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𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦: 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵
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𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

Fresh starts.

That's all Anastasia Sloan wanted.

A place where she wasn't haunted by being the mistake-only daughter of Amelia and Graham Sloan.

Of being the girl who lost her mother in a car accident.

The girl who lived in her older brother's shadows.

All Anastasia Sloan wanted was to be Doctor Ana Sloan.

Only Doctor Ana Sloan.

But did she have to wake up so early to do it and somehow still run late for her first day?

The stupid toaster that took too long.

That is what she was blaming not her stopping for a macchiato. That was definitely not the reason she was running late.

Fast walking definitely not running after being yelled out by a nurse Ana headed straight towards the OR where the rest of the interns were waiting only to pause seeing another girl heading in as well.

"Late as well?" Ana questions making the girl look at her and nod.

"At least you're not alone," Ana says smiling softly as the two girls quietly walk into the OR seeing all the interns looking around while a man in a white coat looks at all of them.

Ana looked around the room and suddenly a feeling of calmness washed over Ana as she walked around the room.

Walking towards the OR table Ana felt more than anything a smile appear on her face. This was her moment. The beginning.

"Each of you comes here hopeful. Wanting in on the game. A month ago you were in med school being taught by doctors. Today, you are the doctors," Chief Richard Webber says making Ana straighten her spine up at that. She was the doctor.

"The seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life. You will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you. Say hello to your competition" Chief Webber says as Ana looks around seeing the facial expressions of her competitors.

Some were screamed, others excited, and some were just determined to be the best of the best.

"Eight of you will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure. Two of you will be asked to leave. This is your starting line. This is your arena. How well you play? That's up to you," Webber says as Ana looks back at the OR table.

This was her arena and if there was one thing Sloan was amazing at was winning. No matter what anyone says or tries to do stop them.

This was her arena. And she was going to show everyone just what she was made of. Especially a certain few.

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Standing in the locker room with the other interns Ana throws on her light blue scrub top over her long-sleeved shirt as a resident calls out the intern's name. 

Once finished pulling her long blonde hair into a ponytail Ana shut her locker before she placed her foot on the bench making sure her shoes were double-tied

"Only six women out of twenty," the other girl who came in late says making Ana look towards her and seeing her sitting on the bench putting her stethoscope.

"Yeah, I hear one of them is a model. Seriously, that's gonna help with the respect thing?" Another woman questions standing beside Ana at her own locker making the blonde shrug.

"I always thought if I failed medical school I could become a model. I mean Paris, Milan, ugh the shoes," Ana says groaning with a bright smile while the two women stare at her making Ana shrug. She might have had a bit of an obsession with shoes.

But they were so pretty.

"You're Cristina and Anastasia, right?" The dirty blonde questions making Cristina nod.

"Ana, please. Anastasia is too long," Ana says chuckling as she places her stethoscope around her neck making sure her single pearl golden necklace is under her scrub top.

"Which resident are you assigned to?" Cristina questions the two.

"I got Bailey," Ana replies telling the two to make sure she has everything before shutting her locker.

"The Nazi? Me too," Meredith says making Ana chuckle at the nickname.

"You got the Nazi? So did I. At least we'll be tortured together, right? I'm George O'Malley. Uh, we met at the mixer. You had on a black dress with a slip up the side, strappy sandals, and...," Georgie apparently as he walks closer as Ana looks at him slightly creeped out.

"That was creepy right?" Ana whispers leaning closer to Cristina who nods at her making the three girls share a look.

"Now you think I'm gay," George says making Ana shrug at that or a stalker. One or the other.

"No, I'm not gay, it's, ah, it's just that, you know, you were, I mean, you were very, unforgettable," George says to Meredith as Ana looks between the two before shaking her head as she walks away.

"O'Malley, Yang, Grey, Sloan, Stevens," the resident calls making the three girls take the opportunity to walk away from the boy who sighs watching them go.

As they walk towards their new residence Ana tilts her head before smiling and seeing "The Nazi".

