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pagingevilspawn · 3 years

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What even is this fic? Idk, but i was missing gymnastics, so this is what y’all get. Its super bad, super weird, and not a whole lotta jolex, but whatever.

Also, nobody cares, but the way I'm giving the scores is (most likely) different than what is averaged for Washington. I’ve never competed in Washington so i don’t know how hard their scoring is, but I did compete in one of the hardest regions in the US for gymnasts, so scoring was always a LOT more harsh than it was in other states and areas of states. Even though nobody is gonna pay attention to that I just thought I'd say something lol.

And fun fact- our girl is a (much) better gymnast than i ever was, so… tea 🍵🍵

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Jo watched her husband do their daughter’s hair from the doorway, some kind of a braided bun she didn’t know the name of. She smiled at the sight. It never failed to bring a smile to her face, even though it had become pretty common these past few years. She cradled the bottom of her six month baby bump in the palm of her left hand, her right holding her piping hot tea in a thermos. Once Alex was done putting in all of the excess pins, she watches as he puts a hand over their daughter’s eyes, pulling out the can of hairspray and spraying it into her hair.

The almost nine year old girl lets out a giggle, commenting on how the hairspray smelt funny. Alex pulls out an Amped Up brush, combing back any flyaway hairs that might have escaped the spray. She snaps out of her trance when she hears her phone alarm go off, alerting the other two in the room of her presence.

“Mommy!” her daughter exclaims, running over to her to give her a quick hug, much to the dismay of Alex. He was just thankful that he was already done with her hair. Even after three years of doing hair it still took a long ass time to do buns, especially when his daughter was the perfectionist she was.

“Hey Dyl,” Jo reaches down, returning her daughter’s hug, giving her a tight squeeze before she watches Dylan retreat back to her dad, sitting in front of the mirror once again.

Jo looks at Alex, who’s attention was focused on adding the shiny black scrunchie into the little girl’s hair. “I’m gonna get Aub up.” she whispers to him, watching him nod before she turns and makes her way down the hall, where their three year old daughter was sleeping. It was only five-thirty, so she knew what a hassle it would be. Aubryella was exactly like her parents in that way, a complete night owl. It was always a hassle to get the girl down at night, but even tougher to wake her up in the morning. She flicks on the small night on the girl’s bedside table, the lamp shade casting a soft pink glow around the all pink room.

Much like her name, Aubryella was the definition of a girly-girl. She was all about pink, barbies, fashion, makeup… anything that would be described as girly, the three year old liked. Alex always gave props to Jo for that, since while she was pregnant with their youngest daughter she claimed that the tiny life growing inside of her was going to be an ‘all that and a bag of chips little diva’, so she thought it was only appropriate to give her a name to suit that title. (Good thing her mommy instincts were correct. She knew that if she gave Dylan that name and not Aubryella she would hate it more than life itself.)

She shakes the girl lightly, hoping that it was enough to wake her up, which it ultimately wasn’t. She begins to run a hand through her hair, which ends up failing too. Jo lets out a sigh.

“Aub. Aubrey. Elle. Ella. Ree. Aubryella. Get up sweetie.” she shakes the girl harder, finally stopping when the tiny blonde lets out a loud groan of protest. Yep, definitely a Karev.

“No mommy,” the girl says, her word muffled since her face was buried in her soft pink pillow case, using one hand to sleepily push her moms face away. It was too close to her ear, and she just wanted to sleep.

Jo chuckles, rolling her eyes at her daughter's antics. “It’s state’s day.” she whispers, knowing that that would get Aub’s attention.

As expected, the little girl gets up immediately, rubbing her tired as, not looking as asleep as she probably should, the talk of the upcoming meet more than enough to get her blood rushing. Though Aubryella wasn't a gymnast herself (she had started dance class a year ago and had found her calling then), watching gymnastics was something she loved to do, especially when it was her own sister competing. Not to mention, it was the topic of nearly every dinner for the past month and a half.

The mom watches as the girl hassles out of the bed quickly, picking up her blanket and rushing to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Jo stays behind, making the bed. Normally, Aub would need to do it herself, but since they were on a time limit, she decided it would be best if she did it instead. When the girl gets back in the room Jo picks out her clothes, a dusty rose sweater and black jeans, both wasting no time in putting them on. She runs a comb through her daughter’s long dirty blonde hair, a trait she inherited from her Aunt Amber and Grandma. Aub actually looked more like the two than her own parents to most people, with her dirty blonde hair and blue-green eyes. But anyone who actually looked at the girl could see that she had Jo's nose and Alex’s chin. Not to mention, that crooked grin was all Alex Karev.

Jo picks up her daughter from her spot on the bed, grabbing a jacket that was hung on a hook before heading out of the door and down the hall, stopping when she went down the stairs and entered the living room. She sets the girl down by a chair in the kitchen, going to the cabinets and pulling out the doughnuts and cereal. “Which one?” she asks, holding up each dessert in a different hand.

The girl grins mischievously, making the mom let out a small chuckle before pulling a powdered sugar doughnut out of the box. She didn’t know why she expected anything else.

Aubryella accepts the doughnut gratefully, giving out an absent minded thank you before shoveling the treat in her mouth, getting the white sugar all over her face. Jo doesn’t need to wait long before she hears two sets of footsteps come down the stairs, Dylan dressed with her white and light blue leotard on, black warm ups on over it, Alex in a simple pair of jeans, back t-shirt, and the damn black jacket that he never got rid of, no matter how many protests he got from his wife.

“Ready?” Jo asks, all three of them nodding in response. “Okay, you got your bag, shoes, extra hair ties, water bottle, lucky bear, extra bobby pins, thera band, notebook, phone, mascara, lip gloss, hair brush, wallet, tiger paws, ankle brace, knee brace, and wrist brace?” she questions again, going over the list she had memorized from years of training.

Dylan rolls her eyes impatiently. She didn’t want to be late. She couldn’t be late. It was States for god’s sake! Everyone in the state of Washington (who qualified) would be there. The judges would be scoring harder, and some of the competition was going to be new. She was going to go up against girl’s she hadn’t before. Her goal was to win everything. Maybe it was extreme, but it was true. This season she had done well, really well actually. Her first season as a level seven had started off in the best way. She swept the first competition clean, getting first on vault, floor, and all around, second on bars, and third on beam. As the season went on she just got better, scores getting higher and snatching more golds with each meet. She knew she wasn’t going to be in the Olympics one day, but getting a college scholarship was looking more promising with every first place medal she had stacked around her neck.

“Yeah, now let’s gooooo,” Dylan drags out, grabbing her dad’s hand and pulling him to the door, not even waiting for her mom and sister to follow. The four Karev’s shuffle into the car and drive an hour and fifteen minutes to the convention center where the meet was being held. They pile out of the car and check in, Alex taking a few minutes to add an extra layer of hairspray to Dylan’s hair while Jo puts a light coat of mascara on the girl’s eyelashes and dabs the lip rosy gloss on her lips.

Before the eight year old can run off her coach, her parents kneel down in front of her, her eyes letting them know how scared she was behind her calm facade. “Hey,” Jo grabs a hold of her little girl’s shoulders, making her hazel eyes that were identical to her own stare deeply into hers. “You got this. Go out there and have fun, alright? You know your routines, you won’t mess up. Okay?” she reassures her. Jo pulls her daughter into a hug, “I love you baby.” she whispers into her ear, passing her off to Alex.

Instead of staying on the ground, he picks her up and puts her on his side, much like you would do a small child. Dylan had always been on the smaller side, since neither one of her parents were very tall, but gymnastics had definitely stunted her growth a fair amount. For most people it would be a curse, but as all gymnasts know, it was a blessing.

“We’re right here if you need us. Go kick some ass Dyl, and win that state title. You want that banner right?” he teases. Dylan did want a banner though. At her gym, whoever won a state, regionals, sectionals, or nationals title got a banner hung up from the ceiling. She had one from last year, when she won floor, vault, and the all around as a level six, and even more from the years before that in levels three, four, and five.

But a banner as a level seven? Now that would be a dream come true. Why break the streak now? And not to mention, her group would be the last level seven group to go for the weekend, so if she got a high enough all around score, it could be factored in for the team’s total, which could mean another banner (this one provided by the competition) and trophy, if their total score was in the top three. And believe me, she was determined to win that banner, not for her, but for her team.

Another thing she inherited from her parent’s, their competitiveness.

