Big Shepherd, Little Shepherd

VI

AMELIA'S POV

Y/n doesn't seem as bad now she's not done drugs for a week but her mental health is still super shitty. She has bad days and she has good days. I've just gotten in from work to Y/n crying while Arizona is hugging her. It seemed like today was one of her good days, I guess I was wrong.

- Amelia : What's happened?

- y/n : I-I-

- Arizona : It's okay. Calm down, take some deep breathes. I'll go clean up

- Amelia : Hey y/n/n. Want to go upstairs?

- Arizona : Can't go upstairs until I've cleaned up her bathroom. You can take her to ours if you want

Am I carrying my fully grown sister up a set of stairs? Yes.Do I care? No. She needs me right now. She fell asleep in the middle on mine and Arizona's bed which meant I could go check the bathroom. I walked in to see the Advil bottle from downstairs on the floor, spilling out. Arizona was picking up the individual pills and putting them back into the bottle to throw away.

- Amelia : What happened?

- Arizona : I went to take some painkillers because I've got a shitty headache but they were missing. I came upstairs to find y/n taking them like candy. I forced her to throw up and then she just sat and cried.

- Amelia : Shit. Okay. She's not doing drugs, could we get her into a facility for her mental health? This is the 2nd attempt in 2 weeks.

- Arizona : When was the other one?

- Amelia : When I picked her up from LA. She overdosed and had her stomach pumped. Coded once

- Arizona : I don't think it'll work. She'll be alone and she seems to like being around people

- Amelia : We don't have much of a choice. I refuse to sit back while she kills herself

It's difficult. Y/n might feel like we're abandoning her if we get her help that means she can't live in the house with us but it's for her best interests. I love my sister with all my heart and I know Derek does too. We can't just sit here and not help her. I've taken the next few days off so we can spend time together before she gets admitted and I can only see her on Saturdays.

- Amelia : Come on y/n. Wake up. We're going out today

- y/n : Where?

- Amelia : To the park. Derek has the day off too

- y/n : I don't think so Amy. I just want to lay in bed and wallow in self pity

- Amelia : I wasn't taking no for an answer. Come on. Get dressed and meet me downstairs

I wasn't really expecting that to work but it did. She's attached to that hoodie I gave her the first day she was here and I'm concerned about the fact it'll be taken away when she gets admitted. She was silent the whole way to the park. She walked straight to Derek and hugged him, ignoring Bailey and Zola next to him.

- Derek : Hey y/n/n. I missed you took Y/n?

- Amelia : She didn't have a great night. Hey Zozo. Let's go play. Come on Bailey

- Derek : Be good guys. Don't let them get hurt Amy

- Amelia : I won't. I'll be back when they're exhausted

This is going to be fun...NOT.

DEREK'S POV

Y/n is just holding onto me. I don't think I have a choice whether I want to be in this hug, it's not a problem though. I don't spend much time with y/n. The 13 year age age isn't great and sort of made us not close. She was 5 when I went off to college.

- Derek : Hey y/n. Can you talk to me? Tell me what's wrong?

- y/n : I did something bad now Amy is going to drop me off at a facility

- Derek : What did you do? I won't judge y/n/n

- y/n : I don't want to be sent away Derek. I'm getting clean, I promise.

- Derek : Your not going to be sent away. Not forever at least. It's just so you can get some help.

I do feel bad for her sometimes. She struggles a lot and doesn't deserve to hurt like this. Zola comes running towards us followed by a walking Amelia.

- Derek : Hey Zo. This is your Auntie y/n/n.

- Zola : Hello

- y/n : Er hi?

Zola does something she does to all new people she meets but that I wasn't expecting y/n to return. She hugs y/n. They hug until we get up to leave at which point y/n is carrying Zola to the car.

- Derek : Do you both want to come back to the house? Meredith isn't home. She's kind of mad at me for defending y/n.

- Amelia : It's fine. I think y/n's tired and Arizona is waiting for us

- Derek : Oh Okay. Bye y/n.

- y/n : Bye Derek

- Zola : Bye Auntie y/n/n. Bye Auntie Amelia

- Amelia : Bye Bye Zo

I just hope y/n know we're doing this for her. We want her to be okay. This isn't a punishment it's help.

Authors Notes
Sorry I didn't update
yesterday, I was on a school
trip. Have a drink and
snack please x