Everything Has Changed ❤️ {Jackson Avery}

Thirty Eight

I'm walking around the hall, and I find Jackson with Lexie, Alex, April and Cristina.

Savannah: hey, bub.

Jackson: hey, you.

Jackson hands me a cup of coffee then kisses my forehead as I look over a chart. From the corner of my eye, I see Meredith approach Alex.

Meredith: so they're probably gonna fire me. Are you happy?

Alex: oh, come on. They're not gonna—

Meredith: I want your crap out of my house by the end of the day.

I watch in confusion as Meredith storms off.

Cristina: what the hell was that?

Suddenly, all of our pagers go off at the same time and we all run to the main lobby.

Webber: a 757 went down in the sound. We're looking at about 200 injured passengers. We're the designated crisis center. Families will be instructed to come here to find their loved ones. We are activating surge protocol. Dr. Hunt is gonna be running the show. It's gonna be chaotic. You need to listen carefully. You need to stay focused. Do not contribute to the panic. Now get to your stations.

We all follow Owen and Bailey.

Owen: Dr. Bailey, let's clear any beds that we can. Discharge or transfer.

Bailey: okay, uh, Grey.

Meredith and Bailey run off.

Owen: alright, Torres, you'll be with me. Kepner, set up the ER for triage. Other Grey, I want you running the family center. Take over in the cafeteria. Yang, blood bank.

Savannah: we might need a candyman.

Owen: Dr. Sloan will be our candyman. Let's be liberal with pain meds for our victims and sedatives for patients that we are moving. Uh, Avery, you can help him out. Let's move, people.

I run over to the desk and help Owen make calls and organize the flow of traffic.

Owen: Seattle Pres can't take any more.

Savannah: start calling County.

Mark: Avery!

Jackson waved to indicate that he needed a minute.

Mark: why'd you give me that guy in the middle of a mass trauma?

Owen: Avery?

Mark: the kid quit Webber's study. What kind of idiot decides working with the Chief of Surgery is too taxing on his schedule?

I whack Mark at the back of his head.

Mark: oww!

Savannah: he didn't quit because he thinks it's too much hard work. He quit because he thinks the Chief has a shot at a Harper Avery, and that can't happen with his name on the trial.

Owen: Kepner, discharges.

-later-

I walk into a supply closet and I see Alex throwing things into a bed pan.

Savannah: what happened with Meredith?

Alex: she tampered with Shepherd's trial. And I'm pretty sure I got her fired.

Savannah: Jesus.

Alex: you gonna yell at me and tell me I'm a bad person? Go ahead.

Savannah: look, you did the right thing Alex. She may be your friend, but what she did was completely selfish. Remember when we first got here, and that patient died? I had to make a similar choice. It hurt, but I had to do what was right. You were doing the same thing. I'm in your corner, Alex.