Dylan gives her parents and sister one last hug and ‘I love you’ before ducking under the chain and meeting her coach and teammates on the floor.

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“Camera, camera, camera.” Alex mumbles, fishing through Jo’s bag until he pulls out the phone. Dylan was about to go up on bars, and he was designated photographer, since his wife couldn’t film for the life of her. The one time she tried, she ended up shooting the ceiling instead of Dylan’s floor routine. Their daughter was not very happy about that.

He presses the start button just as the girl salutes, flashing the judges a smile before she begins. She rolls her neck and then adjusts her grips, stepping onto the mounting block and taking a deep breath before swinging her arms and launching into a kip, drowning out all of the excess noise in the background.

“Legs, legs, legs.” Jo mumbles to herself. It was Dylan’s biggest deduction, having her legs separated.

Straight legs, pointed feet. Kip cast handstand, hit the 180 degree mark, hold it, clear hip, hit 180 again, hollow body, her feet don't hit the ground, cast up to a squat on, she catches sight of the high bar before jumping to it, keeping her legs together as she goes into another kip, casting up into handstand, holding it at 180 for a second without an arch before hollowing back and beginning her giants, hollow body, tap, feet up, over, and again, see the toes in front, release, layout flyaway. Stick.

Dylan beams as she salutes the judge again, going over to her coach and giving her a large hug, finally hearing the cheering coming from her family. A series of whoops and whistles come from her mom and dad, while her little sister claps her hands and gives her a wide smile.

She waits a minute and a half for her score to flash up on the screen, a 9.725. The cheering from her section gets louder, and her teammates engulf her in hugs. It was a hell of a way to start off the meet.

…

Alex pulls out the camera again when Dylan salutes the beam judge, trying to mask her nervousness behind a smile. Alex and Jo both knew how she felt about the beam. She hated it with every fiber of her being, no matter how good she was at it. She glances over at her family, who all give her encouraging smiles. It was just enough to give her the confidence she needed.

He watches as she places her hands on the beam, going from a support to a press handstand for her mount. She stands, doing a few different moves and poses before swinging her arms up by her ears.

“C’mon Dyl.” he whispers to himself. His daughter didn't mind cheering on any other events, but beam was a different story. She was always worried whenever she was on the apparatus, so whenever a sudden noise came through, she struggled. It was something she was working on, but it was going to take time.

She lifts up her left leg, beginning her connection, a back walkover to a back handspring step-out. The girl circles her arms behind her immediately to prevent any balance checks. Jo and Alex both let out audible sighs of relief, knowing that if there was one thing that could go wrong in the routine, it would be that. From the looks of it, Dylan seemed relieved too. Her movements were less tense, she completed her jumps with perfect form, a split jump to a sissone. Her leap hit 180, and her full turn was controlled. All that was left now was her dismount. All three Karev’s sat on the edge of their seats, the baby in Jo’s belly kicking non stop, letting her know that it was in on the action as well.

Dylan kicks her leg into the air, toes pointed, knees locked. Cartwheel step-in, back tuck. Stick. She lets out a breath, turning to the judges and saluting, flashing them a smile, giving her coaches a hug before darting to her family, who had moved closer for the event.

“You did so good.” Jo says, pulling her into a hug over the plastics chains that separated them, Alex doing the same after.

“What score do you think I got Bree?” Dylan asks her little sister, who lets out an adorable giggle before holding out her hands.

“Ten!” she says, making her family laugh. One could dream.

The score flashed up on the screen then, 9.775.

Well, this was going to be a damn good meet.

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The camera was locked on Dylan as she made her way to her spot on the floor, striking her beginning pose before her music blared through the speakers. She dances around the floor, gliding with an ease neither of her parents had ever experienced themselves. It was a wonder really, how both of their daughter’s were good dancers while they couldn't move for shit.

Her first pass was her hardest, a roundoff back handspring back layout. The family holds their breath as the girl sets high, finishing the rotation with ease, dancing around more before her leap pass, a switch leap to a straddle jump. She dances more, making eye contact with the judges as she moves. Floor was where she had the most confidence, being able to express herself through her music and choreography, that’s why it was always her favorite.

“C’mon Dyl!”

“You got this Dylan,”

“Yay Tissy!”

The family cheered before her second pass, a front handspring front pike, which she had a small step on, but nothing that would make a large difference in her score. She did some floor work, showing off her flexibility in her back with a series of rolls, standing up and doing a full turn. She makes her way to the corner, Jo and Alex watching the scene intently, Alex having Aubryella perched on his knee. This last pass sealed the deal. She runs, hurdles into a front pike, and connects to a front tuck. Stick.

A smile breaks out on the little girl’s face. She moves her limbs in unison to her ending pose, hitting it just as the beat dropped. A series of cheers come from everyone around her. Her family, teammates, coaches. She doesn’t need to wait long for her score to flash up on the screen. A 9.675.

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Dylan’s last event was vault, her personal best. She had already done her warmups, and now she was just waiting for the judge to hold up the green flag. She adjusts her tiger paws after she salutes, just as Alex starts the recording. She sprints down the runway, hurdling into a roundoff, and pushing back into a back handspring. Her vault was a yurchenko drill. She keeps her form, legs together, knees locked, toes pointed. She finishes, salutes, then goes again. The three in the stands cheer. It was the last event. Her all around score depended on these vaults.

When she does her finishing salute a second time, she knows that it was even better than the last. She looks over to her family and gives them a smile, wanting nothing more than to run over to them, but she knows she can’t, they were too far away.

Her score takes a while to come up on the screen, which could either be a bad or good thing. The Karev’s hold their breath in anticipation, Jo stroking her baby bump with one hand, while holding Alex’s with the other. Even Aubryella was on the edge of her seat, well, more like the edge of her dad’s lap. Her hair was no longer down, but in a braided bun similar to her sisters, since she insisted that she wanted to look just like her. Alex was thankful Jo had packed extra hair ties in not just Dylan’s bag, but also her purse.

A series of loud cheers come from this section as they see their daughter’s score. A 9.800, a personal best.

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“And now, your vault state champion in the eight to nine year old category with a score of 9.800 is… Dylan Karev!” The announcer cheers as the little brunette makes her way up to the first place podium, an abundance of applause coming from the crowd. A gold medal is placed around her neck by an assistant, who she thanks with a megawatt smile.

“These are your 2029 vault state champions, gymnasts salute.” the announcer says, causing all the girls to raise their arms to the position, all the families in the crowd taking photos of their daughters. Jo, Alex, and Aubryella cheer the loudest, more than proud of Dylan.

As awards went on, more categories were called.

“Your bar's state champion in the eight to nine year old category with a score of 9.725 is... Dylan Karev!”

“Your beam state champion in the eight to nine year old category with a score of 9.775 is… Dylan Karev!”

“On the floor, in second place with a score of 9.675 is… Dylan Karev!”

“And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Your 2029, eight to nine year old all around state champion, with a combined score of 38.975 is… Dylan Karev!” The audience erupted into applause, her parents, her teammates, coaches, and even her teammates parent’s cheering for her. She accepts her fifth medal with a wide smile, hopping down from the podium and back into the crowd. She had just won her ultimate goal, an all around title.

After a few of the older groups were called, it was time for the team awards.

“In first place, with a combined total of 115.575 is… Seattle Gymnastics Academy!” Another first place team award. The team accepts the banner and trophy and poses for photos alongside the second and third place team, proudly showing off their trophy by raising it above their heads.

When she gets down and the awards finish, she runs to her parents, crashing into Alex with a gigantic hug. When she finally lets go, she hugs her mom and sister.

“I’m so proud of you Dyl.” her mom says, touching her cheek affectionately. Gymnastics was her daughter's passion, something she lived and breathed for. Seeing that light in her eyes and that grin was something she would never get tired of.

Aubryella hugs her big sister’s legs, “good job Tissy.” The name came from when the tiny blonde was younger and couldn’t say ‘Sissy’, and had stuck to it ever since.

The family of four makes their way out of the convention center, the drive back to their house was peaceful, the limited hours of sleep they got the night before catching up to them. They all crash onto their respective beds, the girls in their rooms and Jo and Alex in their’s.

Alex runs a hand through his wife’s hair, his other tracing circles on her baby bump, feeling the little life inside of her kick like a crazy person.

