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I would like to be sad about the fact that Nathan choose Megan, but I CAN’T. 

Grey’s anatomy made me an adult. And now I just can’t be against them, because she was his McDreamy, She was his“pick me, choose me, love me”, and she is alive. They can be an amazing family together, and I’m just so happy about them that I even cry for this episode finale. 

If Meredith can let him go, I can let Merthan go too. 

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Tattered and Torn

So this is the beginning of what will hopefully be a small multi chapter story. Let me know what you guys think!

Meredith felt like she was dying. She couldn't remember the last time she had felt this sick. And of course of all the times to be sick, her kids were also getting over being sick. No one was around. Maggie was doing god knows what with who knows who at the hospital. Amelia was with Owen and dealing with Megan's arrival and recovery. Alex was still following Jo's ex husband, this time at a different conference. "Mama. Mama." Meredith sighed as Ellis called for her again for what felt like the 100th time in one hour. The littlest child was the last to catch whatever this virus thing was and she was slowly succumbing to it. She quickly climbed the stairs as fast as her ailing body could move in hopes she'd get to her before she woke up Zola and Bailey. As she reached for Ellis, she heard a knock at the door. She sighed loudly, wondering who could possibly be here. She shuffled down the stairs the whimpering toddler in her arms as she opened the door. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw Nathan standing there. Holding a plastic bag in one hand. "Hey." "What're you... why are you?" "Can I come in?" Meredith nodded as she shuffled Ellie in her arms, as she continued to fuss. "I heard you were sick. And the kids." "What're you doing here? Megan..." "She doesn't want to see me." Meredith smiled sadly at Nathan as he nervously twisted the bag in his hands. "Nathan. I'm sorry. But she'll come around. This is a lot for her." He shrugged. His eyes staring right into hers. "Maybe she will. Maybe she won't. I don't....I don't know if I want her to." Meredith felt her heart beat faster. Sickness. She would blame it on feeling sick. "Nathan..." "I know. We're not going to talk about it now. Especially not with you looking this sick." Meredith sighed as he put his cool hand to her clammy forehead. "You're burning up. You should be sleeping."

"Can't exactly do that." she said as she shifted Ellie again who was pulling at her ear and fighting back tears. They walked into the kitchen as Nathan placed the bag on the counter and pulled out chicken noodle soup, placing it on the counter. "Give her to me." "What? You've never met her. And she's sick she's not going to..." Nathan reached his arms out as Meredith sighed, relenting. She was sure that Ellie was going to scream bloody murder being handed off to a stranger. "Hi. You don't feel so good huh?" Ellie shook her head as she sniffled, tugging at her ear. Her blonde curls sticking out everywhere. Meredith smiled slightly as Ellis seemed to basically mold her body into Nathan's. Ellie was good with people, being that she was handed off a lot to various babysitters and family members, but she didn't expect her to just willingly go to Nathan. "She might puke on you." Nathan smirked slightly as Ellie leaned her head against his shoulder, her little fingers going to play with the collar of his shirt. "Wouldn't be the first time someone has. I'm a little more worried you might." Meredith smiled weakly as she smoothed her messy hair a bit. "Go lay down Mer. I've got it. There's soup. I'll bring you some a little later." Meredith nodded as she headed up the stairs. "If the kids wake up...." "I'm your friend, helping you out because you don't feel good. And then I'll give them two teaspoons of medicine and get them back in bed." She nodded. He really did have it covered. He wasn't trying to overstep, but he was trying to help. She climbed the stairs disappearing. Nathan sighed as she heard her door close. The woman looked ready to collapse. The past few days had taken a lot out of everyone. The rapist on the loose. The fire. Megan. "Okay. Let's get you some water and something to make that ear feel better." Ellie coughed against his shoulder, whining a little as she struggled to catch her breath. Nathan, in a effort to not put her down, pressed his lips to her forehead to gage if she was warm. Which of course she was. He walked over to the fridge and pulled out one of her sippy cups. He reached for the medicine on the counter, as he sat Ellis down, standing in front of her so she wouldn't slide around. He quickly put the spoon into it and pulled it out. "No." He should've known handing medicine to a toddler wasn't that simple. "It'll make your ear feel better. How about we make the funniest faces we can as you take it? Like this." He pulled an animated as Ellis giggled a little before it turned into a cough. He tried again with the spoon as the toddler took it once while making a sour funny face, Nathan smiling a little. "One more. Big funny face." She took it again, looking a little less amused, but pulling even more sour face. Nathan handed her the sippy cup which she gratefully took, sipping the water, her other hand still on her ear. "Okay. How about we try getting some rest?" "Stuffie." "You're all stuffed up too?" Ellis shook her head as he picked her up, pointing to the cloth animal on the counter. "Oh. This is Stuffie?" he questioned as he picked it up and held it. "Nice to meet you." as he mimicked shaking the stuffed toys paw, earning a laugh from Ellis. "Mama?" "Your mama is sleeping. Mama doesn't feel good." "Yucky?"