"That's the Nazi?" Cristina questions as Ana smiles even bigger.

"I thought the Nazi would be a guy," George says making Ana scoff as she sends George a look. She didn't like him.

"I thought the Nazi would be...the Nazi," Meredith says as the Nazi shrugs just as the figure appears beside her.

"Maybe it's professional jealousy. Maybe she's brilliant, and they call her Nazi because they are jealous. Maybe she's nice," said the new girl hopefully as Ana winced at that. There was a reason why they called her the Nazi and definitely wasn't for her height or gender that means it was her attitude.

"Let me guess, you're the model?" Cristina questions as Ana tilts her head at the blonde before shrugging she could see it making Steven give Cristina a glare in response before the group five appeared in front of Bailey.

"Hi, I'm Isobel Stevens, but everyone calls me Izzie," Izzie says with her hand out to their new resident but Bailey just stared at her with a blank look before looking at the group as if judging who would screw up the most.

"I have five rules, memorize them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up. I already hate you, that's not going to change," Bailey tells the group with a pointed look at Izzie while Ana bites her lip from smiling.

She liked her and something told her soon she would love her. 

"Trauma protocol, phone lists, pagers," Bailey says as she places her hand on the desk where they lay before she begins walking away.

Quickly Ana grabbed all of them before she began following Bailey down the hallway while clipping her pager to her scrubs waistband as the other ones followed right behind her beside Cristina who stood beside Ana.

"Nurses will page you, you answer every page at a run. A run, that's rule number two. Your first shift starts now and lasts forty-eight hours. You're interns, grunts, nobodies, the bottom of the surgical food chain, you run labs, write orders, work every second night till you drop, and don't complain!" Bailey tells the group as they continue to walk at a fast pace.

Stopping at an on-call room Bailey opens the door as the interns look inside of them but Ana looks at Bailey. She's seen enough on-call room growing she knew they were all the same. A room with multiple bunk beds with sheets along with windows with blinds over them allowing only a little bit of light into them.

"On-call rooms. Attendings hog them, sleep when you can, where you can, which brings me to rule number three, if I'm sleeping, don't wake me unless your patient is actually dying. Rule number four, the dying patient better not be dead when I get there, not only would you have killed someone, you would have also woke me for no good reason, we clear?" Bailey questions but it obviously wasn't a question for the group of interns.

Ana stares at her waiting for her to continue just as Meredith raises her hand making Bailey nod at her.

"You said five rules? That was only four," Meredith states just as Bailey's pager starts beeping making her glance at it.

"Rule number five. When I move, you move," Bailey says as she quickly hurries down the hall with the group of interns right behind her falling with her every step.

Their first 48-hour shift officially begins the one where it would be determined if they actually had what it takes.

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Among the other interns, Ana stands on the helicopter platform with an excited smile on her face that she tries to hide as the helicopter comes closer.

Turning her head slightly away from the helicopter due to the strong winds Ana helps push the stretcher towards the patient.

"What do we've got?" Bailey questions the paramedics traveling with the patient as they pull her out of the helicopter.

"Katie Bryce, fifteen-year-old female, new onset seizures, intermittent for the past week, IV lost en route, started grand mal seizing as we descended," the paramedic tells them as they move Katie towards the elevator so they can get her inside.

"All right, get her on her side. Izzie, 10 milligrams Diazepam I.M," Bailey instructs as Ana helps Meredith turn Katie on her side.

Taking a quick glance at Izzie, Ana noticed Izzie who sneered overwhelmed or frozen taking a look to make sure Cristina had Katie Ana walked towards Izzie grabbing the needle from her hands making sure it was 10 milligrams before holding Katie's arm down to inject the needle into the girl's upper arm.

"No, no. The white lead is on the right, righty whitey. Smoke over fire, a large bore IV. Don't let the blood hemolyze, let's go," Bailey shouts at the interns just as Katie's seizure finally stops.

"So I heard we got a wet fish on dry land? A man asks as he enters the room.

"Absolutely, Dr. Burke," Bailey tells him making Burke clap his hands once as he looks over the interns.

