[ vix. fourteen ]
❛𝙿𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙴𝙽𝚃 34986❜

                    𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 a coffee before George and her continued their way to Meredith's room.

"Okay, let's get you prepped and ready for—", George stated loudly while they rounded the corner, but he stopped in the middle of his sentence when they spotted Derek and Finn besides Meredith's bed.

"Dr. Shepherd, Dr. Finn", the male Intern exclaimed, surprised to see the two. "Now all my boys are here. You're all so handsome and such good kissers", Meredith smiled to herself and Brianna tried to contain the feeling of second hand embarrassment. "Oh, God."

"Oh, God", George repeated her words,  groaning quietly to himself, obviously feeling uncomfortable.

"Excuse me?", Finn looked over at the two Interns. Brie fiddled with the chart that was still in her hands, "She is on drugs."

Meredith pointed at Derek while she looked at Finn, "He's an excellent kisser."

"You— you two dated?", Finn questioned Derek, a bit surprised by the information. Derek raised his eyebrows, "You didn't know?"

"It wasn't a date so much as a disastrously uncomfortable sexual experience", Meredith stated while she gazed at Finn.

Brianna closed her eyes, hoping that Meredith would just finally stop speaking.

"I—I can't be here", George suddenly stated, and Brianna turned towards him.

"None of you cane be here! This woman is being prepped for surgery, which means you all need to leave", Dr. Bailey told them when she appeared behind Brie and George.

George immediately spun around on his heel, trying to leave the room. "Gladly!"

"Now, not you, O'Malley!", Dr. Bailey exclaimed, which made the man face them again.

"Dr. Bailey, all my boyfriends are here!", the blond Intern told her excited. "Not for long. Say Good-bye, Dr. Grey", Dr. Bailey answered her, her hands in her hips, while she watched the men leave the room.

"I'll be here when you wake up", Derek stated and Meredith waved at them, smiling. "So will I", Finn quickly told her.

"Now!", Miranda grew impatient before she closed the door in their faces.

Brianna approached Meredith, "You're going to be so embarrassed once the drugs wear off."

George and Brianna contiued to prep Meredith for her surgery and then brought her down to the O.R's.

"Keep me draped, too many people have seen me naked already. I'd like to keep whatever dignity I have left", Meredith stated while they drove her down the corridor.

Meredith's eyes suddenly widened, "McSteamy!"

"Meredith!", Brianna quietly exclaimed while she leaned down to her friend. "Shut up!"

"McSteamy! Who-hoo!", the blond waved at Mark, who met her gaze, now approaching them.

"Is that what you call me now— McSteamy?", the man smirked at them amused.

"Yeah, but I don't think you were supposed to know that", Meredith stated simply, making Brianna sighed. "He wasn't."

Mark met her gaze for a moment, still smirking before he looked back at Meredith. "How's my favourite dirty mistress?"

"Haven't you heard? Now I'm an adulterous whore!", she stated, smiling at him amused. Mark nodded his head at her, before he slowly left the group of Interns behind.

Brainna and George successfully scrubbed in on Meredith's surgery, before the two could finally go home.

Brianna was awfully tired and exhausted when she opened the door and stepped into the house, followed closely by George.

The two were ready to go immediately upstairs and sleep until the next morning, when they suddenly spotted Izzie sitting on the couch, all by herself.

Brianna quietly entered the living room, "Everything all right, Iz?"

She didn't look up from the table. "He left a message. Danni left me a message for his parents the night—", Izzie stated while the other's sat down besides her.

"His father gave me the number and the code, but um— I just couldn't do it alone", the blond told them, her voice shaking while she stared at the phone.

George grabbed her hands softly, wanting to show her that they would support her.

Brainna placed an arm around the blond, rubbing it while she looked at her, "We're here with you."

Izzie grabbed the phone and started to hear the message while George opened the letter.

