Twice the trouble

Summary: One moment, Alex and Meredith were in an accident and when they woke up, it's 2005. Back to Seattle Grace. (S15 → S1) Merder, Jolex, etc.

A/N: Apologies for the confusion, I have been making a few changes to the story. Rest assured that this is indeed a new chapter.
Sorry for the delay update on all my stories, I've been devoured with piles of school work. Hopefully, I will get more free time to update all the stories!

Chapter 6: Amelia, I think we broke him...

Amelia managed to get a transfer Seattle Grace residency program. With the addition of Amelia Shepherd, the house was a mess. Derek had been trying to talk to the both Meredith and Amelia to explain himself as well as to ask on his sister's well being. On the other hand, both of them were actively trying to avoid Derek. They both did what they were good at, running from their problems.

What confused Derek further was the fact that Amelia and Meredith shared a bond. They didn't need to communicate. The both of them made meals, carpooled, and everything about how they followed through their daily routine - it's as if they have been living together for a long time. On the bright side, at least his girlfriend and sister were getting along well. However, Derek was growing increasingly frustrated as he has yet to explain to Meredith about Addison.

As the second morning since Amelia joined Meredith's household came by, Amelia, Alex, Meredith and Jo were preparing breakfast before hopping into Meredith's car heading to work with their breakfast in hand. And yet again, they managed to avoid speaking to Derek who did not have to head to the hospital early. After dropping Jo to school, the three of them enjoyed the silent ride to work. It was Amelia's first day at Seattle Grace and the end of Meredith and Alex free days.

That was till Alex broke the silence. "I think Shepherd's gonna lose it soon if the two of you keep avoiding him."

"Well, I don't need a lecture about staying sober because I already am. And we haven't even came up with our divorce plan," Amelia shrugged as she took another bite from her cold burger.

"What about your tumor? I don't think Derek is allowed to fix it. We'd probably have to call Koracik?" Meredith pointed out.

"Oh my god, my brain tumor! Mer, you have to help me get a scan of it!"

Meredith tried to calm down her panicking 'sister', but Maggie was normally better at this than she was. "Calm down, Amelia. I'm pretty sure it's still small now too. Besides, if you have forgotten, I am an intern now. I can't simply order scans..."

Alex used his free hands to scratch his head while his other hand remained on the steering wheel, "We'd probably have to stage an accident so that the hospital will have to get a head CT."

"One car crash is enough for a lifetime. Look at where that brought us…" Amelia joked.

"How about falling from a flight of stairs?" Alex suggested teasingly.

"Shut up, Alex!" Meredith shoved him playfully. "You could probably just 'fall off' your bed or just 'fall down' and leave the rest to me and Alex…"

"AMELIAAA!" Meredith screamed as she and Alex dashed down the stairs to the unconscious form of their friend.

Meredith did her best to shake Amelia, but there was no response. Tears formed in Meredith eyes while Alex wrapped his hands around Meredith shoulder, giving a squeeze of reassurance. Soon a crowd formed as they watched in horror. Luckily Bailey had rushed over to immediately bring order to the situation. Amelia was immediately wheeled to a trauma room, with Meredith and Alex trailing the nurses.

"Order the scans!" A booming voice from the trauma room and had echoed in the ER.

The anguish in the voice. Meredith recognised the voice. Meredith glanced over to Alex for confirmation and he nodded. And that was when Meredith made eye contact with the source of the voice. In his eyes were a hint of recognition of her presence but mostly was distress.

How was this possible?

"Grey, Karev! You heard your orders, get the head CT!" Bailey barked out her orders, breaking Meredith and Alex from her stupor.

As Meredith and Alex wheeled Amelia, Amelia's eyes open widely causing Meredith and Alex to stop pushing the gurney. "Well don't just stop there! We need an image of my tumour, don't we?"

Meredith playfully shoved Amelia, "You gave us quite the scare, I thought you'd really fell for real."

"Well, I prefered your idea, Mer. But Alex idea is more realistic to get my tumour image," Amelia said smugly, thoroughly proud of herself.

"So that's what the was all about. You gave me quite the fright," the same voice from the trauma could be heard from behind Meredith and Alex, promptly causing them to jump up in surprise.

Amelia eyes widened in surprise, "Owen!"

"Well, I thought I was the only one in this bizarre situation but I should've known… When I saw Amelia here, I just knew I was not the only one back in time," Owen said affirmatively. "Come on guys, lets get that scan."

After helping Amelia to lie under the scanner, Meredith, Alex and Owen stood behind the glass panel to wait for the scans.

"Well, this makes it a lot easier for us. You could probably convince the Chief to get Koracik to do the same thing again…" Meredith suggested.

"Can't anyone in neuro do this? I'm sure the tumour would not be as developed as it was in the future. Do we really need Koracik for this?" Owen said bitterly.

"Look, I know that you're having mixed feelings about Altman and Koracik being together. But Amelia is still you're ex-wife. Maybe not now but in a previous lifetime she was your ex. And Derek can't operate on her, and we all know Nelson is not the most capable neurosurgeon. So please, I am asking you a huge favour. But please convince Chief Webber to call Koracik," Meredith begged.

Owen sighed in resignation before nodding in agreement. He couldn't be selfish about this. He still loved Amelia too.