"Yes, very yucky." They walked into the living room. He sat Ellis down on the couch and moved to grab a blanket. He laid her down as he fixed the animal, covering her in the blanket. "Lay." Nathan smiled at her, as she reached up at him. For a little person, she sure adjusted to people quickly. "You want me to lay with you? Okay just for a little bit." He moved her a little closer to the cushion of the couch and sat the on the edge before moving his body. The little girl moved closer to him adjusting as the couch sunk a bit. Her little hand reaching and curling around a bit of his arm as she snuggled closer. "Sleep." whispered Ellis's little voice. Nathan chuckled and amused her by closing his eyes for a moment. -----------------------------------------------

What had felt like a moment, had turned into nearly four hours. Nathan popped open his eyes as he adjusted to the dimly lit living room. His ears listened, not hearing kids or puttering around, so he assumed at this point it was probably the middle of the night. He carefully shifted, moving Ellie a little bit. He sat up slowly, sneaking away, replacing his body with one of the pillows. He pushed the blanket over her little body, his heart fluttering in an unfamiliar way as she softly sighed, snuggling deeper into the pillow. He crept quietly to the kitchen, to see a piece of paper that hadn't been there before, recognizing Meredith's hand writing. Went to hospital. I'm fine, won't be gone long. Back before dawn. Was she out of her mind trying to consult on a patient when sick? He checked the clock to see it was nearly 3 AM. He grabbed a water bottle from the fridge and was turning just in time to be met with the door opening and Meredith coming in. Meredith came racing into the kitchen clearly not expecting anyone to be up. She stopped in her tracks as she came face to face with Nathan. He took a long slug of water eyeing her as she busied herself with putting a sippy cup in the sink. "What patient needed a consult? Bailey couldn't take it?" Meredith ignored him as she continued to scrub the cup, her motions getting visibly harder, as she bit her lip in attempt to not fall apart. "Meredith." He stilled her movements by placing a hand on her arm, as she dropped the cup. "There wasn't a patient." "Oh. Well did someone need someth-" "I'm pregnant. Not sick. Well I am sick, but I'm also pregnant." It felt like time froze for a minute. He hadn't been expecting her to say that. She grabbed a dish towel wiping her hands, as he saw them visibly shake. "I mean isn't that just the craziest thing you've ever heard? Like seriously." Before Nathan could even think of a reply she turned around to face him. "Do you know, I'm not even supposed to be able to get pregnant. I supposedly have a hostile uterus." Nathan watched as she flung the towel frantically to the island in front of her. "I'm pregnant. And Derek is dead. You're her. And Meagan is alive. And none of this makes sense. I don't know how.. how I got here. How this screwball version of my life is a resting reality. How the hell...." Nathan stopped her, putting both his hands on both sides of her face. "Meredith." His slightly tenacious tone got her to focus on him, stopping her mind from completely spinning out of control. Truthfully he had never seen Meredith like this, rambling and frantic. Unraveling. She stupidly felt tears escaping from her eyes and closed them in an effort to try and not completely lose it. "Hey. Look at me." His gentle command, different from before, got Meredith to open her eyes. She let out a shaky breath as she felt him wipe away the tears that had managed to escape. "You're right. Everything is screwed up. The world is one giant mess. But we're alive. You're alive, I'm alive. And safe. But nothing has to be decided right now. This will get figured out. Whatever... whatever you decide to do, I'll Okay?" He couldn't lie, part of his heart would break if she made one decision over the other. He'd missed that oppurnity with Megan. But at the end of the day, it was her decision to make, not his. "Okay." She let out a shaky breath as she sniffled, trying to pull herself together. One of Nathan's hands dropped from her face to the back of her neck, pulling her towards him. She relented as he pulled her close. She felt safe. She needed safe, even if it was just for a moment.

