Grace walked into Bella's room. She smiled as she looked to her. "Why do you look like you're about to cry?" She asked.
Bella groaned. "Mark and I made a start on the wedding. It's not easy. I'm trying to look for a dress and my brain is blank," she told her.
Grace sat on the bed and smiled. "Listen to me now. You're going to look gorgeous in whatever you decide to wear. Trust me. You are gorgeous Bella. And Mark is the luckiest man on the planet to have you," she said.
Bella grinned. "I want you to be my maid of honour. You're the sister I didn't ask for. But I got for free. And I love you," she said.
"Love you too," Grace said as she hugged her. She knew she felt bad for keeping what she had been going through from Bella. But she didn't want to worry her.
Bella looked to her. "When do you think Derek is going to propose? I would have thought he would have by now," she said as she looked to her.
"I don't know. I'm happy with it being the way it is," Grace told her. She sighed. "I think at the moment we're trying to make it work with us not beating around the bush."
Bella nodded. She took her hand. "Well I'll tell you what, if you and Derek aren't married by the time we're 30, I'll divorce Mark and marry you. Deal?"
"Deal."
****
Bella got to the hospital. She saw Lexie and smiled. "Are you okay?" She asked.
Lexie nodded. "Yeah. I'm okay. I'm sorry. For what happened with Dr Sloan. Sadie... Sadie told me he was interested in me. And since I came here, I've been lonely. So I thought she was right," she told her.
Bella looked to her and smiled. "It's okay. I didn't mean to be such a bitch. But I love Mark and I will defend my relationship. You're going to find someone who makes you happy Lex," she said as she smiled. "Domt listen to Sadie. She's a bitch. She almost cost you your job here. And you've got promise Lex."
"You think?"
Bella nodded. "Yeah. I do think. You're gonna be a great resident. You're gonna go far," she said as she walked off.
She knew she felt bad for being so harsh on Lexie. And she wanted to make it right. She didn't want to be the resident Cristina was. How she was mean to her interns.
****
"Dr Sloan."
"Dr Shepherd."
Bella and Mark walked down the corridor. Mark opened the door. "After you Dr Shepherd."
"Thank you Dr Sloan."
The moment the door was shut, Mark's lips were on Bella's as he pressed her against the door.
He pulled off her scrubs top. His lips were on her neck as he pulled her over to the bed.
Mark laid down on the bed. He let Bella straddle him as she took hold of his erection and began tugging gently at it. She bit her lip as she slid down onto it.
Bella moaned as she felt him filling her up. She looked down to him as she started rolling her hips against his.
Mark gripped her hips as he sat up and started kissing down her chest.
He gently bit at her nipple making her arch her back.
****
The interns were stood outside of the on call room. Jessica, groaned. "Hello! Some of us need to sleep!" She called as she banged on the door. "Hello!"
Jenson, another intern turned to look at Jessica. "Why is the door locked anyways?" He asked.
Both interns heard the moans and groans coming from within. Jessica raised her eyebrows. "Yeah. That's why the door is locked."
All of a sudden, there was a loud moan and then a scream of pain. "That didn't sound good at all," Jessica said as she turned to her twin brother.
"We should go find someone."
****
Bella fell on the floor and saw Mark. He was in pain. "Oh my god!" Bella mumbled. She looked to Mark. "Are you okay?" She asked.
"No!"
"Oh god. It's bent in the middle. I-I think I broke it," Bella said as she looked to Mark. "Oh my god!"
"Get Torres! Go!" Mark yelled. Clearly in extreme pain.
****
Derek found Grace. He took her into a conference room. He kissed her lips passionately. "You're very happy," Grace commented.
Derek nodded. "I am happy. I'm happy to see you. You're not happy?" He asked.
"Oh, I've just been awake most of the night. Haven't been able to sleep," Grace said.
"How is our resident psychopath? Is he gone yet?" Derek questioned.
"Uh, yeah, yeah, soon."
"By the way, mom likes you. She thinks you're good for me," Derek told her as he walked out.
Grace stood there and smiled. Thankful that Derek's mom liked her. Knowing she didn't have much luck with them.
