But I don't what's going to happen to Freddie when I'm in the hospital though?'
'I'll look after him.' Teddy whispered. 'I'm living in a house full of doctors so he'll be fine and he's just old enough for daycare here so that means every break I have I can go and collect him and you can go and see him. Alright?'
'You don't have to do that.'
'You're my sister, my job is to look after you so that is what I'm going to do. And when you leave the hospital you will stay with me and Owen as hopefully we'll have a house by then and he said you are welcome to stay because you need the help. So please accept the help because that's an order not an offer!
Because that's what families do they help each other!' Teddy calmly spoke while holding Michelle's hand tightly.
'Thank you.' She whispered knowing that there was no way she could fight Teddy on this. 'I love you.'
'I love you too.' Teddy cried while finally letting out all her emotions.
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'Teddy don't think about all the bad things, think about all the good things we can do together!' Michelle whispered in Teddy's ear.
So that's what that family did - they made the most of every second of every day count and focused on the good times and not the bad.
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I know this chapter was quite a long and sad one (I had fun writing this on New Year's Eve!) and this kind of brings me to the end of part one of this fanfic but don't worry there will be more chapters soon!
