Sister, Sister¹

Future Plans

Ivy sighs, "You're mother is coming today and will want to see the twins, the least we can do is take some time today off to spend with her and the twins."

Jackson sighs, "I know, I know. We can at Webbers birthday party tonight."

She shakes her head, "No, time where she can focus on us and the kids and not her boyfriend. Oh, speaking of time, we need to take some time and clean the kitchen. There are dirty bottles and bowls and plates and cups all over the place. Not to mention the dirty countertops and- oh! Your mother."

"My mother? My mother is all over the countertops? That's kind of disgu-" Jackson questions.

"No. Your mother is over there," Ivy hits his chest before heading over to her mother in law.

"Ivy! My dear! Look at you. Really, you are far to skinny. Jackson, so are you. Ugh, those babies may keep you busy but you both need to eat. Do I need to move out here to make sure you two eat? You know what, follow me, I need to talk to the both of you and maybe grab something to eat as well," she grabs their arms and drag them to follow her to a conference room.

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Catherine sits across from the couple, "I would like to talk about the twins and-"

Ivys pager starts beeping, "Oh, uh, Derek's paging-" her pager starts to go off again, "So is Callie. Uh, I've got to go handle their problems. I'm sorry, but can I take a rain check? The twins are in the day care and you already are on the list of people to sign them out or see them if you want to visit them or Jackson doesn't have any surgeries scheduled all day. I will find you both later," she kisses Jacksons cheek before running to find her brother and one of her mentors.

She ends up finding them in the same room, "Hey, you both paged?"

"He's stealing my sensor," Callie points at Derek.

"Callie, the brain has more nerve cells than humans on earth. We want to understand how all those neurons interact, so we're gonna start with a smaller group like everybody here in the hospital. And we're gonna determine how they interact with each other and talk," Derek moves over to the whiteboard.

"Please, stop," Callie tells him as Ivy just stands there.

He ignores her, "And then we move out."

She tries again, "Stop patronizing me, all right? You're just saying that your thing is more important than mine."

Ivy asks, "Didn't Hunt tell you both to drop this until he-"

Derek cuts her off, "I'm saying my thing feeds your thing. It will revolutionize our understanding of what it means to be human."

"And yet, you would have never had the sensors if it weren't for my thing, you selfish-" Callie stands.

Ivy tries, "You know, I'm almost 100% positive that Hunt asked you both to leave this alon-"

"Selfish?"

"Here! Let me show you a diagram. This is you," she starts drawing on the board.

Derek looks at the drawing, "I'm an asterisk?"

She shakes her head, "No. You think you are the white hot center of the universe. Also, it looks like a butthole. Either way it works."

"Hey! Both of you, enough! This isn't about the freaking sensor, it's about your feelings being hurt, Callie," Ivy shouts.

"Excuse me?"

"This is you taking your feelings of inadequatance from the whole Leah/Arizona thing and the lawsuit you faced out on Derek. This isn't about the freakin sensor. So enough. You are both done talking about this until the board has made a decision. I am not a mediator. Now if you'll excuse me, my mother in law is here and wants to talk to me. Both of you need to get your acts together," Ivy tells them, storming out of the room.