Bella walked into the hospital. Mark walked towards her. He smiled. "So. I've been rummaging through my crap. I found something I gave you. About a year and half ago," he said.
"And what would that be?"
Mark took out his wallet. He opened it and handed her a foil packet. A condom that said 'be my valentine' with a red heart.
Bella scoffed. "Wow. I thought it was something more worthy to me," she said as she walked off. She felt Mark following her. "Do you not have Addison to chase after? Considering she's the reason you're here."
"Angel-."
"Stop! Stop with the fucking angel! Just leave me alone.. please. Because I can't look at you without remembering everything that happened. All the good in our... whatever the hell we were," Bella said as she walked off.
****
Bella stood watching Cristina as she was organising the board. "We'll book OR 2 tomorrow at 10. Usual scrub team. And get rid of his valve replacement at 2. That's no good," she said.
A male intern walked over to Bella. "I bought you a hot chocolate," he said as he smiled to her, completely missing the death glare he was getting from Mark.
"Thanks."
He smiled and walked down to the lower floor. "Yang. I bought you a mocha latte," he said as he handed a drink to Cristina.
Cristina turned to look at him. "You're not scrubbing in," she told him.
"But Burke always lets me scrub in."
Another intern walked over to Cristina. "Hey. Yang... can I get in on the..."
"No. No residents. Too crowded. Go away," Cristina said as she turned to a nurse. "Make sure you put the instrument tray on his left hand side. He needs the elbow room. And OR 2. No gallery. Burke was specific."
The nurse shook her head and sighed. "Dr.Burke has become very specific since he came back to work. Hasn't he?" She commented.
Cristina glared. "Do you want me to tell him you said that?"
George stood between Bella and Meredith. He shook his head. "Burka's back. And suddenly Cristina is running his board. Who does she think she is? Bailey?" He commented.
Bella shrugged and smiled. "She's helping him."
Alex rolled his eyes. He moved closer to Bella. "She's taking advantage. She gets out of rounds. She scrubs in on every surgery that Burke does. She's ordering around third year residents."
Meredith rolled her eyes. "You're overreacting."
Cristina picked up the pen from the board. Bella's eyes widened. George's too. "She's writing on the board!" He all but yelled.
Bella shrugged and smirked as she saw Mark. "Maybe I should sleep with Burke," she said as he passed her by.
Mark looked to her. He stood behind her and whispered into her ear. "If you want to sleep with any attending, make it me," he said.
Bella bit her lip as she felt his breath on the back of her ears. "Bye Mark."
Mark walked off. He knew he was getting to Bella. And that's what he wanted. He wanted her. And he wasn't going to stop until he got her back.
****
Derek left the shower in the trailer. He jumped a mile as he saw a woman sitting on his bed. "Well hey there stranger."
"Nancy. You don't call first?" Derek said as he looked to her. "Does Bella know you're here?"
Before anything, Grace walked in. "Hey I..."
Derek turned to get. "Grace! Gracie! Let me explain!" He called. But it was too late and Grace had gone.
Derek turned back to look at Nancy who had a smirk on her face. "I take it that was the slutty intern you cheated on Addison with? And no. Isabella doesn't know I'm here."
"She's not slutty. And don't call her Isabella to her face. What are you doing here?" Derek asked as he looked to his sister. He wasn't impressed with how she had ran Grace off.
Nancy shrugged. She smiled. "You bailed on Thanksgiving. Then Christmas. Isabella too. You're living in a trailer. You're getting a divorce. And then there's the slutty intern."
Derek shook his head and sighed. "I really don't like you."
"You love me."
****
The next morning, Bella stood in the elevator with George, Grace and Izzie. Bella didn't talk to Izzie at all. She only paid attention when Izzie spoke. "Im feeling really good."
"Good."
"Good."
Bella rolled her eyes and shrugged. "Fascinating to know."
Izzie ignored her. She smiled. "First day back. It feels good. Big. Kind of nervous. I feel good. Do I look alright?" She said.
"Great," both Meredith and George spoke.
Bella shrugged. "Like a model who wasn't even that good," she told her.
Izzie again ignored her. "I want to get off on the right foot. Get my ID renewed. New time card. Sign some papers with legal then I'm back. Really back."
Bella rolled her eyes. She shrugged. "And the world is a much better place for knowing that information," she said.
Izzie turned to Bella. "Why do you have to be a bitch?"
Bella smiled. She looked go her. "I just don't like you at all. Don't take it personal," she said.
Izzie got off the elevator. Bella waved sarcastically. George looked to the two girls. "I'll be Meredith for you two if you'll be izzie for me."
