Chp. 12 I own nothing.

Kate had been working all day. She had been in this meeting and that meeting, giving one presentation for various reasons. She was pooped to say the least. All she wanted to do was go back to her sister's apartment eat supper and go to sleep. She really didn't even want Avery over tonight. She just wanted her and her bed.

"Kate… Kate Robins?" A nurse ran up to her while she was standing on the cat walk looking through some files for a meeting she had tomorrow.

"Yes?" Kate said glancing up at the nurse then looking back at the file.

"Some one has been trying to get in touch with you for a while now. There is a woman here and she says she uh… has your son with her…" The nurse said nervously.

"Wait… who is she…" Kate said, her full attention now on the nurse and the news she was bringing.

"She said she is a social worker, she just wanted me to find you and she said she has your son with her."

"Where is she?" Kate asked stepping away from the nurse.

"In the main waiting room downstairs." The nurse answered and with that Kate was sprinting towards the stairs. Once she was downstairs she began running in the direction of the main waiting room where she found the social worker that she had given her son to. And the nurse had been right, in her arms was Kate's son.

"Kate? Hi you were-"

"What are you doing here? Why are you here?" Kate asked nervously.

"Uh… can we go talk in private?" The social worker asked.

"Yeah… my office is upstairs." Kate said turning around and leading the woman to the elevator. They rode the elevator up to the floor where Kate's office was, then Kate lead the woman off the elevator and into her office where she shut the door behind them and began closing all of the blinds. The whole trip was silent.

"What are you doing here?" Kate asked pacing behind her desk.

"Kate, I think you are making a mistake giving your son up-"

"YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT CHOICE TO MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO ME AND MY FUTURE AND MY SON AND HIS FUTURE." Kate yelled. She was furious.

"Kate please just… calm down." The woman said.

"No… I asked you to find him a good home, with two parents who were ready and prepared to take care of him and love him." Kate said tears forming in her eyes.

"Kate, for 9 months you were ready for him… you were that Mom. You were his family. I know that what happened to you was traumatizing. I know that you don't want your ex husband to see your son and giving him to someone else would make it all easier but you, there is no better choice of a mother for your son than you… I have never questioned the wants and needs of a mother and her choice to put her child up for adoption… but you… I can't live with myself knowing that I let a mother with so much love and warmth give up her son." The woman said.

"Tammy, I can not… keep him. I have a new job and life, and yeah it's only been what 2 months since the accident but really 2 months is a long time and you know it." Kate said. Her voice was breaking, and tears were falling down her cheeks.

"You have family here right? You told me you were going to stay with family here." Tammy questioned.

"My sister and her girlfriend… I live with them."

"And what do they do, as in what is their jobs?"

"Uh… my sister is head of Peads here and Callie, uh her girlfriend is head of Ortho." Kate said wiping her tears.

"And what is your job?"

"I'm head of… I am a CEO… here at the hospital."

"Kate… I respect you and your decision to want to give him up for adoption… but I know and I can tell by your face you know it's not right." Tammy said. The baby, who had been asleep the whole time, was beginning to stir. "Daniel needs a family. And you have it."

With that Kate began to cry again. She walked around her desk and pulled the blanket away from Daniel's face. His blue eyes were shining back at her. He seemed to smile as if he knew who she was.

"God… he looks just like my brother." Kate whispered. "Tammy… thank you. I'll take my son home." Kate said scooping Daniel up from Tammy.

"It was a pleasure Kate." Tammy said. She hugged Kate and opened the office door, glancing back at her, and then leaving.

Kate stood in her office just taking in Daniel's features. His eyes were Robins' blue, his hair was curly blond, and when he smiled his dimples were in full force. She was amazed at how much he looked like a Robins. Kate was drawn away from her examination of Daniel by a knock at the door. She turned around to see Avery standing at the door. Kate took one look at him and started crying. Avery rushed over to her giving her a hug.

"This is your son isn't it?" Avery asked pulling away and looking at the baby between them.

"Yeah… This is Daniel. Daniel this is Avery." The two smiled at each other.

"Kate he looks just like you, of course without the the brown eyes and brown hair…" Avery said with a laugh.

"He's a robins… I was always my mother's child…" Kate said with a laugh.

"Here let's get you two home. I'll get his bag… where is his car seat?" Avery said looking around the room.

"Shoot, Tammy must still have it in her car." Kate said. Just as if on cue, Tammy knocked on the door and came in holding the car seat with a box in it. And then in the other she was carrying a doufle bag.

"You may need these. The car seat, and this box has diapers and formual, and the bag is all of his clothes." Tammy said with a smile. "I'll leave you to it." And she was gone again.

"Well ok then… let's go home." Avery said handing Kate the diaper bag while he grabbed everything else.

The ride home was uneventful. Kate was nervous about being a mom but she was more nervous about bringing Daniel to her sister's. She knew that Arizona hadn't taken the news of what she had done well, but bringing him back just seemed to make Kate feel weird.

"Ok… you two stay in the hall and I'll break the news to them and then come get you." Kate said. She opened the door to the apartment to find Arizona and Callie cooking what smelt like to be potatoe soup.

"KATE! You are home from work! YAY!" Arizona squealed.

"Look guys… I have something to tell you…" Kate said nervously. Arizona and Callie both picked up on it and stopped exactly what they were doing and stared at her. "So… the social worker I left my son with found me today at work… and uh… she brought my son… with her and she…. Ugh… she-"

Avery interupted her by walking in carrying Daniel in his arms.

"Oh my gosh… Kate…" Arizona was at a loss for words.

"Is this your son? She brought him back to you?" Callie said walking over and pulling the blanket off of Daniel's face. She grinned at the sight of him and looked over at Arizona. "Oh… he is a Robins alright."

Arizona was staring at Kate. Kate's eyes began to tear up and Arizona smiled. She took her sister into a bone crushing hug.

"Kate, is this what you really want?" Arizona whispered to her.

"Yes"

"Ok then let me get a look at my nephew!" Arizona said excitedly and the pair walked over to Callie who already had him out of his car seat and was dancing through the living room with him.

Avery caught Kate by the arm right before she left the kitchen.

"Kate… I'm gonna go home and give you time to Daniel. Hey but I want you to know something… I'm not going anywhere. I'm here to stay. I love you so much. And I'm going to love him too." Avery said pulling Kate in for a kiss.

"I love you too Avery."

This is my favorite chapter so far! BA! Tell me what you think!