They stay like that for a while, savoring the quiet. With two kids in the house, it was a major rarity these days. Jo hums, nuzzling into his embrace. “I love you.” she murmurs into his shirt, on the verge of sleep. He reaches down and places a small kiss on the top of her head.

“I love you too.”

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doc-pickles · 3 years

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break & burn & end

@mac-andcheeses got an ask about Jo having to call Alex post 16x16 to tell him she was pregnant and well... here we are. enjoy. or don’t.

Well fuck…

Jo looks between her phone and the ultrasound picture, both sitting on the kitchen table as she contemplates ways out of her current situation. She knows what she has to do, she’s put it off for far too long already. As she stares at the black and white silhouette of her daughter, reality crashes down around her and she takes a shaky breath before lowering herself into the chair behind her.

It had been almost three months since she’d found out about her pregnancy a week after Alex’s letter had arrived. The sight of two pink lines appearing on all four of the tests she’d taken had sent Jo into hysterics, her emotions overwhelming her as she tried to figure out what she was supposed to do now that Alex was gone. After that day though she’d steeled her nerves and locked her emotions away, not entertaining any thoughts that might make her overly emotional.

Now though, Jo was near tears as she stared at the ultrasound photo in her hand. She’d just come home from her 18 week appointment, her daughter’s frantic movements and kicks towards the ultrasound probe showcasing her frustration with being bothered. Jo had done her best to put on a smile during the appointment, but all she could think about was that she shouldn’t have been there alone. Alex should’ve been there with her making jokes about their baby already being just as stubborn as they were.

Refusing to let her fear control her any longer Jo quickly dials the number she still knows by heart, only waiting a few seconds before she’s rewarded by the sound of his voice on the other end, ��Jo?”

“Yeah, it’s me.”

There’s the slightest pause and Jo thinks for a moment that she can hear Alex gasp on the other end of the line.

“I- Is everything okay? Is Meredith okay… Are you okay?”

She takes one last steady breath before tears begin to stream down her face, a quiet sob escaping her as she tries to hold it back, “I’m sorry Alex.”

Jo can barely hear Alex attempting to calm her over her cries, chest constricting tightly as she tries to focus on his voice.

“Hey hey, take a deep breath. It’s okay Jo, whatever it is it’s okay. Just breathe, can you do that?”

“I’m so sorry, I should have called sooner,” her cries were calming down now but Jo still struggled to catch her breath as she laid her palm across her expanding stomach. “I should’ve called, I was so scared and I shouldn’t have been.”

She can tell he’s trying to put together what she’s saying, but Jo herself can barely make sense of what she’s saying. Of course she knows what she wants to say, but thinking it and saying it are two different things entirely.

“Are you in trouble? What’s going on,” Alex’s voice on the other end of the line is almost frantic, his desperation spurring Jo to calm herself enough to explain why she’d called. “Jo? What’s wrong?”

“I’m fine, I’m okay,” Jo took a deep breath before wiping at her eyes as she finally settled down. “I’m okay it’s just… It’s a long story.”

She can almost feel the breath of relief that Alex lets out right as a kick echoes underneath her palm. Somehow her daughter knows exactly who she’s talking to, “Well… I’m all ears. If you want to tell me that is. I know I screwed up a lot of things but I have to assume you called me out of all people for a reason.”

“I’m…,” it takes her a second to muster up the courage to finally say the words out loud to Alex, but there’s no turning back now. “I’m pregnant.”

“Oh.”

“I just… I got back from my appointment and I kept looking at the ultrasound and I was just…,” Jo pauses, letting the words form fully on her tongue before she speaks them. “Everytime I look at it I just keep thinking that she’s not gonna be born into some messed up situation like we were and she deserves to have the best upbringing possible.”

“She?”

Jo pauses, a grin lighting her face up as another kick hits against her palm, “Yeah, it’s a girl.”

There’s a lull in the conversation, not so much an awkward pause as it is Alex processing exactly what Jo was telling him. The silence made her anxious though, Jo immediately attempting to fill it with her ramblings.

“I’m sorry, that I waited so long I mean. You deserve to know. I hope you know I would never keep her from you. I just-”

“Don't apologize, you don’t have anything to be sorry for,” Alex’s voice is dripping with guilt and sadness and despite her own shortcomings all Jo wants to do is reach through the phone. “I left, I should be the one that’s sorry. I’m the one that fucked things up.”

She knows nothing she’ll say will ease Alex’s mind, especially since she’s so close to tears herself, “Nothing here is one sided, you and I both know that this is more complicated than it seems. I just… I wanted to let you know. I have to go but I promise I’ll call soon. And I’ll send pictures.”

“I’m so sorry Jo, I wish… I wish I could change everything,” a sigh sounds through the phone and Jo barely swallows back her tears as Alex says goodbye. “I’ll talk to you soon.”

As soon as the call has ended and the phone is on the table in front of her, Jo dissolves into a pile of tears, hands desperately wiping at her cheeks as sobs wrack her body. She wishes she could change everything, go back in time and change Alex’s mind or have him not call Izzie or… or something. But things are what they are and she can’t change them now.

Three days after she calls Alex there’s a knock on the front door of the loft. She expects it to be Link or even Meredith so she doesn’t think twice about her messy hair and sweatpants or the old shirt of Alex’s that she’d thrown on to accommodate her growing bump. When Jo slides the door open though, her breath hitches at the sight before her.

“Alex.”

As if she’s dreaming Alex is standing in front of her, his hair and coat damp from the Seattle rain and a duffle bag at his feet. His eyes have that sad look that she knows almost too well but they move immediately to her protruding stomach. He meets her eyes eventually, a silent conversation happening between them before he finally speaks up.

“I couldn’t stop thinking about you. Since you called I haven’t been able to think about anything else,” he takes a deep breath and his shoulders slump ever so slightly. “I just kept staring at the ultrasound you sent and I couldn’t stay away. I don’t even know why I’m here, I’m sorry.”

She only hesitates for a moment, her feet moving forward and her arms wrapping around his shoulders wordlessly. Alex lets out a heavy breath, his head falling against Jo’s shoulder as his arms wrap around her waist. There’s hot tears pooling on her shoulder now and she can barely hold her own back as she feels his calloused fingers skimming under her shirt to ghost over where their daughter rested.

It wasn’t perfect, it was far from it in fact. But they had another life to think about now, a life created out of love and passion that still simmered right beneath the surface for both of them. She was confident things would work out, they were both more than willing to try their hardest to fix things.

I've been spending the last eight months

Thinking all love ever does

Is break and burn, and end

But on a Wednesday in a cafe

I watched it begin again

#jolex #alex karev #jo wilson #jo karev #greys anatomy #jo x alex #jolex fanfic #jolex fic #nina writes

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concrete-paver-molds-blog · 3 years

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy: 16X16

Wow. This episode was a lot to process. It didn’t make me cry as much as I thought it would, but it was definitely an emotional rollercoaster. I was on the edge of my seat clenching to see what happened next the entire time! As I said before Alex Karev is one of my all time favourite characters! Saying goodbye to him is hard for me. As a result, I have mixed feelings about this episode.

On the one hand, I’m glad that they didn’t kill him off as it leaves the door open for Alex to come back and make a final appearance when the show wraps for good. It also means that they can reintroduce his character and have him interact with Meredith through calls and texts like they’ve done with Cristina which I love. On the other hand, because of Justin Chambers sudden departure they had Alex say goodbye off camera via a bunch of handwritten letters as told through voiceover and had him leave Jo and run off with Izzie Stevens and their two kids that he didn’t know he had.

I’m happy that Alex got a happy ending of sorts. He finally got to be a Dad like he always wanted. He’s with someone who loves him and who loves their kids and is a good Mom. He tells Meredith in his letter how happy he is living on a farm in the middle of nowhere Kansas and how both him and Izzie are surgeons out there saving lives. I really thought they were going to kill him off as that seemed like the only ending that made sense given the set up we’d had up until now.

I liked that they made a point of him telling Jo that he loved her and always would and that if it was just a choice between two people that he loved he would have come home and been with Jo because he loves her and he meant it when he said he wanted to marry her. But in this case it’s not that simple because Izzie has his kids and after everything he went through as a child he just couldn’t abandon his kids like that now that he knows that they exist.

