After seeing the promotional photos of next week's episode, I decided to write a one shot based on it - enjoy! It includes other characters in the beginning, but Omelia in the end:)

Disclaimer : I wrote this before watching episode 4- so it's entired based off the promo photos

Ellis Grey's mansion was now a flurry of activity. The dinner guests are arriving one by one - and sisters Meredith Grey and Maggie Pierce were busy bustling around in the kitchen preparing the dinner. The other sister, Amelia was no where to be seen, probably hiding in her room.

' We need some more mayonnaise on the salad... And we need to slice more ham' Meredith ordered Maggie.

' Need help?' April and Arizona appeared in the kitchen, much to Maggie's relief. She was just too ready to throw the cooking duties on them both.

' Oh yes!' Maggie quickly interjected. before Meredith could open her mouth to answer.

' We need more hands in here. Arizona, can you help to slice the ham, and April can you help up with the salad dressing?'

As Arizona took the knife, and April the mayonnaise, Maggie saw this as the perfect opportunity to escape. She just didn't do social functions, nope. She just couldn't bear to face all the other doctors and risk being interrogated about her newly existent love life. She hasn't known that Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital is a gossip mill and that rumors spread as fast as lighting in the hospital. She heard the name Maluca being uttered whenever she passed by the nurses station, and it took her a few days to finally figure out what exactly the nurses were whispering about. She learnt the hard way. So now, all she wanted to do was to escape.

She pretented to look at her pager. She was on call after all, and was expecting a page anytime. As if on cue, her pager rang. It was from DeLuca. He paged at the right time.

' Girls- I've gotta go now - I got paged, bye!' Maggie threw on her coat and ran out the door before either one of them could answer.

Meredith sighed as Maggie disappeared.

' I thought I could trust them. I took them in and treated them as my sisters- and this is how they pay me back. They abandoned me when I need them most' said Meredith, as she sliced some potatoes.

' Well, we are here to help aren't we?' April said cheerfully- although she was feeling less than cheerful. Jackson was in the living room, and she wanted to stay in the kitchen as long as possible to avoid him.

Just then, the front door bell rang again.

' I'll go get it this time' said Meredith as it rang a second time.

Her facial expression changed abruptly as soon as she saw who was at the door with Callie Torres.

' Meredith, this is my girlfriend Penny' said Callie cheerfullly.

' Penny, this is Meredith'

Meredith stared at Penny stoned faced, as Penny's face immediately flickered in recognition. She will never ever forget the woman standing in front of her, neither will she forget the woman's husband for the rest of her life. This woman's husband was the patient who she could've saved that fateful day had she done better. His was the face she would remember forever ,as she vowed to treat every patient to the best of her ability so they would not end up with the same fate as him. It was a very bitter lesson for her indeed.

They both stared at each other for what seemed like eternity before Penny finally extended her hand nervously to Meredith.

' Glad to see you again' Penny said, a lump forming in her throat. This is so akward indeed.

Meredith remained stone faced as she shook Penny's hand without uttering a single word. Callie watched the exchange in confusion. So they've met before?

Moments later, the guests were finally all sitted at the dinner table. The the environment was awkward, witih Bailey, Jackson and Stephanie trying to initiate some conversation, with the others just quietly picking the food on their plates. April was busy trying to avoid eye contact with Jackson, while Meredith was trying to avoid eye contact with Penny.

Suddenly Meredith could bear it no longer. More than a year later but the scars of that fateful day she lost her beloved husband still remained deep. The faces of the people who failed to save his life will forever be ingrained in her mind.

Meredith cleared her throat. ' So Penny' she began. ' I hope you've learnt your lesson from what happened to my husband. I hope he had thought you to make better clinical judgements'.

Suddenly the whole dinner table became quiet as every single person stopped their chatter or stopped eating to stare at them both and pay attention to their conversation.

Penny began to blush. ' This is it' she thought as her heart sank. ' I am now exposed'.

Callie stared at her with a bewildered expression on her face.

" Yes, I have, Meredith.' she answered calmly. Now thanks to him, I can make better clinical judgements and have saved plenty of lives..."

