Ava kissed the twins on the head as they were eating their breakfast which Jackson had made. "Good morning." Ava says smiling at her husband.
"Good morning where's Mark?" Jackson asks knowing Ava was helping mark get ready for pre school.
"He's just getting his jacket from his room. What's for breakfast today?" Ava says smiling at the twins.
"Waffles." Harry and Daisy cheered as Ava chuckled at them while mark joined the table.
"You got everything you need?" Ava asks him as he smiled at her and nods before eating his breakfast. Jackson took Mark to school while Ava took the twins to daycare.
~
"Peggy, Dayna, hi!" Arizona says to the couple as Ava continues to check over Dayna.
"Oh, hey, Dr. Robbins. Hi." Peggy says to Arizona.
"Hey, what's going on?Is the baby okay?" Arizona asks the couple.
"Oh, yeah, she's fine.That one, not so much." Peggy says pointing at Dayna.
"Oh, I'm a mess." Dayna cried out.
"Peggy was driving and Dayna..." Ava says as Peggy continues on.
"She puked all over me.Like power-puked.And then I swerved and..." Peggy says as Ava looks at her.
"You hit a tree at 30 miles an hour.All the airbags went off except for Dayna's." Ava tells her.
"Ouch.Did you hit your head?" Arizona asks her.
"No. My ribs feel a little sore." Dayna says as she begins to cry.
"It's okay.It's very common to have a release of emotion after an accident.Especially once the body knows it's out of harm's way." Arizona says to her.
""Out of harm's way."" Dayna says sarcastically.
"Babe." Peggy says to her.
"I have stage 2 breast cancer and I just had
my second round of chemo.That's why I got sick.
So, the harm is most definitely still in the way." Dayna says to them as Ava looks at Arizona.
~
"I don't know why I'm so upset.Dr. Hanson told me
I'd be nauseous." Dayna says to Ava.
"Remember what else Dr. Hanson said...stay positive, because you're gonna get through it.He promised." Peggy says as Ava looks at her confused.
"Promised, did he?" Ava says knowing all to well that you couldn't promise to cure cancer.
"Yeah, he has the proof to back it up.His success rates are amazing.He cured my friend Lucille without surgery.You must know him...Dr. Scott Hanson... Ow!" Dayna cried out as Ava did her checks.
"Sore there?Uh, afraid I don't know him." Ava tells her.
"Oh, my God, you need to be sending people to him!" Dayna says to her.
"He sounds amazing." Levi says as Ava glares at him slightly.
"Let's get Dayna up for a CT.And, Peggy, we have a waiting room for you to relax with the baby, okay?" Ava tells Peggy and Schmitt.
"Okay." Peggy says as Ava walks with Levi.
"If I ever hear you use the word "cure" and "promise" when speaking with a cancer patient,
your medical career will be as short as you are." Ava tells him as he nods slightly.
"Yes, Ma'am." Schmitt says to her.
"Call Dr. Hanson's office, get me her medical records, okay?" Ava instructs him as she walks away.
~
Ava sat looking at the scans as Arizona walked in looking at the scans. "There's no broken ribs,and I don't see any internal injuries." Arizona says to her.
"What else don't you see?" Ava says looking at Arizona.
"Wait, what?" Arizona says looking more carefully at the scans.
"Exactly." Ava says to her.
"Well, show me the sagittal views." Arizona says to her as Ava loads up the scans.
"Now, I will bet my license this woman does not have cancer." Ava says to Arizona while the two women share a look.
~
Ava discussed the case with Owen while showing him the scans and how Schmitt couldn't get Dayna's records. "Hey. I talked to Dayna.She was referred by a friend in the exact same situation...inconclusive mammogram,and then she needed a second opinion." Arizona says to Ava and Owen.
"And did you tell her that she is cancer free?" Ava asks her as Owen messes around on the computer.
"No. No. We have one scan and we don't have
any of her prior records." Arizona says to them.
"Two chemo treatments?That really would be a miracle cure.This guy... there's something really wrong here." Owen says to them.
"Well, maybe she was just misdiagnosed.Sometimes good doctors make mistakes." Ava says as Arizona agrees with her.
"Why are you defending this guy?" Owen says to them.
"Why are you attacking this guy?You have been so angry all day long.Maybe it has something to do
with the fact..." Arizona says as Owen cuts her off.
"American Society of Clinical Oncology." Owen shows the women the screen.
"Yeah?" Ava says confused.
"Guess who is not a member?" Owen says to them as Ava and Arizona share a look.
~
Ava watched as Owen and Arizona walked into the E.R. "Where have you two been?" Ava asks them.
"Come with us. Right now." Arizona says as Ava follows the two of them.
"You're showing up clean." Ava tells Arizona.
"You're 100% sure?" Arizona asks her.
"Look, they look totally clean!See for yourself.Um, she's like..." Ava says as Owen walks over to the monitor.
"Oh, we're way past that." Arizona dismisses Ava.
"You're okay." Owen says to her.
"I'm okay.He fakes the ultrasounds." Arizona says to them.
"He is poisoning completely healthy women, probably just to charge them for the chemo." Ava says to them.
"What he does to these women,what he puts these families through..." Arizona says to them.
"We need to stop him." Hunt says to them.
"No. We need to destroy him." Arizona says to them
"Owen.." Ava says to him.
"You told me not to take it out on the interns." He says looking at Arizona.
~
Ava sat reading a book with mark in her room as Jackson walked in. "Hey the twins asleep?" He asks as Ava nods at him.
"Yeah they were exhausted. And now it's your bed time little man." Ava says smiling at her eldest son.
"Okay mommy." Mark says hugging Ava as she smiles kissing his head.
"Come on buddy I'll come tuck you in." Jackson says picking Mark up as he headed to his room while Ava smiled at the two of them thankful for their family.
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A/N- I'm thinking of ending this book soon and little earlier before season 17 which is when Jackson leaves. I don't have any ideas on how to end it but it'll be about the end of season 15 or some point during season 16.
If you have any ideas they would be appreciated?
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