Arizona jumped off the couch as she heard a knock at the door. She opened the door to see Callie holding their sleepy daughter. It immediately brought a smile to Arizona's face.

"So you have her until Monday, right?" Callie asked, handing Arizona their daughter.

"Yep." Arizona replied in her cheerful voice. She felt like it had been ages since she held Sofia.

"You'll call me if there's any problems? Day or night?"

"I'm not a babysitter Callie she's my daughter too, I know how to look after her." Arizona defended herself.

"I know you're her mother, but I am too. Don't tell me you don't worry about her every second she's with me. It's what mother's do Arizona, I'm not questioning you." Callie replied, calmly. She wasn't going to fight in front of their daughter.

"I'm sorry, Callie I just -" Arizona began.

"See you Monday." Callie said and left.

The weekend has arrived. It has been two days since Derek left for DC. Luckily for Meredith, she wasn't on call that day. She had time to get the kids up and made them a proper breakfast. Amelia made sure she had all her things before meeting her sister-in-law in the kitchen. She knew that Derek leaving was harsh on her so she made sure that Meredith knew she would be there if needed. After all, she had grown to like her.

"I'm all set, Mer!" she started. "You can always call me if you need any help, yeah?"

The mother cracked a smile.

"Of course! I'm going to miss having you around." she noticed her small bags. "That's it?"

"Yeah... furnished apartment."

"Alright then... Would you like some coffee before you go?"

Amelia declined the offer politely and headed out. She went to drop off her things at the new place before heading to work. About half an hour passed. Meredith heard a car door close and a few seconds later the doorbell. Callie had arrived.

"Morning, Mer." she smiled as she dropped her heavy bags. "Just dropped off Sofia. Are you ready to go?"

After a few hours of plane ride, Derek has landed in DC. The doctor grabbed his phone and checked his texts. Nothing. He quickly sent a text to Meredith as promised and headed towards the apartment the President offered him. As much as he hated accepting things from higher ranked people, his mind was too clouded to go on an apartment hunt at the last minute.

He checked his phone again. Still nothing. Derek exhaled loudly and put it away.

Meredith knocked at her sister-in-law's office door. The ER was rather calm and that called for a relaxing day, except for the few surgeries scheduled. Since she received that short text from her husband, Meredith wondered if he called Amelia. The urge to know about Derek's whereabouts was stronger than her willpower.

"Come in!" exclaimed the voice.

"Hey 'melia. What are you up to?" she asked noticing the neurosurgeon fiddling with a piece of paper hiding under some folders.

"Um... Nothing. What's up."

"I was wondering if you've heard anything back from your brother."

"He just told me that he just had his first official meeting."

"Hmm. So what do you have there?" Meredith queried and pointed to what she was talking about.

Amelia insisted that they were her old case files. She waited until Meredith shut her door before analyzing them closely again and hoped she would get to talk to Arizona about her new patient: Nicole Herman.

"Dr. Herman!" Arizona called down the hall.

Nicole turned to see the bubbly blonde waving and began walking in the opposite direction, prompting Arizona to follow her.

"Dr. Herman wait!" Arizona shouted, forcing Nicole to stop.

"Yes, Dr. Robbins?" Nicole huffed.

"Oh, I just wanted to say thanks for talking last night and if you ever need anything -" Arizona began.

"Dr. Robbins you should know I'm a very private person. Actually, I believe you already know this. I'm sorry for what you're going through but I can't be your therapist. That's not how I want to spend my last few months."

"I'm sorry Dr. Herman I didn't mean to cross any lines -"

"I'm teaching you all my life knowledge. Stay focused. I don't have time to waste."

"Yes, Dr. Herman." Arizona replied, trying not to take what Nicole had just said so personally.

Things between Jo and Alex were still tense. Arizona had moved out and Meredith had been sleeping at her place ever since Derek went to DC but they couldn't seem t agree on anything. Everything turned into a fight. It didn't help when Jo was put onto Alex's service.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked as Jo walked up to him.

"I'm on your service, is that a problem?" Jo replied.

"Do you really think that's a good idea? With everything going on?"

"I know how to be professional Alex, you should too."

"I have a surgery at 4, finish these charts and you can scrub in." Alex sighed and handed Jo a pile of charts.

"Thank you, Doctor Karev." Jo yelled as Alex walked away.

By 3 o'clock Jo had finished all the charts and went to find Alex. She went to the nurses station and they said they hadn't seen him since that morning. Jo sighed and went to the cafeteria, running into Alex on her way there.

"Charts are done, I'm just getting something to eat and I can scrub in." Jo said, proud she had finished with time to spare.

"Something came up, Bailey needs you for a consult." Alex told her.

"What? Can't she get someone else?"

"She asked for me but I've already re-scheduled this kids surgery twice, I said you were on my service and you could go."

"And you didn't think to ask?" Jo said, irritated.

"I don't have to ask your permission here Jo. You're on my service which means I decide for you. You said earlier that you know how to be professional, so act like it. Bailey's waiting." Alex shouted.

"Maybe we should just be professionals then!" Jo yelled back.

"Fine."

"Good."

The end of the day arrived. Maggie looked at the last few surgeries of the night. There was nothing planned for her. She decided to go check up a few of her patients before going home. Hell, why did she even need to go home? Nothing was waiting for here there either. Maggie sighed and plopped her hands in her lab coat. Without looking, she bumped into Dr. Webber.

"Oh. I'm sorry." she proceeded to walk away but a voice called her back.

"Look, I just wanted to know if I can have a chance to explain myself. I know you don't want another sister or another father. You already have a family and I get that. You'd like to know more about your birth mother and I can give you that."