Bella shrugged. Grace nodded. George stopped the elevator. Grace sighed. "Derek had a woman in his trailer last night. She was ugly. Extremely ugly. Except she was tall and beautiful. And he was naked."
Bella turned to her best friend. "Wait... what?"
"McDreamy was doing the McNasty with McHottie? That McBastard.... How was that?" George said as he looked to them.
Bella shrugged and smiled. "Pretty accurate. But I am going to kill my brother."
Grace nodded. "We're channeling Izzie. Go."
"Okay. Callie... she won't forgive me. And she won't talk to me. She dumped me. Which, I don't care about. At all," George said.
Grace smirked. "Good. Because you deserve better. Because you are George. I mean seriously... seriously," she said.
Bella blinked a couple of times. "It's scary how much alike you all sound."
George turned to Bella. "Don't you have any issues?"
"Only that Mark Sloan still exists. And he's here for Addison. Even though he lied and told me he was here for me," Bella said.
Grace groaned. "What has happened to us?" She said as she looked to her two friends.
Bella shrugged. "I let Mark Sloan get into my pants. I don't know about the rest of you," she said out loud.
****
Bella was working with George and Addison. She looked up as they walked in. "Transfer from Mercy West. Noelle LeBatt. 32 weeks along. Pregnant with twins. One appears to be developing more slowly than the other," she said.
"Hi."
Addison smiled and looked to them. "Hi there."
The male next to Noelle smiled. "Greg Stanton. This is my lovely fiancé. The future Mrs Stanton. Noelle," he said.
Noelle looked to her fiancée. She smiled. "Greg. I promise you. You're the only person who cares if we're married or not," she told them.
Greg ignored what she said. He turned to Addison. "They said we had to come here. Because her condition could be serious. Is it serious?" He asked.
Addison looked over the chart for a moment. She sighed. "I gotta say. You don't seem emergent enough for Mercy to send you over here in an ambulance. You're not in labour. You're not bleeding. Your vitals are fine."
Noelle nodded. She sighed. "They said I had to come here because of my thing."
Bella frowned and tilted her head. She took the chart from George and her eyes widened. "Two uteruses?! Ms LeBatt was born with two uteruses!"
George was in shock. "That's really rare."
****
Bella and Grace were walking along the skywalk. Izzie was with them as she had to shadow Grace as part of her return to the hospital.
Izzie looked to the two girls. "Do you want me to get you a coffee? Rub your feet maybe?" She asked.
Bella rolled her eyes. "I suggest you shut your mouth now Isobel. Or I will shut it for you," she told her as she looked to Grace. "McAsshole. Twelve o'clock."
Derek walked towards them. "Dr Stevens. Welcome back. Bella. Grace... Grace?"
Izzie smirked as she looked between Grace and Derek. "Sorry. It's not like I can leave. I gotta stay by my bosses side," she said.
Before anyone could speak, Bella paled. "Fuck off."
"Okay. The trailer sucks. But in the light of day, the land is nice. Seattle's pretty in the daylight. Plus you have your thing for ferries," Nancy said.
Both Grace and Derek spoke at the same time. "Ferry boats."
Nancy rolled her eyes. "Right. Whatever," she said as she turned to Bella. "Hello Isabella."
"Who invited the wicked bitch of the west to Seattle?" Bella said as she walked off a little further.
Derek looked to Grace. "Grace, this is my sister. Nancy."
Grace turned to look at Nancy. She saw Bella shaking her head. "Sister? You're one of Derek's sisters?" She asked as she looked to her.
Nancy smirked slightly. "Well I knew you didn't think I was the wife. Seeing as you already ran her off," she said.
Bella rolled her eyes as she had walked back over. "The munchkins of Oz called. They're missing their resident witch," she said.
"Nice meeting you," Grace said as she walked off.
"Okay."
She turned and walked off with Grace and Izzie who smirked. "McDreamy and McBabe's sister is McBitchy," she said.
Bella turned to Izzie. "For once, I may actually agree with you."
****
Bella stood in CT. She sighed as Mark walked over. "What's wrong with you?" He asked as he looked to her.
"Goodbye Mark. Addie is around somewhere."
"Bella. Come on."
Bella turned to him. "No. Just no. Please. I need some time. I find out you're only here for Addison. And not me, like you said. So just leave me alone," she said.
Mark took her hand and pulled her to him. "I care Angel. I always did."
"Maybe it's not enough now," Bella said as she pushed him away and walked off.
****
Bella sat with the other interns. They were on a room with an elderly patient. Izzie walked in. "I've been waiting for you guys in the cafeteria. Since when do we eat in a patients room?" She asked as she sat down.