****
Bella was trying to find Callie. She eventually found her. "Oh my god! Callie. Thank god you're here," she said.
"Yeah. I'm headed down to the pit. I got a 911 page. Page ortho if you need anything," Callie told her.
Bella shook her head. "No! No. It was me. I paged you 911. For Mark. He's the emergency him... himself. It's... it's on his person," she told her.
"Wait. Mark's hurt?" Callie asked, looking to her young friend. "Bella?"
Bella nodded. "Yes. No. Yes. He's badly injured in a bad way. That is bad for anyone who's a man. But for Dr Sloan in particular. Um, he may... he may have a broke a bone."
Callie frowned. She looked to her. "A bone? He broke a bone?" She asked.
Bella nodded. She sighed. "I...I may have broken his bone," she mumbled.
"You're kidding right?" Callie said. Looking to her and seeing the serious look on her face. "Oh god."
****
Grace was in Mr Dunn's room. He looked to Grace. "It's getting a little harder to breathe," he told her.
Grace sighed as she turned to him. "You can stop doing this, William. You can stop at any time," she said.
"I know. I know."
Grace smiled. "Do you want me to page Dr. Shepherd?" She asked.
Mr Dunn looked to her. "He's your boyfriend, isn't he?" He questioned.
"Yes."
"I had a feeling. Then has very good taste. Right now, all I can think about are lemons," Mr Dunn told her.
"Lemons?"
"When my grandfather was dying, he said he smelled lemons. It was all he could talk about for three days, the smell of lemons. I keep waiting to smell them, and I don't. Of course ... he was a big liar," Mr Dunn said.
Grace sighed as she looked to him. "So... are you sure you don't want me to page Dr. Shepherd?" She asked to be sure.
"I'm sure."
"Okay."
****
Bella was stood at the nurses station. There were interns around her gossiping. She knew how most of them didn't know she was in a relationship with Mark which is what she was thankful for.
"You hear Sloan broke his goods?" One of the interns asked.
"What?"
Steve nodded. "In that on-call room. Swear to God. I heard him screaming," he told them.
Sadie frowned. "With Torres?"
"Maybe. But whoever it was, whoever rode him and broke him, that's a girl I want on me."
Sadie turned to Lexie. "Was it Torres? Or did he finally do Little Grey?"
Lexie shook her head. "How should I know? I mean, it's not my business. It's nobody's business, and it's definitely not yours. I mean, not ... not ... not that I know. But if I did know who broke Mark Sloan's penis, I wouldn't even tell you because we're not even friends. I mean, I took out your appendix and almost ended my career. That doesn't make us close," she said as she walked off.
Lexie knew how she was grateful Bella had forgiven her. So she wanted to help her out by not saying anything.
****
Mark was lying on the bed. Owen and Callie were in there. Owen nodded. "Yeah. That's a penile fracture," he confirmed, wincing slightly.
Mark groaned. "Oh god. I'm gonna kill myself."
"We should operate. And then you can kill yourself," Owen told him.
Callie turned to look at Owen. "Can you do it?" She asked, wanting to know her friend was going to be okay.
"Him? Oh no. He's a meat baller," Mark said, not feeling comfortable about this whole thing.
"He is meticulous. And he will keep his mouth shut," Callie told Mark.
Owen nodded. "I've done operations like this before. It's really not that complicated," he said.
Mark frowned. He looked to Owen. "Guys run into this problem on the battlefield do they?" He asked.
"I don't think you and I should talk about how guys run into this," Owen said. He turned to Callie. "Line up an OR. We need to get in fact. Or we risk permanent damage."
"No! No permanent damage," Mark all but begged.
****
Bella walked into Mark's room. She looked to him. "Hey. Can I come in?" She asked.
"Doll. Go away. I don't want you to see me like this," Mark said, looking to Chloe and seeing the guilty look on her face.
Bella sighed. "But I made you like this," she mumbled.
"I'm saying please here," Mark told her.
Bella turned and walked out. Feeling entirely guilty about what had happened.
****
Grace found Bella. She looked to her and frowned. "What's happened?" She asked as she saw the look on her face.
Bella shook her head. "Marks hurt," she mumbled. She was trying to not cry.
