Therapy

Part 7

So this is Carina's day while Maya was with Vic and Andy

Trigger Warning: Talks about Anxiety, depression, and mentions of suicidal thoughts. 

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Carina drove to Amelia's, rubbing her tired eyes. She hadn't gotten the best sleep the night before after everything that had happened yesterday. She was still trying to process who her girlfriend who she loved more than she had ever loved anyone outside of her family, was as sick as she was right now. That's how Carina saw it, as an illness just like any other illness.

She pulled into Amelia's driveway, not totally sure who was home today. She was hoping the house was at least somewhat quiet because she did not feel like dealing with the insanity that was this house when everyone was home. She was especially hoping her brother wasn't here because he got very judgy about everything when it came to Maya after Carina had decided to go back to her. She grabbed her purse before climbing out of the car, walking up to the door.

She knocked, knowing that the chances of there being a sleeping person in this house was close to 100% at any given time. She heard footsteps and then Amelia opened the front door, a happy looking baby Marcus in her arms.

"Come on in," Amelia said, opening the door, "You don't have to knock here. I've told you that a million times."

"I know," Carina said, smiling as she walked in, toing off her shoes before following Amelia to the living room, "It's just strange to me, just walking into someone else's house."

"So how are you doing?" Amelia asked as they sat down on the couch, "Do you wanna talk or cry or drink or scream or something else? Just tell me and I'm there."

"Thank you, Amelia," Carina said, feeling tears fill her eyes. Before she could do anything, tears were streaming down her face.

"Ok," Amelia said, moving the baby in her arms so she could wrap her arms around Carina, "Ok. I'm right here. It's going to be alright."

Carina just cried for a while, Amelia rubbing her back. Marcus started fussing after about twenty minutes.

"Link should be here any minute to get him," Amelia said, bouncing the baby a little.

"Get him?" Carina asked, the tears having mostly stopped by now.

"Yeah," Amelia said, nodding, "He's going to take him to see his parents for the day. They always complain they don't get enough time with him."

"That's nice," Carina said, smiling, "Who else is home?"

"No one," Amelia said, shaking her head.

"What?" Carina said, "Someone is always home in this house."

"Meredith took her kids to spend the day at the zoo with Jo," Amelia said, "Maggie is working, and Link is taking Marcus to his parents so it's just us today."

"Did you plan this?" Carina asked, grabbing a tissue off the table.

"Mer already had her plans," Amelia said, "And I don't control the hospital scheduling because if I did, I would never work a 7 am shift again. But I did ask Link to take Marcus, but he needs to take him over there more anyways so it all works out."

"Thank you," Carina said, blinking more tears back.

Just then, the front door opened and Link walked in.

"Sorry I'm late," he said, going to wash his hands before coming and taking Marcus from Amelia, kissing her gently, "I had a surgery that ran long. Hey Carina."