Here is Ch. 10! ENJOY!
Amelia had been pretty much correct with her WW3 comment. Addison and Derek were now in Derek's office screaming at each other. Zoey sat outside between Amelia and Naomi.
"How long do you think they're going to be in there?" Zoey asked.
"I'm thinking it could be a while." Amelia said.
"They haven't fought this bad for a long time. Not since dad walked in on mom and Mark." Zoey said, bringing up the horrible memory.
"Why did you leave?" Naomi asked.
"It seemed like a really good idea. I didn't think mom would tell dad before I got here. I expected dad to be a little nicer. But now he's barley said anything to me." Amelia and Naomi both put an arm around her and they sat quietly, listening to Addison and Derek go at each other.
"How could you let our daughter get pregnant Addison!" Derek yelled.
"How could I let her? She lived with you when it happened Derek! This is not my fault!"
"Oh but it is! You slept with Mark, which showed her that it's ok to sleep with someone that you aren't married to!"
"Oh please Derek! That has absolutely nothing to do with this! You just need something to argue about. She was here when it happened so it makes you look like a bad parent."
"I am not a bad parent. You were the one that was supposed to teach her about sex and protection and everything! What happened to all that?"
"It's not my fault that she didn't listen to me. She was on birth control Derek, she thought she would be fine."
"Well, she's not! Our daughter is pregnant, at 16 Addison!"
"I'm aware of that Derek! But it isn't going to do any of us any good to stand here and yell at each other. We need to talk about this like mature adults."
"Fine."
"Ok. Good. Now I want Zoey to live with me."
"Not going to happen."
"You're not even willing to discuss it? That's mature. Why should you automatically get to have her stay with you?"
"I'm her father. She's been here for seven years now Addison. She has a life here."
"Well I'm her mother, does that not count for anything?"
As they continued to argue Zoey, Amelia, and Naomi still sat outside the office.
"Shouldn't I get to decide where I live? I mean, it's my life."
"Honey, if you want any say in this you are gonna have to go in there." Naomi said.
"But I don't want to," Zoey whined.
"Well, where do you want to live?"
"I don't know. But I don't want them fighting over it. I hate when they fight!"
"I know sweetie." Naomi said, "Let's go get dinner somewhere other than the hospital cafeteria and when we get back they will probably have calmed down some."
"Can we get me some different clothes too? I don't really want to wear scrubs to dinner." They got up and started to leave the hospital, stopping briefly to tell a nurse where they were going incase Derek or Addison came looking for them.
"Sure thing. Where did you get scrubs anyway?" Amelia asked.
"The locker room. They keep all the spare ones in there." When they reached the car Naomi and Amelia had a short argument about who was going to drive. It was finally decided that Naomi was going to drive and they left for Meredith's house, where Zoey lived.
When they got to the house Zoey unlocked the door and started towards the stairs. She went upstairs and pulled some comfortable clothes out of the closet. She grabbed an old pair of jeans that were stretched out and a loose t-shirt. She pulled them on then went back downstairs where Naomi and Amelia had made their way into the kitchen.
"Let's go." Zoey said.
"Where are we going to eat?" Amelia asked as they walked out of the house. Naomi shrugged,
"I don't really know what's around here. Zoey, you pick somewhere."
"There's a really good little diner a few blocks away. They have awesome food. We can go there?"
"I'm always up for some awesome food," Amelia said, hopping in the driver's seat before Naomi could get there. Zoey rolled her eyes, and they call me immature, she thought. Zoey directed Amelia to the diner and they went in and ordered their food. They had only been eating for about five minutes when both Naomi and Amelia's cellphones rang. They pulled them out of their purses and answered at the same time. Zoey could hear yelling on the other end and knew that Derek had called Amelia and Addison had called Naomi.
They both explained to Derek and Addison that they were getting dinner and would bring Zoey back to the hospital when they were finished, then quickly hung up.
Derek and Addison were in his office again, "She's supposed to be grounded. That doesn't mean that they can take her out to dinner."
"Well what is she supposed to do Derek? She has to eat."
"The hospital has a cafeteria."