"Dr.Bailey, I'm gonna shotgun her," Burke tells the woman who nods as she steps forward looking at her interns.

"That means every test in the book, CT, CBC, chem. seven, a tox screen, Cristina, you're on labs, George, patient workups, Meredith Anastasia, get Katie for a CT, she's your responsibility now," Bailey says making Ana and Meredith share a look with a small smile.

"Wait, what about me?" Izzie questions making Bailey turn around slightly looking the blonde up and down slightly before answering.

"You-honey, you get rectal exams," Bailey answers her before walking out of the room Ana turns her head not to laugh out loud before looking at Meredith.

"Let's see if we can find CT," Ana tells Meredith who laughs before nodding.

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Meredith and Ana hold the bed in the elevator with Katie on it looking for CT.

"You're lost," Katie states now awake making Ana shrug as Meredith shakes her head.

"We're not lost. How are you feeling?" Meredith questions the girl as they begin pushing the bed.

"How do you think I'm feeling? I'm missing my pageant," Katie complains annoyed.

"You're missing your pageant," Meredith states confused as the two-wheel her out of the elevator and around a corner.

"The Spokane Teen Miss? I was in the top ten after the first two rounds. This is my year. I could've won," Katie says as Meredith pushes her one way and Ana looks the other way.

"Mer!" Ana calls making Meredith pull the bed towards Ana as Katie sits up looking around.

"Hello? You're so lost. What are you both, like, new?" Katie questions as Ana points towards the left.

"CT," Ana states making Meredith sigh in relief as Katie looks at Ana who smiles at her sadly.

"I get it. I won second place and then my last year where I thought I would win I broke my ankle in three places. Can't perform," Ana tells Katie who tilts her head at her.

"I twisted my ankle. I do rhythmic gymnastics, which is like, really cool. Nobody else does it. And I tripped over my ribbon, and I didn't get stuck with someone this clueless. And that was like, a nurse," Katie tells Meredith and Ana as the two interns push the bed toward the CT.

"You fell?" Ana questions tilting her head at Katie as they help her onto the CT bed Katie nods. Ana nods at her as she takes a step back thinking. 

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Later on, Ana stands in the cafeteria looking for something to eat well more for some coffee she needed some more as someone slides up beside her.

"You got Bailey right?" A male voice questions making Ana turn and look to see some man also in blue scrubs.

"Yep. I'm Ana," Ana says popping as the man smiles at her holding his hand out.

"Alex," he tells her as Ana shakes his hand with a smile as she grabs a sandwich and some chips.

"Bye Alex," Ana tells him as she walks towards the table where Cristina, George, Izzie, and Meredith are just now sitting down.

"Katie Bryce is a pain in the ass. If I hadn't taken the Hippocratic oath, I'd Kevorkian her with my bare hands," Meredith states as everybody stares at her but Ana who begins laughing as she sits down beside her.

"We are going to get along amazingly Mer," Ana tells her as the blonde shakes her head at her head as Dr.Burke comes up behind George.

"Good afternoon interns. It's posted, but I thought I'd share the good news personally. As you know, the honor of performing the first surgery is reserved for the intern who shows the most promise. As I'm running the OR today, I get to make that choice," Burke says as he claps George on the back making Ana raise an eyebrow at that.

"George O'Malley. You'll scrub in for an appendectomy this afternoon. Congratulations," Burke says as he walks away as George stares.

"Me?" George questions his mouth open and filled with food.

"Swallow before you talk," Ana tells him shaking her disgusted as she opens her bag of chips before pausing.

"Is that a coffee stand," Ana says standing up and rushing towards the coffee stand with a bright smile on her face.

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After lunch which consists of Ana drinking an entire 32oz coffee along with eating her sandwich and chips, Meredith and Ana head back towards their patient.

Ana was writing down her blood pressure just as the patient's parents rushed into the room.

"Katie, honey, mom and dad are here," her Mom says rushing towards her daughter who was now asleep from the sedative that they had to give her for the CT scan.