"Wait? What?"
Bella nodded. "We were having sex. And I kinda broke him," she said.
Grace blinked for a couple of seconds. "I'm sorry. I thought I heard you say you broke Mark."
"I did."
Grace burst out laughing. She couldn't believe it. "Oh my god. You broke Sloan?" She asked.
"Grace! Stop. You're making me want to cry," Bella mumbled.
"No. I'm sorry. I promise I'm sorry. Are you okay?" Grace asked.
Bella shook her head. "No. I like his penis. A lot and now I might not get to have his penis. I might have to get a vibrator... that won't do what Mark does," she mumbled.
Grace sniggered as she smiled. "You know, I have a very good working penis. I love it!" She said as she walked off.
"Yeah I hope your penis decides to malfunction during an orgasm!" Bella called.
****
Mark looked up as Bella walked into the room. He sighed. "Bella. Go away."
"No."
Mark looked to her and sighed again. "Doll."
Bella rolled her eyes and smiled. "Let me speak. Please. It's not doll. It's Bella. And I'm sorry that I-I broke your... I'm sorry that I hurt you. And I'm sorry that you're humiliated."
Mark said nothing as Bella got closer to him. She smiled. "Can I sit?" She asked.
"Sure."
"I'm not going anywhere. I've got a friend who is guarding the door. My guard dog. And since no one is going to be coming in, I am now going to climb into bed with you. And I'm gonna stroke your hair. Because that's what I like to have done for me when I'm hurt."
Mark wrapped an arm around Bella as she climbed into the bed next to him. She nuzzled his neck. "I'm sorry."
"I know you are Angel."
Bella kissed him and smiled. "I love you. And that won't change. Even if we have to turn to a vibrator," she mumbled.
"Doll. You're a nightmare."
"I know."
****
Bella looked to Mark as they were lying in bed. She grinned. "You know you're supposed to see Hunt today. To see if we can get down and dirty again," she said.
Mark nodded. "Yeah. We've established I'm fragile. Don't be too sexy next time," he joked.
Bella rolled her eyes but smiled. "You and I both know that you love it when I'm rough with you. I love it when you're rough with me," she told him as she kissed him.
Mark groaned. Since the whole incident with Bella breaking him, they hadn't had a sexual encounter. And he missed the feel of her wrapped around him.
"Hunt needs to clear me today. Cause I can't handle not touching you anymore," Mark mumbled.
Bella grinned and winked. "Hopefully tonight."
****
Bella walked over to the nurse's station where Callie was. She turned to Bella and smiled. "Hey, how's it going?" She asked.
Bella grinned. "You mean how is Mark coping with no sex? Simple he's not. But we just sit there and we laugh about pointless crap. And we're making plans. Happy plans for the future," she told her.
Callie shook her head. "I don't want to hear this," she said.
"Come on. You love Mark. And you love me. So you need to hear this. Please."
"Look, alone people don't like to hear about the together people, okay? Even if the alone people are alone by choice, it's ... it's sort of mean. It's sort of like bringing a six-pack to an a. A. Meeting," Callie told her.
"But ..."
"Keep it to yourself."
Bella pouted. She looked to her. "You're just mean to me Calliope," she said as she walked off.
****
Mark saw Derek with a ring for Grace. He turned to his friends "What is that?" He asked.
"What you think it is."
Mark nodded. "That's dangerous. People who carry guns are more likely to fire 'em," he said as she took a sip of his bone dry.
Derek smiled. He shrugged. "Oh, I'm ready to fire it. That's not the problem. She's the problem. She spooks easy. I have to fire at the right time, in the right way, otherwise she'll panic and bolt. She's not ready. Do you think she's ready?" He asked. He sighed. "Do you think Bella was ready?"
Mark shrugged and spoke. "I don't know. More importantly, if you don't know, you shouldn't do anything until you do know," he told him. He grinned. "And Bella was ready. She didn't even need to think about it."
Owen walked over to them. He walked into an exam room with Mark. "Dr. Sloan," he said.
"Dr. Hunt. Oh, let's make this quick," Mark told him.
