You're Losing Me-Grey's Anatomy AU Book Nine

Chapter Twenty Two

"There's no such thing as magic. As far as we know. And while as surgeons, we study the secrets behind the human body's intricate network of cells, tissues and organs, when things go wrong, horribly, horribly wrong, there are only so many tricks we have up our sleeves to put a body back together. But there is a kind of power, more of a spell really, and when we get it right, it can be pretty damn magical. As surgeons, we are no stranger to the breaks and tears in the human body. In fact, we sacrifice the better part of our twenties learning every possible way to make it whole again. But there are some wounds a surgeon can't repair. Not on our own. It takes a kind of power we just don't have. There's no such thing as magic. Not in the traditional, abracadabra, genie in a bottle kind of way. But there is a magic in knowing that while not everything can be repaired, most everything can be survived"

"it won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try"

Alex was in the hospital waiting room with his head in his hands. Richard approached and put his hand on his shoulder. "Do you want to see her?" he asked.

Alex entered the hospital room and Lucy sat up. "Hi", she said softly.

He stayed silent.

"Is she... Is Mia okay?"

"She's fine. No thanks to you"

"Alex..."

"What the hell happened?"

"Look, I got a really bad headache and I needed some painkillers. Clearly I took too much"

"That's what those were? Painkillers?"

"Yeah"

"And that's the story you're going with? A headache?"

"You don't believe me?"

"No, not really. Because you've been off for months now. It wasn't a headache then and it's not a headache now. You have to be honest with me or this is never gonna work"

"I am being honest with you"

"You're still gonna double down after you almost killed our daughter"

"But she's okay"

"And she almost wasn't!"

Tears filled her eyes.

"I'm gonna go get your discharge papers". He left the room.

She broke down in tears.

Cristina got into the elevator with Beck who was wearing a hoodie and had earphones in. "Just because a family overhears you say eight days, it's not like, magically on day eight, the guy's gonna wake up", she ranted. "I mean, it could be day four or day ten". She looked at Beck and realised she was staring into space. She took out one of her earphones and put it to her ear. "What is that?" she said. "The soundtrack of your broken heart? You gotta get over pretty boy. Your boards are in, like, a week".

"I'm trying. It's kinda hard when we work in the same place"

The doors opened revealing Jackson. Beck froze. "Out of order, Avery", Cristina said, pressing the close doors button. "Take the stairs".

Arizona entered a patient where Jackson, Aurora and Dr Boswell were. "Dr Robbins, we were just getting started", Jackson said. "Arizona", Dr Boswell stated.

"You guys know each other?"

"Yeah"

"No", Arizona said. "We met briefly".

"We had coffee"

"Dr Boswell is the craniofacial specialist we flew in to help with Tyler's case", Jackson explained. "You're Dr Boswell?" Arizona questioned. "Yeah, how about this little guy", Dr Boswell said. "Brown on the outside. That can't be comfortable, huh?"