"They gave her a sedative for the CT scan, so she's a little groggy," Meredith tells the two as her Mother looks towards the two.

"Will she be all right?" Her mother questions worriedly.

"Our doctor at home said she might need an operation, is that true?" Her father questions looking at his daughter.

"What kind of operation?" Her mother questions.
"She's, um, well, you know what, I'm not, I'm not the doctor, uh...," Meredith says wide-eyed as Ana places her hand on her shoulder smiling at the parents.

"We are the interns on her case let us go get the attending that will be able to answer all your concerns," Ana says smiling at the two as Ana pulls Meredith out of the room.

"Thank you," Meredith tells her making Ana smile at her.

"It was nothing," Ana says as they walk towards Bailey.
"What?" Bailey questions making Ana smile at her.

"Katie's parents have questions. Do you talk to them, or do we ask Burke?" Meredith asks Bailey who shakes her head at her.

"No, Burke's off the case, Katie belongs to the new attending now, Dr. Shepherd, he's over there," Bailey says as Ana looks at her confused. She knew a Doctor Shepherd.

Meredith and Ana take a few steps in that direction Meredith stops dead making Ana run into her.

"Ouch Mer," Ana says rubbing her nose as Meredith turns towards Ana wide-eyed.

"I remember I have something to do. Will you talk to Dr.Shepherd," Meredith says before rushing off making Ana confused before shaking her head.

"Okay then," Ana whispers as she looks up and around for Dr.Shepherd before she freezes seeing Derek. Her Derek.

Her Derek who is supposed to be in New York with his wife and Ana's brother.

Derek looks up with a smile on his face that doesn't quite meet his eyes as he locks eyes with Ana before he does a double take.

"What the hell?" Ana whispers as Derek stares at her before hurrying away making Ana glare at him before rushing after the man.

As Derek walks into the stairwell Ana follows him and grabs his arm turning him around to face her with a confused look on his face.

"Derek," Ana says making Derek smile at her with a charming look on his face.

"Annie! Look at you in your scrubs how is your first day going?" Derek questions as Ana squints her eyes at her.

"I'm confused Der. Why are you here?" Ana asks Derek who looks around as if trying to find an escape.

"Uhm well...Ana, I might have forgotten you were coming here. You never did answer how's the first day of your internship going? Oh, and Mark slept with Addison," Derek says as his pager goes off and Ana stares at him wide-eyed.

"I'm being paged. Nice to see you let's get lunch soon," Derek says hurrying off as Ana watches him go freezing.

"Wait what?!" Ana screams after him eyed and beyond confused.

"Mark and Addie?" Ana whispers before shaking in disgust and gagging as she groans.

"I'm going to kill him," Ana whispers as she leaves the stairwell angrily.

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As everyone sat in the gallery waiting for the first intern to perform surgery Ana stood in an empty corridor with spear beds as she paced while the phone rang.

"Ana! Hey baby sis how's your first day going already running the place?" Mark questions laughing as Ana stops and rubs her face.

"You know it's been a surprising day. Met some new people  find my favorite coffee stand was late not something at all, oh and the most interesting part of my day was seeing Derek who told me you slept with his wife!" Ana exclaims annoyed as Mark stops laughing on the phone.

"Annie," Mark begins as she shakes her head at that.

"Do not Annie me, Mark Everett Sloan! You slept with your best friend's wife! Are you serious? You know I always knew you were a manwhore but this crosses the line entirely. How in the world-I'm speechless! You idiotic pea size of a man who I'm surprised you haven't already caught something!" Ana exclaims annoyed as Mark is completely silent on the other side of the phone making Ana pull it back to see if he is still on the phone.

"Mark," Ana calls running a hand down her face.

"Okay...so you are mad. And I know I'm a manwhore but do you have to call me that?" Mark questions making Ana shake her head.

"Mark, how could you do this? He's your best friend," Ana whispers sitting down on one of the empty beds.

"I love her Ana," Mark whispers making Ana close her eyes at that.