His eyes widened immediately. Brianna leaned over Izzie, to look at the letter when she saw, that Denny had left Izzie, 8.700.000 dollar.

As soon as their excitement had wore off and they had realized what that meant for Izzie, all of them went into their several rooms and slept until the next morning.

Brie had a big smile on her face when her and the others entered the kitvhen in the next morning. "Good morning!"

Spotting Izzie by the kitchen counter everyone's eyes widened in panic.

"I thought we were done with the whole muffin thing", George stated while they all continued to look at her.

Izzie frowned at them in confusion, "This isn't muffins. This is breakfast. Mer needs a good solid breakfast. First day after the big surgery." The blond started piling food onto the plate.

"Are you okay?", Meredith questioned her friend curiously. Izzie walked past her, with a small smile on her face, "Of course I'm okay. I'm a millionaire!"

She grabbed a bowle of fruits, "Fruit?" Meredith took it sceptically from her hands.

"What do you guys think about B&B's? I'm thinking about opening a B&B in Vermont where the foliage is, you know?", Izzie said as she continued making breakfast for them.

George eyes widened as the blond turned her back on them to make Orange juice. "Maybe you should go back to bed."

"Can't! I'm going to the hospital", Izzy stated and Brianna exchanged a hopeful look with the other's. "Are you gonna talk to the Chief?"

"Nope! Going to clean out my locker. I could buy a hotel. How much do you think a hotel costs?", Izzy continued as she poured the orange juice in a glass.

The orange juice spilled, and landed exactly on Denny's check. George immediately panicked and started to clean it up, "Izzie! That is eight million. Eight million doesn't like to have juice spilled on it!"

"You have to take that to the bank today! It's making me nervous in the house!", Meredith exclaimed while George threw the towel into the sink.

"I will. As soon as I clean out my locker", Izzie nodded her head at her, which made them all exchange looks.

Izzie saw that and gave them a look, "I'm fine! Really, I'm fine. Denny loved me. He wanted me to have the money. He wants me to be happy, so I'm happy!"

Her eyes were wide and she tried to put on a convincing smile, "Juice?"

                             "𝐒𝐇𝐄'𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐓! 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 battered and deep-fried an 8.5million dollar check this morning!", Meredith told the other's as they got into their scrubs.

"That kind of money? I'd buy my own hospital and stock it full of sick people. Valvuloplasties and ruptured aneurysms", Cristina hummed to herself, with a smile on her face.

George seemed concerned for her, "You're a psycho. You know that, right?"

Cristina immediately interrupted him, "Yeah, I'm not the one with the 8.5 million dollar check I won't cash!"

Suddenly Izzie's voice could be heard from the other side of the lockers. "Stop talking about me! I'm fine! I'm cleaning out my locker and I'm going home! Mer is the one with the problems."

Suddenly everyone looked at Meredith, who seemed surprised that she was mentioned, "What's wrong with me?"

Izzie appeared by the lockers and leaned against them. "Well, you haven't told McDreamy that you dumped McVet."

"Oh, you haven't done that yet?", Cristina seemed surprised at that bit of information.

"Dude, tell him already", Alex stated before Brianna jummped in. "Let her be. She's scared."

"I am not scared! Derek walked away. He walked away and maybe that's a good thing. Maybe he's happier. Maybe he's moved on. He's got Addison here. He's got Mark here. He's got a lot to deal with. And I'm not gonna make him feel guilty. I mean, I am being an adult here. And I am not going to drag him into our whole—", she realized that she was ranting and pointed at Izzie. "Izzie is the one with the big check!"

The blond immediately deflected her, before she turned around and disappeared behind the lockers. "I'm fine."

The rest of the group continued getting ready and made their way out into the hallway.

"Am I keeping you O'Malley?", Dr. Bailey exclaimed at the Intern, who had his phone in his hands.

George shook his head and stuffed his phone into his pocket. "M&M in fifteen minutes, people."

