SUPERIOR [grey's anatomy]

PROLOUGE

[If/Then]

Elle was listening in on Meredith telling April Kepner about her engagement to Alex Karev.

"You guys are gonna be like the next Shepherds!" April remarked. "Screw that, we're gonna be the next Webbers!" Meredith says. As Meredith went to explain further, Christina Yang walked in. "Hey, Yang." Elle says to the person she considers her only friend. "Good morning." Jackson Avery says to the moody doctor. "Are you guys talking to me?"

"Jackson..."

"Don't feed the animals." Meredith says.

"Every single one of you can suck my.." Christina starts, but is cut off by an annoyingly peppy Alex Karev. "Hey! How's everybody doing this morning?" He says, getting a scoff from Elle. "Everybody ready to kick some butt?!Let's run the board guys. Avery?!"

"Covering the pit."

"Garrett?!"

"Solo photorefractive keratectomy, something a spaz like you couldn't get your pretty boy hands on." She smirks, bumping his shoulder while leaving the room. "Wow, cranky."

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Natalie was on her way to the police station, when she noticed someone passed near a garbage can. She ran to the lady trying to shake her, but she wouldn't budge. That's when she dialed 911.

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"Hello, I am Doctor Avery, and I'd like to ask you a few questions.". This stops Natalie's pacing, making her sit down. "Ok, so how do you know the patient?" He asks. "Um, I don't, I was passing on my way to work, and I just saw her." She continues to pace, making Jackson feel awkward, but he shook it off. "And, how were you able to somewhat stop the bleeding?" The question finally made Natalie pause.

"Um...I used to be a doctor. I quit to be a cop, it was in the blood, and apparently, so was alcoholism." Jackson sighs, moving on to another question. "Ok, well, could you elaborate on her state when you found her?" Natalie started her pacing again. "She had been passed out, I heard a small crash, so not long, and after that I called.". "Would you like to see her?". "Yes, of course!"

Jackson escorts her to the girl, and Natalie is amazed by her beauty. "Oh, hello." She says to the girl. "Detective Valentin, meet Lucille Ball." Dr. Avery introduces. "Whoa, you brought police here?!" 'Lucille' asks.

"Hey, hey, hey! I'm not the police right now, I will never breath a word of this." Natalie promises. "Bull." The girl growls. "If I was spitting bull, I'd be calling you a junkie, but so am I, alcohol, food, and drugs." Natalie smiles, but 'Lucille' squints. "Sure...but I didn't need saving." The other woman's eyebrows raise. "Are you sure?" The tattooed woman scoffs. "Yeah."

Natalie looks over to Jackson. "Can I stay with her?"

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As Elle was stitching the patients face back up, she got a page. "One of you nurses, find an intern, so they can finish this stitching, I have an important call."

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Arizona pushes Elle's body on the wall of the on-call room as they ferociously make out. "Babe..I had an eye surgery today. How cool is that, and it was solo." Elle explained.

"Well, Callie and I had a kid who could barely breath, and now he has stellar results." Arizona beamed. "Honey, that's great, but since when have you called her Callie? Doctor Torres hates my guts, and at that point, you therefore hated hers." Arizona nervously sighs. "Look, we're just going out to celebrate, so don't go getting jealous on me."

"Why would I?" Elle asks curiously. "No reason, it just seemed like you were jealous just then." Arizona explains, kissing her girlfriend before she could question it.

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Christina was sitting at the table performing surgery on her banana, when Elle sat down. "Get up." Christina said, without looking. "Wait! I wanna tell you something!" She says. "What is it?" The Korean deadpanned.

"How do I get far here, with idiots like them." She says points her statement where Meredith and Alex were sitting spreading gossip. "I mean, the guy scared off my boyfriend, and now he's Mr. Goody Two Shoes. I failed the first test that could've made me a resident years ago. Now I'm looked down upon. All because I wasn't confident enough.". "Well, for one, your way more experienced than all of us. None of us have had three years of internship, so you know what's it like to be the underdog. Plus you're just better than them." Christina says.

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As Elle walks outside the entrance of the hospital, she sees a girl smoking. "Ya know, it's not best to smoke on the premises, because it's bad." She says to the girl. The girl looks at her, and her eyes widen with glee.

"You're the girl that got me drinks last night." She chuckles, "Natalie Valentin. Major Crimes Detective." The two shake hands. "Elle Garrett, up in coming neurosurgeon." They look into each other's eyes for a second, before looking away. "So, who you here for?" Elle asked. "I don't know her, just found her, she O.Ded.". "But seriously, smoking is bad for you." Elle said, concerned. "Okay, then Ms. Healthiness, I'll put it out, but only for you. Because I like you." The cop said, putting her cigarette out.

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When Elle found out from Christina that Alex, and Meredith's 'person', April, were sleeping together. "Hey! Garrett, you tell Meredith about this, you and Yang are gone!" Alex yells.

"Cute. You think I like you, and care about your trust, how sweet." Elle turns away, walking away. "See this is why George left you, and Arizona talks to other women!" He said, trying to be insulting.

"What did you say asshole?!" Elle yelled, making Karev flinch. "Your girlfriend hangs out with other girls when you're not around." He smirks. "You're playin me, Karev.". "I'm not." He teases, making Elle seethe. "You don't tell Meredith, nobody finds out.". "You blackmailing me, Karev?". "Maybe.".

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Just a small preview, this is obviously not the full episode, but just a prologue, some of the content, as to why instead of a doctor, Natalie is a police officer, will be explained throughout the book.