The two of them left the room. Mark zipped his pants up. "So we good to go?" He asked.
Owen nodded. "Yep. Use it wisely," he told him as he walked off.
****
Lexie walked over Meredith in the ambulance bay. Lexie smiled as she looked to her sister. "I'm with you today," she said.
Meredith nodded. "So, uh, what's going on with you and Mark Sloan?" She asked.
Lexie shook her head. "What? Nothing. Why? No, why, why? What did you think is ... was?" She asked as she looked to her.
Meredith shrugged. Knowing Bella was like her little sister. And she didn't want her to get hurt. "Well, because you've been on his service for over a week."
Lexie nodded. "Yeah, you know, I'm ... I'm really interested in plastics a-as a ... as a specialty. I'm fascinated. I-i like f-faces," she mumbled. She knew how she was still crushing on Mark.
But she wasn't going to do anything other than spend time with him.
The ambulance arrived. The patient's wife was panicking. "Vehicular blunt trauma, right shoulder, stabilized in the field," the paramedic said.
"Somebody help us, please!" The patients wife, Jen called.
"Jen, honey, slow down, will you?"
"Please, please, can you help my husband? I ran him over with the car!" Jen sobbed.
"Sweetie, sweetie ... You have to calm down. Okay. I'm gonna be fine. I'm gonna be fine," the husband said.
Jen nodded and smiled. "Okay, I'm calm. I'm calm. Okay. All right. I'm calm. I'm calm," she said.
All of a sudden, she fainted as her husband was taken inside.
****
In the trauma room , Jen was still panicking. "Oh, my God, it's my brain. It's my stupid, pregnant brain. I left the car in drive. Oh, God, baby. I'm so sorry," she said.
Derek smiled. "It's a normal neuro exam."
Callie looked over at them. "Okay, well, he's got an inferior shoulder dislocation and some associated fractures. He'll definitely need surgery," she said as she looked to Derek.
"Sloan will debride the burns when he's in surgery," Derek said.
"Surgery? Oh, baby."
Bella looked over at her brother. "Her b. P. Is 170 over 100," she said.
Callie turned to Bella. "Give her 5 of hydralazine."
"Oh, my God."
"Sweetie, just calm down. How's the baby?" The husband asked.
"Kicking like crazy and pressing right on my bladder," Jen said as she looked to her husband.
"Well, look on the bright side. At least, uh, she's not running you over with a truck."
"Thank you. Hey, you wanted the s. U. V. Right?"
****
Derek, Bella and Grace were walking down a hallway. "Pregnancy-induced hypertension?" Derek asked with a look at his sister.
Bella nodded. "Yeah, I have to get her b. P. Down before it starts affecting the baby," she told him.
"Oh, nice couple. They'll have cute kids," Derek commented.
Grace nodded. "Yeah, not as cute as ours ... But cute," she said. She saw how Bella and Derek were both looking at her. "What?"
Derek shook his head and smiled. "Nothing," he said as he walked off.
Bella turned to Grace. "You want to have a baby with him?" She asked.
"I want everything with him. I love him."
****
Mark walked over to Grace. He looked to her. "Haven't talked in a while. Have you had anymore seizures?" He asked.
Grace turned to him. She sighed and shook her head. "No," she said. She knew how she was still seeing her mom. But she didn't want to tell Mark that.
She knew he would demand she told Derek. Or even her own sister.
****
Bella was stood back in Warren and Jen's room. Jen turned to the doctors. "You're taking him now, for surgery?" She asked.
Bella nodded and smiled. "Yeah, it's a good thing," she told her.
"We can get his dislocation fixed so we can prevent problems with his circulation," Callie said.
Bella turned to Callie. "Her last b. P. was still up ... 162 over 102."
Callie nodded. "Okay, well the o. B. Was worried about placental blood flow. Stay with her and just try to keep her calm, okay?" She asked.
Bella nodded and smiled. "Okay."
"Cheeseburgers."
"Painkillers are working. Is there anything else that I can get you?" Callie asked as she looked to the couple.
Jen shook her head. "Um, I'm okay. Just ... are you really taking him now?"
"Yeah."
