Maggie, Amelia, and Richard are hanging out in the attendings lounge. It's a quiet morning so Amelia is going through a wedding catalog and Maggie is looking at birthday presents of her nephew.

"Hey all, uh I was just wondering if someone could tell me where I can get some scrubs" says a handsome man with a New Zealand accent as he walks into the attendings lounge. "Uhh…third floor by the dispensary" Maggie says. "Cheers. You're, uh, Dr. Pierce, right?" "Mm-hmm." "Yeah, I- I just wanted to say I'm super excited and I can't wait to get started" says the stranger. Maggie gives him a small, yet confused smile. "Great….. go get 'em." The stranger looks even more confused than Maggie. "Okeydokey" he says with a nod of his head. As he wanders around the third floor trying to find the dispensary he bumps into Derek. "So sorry mate" says the stranger. "No worries. Can I help you find something" Derek asks politely. "Yeah, it's my first day here I'm just trying to get some scrubs." "They're right in here. Derek Shepherd." Derek sticks his hand out and the stranger grabs it firmly and gives him a nice shake. "Nathan Riggs." "What department?" "Cardio" answers Riggs. "Oh, you're going to love Pierce, she's great" Derek says with a smile. "I hope so….she seemed a little, uh, off this morning." "You'll get used to her" Derek says with a laugh. "Well good luck Dr. Riggs. Hopefully I'll see you on the floor" he says as he walks away.

Meredith walks through the ER after a long day. She sees Owen and Amelia outside in the ambulance bay. Owen is leaning against an ambulance with his arms crossed and looking very upset while Amelia is standing in front of him looking confused and frustrated. She had followed him out to the ER entrance after he yelled at Chief Bailey for hiring Riggs. Amelia sighs and rubs her head as she turns to walk back inside. "What did he say" Meredith asks when Amelia walks inside. "Nothing. Whatever this is…" Meredith doesn't hear the rest of what she has to say as she walks past Amelia towards Owen. "He's no talking" Amelia says to Meredith's back. "Meredith" Owen sighs when he sees her walking towards him. "I made a promise to Christina that I wouldn't let you go dark and twisty, that I'd be your person if you needed one" she says as she walks over to him and leans against the ambulance. "I don't want to talk" he says in a quiet voice. "Okay" she replies. "You don't have to. But just tell me – do we hate him?" Owen looks at her and struggles to compose himself. "We hate him" he says firmly but with deep sadness in his eyes. "Okay then, we hate him" Meredith says confidently. Part of being someone's person is supporting them in their time of need, with no questions asked, and Meredith knows that better than anybody.

"Long day" Derek asks as he walks up to Meredith. "Yeah. You too?" "Me too." They change out of their scrubs quickly and walk to the elevator so they can pick up Ellis and Bailey from the day care. The elevator doors ding open and Riggs walks in. He and Derek nod in greeting while Meredith just stares at the doors. "Dr. Grey, right?" "Yep" she replies. "You two haven't met yet" Derek asks. "No, not officially" Meredith says in a tone that Derek knows means something more. "Yours is easy to remember. It's on all the hospital stationery" Riggs says to Meredith. "What's the story there" he adds. "That's too long a story to tell" she says. "I was actually headed across the street, I was gonna grab a drink or something, are you two headed that way or…?" "We would love to but" "We're friends of Owen Hunt's" Meredith says coldly, interrupting Derek. "So, no" she adds as she walks out of the elevator. Derek follows Meredith out but gives Riggs an apologetic glance. "What was that about" Derek asks, pulling Meredith aside once they made it a little way down the hallway. "Owen freaked out at Bailey for hiring Riggs and he won't talk to Amelia or me about it. Obviously something serious happened between the two of them." "But that doesn't explain why you were rude to him when he's just trying to meet people." "I promised Christina that I would look out for Owen, be his person if he ever needed one. Right now he really needs a person. I told him that I would hate Riggs with him so that's what I'm going to do" she says sternly. "You can't just judge someone before you even know them. What if Hunt is in the wrong here" Derek yells. "That doesn't matter. We are his people Derek. He needs to know that we support him until he feels ready to talk about it. I mean, he won't even tell Amelia what's going on, isn't that a sign that it's something serious?" "Or maybe it's a sign that he feels guilty about something he did." "Why are you so quick to question Owen? He's our friend and he's been a part of our lives for a long time now." "That doesn't matter. There is a right and a wrong thing to do here, and we can't just sit back and let Hunt convince everyone to hate Riggs. He's a nice guy!" "I don't care if he saves drowning puppies! Right now Owen is my person and I am telling you that we hate Riggs" Meredith says angrily. "And I am telling you that we don't" Derek says back just as angrily. They stare at each other in frustration before Meredith sends one last glare at Derek and walks away. He follows her into the day care and they put on happy faces for their kids but they continue to glare at each other the entire night. After putting the kids to bed, Meredith sits down on the couch and pulls out her phone to call Christina. Derek rolls his eyes at her and goes into their bedroom to go to bed. When she walks in 30 minutes later he is waiting up for her. "You can't just alienate Riggs because Hunt told you so" he says as he puts his book down. "Watch me" she says as she walks into the bathroom. When she comes out in her pjs she looks at Derek in bed and makes her angry face. 'I'm going to sleep in the guest room" she says. "Meredith" he calls out in an exasperated voice. She turns around angrily; "for once in your life can you just not be the good guy? You aren't getting any points here for 'doing the right thing'. Owen is our friend Derek and he needs us to support him. I don't care if it turns out that he killed Riggs' brother. All that matters is that Owen needs us to hate Riggs." "This isn't about doing the right thing. I can be supportive of Owen but I can't just hate Riggs for him. As his colleague it is my duty to be impartial and as a board member it is my job to be welcoming to all new staff members. Hunt needs to figure out how to work through his problems without dragging us into them." "Post-it" she says fiercly. "You can't call post" "POST. IT. Post-it, Derek. I am asking my husband Derek Shepherd, not neurosurgeon and board member Derek Shepherd, to be supportive of one of our closest friends in his time of need." They stare at each other until Derek smiles a little and walks over to Meredith and gives her a hug. She accepts it tentatively and looks up at him in confusion. "We hate Riggs" he says calmly. "Thank you" she says smugly. He looks at her hungrily before leaning down and kissing her fiercely.

