Say you won't let go

Chapter 27

Today was a big day. Meredith had been up since four in the morning as they were preparing the house for Amelia's wedding. Amelia had spent the previous night at her house so she could help set up. Derek and Mark were outside setting the arch and things up with Lexie's instructions. It was a small wedding, just some people from the hospital and Owen's family.

"Are you nervous?" Meredith asked Amelia as she was putting the dishes away.

"Nervous is an understatement. I'm terrified, what if I mess it up Mer?" Amelia said honestly. She was putting flowers into the vases they had bought.

"You won't. I remember almost running away at my wedding. Cristina convinced me I was just freaking out for no reason. So I'll tell you what she told me. You may be broken but Owen loves you and will mend how broken you are."

"I know. We need to start getting ready," Amelia said as she looked at the time. You could tell how nervous she was by the way she spoke.

"You go upstairs, I'll get the girls," Meredith said. She went outside and told them what time it was. Her backyard had been transformed completely, chairs lined each side of the beautiful arch the guys had built. There were flowers everywhere and it looked right out of a magazine.

"Wow, you guys did great," Meredith noted.

"We put the flowers out mama, you like them?" Scarlett asked. She had her hair in rollers since the morning.

"We are almost done, Owen said he is on his way so we will start getting ready when he gets here," Derek informed her.

"Ok, girls let's go get your dresses on," Meredith said and the two followed her upstairs. April had arrived and was helping Amelia do her make-up. Scarlett and Zoe had already pulled their dresses on and Meredith started braiding Zoe's hair as Scarlett was unraveling the rollers from her hair which left them in large waves.

"Hey April, how's Jackson?" Meredith asked. She had tied the last piece of hair into a bun on Zoe's head. The girls both left the room to find Lexie.

"He's tired of being a stay-at home dad. Callie said once he is finished with his physical therapy he can return to surgery," April said. She had finished Amelia's make up and started her own.

"That's great news. I know Mark really misses him," Meredith chuckled. They called themselves the plastics posse. Meredith had pulled her hair into an updo and curled as few small pieces in her hair. She slid into her dress, glad it still fit. She felt like she was growing by the minute with the babies. Amelia's phone rang and she looked at it, getting up and walking to the bathroom. She came back and had tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Meredith asked quickly.

"Ma just called to wish me luck and apologize. She said-" Amelia started before she started to cry, "she just said how beautiful I will be and how proud my dad would be."

Her cries turned into sobs. Meredith's heart broke, she never seen Amelia like that. She knew about her father and the shooting at the hospital really brought up those bad memories for her.

"I'm so sorry Amelia," Meredith couldn't help but hug her. She felt terrible and wasn't sure she could find words.

"I- I can't. I don't want to lose another man in my life," she sobbed.

"You won't, Owen will never leave," Meredith assured her. She knew how much Owen loved her.

"It's not that. I can't stop thinking about that man. He had a gun to my head. I was suppose to die. And then Derek-" she started and couldn't catch her breath, "Derek saved me again. He was going to take a bullet for me and I can't do that to anyone else."