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Season 3, Episode 1
"What The Hell"

"Come on, he's here!" Hen shouted quietly.

"I'm so glad you guys were able to come." Athena greeted as she opened the door for the Buckley siblings. Buck had made great progress after his leg injury, so the team decided to celebrate.

"Surprise!" everyone shouted as Buck made his way down to the main area of Bobby and Athena's house.

A huge smile grew on Buck's face as he went over to start hugging people. Rylin let Eddie hug Buck first because she knew how excited he was now that Buck was ready to go back to work again.

Buck was quick to embrace Rylin in a hug after hugging Eddie. She smiled wide and let out a laugh. She was happy to have her best friend working with her again.

"I can't believe you managed to keep this a secret." Buck said as he walked up to Maddie, Chim, and Rylin. "There's cake?"

"Cakes. Plural." Rylin said, shoving a forkful of cake into her mouth.

"Yeah. We weren't sure how today was gonna go." Maddie shrugged.

"So we had another one on standby in case you crashed and burned that said, 'Better Buck Next Time'." Chim said, Rylin laughed proudly because she was the one who came up with the title.

"Wow, you guys just gonna get married already?" Buck asked sarcastically after Maddie and Chim shared a cute moment.

"Oh, don't forget to invite us." Michael said, walking past the small group. They laughed at the odd exchange.

"Wipe that look off your face, dude. They're cute." Rylin told Buck. Rylin giggled after seeing Buck's face of defeat. Maddie and Chim are cute, and he knew it.

A little while later, Buck called over Bobby and Rylin. "What's up?" Rylin asked.

"I, uhm." Buck started. "I just wanted to say thank you for being there, you know, for the surgeries and the rehabs. I know I wasn't always the easiest person to be around."

"You're telling me." Rylin joked.

"No, you weren't that bad." Bobby said, patting Buck on his shoulder.

"Yeah, the only downside was the amount of ice cream I had to buy during that entire process." Rylin said. Buck laughed, remembering the countless nights the two of them spent together watching movies and eating ice cream.

"You should." Buck said in between coughs. "Tell that to my... Ex-girlfriend, sorry."

"Hey, she just wasn't the right fit." Bobby said. "You'll find someone new."

Buck continued coughing. "Sorry, I, uh—"

"Buck, you okay?" Rylin asked, her face more full of concern than happiness. "Oh, my God." she added once she saw blood come out of Buck's mouth.

"Buck?" Bobby asked. At his words, everyone witnessed Buck choking on his own blood as he fell to the ground.

"Buck!" Rylin shouted as she kneeled down next to him.