Arizona walked into the x-ray room and saw Amelia standing in front of scans that were all to familiar.

"You paged?" Arizona said making Amelia spin around and face her.

"I wanted to tell you I've figured out how to remove the tumor." Amelia said smiling widely.

"Oh, that's great." Arizona faked excitement.

"I thought you'd be more excited."

"I am it's just, I don't know if it's such a good idea. I shouldn't have even taken the scans in the first place and if Dr. Herman finds out -"

"She'll found out you saved her life, Arizona. She could live for years if I get it."

"That's just it, she'll hear it if. I don't want you to do the surgery."

"What's going on? Last week you were excited to save this woman's life and now you want to let her die in a couple months?"

"I need to separate my personal and professional life. Last week my judgment was clouded and this week, I realize that showing you these scans was a mistake." Arizona huffed.

"Fine, I won't do the surgery even though it could change the face of medicine and possibly make people see I'm more than just Derek Shepherd's little sister." Amelia sighed and smiled at Arizona to let her know she was kidding around.

"I'm sorry, Amelia, I just think we should let Dr. Herman live out the rest of her life on her own terms."

"I get it, Arizona it's fine." Amelia smiled.

"Great. Um, can I ask you something kind of personal?"

"Sure?" Amelia agreed, a little confused.

"How's Callie doing? I know she moved in with you and Meredith and I'd ask her myself but we're in this weird kind of place right now and I just -" Arizona sighed, "I just want to know she's okay."

"Callie moved in with Meredith?"

"Yeah? A few days after Derek left, have you not been home?"

"I moved out a few days after Derek left."

"Oh, sorry I didn't know. I can ask Meredith."

"I'll do it, so it's not too weird for you. I mean if you want." Amelia volunteered.

"That would be amazing!" Arizona replied almost too gleefully. "Thank you."

"I'll page you later, maybe we can get drinks and talk or something? I could use a friend, you know?" Amelia tried to hide the shame in what she had just said.

"I could use a friend too. I'll see you later." Arizona grinned and left.

Amelia spent the better half of the day looking for Meredith. She found her just as she was coming out of surgery.

"Meredith!" Amelia called from down the hall, running to catch up with her.

"Hey, how's your new place?" Meredith asked.

"You gave my room away to Callie?" Amelia ignored Meredith's question.

"Well, yeah you moved out and Derek isn't there. It's nice to have someone to talk to that isn't under the legal drinking age." Meredith joked.

"When did she move in?"

"The day you moved out."

"You couldn't have waited, I don't know, a day?" Amelia couldn't understand why she was so hurt by the fact her sister-in-law gave away her bedroom.

"Amelia, why are you so bothered by this? I didn't kick you out and replace you, you moved out and Callie moved in. She didn't want to live with Arizona but Arizona had no place to stay because Alex and Jo have stuff going on right now. It's complicated Amelia, it's nothing personal. You're welcome to come to the house whenever." Meredith tried to explain.

"I'll see you around, Mer." Amelia said and began walking away.

"I'm gonna take you walking away as a good sign!" Meredith called after Amelia who continued to walk.

Meredith sighed and began walking in the opposite direction, heading towards the daycare to pick up her children.

April wandered the halls of the hospital, trying to find her way to the chapel. She still went to church every Sunday, with Jackson, and although she knew she could always talk to God she felt the need to go to the chapel. She looked into the chapel to see if anyone else would be in there, to her surprise she saw Jackson at the top pew. Tears welled in her eyes as she watched her husband talk to God. She smiled and walked away, Jackson could speak for the both of them.

Meredith burst through the front door to find Derek cleaning up after their children, who she assumed were already asleep.

"Did you pick up the kids today?" She asked. He could tell by the tone of her voice she wasn't in a good mood.

"Didn't Amelia tell you?" He answered.

"She isn't your messenger Derek, if you're picking up our kids the least you can do is tell me, I almost had a heart attack until one of the moms told me she saw you pick them up."

"It's always my fault." Derek said, sparking an argument.

"This time, it is! You don't take our kids and not tell me!" She retorted.

"I haven't seen them in a week, my first instinct wasn't to tell you. I saw Amelia in the hall, I thought she'd tell you."

"Stop making excuses." She said through gritted teeth.

"I didn't come home to argue Meredith." He replied sternly.

"What did you think was going to happen? That all the shit you did would magically disappear and I'd jump into your arms and we'd have sex?"

"I didn't think we'd be fighting about me seeing my kids!"

"Our kids Derek, we're not divorced, we're not separated, they are our kids." Meredith spoke firmly.

Even though they were in the middle of an argument Derek felt a wave of relief wash over him. We're not separated. It echoed in his mind, making the corners of his mouth twitch into a smile.

"Why are you smiling?" She tried to sound irritated but it was nice to see him smile, genuinely smile.

"I missed you." He sighed. "I even missed fighting with you."

"You're lying." She tried not to let McDreamy charm her but she was a sucker for him and he knew it.

"You're right I didn't miss the fighting." They both laughed. Tension began to leave the air and although they still had a long way to go they knew that laughing with each other was progress. There were a few moments of silence between the two before Meredith spoke.

"Callie and I were talking and she told me about this thing her and Arizona did -"

"They're separated." Derek stated.

"That's what I said! Anyways, they did couples counseling -"

"You want to do counseling?"

"Would you let me finish?" Meredith asked and Derek nodded, not willing to get into another argument. "They did this thing where they didn't talk, unless it was about Sofia, for 30 days."

"No talking for 30 days?"

"And no sex."

"It didn't work for them, why do you think it'll work for us?"

"They didn't exactly last the 30 days."

"What? They talked?" Derek joked and watched Meredith shake her blonde head, smirking at him. "Oh..."

"And you're in DC so we only see each other on weekends now and when we see each other or talk we're always fighting so what if we just don't talk?"

"Or have sex, for 30 days."

"30 days." Meredith reaffirmed.

"Can we have sex tonight?" Derek pleaded.

"I need a shower first." Meredith sighed.

"I could use a shower." Derek used his charming smile which made Meredith melt.

"You can use the one down here." Meredith smirked and walked towards the stairs, throwing her shirt at him as she did. He quickly caught up to her and carried her up the stairs, making Meredith laugh. He loved making her laugh.

There was something different about the hospital the next day, something was off. Alex, along with all the other residents had been informed Derek's replacement would be arriving that day so Alex told himself that must be it. It would be a nice change and they could all use a change.

Alex began walking over to the nurses station to start on rounds when he froze. He looked at the familiar blonde, his mouth open in shock. He hadn't seen her in years and had tried his best to keep her out of his mind. At first, Alex thought he was hallucinating but he soon realized he wasn't.

Izzie was back.

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