Amelia spotted Arizona sitting in the cafeteria, working on her IPAD. "What are you up to?" she asked as she sat down with her lunch.
"I'm working on a google calendar for Meredith."
"Why?"
"I'm scheduling meals and childcare help for Meredith on a calendar. It's to entice her to return from San Diego. By the way, congratulations on becoming an aunt again."
"Thanks," said Amelia. "But I'm furious with Meredith."
"Furious?"
"She must have known about this baby when she left. She never let me know that she was pregnant with my brother's child. And she took Zola and Bailey away. I love those kids."
"I understand. I was pretty pissed, too. Poor Sofia keeps asking every day when Zola is going to be coming home. The two girls have always been close. And she's missing Derek as well. He was the closest thing she had to a father since Mark died. He loved telling her stories about Mark."
"I'd be happy to tell her stories about Mark, if you want. Mark was my big brother, too. I loved following the two of them around. And now they're both gone." Amelia was crestfallen, thinking about both Derek and Mark.
"It's heartbreaking."
"Yeah."
"Well, if you want to see Zola and Bailey, not to mention the new baby, we've got to persuade Meredith to come home. I want them to come back, which is why I'm doing the google calendar. And this is for extra help, so you don't need to participate. When Callie and I were thinking of having a second child, we realized that we were very lucky when Sofia was born because we had three adults for one child, the two of us and Mark. He was always great with Sofia. And three adults to one child is a great ratio. I can't imagine three children and one adult, Meredith's situation now."
"I want to yell at Meredith. She should have called me as soon as she heard about Derek's injury. I should have had a chance to see him before she pulled the plug."
"I agree. You have lots of good reasons to be mad at Meredith. But you know that you're really furious with the driver who drove into your brother's car."
"Yes, but."
"But it all comes back to the driver. If Derek's car hadn't been hit, you'd have no reason at all to be mad at Meredith.
Amelia met Arizona' eyes and nodded. "That may be but I'm still mad at Meredith. I was always close to Addison. She was a big sister to me, better than any of my own sisters, and I have three sisters. But Meredith is hard to get to know."
"I know."
"But you're sitting her working on a google calendar for her."
"I spent four of the worst days of my life with Meredith. We have a bond. And now it's just the two of us here, with Cristina in Switzerland."
"You were in the plane crash together," Amelia realized.
"Yes. And Lexie, Mark, and Derek are all gone."
"My mom would say that they are together now."
"Yeah. I like to think of them being together, guardian angels for Sofia."
"And Zola and Bailey and the new baby. Derek would be thrilled. It's so unfair that he never knew about the new baby."
"You're right. But we have to be here to help Meredith."