Meredith is lying in her hospital bed with baby Ellie sleeping in the basket next to her bed. It's been a few hours since she woke up, and since Derek left to take Zola and Bailey home no one except the nurses have come in to see her.

"Mind if I come in" Maggie asks standing in the doorway. "Not at all" Meredith replies with a smile. Maggie walks over to where Ellie is sleeping and sits down in the chair next to the bed. "She is beautiful Mer" she says while looking down at Ellie. "She kinda looks like Derek!" "That's what I said" Meredith says. She laughs a little; "he thinks she looks more like me but I already know she has his eyes and smile." "But she has your ears" Maggie adds. They sit in comfortable silence while Maggie admires Ellie and Meredith rests peacefully. "May I ask why Ellis?" Meredith pauses for a moment before looking up at Maggie; "ever since she died my life has become a reflection of hers in a way but I realized that I have the chance to do everything differently than she did. Have the husband, be a good mom, be happy. Meeting you and almost loosing Derek has taught me a lot about family and I want my kids to be able to know that just because she isn't here she is still an important part of our lives." Maggie smiles a little and says "thank you for sharing that." Alex walks into Meredith's room to check on Ellie since she is one of his patients. "How's she doing" he asks as he walks in. "Good," Meredith says with a smile; "she's been sleeping." "Well I checked her labs and everything looks good which means there's no damage from the placental tear. How are you feeling?" Meredith leans back into her pillows and sighs. "Tired and sore, but better than after Bailey which is good I guess." "What happened when Bailey was born" Maggie asks. Alex laughs a little before saying "she fell down the stairs right before a super storm started and then went into labor during a power outage and had to have an emergency C-section and splenectomy. In the dark." Maggie's mouth hangs open while Meredith smiles sheepishly. "You weren't kidding when you said bad things are always happening to you" Maggie says. Meredith just smiles and arches her eyebrows knowingly. "Well I've got patients to check on, page me when she wakes up" Alex says as he leaves the room. Maggie stays with Meredith for a few more minutes until she's paged to the ER.

Meredith is fast asleep when a visitor walks into her room and sits down in the rocking chair. When Ellie starts crying the visitor picks her up gently and whispers comforting sounds to the baby. Meredith wakes up slowly, and sees a tall person with dark, wavy hair holding her baby. "Shhh you don't want to wake your mommy do you Ellis? No you don't because your mommy is the most amazing mommy in the world so you should let her sleep." Meredith sits up a little and flips the light switch on. "Christina?" "What did I tell you about dying? I thought we agreed no more almost deaths. But, eh I guess we can blame the baby for this one" Christina says. "What are you doing here" Meredith says with a huge smile on her face. "Derek called" she says with a shrug. "This baby is adorable by the way she's already nailed that McDreamy smile." "I know I keep telling Derek that she looks just like him, but he doesn't see it" Meredith replies. Ellis is asleep again so Christina puts her back in her crib and gets in bed with Meredith. Meredith leans her head on Christina's shoulder; "you're never going to guess who delivered my baby" she says. "Did Evil Spawn get to see the inside of your uterus?" she asks jokingly. "Worse" Meredith replies with a grimace. "Addison did." "No freaking way." "I know." "Is that why she's named Ellis and not Addison?" "I think Derek would flip out if I tried to enforce that rule. Besides…" Meredith pauses and Christina can tell the conversation has become more serious. "I don't want to be afraid anymore." Neither of them say anything but they both know the other understands what the other is thinking. Christina knows that Meredith doesn't want to be afraid of becoming her mother anymore and knows that by naming her daughter Ellis she has accepted the colossal role of her mother in her life, and Meredith knows that Christina understands that she needs her baby to be named Ellis so that she can accept her fate and her mother's fate. "Ellis is kind of a grandmothery name though don't you think" Christina finally says. "Well, Derek and I decided we'll call her Ellie. It's much cuter and she can go back to Ellis when she's older if she wants." "Good plan" Christina says giving Meredith's hand a small squeeze. When Derek walks in later he sees the two of them still lying in bed together and decides to come back later. He knows that being separated is difficult for the Twisted Sisters and figures someone should warn Owen.