"Wow wow wow. We get to go to M&M?", Alex stopped the woman from walking away. "Even if we haven't finished our rounds?", George questioned Bailey with wide eyes.

The dark skinned woman noded, "Even if— I want all of you at the M&M today."

She turned to walk away and Alex began cheering like a little kid, "Yes!"

Bailey turned to shoot him a dark glare, "People die in this hospital on our watch. Once a month we meet to discuss how our actions as physicians contributed to the deaths. This is a serious exercise."

The woman then walked away from them. "George, Alex, you guys get seats, Mer, Brie and I will get snacks", Cristina immediately organized.

"Yes."

Brianna watched Bailey interact with a couple and their baby, before Dr. Bailey called Alex over to them.

The four talked for a couple of seconds and then parted ways. "Does that woman have breast cancer? What is she, 30 years old?", Meredith immediately questioned Alex.

"It's the new baby. Probably thought the lump was milk duct", he answered them. George gave him a questioning look and Alex sighed, "You learn things in the vagina squad."

"Okay. Focus, people!", Cristina interrupted them. "M&M! Insults flying, residents covering their asses, our bosses getting kicked in the teeth instead of us! Seats! Snacks!"

They all nodded and immediately spread out, only to meet later at the M&M.

"She's trying to make me feel guilty about the other night about the Izzie thing", George stated nervously, making Brie frown at him.

"I thought you said you apologized?", Meredith questioned him confuse. "I did. I have! I'm done. I'm apologizing anymore! I'm enjoying life. I'm loving the M&M!", George exclaimed quietly while he slipped down in his seat.

Dr. Webber's voice interrupted them, "Ok, People! Let's begin. Patient 34986 died last month from complications following the heart transplant. Dr. Burke will present."

The chief of surgery stepped aside and let the heart surgeon take his place by the podium.

"You guys—", George voice came out as a whisper before Alex interrupted him "Isn't patient 34986—"

Realization hit Brie as her face expression fell, "Denny."

"Eight million dollars. Eight million dollars could get us on a plane to somewhere far, far away", Cristina stated quietly while they all continued to listen to Burke.

"Cause of death at autopsy was an embolus that dislodged from the suture line of the transplant and caused a CVA with brainstem herniation", the surgeon presented before hands shit up into the air.

"Dr. Burke!"

Dr. Burke pointed at a female surgeon, who spoke up, "So the company line is that he died of a CVA?"

"That's no company line. That's what he died of", Dr. Burke made clear as he stared at the woman.

"Yes, let's get back to this patient's need of an emergency transplant", the next surgeon stated. "You're saying that his left ventricle had been weakened by the LVAD malfunction?"

Dr. Burke answered him patiently, "His left ventricle was weakened by the fact that he suffered from congestive heart failure."

Suddenly one of the surgeon in the crowd scoffed loudly, "Come on, Dr. Burke! We all know that the LVAD was cut by an intern!"

George immediately went limp in his seat as he stared at the celling, "I'm going to my happy place."

"The chains of events remain unclear", Burke answered him flatly. "It remains unclear to you because you were in the ER with a gunshot wound!", the surgeon argued back at him. "Why aren't we hearing from Dr. Bailey? She was the senior physician on the case."

"I am the attending on record", Burke reasoned with him but Dr. Bailey spoke up. "Yes, I was the Resident in charge" She stood up from her chair and turnd to face the crowd before she went and took Burke's place, who made space for her.

"Uh, Dr. Burke has summarized the medical facts of this case. Are there any questions for me?" Immediately half of the room raised their hands.

"You recently had a baby, Dr. Baile?", the same surgeon questioned her. "I don't see what that has to do with this!", Miranda immediately answered him.

"Sleep deprivation coupled with wild swings in hormone levels are factors that could clujd anyone's judgement", the man stated as he stood up.

"What a jackass!", Brie exclaimed at the other's while they watched him.

Dr. Bailey remained calm as she answered him, "I sleep just fine, Dr. Savoy."

