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After a long shift, I am finally getting to leave the hospital. As I am walking to the front door, I see Meredith walking in with her three kids. The baby on her hip is wiggling as the other two are walking beside their mother. Bailey looks up and grins when he recognizes me.

"Elnor, hi!" Bailey yells and takes off running towards me letting go of his sister's hand.

I squat down and brace myself for the impact of his little body. "Hi, Bailey! How are you?"

Bailey gives me a tight hug. "I'm good. But mommy has to work so I gots to go to daycare." He says with a little frown.

"Well, I bet you have a lot of friends in daycare and they'll be excited to see you."

"Yeah, but I wanted to ride my bike. Momma said we could ride in the backyard but now we can't."

Meredith walks up with her little girls. "Bailey, what have I told you about running off?"

"Mommy, look, it's Elnor."

"Yes, I see."

I stand up as Dr. Grey directs her attention to me. "How are you, Rhett?"

"I'm good. You?"

"Well, I was a lot better before I got called in."

"Yeah, Bailey was telling me he had to go to daycare."

"I don't wanna go to daycare. I wanna ride my bike." Meredith's oldest speaks.

Meredith squeezes the little girl's hand. "I know Zola but mommy has to work. Why?"

"Because you're a doctor and doctors save lives."

"That's right Zola."

I am pretty impressed that Zola understands what doctors do and can be mature about it even though she really doesn't want to be there.

"Elnor, are you workin'?" Bailey asks as he plays with my hand.

"Um, no. I just got off."

Bailey's little face lights up as he looks at his mom. "Momma, Elnor can take us home and play with us so you can work!"

Oh, no. what did I just do?

"Bailey, Eleanor might have plans. We can't just assume that she has plans. Do you have plans, Dr. Rhett?"

I don't. But do I tell her that I do and make the kids go to daycare when they want to ride bikes or do I take three kids to their house, which I don't even know where it is, and take care of them all day? If Dr. Grey is on call who knows when she'll be back home. What do I do?

"Well, um, I don't have any plans, Dr. Grey."

I can't lie to those kids. They just want to ride bikes and they seem like good kids, I can handle this.

"Oh, well, do you mind taking the kids home?"

"No, I can watch them, no problem."

Bailey and Zola let out a very loud Yay!

Dr. Grey squats down and to look Bailey and Zola in the eyes. "Alright, you guys listen to Eleanor and do everything she says. Be good and if Ellis starts to get fussy, help Eleanor calm her down, okay."

The kids are jittery with excitement and quickly agree to be good.

Meredith hands me Ellis and the keys to her car. "Take my car, it's out front, and it'll be easier to just take mine then move the car seats around. Give me your keys and I'll take your care when I'm done."

After I gave my keys and she gave me directions to the house, the kids and I were on our way.

"Elnor, I am so excited. Can I show you all my bike tricks?" Bailey asks as he holds my and Zola's hand.

"Sure, Bailey."


I pull up in front of Dr. Grey's house. I had heard all kinds of stories about this house and it was like looking at a legend.

I get the front door open and the kids inside before they start running to the backyard.

"Come on, Elnor, let's go play! I wanna show you my bike."

I sit outside and watch the kids play for a while before Zola comes up and tells me she's hungry.

"Alright, sweetie, you ready for some dinner?"

We all walk into the kitchen and I have the kids wash their hands and sit on the bar stools while I try to figure out something for dinner.

"So, guys what do you want for dinner?"

"Chicken nuggets!" "Peanut butter and Jelly!" Zola and Bailey yell out, respectively.

"Ok. So we'll have both. What about Ellis? What does she eat?"

"Macaroni and cheese." Zola tells me. She really is such a good girl.

When everyone has dinner and is eating quietly, I look around that table and it hits me that I have spent the whole day taking care of my siblings. Bailey and I have had some sort of connection since the day in the cafeteria, and I wonder if it's because we're siblings or if he's just good with people.

I hear the door open and look up to see Dr. Karev walking through the kitchen.

"Uncle Alex!" The kids jump up and run to give him hugs.

"Hey, guys. What are you doing?"

"We played with Eleanor all day and she maked us dinner." Zola tells him.

"Well, it sounds like you guys have had a good day. You know what, why don't you guys go get your pajamas on. Zola, can you help Ellis?"

When Zola agrees, the kids head up stairs and I start cleaning up.

"Hey, you don't have to do that. You can just leave it. I'm sure you're tired and want to go home to rest."

"Yeah, those kids have a lot of energy. But I left my car with Dr. Grey so I'm kinda stuck here anyways."

"How did you end up watching the kids in the first place?"

"Well, I was walking out when Dr. Grey and the kids were walking in. Bailey saw me and asked if I could watch them so he could ride his bike. I didn't have anything to do so I told Dr. Grey I would watch them."

"Yeah, that Bailey loves riding his bike."

I chuckle and begin to tell Dr. Karev all about Bailey's bike tricks.

Soon, the kitchen is clean and we head into the living room.

"So, Dr. Karev, do you live here too?"

"Yeah, have on and off since our intern year. And we're not at the hospital right now so call me Alex."

"Ok. So you and Dr. Grey, you guys are really good friends, huh?"

"Yeah. We've seen each other through everything."

"It must be nice to have a friend like that."

"Yeah, it's pretty great. Except for when Meredith would walk in when I was about to have sex."

He chuckles and I look at him shocked. "Really?"

"Yeah, but that's when she was going through some stuff. She doesn't really do that anymore. But I guess that's partly because I haven't been getting sex lately."

And now it's awkward.

Alex turns on the TV and we watch some medical drama until Dr. Grey walks in.

"Hey. How were the kids?"

"Oh, they were great. They're up in bed now." I tell as she sits down in a chair.

"Thanks for watching them, Rhett. Sometimes it's hard making them go to daycare when I know they want to be home playing."

"Well, anytime. They were no trouble at all."

I stand up to leave. "I'll see you both later."

I walk towards the door, grab my purse, and walk out the door.


"That was really nice of her to watch the kids." Alex tells Meredith.

"Yeah, Bailey has really taken to her."

"You know, she's really nice and really pretty."

"Alex, she's an intern. Do you really wanna fall for another intern?"

"She's more than an intern. I mean, we were talking and she was really easy to talk to. Well, before I started talking about not getting any sex, but…"

"Wait, you told her you weren't getting any sex?"

"Yeah, I didn't mean to, it just happened."

They hear a knock on the door and Meredith groans as Alex goes to answer it.


"Hey, sorry. I got out to my car and realized that Dr. Grey still has my keys." I tell him when he opens the door.

"Oh, um, here they are." He says as he hands me my keys.

"Thanks." I turn to leave and hear the door shut and am surprised to hear Alex's voice.

"Hey, Eleanor?" I turn to see Alex with his hands in his pocket.

"Yeah?"

"Would you want to get a drink sometime?"

"Um, you're my boss. Isn't that kinda against the rules?"

"Well, no not really. But if you don't want to, that's fine." He starts to head back inside.

"Wait, Alex." He turns to look at me. "I would love to."

He grins and asks "Are you free tomorrow?"

"Yeah, my shift ends at nine."

"Ok. I'll see you at Joe's."

"Alright." I turn to leave.

I've got a date with Alex. Dr. Karev. Dr. Grey's best friend. My sort of stepmom's best friend. Crap.