Unexpected Love (Editing)

Chapter 35

Liliana's pov

"Presents with pulsatile, expanding abdominal mass. Go!" Jackson says. The boards are approaching quickly and Jackson and I have been spending pretty much every moment we have quizzing each other to prep for it.

"Easy, I'd take the patient straight to the OR and access the peritoneal cavity through a vertical midline incision." I say.

"You guys studying for the oral boards in the middle of the day?" Meredith asks joining us as we stand in front of the OR board.

"Yep, just one of the benefits of having a study partner. You should get one" I smirk.

"I have one, it's just my stupid study partner's to busy trying to save her stupid marriage to actually help me study." Meredith scoffs.

"Well you know what's better than a study buddy? A study lackey, check it. Hey you, brown haired girl, you're up." Alex says signaling for one of his interns to come join us.

"Uh trauma incident or a surgical situation?" She asks.

"You made your interns come up with study questions?" April says.

"I gotta go, Derek's paging me." I say to Jackson as my pager goes off.

"Okay." He nods giving me a kiss before I leave to meet Derek.

"What do you have for me today?" I ask Derek once I find him in the hallway.

"I'm putting you on Callie's service today." He says.

"Why, I don't even like ortho?" I frown.

"You need to impress her. She has a study method that will guarantee that you pass your board, but if you want her to help you you're going to have to make her see what I see in you. Got it?"

"Yes." I nod my head.

"Good, now go make me proud." He smirks before I leave to find Callie.

"Dr. Torres, Dr. Shepherd suggested..." I say before she interrupts.

"Here's how this is gonna work, I talk and you listen. You are here because you and your little pals are all freaked out about oral boards and Dr. Shepherd suggested that Callie Torres might have a special secret study method, right?" She asks as I follow her through the hallway.

"Yep." I nod.

"Yeah, Dr. Shepherd's correct. Callie Torres does have a study method, an excellent study method, but she's not about to just give it away. Callie Torres' study method has to be earned. Frankly she's not sure if Liliana Garcia has what it takes." She says glancing at me.

"Liliana Garcia has what it takes." I say confidently as we put on our gloves and walk into a ER room where our patient is surrounded by people.

"For her sake Liliana Garcia better hope she's right, because today is gonna be a grind."

"Excuse me, coming through." Callie says as we make our way through the people so we can tend to our patient. I'm shocked at what I see as I get a view of the patient, his bloodied arm and hand are stuck in a meat grinder.

"A grind, really." The paramedic mumbles to Callie.

"It's a meat grinder. Oh, whatever like  you weren't thinking it too." Callie says to her. We kick everyone out of the room besides his brothers before we begin examining him.

"Hang in there Dom." One of the patients brother says.

"Yeah, you're looking good bro, real good." The other brother assures him.