Unfortunately I don't own either show, I'm simply passionate about the characters. I worship the ground on which Shonda Rhimes and Tess Gerritsen walk upon.
Meredith was relieved that their day was over. She couldn't be more grateful that her mother had organised an easy schedule for Callie and her own first couple of days.
They had come to the end of their second day at Seattle Grace and already so much had been decided on.
Addison had agreed to stand beside her and had even accompanied the excitement of being asked with a high pitched squeal.
Callie had informed her over lunch that she had called Arizona and that it looked like she too would be joining them for their nuptials.
The couple had arrived home, Callie looking tired and feeling achey had proceeded straight to the bathroom. Meredith had followed only to light some candles and to make sure that her fiancee could relax. Once done, she and proceeded to their bedroom to change and called out to place an order of pizza.
Meredith knew that their eating habits would need to be tidied up once they were settled, not only for their own health, but for their babies health as well.
Now with Callie in the bath tub, soaking away her day and Meredith took the time to curl up on the couch with the Bangles playing quietly in the background. She and time to reflect on the phone call she had received earlier from Katherine Stevens, her fathers event manager. Katherine had been her usual polite, yet pushy self. It had been made obvious by the woman's enthusiasm that she was looking forward to organising a wedding over her usual openings or fundraisers.
Meredith figured that the short time frame leading up to the wedding may be a stress factor for the woman, but it hadn't stopped her from declining any plans to meet the next day to discuss the wedding arrangements.
Callie's parents had still not been informed about their new found wedding plans and wanting to talk with them tonight lead to her placating Katherine with the affirmation that she would call her tomorrow. It was obviously not what Katherine wanted to hear.
Feeling relaxed, which was a rarity for anyone planning a wedding in a month, but knowing that it was going to be small and extremely private, meant that there would be less of the bells and whistles that came with a normal wedding.
The doorbell ringing was enough to draw Meredith our of her thoughts. Settling down her glass of wine that she had unknowingly been toying with, grabbing her purse from the coffee table, Meredith headed towards the door ready to pay for her pizza. She could only hope that Callie would be out of the bath before the pizza got cold.
... Heavy Heart... Heavy Heart...
Angela was unsure whether she should say or go. She was unsure whether she had done her job and stalled her daughter from leaving her wife.
Jane had gone upstairs in a huff and Angela had to hope that Maura wouldn't be too far away. It seemed though that as soon as she thought it, her daughter in law had come rushing into the house.
That of course had been an hour ago. Since then, Angela had plodded around the kitchen tidying up. There wasn't a great deal for there to do and she knew that she was really just making work for herself.
Angela couldn't tear her mind from the fact that her daughter, her baby girl, was upstairs with her wife. A wife who had, just hours earlier, pushed her towards breaking point. She had never seen her daughter so upset.
Moving from her spot behind the kitchen bench towards the bottom of the stairs. Angela was tempted to go upstairs and check on the two women. The only thing that stopped her from doing so was the restrictions that Jane had imposed when the couple had first been married.
Hand coming to rest on the bottom of the bannister. Angela took the first step and halted there. She hadn't heard anything from the couple since Maura had gone up. Angela had been surprised that there hadn't been any explosive words exchanged and that instead the house had been engulfed in silence.
Lifting her foot to take another step towards the next level of the house, Angela wavered again.
Suddenly there was a presence at the top of the stairs and Angela looked up feeling like a deer caught in the head lights. There, looking down at her was Maura.
The woman looked like a far cry from her usual self. Her face was tear stained, her dress pants and blouse completely rumpled. Her makeup seemed to be smeared and Angela tried her best to ignore the 'panda' eyes that had formed.
"Maura" Angela finally spoke, uncertain of what to say to the woman.
"Janes sleeping" Maura informed her and Angela took a step back down the stairs, waiting to see what Maura was going to do.
"Do you need me to do anything?" Angela asked, wanting to assist her girls in any way possible.
"I..." Maura started, but then stopped as she seemingly decided to descend the stairs.
Angela moved out of the young womans' way and let her through.
She watched as Maura reached the bottom step. Angela hesitated when they were both equal, she wanted to embrace the woman who was very much her daughter, but knowing that her actual daughter was a mess up stairs stopped her.
Maura seemed to have read Angela's thoughts and it made the older woman shift uneasily.
"You can go check on her." Maura said softly.
Angela didn't need to be told twice and in fact moved quickly back to the base of the stairs, leaving behind her daughter in law who too was in a world of hurt.