"She doesn't love you, Mark. Not the way you deserve. This is only going to get you hurt and in the process lose the one person who has always been there for you," Ana says as Mark goes quiet again.

"I have to go, Mark," Ana says as she goes to hang up the phone Mark tries to tell her not to. Hanging up the phone Ana places her head in her hands shaking it just as someone sits down beside her making her jump.

"You know when I met you I thought you were too soft to be a surgeon now I just realized you might be more hardcore than I thought," Alex says making Ana chuckle at him.

"Want to go get some coffee and I'll tell you how O'Malley is now 007," Alex says as he stands up holding a hand out for Ana who takes it staring at Alex.

"He screwed up the appendectomy?" Ana questions as the two begin to walk.

"He ripped the cecum and then choked. Burke had to step in," Alex tells Ana who shakes her head at that wide-eyed.

"No!" Ana calls chuckling slightly as Alex nods at her smiling slightly at the blonde.

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Ana walks slowly almost hesitantly as she sees Derek standing at the nurse's station

"Annie," Derek calls making the girl freeze as he turns towards her with an eyebrow raised. Sighing the girl pulls her shoulders back before walking towards Derek.

"I didn't know," Ana states making Derek nod at her.

"I know you wouldn't. Mark was never one able to admit when he was wrong, especially to you. Never could hold the disappointment from you," Derek states as Ana sighs at him.

"I'm sorry Der," Ana whispers to him making Derek grip her hand and smile at her.

"Nothing to apologize for. Now tell me how's your first day going?" Derek questions as Ana laughs as she stands beside him.

"It's been alright I'm on Katie Bryce's case. She's an interesting girl," Ana says chuckling as Derek looks at him smiling.

"How are you though? Do you have somewhere to stay well I'm sure you do but are you okay? Eating right? Why hasn't Mama Shepherd tell me anything or your sisters they would have-?" Ana tries to question as Derek stops her.

"I haven't told them. I sort of just got on a plane and ended up in Seattle although I talked to Richard first. He gave me an opportunity I couldn't pass up," Derek tells Ana who sighs at that.

"I really want to hug you Der you seem like you need a hug," Ana says making Derek smile sadly at her just as they both get a page making them look down.

"9-1-1 Katie Bryce," Ana and Derek say simultaneously before they begin to rush towards her room.

"What the hell happened?" Derek demands as they walk into the room Meredith stands there wide-eyed.

"She had a seizure, and-," Meredith begins to explain.
"A seizure?" Derek questions angrily.

"-her heart stopped," Meredith tells Derek.
"You were supposed to be monitoring her," Derek tells Meredith.

"I checked on her and she-," Meredith tries to tell him.

"I got it. Just - just - go," Derek says as Meredith turns away.

"Someone give me her chart, please?" Derek says as Ana watches Meredith go.

"Dr.Sloan," Derek calls as Ana looks at him before tilting her head Derek sighs but Ana walks out of the room rushing after Meredith.

"Meredith!" Cristina calls out as the two follow the girl outside in the rain.

"Mer!" Ana yells heading after her and seeing Meredith lean against a tree as she throws up while Ana and Cristina watch her from under the building not getting wet.

"If either of you tell anyone ever...," Meredith says as Ana rolls her eyes while they walk into the hospital.

"Let's go get you a ginger ale along with a toothbrush," Ana says as they walk down the hallway.

"I want another coffee too," Ana says as Cristina looks at her.

"How much coffee have you had?" Cristina questions as Ana shrugs but waves her off.

"It's fine," Ana tells her as Cristina and Meredith share a look shaking their heads.

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On the 24-hour mark, the interns gather in a conference room Ana sits beside Cristina on a desk as they race to see who can suture a banana as Meredith leans against the desk watching.

"What are you both doing?" Meredith questions.
"I'm suturing a banana, with the vain hope that it wakes up my brain," Cristina says making George laugh.

"What're you smiling at, 007?" Cristina asks him making George stop laughing as Ana laughs finishing her sutures.

"I'm sorry, I get mean when I'm tired-wait did you already finish," Cristina asks Ana who smirks at her.