Warren smiled to Bella. "Cheeseburgers. Cheeseburgers. She's, um, more relaxed when she eats. Cheeseburgers calm her down," he told her.
"Thanks for the tip," Bella said as she smiled. She knew her mind was elsewhere. She was getting worried about Grace.
****
Derek found Meredith. "Ah, Meredith. Did you tell her about the ring?" He asked. Knowing how he had talked to Grace's sister about the ring.
Meredith shook her head. "Oh, I don't want to talk about your stupid ring," she told him.
"Good. Don't."
"Oh, you're not gonna do a big thing, are you? Like some big, romantic mcdreamy thing? 'Cause she'd hate that," Meredith told him.
Derek shrugged. He smiled. "Well, she built a house of candles."
"Yeah, for you. She built you a house of candles ... 'Cause you like that sort of thing. She doesn't."
"Okay, thanks."
****
Derek found Mark. He looked to him. "She said a thing about babies ... you know, like babies were a totally ordinary idea. She's not afraid. She's ready," he told him.
Mark turned to him. "When are you gonna do it?"
He asked.
Weber walked over and looked to them. "Do what?"
"Shepherd's proposing."
Richard: No kidding? Outstanding.
"Yeah, thank you," Derek said. Knowing he didn't want to make a giant spectacle out of it.
Webber smiled to him. "Uh, h-how are you gonna do it?" He asked.
Derek shrugged and sighed. "I don't know. I just decided."
Owen walked over to the three of them. "Morning. Sir."
"Shepherd's proposing," Mark told him. He wasn't a huge fan of him since he had kissed Bella.
Owen nodded. "Congratulations. That's a big step."
Derek smiled. "Thank you very much. You just gonna tell everybody now?" He asked as he turned to Mark.
Mark shrugged and smiled. "You need advice. Hunt, you ever proposed before?"
"Uh, sorry. I'm not the guy to ask," Owen said.
"When are you gonna do it?" Webber asked turning to the neurosurgeon.
Derek again shrugged. "Well, more importantly, how am I gonna do it?" He said as he saw Grace walking by. "So what do you use, like a twist drill for that?" He asked in an attempt to distract Grace.
"Uh, no, not if you don't want a partial parietal hematoma. Good luck," Mark said.
"Ahh ... Just don't tell anybody else, okay? Especially Bella. She'll let slip to Grace. I thought I could trust you."
"Of course you can trust me," Mark said as he walked off.
****
Callie and Mark were operating on Rob. "So... Clean bill of health from Hunt. You gonna get back on the horse, then?" She asked.
Mark shrugged. "Well, I wouldn't use the word "horse," but no. That's not gonna work out. I want her for more than just sex. She's more to me than that. I love her. And I'm gonna marry her," he told him.
Callie: You're what? What is wrong with you? Who are you? And what have you done with Mark Sloan?"
Bella walked into the OR. "Sorry. I had to make sure the patient's wife is stable. She's hypertensive, and I think this surgery's more stressful on her than it is on him," she told them.
"Damn it. There's a huge tear. His clavicle fracture is jutting into the artery. Shepherd, hold this clamp," Callie told Bella.
"I got this. I'll hold pressure. Page Hunt. Get him in here now."
****
Owen was in the OR trying to stabilise Warren. "Come on, come on, come on. Stabilize," he said.
"B. P. 's going up. Going up," Mark told them all.
"Thank you."
"Yep. Should be good to go," Owen said as Lexie ran in. "Dr. Grey."
Lexie looked to Bella. "Jen Harmon...
Bella smiled as she turned to her. "Tell Jen he's stable," she said.
Lexie shook her head. "She's not. She had a seizure."
"A seizure?"
Callie turned to Bella. "We got him, Shep. Go help her."
****
Mark and Derek were lighting candles in Grace and Derek's bedroom. Mark had told Bella he would pick her up from Joe's when he was finished.
Derek had made a heart made out of rose petals on the bed, bouquets of roses everywhere in the room, and a giant teddy bear.
Derek groaned. "This is stupid. She's gonna hate this," he said.
"What, the flowers? Girls love this crap. Bella doesn't. But she's not a normal girl. She's a fine wine," Mark said.
