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          “It’s okay to not be happy.” 
Ellis piped up from behind the woman. The child of the late Derek Shepherd and
Meredith Grey was known for wandering the halls of Grey-Sloan, and sometimes,
she found those who finally needed to break down. 
          “You do not have to always be happy.”

                      Gasping, Teddy struggled to wipe away her tears —
—  there  was  nothing  she  hated more than having a witness  to  her  pain. Pain, to her,
was something sacrosanct; you didn’t flaunt it, or keep it on show.  No, tears were meant
to  be saved for when one was alone. And  because of that, Teddy forced herself to smile.
                    “Oh, hello there. Are you lost, kiddo?”