"That's what she said," Ana tells Cristina who gives her a deadpanned look which might just have been her face as Meredith shakes her head.

"Does anybody know why we're here?" Cristina questions around the packed room just as Derek enters the room.

"Well good morning," Derek says as he walks around the room.

"I'm going to do something pretty rare for a surgeon, I'm going to ask interns for help. I've got this kid, Katie Bryce. Right now, she's a mystery. She doesn't respond to her meds. Labs are clean, and scans are pure, but she's having seizures. Grand mal seizures with no visible cause. She's a ticking clock. She's going to die if I don't make a diagnosis.

Which is where you come in. I can't do it alone. I need your extra minds, extra eyes, I need you to play detective, I need you to find out why Katie is having seizures. I know you're tired, you're busy, you've got more work than you could possibly handle. I understand.

So, I'm going to give you an incentive. Whoever finds the answer rides with me. Katie needs surgery. You get to do what no interns get to do. Scrub in to assist on an advanced procedure. Dr Bailey's going to hand you Katie's chart. The clock is ticking fast, people. If we're going to save Katie's life, we have to do it soon," Derek says before walking out of the room as all the interns grab copies of the charts.

Ana grabs one as she reads through it just as her phone vibrates making her sigh as she walks out of the room. She didn't have time for her brother's explanations.

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In the library, Meredith, Cristina, and Ana who Cristina dragged sat on the floor looking through the chart.

"Well, she doesn't have anoxia, chronic renal failure or acidosis. It's not a tumor because her CT is clean. Are you seriously not going to tell me why you won't work with Shepherd?" Cristina questions Meredith making Ana look up at her.

"No. What about infection?" Meredith questions avoiding the question.

"No. There's no white count, she has no ceteal lesions, no fevers, nothing in her spinal tap, just tell me," Cristina says as Ana laughs as she flips through the chart looking at the CT.

"You can't comment, make a face, or react in any way. We had sex," Meredith says making both Ana and Cristina open their mouths, close it, and open it again.

"Oh," Ana whispers wide-eyed before shrugging slightly. He could do whatever he wanted he was a maybe divorced man.

"What about an aneurysm?" Cristina questions making Ana pause at that.

"No blood on the CT, and no headaches," Meredith says as Ana takes a sip of her coffee.

"Okay. There's no drug use, uh, no pregnancy, no trauma...was he good? I mean, he looks like he would be, was it any good?" Cristina questions making Ana choke on her coffee Cristina and Meredith look at her as Ana waves them off.

"What are the answers? What if no one comes up with anything?" Meredith questions worriedly.

"You mean if she dies?" Cristina asks.
"Yeah," Meredith says nodding her head. 

"This is gonna sound really bad, but I really wanted that surgery," Cristina tells the two making Ana laugh at her.

"She's just never going to get the chance to turn into a person. The sum total of her existence will be almost winning Miss Teen whatever. You know what her pageant talent is?" Meredith asks Cristina chuckling making Ana stop as she remembers the conversation.

"They have talent?" Cristina asks in disbelief.
"Rhythmic gymnastics," Meredith says making the two laugh as Ana stands up.

"Yes! That's it! I knew it!" Ana calls out fisting bumping before grabbing the chart as the two watch her confused.

"Get up! Come on!" Ana says as the two watch her as Ana grabs everything.

"Ana?" Meredith questions her as they head out of the library.

"She fell. While practicing and twisted her ankle. She hit her head," Ana says making both of them stare as they all begin to run understanding what Ana was saying.

"-the only thing she could possibly need is a-oh, oh, Dr. Shepherd! Just one moment, um, uh, Katie competes in beauty pageants-!" Cristina flags down the man before the elevator closes.

"I know that, but we have to save her life anyway," Derek tells her as Ana places her hand on the door so it doesn't close.

"Okay, she has no headaches, no neck pain, her CT's clean, there's no medical proof of an aneurysm-," Cristina listens as Derek nods. 

