𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨|𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺

𝟶𝟷𝟶. 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 {𝙰𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗}

"Yeah, 'cause it always works."

" Mm. Uh-huh."

"It's what got Cassie to agree to sleep with me..." mark said as Callie elbowed mark and gave him a look to say shut up as Callie walked over as Cassie rested her hand on his cheek and smiled

"Ignore her you'll do great baby I believe in you" she said as he kissed him. Mark smirked as he grabbed her ass and pulled her to him

"Hmm I can't wait to get you naked later" he said as Cassie smirked as Ellie walked off feeling disgusted

"Such a charmer ill see you later" she said as she walked off

•••

Ellie, Jackson, Meredith, and Derek are in the patients room.

"Ms. Radigan, you're still having these headaches and ringing in the ears? " Meredith asked

" All day long. It's driving me crazy. "

" It's caused by a buildup of fluid in your skull. So what we will do is insert a shunt, and that will relieve the pressure on your brain. " jackson said

" What do you mean,"we"? You're doing the actual tube part in the brain, right, not them?" The patient partner said go derek

" Excuse her. She's a schoolteacher. She talks to everyone like they're hiding gum behind their back. "

" That's all right. She can ask questions. Dr. Grey and Dr. Avery and dr Sloan are residents. They're very talented. One of them will be performing the procedure, and I will be observing. " Derek said

" A trainee cutting into Ellie's brain? "

" No. I know it sounds like a leap, but these doctors study and assist for years. At some point, we have to let them operate. That's how we make new surgeons. " derek said

" Let them learn on someone else. "

" Who, someone who's too scared to interrogate the doctors? They have to learn on someone. Might as well be an old lady. "

"You're my old lady. This should be my call. "

" I won't let them move a muscle without my direction and approval. " derek said

" You're a teacher, Joanne. Let the kids learn. "

" She's my life. She has been my life for 40 years. Do you hear me? "

" I hear you. " Derek said as he Ellie, Jackson, and Meredith are outside the room.

"Who gets to cut?" Meredith asked

" I want to get a look at all of you with a drill before I decide who gets the shunt. Skills lab seems like a fair way to go. " derek said

" Competing with the wife? Like that's not a stacked deck" Jackson said

"Literally" Ellie said as Ellie and Jackson held a look

" Well, it's a game, really. So all you have to do is win, which you won't." Meredith said

•••
Ellie sat in the skills lab with Jackson and Meredith as they sat practicing on eggs as she looked to see Cassie as she walked in and smiled as she looked to her