𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗘, greys anatomy

get off on the pain.

chapter three. 
get off on the pain.

☆★☆★→ ←☆★☆★

Charlotte is on her way to meet up with jo after using the restroom when she overhears a couple of interns gossiping. at first the teen is not very interested, but quickly changes her mind after hearing one of the interns bring up dr. karev. charlotte freezes, pressing herself up against the wall to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"i heard that dr. karev and dr. wilson haven't been speaking." one intern spoke.

"i hear he's been staying with dr. grey." a second voice gossips. "think he's having an affair?"

"haven't you heard?" a third added, "it's because karev went batshit and beat deluca half to death. how do you two not know this already?"

charlottes eyes went wide in disbelief. she thought she had finally escaped all of the violence that formed her past when alex karev had found her on that park bench. of course she was terrified and hesitant to trust the doctor at first, but he had quickly proved himself trustworthy and safe. charlotte couldn't believe she had been so wrong about the man; usually, her safety-radar could detect these sorts of situations from miles away after the amount of practice it's had throughout the past few years.

this news was especially shocking considering the fact that everyone she had met at the hospital so far had constantly assured charlotte that she could trust alex. and trust she did; he had been the first man she had ever trusted to such an extent.

now, however, charlotte wasn't quite sure what to believe.

☆★☆★→ ←☆★☆★

Charlotte follows jo out of the hospital later that day, tugging open the door to the passenger seat of the doctors car when jo calls over, "hold on a second, charlie."

charlotte pauses, watching with confusion as the doctor removes a piece of paper from her purse, unfolding it to reveal the word "homecoming?" written across its front in black sharpie.

jo takes a deep breath as she notices alex exit the building; she holds the paper out to her side, letting the peds doctor read it.

"what the hell is that?" alex asks, pausing at the front of the parking lot row.

"it's my hoco-pro." jo explains.

"oh, you asking me to the dance?" alex slowly approaches the woman, prompting charlotte to immediately yank open the car door and throw herself inside the backseats, shutting the door tightly behind her.

jo smiles, laughing awkwardly. "no, i'm asking you to come back home." there's a slight pause before alex advances, leaning in to kiss his fiancée.

charlotte almost throws up, and not because of the kiss. she hops back out of the car. "hey, uh, is it okay if i go over to meredith's? she's been wanting me to meet zola."

jo pulls away. "oh, yeah, of course. we can drop you off on the way."

"oh, that's okay." charlotte begins to retreat away from the car, "i think she's just about to leave anyways, i'll just ride with her. thanks anyways." the teen all but runs back into the hospital, finding meredith talking to richard in the lobby. "hey, uh, meredith?" charlotte gets the doctors attention.

"oh hey charlie, what's up? everything okay?" it had barely been a week since her arrival, so this kind of forwardness was extremely out of character for charlotte. she tended to go wherever pointed and nod at every question asked.