He already missed five years of their lives. He doesn’t want to miss anymore. For me that fit with who Alex is. Him saying goodbye off screen via letter didn’t, but that was a necessary by product of Justin Chambers having left earlier so there was nothing they could do about that. I liked that they referenced that this was out of character for Alex, especially in the letter he wrote to Richard and Richard’s response to it. They acknowledged that this wasn’t ideal but it was what they were doing based on the circumstances they had as writers and sometimes that’s all you can do.

I really liked the line about Meredith being her own damn person and a force of nature. And I loved the scene at the end where Zola came out and showed her Mom the device she had built and talked about how Uncle Alex had given her the idea for it and how she wanted to show him right away. Meredith pulled her close and explained that her Uncle Alex loves her very much, but that she’d just gotten a letter from him and what it said.

I like that they acknowledged just how much Alex means to Meredith and how important and instrumental he’s been in her kids’ lives especially since Derek died. I liked too that in his letter Alex asked Meredith to come visit him and meet his kids when she wasn’t so mad at him. That he wanted them to get to know each other because she’d love them and they’d love her and he wanted them to meet their Auntie Mer.

Also real talk, those kids therapy bills are going to be through the roof! It’s a good thing their Mom is a doctor my god! Their Godmother moved to Switzerland then a few years later their Dad left and then died and now their Uncle just moved to Kansas! These kids are going to have daddy issues out the wazoo when they grow up! Especially Zola as she’s old enough to remember all that.

While the character of Alex will no longer appear onscreen this isn’t goodbye forever. This is goodbye for now. I like that they left that open ended and made it clear that Alex was saying he couldn’t come back to Seattle because his kids are in Kansas, but that he wants his friends and family to come visit him when they’re done being mad. He’s not cutting them out of his life or cutting them off he’s just telling them he can’t come back and work and live there but he wants those relationships to endure.

This gives me hope because of how they wrote off and have handled Cristina’s exit. When she first left they talked about her for a while and then they stopped. And then some time passed and we started to get references again and then we started seeing her and Meredith talk on the phone and text and then Cristina sent her a whole damn man all the way from Switzerland! A very fine man I might add! This gives me hope that they will do a similar thing with Alex and that we’ll get references for a while and we still see Meredith and Alex call and text each other.

On that note, Alex and Cristina better be in the last episode of Grey’s Anatomy. They had better roll up from the airport with Izzie and their two kids along with Callie, Arizona, and Sofia. April and Matthew and Rosie and Harriet better be there too. If that does not happen then there was no point in keeping this character alive! My dream for the series finale would be an episode showcasing Meredith and Hayes’ wedding with everyone in attendance and the deceased characters standing in the background as ghosts.

It would be a great way to wrap the series as it brings everything full circle and would be a perfect set up to bring everyone back for the finale episode. Cristina and Alex would be Meredith’s Maid and Man of Honour of course and Maggie and Amelia could be bridesmaids. I think it would be cute to have Meredith and Hayes’ kids be the other half of the wedding party and stand up for them. This also gives a pretty good set up to bring characters like Addison and the Private Practice gang back by having them cover everyone’s shifts at the hospital while everyone else is at the wedding.

One thing I did think was odd is that Meredith and Jo haven’t had a scene yet talking about Alex. It’s implied that they’ve talked and we know that they’re friends, but we haven’t actually seen them interact since Alex went MIA. Their last interaction that I can recall was after Jo met Cormac for the first time. She walked up to Mer and told her that she saw a chemistry between the two of them and that she got what Cristina was talking about.

However, that episode most likely would have been filmed before Justin Chambers left the show and at that time they both thought Alex was just away visiting his Mom in Iowa. Even just a brief convo in the hallway saying “Hey! Have you heard from Alex?” “No, have you?” would have been nice. I’m hoping now that everything is out in the open we’ll get to see that. In his letter to Jo, Alex said that they signed divorce papers and left his shares in Grey Sloan that Cristina left him to her and the loft.

However, when Alex left originally his letter states that he was just going to talk to Izzie and hadn’t met the kids and didn’t know that they were his. It’s also possible he was planning on visiting his Mom and was just going to stop off and see Izzie or vice versa. Which means most of his stuff is still in Seattle. I’d love to see a scene where Jo and Meredith work together to pack up his stuff and have it shipped to him and then pack up the apartment and move her stuff.

I love her friendship with Link and I love how he’s supported her. I would like to see more of both going forward. I really hope that they don’t put Link and Jo together because that would be so dumb and I really like their friendship. Also I really liked Amelia and Link together and a part of me is still rooting for them.

I’m also interested to see how Alex’s departure affects Meredith’s relationship with Hayes as even though Alex is still alive and in communication with Meredith and he’s happy that’s not the same thing as getting to work with and see your best friend all the time. Meredith went through the same thing when Cristina left, but back then she had Derek and Alex. Now Derek is dead and Alex is gone. I hope we get to see Hayes support her and see them lean on each and grow closer together.

I hope that we get to see Meredith and Jo lean on each other for support and that Richard, Bailey, and Meredith can help each other and lean on each other too. Speaking of which it looks like Richard’s hand really is screwed which means it’s unlikely that he’ll be unable to operate again. Which means he just lost his marriage and a friend and is about to lose his career. Meredith’s best friend just moved away and now she’s about to find out that the man that’s been like a father to her who is already going through a tough time is losing his ability to operate.

Meredith and Richard really cannot catch a break! I hope we get to see Meredith and Maggie lean on each other and support Richard through what will surely be a difficult time and that Meredith will be there to comfort and support Bailey who I am sure will be devastated. On a cheerier note Bailey’s comment to Ben at the end cracked me up! “You change careers like sweaters!” LOL! He totally does.

Until next time!

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Grey's Anatomy: Leave A Light On (16x16)

Okay so what the hell went down between Justin Chambers and the show-runners, that this had to go down this way? Wow.

Cons:

So yeah, I'm not happy about this. Izzie? Seriously? Listen, I can appreciate that they were backed into a corner because Chambers left so abruptly. Was that even his voice in the voice-over, or just a sound-alike? I'm not entirely sure. But come on. If you'll indulge me for a moment, here's how I would have re-worked this:

After being thoroughly ghosted, Jo receives a letter or voicemail from Alex explaining that he talked to Izzie, found out he has two five-year-old kids, and flew to Kansas to meet them. He intended to come back and talk to her about it, but he got swept up. He wants her to come to Kansas, to move there so they can be closer to Alex's kids. Jo is understandably furious that Alex just up and left without talking to her, and demands to know why Izzie and the kids can't move to Seattle, then? Why should they have to disrupt their lives/careers? But Alex is insistent. Izzie and the kids have a good set-up, he doesn't want to ask them to move. Jo, hurt and confused, decides that for the sake of her marriage, she at least has to go over there to talk to Alex in person. So Jo leaves, and for the next two or three episodes, she's gone while we follow other characters' stories. Then, abruptly, Jo comes back. She shows up on Meredith's doorstep and hands her a letter. Turns out, Alex isn't coming back.

We find out, partially through Alex's letters to Meredith, Bailey, and Richard, and partially through Jo explaining things to Link over drinks, what happened. Jo went there, and saw how happy Alex was with the kids. She wanted to imagine her life there with him, but she couldn't. She kept trying to talk to him about making a joint decision for their future, but it occurred to her pretty early on that Alex wasn't willing to compromise. He had already made his choice. He chose his kids. Jo realizes something else, too. Even if they can't see it, Alex and Izzie are already acting like a couple - seamlessly co-parenting and making compromises and accommodations for each other. Heartbroken, Jo realizes that it's not just the kids that Alex has fallen in love with. She decides to go back to Seattle. She hopes Alex will come back for her, will figure out a solution, but she knows in her heart of hearts that it's over.

Life moves on, and eventually we learn from Jo that she and Alex have been talking on the phone, and that Alex is sending over divorce papers. The future of Alex and Izzie's relationship is left uncertain - we know that Jo thought there was something between them, but maybe they just stay friends and parent their kids together without getting back together. Who knows.

And... curtain call. Justin Chambers can come back to play Alex in cameo roles in future, and while Jo and Meredith et. al have every right to be furious with him for taking off and lying to his wife about where he was, we no longer have this bullshit scenario where Alex cheated on his wife and instantly fell back into something with Izzie without even trying to make his relationship with Jo work while still having a relationship with his kids.

It wouldn't be the perfect solution, but by god would it be better than what we were given here.

