Bella was sitting in Chief Webber's office. He had called her in after what happened on the landing strip. He sighed. "Punching attendings. What happened to you Bella?" He asked.
Bella shrugged. "I don't know. I've not been myself lately. I know that," she mumbled.
Richard sighed and looked to her. "I'm going to have to suspend you for two days. Get yourself some sleep. You look like you haven't for a year. And this won't go on your record," he told her.
"Thanks chief."
****
Bella arrived at the archfield. She made her way up to Mark's room and knocked the door. He answered a few moments later. "Bella?"
"I'm sorry. For punching you."
Mark invited her in. She walked in and sat down. Mark looked to her. "You have a good right hook," he said as he sat next to her on the bed.
Bella shook her head. "No. I shouldn't have done it. I got a two day unofficial suspension. Which means I've got two days to wallow in self-pity," she told him.
"Do you really think I want Addison? Angel, you're the one I want," Mark said.
Bella smiled slightly. She sighed. "Well I'm sorry. Again," she said as she stood up.
Mark grabbed her wrist and pulled her on top of him. Bella looked into his eyes and smiled. "You're serious aren't you?" She asked.
Mark nodded. "Deadly."
Bella smiled a little. She looked to him. "I could stay over tonight? And we could watch a movie?"
"Sounds good. Do I get a little action?" Mark asked as he kissed her neck.
Bella shook her head. "No. We're going to take it slow. And no one can know. Not yet," she said as she got off of him. She walked over to his wardrobe and took out a shirt.
Mark watched as she undressed and slipped on his shirt.
****
Derek went over to the house. Grace opened the door and smiled. "Hey. Is everything okay?" She asked as she looked to him.
Derek sighed. "Is Bella here?"
Grace shook her head. "No. I haven't seen her since she went all Rocky on Mark. I don't know where she would be," she told him.
Derek again sighed. He looked to her. "I'm worried about her. Shes never acted like that before. I know my sister. And I know she'll be feeling guilty about what she did."
Grace smiled. "Well she's not here. You're welcome to come and wait for her?"
Derek shook his head. He kissed her cheek. "I should go and find her. Make sure she's okay," he said as he turned and walked off.
****
Bella was lying in bed with Mark. They were watching Titanic together. Mark ran a hand over her thigh. He looked to her. "I messed up. With Addison. I shouldn't have gone there."
Bella looked to him. She shrugged and smiled. "I could have told you that. But it's fine. We all make mistakes," she said. She grabbed his hand and grinned. "And I thought I said no funny business?"
Mark smirked. "Well you're in my bed. And I can't stop thinking about those panties you're wearing," he said.
"Oh? You mean the black ones?" Bella asked as she tied her hair up into a bun.
"Those ones."
Bella grinned and looked to him. "Just a shame you can't actually touch me. I'm serious, we take it super slow. Actually, I have a deal."
"A deal?"
Bella nodded and smiled. "You go two months without flirting. Without having sex with anyone, we can give us another go," she told him.
"So I only have sex with you?" Mark asked as he looked to her.
Bella rolled her eyes. "No sex with anyone. You do that, and there might be a chance for us," she said.
Mark nodded. He smiled. "This'll be tough."
"Think of the reward at the end. And you can always get yourself off. I'll help with that," Bella teased as she looked to him.
Mark smirked. "Just so you know, if I'm doing the no sex thing. You are too," he said.
Bella frowned. "Who could I possibly have sex with?"
"O'Malley seems to have a thing for you," Mark said with a shrug. He saw the frown on Bella's face. "Karev?"
Bella scoffed. "Been there. Done that," she told him.
Mark's eyes widened. He looked to her. "Angel. He's a frat boy. Not your type," he said.
Bella smirked and winked. "How do you know what my type is?" She asked as she sat up and took out the room service menu.
"Someone with a rough looking exterior. Can fuck you like you're a girl on the streets. Make love to you like you're a princess," Mark said as he took the menu from her and laid her her down.
Bella blinked as she looked to him. "Thank you. For comparing me to a common whore."
Mark ignored her and got between her legs. He looked to her. He could feel himself hardening against her at the thought of being so close to her.
He groaned as he looked down to her. "Can we not just do it once and the deal starts tomorrow?" He asked as he nuzzled her neck.
"That's not happening," she said. She felt him pressed against her. She knew she wanted nothing more than for him to take her. But she also didn't want to rush things.
Bella checked her phone as she got a text. It was from Grace;
George's dad died, Derek has been looking for you. Hope you're okay/Grace x
****
Two days later, Bella's suspension was up. She sighed as she got ready. She looked to see a text from Mark;
Good luck angel, see you at work/ mark x
Bella smiled. She looked up as Grace walked in. "Hey. How you feeling?" She asked.
"I'm good. Feeling good."
Grace nodded and smiled. She sat on Bella's bed. "Where have you been anyway? You didn't come back."
Bella smiled. "I was doing something. Don't worry."
Grace sighed. She looked to her best friend. "Derek may have gotten you an appointment with a therapist. He thinks you need someone to talk to," she said.
