A/N: Okay, guys! This is the last chapter!!! I hope you've enjoyed this and I hope you read my other stuff too!!! And thank you for all the reviews!!! Sometimes I open my email and I get like 20 new messages from you guys and I feel so great!!! So please review on this last one!!! Thanks so much!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own the GA characters. I do own Brianna, Scott, Ivy, Lydia, and the cute little semi-voiceover I made up at the end.

It was all very bright and shiny the next afternoon.

"Not only have you once again completely disregarded every SINGLE word I try to get into your heads, you messed around in yet someone else's personal life. I'm pretty sure boundaries were crossed, and ya'll do that so often I can see how the lines might be just marks on the floor for you. Now, let me ask you something. Are you sorry?"

The interns stood there, not sure if it was a rhetorical question or not. At this point it was just better to be considered stupid rather than insubordinate.

"ANSWER ME!"

It was not a rhetorical question. They opened their mouths but Meredith beat them to it.

"No, Dr. Bailey, I'm not."

The interns opened their mouths and Christina stomped on Meredith's foot as subtly as she could. Bailey held up her hand.

"Why do you feel that way?"

"We…we reunited a family," said Meredith, "and that's important. It trumps a lot of other stuff."

"Are you saying that your little adventure is more important than what your job is?"

Meredith peered down at Bailey. Was this a trick question? Oh well, might as well walk into the trap.

"Yes."

"Do…all of you feel that way?" Bailey's voice was dangerous and dripping with poison. The interns felt eyes on the backs of their heads and knew that they were being watched.

Meredith looked around desperately at them. Christina saw the look on her face and sighed. "Yes."

"Yes," nodded Izzie.

"Yes," said George.

Alex waited a beat, causing Christina's foot to stomp down on his. "Yes," he said reluctantly.

Bailey's face relaxed. "Good. You should feel that way. Now, I know that I'm not supposed to be letting you have the rest of the day off, but I'll let you out fifteen minutes early. AND THAT," she said loudly, cutting off the interns' happy murmuring.

"THAT does not mean that you can take me for granted because I will NOT do this all the time. This is a favor and it is for the good of you and your siblings, who are standing right behind you."

The interns looked at her expectantly. She stared back. "Why are you still standing here?"

Everyone turned around and left. They were followed by the three teenagers. By now, everyone had the routine down. No one stopped or said anything until they got to the hangout in the old wing of the hospital. They took their usual spots. Meredith sat on the window, George sat on one stretcher, and Izzie took the other while Christina sat in a chair on the other side. Alex found his wheelchair, and the three siblings sat on the floor against the supply bins.

Ivy spoke first. "So this entire time, Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd was your aunt?" She looked at the interns. "You guys solved a blood feud?"

George opened his eyes. He had been leaning against the wall. "Yup."

Ivy opened her mouth again but Scott cut her off. "I get the feeling you do this, like, all the time." He dragged his skater cap down over his dark hair some more.

"This…is nothing," sighed Izzie. "Still want this job?"

"Um, yeah!"

"Totally, dude."

"Definitely."

"Don't speak now, but I think that we might actually have done something right for once," said Alex.

Christina pounced. "You almost abandoned Meredith out there and you're going to –"

"Drop it!" said the three in unison. This was followed by a lot of laughter.

"So, what happens tomorrow?" asked Brianna.

"For one, I can stop taking this pack of clowns to work," said Christina. "I swear, you guys are too happy. It's not good for you."

"I am not happy!" protested Meredith. "The man I love is with his wife and Lord only knows what's going to happen to my mom, so no, I'm not happy."

"I have personal turmoil," nodded Izzie.

"Same," said George.

"Aren't you glad we got assigned to them now?" asked Brianna, putting one arm around Ivy and the other around Scott. Ivy shrugged but didn't protest.

"Anyway," said Meredith. "I'm pretty sure that it's a party day. We won't be allowed to come down with you. Only the residents and attendings will go meet your parents."

"Naturally, they take credit for all the dirty work," sighed Ivy.

The interns stared. "Scratch that first thing I said," said Alex. "We did two things right."