If I can just break down a couple of the ways Alex's character has been assassinated by this decision? We already had Alex deal with the Izzie drama. There wasn't any unresolved tension there. He got his closure. He loved Jo. For the show to manufacture this idea that all along, Alex was looking for an excuse to get in touch with her, is such obvious bullshit. He straight-up told Jo he didn't need to call Izzie, didn't want to. We saw that in a flashback during this episode. And yet we're supposed to believe that's all bullshit? Come on.

Also, there's that heartbreaking scene at the end where Zola wants to show Uncle Alex her science project, and Meredith has to explain that basically the only remaining male authority figure in Zola's life, the man who wanted to have family breakfasts with Meredith and her kids every week, has up and left without saying goodbye, and with no intent to ever come back and visit. Alex's letter talks about how he has kids, and how he loves them so much, and how he hopes someday Meredith will come to meet them and they will call her Aunt Meredith. With absolutely no irony. Alex, you have Zola and Bailey and Ellis. And I know this show tends to forget about the kids a lot of the time, but still. Alex's whole thing is how he's this screw-up with a heart of gold, and one of the main ways of illustrating that is through showing his behavior around children. He abandoned Meredith's kids. He straight up abandoned them, and it sucks.

I liked a lot of the bits and pieces from some of the letters, to be honest, but Alex's letter to Jo was mostly just a slap in the face. He loves her, and tells her straight-up that if it was a matter of Jo vs. Izzie, he'd pick Jo. But because of the kids, he wants to stick with Izzie. And his rationale here is that he and Jo both know what it's like to grow up in these broken homes without stable parents. Bull. Shit. If they had gone with my scenario above, I could forgive this. Of course Alex wants to be around his kids that he just found out about. And I could even understand not wanting to move them to Seattle. But to just decide, right off the bat, that he has to abandon his marriage in order to make that work? That is not the Alex Karev I have watched grow and develop over sixteen seasons. All of his language, about how Jo is so great, how she deserves better, how Alex loves her... gross. And he has the audacity to thank her for "fixing" him and helping to make him a better person. Gross gross gross. This should have been different. This should have been this messy thing, where Jo and Alex try to make it work, but it falls apart gradually over time. They could have given us that, and not turned Alex into an utter dickhead.

And then there's the Izzie of it all. Say what you will about her character, about the way she left Alex... she's still supposed to be a human being. She was still a character that we followed for many years, that we saw through heartbreak and triumph. And her voice here is completely erased. She didn't contact Alex when she used frozen embryos to create his children. That's a little bit unforgivable all on its own. But she had her reasons, and then one day Alex calls her out of the blue, and suddenly she's like - yes, come move here and live with me and leave your wife and be a father? What does she think about all this? Does her opinion here hold no weight? This sucks and I hate it!

I feel like I could go on and on. But I do want to include a "pros" section here, and talk about some aspects of this that I didn't downright despise.

Pros:

I don't mind that they did the flash-back clip show thing. If Justin Chambers couldn't be here, it was the best they could do. And it was fun/infuriating to see Alex's character over the years, to see his romances with Izzie and Jo, to see his friendship with Mer, the mentorship and trust that grew up between him and Bailey, and him and Richard. It was a smart move to narrow the focus on just the characters that matter in the long-run to him. The episode wasn't cluttered with Maggie, Amelia, Owen, Teddy, etc. and their nonsense, or any of the other secondary characters. Their stories will have room elsewhere. This was for Alex, and I did appreciate that.

Here's something I will say: I don't hate the outcome of this ending for Alex. The thought of him being there for his kids is absolutely beautiful. I actually started crying a few times during the letters, especially the one to Meredith. He's describing how when he first met his kids, they pulled him immediately into their room and wanted to show them all their toys. And he's so awed and honored that he gets to provide stability and comfort to these two people, when he himself grew up without that. So did Izzie. So did Jo. The episode did a good job of acknowledging that, and of setting up why the idea of Alex having a stable life with a good career and kids to dote on, is the proper ending for his character. The endgame is on point. The path to get there is where I have serious, serious issues (see above).

I also liked how they managed to tie Alex's ending in to the existing story-lines with both Richard and Miranda. We'll doubtless see Jo (and possibly Meredith) dealing with this in a more direct way as the weeks go by. But for the two people who mentored Alex, who raised him, we see how much he affected them, and how much they truly cared for him. For Richard, there's a sense of betrayal. At a meeting, he talks about how much being a surgeon and being a teacher has meant to him. And he can't understand Alex giving up everything he's worked for, all for the sake of a woman and his kids. But on the flip side? He didn't get to know Maggie growing up, and he can't honestly begrudge him his decision. I liked the complexity of his reaction here, how he can understand, and still be angry.

Bailey, meanwhile, thinks about all of the struggles Alex went through, and how much dumb luck was involved in him turning in to the person he is today. He was a smart, capable young man who could easily have been lost to the world, wandering and aimless. Even though he ended up happy and successful, it isn't right that he had to work so hard to achieve that, without support. She wants to offer stability to Joey. Ben is in agreement - I like that Bailey's decision to take Joey in didn't start a whole avalanche of drama between the two of them. They've been through enough. I also really appreciated them talking about their communication issues. Both of them have the problem of hiding big, important things from one another. Bailey's heart-attack, Ben's career change, and now Bailey's decision to adopt Joey. But they are both all in, ready for whatever craziness comes their way. And now Joey is a part of their family, which I quite enjoy!

So that's... that. Jo deserves so much better. And Alex deserves so much better. Hell, Izzie deserves better. Without Justin Chambers, there was no satisfying way to end this character's run on the show. Even with him, it would have been difficult to pull this off. But this final result? Ugh. It does such a disservice to one of the most brilliantly developed characters on this show's entire long run. I'm pretty sad about it, to be honest.

4/10

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Can I ask you for a favor? I haven't watched 16x16 because as soon as I heard what happened, I didn't want to see it as well and have Alex ruined for me forever. But the more reactions I've seen about it, the more curious I got. According to his letters, what were his feelings? Did he love Izzie all along? Does he love both her and Jo equally or one of them more? Is he mainly staying with Izzie for the kids? I don't feel like I've seen a very unbiased analysis of his true feelings from anyone

because people are always biased based on what ship they prefer. I read a few comments about him saying he would choose Jo if Izzie didn’t have the kids and it sounded more like he was doing what he was doing for those kids, but then I don’t understand why Izzex shippers are so happy with an ending that makes both Alex and Izzie look like bad people and also confirms she wouldn’t be his first choice? I’m very confused and would like to know what you think.

Yeah, unfortunately they made it sound like Alex had lingering feelings for Izzie all along. Like they were dormant and came back to life once he contacted her.

But at the same time it didn’t sound like he loved Izzie more than Jo. I think they were aiming for pretty much equal love for both? Maybe a little more for Jo? It was very clear that the kids were the key factor. He explicitly said he would have stayed with his wife if it weren’t for the kids. But sadly the words “I’m in love with Izzie” were written down too. But the words “I love you Jo” were there too, thank God.

So yeah, I think they were aiming for equal. They drew some really heavy comparisons between Alex’s current situation and the one between Richard, Adele and Ellis. He also loved both. I think the few times we saw Ellis on the show it was clear he still had some sort of feelings for her. But he also loved Adele and was heartbroken when he lost her.

I guess it does make some sort of sense with the way the show’s writers like to tell their stories. There is so much cheating, eternal love triangles, sometimes love quintets, couples that break up and fall in love with the next person two episodes later.

But it still bugs me, because that was never Alex. For a time he loved Izzie completely. And I want to believe that he loved Jo completely too. I usually like grey areas and as a character Alex was so incredibly grey and complex and layered. But in love I always saw him as very pure and clear and definite. And that’s how I still want to see it. Screw the ending.

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Heya! This may seem like an odd ask but I've been starting with RPG maker MV and cant figure out a way to change the tile size. Your game is, from what I can tell, uses something like a 16x16 style but I can only find the default 48x48. Did you just scale the art up to fit or can you change the tiles somehow? Sorry if this is a bother!

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Could you please write a fic like the continuation of you said you would grow old with me that their child is born and jo tells their child about alex ?

wishin’ you were sitting here, right next to me

okay, this is being posted right at midnight (lets pretend) , happy new year! i’ll fix it later lol.

this is like a part two to ‘you said you’d grow old with me’. so if you haven’t read that one already, you can read it here!