Bella rolled her eyes. "Bye. We won't miss you."
George sensed the tension between Bella and Izzie and sighed. "Izzie. Meet really old guy. We found him a couple of days ago. He sleeps all the time. He's our new best friend."
Cristina nodded. "It's quiet. No one bothers us. What are you doing?" She asked.
"Im not doing anything. Turns out, I'm literally not allowed to do anything. I knew coming back would be an adjustment. But-," she said.
Bella shrugged and smiled. "Cutting an LVad wire will do that to you. Should have read the rules."
Cristina ignored Bella and looked to Izzie. "No. Really. What are you doing now?" She asked.
"Eating my lunch."
"Okay. If you want to socialise, or talk about your day. Maybe even get in a quick therapy session, do it over there," Cristina said.
"Seriously?" Izzie said with a scoff.
"Bye now."
Alex shrugged. He turned to Bella and George. "O'Malley, Shepherd. Your two uteruses?" He asked.
Grace turned to look at her best friend. "Two uteruses?" She asked.
George nodded. "Two. Yeah," he said. He turned to look at Alex. "You're on scut. Glorified plastics scut. You're in no position to mock us. Or our uteruses."
Bella turned to look at Alex. "Mark Sloan has you doing his dirty work doesn't he? DMV?" She asked.
"Yes. Any cervical changes on the ultrasound?" Alex asked.
Bella smirked. "Why do you care?"
"I don't."
"I'm so glad to be back," Izzie said, making sure that people knew she was still there.
Bella turned to look at her. "You're probably the only one who is glad you're back," she said.
****
"Did you know?"
Bella turned to see Derek. She frowned. "Did I know what?" She asked as she looked to him.
"That Mark and Addison stayed together after I left New York with you?" Derek asked, looking to his little sister.
Bella frowned. She shrugged. "I knew that they were still having something. But I didn't think it was a relationship. Who told you?"
She asked.
****
Derek and Nancy were walking through the hospital. Bella walked towards them. "Isabella."
"Derek. Sister."
Derek didn't look at Bella. Instead he turned to Nancy. "That was mean how you acted then," he said.
Nancy shrugged and smiled. "Kathleen called. She asked me to find out why the slutty interns panties were hanging on the bulletin board," she said.
"Less of the slut. She's my friend," Bella said as she turned to look at her sister.
"Five sisters. Five sisters. And not one brother. You wonder why I don't call more," Derek said.
"Amen."
"You can answer about the panties at anytime," Nancy said.
Derek ignored her. He smiled. "Nance. It's good to see you. Really great to have you here. But I have a job. You know? I have patients."
Bella nodded. "Ditto. Bye now. Don't come back again," Bella said.
Nancy ignored her baby sister. She looked to Derek. "I have a mother at 35 weeks. Where is her OB?" She asked.
"Her OB should be on a plane back to Connecticut. Where she belongs," Derek said as he pulled Bella onto the elevator with him.
Nancy shrugged and smiled. "Okay. So we've covered the trailer. We still have to cover the slutty intern and the divorce," she said.
Derek smirked. "You know what? You found more and more like mom everyday," he said.
"Take it back!"
****
Bella smiled as she was in with Noelle LeBatt. She looked to her. "So two uteruses? That's pretty awesome. And you're engaged. Also cool," she said.
Noelle nodded and smiled. "Greg talked me into it."
"From the first moment I saw Noelle, I knew I was ham," Greg said.
Bella frowned. "Did you say ham?"
Noelle rolled her eyes and sighed. "Here we go again," she mumbled.
Greg smiled and nodded. He took hold of Noelle's hand. "Yes. You're either ham or eggs. You gotta ask yourself in every situation. Are you the pig or the chicken?" He said.
Bella blinked a couple of times. "Sir. With all due respect, it's just a pig or a chicken."
"Look. You got to play the ham and eggs. You see the chicken is involved in the meal. But the pig is committed. So the question is... are you committed? Or are you involved?"
"Ham or eggs."
"Ham or eggs," Greg said as he looked to Bella.
****
Bella stood by the reception desk. Alex was there. Mark walked over. "Karev. You free?" He asked.
Alex nodded. "Absolutely sir."
Mark nodded and smirked. "Great. Take this. I'm on hold with the DMV. Some mess about switching my license and registration to Seattle. Take care of this for me," he said.
"Thanks for thinking of my sir. O'Malley. How's it feel to be the new Gynie grunt?" Alex asked as Bella walked towards them.
Bella looked to Alex. "He's actually working with me. And we have a patient who was born with and pregnant in two uteruses. Two uteruses... jealous?" She said.
Alex shook his head and smiled. "No. I'm on hold. Important business for Sloan."
