Hello guys how are you all, so first off for those who reviewed thank you so much it means a lot hearing from you guys, now I have finally finished my exams which means I can update and hopefully finish all of my books within the next four weeks. Anyways I hope you guys like this chapter let me know what you think also let me know I you guys want a prequal for this story once I have finished it xxxx.

The whole night Amelia sat by her daughter's bedside and every time she would look at her she just kept thinking about how unfair life had been to her daughter. She also felt a tremendous amount of guilt since she knew how her poor choices were often the reason why life had been unbelievably cruel towards her daughter, Amelia knew that with her second child being born in a matter of months that it would be her chance to be the mother she should have been from the beginning. She also knew that for the next few months she was going to have to be Valentina's rock especially during the days when Valentina would be vulnerable and ready to throw in the towel. She knew that she would have to take on the role her daughter had taken her entire life and get her through the chemo treatments and anything else that will come their way, as she was contemplating everything she did not notice Ryan walk into the room until she felt him hug her from behind.

"Any changes?"

"No not yet she probably won't be awake until sometime tomorrow but even then, this is the easy part the chemo treatment is what will really knock her down and I just have to be there to pick her back up and give her reasons to go on. Although I don't know how I'm going to find the strength to see her go through all of this god I wish I could take her place it just isn't fair that it has to be her."

"I know it's going to be tough Amelia but we'll all be there for her and you we're going to get you both through this and the arrival of our son will hopefully bring some much-needed happiness, but she is going to beat the cancer and we'll all be there with her the whole time."

Amelia didn't say anything but offer Ryan her trademark smile while she was sure. Her family and friends felt different she was truly grateful that she had him and that he was going to stick around for their family and she was even more grateful. For his support and devotion towards getting Valentina better it made her love and appreciate him even more and so for the rest of the night the two of them sat by her bedside waiting for her to wake up. Morning soon came through and both Amelia and Ryan had fallen asleep on the couch and were so deep in sleep. That when Derek nudged them on the shoulder it startled them both and when they looked at their phones they realised it was 7 in the morning.

"Hey guys did you sleep much last night?"

"Hey Derek and no we didn't I think Ryan and I fell asleep at 4 am I didn't want to fall asleep in case she woke up but as soon as we sat on the couch we fell asleep straight away."

"There have been no changes I assume?"

"No, she still hasn't woken up I'm hoping she will sometime today but you know everyone is different with recovery time."

"I get it have you figured out what you will do about her going to school and everything?"

"No with everything going on I haven't had time to think about it but honestly I'm thinking of having her be home schooled because of the amount of time she'll be in hospital she'll hardly ever be at school so I think it's better if we home school her for the year."

"Well that seems like a good idea that way she can do all of her work online and what are you going to about work?"

"I've put in for a leave of absence for now I know you wanted me to run the department but honestly taking care of her is going to be a fulltime job and she's going to need me now more than ever."

"It's fine Amy I understand you have to be there for Val completely I mean god only knows how awful chemo is going to be for her and she's going to need us for support the whole time."

Amelia simply nodded at Derek and the three of them made simple conversation before Addison, Sam and Meredith walked in everyone would look at Valentina periodically to see if she was showing signs of waking up but they didn't notice anything, however two hours later Samantha noticed Val's eyes beginning and to flutter and soon everyone's attention shifted straight onto Val.

"Someone page Tom and tell him she's waking up."

As she began to wakeup Valentina couldn't help but feel extremely disorientated, she also felt like her head had taken a blow by a bulldozer and as she became more aware of her surroundings she saw all of her family starring at her. She didn't remember much except for lying on a gurney in an operating room after that everything was a blank and after a few minutes she saw Tom step into the room and walk over to her bedside.

"Valentina can you hear me?"

Valentina couldn't speak for the moment her mouth was too dry so she simply nodded.

"Good, alright can you follow the light for me?"

Once again, she followed Tom's command, after that she motioned for someone to give her some water so her mum handed her a cup of water with a straw in it after that she was able to speak.

"Excellent Valentina now can you wiggle your toes and fingers?"

Valentina followed the commands again much to the delight of everyone in the room.

"Good alright I'm now going to ask you some questions and I want you to answer yes or no, okay do you know where you are?"

"Yes, I'm in hospital."

"Is your mum's name Amelia?"

"Yes."

"Is she a trauma surgeon?"

"No."

"How many siblings does your mum have?"

"4 of them."

"That's good Valentina, well in any case the surgery seems to have been extremely successful and she's following all of my commands so everything is intact in a few days I'll remove her bandages but so far I'm happy with her overall progress."

"Thank you, Tom for everything."

"You're welcome Amelia I'll be back later to check on her."

With that Tom left the room leaving everyone else to focus on Valentina it was as if a weight had been lifted off of everyone's shoulders. She made it through the first hurdle it was now a matter of getting her through the next phase which everyone knew would prove to be the most challenging part. For Amelia though she couldn't be happier at the fact that her daughter had made it through the surgery with no lasting effects.

"I'm so glad you are okay Val."

"I told you I'd get through this mum there is no way cancer is going to win I'm going to kick its butt."

"Yeah you are and we will all be right beside you every step of the way we're all going to fight with you okay."

"Okay mum."

Over the next few days things seemed to be progressing well for Valentina and after three days she was up and walking, that also happened to be the day they got the final results of the tumour. The results turned out to be a secondary deposit of the lymphoma something that didn't come as a surprise to everyone but it was now a week after her brain surgery and it now meant she had to start chemo. Something Valentina was completely dreading but there was also another element of surprise that she was not looking forward to the hospital had a policy set in place children suffering from cancer had to undertake mandatory therapy sessions. Apparently, it was to make sure that the patients were in the right head space and Valentina had no desire to open up to a therapist about anything.

"I just hate the idea of talking to a shrink about anything I like not having to share things."

"I Know you don't like the idea and believe me I don't feel you need it but I don't have a choice and maybe it'll only be one session and then you won't have to go through it again."

"Okay mum you worked with Sheldon and Violet do you honestly think a shrink is only going to have one session with me especially if any of the events of L.A were somehow recorded."

"Okay you have a point there but who knows maybe the shrink won't see through you."

Valentina simply shook her head at her mum's statement and the two of them carried on with their conversation before a young blonde woman walked into the room.

"Hello I'm Lisa Pikes, I'm the therapist assigned to Valentina and you must be her mum Amelia?"

"Yes, I am it's nice to meet you."

"Alright well for today I would like to get to know Valentina so are you comfortable with it being just the two of us for today."

"I don't have any issues with it unless Val does?"

"There aren't any issues with that for me I'm fine with it being just the two of us."

"Excellent well how about we begin the first session now and then if I feel we need more sessions I'll arrange for them."

With that Amelia left the room and headed down to the cafeteria leaving Valentina and Lisa alone in the room and now came the moment Valentina dreaded she now had to share information, with this therapist she just hoped she could avoid any invasive questions.

Alright guys so I hope you liked that chapter I apologise if it's shorter than usual but I promise next chapter will be longer and over the next few chapters we are going to tackle her issues in L.A head on but anyways let me know what you all thought as it does help me and I will post again sometime next week xxxx.