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Rose walked in to find Amelia with her eyes closed and her head resting on her hand. That same hand still holding Olivia's.
"Dr. Shepherd?" Rose James said and Amelia jumped awake. She had drifted to sleep a couple minutes before the woman walked in.
"What?" She said as she sat up.
"You wanted to talk to me" Rose said. "And I'm assuming it's about Olivia" she added.
"Yes." Amelia said. "I want to adopt her... I can do that right?" Amelia said unsure of how she should talk to the woman.
"You can. Of course you can." Rose said smiling. "But to be honest I think fostering is a better option here" she said.
"No. I don't want someone to just be able to take her away from me, alright? I want her to be my daughter" Amelia said a bit upset with what Rose said.
"It would be temporary. You can file to be her foster parent. You're a doctor, I'm sure everything will check out and she'll need a foster home. And the thing with filing for adoption right now is that it can take weeks, maybe months, depending on all the legal paper work and everything." Rose said.
"Months?" Amelia said in shook.
"Yes. That's why I'm telling you this. I think it's best if you file to foster. That usually takes 24 hours to a week, you'll probably take her with you from the hospital, and right after you get her you can file for the adoption. She'll be already with you" Rose said.
"But can someone take her away? If I'm just fostering her" Amelia asked.
"I'm not going to lie to Dr Shepherd. They can. But it's very very unlikely they will. Especially after this" Rose said.
"Okay. I'll do that then." Amelia said. "What do I need?" She asked.
Rose explained to her everything she had to do and promised she would try to make things go as fast as possible for them.
By 8:30pm that night Amelia had filed.
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Meryl took Susan to a hotel and promised to take the girl to see Olivia first thing in the morning.
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It was almost 10pm when Owen bursted in Olivia's room. Amelia was sleeping on the couch and jumped awake.
"They've got them" Owen said, talking about Susan's parents.
"They did?" Amelia asked smiling as her eyes filled with tears.
Owen ran to her and kissed her.
They stopped and just stared at each other's eyes for a while when suddenly Amelia said: "I did it"
"You did what?" Owen asked confused.
"I filed" Amelia said.
"Adoption?" Owen asked.
"Foster parent" Amelia said.
"She's going to have an awesome mom" Owen said and kissed her again.
Amelia felt relieved that he seemed supportive now. She wasn't sure where he fit in that whole thing since she wasn't even sure what they were. But she really liked him and she was happy he didn't have anything against the child.
"You two! The police is here and they want to talk to you both" Miranda Bailey said. "I'm not sure exactly what's going on here but you two gotta go" she added.
"Bailey, I can't lea-" Amelia started.
"I'm here. I'll stay. Go" Callie cut her off. Amelia smiled relived.
"Let's go than" Bailey said and they left.
Callie stood next to the bed staring at the little girl.
"You gotta wake up, okay Livy? You have a really good mommy waiting for you now." Callie told the girl and stared at the monitors.
Nothing changed.
She kissed the girl's forehead and took Amelia's place beside the bed.
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Amelia and Owen talk to the detectives individually about what happened to the child since the first day they met her. They explained why she was first admitted, why her parents didn't stay, and all of that.
Once they were done, Owen had a surgery to do and Amelia went back to Olivia's room.
"Any changes?" Amelia asked Callie as she entered the room.
"No" Callie said feeling sorry for both the girl and the woman.
"I filed to foster her, Callie" Amelia said.
"To foster?" Callie asked a bit confused.
"Rose explained that it can take a while for the adoption and I don't want Olivia to go anywhere else but home with me so she suggested I foster her and as soon as I get that I can file for the adoption" Amelia said.
"That's a good plan" Callie said and turned her eyes to the girl. "She's gonna be so happy" she smiled.
"She is. Right?" Amelia said smiling but with tears in her eyes.
"Are you kidding me? She loves you" Callie smiled.
"Oh God look at this" Amelia said wiping her face and waving her wet hands. "Come on Liv you gotta make this stop soon… so ... you better wake up" Amelia smiled talking to the girl.
"She will, Amy" Callie said.
"She will" Amelia repeated and nodded.
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That night Callie stayed with Amelia in Olivia's room and they took turns to sleep just in case the girl woke up someone would be right there with her.
But no luck.
There were no changes.
In the morning Susan and her grandmother stopped by. Meryl had already signed the papers to take Susan to England with her and they were just waiting for the judge to authorize and Olivia to be a bit better.
"How is she?" Meryl asked Amelia as they watched Susan run her thumb on the little girl's cheek and talk to her.
"No changes so far" Amelia said. "But she's tough" she added.
"Yeah" Meryl said. "Well, Susan told me Olivia really like you and I was wondering if you were planning on taking her in" Meryl said. "If you don't I will" she said.
"I already filled" Amelia said. She didn't want Olivia anywhere near any of them. She wasn't even sure if she wanted Susan around too much anymore.
"That's good. And really nice of you" Meryl said. "Susan is gonna like that" she said and Amelia gave her a little smile.
"Excuse me. Dr. Shepherd?" Alex said from the door and Amelia walked out, leaving the two women with Olivia.
"What is it?" Amelia asked as she got to the nursing station where Callie, Meredith and Richard were.
"We have a little surprise." Richard said.
Rose jumped out of the nursing station holding a folder.
"You might wanna read this" Rose said handing it to Amelia.
Amelia started to open and she could feel her heart pounding in her ear. When she opened it she couldn't hold her tears.
"I got her?" She asked Rose who smiled. "I got her" she said in disbelief.
"Congratulations Dr. Shepherd." Rose James said.
"Thank you" she said and hugged the woman.
"How did you do this so fast?" Amelia asked.
"I personally talked to the judge and I explained to him the situation and he thought it was a really good idea. He even asked if you had any plans on adopting her" Rose said.
"He did?" Callie asked and Amelia just stood there smiling.
"I told him you do and he said to file for that and send him the papers as soon as possible" Rose said.
"Let's do this for yesterday then" Amelia said excited and everyone laughed.
Suddenly Meryl walked out of the room in panic.