"For the millionth time, Jo and I are not into each other." Karev insisted as he, Yang, Jackson, and I all got ready in the attending's lounge.
"How did we even get onto this subject again?" I asked the two men as I pulled my scrub top on over my bra, keeping my back turned to them.
"While Yang and Hunt were going at it the two of them started making a bunch of animal noises at the kitchen ceiling." Jackson informed me.
"Oh, please." Yang scoffed at Karev's statement, just as Meredith came in. "You and ponytail-McGee were canines in heat last night. Literally."
"Told you they were doing it, Avery." Meredith told Jackson as she sat down on the couch. "Pay up."
"Just a question, does anyone at this hospital not fraternize with their coworkers?" I asked as I pulled on my scrub pants. With that done I sat down next to Meredith, pulling my shoes back on and retying the laces.
"Yeah, you." Yang nodded. At her comment I couldn't help but glance at Jackson to find him looking at me too. After I had agreed to go out on a date with him we had decided not to tell the others, wanting to see how things went before everyone started to get in our business. No one seemed to notice our shared look though as Yang went back to annoying Karev. "You two are one drink away from wild monkey sex. Just stuff her turkey. You'll feel better."
"I feel fine." Karev insisted as April walked in, freezing at the last part of Yang's comment, looking as though she were disturbed by this conversation. "Look, I'm not screwing my ex every night. And I'm not taking advantage on interns."
"I took Edwards to the wedding, that's it." Jackson shook his head. "Besides, even then April made me."
"Hey, Apes." Yang greeted the ginger, only seeming to notice her presence now.
"Hey, here's a question. Um, whatever happened to good old-fashioned romance?" She asked all of us. "No stuffing of turkeys, but, you know, what about nice normal dates where people talk, share a meal, get to know each other, and then wind up together, not because they're monkeys, but because they have genuine feelings in a committed way. I mean, what is so wrong with that, huh?"
"Are you gonna eat all of those?" Meredith questioned the multiple burritos in April's hands. April only shook her head and left again, not bothering to answer the question.
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"Can I just say that I hate this cooperation that's planning to buy the hospital." I groaned as I tried to use the programmed tablet that they gave everyone to keep track of their patients.
"And that is why you're not a candidate to be the face of the brand." Yang commented.
"Which I am more than happy not to be." I assured her.
"I hate this this thing. Every time I touch this thing, it deletes another patient." Meredith complained as she tried to use her own tablet.
"It deletes patients?" Yang raised a brow.
"I did the exact same thing this morning." Wilson told Meredith as she took the tablet from her. "Here. Let me see..."
"Who are your stalkers?" Meredith asked Karev and Jackson. At her question I looked away from my tablet to see two people with cameras standing a few feet away.
"Oh, uh, the new guys are looking for a hospital show pony- a face for the brochure." Karev explained.
"Yeah, Karev's my competition." Jackson added, causing me to roll my eyes.
"If you can call it that." Edward commented.
"You can't." Jackson chuckled.
"Bite me, pretty boy." Karev snapped at him.
"And why are there no women in the running?" Meredith questioned.
"Actually, they said that Howards and Yang were asked." Karev informed them, causing all of them to look at me and Yang.
"I turned them down, this face only goes on a Nobel brochure." Yang took a bite of her apple.
"Yes, and I turned them down too." I stated the obvious.
"How?" Karev frowned. "I tried but they still saddled me with that chick."
"Poor Karev, has no one taught you to be rude?" I faked puppy eyes at him. "All I had to do was give Alana a nice and long rant, with a few choice words on my thoughts about Pegasus, and I was taken right out of the running. Apparently they aren't looking for someone who wishes that the company they're supposed to be representing would go bankrupt and all of it's advisors and owners go rot in hell. It just doesn't send the right message."
"You really have changed since you first got here, haven't you." Karev shook his head.
"No, now you guys are all just getting to see my true colors." I flashed them all a wide smile. "There was a reason why Mark and I were best friends."
"And here we have a fully centralized electronic records system." Alana said as she led a tour over to where we were all standing. "Everything you need to know about any client at anytime. Smart, streamlined, efficient-"
"Oh, efficient." Meredith spoke up so the tour could hear her. "It would be more efficient if it didn't keep deleting my patients."
"Sing it Grey!" Callie called from the conference room across the hall, causing me to smirk.
"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to leave before I have our future owners calling for my head on a stick." I told the others as I headed down the hall.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Bria!" Jackson called my name as I made my way down the hall, heading towards one of Derek's patients that he'd asked me to check on. "Hey, I need your help."
"What is it?" I frowned. "I was just on my way to a patient's room."
"April went on a ride along with some paramedics today." He informed me. "They came across a kid involved in a hit and run, but they're supposed to take the kid to Redmond. That's an hour away and she says he doesn't have that much time so-"
"So she wants to bring him here?" I guessed.
"Yeah, but they're not supposed to and Hunt's not backing me up." Jackson nodded. "This kid's going to need a neuro consult, so, can you help?"
"And break all of Alana's precious rules?" I raised a brow. "Of course."
"Great, they should be here soon." He told me as he led me towards the stairs. We hurried down to the first floor and into the abandoned ER where Wilson was waiting with a hospital bed, a blanket covering all of the supplies they'd gathered. I looked around the ER to see all of the material gone and replaced with work tables, tools, and a couple ladders. It looked nothing like the ER I had been working in just a few days ago. As I looked around though I saw that there were other things here as well, monitors, central line kits, and much more.
"Where do we start?" Wilson asked us.
"You can start by guarding the door." Jackson instructed her as he uncovered the supplies. "Hey, no one can know about this. No one comes in. You understand?"