Coming off my writing hiatus to bring this to my beautiful readers. Hope you enjoy this missing moment from 13x03!!
Amelia sat in her car after giving her sister talk to Meredith and Maggie and reflected on the day.
So much that happened reminded her of herself and her family. She had always been the black sheep, and she rebelled as a result. She was always the wild child, and it wasn’t until she nearly died that she become serious about her school work and her dream of becoming a kickass neurosurgeon.
She and Arizona had crossed paths today over this case, and Arizona was devastated that the daughter would never get the forgiveness she sought from her mother, and it brought back a lot of memories for Amelia.
She wondered if her mother forgave her for everything she had ever put her through, even though she had made amends several times. She knew forgiveness was difficult, but she still never felt it from any members of her family, save for Derek. And he was gone now, and she didn’t really know what else she could do, especially since she was harboring some bad feelings from the wedding.
Amelia picked up her phone and scrolled to the number she had been avoiding lately and waited while it rang. She didn’t really know what she was going to say and she was praying that there would be no answer so she could just leave a message. As the phone continued to ring, she thanked her lucky stars as it went to voicemail.
She took a deep breath before she began, “Hey mom. It’s me. Amelia. Your daughter. Um, I’m just calling because there was this family that came into the hospital today. And the mother died and it was okay because she came back to life then, and I know that’s bizarre and it’s a really long story. But they reminded me a lot of us. Forgiveness is really hard, and I know I’ve asked it of you so many times that I probably don’t deserve it anymore. And I’m still pissed as hell at you. For the wedding. But I forgive you. Because I love you. You’re my mom, I’m gonna love you no matter what,” Amelia’s voice cracked with tears, “I just wanted to call and tell you that. Okay. Bye.”
She walked in the door and threw her keys into the bowl, fully expecting Owen to be asleep by now since she had clearly missed the opportunity for dirty married sex, but there he was sitting up waiting for her.
“Hey. I thought for sure you would have beaten me home today,” he said as he went to greet her by the door, and he could see something was bothering her. “What’s wrong?”
“Don’t ever die,” she said simply. “I mean, you know, I know you’re going to die, but just don’t die before me because I won’t be able to handle it,” she rambled.
“Sorry. Did you fix Meredith and Maggie?”
“Yes,” she said as she walked into their bedroom and began to strip her clothing off. Sometimes, Amelia just walked around their house completely nude. She said clothes are just so constricting, and he wasn’t complaining about it. He usually joined her, but not when she was possibly upset about something.
“And then I called my mother,” she said nonchalantly. “Don’t make a big deal about it because she didn’t even answer. And she probably won’t even listen to the voicemail.”
“She’ll listen to it. You’re her kid.”
“Yeah. I’ve lost too many people in my life, I don’t want to lose any more. Life is too short. She’s my mom, you know?”
“I do,” he said as he sat beside her on their bed and wrapped an arm behind her.
“Okay, I’m done with that. There’s been something I’ve been wanting to do all day.”