Chapter 25

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Within' and Hopin'

"Hey, welcome to the Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic. Barring any surgical emergencies you will be working here today." Bailey said, as the interns stand in the clinic. 

"Working on what?" Cristina asked, as the room is empty. 

"Right now, Olivia will be familiarizing you with the protocol for the flu vaccine." Bailey replied. 

"Oh! No, no, no. Don't...don't touch that." Izzie tells Alex as he goes to pick something up. "That was...79 dollars."

"Oh, my God. I have got to get out of here." Cristina tells Alex and Juliette.  "Burke has a bloodless pulmonary valve transplant patient flying in from Denver tomorrow. I should be preparing."

"You don't get to scrub in on that valve trans-location." Alex tells her. 

"How do you know?" Cristina questioned. 

"Because I am." Alex tells her. 

"He picked you?" Cristina asked. 

"You guys ready?" Olivia asked walking up to them. 

"Where is everybody?" Izzie asked. 

"Uh, Grey will be late. O'Malley should be back from vacation." Bailey replied. 

"No, no, no. The patients, the underserved, uninsured population that we're supposed to be helping." Izzie said. 

"The underserved, uninsured will come. You'll see. Just watch the door. They will come through it." Bailey tells her. 

"I can't wait...for the first patient. It's gonna be amazing. It's gonna be amazing what Denny's money can do. Right?" Izzie replied. 

"Just watch the door, Stevens." Bailey said. 

"Dr. Bailey, congratulations on the opening of the clinic." Mark said, as he walks into the clinic and went to stand by Juliette. 

"Good morning, I brought you some coffee." Mark said, handing Juliette her coffee.

"Thank you, I needed this after our long movie watch." Juliette replied, as Richard spoke. 

"It is open, isn't it?" Richard asked, looking at Izzie. "Is Stevens all right?" 

"She watching the door, sir." Bailey tells him. 

"Ok, then." Richard replied. 

"Someone's coming." Izzie said. "Damn it!"

 "O'Malley, welcome back. You're late." Bailey said, as George and Callie walk in. 

"Is O'Malley all right?" Richard questioned. 

"We got married in Vegas!" George said proudly. "We're married." 

"Dude, she's Callie O'Malley." Alex said, laughing. 

"It's fast, you know? It seems really very fast. Are you...are you even happy?" Izzie asked, as they walk towards them. 

"We're incredibly happy." Callie tells her. 

"Oh yay! Well great! Yay!" Izzie replied. 

"Show her the ring." George tells Callie. 

"Oh." Callie said, as she shows them the ring.

"It's pretty, very nice." Juliette said. 

"Oh! That's so great. Tiny diamonds are great because you know no one will ever try to steal it." Izzie said, causing everyone to look at her in disbelief.

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