"Oh come on Derek! You wouldn't let her eat the food from the cafeteria the whole time she was growing up. You always wanted her to eat something healthier. And now she is pregnant, she needs something better than cafeteria food."
"Well I could have ordered her something. Naomi and Amelia shouldn't have taken her anywhere without asking me first."
"It's not like she is in any danger Derek. After they finish eating they will be back here and me, you and Zoey can talk about this together. TALK, Derek, not yell. We can't just keep yelling at her."
"I can yell at her all I want Addison. She is my daughter and she made a stupid mistake, I have the right to yell at her."
"Ok, but if you yell at her she is just going to close herself off from you. Who knows, she may even run off again. I don't want to lose her Derek."
"Fine. Whatever. I have some patients to check on. Page me when they get back." Derek walked out of the office, leaving Addison alone.
Twenty minutes later, Amelia, Naomi, and Zoey walked back into the hospital and up to Derek's office. They got to the office the same time Derek did.
"Naomi, Amelia, do you think you could give the three of us some time alone please?" Derek asked, very civilly.
"Yeah, sure," Amelia answered for both of them, "Zo, come find us if you need us." Zoey nodded and made her way into the office, feeling like she was walking towards certain death, or at least a lot of yelling. She sat on the couch while Addison and Derek sat on the two chairs turned to face her. Addison began talking first,
"Ok, I want to start by saying that we are not going to yell at you and we ask that you not yell at us and hear us out." Zoey nodded, it was obvious that Addison would be the one doing the talking for both of them. "Alright. Your father and I talked and we are not mad at you, we just think that you made some poor choices."
"Do you really think that though? Cuz dad is definitely mad at me."
"Zoey," Addison said, scolding.
"What? It's true." Derek scoffed and rolled his eyes, "See!" Derek was about to say something but Addison quickly stopped him.
"Ok, both of you stop, now," she said authoritatively. She was met with silence. "Now, as I was saying, Zoey, you should not have been having sex this young. You are only 16."
"A lot of 16 years old have sex mom."
"Well you shouldn't have been one of those 16 year olds. Why couldn't you wait Zoey? What's wrong with waiting until you're married?"
"That's for like old people mom. No one waits until marriage to have sex anymore." Addison sighed,
"Ok, well why didn't you at least use protection?"
"I'm on the pill," Zoey said as if it were obvious.
"Zoey the pill does not always work. And it doesn't protect against STD's. What if you had caught a disease Zoey?"
"I wasn't sleeping with some random stranger mom! I knew who he was and I know that he doesn't sleep around."
"Maybe. But what about in the future, when you are an adult? You could meet a guy who you like and want to date, but you might not know every person he slept with. You HAVE to be careful Zoey. Just use a condom, that's all I'm asking."
"Fine, whatever mom. It's not like I'm gonna be having sex any time soon anyway."
"This is serious Zoey, you can't just whatever it."
"I get it mom! Can we move on now?" Addison sighed again; she knew that Zoey would just shut her out if she kept talking about this subject so she moved on, as per request.
"Fine. We need to talk about where you're going to live. Your father wants you to stay here, but I would like for you to come back to LA with me. We've decided to leave it up to you to decide where you want to live." Zoey stared at them for a second,
"Are you serious? You're asking me to choose between you two? I don't want to have to choose! That's not fair!"
"Zoey listen, we won't be angry, whoever you choose. But look at it this way, you have family and people you love both places. But I am a double board certified neonatal surgeon. I know babies. I am the baby expert. I can help you with the baby."
"I can help her too Addison! I'm not completely inept when it comes to children. I managed to raise one, didn't I?" Addison and Derek began to argue again about who was most suited for Zoey to live with. After listening to the fight for a few minutes Zoey stood up and walked out of the room. Zoey walked around for a few minutes, looking for Amelia, and she finally found her talking to Callie in a conference room. She walked in without knocking, almost in tears. Both women looked up when she entered, seeing the tears in her eyes.
"What wrong Zo?" Amelia asked right away. Zoey didn't answer but sat down in one of the chairs instead.