"It's a cliche? I'm a cliche?"
Mark shrugged. "Cliches cecame cliche for a reason. Because they worked. It's great, isn't it, when you feel so strongly for someone, and it's ... It's not just about the sex," he said as Derek laughed. "It is ... It's true," Mark told him.
Derek shook his head. "You should not talk like that," he told him.
"Yeah, you're right. Well, you're all set here. I'm gonna leave you to it. Thanks. Congratulations. I'm off to pick up Bella."
"Thanks."
****
After what felt like a hectic day, Bella and Mark went to the hotel. Once inside she began taking his clothes off, stopping him each time he reached for the buttons running up the center of her dress.
When he was down to his boxer briefs she dropped to her knees and pulled him free.
He made a light whimper, biting his lower lip as he watched her place him in her mouth.
Looking up at him, she bobbed her head, taking him deeper. He reached his hand to the back of her head, entangling it in her hair.
Bella released him, licking around his length and then took him back into her mouth, bobbing even deeper. Mark tightened his grip on her hair but left her in control.
"Beautiful." He groaned when she took part of him down her throat and held him there for as long as she could before pulling off to gasp for air.
She repeated the maneuver three more times, holding him longer with each pass.
Mark's hips bucked and the grip on her hair tightened, stopping her from continuing longer. He gently pulled to get her to her feet, pressing his lips firmly to hers as he walked her towards her bed, and spun her so her back pressed against his chest.
Holding her firmly in place with his left arm, he reached his right hand under the skirt of her dress and into her underwear, kissing her neck when she softly moaned.
Bella's arms lifted, reaching to hold onto the back of his head as she twisted to kiss him.
He used his ministrations to gauge her readiness, all while inching her closer to the bed.
Once he was satisfied he pushed her to all fours and leaned close enough to whisper in her ear. "Don't move."
Her heart raced as she waited, glancing over her shoulder when she heard him fumbling with a box.
Mark quickly slid the condom on and moved behind her. He lifted her dress pulling her underwear down without bothering to remove them, thrusting in harder and faster than she had expected.
"Fuck..." The word was inhaled.
"You okay?" The question had sounded sincere, but he hadn't slowed down.
"Yeah... uh huh." The breathy words were more moaned that spoken drawing a smirk from the man plowing into her.
Mark's pace had leveled out compared to his abrupt entry. He appeared content with the position, something Bella wouldn't complain about since she was a fan herself.
His fingers slid to the front of her dress, slowly unfastening the buttons.
His arm slipped around her waist, continuing to thrust as he pulled her so that her back pressed against his chest allowing him to tug the dress free from her arms and toss it to the floor.
Bella dropped to the bed again, groaning into her pillow when she felt her bra loosen around her ribcage.
She wiggled it off, shoving the garment in the general direction of the floor.
More of his body weight pressed against her, an adjustment that only made each thrust feel more intense, as hands slid up her torso.
She whimpered when her nipples were tweaked, bucking her hips against him.
He pinched slightly harder and she groaned, grumbling incoherently into the pillow.
Mark's hand gripped her hair, tugging to elevate her head. "What was that?"
"Do it again Sloan."
He chuckled, dropping his hold on her hair as his hands returned to her nipples. He was careful not to squeeze too hard, using the bouncing of her hips as a blueprint. When he began circling the puckered peaks, much like he would a clit,
her body stilled and her chest lifted for better access. Her moaning increasing in volume until he felt her tighten around him.
Mark lessened the touch as he coaxed her down, giving into his own release when she was close to collapsing on the bed.
Bella moaned as Mark pulled out of her. She grinned. "I think we need to get engaged more often," she said as she kissed down his bare chest.
"Once is enough. Especially as I have you. I love you Bella."
"Love you too."
****
Grace walked into the bedroom to see Derek wasn't there. She laid down in bed and felt the tears pouring down her cheeks. She was scared about what had been happening to her.
She felt under the pillow and found a rose petal. She sat up and wiped away her tears. "Derek," she mumbled.
She knew how Derek felt like she was pushing him away. But she wasn't aware of how hard the next couple of months were going to be for both Grace Grey and Derek Shepherd.