Knowing the speaker is off so Amelia can't hear them, Meredith continued, "Just a warning, I'd hope you choose one from all the women in your life whether it is Altman or Amelia. Not to sound mean, but now Teddy's not pregnant…. No Leo. Okay let's not talk about that. In fact, now another one of your ex-wife is here. Then again, Cristina is the least of your problems now. She's all crazy about surgery and Burke right about now…" Meredith stopped herself as she realised she had started rambling again. "Anyway my main point is that I hope you be firm and decisive because I don't want you hurting my person or my sister."

After saying her piece, Meredith left the room with Alex in tow. The scans finally showed before Owen hollered for a nurse.

"Page Neuro and the chief!"

"My first day of work and I am making quite the impression am I," Amelia took a look at her scans and realised her tumour was small but big enough that they could do a surgery.

Amelia chuckled as she noticed the crowd surrounding her as she laid on the hospital bed. Well, it wasn't really a crowd, it was just her brother, the chief and Owen.

"Well I am glad that your fall did not cause any major damage. But our new head of trauma found a tumour in your brain," Richard explained as Owen nodded curtly in her direction, playing his role perfectly. Owen also introduced himself to Derek. Usually, Derek would be sceptical of any newcomers that could be a rival to his chances of getting Chief of Surgery but he was too worried about his little sister.

"Since we can't have you operated by Dr. Shepherd, Dr. Hunt has made arrangement with Dr. Koracik to do the operation if you agree on surgery. Or you could opt for chemo," Webber explained.

"NOOoooo, now way am I going through chemo. Give me the papers, I want the surgery," Amelia said determinedly.

"Wait, Amy think this through," Derek said as he took the papers that Richard was about to give Amelia.

Amelia snatched the papers from his hands and signed the papers immediately before returning them to Richard. Both Richard and Owen left immediately, not wanting to get in between the two arguing Shepherds.

Derek crossed his arms as he watched Amelia who had turned away from him, pulling up her blanket to cover her entire body. Derek walked to the other side of the bed and pulled the blanket away to face his sister. Amelia sighed. Now that she was stuck in the hospital bed, it was inevitable, there was nowhere to run. There was no way to avoid this confrontation.

"We need to talk, Amy."

Amy sat up as Derek took a seat at the base of her bed. "If you're talking about the tumour, I am not changing my mind. I am having the surgery."

"It's been three days and you've been avoiding me. It's not just the tumour. We have a lot of catching up to do. Like why are you here, you saw me and cried. Something must have happened. Is it the drugs?" Derek asked pointedly.

Maybe it was the fact that she was emotionally older, but she could see it, the concern behind the strong facade that her brother was presenting. Old her would be annoyed by his overbearing ways and underestimating her but now she knew better. He was worried about her and maybe she didn't want to waste the opportunity of spending time with her 'revived' brother. Indeed it was stupid of her and Meredith to have been constantly avoiding Derek. They should be cherishing every moment together.

"I've been sober for 3 months. And I am planning to stay clean. That's why I am looking for a new start."

Derek nodded before frowning, "How were you able to find me at Meredith's house?"

Amelia rubbed her neck as she laughed nervously, "Funny story actually. I met both Alex and Meredith in Italy and we talked, she gave me her address and here I am. Ok not on the hospital bed but in Seattle."

Derek observed her in disbelief, giving her a pointed look to elaborate. And then an idea popped in her head, she'll just have to weave a few lies in the truth.

"I went back home after I heard about you and Addie from Nancy. That's when I was two months sober. I tried to look for Addie to give her a piece of my mind. Imagine my shock when I saw Mark and Addie in a relationship. Addie told me to keep it a secret but I was so upset with her I decided to take a break and take a trip to Italy. That's where I coincidentally met Alex and Mer and we hit it off."

"Coincidentally?" Derek repeated not quite believing the far-fetched story. On the other hand, Amelia was amused that through the whole story, Derek found the meeting with Meredith to be a topic of interest rather than the story or Addison and Mark in a relationship. They truly were meant to be. And she was a little jealous. Sure Link was a great guy. The sex is amazing. He is so uncomplicated, refreshing, like diving in a cold pool on a hot day. But there was still that small voice in her head reminding her that she was still hung up on Owen Hunt.

"Yeah, they saw me lost while I was sightseeing. Came over to say hi and then we hit it off from there. Mer gave me her address and then I wanted to come to visit. And imagine my surprise to see you there. I was so happy to see you but then I remembered about Addie and Mark, that's why I've been avoiding you."

Amelia cringe, realising there were a lot of contradiction and loopholes in her story. But she was glad that Derek seemed a little appeased with the story for now.

"You know, Mer is a great person. Sure it hasn't been a long since I met her but she allowed me to live with you guys when she heard my story. Not to mention, Addie is not even the least bit remorseful if she is still cheating on you. You should tell Mer about Addie and maybe consider a divorce. I would love to have Mer as my sister-in-law." Amelia knew she was treading on dangerous water but was relieved that there was no come back from her elder brother. In fact he seemed to be lost in thought regarding what she had said. This was new. Derek taking advice from her.

She made a mental note to tell Meredith and Alex their back story. Hopefully she'd remember at least half of the lies she just told Derek. And hopefully Meredith would visit her soon before talking to Derek. Besides, without being able to perform brain surgery and having to be stuck in the bed for weeks or months, she could use the company of her sister.

A/N: A little Amelia focused for this chapter, but next chapter will be the whole crew. And I am planning to explore a little into weaving the past members with the time travellers, especially so for Cristina and Jo.

Do share any ideas you may have. I am open to ideas. I don't really have a concrete plan for the story, I am just having fun with writing chapter by chapter...