All Too Well-Grey's Anatomy AU-Book 2

Chapter Five

"Pain comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain, the normal pains that we live with everyday. Then there's the kind of pain you can't ignore. A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else; makes the rest of your world fade away until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our pain is up to us. Pain. We anaesthetize, ride it out, embrace it, ignore it... and for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to push through it. Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it healed. There are no solutions, no easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed, but sometimes the pain gets you when you least expect it, hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it, and life always makes more". 

"i'm either what you're all about or i'm nothing"

Lucy turned on the light in George's room and yelled, "Seriously?!" George woke up, startled. She entered the room. "Make room", she said. She got onto his bed and lay down. "I was sleeping", he complained. "Shut up", she snapped. Meredith burst into George's room and yelled, "Seriously?!" She climbed into the other side of the bed, sandwiching George between the two. "This is a very small bed", George commented. "Derek is a brain surgeon", Meredith said, sitting up. "No chemistry, no sparks, nothing!" Lucy exclaimed.

"He's a brain surgeon! How can he be so brainless?"

"Hello? Seriously?"

"Seriously!!"

George tapped both their shoulders and shushed them. The storm made the power go out.

Bailey stood in the doorway as the interns got ready. Lucy threw her clothes into her locker, frustrated. "Who pissed in your cheerios?" Alex asked her. "Shut up", she snapped. He held up hands of surrender and she rolled her eyes.

The interns walked into a hospital room and Cristina presented Henry Lamott to everyone. Henry fiddled with the remote before turning the tv on. "Henry is allergic to all pain medication", Cristina continued. Girls laughed naughtily in the background. "Is that?" Cristina asked. "Porn", Henry's wife Maria answered. Alex looked excited. "What are we watching?" Alex asked. Lucy stifled a laugh. "Karev, go stand in the hall", Bailey commanded. "I'm sure you're really nice people and what you do in the privacy of your own home- look, we can't have porn in here. This is a hospital". "It's for the pain, endorphins are released to help manage the pain, my doctor suggested it", Henry replied. George stared at the screen in awe and Lucy burst out laughing. "O'Malley, Shepherd, go join Dr Karev in the hall", she said. George continued to stare at the screen so Lucy pushed him out, still laughing uncontrollably. Meredith, Cristina and Izzie joined them in the hall a few minutes later.

"O'Malley, Karev, Shepherd, pit. Stevens, cardiac patient. Yang, eyes on the Lamott's", Bailey said. They all left to do their assignments.

George, Alex and Lucy entered the pit. An ER resident handed George a clipboard. "Pete Willoughby, a GSW to the chest. He is in significant pain and is losing a lot of blood", George read. They approached the patient. "Damn, this hurts. They never tell you in movies how much it hurts to get shot", Pete said. "Mine", they all said. "Alex, you always get the surgery. Today, I'm getting the surgery", George said. "And apparently, I'm invisible", Lucy remarked. "Cut it out, he is a Seattle police officer, and a group of officers are watching you guys through the blinds", the ER resident said. George gave them a thumbs up. Lucy smacked his hand down and rolled her eyes. "Someone page Dr Burke", she said.

Alex, George and Lucy were pushing Pete on a gurney. "I got shot, it's only my first month on the job", Pete said. "I froze as the shooter pulled a gun on me, I don't think I'm going to live it down". "You will", George reassured.