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PHOTOS 1405 #GreysAnatomy Danger Zone / #NathanRiggs #TeddyAltman #MeganHunt

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Quotes From  Grey's Anatomy Season 13 Episode 20 “In the Air Tonight” Between:

Martin Henderson as Nathan Riggs

Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey

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I’m sorry but did Nathan Riggs forget that April was literally the only one that had his back when EVERYONE hated him!?!?

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PHOTOS 1405 #GreysAnatomy Danger Zone / #OwenHunt #MeganHunt #NathanRiggs #TeddyAltman

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Chances Part 3

This ones a short one! More Owen/Amelia to come soon.

Part 1

Part 2

Owen felt his heart stop. He was dreaming again. He'd had this dream before. In two seconds he'd wake up in a cold sweat and the nightmare would be over. So why wasn't he waking up?

He continued to watch the woman in front of him as she just stared back at both he and Nathan.

Nathan looked pale, like he wasn't sure what he was looking at. Like he was trying to say something but no words were coming out.

"Um... Amelia and I were on the same flight. We were seat mates."

Owen felt chest tighten, his heart practically beating out of it and quickly got up, going to the back of the house, leaving everyone else slightly confused.

Amelia quickly excused herself and followed after him. She found him in the bathroom, she gently knocked before slipping in.

He sat against the bath tub practically white knuckling it  and he looked like he was shaking.

Amelia knelt down in front of him her hand going to his arm as she felt him practically jump.

"Owen. Owen, just take a deep breath."

This wasn't working. She quickly pulled him towards her, grabbing his hand and placing it over her heart.

"Do you feel my heart beat?"

She watched him nod and close his eyes, visibly still sweating. She clasped her other hand at the back of his neck.

"It means that I'm real and I'm here. And Megan is here and she's real. She's safe."

Owen felt himself slowly come down from whatever panic attack had happened.

"How did she... what did she... where?"

"I know there a lot of questions. And she probably can't answer all of them. But she's here. Your sister is here. Because she wants you to know where she is."

Owen nodded. He cleared his throat. He leaned and they both hesitated, they hadn't kissed in what was probably weeks now. Amelia smiled softly at him before nodding at him, letting him know it was okay to not be ready yet.

She stood up first, offering her hand and pulled him up, pretending to struggle for comedic relief, making him smile.

They walked back into the room to a scene that was nearly identical to when they had left. Megan was still standing by the door and had locked eyes with Nathan, who was still staring at her.

Owen walked closer to Megan as she stared back at him, he took two steps and she took two steps and finally they were standing right in front of each other.

"Hi."

And that was all it took for Owen to hug his sister as she wrapped her arms around him tightly. Her soft sobs could be heard as she the two siblings were reunited, Amelia could hear  Owen trying to quietly soothe her cries.

Her heart felt happy for Owen, but seeing the brother and sister immediately made her miss her own brother.

Nathan cleared his throat and stood up as Amelia furiously made eye contact with him, silently asking what he was doing.

"Well... I should get going."

Megan pulled away from Owen wiping her eyes.

"You should stay."

"No no... I have a patient I need to check on at the hospital."

