𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 {𝗗.𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗱}

𝟯𝟱. 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 {𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆}

Ellie enters Derek's office.

"Hey. You paged? " she said

"Yeah, I like to say hello to my wife every 48 hours. You didn't come home last night. " he said as he kissed her

" I told you, every Tuesday night, I'm trolling for cases. Last night, a guy crashed his motorcycle, had rebar jammed in the base of his skull, And shadow Shepherd let me do the extraction. "

"You know what I've been doing? Paperwork. You know what I have to look forward to today? More paperwork. This job is just- I would love to have something jammed I brain. That way, I'd see the inside of an O.R. " Derek said

"Okay. Well, uh, are you gonna come home early tonight? Because we can order in, and I have some stuff to tell you." Ellie said

"Yeah. I'll be there. " Derek said

"I have to go. I'm on Sloan's post-ops. "

" I hate that you're so happy. " Derek said

"Derek, there's gonna be a lot of dirty sеx for you tonight. Look forward to that. " Ellie said as Derek smirked as Ellie leaves.

•••

April is writing in her notebook as she walks into the supply closet. She suddenly trips over something and falls onto her face. Her nose is bleeding as she gets up, but she then notices her whole body is covered in blood. As she sits up, she notices she's lying in a puddle of blood, and when she looks behind her, she sees she tripped over Reed's dead body and is now covered in her blood. She starts freaking out.

"Oh. "

April enters Derek's office, completely in shock. He sees her covered in blood.

" Dr. Kepner. April, what is it? " derek asked

"Did you know I I grew up on a farm? What happened? I, uh, I grew up on a farm, so, you know, blood- Blood doesn't- doesn't bother me. I ... I slaughtered a pig once. That was a lot of blood. Bleeding like a stuck pig- You know, that's a- that's a saying. To bleed like a pig, you know, it means something. But you don't- you don't think of people As having that m-much blood. You learn in med school how many pints we all have in us, but you don't realize it until you see it. You don't get how m-how much blood- And a skinny person. I mean, my God, reed, she's-she's- She, like, almost anorexic. She's like 5 pounds. You-you wouldn't think she'd have that much blood in her, but she-she did. She did. I mean, she-she- " april ranted

"April. April. April. April. April. April. Shh. You're in shock. It's all right. Tell me what happened. " derek said

"Reed's dead. Someone shot her."

•••

Elevator doors open and Chloe gets in. She's all alone with Gary Clark.

"Excuse me. Could you tell me where to find the chief?"

"Dr. Shepherd? He's, uh, probably in his office. " Chloe said

" Yeah, I've been to his office before. I can't seem to remember how to get there. I keep going in circles."

"It's-it's in the east wing. That's over by labs, across the catwalk. "