Twelve year old Bree Karev sat on her bed in her room, confused, and even a little bit mad. Today marked yet another failed attempt to set her mom up on a date. Ever since she was eight, Bree had been trying to push guys toward her mom. It was never hard for her to convince men, one look at Jo and they’d be gone, but her mom politely declined. Every. Single Time.

Bree was a hopeless romantic. One that believed in happily ever afters and love at first sight. She knew that her mom was still in love with her dad, that she always would be, but it had been nearly thirteen years since his death. She just wanted her mom to be happy, and what better way to be happy than have someone to laugh with and smile until your cheeks hurt?

Never once had she seen her mom with a man that wasn’t a friend. No boyfriends, and as far as she knew, any potential one-night stands would’ve occurred when she was out of the house, so who knows if she even had any of those.

The girl is broken from her thoughts when she feels a soft knock on her door, looking up to see her mom in her doorway, a small smile on her face. “Get ready for bed, you have school tomorrow.” Jo says, about to turn around when her daughter’s voice stops her.

“Wait,” she says, looking at her mom with implying eyes. “Why do you always say no?” she asks.

Jo looks at her daughter, her small smile dropping from her face. Truthfully, she had fully forgotten about her daughter’s little set up from a few hours before, more focused on spending time with Bree than her attempts to meddle with her love life.

“I know you still love him, I do too. But, it’s been so long.” Bree says, not noticing how Jo’s eyes grow sad, too focused on picking at the skin near her fingernails.

Jo sighs, making her way over to her daughter’s bed and sitting down next to her, ruffling the grey and white floral comforter underneath them, which matched the rest of the bedroom’s decor.

“Why don’t you want to move on?” the girl asks.

Jo lets out a loud sigh. It was time Bree learned their story. Their crazy, messed up, love story that was like something out of a soap opera. She’d been putting it off for years, waiting until Bree was older, more mature. She would’ve preferably waited until she was sixteen, but she knew her (not-so-little) little girl was getting frustrated. Jo knew that Bree’s intentions were pure every time she tried to set her up. It wasn;t because she felt she didn’t have a father figure, it was something she wanted to do just for her mom.

The mom purses her lips, prepared to let the words flow out of her mouth. Right now, she wouldn’t let her brain filter through what she was going to say. She wasn’t going to hold back. Bree deserved that.

“Your dad taught me what love was- no, showed me what love was, real love.” she feels Bree’s eyes on her. Telling her daughter about her past was something that was terrifying her to her core. It was something she would’ve liked to keep secret, but knew that that couldn’t be the case.

Jo lets out a shaky breath. “I was twenty-two when I met Paul Stadler.” she starts, not needing to look over to know that her daughter’s eyes were wide. Her mom wasn’t one to talk about ex’s. Granted, Jo didn’t really have many.

“He was charming, funny, kind,” Jo huffs, taking her daughter’s hand in hers and rubbing her thumb against the back of it. It didn’t matter how many years passed, Paul and memories of what had been would always haunt her. While she was pregnant with Bree, her nightmares had started back up again. It wasn’t until a while later when she realized the only reason she stopped having them for all those years was because she had Alex holding her while she slept, when she felt completely safe. They had dialed down over the years, but occasionally she would wake up in cold sweats, her dreams feeling too close to reality.

“I thought he was Prince Charming, coming in and sweeping Cinderella off her feet,” she says honestly, feeling sorry for the girl she used to be. She stopped cursing herself for those years a long time ago. It wasn’t her fault what happened to her. It took years of therapy, but she knew that now. She was a survivor, not a victim. She saw what everyone else did in Paul, what he wanted to show.

“He was every girl’s dream. He seemed perfect. And that first year, he was.” She looks over at her daughter, her eyes glossed over. “So, when he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him-” Jo swallows roughly, squeezing Bree’s hand, “I said yes.”

The girl was shocked to say the least. Her mom had been married previously? Why had she never heard that before? Her mom was fairly open about her life, so why hadn’t she heard about her mom’s first husband?

Jo sighs, “After our wedding, Paul… changed,” she settles on, feeling Bree’s curious eyes on her. She really wished they were having this conversation when she was older. Bree was smart, mature, more so than other kids her age, but Jo still wanted to protect her from the world.

How was she supposed to tell her that monsters didn't live under the bed, but rather slept beside you every night?

“He was angrier, the Paul I had gotten to know fading away quicker than I could even realize it.” she squeezes Bree’s hand again, giving her the strength she needed. “About two months after we got married, everything shifted.” Jo knew that she wouldn't go into detail. No matter how strong her little girl was, no daughter needed to hear about the abuse their mother suffered.

Bree sat frozen on her bed, not knowing what to say.

“For three years, I was in a relationship that made me loose who I was. I was unrecognizable, he controlled everything. To say i was a shell of my former self is an understatement. I spent years trying to tell myself that he would go back to the man I fell in love with if I did what he wanted, if I did everything perfectly. It took me three years to figure out the man I fell in love with didn’t exist, it was all just a facade.

“After graduation I ran. I stole some money from him, ran away, and changed my name to Jo Wilson.”

Bree looks up to her mom, her palm held tightly in the woman's, “Jo’s not your real name?” she asks.

Jo shakes her head. “No, Jo is my real name. It’s just not the one I was born with. ‘Jo’ was always inside of me, the person I always was, she just never had the chance to come out.” she answers honestly.

“When I came to Seattle I had one goal, and that was to be the best surgeon I could be. I thought that maybe I'd date a few guys here and there, but nothing too serious. That obviously didn’t end up being the case.” she lets out a soft chuckle, letting the memories of her intern year flood back to her. God, back then she was so scared, so frightened so downright terrified. It was hard to believe that it was twenty years ago she first laid eyes on the man who became the love of her life. How time flies. She still remembers being that wide-eyed intern that thought Meredith was Medusa, who thought that Alex was the world’s largest asshole to walk the face of the earth.

It was crazy; how one person could have such a large impact on your life, to have been a part of the process of who you are today.

She decided that she needed to hurry the story along and not get too lost in the past. “When I first met your dad I hated him.” she says bluntly, making Bree’s eyes widen like saucers. Of all the things she was expecting to hear her mom say about her dad, finding out that she hated him at the beginning of it all was not one of them.

Jo chuckles, “It’s true. He was a huge asshole who’s already slept with all of my friends and flirted with any female that had two legs.” she smiles at the flashback pouring in through her head.

“Do you mind?”

“Sorry”

“Why are you following me?”

“I’m your intern for the day.”

“Hello intern, you have a name?”

“Jo Wilson.”

“Nice. I like chicks with boy’s names.”

“I have absolutely no interest in you since you’ve already slept with every single one of my friends”

How ironic, she thinks.

Jo tucks a strand of hair behind her daughter’s ear, looking into the eyes that were a mirror image of her own. Bree’s lips quirk up into a crooked grin, a sight that melted Jo’s heart every time. Their daughter had inherited Jo’s favorite feature about Alex.

“It only took getting drunk at a wedding, sharing about our crappy childhoods, and fake crying our way into a hotel room for us to become best friends overnight.” she lets a smile paint over her lips. “After that day we were inseparable. I would crash at his place most days of the week, passing out on the couch I bought for him after drinking beer, ordering take-out, and watching action movies together, oblivious to my feelings for him.”

Jo internally laughs at herself, trying to decide if she could go back in time whether she would’ve waited to get together with him or not. If she didn’t wait, she would’ve had longer with him, but something she always held so close to her was that they fell in love with each other even though they’d never kissed. She always thought it was just a small example of how strong their love for each other was.

“I dated a guy, the guy wasn’t a good guy. I finally realized I was in love with your dad when a tree came crashing through his living room.” she chuckles, Bree doing the same. Leave it up to her mom to have a life changing realization during the middle of a disaster

“This thought was weird, foreign to me. I’d never kissed him before, never really hugged him, so being in love with him was terrifying. But when he told me that he loved me?” Jo smiles, her eyes flutter shut as their conversation in the supply closet plays out before her.

“This place looks so different in the dark.”

“Yeah... You think the tree ruined my couch?”

“I think it ruined your entire living room.”

“Listen, I have to tell you something.”

“No, you don’t.”

“You don’t even know what I’m going to say.”

“I think I do and you shouldn’t.”

“Jo-”

“I’ll mess it up, Alex. I mess everything good in my life up, and… we work as friends really well, and-and I don’t want to mess that up.”