"Hey Hunt" Derek calls when he sees Owen walking down the hallway. "Shepherd, congrats on the baby I heard you had a girl." "Yeah she's absolutely perfect" he says with a smile. "I just thought I should warn you that Christina's here. She mentioned staying for a few days but I don't know how long that's going to be. Just thought I should give you a heads up." "Thanks." Derek turns to walk away while Owen fiddles with something in his pocket. "Derek, wait!" Owen walks quickly down the hallway to catch up to Derek. "I uh need to ask you something important." "Yeah sure." "I know that you lost your father when you were younger and that Amelia really looks up to you. I'm not really asking so much as uh just letting you know that I plan on asking her to marry me." Derek opens his mouth a little in surprise before breaking out in a smile. "That's amazing!" Now it's Owen's turn to look a little shocked "You're not going to tell me I shouldn't because I was once married to your wife's best friend and this is your little sister we're talking about?" Derek laughs a little; "I was married for a long time before I met Meredith and look how that turned out. And besides Amelia has been talking about you no stop for months so I know you're the right guy for her." Owen releases the breath he had been holding. "Thanks Shep that means a lot." "Anytime. Now if you'd excuse me I'm going to see my wife and baby." Derek claps him on the shoulder and laughs as he walks away while Owen is left standing in the hallway slightly confused and in awe of the conversation he just had.

Christina walks out of Meredith's room just as Derek turns the corner. "She just fell asleep" Christina says as she walks over to Derek. "I'll let her sleep then. The kids are back at the house feel free to make yourself at home, I'm sure Meredith hasn't changed anything about your room." "Yeah I've got some work to take care of and then I'll go over there. Someone has to make sure you aren't ruining your kids by spoiling them" she says seriously, but Derek knows she's joking. "I know Meredith started setting up the nursery but if you see stuff still in boxes..." "I'll take care of it go sit with your baby" she interrupts as she walks away and waves her hand back at him. Derek slowly opens the door to Meredith's room, and upon noticing that Ellis is awake but not fussy he picks her up and rocks her in the chair. A few minutes later Amelia walks in. "Oh I can come back later" she says when she notices that Meredith is sleeping. "No its fine come on in" Derek replies. "Can I hold her?" Derek gets up from the rocking chair so that Amelia can sit down and places Ellis in her arms. Ellis makes a few happy noises and grabs onto Amelia's finger. "Oh she is just precious" she says smiling down at the baby. "Congratulations Derek, she's amazing." "Yeah she is" he says with a smile. "So how are you and Owen. Sorry we haven't talked in a while I've just been busy." "We're, uhh, we're good. I'm still terrified of how much I love him but that just means I have something to loose right?" She looks up at her big brother with tears in her eyes. Derek sighs before pulling the chair up next to her and sitting down. "Before Meredith and I got married there were so many times where I was so afraid of losing her, but that fear made me realize how much I needed her in my life because I couldn't picture a future without her in it." Amelia just nods in understanding, getting the message that her brother is trying to convey. "As Meredith would say: lean into the fear to get your happy ending" he adds. "Lean into the fear, got it" she says with a little fear in her voice. Ellie starts getting fussy and Derek can tell she's hungry. Meredith hears her baby crying and slowly opens her eyes. "Hi. She's hungry" she says in a tired voice. "I tried to keep her asleep for as long as I could" Derek says. "Thanks" she says as he hands her Ellis. "Well I'm going to go round on my patients, congrats Mer she's beautiful" Amelia says as she leaves. Meredith starts feeding Ellis and grimaces a little when the baby bites down hard. "You okay" Derek asks. "She bites" Meredith responds. "I would donate my nipples if I could" he says jokingly. "Thanks" she says with a smile.