' 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗶 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘀𝗼. 𝗶'𝗺 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 '

"OKAY, LADIES and gentlemen this is nick hanscomb" mark sloan introduced to the large crowd of doctors, at least twenty stuffed into the patients room. they were called to announce his new medical achievement. or maybe a mark sloan gloating party. either or.

"hi" nick said awkwardly, giving a small wave at the doctors.

"nick was lucky enough to have me remove a large carotid body tumor from his neck. the fact that i was able to get clean boundaries is pretty darn impressive, even for me" mark said, impressed by his own success.

"congratulations" alex attempted at a compliment. you should never interrupt mark sloan when he's bragging about himself. it's a very bad idea. it was the complete opposite to kissing ass. jordyn could only sigh at her friends tragic mistake.

"don't interrupt. now despite the fact that it was a wildly successful surgery, we had to dissect out deep lymph nodes in his neck. there is now only a delicate flap of skin between his carotid artery and the outside world. that said, what am i worried about?" mark asked taking off his yellow gloves and plopping them into the trash.

"i would think given the friability of the skin, that there's a great possibility that the, um, the artery could blow?" cristina suggested. the doctors murmured in agreement.

"right. oh, don't worry. i've-ive heard this before" nick comforted, turning his head around specifically towards where lexie and jordyn stood in the crowd.

"if that happens, whoever's in the room, i don't care if it's a doctor, a nurse, an orderly, your job is to stop the bleeding then page me, in that order. are we clear? any questions?" mark asked the fearful looking doctors. all they could do was nod their heads.

"they look scared" nick observed. well no shit. it would suck for any doctor to have the blood of mark sloan's miracle tumor surgery on their hands.

"they're medical professionals, nick. a healthy level of fear is encouraged" doctor sloan eased, clamping his hands together.

"okay, then. uh, if i do die, it will have been lovely meeting you all" nick smiled, locking eyes with lexie in the process.

"see? the patient is confident. you should be confident. that's it" mark re-confirmed, as he let all the doctors go.

"maybe i'm just being observant, but that patient was totally making a move on you" jordyn gossiped to lexie as they went towards the charting closest.

"oh, stop it. also, karev made out with me in the on call room before sloan's meeting" lexie reported a flirty smile on her face.

"okay, now you can stop it" jordyn said making fake gagging noises that always made lexie laugh.

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"how am i doing?" nick asked lexie as she was using her stethoscope on his heart. jordyn stood beside them, the patients chart in hand.

"strong and stable" lexie reported pointing at jordyn's chart so that she could check off a specific box.

"strong and stable-two words that have never been used to describe me, ever" nick admitted looking down at his blanket.

"well now they have" jordyn teased, stuffing the clipboard with charts into the binder.

"you're a pretty girl. i hope you don't think that's rude. i'm just-i haven't been allowed to notice that kind of thing for a while and...now i'm allowed" nick stated, making lexie blush. jordyn stood mouth slightly open in awe.

"you're allowed to notice prettiness?" lexie questioned leaning against the bed.

"standing right her!" jordyn exclaimed in an over exaggerated tone.

"sorry, uh, i just prefer brunettes. and well, i'm allowed to notice, uh, other women, women other than my girlfriend. my now, uh, ex-girlfriend" nick shrugged as lexie checked his temperature. jordyn simply held the charts and watched the show.

"oh, i'm sorry" lexie apologized, still focused on the work at hand.

"yeah, giant neck tumors weren't her thing" nick said not even sounding sarcastic. the poor guy.

"she left you because of the tumor?" jordyn questioned, always interested in patient gossip.

"of course not. no. she left me because, uh, i didn't make her laugh anymore, and, uh, she had just lost that lovin' feeling" nick lied to the woman, making up things on the way.

"she left you because of the tumor. that sucks" lexie states coming over to jordyn so that she could write down his temperature.

"yep. y-you seeing anyone? i'm j-i'm just making conversation. my-my artery's exposes, you know, which kind of limits my game" nick laughed, even making jordyn and lexie giggle. lexie was getting it. go off girl.

"okay, uh...yes. well, kind of, i am" lexie stuttered making jordyn snort under her breathe. lexie was a terrible liar. go figure.

"nice guy?" nick asked. sorta.