Megan nodded trying to understand, but knew he was leaving for his own reasons. She reached into her bag rummaging for a minute before pulling out a card.

"I'm... I think I'll be here for a few days.  Maybe we can... grab a drink. Catch up?"

Nathan accepted the card and nodded before gesturing a goodbye to both Amelia and Owen.

Amelia wasn't buying it. She quickly excused herself before following him outside.

She closed the door behind her and walked straight after him.

"Nathan. What was that?"

Nathan shook his head as to indicate he didn't want to talk about. They both reached his car and he stopped and turned around.

"Shep you don't get it."

"Get what? That you cheated on her? Trust me I could beat you on life destroying stories. You're not going to..."

"I gave up! Don't you get that?"

Amelia immediately shut up at his tone. They stood there in silence for a moment before she walked, leaning up against his car next to him.

"I just gave up looking. How can I possibly look at her and acknowledge that? That I wasn't good enough, that I should've fought harder for her. How do you suggest I do that?"

Amelia looked at him, seeing how broken he was about the matter. She heard him sigh and try to vehemently suck in any emotion that was bubbling. She reached and placed his hand over his, squeezing it in reassurance and that was all it took for Nathan to hang his head.

She could hear him sniffling softly, her hand only squeezing his a little harder, letting him know that she was here and she wasn't about to leave. And she finally felt a squeeze a back.

Amelia thought she was doing the best thing for everyone by reuniting the three. But what if she was just destroying their lives all over again? 

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Chances Part 2

Thank you to everyone who enjoyed, re-blogged or commented! You sure know how to make someone’s comeback feel like a good one. Not sure how many parts this little series may have, but we’re not done yet!

Part 1

She was two people ahead of her, there were two bides standing in front of her and letting Owen’s missing sister walk away forever. She quickly shoved through them both, apologizing as she ran to catch up with the red head right as she entered the terminal.

“Megan!”

The woman turned around, her smile still intact but looking questioningly at Amelia. She shifted her bag to her shoulder.

“Did I forget something on the plane?”

“No… I. I need to show you something.”

Megan looked at her confused, as Amelia whipped out her phone and quickly clearing to her home screen, a picture of her and Owen from their wedding. She held the phone and leaned towards Megan to show her. Megan’s smile immediately dropped at the picture, looking like she had seen a ghost.

Amelia hit her pictures quickly and pulled up a picture of Owen and Nathan at the wedding, watching as Megan paled even more.

“I… I have to go.”

She watched as the woman tried to bolt, Amelia grabbing her arm quickly and pulling her towards a quieter corner.

“Please let go of me.”

“They think you’re dead. Both of them. They both searched for you.”

Megan pulled away from her, holding her bag tight to her body. She tucked a curl nervously behind her ear.

“They have no idea you’re alive. What have you been doing for the last 9 years? Hiding?”

“Look they don’t need to know where I am. It’s better this way.” she replied as she turned to walk away. “And I’d really appreciate if you don’t mention that you ever saw me.”

“Megan your mother thinks you’re dead.”

She watched as Megan stopped in her tracks, clearly hesitating. She went to move again, this time clearly walking away.

“Fine. You know what, screw you.”

Amelia watched as she disappeared into a group of people waiting to board their flight. She sighed as she juggled her bag, throwing her phone back in, looking for wallet, every intent of turning around and going back to Seattle.

“She’s alive?”

Amelia nearly jumped at Megan’s sudden presence. Megan looked uneasy staring self-consciously at her feet before looking back at Amelia. Amelia nodded, as Megan let out what seemed to be a small breath of relief.

“Are you going back to Seattle?”

Amelia nodded. “You should come with me.”

“I… I can’t. What am I supposed to do just show up on her doorstep? I am just supposed to be like “Hey mom I know you thought I was dead, turns out I’ve been alive this whole time.”

Amelia went to open her mouth to argue, Megan abruptly cutting her off.

“And what about Owen? “Hi big brother. Sorry I faked my own death. Hey gee what ever happened to Beth?”

“Beth?”