"Make that three," Brianna reminded them.

"So how's it going between you and your mom and the She-Shep?"

"They're…going well," said Brianna. "Derek's my uncle, which is kind of weird, but he told me I could call him Derek and called Addison by her name and we'd be good. I think it makes them feel old." She laughed. "I might be back here soon. My mom knows how much I love it here with Addison." She looked at Ivy and Scott. "Ivy, I know you live here, but what about you, Scott? Are you coming back?"

"I come up here a lot," he shrugged. "My parents are going through a weird 'second marriage' phase. They keep sending me out of the house. It's fine, though. Olivia's cool."

"Sweet," said Alex. He looked at the clock. "It's 5:00."

"So I guess this is goodbye for now," Brianna said.

"You guys are a great group of kids. We couldn't have asked for a better set," said Izzie kindly. Everyone looked at her. "Someone had to say it!" she protested.

"Thanks," said Scott.

"Knock them dead," said Alex.

"He didn't mean that literally," said George.

Brianna hesitated a moment before hugging Meredith. Taken aback, Meredith hugged the girl back. "Thank you," Brianna whispered in her ear, "for everything."

Meredith laughed. "Don't mention it."

Ivy looked sullen and stared at the floor. "Thank you," she muttered.

"What was that?" said Alex.

"I said thank you!" she said again.

Christina patted her on the head. "You'll do just fine," she said. "Seriously."

"Seriously?" asked the three in unison.

"Seriously," replied all the interns.

Later, in Joe's bar…

"I miss them," pouted Izzie.

"Me too," agreed George.

"Well, we're never without drama for long," said Christina. "I wouldn't get too depressed. Save it for later."

"Why?" asked George.

"It's an endless cycle of good and bad. Good/bad/good/bad," said Christina. "Once you get off a high you have to get into a low."

"You're putting me into a low," said Alex.

Addison came up to the interns. Her signature heels clacked on the ground.

"Hey," she said. They all turned around.

"I'm leaving soon, so I'm not going to make it weird, but I just want to thank you for helping me out. It's really nice of you, and I know that I did nothing to deserve it, but Brianna did. So thank you."

This was followed by a chorus of muttered "Yeah" "You're welcome" "Sure, anytime".

"Okay," she said. "I'll be leaving now."

"Wait," said Izzie. "Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd, would you like to stay and have a drink with us?"

She was met with stares by all the other interns, but Izzie smiled.

Addison saw. "Just one, I guess," she said, and sat down. "Oh, and by the way," she said.

"What?"

"I know it totally sucks that you guys can't be at the party, especially since you were the ones who actually had to work with the interns. So," she said, pulling her iPod out of her purse, "I'll run a little tribute to you guys."

Everyone grinned as they sat there drinking and feeling, even if it was just for a moment, like equals without pasts dragging along with them.

George turned to Meredith. "Give us a philosophy."

"What?"

"I think he's had one too many drinks," said Izzie.

"He could have had a couple of Mer's drinks on accident," said Alex. "You drink hard."

"Shut up. What did you mean, George?"

"I don't know…sometimes when there's moments kind of like this you have this thing you say, and it's like a philosophy."

"This I have to hear," said Addison. She leaned back.

"Fine," said Meredith. "Let me get into the zone." She closed her eyes and put her hands over them. Then she took them off, and with her eyes still closed, started to talk.

"Life is like a roller coaster. It's got its highs and lows. After every single mountain there's a ditch. But that's just the way life is. You wouldn't love it without the hills; there would be no point. So the best you can do is strap in and try to enjoy the ride for what it is, because at the end of the day, you would gladly go through every single low twice for the highs."

Meredith opened her eyes. "How was that?"

"That's deep," said Addison.

"You stole my mantra!" said Christina. "Not to mention that you were optimistic. Goodness, Meredith. I blame it on those kids."

As the bantering went on and on, the interns and Addison felt the ominous clouds that loomed overhead, but they didn't talk about it. Who knew what would happen tomorrow? They had today, and they were going to ride this high as far as they could.

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