“You won’t mess anything up. Last night, before the tree, you asked me a question. You wanted to hear me say the words. So I'm… saying them right now.”

“I don't hear anything.”

“Shut up.”

“Okay but i’m-”

“I’m serious.”

“Fine.”

“I love you.”

“The first time we kissed and I looked into his eyes,” Jo shakes her head, bemused with herself. “All I could think was, ‘There you are, it's you. I’ve been waiting for you for so long’.” she chuckles despite herself, wiping the single tear making its way down her cheek, knowing that whenever Alex was right now, he was shaking his head at her, trying to hide a laugh at her heartfelt statement, but yet holding it close to his heart, knowing that she meant every word.

“We were far from perfect. We bickered back and forth, called each other names. Not to mention, our stubbornness always got in the way of us. But none of that really mattered, because at the end of the day, we’d fall asleep in each other’s arms, whether we were fighting or not. And even if we were fighting, he would always kiss me good morning and good night. Always. No matter what.” Jo lets out another huff of air, still being able to remember the feel of his lips on hers, the way they tasted, the way they moved. She smiles a small cheeky smile, “Good morning and goodnight kisses were important to him.”

She longed for it. Another kiss. Another moment. Another conversation. Another beer. Another crooked grin. Another boyish laugh. Another inappropriate joke. Another steamy shower. Another nuzzle with his scratchy beard. Another round of doughnuts in supply closets. Another chance to fake cry to get a hotel room. Another annoying comeback. Another hug. Another ‘I love you.’

One more second. One more second with him, so she could tell him about their beautiful little girl. One more second, so he could meet her, hold her, hug her. That’s all she wanted.

They sit in silence for a while, taking in the peace around them. Jo observes the light grey walls, white furniture, messy dresser, the string lights on the wall, the photos on the strings. Bree gets up unexpectedly, grabbing a photo from the wall walking back over to the bed with it in her hand, passing it to her mom as she sits down again.

Jo traces her finger over the photograph, a lighthearted smile making its way to her lips unconsciously. It was an older photo, one from about two years after she and Alex had started dating. It was a simple couple pose; Alex standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her middle, Jo leaning into him, her hands placed over his. She was smiling wide for the camera, while he was half-smirking, half-grinning.

“Oh oh! I wanna take a picture!” Jo exclaimed excitedly as she stood on the ferry boat, the sun casting a breathtaking pink, orange, and yellow glow over the normally dark blue water.

She hears him groan behind her as she leans over the railing, elbows resting on the bar as her hair blows in the breeze, a gentle smile painting her lips.

She was a sight to see, Alex couldn’t help but grin right then. He always loved her the most when she was like this; calm, messy hair, a little bit of leftover makeup from earlier, just completely content with herself and everything around her.

He watches as she tilts her head back, eyes closed as she lets the sun’s rays shine onto her face, creating a natural glow that only seemed to add to the beauty she so naturally possessed.

Jo looks over to him, flashing Alex an overly sweet, sugary smile. “Pleaseee.” she begs, eyes dancing with childlike joy. He would gladly do it, he just didn’t want to look like a tourist. He freaking hated tourists.

He mumbles something inaudible, which Jo takes as an opportunity to ask again. “Just one! Please Alex, just one picture!” she gives him her best puppy dog eyes, pointing up one finger to show him that she was true to her word.

“Fine.” he huffs, scratching the back of his neck and extending his palm, “Gimme your phone.”

His girlfriend gives him a confused look, “Um no, what do you think you’re doing?” she asks, furrowing her brows.

Alex’s face twisted into one of incredulously, “Taking your picture?” he asks.

Jo shakes her head, “No, you’re taking the picture with me.”

Alex grimaces, “Nuh-uh.” he hated taking pictures. His smile was weird and he felt like a gun was being pointed to his head whenever someone tried to correct the crookedness of his grin.

“Please Alex,” Jo pleads, giving him her best puppy dog eyes.

She could see the internal battle playing in his head. He normally wouldn’t mind taking a photo, but there were people around, and if there was one thing Alex Karev hated, it was public embarrassment.

But how could he resist her? He couldn’t, so with a huff and a ‘you’re lucky i love you’ mumbled under his breath he watches as Jo asks a random woman to take their photo. He wraps his arms around her, her fingers interlacing with his as she leans back into him, standing between his legs with her head against his chest.

“One, two, three, smile!” the woman says enthusiastically.

Before three, Alex quirks his lips up, reaching down slightly so he could speak in Jo’s ear. “Tourist.” he says, making her laugh right as the woman took the photo.

Jo feels her daughter's eyes on her, but she still looks at the photo. They looked so young, so free. Back then the only care was whether or not Meredith would be coming over to kick her out of bed that night. Fun times.

“I just want you to smile like that again.” Bree says quietly, Jo’s eyes snapping up with confusion.

“Sweetie…” she trails off, tucking a stand of her daughter’s long brown hair behind her ear, eyes shining with unshed tears. She picks up a photo from Bree’s dresser, holding it side by side to the picture of her and Alex.

“I smile like that all the time.” she grins, the same smile on her face now as it was in the two photographs in her hand.

Bree had never looked at it like that before. The two smiles were identical, you could tell when you held them next to each other. She grins widely, she makes her mom as happy as her dad did.

The girl feels her mom wipe a stray tear, one she hadn't even noticed had escaped her eyes. JO wraps and arm around Bree, pulling her into a side hug, holding her there for as long as she pleases.

“How different do you think life would be if he was still here?” she asks her mom, eyes glossy and shining with love.

Jo chuckles, placing a kiss on the top of her head. “Well…” she starts off. It felt good talking about Alex. She had never talked about him like this before. She told stories, spewed little facts here and there, but never went into too much detail, fearing that it would hurt too much. Turns out, it actually felt really good.

“You would have siblings, that’s for sure.” Bree shoved her mom’s shoulder, a laugh escaping her lips. The mood grew more serious, “But, if he was still here…” she looks into the corner of the room, imagining the love of her life standing there right now, arms crossed in front of his chest, signature crooked grin plastered in his lips, a little child hanging onto his leg like a monkey.

“He would’ve braided your hair.” her eyes grow teary as she smiles softly. “And, he would’ve called you Princess.” she swallows the lump in her throat. “You two would always be getting into trouble together. God, you would’ve been such a daddy’s girl.” she doesn’t even bother to wipe a tear from her cheek, knowing that they would just keep coming. “There would be full cooked breakfasts on the table nearly every morning, since he would get up early just to make it. And he would say that you weren’t allowed to date until you were forty.” she laughs.

Bree looks up at her mom, confused. “But Mom, you do all that.”

Jo smiles, placing another kiss on the top of her head full of brown hair. “I know, and I do it because it’s what he would’ve done.” she wipes tears from her daughter's cheeks.

“But I want you to know that I love you, okay?” Jo reassures her. “I love you more than anything else in this world, you hear me? And even though your dad’s not here right now,” she points to her heart, water dripping down her cheeks rapidly, her voice squeaky and broken. “He’s right here, with me. Every second of every day. And I miss him, I will never stop missing him, but that doesn’t mean I will ever love you any less. And I am so happy baby. I am so, so happy, and that’s because of you, okay?”

Bree wipes at her eyes, smiling up at her mom. “Okay, I love you mom.”

Jo gives her a watery grin, placing a delicate kiss on her forehead, “I love you too Bree. So much.”

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doc-pickles · 4 years

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jolex playlist

compiling a list of songs that make me think of jolex. some of them played on the show, others i’ve just added because they’re so perfect for this couple.