"Zoey?" Callie asked. Zoey took a shaky breath and started talking,
"Mom and dad are trying to make me choose between them about where I live. They're fighting about it in dad's office right now…again. Mom keeps saying how it would be better for me to live with her because she can help me with the baby. But dad thinks that mom is a bad influence and was the reason I got pregnant in the first place."
"Wait, baby? You're pregnant?" Callie asked, looking at Zoey, who she still saw as a little girl. Zoey nodded,
"Yepp, feel free to yell at me and call me stupid. Everyone else has." Callie scooted her chair closer, right next to Zoey. She put her arm around her,
"You're not stupid Zo. You made a mistake, one with a big repercussion, but just a mistake. Everyone makes them. I'm not going to yell at you because it's not your fault. Ok?" Zoey nodded, crying again. "Oh sweetie. It's gonna be ok. Anything you need, you just tell me ok? Even if you're in LA I will get on a plane and come right away."
"I don't want to have to choose between my mom and dad? No matter where I choose to live one of them will be mad and hurt. And I don't want to hurt them anymore. I love them." Amelia stood up, pissed off the her niece was crying again,
"I'm going to go knock some sense into them. Can you stay with her?" she asked Callie.
"Of course." Callie nodded.
"Thanks," Amelia said as she walked out of the conference room. She burst into Derek's office to find Derek and Addison still screaming at each other. "How the hell can you two fight this much? You've been going at it all day! Do you realize how upset your daughter is right now? She is devastated that you are making her choose between the two of you. She loves you both and knows that no matter where she chooses to live one of you will be mad at her. That poor girl just needs her parents! You two have been fighting since we got here, neither one of you asked how she was. She's just scared! Her life just changed completely! Any plans that she made for her future, she has to change now to factor in a baby! And you two are just in here fighting. You need to be the mature adults I know you both can be and talk about this civilly. You need to decide where Zoey is going to live, not Zoey." Amelia took a deep breath, "Naomi already went back to the hotel. I'm going to take Zoey back there to get some sleep. You two work out your problems." Amelia finished, leaving the room again before Addison or Derek could say anything.
After Amelia left the room Derek and Addison stood starring at each other, feeling foolish.
"She's right," Addison said, "We've just been fighting, not really thinking about how Zoey feels about all of this. We can't make her choose between us." She sighed and sat down in a chair, Derek following suite.
"Why is being a parent so hard?"
"I think every parent asks that question and no one has come up with an answer yet. We need to decide where she's going to stay Derek."
While Addison and Derek were talking Amelia and Callie led a half asleep Zoey to Callie's car. Naomi had taken the rental car so Callie offered to drive them to the hotel. By the time they had reached the hotel Zoey had fallen asleep, but between the two of them they managed to carry her to the room.
"Did Zoey say anything else after I left?" Amelia asked.
"No. She just cried and threw up a couple times. I think the throwing up was more from crying so hard rather than being pregnant though. I still can't believe she's pregnant."
"I know, it seems like just yesterday that she was having tea parties and playing dress up. And now she's having a baby."
"Derek and Addison aren't helping much either."
"Don't worry. I think they will come around. I yelled at them pretty good. Thanks for helping me get her up here."
"No problem. If you need anything else just let me know." They said goodnight and Callie left.
Back at the hospital Derek and Addison had finally decided that Zoey would stay with Addison, since she seemed to be the most logical and smart choice. Derek wasn't happy about it, but he let Addison leave without arguing about it anymore. Derek sat down at his desk and put his head in his hands.
Addison made her way back to the hotel where Amelia and Naomi were waiting for her, Zoey was still asleep in the bedroom.
"Well?" Amelia asked when Addison didn't say anything right away.
"She's coming back with us. We should fly back as early as possible tomorrow. Now if you will excuse me, I am going to go to bed. Fighting with Derek all day is exhausting. Good night." She went into the bedroom and fell on the bed next to Zoeys, falling asleep soon after.
What did you think? Did you like Amelia yelling at Addison and Derek? Review please and let me know! They're going back to LA! YAY! Honestly I got tired of having them in Seattle, all they did there is yell at each other :p . REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!