We'll Look After You, We Promise

Chapter 27

TW of Isabella's past talk, SA, all that sad stuff

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The wives had managed to keep their week off as busy as ever, filling it with Christmas activities for their Bambina. Maya introduced her to building snowmen, creating their family as snowmen and a snowball fight which Maya totally allowed the girl to win at. She knew she would probably get her ass beat in it against big Isabella, the older one extremely competitive against her Mama which Carina teased them about constantly. Carina had done more of the artsy crafts with the girl, helping her decorate a stocking and teaching her what a stocking stuffer was as she helped her Momma fill Mama's stocking for Christmas and helped Mama fill Carina's in return. She still didn't fully understand why she got Christmas gifts AND more gifts in a stocking but she stopped questioning the women a while ago, their response the same: "Because we want to spoil our Bambina". They sadly had to go back to reality, both the doctors pulling a twenty four hour shift while Maya pulled a twelve hour shift. The women discussed the present they were getting big Isabella, Maya was going to handle it after she got home from work and took a nap.

It was twelve hours into their shifts and Isabella felt dead to the world. She had managed to stay away from Carina's office, knowing she would slip the moment she saw her Momma. Her eyes were burning from how exhausted she was, her blood sugar tanking as she hadn't eaten since breakfast that morning with the women. She sat outside in the cold, trying to control her trembling hands from lack of food knowing she needed to get her ass up and just eat something. All her energy slowly drained from her body as it was fighting the cold temperature outside. Amelia had spotted her small brunette friend sitting on the bench, having this internal battle as she brought over a coffee and muffin for the girl. She frowned, watching as she watched the girl shake and the color in her face pale. The girl sent her a small grateful smile, downing the warm coffee and eating the muffin quickly as she felt some of her energy come back. She leaned her head back on the wall, the burning sensation in her eyes getting worse with how tired she was.

"You know... we all don't actually stay awake for 24 hours right? We all take naps in the on-call rooms. I bet Carina has the couch set up for you, she's been looking for you." Amelia informed the girl, curiously watching how she would respond to her.

"How do interns learn things about surgery and medicine if they are sleeping?" The girl hummed out her response, eyes still closed as Amelia sat there not knowing how to respond. Most interns would in fact stay awake the whole time but Isabella was different and the teaching staff knew that, even if Isabella didn't want to be treated differently. She had managed to do three day shifts with minimal sleep, she wasn't sure how she couldn't survive this right now.

The girl grabbed the neurosurgeon's hand and gently squeezed it three times before quietly thanking her for the snack. Her pager went off again, groaning silently seeing it was Carina for the fourth time. Arizona promised the girl she could scrub in on a surgery, but she did make sure to say the girl had to nap first. The brunette had blushed furiously, worried someone else had heard the way she babied her when she said it. She assumed this is exactly how she spoke to Meredith but Meredith was one of the smartest doctors in this hospital, of course the woman needed a nap from time to time. She begrudgingly marched herself up to Carina's office, a frown adorned her face with a red nose from the cold temperature outside. Carina was quick to fly out of her chair upon seeing the woman, she was shaking from the cold and her face was flushed, her eyes bloodshot red and she looked to be struggling to stay awake. She had just finished eating her own lunch and making the couch more comfortable for the girl so she could nap but Isabella had been ignoring her texts and pages for over an hour. She grabbed the girl's wrist, scolding her in Italian as the girl looked semi scared and confused, not understanding what her Momma was saying. Her eyebrows furrowed as she was tightly tucked in on the couch, Carina shoving a bottle straight into her mouth as the woman was trying to protest taking a nap. She hadn't realized just how tired she really was until she began suckling on the warm breast milk her Momma had probably just pumped. Beating herself up, she could've nursed if she had come earlier and her Momma was probably frustrated from having to pump. She had heard her tell Mama that the pump was overstimulating for her sometimes and she much preferred Isabella to nurse. The girl whimpered around her bottle, hoping her Momma wasn't angry with her since she had stupidly and selfishly ignored her. Carina's face softened, trying to follow their hospital routine strictly was hard and she didn't mean to seem so upset but she was frustrated the girl was just ignoring her. Her assumption was confirmed when Amelia had texted her about earlier as the neurosurgeon had messaged that she fed the girl a muffin with coffee while half asleep on the outside bench. Maya was already worried about the brunette spending the whole time there anyways and their fears confirmed.