"Right," Derek states as the other one in the elevator looks annoyed.

" -but what if she has an aneurysm anyway? During her practice, she twisted her ankle and she fell," Ana tells Derek who looks at her.

"It was no big deal, not even a bump on the head, you know she got right back up, iced her ankle and everything was fine, it was a fall so minor her doctor didn't even think to mention it when I was taking her history, but she did fall," Cristina tells Derek who looks at the three. 

"Well, you know the chances that a minor fall could burst an aneurysm, one in a million! Literally," Derek tells them. 

"But what if she is one in a million," Ana tells him as the elevator door finally closes. Ana, Meredith, and Cristina sigh and turn away. The elevator dings and Derek steps out making them turn back.

"Let's go," Derek says walking in front of them as Ana smiles following him.

"Where?" Cristina questions as Derek cuts a look towards Ana.

"To find out if Katie's one in a million," Derek states as Ana gives him a bright smile.

The group of four tilt their heads as they look at the scan of Katie Bryce.

"I'll be damned," Derek says as the tech operating the scan points at the dark spots. 

"There it is," Ana whispers smiling softly. 
"It's minor, but it's there. It's a subarachnoid hemorrhage. She's bleeding into her brain," Derek says as the three begin walking once again.

"She could've gone her entire life without it ever being a problem. One tap in the right spot -," Derek says as Ana nods.

"-and it explodes," Ana says finishing his sentence and making Derek nod.

"Exactly. Now I have to fix it. You three did great work. Love to stay and kiss your asses, but I gotta tell Katie's parents she's having surgery. Katie Bryce's chart, please," Derek says towards the nurse who hands him the chart.

"Oh, and Dr Shepherd, you said that you'd pick someone to scrub in if we helped," Cristina reminds him making Derek nod. 

"Oh, yes, right. Um, I'm sorry I can't take all three of them, it's going to be a full house. Ana, I'll see you in OR," Derek says as he smiles at her before walking away.

The three stand there for a moment or two. Cristina looks back at Ana and walks off, clearly pissed.

"Cristina...," Ana calls as she sighs.
"Good job," Meredith tells Ana who smiles at her nodding.

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In the OR Ana stands next to Derek who winks at her.
"All right everybody, it's a beautiful night to save lives, let's have some fun," Derek says before leaning closer to Ana. 

"Ready Dr.Sloan?" Derek asks as Ana chuckles at him.
"Definitely Dr.Shepherd," Ana tells him as she looks through the magnifiers at what's happening.

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After the surgery, Ana smiles as she sips her coffee looking at her phone wanting to just call her brother to tell him what happened.

"It was a good surgery," Cristina tells Ana who smiles at her.

"Yeah. It was," Ana tells her as Cristina sighs.
"We don't have to do that thing where I say something, and then you say something, and then somebody cries, and there's like a moment...," Cristina says making Ana shake her head.

"Definitely not. Maybe some coffee?" Ana questions as Cristina shakes her head at her.

"You have a problem," Cristina tells her as she stands.

"I do not!" Ana calls out to her as Cristina leaves just as Derek comes through the same door stopping at a desk to do some paperwork.

"I finally truly understand it," Ana says making Derek look towards humming.

"I watched all of you in an OR before but I've never felt that thrill rush to you. Where you know this is exactly where you need to be. I get it now," Ana tells Derek who nods smiling at her.

"Call him," Derek says looking towards her phone as Ana sighs.

"Maybe," Ana whispers as Derek smiles at her.
"Maybe," Derek whispers before he goes to leave.

Looking at her phone Ana puts it in her pocket before heading towards the locker room to change.

Once she does Ana walks with Cristina, Meredith, Izzie, and George about their first shift and about getting some breakfast. Pancakes did sound amazing just as she hit send on a text to her brother.

Ana Banana
I love you, Mark

Markie
I love you more kiddo

˗ˏˋAUTHOR NOTE'ˎ˗
The first chapter has been published! Finally.

Don't forget to comment my lovelies! Ignore all the typos, please! And I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! I love you all! <333333