Megan’s cheeks flushed, clearly realizing her new sister-in-law had no idea who Beth was. Amelia shrugged her shoulders.

“No it’s fine.  He’s been married already.”

“What? To who? Okay, not the point.”

Amelia chuckled slightly, at Megan’s need to constantly talk, the habit seemed strangely familiar. She watched as Megan’s body tensed up again.

“What about Nathan? Am I just supposed to forget the fact that he cheated on me? That our relationship was destroyed the last time I saw him. How did he even end up in Seattle?”

“Maybe he was looking for you. I don’t really know… he’s only been here about a year. Owen and he are just now on five worded conversations.”

Megan sighed, knowing how stubborn they both could be. She shifted uneasily.

“Can I see that picture again?”

Amelia nodded as she pulled out her phone, pulling up the picture of the two men. Meghan smiled slightly as Amelia watched her eyes fill up with tears. Amelia swiped to the next picture, a picture of Owen and her with his mom.

Megan’s eyes closed in defeat at seeing her mother. Amelia put her hand on her forearm as she put the phone back in her bag.

“Come with me to Seattle.”

Megan opened her eyes again, trying to find another excuse as to not go her, mouth opening in exasperation but nothing coming out.

“You said it before. He wouldn’t want you to feel this guilty.”

Megan eyed Amelia, her own previous words of advice being used out of context and against her. She watched as Amelia stood, staring at her waiting for a response. Finally, for whatever her reasoning was, she caved.

“Great. Let’s go find a flight.”

Both women took off towards the ticket counter, Amelia glancing over as Megan kept up with her pace, but still looked visibly nervous.

“We’re going to Seattle.”

Megan nodded, her eyes wide, as she nervously cleared her throat.

“We’re going to Seattle.”

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Amelia knocked on the door of her house, shifting uneasily. Both her and Megan had agreed that they probably both shouldn’t just show up at the door, so Megan was in a coffee shop downtown, waiting for a text from Amelia to take a cab.

Amelia should be worried that she would bolt, take off and never look back. But she had to believe in her a little.

She waited and then watched as the door opened and there stood Owen, who upon realizing it was Amelia at the door, looked visibly taken aback.

“Hi.”

She watched as Owen continued to stare at her, her heart feeling like it was in throat. Maybe this was a bad idea.

“I know you’re probably really mad. And I’m sorry. But I had to leave and I know I shouldn’t have just left a note but I didn’t want you to-”

She was cut off as Owen enveloped her in a near bone crushing hug. She sighed as she relaxed in his embrace. She felt a hand go to cup the back of her head, his fingers raking through her curls to almost make sure it was her.

“You don’t want to throw me out?”

Owen sighed as he pressed a kiss to her temple before pulling away slightly so they were more loosely wrapped in each other.

“I didn’t know where you were. Or if you were safe. I was worried.”

Amelia felt her hand go to his cheek as Owen let out a pained sigh, as she truly saw the emotional impact her sudden disappearance had left on him.

“We need to talk. I know we do. About us and… everything. But there’s something else we need to talk about first.”

Owen hesitantly looked at her before nodding. She pulled away as they stepped into the house.

"But I’m going to need you to call someone first.” ———————————————————————

Amelia paced nervously in front of her coffee table as Owen and Nathan watched her.

“Okay I’m just going to come out and ask- are the two of you trying to tell me you’re having an affair?”

Amelia and Nathan immediately responded with a chorus of “Owen! No.” and “Seriously mate?”.

Owen shrugged in confusion as Amelia shot him a dirty look, Nathan looking just visibly uncomfortable at this point.

“Seriously Shepherd, why did you need to speak with the both of us? If this is you trying to meddle…. we’re good. Right mate?”

Owen nodded in agreement as Amelia smiled lightly at how the two men finally seemed to be getting along.

The door bell rang as Amelia immediately ran to answer it.  Both Owen and Nathan looked at each other equally as lost.

They both turned as the door closed, neither of them prepared for the person who was standing behind it.

“Hi.”