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"Dr. [L/N]! Dr. [L/N], wait!" You keep walking, but you walk faster down the hall. "Dr. [L/N], wait." You stop in your tracks. It was too late. He'd caught up with you. "Dr. [L/N], please. Are we just not going to talk about this?"
"About what Dr. Avery? Because I don't think we have anything to talk about," you say to him, turning to leave, but he grabs your arm.
"No! We have so much to talk about! What?" You rip your arm from his hold and look up at him.
"I have a woman whose heart is failing her, and I need to scrub in in four minutes, so are you coming or not?" You ask and Avery nods.
"Yeah. Yeah. I'm coming," he says, as he follows you to the OR.
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"This is a mess. This isn't going to go well..." You say, helping Christina, Teddy, and Avery with the heart.
"Okay then, what should we do Dr. [L/N]?" Teddy asks and you sigh, and look at her in the eyes.
"We need to take the heart out."
Teddy nods at you, while Avery and Christina look at you like you're crazy. "What! Then what are we going to do?"
You lock eyes with Teddy, and she nods. You told her. She'll know what to do. "There's a machine. It'll work."
"How do you know?" Avery asks, and Teddy looks at you.
"I just know."
You sigh and, eyes still locked with Teddy, say, "Dr. Altman, I think it would be best, for my safety, and for the safety of the patient, that I step out of the Operating Room."
Teddy nods. "Go. Dr. Avery, take over."
You hand your scalpel and your clamp to Avery, you walk away from the table, taking off and throwing your gloves away. You leave the room, leave the patient, and leave Avery.
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You're standing in Kelsey's room, standing with a straight face, and standing with your hands behind your back to mask the shaking.
"Alright Mike. I know this is a little crazy for you, but we've taken out her heart," Teddy explains.
Mike looks shocked. "What? She has no heart? Then, what's keeping her alive?"
Teddy smiles and says, "This, miraculous machine here. This, is what's pumping her blood through her body."
Mike shakes his head and grabs Kelsey's hand. "This was our fourth date. We were supposed to go to my parents for Thanksgiving," Mike rambles.
"Does Kelsey have any surviving family you can contact?" Teddy asks.
Mike shakes his head. "No," he mutters. "But I'll stay with her."
Teddy smiles at him. "Okay. A nurse will be in periodically to make sure everything's okay, and if you need anything, just call, okay?" Mike nods, and sits back down at Kelsey's side, watching her sleep. Teddy leaves first, and the Christina.
You stand there, your hands shaking behind your back, and you watch that machine. You watch it pump the blood through that girls veins. You watch it and think if him. Only him. Always him.
You jump as you feel hands on your shoulders. "[Y/N], come on." Avery leads you out of the room and turns you around right there in the hallway, grabbing your hands to stop them from shaking. He leans down a bit so he's eye to eye with you. "[Y/N], what's going on? How did Teddy know this would work? Why do you look like you're having a panic attack every time you look at that machine? What is going on [Y/N]?" He asks, but you just shake your head, taking your hands out of his.
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