"How am I supposed to believe you after you lied to me? After you knew that you were my birth father and left me looking like an idiot since I got here!"

"I'm sorry. I didn't know how to tell you. I know we've started off on the wrong foot but I hope I can fix it." he added as he scratched his head.

Maggie looked at her birth father. He is a nice person. She knew he did not want to hurt her. Now that she thought about it, it made sense that it was either him or Meredith.

"Alright. Fine. Meet me at the bar after your shift." she walked away but stopped. "Oh wait-"

"They have water and sodas at the bar, don't they?" He smiled and left.

Jackson sighed heavily as he walked into his and April's home and saw her coat already hanging by the front door. He knew they had to finish their conversation from the other day but he wasn't ready and he knew she wasn't either. But they couldn't ignore it. They couldn't ignore the fact that their son wouldn't even live to be a week.

"April?" Jackson called from the front door.

"In here." She called back, he knew she was sitting in the baby's room. He followed her voice and leaned against the doorway.

"April, what are you doing?" He asked as he watched her rock back and forth, gently stroking her swollen stomach.

"Do you think we should paint the nursery blue? I mean, we know it's a boy now there's no sense in painting it yellow." April replied, ignoring Jackson's question.

Jackson walked over to his wife and knelt in front of her, taking her hands in his.

"We won't be able to bring him home, April." Jackson said quietly, tears filling his eyes at the thought of it.

"Jackson, miracles happen all the time, maybe they read the sonogram wrong. Our baby will be okay no matter what because he has two parents that love him and God loves him. God loves our son Jackson." She too tried not to cry as she told her husband this.

"Does he April? If God loved our son than why is he giving him a death sentence before he's even born?"

"How is that different than asking me to get an abortion?" April questioned. Jackson pulled away and walked to the other side of the room.

"I didn't ask you to, I suggested it."

"Even though you know it goes against my beliefs." She argued.

"Would you stop for a second and think about yourself? How are you going to be okay with giving birth to a son we can't even hold?"

"I don't know, but I know when he passes away God will look after him."

"I can't have this argument April. I respect you and your beliefs but I can't let you be okay with our son dying because God will look after him. We're supposed to look after him!" Jackson yelled.

"I'm not getting rid of our baby, Jackson." April said firmly, standing and holding her stomach.

Callie drove Meredith back to the house. It was dark and empty, like their lives had been for the past few days. Even for the past few months. Callie had lived in the Grey-Shepherd household before and she knew how everything worked. It was not surprising that she quickly got on back on track with Meredith's routine.

"Look at us being all adult-like with our fancy wine." Callie said before she sipped on her drink.

The two friends were settled on the big comfortable couch with the television on. The kids were in bed but it was still too early for Meredith and Callie to sleep. They talked about nothing and everything but their conversation always went back to their love life.

"Do you think I should check up on Arizona?"

"She's a grown woman, Callie. Now, I know you still care about her but I think you guys should keep your distance for a while."

Their drinking continued. The doctors moved on from red wine to Meredith's stash of stronger alcohol.

"You're right. She is doing fine. Sofia is doing fine. Everything is great!" Callie laughed.

Meredith took another shot.

"I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna text him." Meredith's words slurred as the alcohol began to find its way into her bloodstream.

"Don't do it Mer." Callie whined and took a shot.

"Why?"

"Because you're drunk and sad and you'll hate yourself if you do."

"But I miss him. Not asshole Derek but dreamy Derek, my Derek."

"You should do what me and Arizona did."

"Callie, you're separated."

"That's because of a whole other thing. We did this thing where we couldn't talk unless it was about Sofia for 30 days. And we couldn't have sex, but we didn't last the 30 days." Callie laughed at the thought.

"Not talking is better than fighting." Meredith agreed. "I'm still gonna text him though."

Derek sat alone in his apartment in DC, nursing a glass of scotch and staring at the post- it. "I think you needed a refresher." The words echoed in his head. How had he let things get so bad between him and Meredith? He looked over the things he had vowed, the things they had promised each other and realized that most had been broken. It wasn't just him but he was the biggest culprit. He had let his resentment and hate get in the way of loving Meredith, he didn't love her even when he hated her and thinking about it made tears swell in his eyes and his stomach become uneasy.

His phone buzzed and Meredith's name popped up on his screen. He opened his phone and read what was supposed to say "miss you". He'd become a pro at interpreting her drunk texts. It made him homesick and it made his heart hurt. He was quick to send "me too" before shutting his eyes and trying to get some sleep

Another night without Callie. That summarized her relationship since they had to go on the 30-day no talk rule. Sure, it was harsh but she dealt with it. With no one to talk to, she flipped the channels for something interesting to distract her from her stress.

Sofia was playing with her dolls next to her. The little girl giggled and laughed.

"Sofia, Sofia, Sofia!" she exclaimed, giggling.

Arizona gasped. It was the first time, her little girl said her own name. The kid continued and Arizona was in awe. Before she knew it, her hands were on the dial pad and called Callie.

"Callie Torres." she answered.

"Callie! You will not believe what just happened?"

"Woah, Arizona. Calm down. What happened? Is everything okay?" Callie questioned.

"More than okay! Sofia just said her own name multiple times! I can't believe you missed that." Callie sighed. "Why aren't you as happy as I am?"

Callie felt bad, but she had to say it. "Sofia has been doing that for a while, Ari…"

"Oh." the blonde calmed down. "I'm sorry for calling you so late then."

"It's okay… I was going to call you earlier. I'm glad you did."