(also you know i’m always open for suggestions and additions)

link to the spotify playlist

mad behaviour - izzy bizu (plays when jo and alex reunite post deluca)

make you mine - PUBLIC feat. misterwives (the song i based INFJTT on)

hesitate - jonas brothers (this is here for obvious reasons)

home - one direction (okay hear me out: this is literally beginning jolex)

the story - sara ramirez (plays during the jolex wedding)

grow as we go - ben platt (OKAY LISTEN IF THEY STILL WENT WITH THIS IZZEX KIDS STORYLINE AND JO AND ALEX STAYED TOGETHER THIS SONG WOULD’VE BEEN PERFECT AND YES I AM STILL MAD)

all of me - john legend (plays during jolex’s first kiss & is the title of their wedding episode)

she used to be mine - sara bareillies & jessie mueller (reminds me of jo during hesitate it’s fine i am fine)

i won’t give up - jason mraz (i’m crying already so that should say a lot)

the 1 - taylor swift (this is for canon jolex and that’s the last time i will acknowledge that)

put a little love on me - niall horan (no explanations, just pain)

i like me better - lauv (WOW this is 10/10 jolex)

fix you - coldplay (you’re so screwed up that you make me make sense)

somewhere only we know - keane (plays during the infamous elevator scene)

praying - kesha (such a great song for jo)

guiding light - mumford & sons (plays when alex reproposes to jo)

say something - a great big world (raise your hand if 16x16 ruined your life!!!!!)

you say - lauren daigle (ALL THE JOLEX FEELS TBH)

burn - phillipa soo (post 16x16 feels)

i will wait - mumford & sons (i just really feel like this embodies alex when he kept effing proposing thats all)

little pieces of you - ben hartley (my favorite jolex song that played on the show, when jo learned alex wasn’t going to jail. always and forever salty that it’s not on spotify)

#i dropped EVERYTHING to do this #greys anatomy #alex karev #jo karev #jo wilson #jo x alex #jolex #jolex playlist

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Certainly, one of my favorite tactics to contact my interior Clark Griswold will always be to package the family members and scoot the street to seek out reprieve at the shape of the polyester decoration shield, a campfire, and also the messiest s am ores around the planet. The truth is that decades back, we began a convention of going on the camping excursion daily immediately after the previous day of faculty. In essence, it truly is our manner of kicking the summer months. Last calendar year, we are researching the lakes and ponds across Bend, Oregon.

I have heard that the secret, together with almost any family camping journey, is relaxation, and also relaxation begins having a dependable kayak. However, with many tent layouts, substances, and also features obtainable, it could be tough to understand which shield could agree with your family. To assist, here's a list of family-sized, reputable, and cheap tents to take into consideration before moving on your own very first instantly in a distant corner of these forests or even in your backyard.

Inch. Coleman WeatherMaster

I have been around a lot more than one camping journey at which, in fact, the biting bugs had been bad that we needed to cover up out at the tent. We did not receive little; however, we felt just like we have been trapped indoors. This is exactly the reason why I enjoy chairs having a modest"porch" that is distinct from your primary bedroom. Even the Coleman WeatherMaster comes with a 9x6 ft porch with displays that extend out of the bottom for the cover of the tent, that will be perfect in case you would like to relish fresh atmosphere over a trendy day. Indoors, there is enough space for just two queen-sized inflatable beds. Also, now there are lantern hangars and net storage pockets. Though it really is not the priciest or expensive (3 2 kilos ) family-sized tent within this particular list, the WeatherMaster remains inflexible, assembled using durable substances that will come within an oversize carry tote, also does not simply take to prepare.

If you feel wet and cold while swimming, you are unhappy, therefore when you are thinking of a fresh tent, then do not merely measure it with its dimensions, pounds loss, or structure study the rain-fly too. Quite a few models do not include things like pay that moves all of the ways into the floor also addresses the whole tent. Shelters like the NTK Arizona GT that comprises the complete polyester rain fly. This is laminated using a polyurethane coating for water immunity that really does an excellent job of retaining precipitation off the full shield. That clearly was really a divider to generate just two chambers indoors two-door, several bedrooms and internet utility pockets, and venting vents to maintain air going.

Ozark Route 9-person Instantaneous Cabin Tent

Ozark Course took a peek out of mobile hunting blind layouts as it established its instantaneous Cabin, also demonstrates assembling substantial, multi-room tents will not need to become intricate. The most exceptional characteristic with this protector could be that the framework sticks are attached with the tent, and everything you have to accomplish in order to put up it is stretch the corner affirms, then raise the roofing just like an umbrella (or searching blind). Ozark Path claims that accomplished accurately, place time up averages about 2 moments, that will be perfect when you should be attempting to corral a crazy little one, or even terrible weather conditions are on the horizon. Indoors are 3 individual doors to get private chambers huge enough to inflatable queen beds, screened windows, equipment pockets, and electric cable accessibility (in the event that you are screwing into or working out a chainsaw to get strength ), plus an in-wall porch. A tiny rain-fly and take bag are comprised.

As the rod style and design are like Ozark Path's Instant Cabin,'' CORE asserts you are able to vertical their Immediate Cabin Tent within 60 minutes, that will be far faster compared to anticipated installment days of almost any additional tent exhibited. However, one other fine feature relating to its version would be your extra-wide doorway, that zippers down the center and also opens nearly as extensive as the complete front walls. The tent cloth is heat-sealed in the seams and also medicated using CORE's H2O repellant to maintain out moisture. Indoors there's overhead storage, mesh pockets over the walls, and also flexible vents. A tiny rain-fly that chiefly handles the surface of the tent and also a storage bag has been all included.

It truly is tough to consider camping, maybe not consider this identify Coleman. For years that the business has generated trusted, a cheap exterior equipment, plus also they reveal no indicators of reducing. Their do me tent can be an inexpensive selection for those who get a tiny family that does not mind sleeping with each other in 1 space, and also, you also enjoy the notion of owning a tiny, screened, and porch-like space from the front door. Space makes for a fantastic space for storing, particularly to get filthy shoes that muck the quarters. You will find storage pockets across the inner walls, and also, the rain-fly has a window so that you may make the windows open for venting whenever it really is raining.

The wonderful thing concerning the Camp Creek out of ALPS Mountaineering could be that the 4 partitions are nearly completely vertical, so that will be perfect for the headroom, especially in the event that you line the within the perimeter with twin-sized cots or upholstered beds. You will find storage pockets, including attachment straps for hanging lamps, and also 4 screened windows indoors. The lace rain fly comes with a weather-protective coating, although it merely covers the top one of this kayak, it's an awning which goes outside across the entrance if that you desire to abandon apparel or alternative gear out.

Ozark Route 16x16 Instantaneous Cabin

If a household wants to go big or go home if it regards planting equipment, then subsequently that particular tent out of Ozark Path may possibly be to you personally. Built about precisely the exact easy-setup pole style and design as that their 6-person immediate Cabin, the l shaped 16x16-foot variant could be your biggest and lightest tent within this particular list. Additionally, it includes two entrances, about three split up area dividers plus also a huge entrance awning, seven windows, electric cable accessibility, and oversize floor vents for venting --or even an air purifier, even in case roughing it really isn't your own style. Ozark also asserts that an installation period significantly less than just two moments, and also the design is very good in case you enjoy to habit organize your camp using something just like a"living space" in the midst, together with two sleeping areas churns off to either side. A rain-fly and take bag are comprised.

NTK is famous for the streamlined, lightweight, and backcountry tents, plus so they've shot those style and design flaws and implemented them into your sizable, family-style line-up of shelters. Even the Indy GT is the one that looks like a protector you would package to get a bivy search. However, it really is ample enough to allow for up to adults. Moreover, the polyester rainfly handles the mantle all of the solutions for the bottom; thus, there is less chance of humidity invading the tent. Indoors you can find storage pockets, a lantern ring, as well as a silver-coated flooring to maintain warmth. Even the full device packs into an enclosed duffel bag for transportation.

In the event that you prefer the notion of the connection involving sleeping regions, however, do not enjoy the notion of lugging around a gigantic tent, then subsequently look at the two-door Family Camping Tent from Timber Ridge. This dome-shaped refuge isn't hard to prepare and shoot down. The broad doorway allows usage of either side of this tent in the event the divider has been put in, and also, the windows and screened roofing enable significantly more than plenty of venting. Although rain-fly does not offer you much security, it can possess a doorway awning in the event that you'd like to maintain socks beyond the entrance, along with also the whole unit is amongst the absolute most streamlined stalls to likewise include things like power cord vents.

Winterial Tee-pee Tent

If the children are similar to mine, then there is absolutely no limit to that which they view, listen, and also do if their own imagination happens. Some times they all desire is that a fantastic jumping-off stage --and also exactly what better way to kickstart their camp-time imagination compared to simply by telling them you are all bathing at a teepee. Even the six-person version from Winterial gets got the design and feel of the conventional teepee. Nonetheless, it has made out of modern substances. Also, it's a full-size rain-fly to maintain every one indoors safe against this weather. It truly is simple to prepare and just takedown, and even in the event that you should be okay without shedding a little chunk of one's yard this summer, then it is really a significant refuge for the children to host garden sleepovers or imaginary adventures.

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