Bella scoffed. "Yeah he's using you because he can't be bothered."
George nodded and smiled to Bella. "Super important. Noelle LeBatt. Room 2413," he said as he walked off.
Bella groaned as Nancy walked over. She looked to her sister. "Did I just hear him say two uteruses?" She asked.
Alex turned to her and smirked. "You must be?"
"Nancy pants?"
Nancy turned to see Mark. "Hey loser."
Mark smiled as he pulled Nancy into an hug. "I wish Derek or Bella had told me you were visiting," he said.
"Oh like they tell you anything these days?" Nancy said, knowing that her two siblings never spoke to Mark anymore.
Mark nodded. He looked to Bella as she laughed at something Alex was saying. He saw the twinkle in her eye. "I'm working on that."
Nancy saw where he was looking and sighed. "What are you doing here Mark? Are you trying to torture them? Mainly Bella as I know Derek doesn't let you get to him."
Mark sighed. "He's my family Nancy. They both are. Plus I needed a change of pace. I also slept with my tennis partners wife. He went out and bought a gun."
"And there it is."
Addison had walked over and smiled. "Nancy! Let me guess. Did mom send you out here?" She asked as she hugged her friend.
Nancy shrugged. "Let me guess. He's trying to ban you from Seattle?"
"Did he also tell you he's living in a trailer?"
Bella grinned as Derek walked over. He saw Nancy and Addison before he walked off. "Derek! Derek!" Nancy called. She quickly turned back to Addison. "I want to see the two uteruses!"
"Yeah. Find me later."
Bella stood between Mark and Addison. Mark sighed. "I miss her."
"Yeah. Me too."
Bella rolled her eyes. "Oh please."
****
Bella had somehow been roped into going for lunch with Derek and Nancy. Nancy smiled. "So tell me about the slutty girl," she said. She sighed as she saw look Bella was giving her. "Fine. The slutty girl."
"You know.. I really don't like you. You're a mean bitch," Bella said.
Derek ignored Bella and sighed. "It's the slutty part I had the problem with."
Nancy nodded. "Kathleen says she's not even single."
Bella rolled her eyes. "Kathleen knows everything doesn't she? Perfect sisters."
"She is single. She's wonderful. She's smart. She's a lot of things. But she's none of your business Nancy," Derek said.
Nancy sat there and sighed. "Wow. I've never seen you like this over a girl. Not even Addison," she commented.
Derek nodded. He smiled as he though of Grace. "I've never been this way over a girl. Especially Addison," he told her.
"Oh don't be bitter. I mean, shame on Addison and all that. But he's Mark, Derek. What do you expect? He's Mark. And who hasn't gone there once or twice?"
Bella's eyes widened. "Fuck off."
"What did you say?"
"Oh come on. Everyone sleeps with Mark. It's practically a right of passage," Nancy said as she looked to her siblings. She sighed. "Oh I get it. I get that they made a mistake."
Bella shook her head and sighed. "Only it wasn't a mistake. They were together for months. Did you know that?" She said as she looked to her.
Nancy sighed and shook her head. "No. I didn't know."
"Then shut up. And eat your dinner."
****
Bella stood by the nurses station. She sighed as she looked to see Mark and Nancy. They were clearly flirting in front of her which annoyed her.
Grace came and stood by her. She smiled. "I feel like I've hardly seen you today. Is everything okay?" She asked
Bella nodded. She sighed. "I'm sorry about Nancy. I told her to stop saying crap about you."
"It's okay. They're being pretty blatant?"
Bella shrugged and smiled. "It's cool. They've already done it the once. So why not do it again?" She said as she hugged her best for friend.
****
Bella wasn't paying much attention when the door to the elevator opened. Mark stepped on. "Angel."
"Mark."
Mark stood by her. He smiled. "So Nancy was in town. You okay?" He asked as he looked to her.
Bella nodded. "I'm fine. She's gone now. So I don't have to worry about McBitchy anymore. Shouldn't you be off making love eyes at Addison?"
"Stop it."
"You can't tell me what to do."
Mark smiled slightly. He grabbed her waist and pulled her against him. Bella fought against him. The twinkle in her eyes beaming as she smiled.
Mark looked down at her. Their lips moved closer together when the elevator dinged. Both of them pulled apart. Bella sighed. "This is my floor. I should... go."
"See you Angel."
****
Bella sighed as she drank the tequila. Alex walked in. "Come on McBabe. Let's get drunk."
"Sorry Karev. Not in the mood."
Alex shrugged and left. Bella sat there and sighed. She knew things were getting so much more complicated with Mark. But how long could she continue to resist him for?