The man raised his eyebrows at her, "Really? Because if a patient died due to my poor decision-making, I'd probably lose at least a little sleep over it."

Suddenly Dr. Webber stood up and interrupted him, "Let me remind everyone that our purpose here is not to place blame. This is a form to discuss mistakes in patient care and learn from them."

"Well, so far I haven't heard Dr. Bailey admit to a mistake", the surgeon stated arrogantly, making Brie want to strangle him with his stupid scrubs.

"Why don't they just put a bullet in the back of her head?", Cristina questioned the other's and shook her head to herself. "It would be more humane", Meredith stated in agreement, her eyes not leaving Dr. Bailey.

"So for a period of several hours, your interns were running amok in the hospital, totally unsupervised", the surgeon attacked Bailey once more.

"I'm waiting for the question", Dr. Bailey stated simply. The man had his hands placed on his hip, "The question is, where were you?"

"There was the shooting and the ER was chaotic", Bailey stated before he interrupted her again. "The ER's always chaotic. Did you page them during this time?"

"Yes, I paged them several times."

The man seemed like he couldn't get enough, "Well, apparently, they thought it was okay to ignore your pages. Doctor. Why do you think your interns have such contempt for your authority?"

Suddenly Alex jumped onto his feet, the rage visible in his eyes. "You don't know what you're talking about!"

"Dr. Karev, sit down!", Dr. Bailey immediately demanded. She shook her head at him in si and Alex sat down again.

Suddenly George moved in his seat, "Izzie." He pointed to the door and as the others turned they all spotted the blond.

"Next question."

The .... continued and when everything was said, the doctors and Interns went their seperate ways.

"You weren't supposed to be in here, Izzie", Meredith sattes while they all looked at the blonde.

George shook his head, "You shouldn't have had to see that."

The blond looked up at them, "No, it's fine. I'm fine. Clearly the doctor thing was not working for me." She stood up and faced the all.

"So go about your business. Run lab, cure cancer. I'm fine." The woman spun around in her heel and went for the exit, but George spoke up from besides Brie, "You're not going home. Either you hang out with us or we'll call your mother."

Cristina let out a low, "Ohhh." Her eyes widened while she watched Izzie's reaction.

The blond had immediately faced them, a confused expression plastered on her face.

"She's just a few hours away, and I'm sure she wouldn't mind coming and staying with you. — All day!", Meredith told Izzie, as if it was a threat, which it was.

"You wouldn't", Izzie called the bluff before she turned once more, but George immediately pulled out his phone. "Dialing!"

Izzie's eyes widened in shock as she held her hands up into the air, she hesitated. "Whoa! Hey! Okay! I'll just— go hang out in the locker room."

The group gave her a sympathetic look before Izzie stepped out of the room.

Suddenly a voice came up from behind them, "What is she doing here? She has no business in this room."

They all turned to face no other than Dr. Webber, who was accompanied by Dr. Bailey. Dr. Bailey immediately glared at Alex.

The brunette man shrugged at her, "What are you looking at me for? I didn't have anything to do with this. I didn't have anything to do with any of this." He then quickly turned and left the room as well.

"I'll stay with her today if that's okay. I'll update charts and I'll run labs and just keep an eye on her, if that's okay? She shouldn't be alone", George told the Chief and their attending with a worried look on his face.

Dr. Webber had a dark look on his face, "Fine." He gave George one last look before he pushed past them and followed after Karev.

As soon as Dr. Webber was out of sighed, Meredith and George took a step towards Dr. Bailey. "Dr. Bailey, we just want to say about the M&M—"

"We're really sorry—", Cristina apologized as well, while Brianna was standing behind them, observing the whole situation.

The attending shook her head, "No. You do not get to apologize to me for this. You do not get to feel better. And neither do I. Get to work."

She them turned to George and muttered, "O'Malley, just keep an eye on her."

"Yes, Dr. Bailey."