****
Bella, Grace and Alex were on Mark's service. He looked to the patient. "Jim, annoying interns. Annoying interns, Jim. Jim is semi-comatose. And he has stage t he re decubitus ulcers," he said.
"Bedsores?"
Mark nodded. "Right. So he's going to need to be debriefed, have his dressings changed and have his position changed every two hours," he told them.
Alex frowned. "Every two hours? By the time we finish, we'll just have to start again," he said.
Mark rolled his eyes. "I'm crying on the inside. Angel, you and Grey2.0 can be on my pre-ops. Then angel, you can scrub in on my corrective rhinoplasty this afternoon," he said.
Bella rolled her eyes, knowing she needed to speak to him about how he was favouriting her. She didn't want it.
Alex however looked annoyed. "Can't the nurses help at least?" He asked.
Mark shook his head. "They could. But I like the nurses. They're helpful and smart. They're already good at their jobs. So as a going away gift to them, I'm going to let you hang with Jim. While I do one last rhinoplasty at Seattle Grace. I like to leave a city a little prettier then when I came," he said before he turned and walked out the room.
Bella looked confused. He was leaving?
****
Bella found Mark. She walked over to him. "You're leaving? Since when? And after what we agreed the other night?" She asked.
"Since today. As soon as I find the chief and hand him my letter of resignation," Mark told her.
Bella felt her heart breaking. "Mark?"
Mark sighed as he looked to her. "I hate it here. I hate the weather. I hate the people. They're mean. They're not forgiving."
Bella frowned. "I forgave you. And do you mean the people of Seattle are unforgiving? Or Derek and Addie?" She asked.
"What's your point?"
"What about your contract?" Bella asked as she tried to fight back the tears.
Mark scoffed. "My non-binding verbal agreement with Richard? Yeah I'm breaking that," he told her.
Bella shrugged and nodded. "Fine. Not like he's going to be here to enforce. Just when I thought you and I could have something again," she mumbled.
Mark frowned as he looked to her. "What do you mean?"
"Rumour has it he's stepping down. So..."
Mark nodded. "The chief? Well who's going to take his place?" He asked as he looked to her.
Bella shrugged and walked off. "Why do you care? You're leaving anyways. Bye."
****
Bella was back in Jim's room. She looked up as Burke walked in. "Is anyone available to assist me on a truncus arteriosis surgery?" He asked.
Alex soon nodded. "Yeah."
"Absolutely," Grace said as she wanted to get away from the current patient she was working on.
"Good. Then the first one of you to accurately describe the condition will get to scrub in," Burke said. He looked around. No one knew the answer. "No one knows the answer? That's too bad. It'll probably be years before we see another one like this. Oh well."
Burke turned and walked out. Cristina looked to the three other interns in the room. "It's a single arterial trunk coming from the ventricles. How could you not know that?" She said.
Bella rolled her eyes. "Well how come you didn't answer?"
"I'm not talking to him."
****
Derek walked over to Mark. He had a smile on his face. "Rumour has it you're leaving," he said. He looked to him. "Good. You can stop messing with Bella's head."
Mark turned to look at him. "Where did you hear that?" He asked.
Derek smiled. "Good news travels fast. Actually, I was going to ask you to scrub in on a peripheral nerve reconstruction. But since it's your last day..."
"It isn't. And I'd love to," Mark said as he looked right ahead, seeing Bella walking along. She was the reason he was going to stay.
Mark knew that part of the reason he wanted to leave was so he could be with Bella properly. But he couldn't leave her. Not again.
Derek frowned. "What? I thought..."
Mark shrugged and smiled. "I was going. Now I'm not. Rumour has it there's a race for chief," he told him.
Derek frowned again. He looked to him. "Where did you hear that?" He asked.
"Good news travels fast. Especially when you have a chatty sister," Mark said as he went to talk off. "Anyway, see you later."
****
Derek walked over to Bella. He sighed. "You realise you telling Mark that there's a race for chief means Mark isn't leaving?" He said.
Bella turned to him. "Wow. You really want him gone that bad? You really need to get over the whole Mark and Addie thing. You're divorced from Addie. You're in a relationship with Grace. Mark isn't trying it on with Grace. So give him a break," she told him.
"You've changed your tune."
Bella rolled her eyes and sighed. "I've just realised I have more important things to worry about then something that happened ages ago. Something none of us can change."
"What do you have going on that's changed your mind?"
"Oh I don't know. My brother getting me a therapist? I don't bloody need one," Bella said as she turned and walked off.
"Isabella!"
"It's Bella you jerk! And be nice!" Bella called back to him.
****
Bella walked along the landing strip. She saw Mark walking towards her. "So Derek tells me you're not leaving. Why?" She asked.
Mark looked to her. "I couldn't leave you Angel. As soon as these two months are up, I'm going to show the world you're mine," he said as he looked to her.
"Don't stay for me."
"I'm not just staying for you. I'm going to be chief. And I'm going to make you happy. I'm not going near any females west of Manhattan," Mark told her.
"We'll see if you can survive."
"It's on baby."
Bella smirked and walked off. Mark stood there watching her. Knowing how he was determined to not mess things up with her again.