"yeah, he is. well, he's kind of, um, he's kind of a nice guy disguised as a jerk" lexie explained. she wasn't that off anymore.

"oh, yeah, i-i know that type. my-my girlfriend was a...nice girl disguised as a vapid narcissist. but then it turned out she really was just a vapid narcissist" nick admitted.

"you know he's only using her for sex" jordyn revealed while crouching down so that her eyes were level with will's.

"jordyn!" lexie screamed, looking like she was ready to hit her with a binder. jordyn tried to put her best serious expression on.

"really? that's no surprise" nick said, no longer stuttering through his words.

"ouch" lexie said while rolling her at eyes at her best friend and the patient.

"what? i think he's perfect for you. i'm doctor long, doctor grey's bestfriend and matchmaker at your service" jordyn said leaving her arm out for nick to shake.

"you guys are unbelievable" lexie said grabbing his other arm, to check his pulse.

"so you really like this guy? even though he doesn't have a super cool exposed carotid artery and is using you for sex?" will asked, making jordyn and lexie giggle from the stupid joke.

"yeah, i do" lexie replied as she got back to her work. jordyn simply winked at nick, as if in a way of saying that she was now his personal wing woman.

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"long! a word!" alex said pulling jordyn over in the hallway so that they were in their iconic on call room.

"a little busy karev. i'm on watch for carotid artery man right now and i don't need to have sloan hating me like he hates you" jordyn explained, really wishing to be with her patient right now over him.

"sloan won't hate you, you're a chick. and it's about ava...she's here. and i need your help sneaking her into the observor deck" alex explained, trying to sound as reasonable as possible.

"alex, no. i'm can't help you with this!" jordyn responded, hands on her hips.

"oh come on, jordy, what happened to the-"

"lexie is missing out on carotid artery man who's sweet and nice to be with you, someone who's hooked on to a patient fling. just dump lexie already before she catches more feelings for you. sneak ava in some how without me. i'm only an intern, i'm not getting suspended from this program" jordyn explained heading out the door.

"come on...you're my other half...i need you on this" alex pleaded, grabbing jordyn's hand.

"i'm sorry, but lexie's my person. not you" jordyn snapped, walking away from alex. she couldn't wait to see a five star show in the observers room today.

——

"hey. nurse olivia said you needed to see us. are you okay?" lexie asked nick as jordyn and her rushed into his room. they had just gotten paged.

"my book is bad, and i hate daytime television, and all my friends are at work" nick sighed boringly.

"yeah, well we're at work, too. we're interns. we're supposed to be learning things" lexie told him, sounding slightly upset.

"we can-we can learn about his artery" jordyn suggested pointing towards the huge bandage. lexie glared at her.

"you can never know too much about arteries, right? come on. i have no one to talk to, and you two are like a walking comedy act" nick joked. lexie gave a final payback stare at jordyn.

"fine, but we're taking your vitals again" lexie gave in and once again threw over nick's binder to jordyn who was smiling from ear to ear.

"okay. so, uh, you want to help me plot my revenge?" nick asked as lexie once again used her stethoscope on his heart.

"hell yeah" jordyn smirked. she was liking this guy more by the minute.

"girlfriend?" lexie double checked.

"uh-huh. here's what i'm thinking-i page her here, and then, uh, you know, i'm all like, 'i'm dying, and i just need to gaze at your beauty one last time.' and then-and then she gets here, and i flash her the artery" nick said with a malicious smile. jordyn and alex giggled as he explained his plan.

"it's mean. i like it" lexie stated.

"it's badass" jordyn added.

"right? okay. can you get me a phone?" nick asked making jordyn and lexie laugh even more. eventually they finished taking nick's vitals and told him the only time he could page them was if something emergent was happening. the two friends were walking side by side of each other in the hospital hallway. better now or never to tell her how i feel.

"i think you should cut things off with karev" jordyn said abruptly.

"what? why?" lexie questioned, confused by what jordyn was saying.

"i don't know lex. i think he's only in it for the sex and you're in it for much more" jordyn warned.

"you know what jordyn, stay out of my relationship. you don't always have to put your nose in other people's businesses" lexie defended rushing away from her co-worker. jordyn rolled her eyes and kept walking. she'd get over it. once she see's what she was warning her about she'll definitely get over it.

