The Girl In The Bar

Part 8

Jules POV

I saw Nathan turning away with flowers in his hands.

Oh no...

"I'll be right back Mark" I say getting up and jogging towards Riggs.

"Hey, you're just going to walk away and not say hi"

He turns around clearly surprised.

"Jules! I thought you were with Mark- I mean I don't know what you're talking about"

"Look I don't know what you think you saw but-"

He shakes his head "You don't have to explain. It's none of my business"

"But I think-" He chuckles "Enough Jules. I trust you and I know you'll be honest with me when you know" He hands me the bouquet from his hands.

"These are yours, I hope to be seeing you soon" He leans in and kisses my cheek

I'm in trouble...

The next day...

Rounds were pretty basic today and I had a lot of free time.

As I was charting Mark came up to the nurses station next to me.

"Little Avery good to see you this morning" he smiles smugly handing me a coffee.

"I'm here basically every morning" I add

"Yeah well I have free time why don't we grab breakfast in the cafeteria?"

I laugh "God what is this highschool?" I joke and he sighs putting his hand on his head.

"I'm trying here give me a break" He was clearly embarrassed but he couldn't help but smile.

"Aw look at you blushing" I tease some more and he groans "Breakfast or not Little Avery"

I nod "Fine let's go this better not be some code for sex because that's not happening"

"Oh you know me too well"

Mark and I grabbed a tray and sat down at a table in the middle. Not many people were eating so it felt like we were the only two in the room.

"So Jackson mentioned you told him about me and Riggs"

Jackson rolls his eyes "I was ranting that big mouth doesn't know how to keep things secret"

I gasp dramatically "Was THE Mark Sloan jealous?!"

"Alright don't make me regret my decision inviting you to breakfast"

I shrug "I'm just saying if you were that'd be pretty hot"

And just like a dog his ears perked up "Oh would it be?"

Before we could continue another tray joins ours and it was no other than Nathan Riggs himself.

"Hey guys! Don't mind if I join in right?"

Oh god what is going on?!

"No of course not you're always welcome" Mark says clearly sarcastically

"Thanks bud. How is everyone's morning going?"

"Good not much work today but I don't want to jinx it"

"As a resident shouldn't you want to have work?" Mark asks

"I mean I do but sometimes a break is nice I don't want to get burnt out"

"I agree Jules, sometimes it takes a break to realize you have something else great in front of you" He says looking at Mark

"Is that supposed to mean something Riggs?" Mark claps back

"I'm just saying taking a break can lead to better outcomes"

"And what would those outcomes be? Because clearly you're seeing a different message" I could see Mark getting frustrated with Riggs games.

"Okay guys let's just-"

"You left her. And now suddenly you're all interested when she has someone else clearly interested in her? Seems quite convenient don't you think?"

"If you're implying that I just ran back to Jules because I could and not rather that I actually like the girl you're insane"

At this point they were standing face to face with each other.

"Why didn't you choose her then? When it came down to the woman that literally broke your heart to a beautiful sweet girl that was giving you her all, why didn't you choose her?" Riggs snaps

Mark pauses looking from me to Riggs.

"You don't know anything. I made the wrong choice I know that now but i'll do everything in my power to fix it and that's what i'm trying to do but I can't with you trying to weasel your way in!"

I rub my face with my hands.

"Okay guys really enough this is so stupid" I chime

"and I'll do everything in my power to make sure she makes the right decision and that won't be you"

Mark finally snaps and his fist meets Riggs face abruptly.

"Mark!"

Soon Riggs throws a punch and then they go down.

Link comes running as they roll around on the floor trying to pull them apart with Nico.

"Enough!" Link yells holding Riggs and Nico, Mark.

This is so embarrassing

Link takes Nathan has he holds his nose and Nico passes Mark over to me since he got paged.

I take him to an empty examination room with some supplies for the cut on his cheek.

"Can I please ask what the hell that was about?" I ask with a hint of anger.

He shakes his head and hangs it low "I hated what he was saying. Acting like I used you.."

"To be fair it felt that way"

His eyes meet mine.

"That was never my intention I hope you know that. I was just confused and overwhelmed when Addison came back. My mind was scrambled"

I nod "I know. If I know that, that's all that matters not Riggs and his opinion"

He nods in defeat "You're right.. I just let my anger get to me"

"Well let's try not to do that" I joke as I finish up his face and he agrees.

Back at the nurses station

I was finishing up my day of charting when a presence approaches me.

"Well look who it is little miss popular"

I groan "You again"

"I think a thank you is in order" He says cockily

"And why's that?"

"I split up your two boy toys in their little tussle today and the incident went left unreported"

"And I should be thanking you for them?" I question

"Well you were the source weren't you?"

"How would you know that?"

"Oh sweetie I know everything. I'm everywhere. Trust me" I couldn't help but cackle at his words.

"On a real note Jules I may not know you but be careful okay? Don't need a pretty girl like you getting her heart broken again"