Stole My Heart ❤️ {A Jackson Avery love story}

Chapter 29:

I went to the hospital early today to go into surgery with my dad. The surgery was fine for a while then the next thing you know, the monitor starts beeping rapidly and everything turns into chaos. Everyone is screaming orders at each other and scrambling to save the patient but unfortunately, we hear the sadly familiar sound of the monitor flatlining.

Dad: time of death, 8:17.

I scrub out with my dad and I pat him on the back before running to the intern locker room. When I get there, I see most of my friends getting ready for the day.

Delilah: hey!
Cristina: sup baby Shepherd.

I walk over to George and give him a kiss on the cheek then walk over to my locker to grab a protein bar.

George: four surgeries, four fatalities and the day has barely started. Can I have a bite of that?
Cristina: no. You're in my apartment, you don't get to be in my food.
George: Dr. Burke gave me a protein bar this morning.
Cristina: Burke packs his lunch for him, did I mention?

I chuckle at Cristina then I throw an apple at George.

Delilah: eat.
George: this is why you're my favourite.

I giggle when George kisses both my cheeks then my nose then I continue eating my protein bar.

Izzie: I talked to the morgue guy this morning.
M&D: the one with the unibrow?
Izzie: the one with the, like, teeth thing. And he said that surgical fatalities come in threes and sevens. Says there'll be three more before midnight.
Cristina: well, okay then. Since "dead tooth" morgue guy said so.
Izzie: he's the morgue guy. He knows things about death.
Delilah: Iz, just because he works in the morgue, it doesn't mean he knows everything about death.

I see Meredith pick something up from the floor and tries to give it to George.

Meredith: you dropped this.

George kisses my cheek then walks away. Things were still very tense between him and Meredith and it made me sad.

Meredith: he's still ignoring me.
Cristina: ignore him back.
Meredith: Derek says I should apologize until he listens.
C&D: Derek says?
Meredith: it's good advice. He's my friend. That's good advice.

I chuckle at Meredith and nod at her.

Delilah: honestly, I agree with my dad. If George won't listen to you, make him listen.
Meredith: you're George's best friend.
Delilah: last time I checked.
Meredith: can't you persuade him to talk to me?
Delilah: Mer, he may be my best friend but you have to get him to talk to you all on your own.
Meredith: you know, I hate you sometimes.
Delilah: that's a lie and you know it Grey.

Meredith and I share a laugh as I see Bailey from the corner of my eye entering the locker room.

Bailey: come on.
Meredith: where?
Bailey: ER.
George: all of us?
Bailey: we've all had deaths. Let's all go save a life.

We all start walking to the ER. As we walk by a nurses station, we get stopped by Addison. I saw her holding a tray with coffee cups and I instantly knew what she was doing. Good juju cocoa.

Addison: Dr. Bailey. Here you go.
Bailey: what's this?
Addison: hot cocoa. It's a little ritual we had in New York. Four surgeries, four deaths, I figure we could all use a little good juju.
Bailey: and cocoa equals juju how?
Delilah: don't question the cocoa Dr. Bailey.
Addison: exactly. Anyways, carry on.

The group starts walking away and Addison hands me a cup that was bigger than the others.

Addison: for you.
Delilah: this is why I keep you around.