"How are you?" said Jake when he answered the door to Grace the next morning.
"Hi, nice to see you too," said Grace hugging him. "Miss me?"
"Of course I missed you," he said.
"Uh there is a naked guy behind you, winking at me," she whispered into his ear.
"Oy! Do you mind?" Jake shouted to his roommate.
"Not at all, do you mind sweetheart?"
"Do you want a punch?" said Jake angrily. He grabbed Grace's hand and pulled her into his room.
"Calm down will you?" said Grace, she had never seen Jake angry it was always her that lost her temper.
"Sorry it's just that guy talking to you like that," said Jake taking both her hands in his and pulling her into his arms. "I don't like it."
"I know you don't," said Grace cuddling into him.
"How is your dad?" he said remembering what had been happening.
"Lying in a pool of his own vomit," said Grace. "We were fighting and he stormed out, came back about six this morning and passed out."
"I'm sorry," he said. "I take it he wouldn't listen to you about your Mum."
"No he thinks that I should take her kidney and be done with it."
"Are you sure he isn't a little right, what harm could it do? You would get better…"
"I don't want anything from her, I'd rather stick to dialysis thanks," said Grace pulling out of his arms.
"Dialysis won't last forever, sooner or later you're going to need a new kidney."
"Then I'll wait for a new kidney!"
"Grace…"
"You know I'm beginning to think that you are on his side," said Grace snatching her hands from Jake's. "It's my body and if I don't want her kidney I shouldn't have to have it."
"I know but it's your health and…I don't want to lose you especially if I don't have to," he said lifting her chin and giving her his best 'I'm sorry' look.
"I didn't tell him about us," she said guiltily. "I know I said I would but…he's really mad at me right now."
"It's alright," he said, it hadn't crossed his mind since he found out about Grace's mother's reappearance.
"He threatened to have me committed to psych if I didn't have the transplant," said Grace quietly. "He couldn't do that could he?"
"No…I don't think he could. He wouldn't anyway," said Jake not entirely sure. "He loves you he won't want you to do something you don't want to."
"I hope so," said Grace quietly.
"Don't worry about it," said Jake.
"Anyway this is all a bit depressing," said Grace brightening up. "I brought you a bagel just the way you like it."
"Thanks I'm starving," said Jake pulling a bagel out of the bag Grace was carrying. "Aren't you having anything?"
"No, I already ate. I just…just wanted to see you," she said uncertainly.
"I really have missed you," said Jake pulling her into his lap. "We'll just have to wait until you're better to tell your Dad."
"I might not get better though."
"You will," said Jake firmly. "I don't even want you thinking about not getting better, do you hear me?"
"Yes," said Grace.
"You'll be okay," he said. "Don't worry about a thing, you'll get a kidney I promise."
"Okay," she said resting her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry I'm such a pain."
"You're worth the hassle," he said kissing the top of her head.
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"Dr. Grey can I speak to you for a minute?" said Jake. He was working night shift at the hospital and couldn't stop thinking about what Grace had told him.
"Sure," said Meredith. "What's up?"
"It's Grace," said Jake. "You know her mother is good match for a transplant?"
"Yes."
"And Grace won't take her kidney can…what I mean is can Mar…Dr. Sloan force her, if he tries to have her committed can he make her have the operation if she doesn't want it because she is under 18?"
"Ahh…" said Meredith. "Unfortunately yes because Dr. Sloan is her father and legally her only parent he can make Grace have the operation against her will."
"What if someone else comes forward and they match?"
"Well if Grace agrees to take this other person's kidney then you would have a hard time finding a surgeon that would do other surgery," said Meredith. "Why are you asking this? I thought you and Grace barely knew each other until you both started living with Derek."
"We went to the same school," said Jake. "We knew each other…pretty well in New York."
"Right," said Meredith suspiciously, she was sure there was more to it but she didn't know Jake well enough to push it.
"Can I ask you favor please?"
"You can ask."
"Can you test me to see if I match Grace? I mean I know we're not related and Uncle Derek wasn't a match but I could be and I could give Grace my kidney and she wouldn't need her mother's. Please let me try and help her."
"Alright, I'll do it," said Meredith. "Come by the clinic when you finish your shift."
"Thank you."