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Hope you all like this. You can't have elena Lincoln without a Bit of drama can you

Both Jade and Luke were fairly quick to adjust the being parents, despite having barely any time to prepare. Jade had insisted upon a Jewish naming ceremony a few days after the birth. The little girl had been officially named Faith Sapir Sawyer, and Ivy had eventually been allowed to return home with her little girl, Luke driving incredibly carefully.

She had been kept in hospital for six days and when she got back Luke had already begun packing their things up. It wasn't that their apartment wasn't okay for raising a child, it was more that Jade wanted a new, fresh start.

The apartment was where she had been staying before she had even gone to Israel, she was now a very different person. All the paperwork had been pushed through by Christian, and Jenny had helped with the legalities of the situation, more than happy to help out her best friend and her new goddaughter.

They would be able to start moving to the new place within two weeks, but the amount of things they had and the fact that Faith was so little, it was probably going to take them much longer.

Jade was adjusting well to being a mother, still wearing baggy clothes even though she had already dropped off the little bit of extra weight she'd gained during the pregnancy. They were lucky that Jade had given up smoking and drinking for her own personal reasons, without even realising she was pregnant, Faith's checkups and tests all showed a normal and healthy baby.

Jade was packing up the last of her and Luke's belongings two weeks later when she heard a knock at the door. Luke was out and she was alone in the apartment, picking up her sleepy daughter and holding her close as she made her way tithe door. Opening it she felt her jaw literally drop in shock 'Grandad?'. Ari Shamir was standing in her doorway, a huge smile on his face.

He was a slightly older man of indiscernible age, he had darkly tanned skin, soft wrinkles around his eyes and forehead and light brown eyes. Physically he still looked strong, never having lost the physique from years as an agent and in the army, though his curly black hair was flecked with grey, he still looked like he could take most people down in a fight. Ari was wearing dark jeans and a black shirt, his accent strong but his English perfect 'surprise'. Jade was overcome with emotion and using her spare arm, hugged her grandfather.

'What are you...? I thought you were in Israel?' he nodded 'I was, but I told the Director I needed time off. I sorted a lot of things out for him whilst you were getting married- he was willing to return the favour'.

Jade was beaming, allowing Ari in and closing the front door 'he always told me I'd regret leaving, said I'd miss the hectic, mental schedule and day to day tasks...though I didn't really have a choice about leaving really did I?'. Ari grimaced slightly at the memory of his granddaughter in the Israeli hospital being worked on by the country's best and brightest. She had flatlined at least twice, Ari had been so distraught that Daniel had had to pull him away from the area, shouting at him that he wasn't helping the situation.

'Now is not the time to discuss what happened to you. It haunts me all the time. I'd rather focus on my granddaughter as she is now and my great-granddaughter' Jade smiled and placed the sleepy bundle into Ari's arms. 'Her name is Faith Sapir Sawyer'. Ari laughed a little, none of the Grey's had understood the Hebrew reference 'So, is this going to become a tradition?'.

Jade laughed and shook her head 'no, it was Luke actually, his idea. I think David gave him some English to Hebrew dictionary and he looked up Sapphire and saw 'Sapir', I don't think I want a family tradition of stone themed names to be quite honest'.

Ari smiled and looked down at Faith, who was opening her eyes, he spoke in Hebrew to her 'hello beautiful, may god watch you and watch over you'.

Ari had been a little choked up seeing his Granddaughter not only so happy but also so healthy and full of life. It had been a long road to watch her go down. Seeing Faith had been the ultimate present however after hours on a plane, the little girl was perfect in every way.

Seeing Faith and Jade also meant one other thing. He couldn't come to Seattle without seeing his own daughter.

Elena glanced up and saw her father at the salon entrance, looking a little lost and out of place. She motioned to a junior to take over what she was doing and scurried over. 'Dad? What are you...what are you doing here?'. Whilst she looked happy she also looked confused and taken aback, he hadn't actually informed her he was even in the country.

'Actually Dad do you want to come to my office?' he nodded and followed her through the salon and into the spacious black and white office, where they both sat down on opposite sides of the desk. 'Sorry I didn't forewarn you about my arrival, the Director only told me at the last minute I could even get the time off'.

Elena nodded, scratching her hand distractedly 'I assume you came over to see the baby?'. Ari's voice was cold 'she has a name' 'indeed, incase you'd forgotten my daughter won't speak to me or see me, let alone let me see her child. What's her name?'.

Ari was quiet for a second 'Faith, her name is Faith'. Elena exhaled deeply 'it's a beautiful name. When are you seeing her?' Ari frowned 'I saw her earlier'. He watched his daughters face cloud with anger 'so she's apparently fine with you seeing her and the baby?'.

Ari didn't really think before he muttered under his breath 'yes well, I didn't abandon her on steps on a Seattle winter night did I?'. Elena flipped with anger 'what did you say?'.

Despite himself Ari rolled his eyes 'what you're forgetting Elena is that the only knowledge Jade has of you is that you gave her up, and that you slept with her father- that is it. She spent countless summers with me, I taught her Arabic and refined her Hebrew, I made sure that she could fight to protect herself. Admittedly what happened on that command post was horrific, but there was no way to prepare for that. I have done everything in my power to protect Jade. You gave her up. That's why I'm allowed to see Faith'.

Ari didn't look back as he stormed out of the managers office and out of the salon, in the full knowledge his daughter probably wouldn't speak to him again.

Jade was looking around the new apartment with a smile. Faith was in her baby carry cot and actually asleep which made a nice change. The apartment was huge, both of their salaries and the sale of the old apartment meant that they could afford this palatial apartment. It was more or less open plan for the main area and the kitchen, four bedrooms and an office that Jade was setting up as a studio were on the other side, all closed off.

One was furnished with Luke and Jade's things, another was decorated for their daughter. Luke had meticulously painted the walls and Jade had spent several hours doing a mural painting on one of the walls. It was perfect and Jade was willing to admit that she was finally happy, finally everything was fitting into place. As she watched her husband pick their little girl up and softly sing her back to sleep, Jade smiled to herself.

She spent the next hour or so working out where certain things should go, including their gym equipment from the old apartment. Luke needed to keep in shape for his job and Jade was used to staying in peak physical shape, so they had brought weights, a cross trainer, rowing machine and running machine, now putting them all in one of the spare rooms.

Over the next few days Christian, Ana, Rory, Mia, Elliot, Carrick, Grace, Jose or even Taylor and Gail came to visit Jade and help out, giving her some time away from the baby and to get her life back together a little. Whilst she loved Faith unconditionally, she appreciated the hour or so someone looked after her in the main room whilst she could do the washing or have a long bath.

Jade had also begun to use the exercise machines again, normally when Faith was asleep in her carry cot a few feet away. Grace complained that she shouldn't push her body but even Christian was quick to point out that Jade was used to being so physically fit that she knew what her limits were.

She fairly quickly managed to build her strength and stamina back up again, completely unaware that time was running out before she would have to fight for her life, physically taking herself to the limit and over.

For now though, everything seemed okay.