——

jordyn squeezed behind doctors in the observer deck so that she could sit just directly behind lexie as she watched alex operate. jordyn didn't mind the silent treatment she was getting from lexie. by order of elimination, jordyn was able to figure out quickly who ava/rebecca was. she had long straight red hair and a gorgeous face. no wonder alex liked her.

"it's amazing, isn't it? the-how technical it all is, how impersonal? they're-they're basically just mechanics, but, like, god's mechanics because what they're actually doing down there is saving a life. so you're a-a surgeon?" ava/rebecca said to lexie, amazed by the surgery infront of her. and this is why non-surgeons weren't allowed in the observer deck.

"surgical intern, first year. what about you?" lexie asked. this was about to get interesting.

"oh, um...i'm not actually supposed to be here. the guy that i'm-i'm you know..." ava/rebecca attempted to explain to lexie.

"your-your husband?" lexie suported. someone fuck me with a chainsaw and get this over with.

"no. no, no, not my husband. the guy that-anyways, i'm just-i wanted to see him operate" ava/rebecca pointed at the glass.

"oh, doctor sloan. oh, i get it. no, no, i'm not judging. i mean, he's kind of insanely hot" lexie misunderstood. she was as oblivious as a five-year-old that got held back in pre-school.

"we-he is, but i'm not-i'm not with him. i'm with...him...do you know him?" ava/rebecca now more exactly pointed at alex. lexie slowly turned around to look at jordyn. guess she realized who it was. jordyn simply smirked and mouthed told you so.

"no. no, i-i don't know him at all" lexie answered quickly exiting out of the observer area. jordyn rushed behind her.
the two eventually caught up to eachother. "i'm sorry for yelling at you before. you were right about karev. i should've listened to you"

"you're not done with your apology" jordyn states. lexie raised an eyebrow out of curiosity. "free popcorn for a month"

"deal" lexie giggled. it's hard to stay mad with eachother when you work at seattle grace. especially when the person you're mad at is your person. "come on. let's go flirt with carotid artery guy"

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"hey" lexie said as jordyn and her entered nick's room.

"howdy" jordyn greeted. the nurse that was in there prior quickly exited around the two interns.

"hi" nick smiled. "you guys, uh, checking in on me again?"

"yep" lexie answered while checking his binder for what seemed like the dozenth time today.

"will you call me strong and stable again?" nick joked.

"let's hope" lexie said obviously distracted. probably about the karev thing and the whole ex-patient up in the observer area thing. it was then when jordyn was thankful that she didn't sneak her up for alex.

"what's wrong with her?" nick asked jordyn, which only made her shrug. this time it wasn't her story to tell.

"what makes you think something's wrong?" lexie asked him, as she flipped through the charts. it was rather easy to tell if something was wrong with lexie grey.

"well, your cheeks are all flushed, which they-they weren't earlier. is it creeping you out how observant i am? i'm sorry. it's the-it's the boredom, i'm telling you" jordyn giggled at the man's awkward flirts.

"remember your girlfriend who just turned out to be a vapid narcissist?" lexie remembered, putting down her charts.

"your boyfriend turned out to just be a jerk." nick concluded.

"jerk, ass, and many dirtier words that are inappropriate to use in front of a patient" jordyn joked. lexie rolled her eyes at her friends foolish behavior.

"i'm sorry" nick said apologizingly to lexie.

"yeah, me, too" lexie agreed.

"well, you want me to help you plot your revenge?" nick suggested. it certainly made her feel better last time.

"you better" jordyn dared, moving over to beside lexie.

"okay. here's what i'm thinking-you go out with me. just like that-bam-new boyfriend. and he'll be all, 'what's he got that i don't have?' and you'll be all, 'carotid artery...exposerd too. beat that, loser. and he'll be all, 'i can't. i can't top that. i am a loser" nick dreamt up making jordyn and lexie laugh like crazy. he was a perfect match for lexie. bubbly and talkative, just like her.

all of a sudden blood splattered all over the bodies of jordyn long and lexie grey. their scrubs soaked from head to toe. the artery had popped.

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A/N: seems that jordex isn't having the funnest time right now. but lexyn is stronger then ever. this is so far my shortest chapter yet, but i wouldn't worry, next chapter a lot more things will happen. and poor nick. he deserves better :(