Army Goddess

Chapter 13: Henry

♤Season 8, Episode 9♤

Angela giggles as she tickles Sofia's stomach. The little girl kicks her legs while Mark stands behind Angela with his phone in his hands, recording them, "That's it, niñita, smile!"

"Mark, give me the phone. You need some videos of you with your daughter," Angela grabs the phone, kissing Sofia's cheek before doing the same to Mark.

He gets down on the floor with his daughter and starts to play with her, "Look at my girl! You are so big. Pretty soon I'll be chasing boys off with a bat. Or girls. Either way."

She laughs, looking through her purse when she hears her phone buzz, "Crap. Henry needs surgery and Teddy wants it done with a laser. Webber doesn't have experience with it. Huh."

"What?"

"They don't want me doing the surgery but they want me to babysit Yang while she does it. Yang did one perfectly a couple of days ago. Why do I have to be there?" Angela texts Owen back saying she's on her way.

"Maybe Teddy just wants you there as her best friend. Her eyes while she can't be in there. I mean, there are moments where you two could be twins with how in sync you guys are sometimes," Mark suggests, picking Sofia up before grabbing Angela's coat for her, "We will see you after surgery, then?"

Angela nods, kissing him, "Yes. It shouldn't take more than a couple hours. Sofia will probably be asleep by then and we can spend the rest of the night not sleeping."

Mark smiles, winking at her, "I knew there was a reason I was dating you."

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Angela gets changed into her scrubs before meeting Webber, Bailey and Owen on the way to the OR, "Okay, what's the plan?"

"Teddy wants us to drape Henry's face and let Crisitina use the laser on him. Can you try talking her out of it?" Owen looks to the major.

"No. I did an endobronchial tumor with a laser with her last week and I basically did nothing. Her and I have done three since I got here," Angela starts tying her scrub cap on.

Bailey sighs, "Angela, it-it's just too much pressure. Now she's a resident and it's one of her mentor's husband."

She laughs, "She's a machine. Do you really think Cristina cares if that's Teddy's husband? Hell, I think I could be on that table and she wouldn't bat an eye."

Owen shakes his head, trying to make her understand, "No, she's not. You can just do it."

"It's not like I am completely abandoning them. I will be in the OR in case anything goes wrong, but you've all said. Cristina Yang is the best resident of her class and she's got this. We'll give her a verbal history and put a bronchoscope and a laser in her hand, bada-bing, bada-boom. And if anything does go wrong, I'll take the fall with Teddy, " Angela sees that Owen and Bailey are not completely sold yet, "Look, Teddy would only really feel comfortable doing this herself. The next best thing is me and Cristina is basically a carbon copy of me in the OR. As I said, I will be there the whole time. Nothing will go wrong. Page Little Grey. I need to fill her in before we start."

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Angela stands with Little Grey outside of Henry's room, "Yang is not paged until Henry is draped and sedated. Give a verbal history, omit the patient's name. Make sure his entire face is draped."

"But you will be in there?" She asks, causing Angela to nod.

"Are you sure you can handle this case?"