Derek is sitting in his research lab working on his project. He is so engrossed in his work that he doesn't notice Amelia walk in and clear her throat a few times.

"Derek" Amelia says loudly. "Oh hey" he says as he looks up in surprise. "Can I, uh, talk to you for a second. It's important" she says timidly. He stands up and moves to the front of the desk to lean on it. "Of course I'm going to walk you down the aisle, you're my baby sister" he says with a smile. "No it's not about that, well it kinda is, but thanks for support." She fiddles with her hands nervously and Derek just waits for her to say something. "Look Amy, I have a lot of work to do…" "I need you to take over my service" she says interrupting him. "What?" "Owen got an offer to be head of trauma with the possibility of chief in a few years at Duke and they offered me head of neuro. And we're going." "What – when, uh, when did you find out?" "A few days ago. I wasn't sure at first but I realized that…coming here two years ago was the right decision at the time, I needed to be around family and people who didn't know a lot about me. And I've loved living here, but I realized that Owen and I need to figure out how to be a couple together, without everyone knowing everything about us and who we were before we met." "So you're going to Duke" Derek says with a smile. "So we're going to do" she says with a nod. They embrace and Amelia lets go when she has tears in her eyes. "Thank you for being so supportive for all these years. I know it hasn't been easy…" "No, it hasn't" he says with a smile. "But thank you big brother. And I'm not taking no for an answer about you taking my job. This is your hospital and there's no one more qualified." "Let me talk to Meredith" he says seriously. "Okay." "When are you leaving?" "3 weeks after the wedding, so in 2 months." "Does Ma know?" Amelia gives Derek the 'are you kidding me look' and he just stares back at her. "Come on Amelia, this has gone on long enough." "She has never been supportive of my career. I sent her an invitation to the wedding and she said she's not coming. I know I messed up in the past but I've changed, and if she doesn't want to be a part of my life, that's fine" she says. She gives Derek an angry look before storming out of his lab.

"You paged" Meredith says as she walks into Derek's lab. "I like to see my wife every once in a while" he says as he gives her a quick kiss. "Well Bailey has me doing a million consults and surgeries a day plus that stupid anatomy class so we literally have 2 minutes." "Well I want to run something by you. Amelia wants me to take over for her. She and Hunt are taking jobs at Duke. They're moving after the wedding." Meredith looks at him in shock; "uh, well I mean do you want to have your old job back? I know how important this project is for you and you'd be doing more surgeries and have less time with the kids." "Ellie is 6 months old now and Zola will be starting school in the fall so I think I can work more without dropping any balls. I just want to make sure you're okay with it" he says lovingly. "Of course I'm okay with it" she says confidently. "Are you sure?" "Yes. You love being chief of neuro and we have a solid schedule down so I'm not worried about juggling the kids." Derek picks her up and swings her around while she laughs and kisses his face. "So we're doing this? We're both going to be chiefs" she asks tentatively. "We're doing this" he says calmly. 'Okay" she replies. She gives him another hug and she kisses him. When her pager goes off she pulls away reluctantly. "We'll celebrate more tonight" she says with a smirk as she walks away. He smiles as he watches her leave, all the while thinking about how lucky he is to be married to her.