Stitches

Nine

Her normal routine in the morning is cooking and playing with her daughter. Once that phone rings,Maria goes to answer it as she knows who it is. Mark Sloane. The one person who she was starting to like. She smiled as she looked at her daughter wondering how Mark will be like if he deserves to know she has a child.
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At work, Maria was getting ready for to do surgery. She was with Addison causing her to smile as she was. Ready to do the surgery. She heard the monitor and looked as she knew one thing. The patient was dead. "Call it, Maria."

"Time of death...8:17." She says as she took the mask off as Meredith looked at her sister.
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"Four surgeries, four deaths." George say causing Maria to shake her head.

She didn't care about about the superstition causing her to walk out of the room when Bailey walked in. "Maria, wait."

Sighing, Maria did just that. Maria walked with Bailey as she was talking till Addison grabbed her best friend. "I got you some cocoa."

She smiled as she started drinking it. Meredith looked at her sister as she saw her talking to Addison. Derek stopped and wonder why the two were talking. He never sees Addison without Maria anymore. They were always by each other's side. Maria excused herself as she walked to the E.R causing her to look at Cristina. "You did not just say the 'Q' word."

They looked at her as they heard an ambulance. She looked at them. "Maria..."

"Oh, trust me, I'm going to have fun..."

"Maria, I need you." She heard Callie causing her to smile. "I don't know why this happens to me."

"How is she always getting the higher ups to like her."

"She's nice and she does her job without causing drama." Bailey says. "She's here to work, not fight for surgeries."

Meredith looked at her sister as she went with Callie. She wondered how her sister was more liked than her.
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"Maria, have you talked to Mark today?" She heard the Chief ask.

She looked at him. "Yes. Why?" She asks.

"He applied for a position here and he put you down as a person to contact. Do you think I should?"

"Well, I thought of that." She tells him as they walked together as she held her folder to her head. "I think it would be good, but with the history of Addison and Derek. He told me that he doesn't want Addison, he wants to talk to me." She looked at the Chief. "Shane also wants to come and work here in hopes to win Addison over." Maria stopped and looked at the Chief as Addison, Derek, and the other doctors and interns watched. "I am not the one who does the hiring here, but if they both are good in your eyes, let it happen." She saw everyone looking at her and the Chief. "Because this field is sometimes filled with affairs. Example, my sister and Derek."

Chief watched Maria Grey walk away and smiled. She will always be seen with a folder in her hands held close to her chest like a schoolgirl. That's why for now on, he will talk to Maria about his choices.
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"Mark, you promise to not do this." She says laughing. "Why did you punch him."

"Says I won't get you that he will."

"Ew. No." Maria tells him. "I don't see him in any kinds of way."

Addison and Derek looked at Maria Grey. "I'll talk to you later, but call me when your shift is over."

"Is she talking to Mark?"

"Derek, I think Mark is really sorry and that he really wants to be with Maria." She says. "I told him to keep calling Maria because I can tell that he really likes Maria."

Derek sighed. "I don't want him hurting her. She's a good friend."

"I don't think he can hurt her."
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At lunch, Maria grabbed her lunch and started looking for a table, but stop seeing her sister and the others talking and knew there was tension. She turned around and walked in to see Callie. "Callie, my dear friend. Let's eat."

"Sure." She says as they sat down. "Why is George ignoring me?"

Maria didn't know what to say and shrugged. "He will eventually tell you how he feels." She says. "Promise."
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Callie saw Maria and walked over to her. "George was in the women's restroom." She tells her. "Fighting with Cristina. What is he doing?"

"I think he was put up to it." She says. "George will eventually see that he is playing with you. He likes you, but the boy is awkward and shy. Give him time."

Callie nodded as she walked away. Maria knew that something was going on and that eventually things will work out for the better. She hopes.
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Meredith grabbed her sister as the two ran to her patients room. They walked in with Bailey. "Nikki, your boyfriend called." Maria says as Meredith and Bailey looked at her. "He doesn't want you to die."

"Kevin called."

That was all it took for Nikki to code. They started to work on saving Nikki, but Maria knew. She was too far gone. "Bailey, she's gone."
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Later that day, Maria was getting things together as she was wanting to get home. They heard Alex causing them to look at him. Maria shook her head as she knew that Alex was pissed about something. "It's not George you're pissed off at." She says as she ran after her best friend. "Is it?"

"Izzie wants to end things because she's falling in love with Denny."

"Alex, that's not your problem. She is doing something that she shouldn't." She tells him. "A forbidden romance with your patient and doctor can only end badly."

Alex watched Maria walk away as he sighed. Maria smiled as she knew she made a point. She knew how to push others buttons. More so the ones she knows that she push.