Before she could elaborate further, there was a loud slam on the dinner table causing everyone to startle and a few cups and cutlery on the table to rattle.

Amelia Sheperd was now standing up from her seat in between Stephanie and April.

' So you are the one who failed to save my brother?' she asked, pointing a finger and Penny.

' Dr. Sheperd is your...'

' You guys didn't order a head CT and you killed him!' Amelia cried out , anguish written all over her face. ' I could've saved him. I could've saved my own brother- had he been sent to my hospital. Instead, he was sent to a hospital where incompetent doctors like you couldn't even diagnose a brain haemorrhage in time! You all killed him!'

Everyone in the table was now listening to their exchange, intrigued. Amelia's eyes were shooting daggers at Penny.

' Sit down Dr Sheperd' Stephanie tried to calm her mentor down before Amelia could rush over to Penny's seat on the opposite site of the table to strangle her to death.

" No...I'm leaving' Amelia said curtly, as she pushed her chair aside and stormed out of the living room, as several pairs of eyes followed her. She didn't care anymore, she didn't care if they all thought she was crazy. As far as she was concerned, this was the woman who killed her dear brother.

Owen Hunt had just finished tending to his 15th case of his call- and he desperately needed a break. Emergency cases had been flooding in non stop ever since he started his shift 12 hours ago, and he desperately needed a break. Trauma after trauma, broken limbs, perforated appendicitis, all needed his urgent attention. His stomach growled, reminding him that he hasn't eaten since the beginning of the shift, but at the moment, sleep seemed more appealing to him.

Yawning, he made his way down the hallway to the nearest on call room, wanting to catch at least an hour of sleep before patients started piling into the ER again.

The on call room was dark as he opened it. He blinked his eyes to try to adjust to the darkness. As his eyes became accustomed to the darkness, he could make out the shadow of another human being sitting on the bed. It was a female, her head was buried in her hands and she was making a sniffling noise.

As he walked closer, he realized that it was not just another human being, but Amelia Sheperd, his Amelia. As far as he knew, she wasn't on call. Why is she in the on call room in a hospital? Did she quarrel with Meredith again?

" Mia?' he slowly sat down on the bed beside her. ' What's wrong?'

Hearing his voice, she slowly lifted her head from her hands. From the light now permeating from under the door, he could see that there were tears rolling down her eyes.

" It's her. I met her.' she said sniffling.

' Huh? Met who?' Owen asked puzzled.

' The woman who killed Derek!' Amelia cried out exasperatedly, her face now crumpling.

' You mean the truck driver...'

' No! One of the goddamn incompetent doctors who couldn't save his live!'

Amelia's sniffles were now full blown sobs.

' Shh...' Owen pulled her close to his chest as he tried to comfort her. He put his hand into her hair, stroking it slowly, knowing that the gesture always soothed her.

He succeeded, as the sobbing gradually ceased.

' Her name is...Penny...the worst thing is that she is Callie's girlfriend. I mean...why would Callie choose her of all women?' Amelia cried.

' Mia- Callie doesn't know about this. You can't blame her. You also can't blame Penny- I'm sure she did all she could to save Derek'. Owen tried to rationalize to her, his hand still stroking her hair.

Amelia finally looked up at him, her cerulean eyes still filled with tears.

' Owen - don't let me go' she said. ' I'm scared.'

' I am not going anywhere Mia' he said hugging her tight. ' I love you.'

At the mention of the 3 words, Amelia suddenly pulled away from him and turned away.

Owen was puzzled.

' Mia- have I said anything wrong? I really love you and I can see that you feel the same way...or?'

' Don't' she said curtly.

' Huh?'

' Don't ever mention that 3 words to me. Every single man who has ever mentioned that 3 words to me is doomed to die. Do you understand?'

' Mia- don't say that. Do I care? Look, if anything, all that has happened has shown us that life is too short. If I never express my feelings for you, when will I ever get the chance? I'd rather say those 3 words to you and take the risk than never say those words at all and regret it later.'

Amelia turned to look at him again.

' You sure? You want to risk your life for me?'

' That is what you call love' he said smiling at her as she reciprocated the smile. Their hands joined as they shared a passionate kiss. They were willing to take the risk for love.

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