SKYLAR AND JACKSON WALKED into the soundstage of 'luke's house' after sarah told her that they were blocking out the scene for unsaid emily
"so is he the babe?" jackson asked as he glanced to charlie who was reciting his lines with madison on the front porch
"shut up" she whispered harshly
"d-did you just tell me to shut up?" jackson questioned
"sorry. but nobody here knows that we're dating. so please keep it down" she explains calmly as she looks around to see if anyone was in ear shot
"skylar!" a voice calls out causing the two to look over and see it was madison
"time to meet the babe" jackson shot her a grin before walking towards the two
"dad if your listening or watching, you're probably laughing along with uncle derek up there. but why couldn't you have picked uncle karev to look out for me instead? he's never cared who i dated" skylar whispered to herself before running after jackson
"hi!" jackson grinned at the two who muttered a hello. "i'm jackson avery" he extended his hand. madison took his hand first, then charlie. " skylar's uncle"
although jackson held onto charlie's hand a bit long, slowly gripping it tighter before letting it go
"t-that's cool. it's nice to meet you, mr. avery" charlie stuttered a bit
"it's dr. avery" jackson corrected charlie as he stared him down
madison furrowed her brows as she glanced at skylar who shrugged her shoulders. "o-okay" skylar nervously chuckled "we should let them work. i'll see you guys later" skylar continued as she gripped jackson's hand and dragged him away
but jackson turned around "i'll see you guys later as well" he said towards the two but mostly stared to charlie
"don't even think about embarrassing me" skylar mutters to him as she continues to drag him away
jackson chuckled "it's what your dad would've wanted"
"shut up" skylar chuckled softly with a small grin
"don't worry, like i said i'll speak to him later"
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skylar and jackson were sitting by crafty's. skylar hasn't told anyone but she's started writing songs again
"hold on
don't you lose hope, the sky's not falling
please just listen 'cause i'll be calling
stay with me just one more moment
i know you're in pain, just please don't show it
one more moment, please
it's too late, i'm afraid i have to leave
one more moment, please
it's too late, i'm afraid i have to leave
one more moment, please
it's too late, i'm afraid i have to leave
one more moment, please
it's too late, i'm afraid i have to leave
just promise me, promise me that you'll
never give up, never look back
i won't give up, i'll keep on trying" jackson read out a part of the lyrics that stood out to him
skylar smiled sadly "i was at the cemetery when i wrote those. i don't know i just thought of dad when writing it"
"this is absolutely amazing skylar" jackson grinned at her "gosh, your dad would be so proud of you. i can already imagine what'd he say to me" he said "avery! can you believe that my kid just wrote her very first song! she's freaking amazing, definitely has my genes"
skylar grinning at his words, jackson continued "he would always brag about your singing, he'd brag about daniella's acting, hell he always bragged about your mom being derek's little prodigy"
skylar smiled sadly "i wish we didn't leave seattle and i wish mom didn't give up being a neurosurgeon"
"she was the best neurosurgeon, besides derek. but after mark passed away" he shook his head "she felt helpless because she couldn't do anything to save him. so she gave it up" jackson explained
"you know, there's a part of me who wants to go into the field" skylar added
"you wanna be a neurosurgeon?" jackson questioned
skylar chuckles softly "no, dad would kill me" making jackson laugh a bit as he agreed "plastic surgery is what i would like to go in for"
"plastic posse" jackson muttered with a grin
"what?" skylar chuckled
"your dad called us the 'plastic posse', he would've won the bet between him and your mom" jackson said as skylar questioned him about 'the bet'
"when you were younger, your mom and dad made this bet about you and ella. they were trying to see which one of you would be interested in working in the medical field. mark obviously said you would, while your mom said daniella" jackson explained
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"daddy what do you do at the hospital?" skylar asked mark as she was seated in his lap starring at some scans
"well baby, daddy is the head of plastic surgery" mark told her
"what about you mommy?" skylar asked genevieve who was standing next to mark
"i am a neurosurgeon" genevieve answered with a smile
"you should try plastics, instead of neuro when you grow up. it's all finesse" mark pointed to her
"oh yeah, no room for error when you're dealing with someone's face" genevieve teased her husband
mark glared at her "it's more than just face-lifts. i'm a board certified e.n.t, i take out tumors" mark said as he focused his attention back to his daughter before glaring back at his wife "it's also a lot of face-lifts, but even a face-lift...i'm changing a life. i'm holding someone's future in my hands"
"working with a brain" genevieve grinned
"don't listen to your mother, be a plastic surgeon" mark whispered in her ear as skylar let out a chuckle
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"i've never said this before, but thank you for always being here for us. i know i was only 12 when dad passed away, but i remember everything. you were the one who stood by us when everything went down that day" skylar smiled as she gripped her uncles hand "plus every year, you've flown down here to check up on us. even more when uncle derek passed away. you say dad would be proud of me, but don't forget about yourself. he'd be proud and thankful that you kept your promise"
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genevieve was seated right next to mark's bed. she knew what they were waiting for, her eyes glued to the heart monitor. skylar was in mark's bed, her head placed on his chest, while her hand wrapped around his torso. derek was seated on another chair on the other side of mark's hospital bed, daniella was seated in his lap
that's when the two doctors noticed his heart rate dropping. derek immediately looked at genevieve, when she turned to look at him she gave him the most crushed look. the other doctors were huddled outside
that's when everyone heard it. the flatline of mark's heart beat. genevieve placed a hand on her face, covering up her tears, derek placed a hand on mark's shoulder as he wrapped his other hand around daniella
"no, daddy no" skylar mumbles into his chest as she lets out the biggest cry "please don't leave me" genevieve's and derek's heart broke at the sound of mark's little girl's cries. they both reached out and placed their hand on skylar
it was about 20 minutes later that jackson came into the room per genevieve's request and wrapped his hands around skylar's sleeping figure, she had cried herself to sleep. he picked her up and carried her out of the room. he took her out to the waiting room with daniella
a few minutes later, skylar woke up, and genevieve was walking towards them. jackson put skylar down so she could walk towards her mom
"where's daddy? is he coming with us?" skylar asked her mom. genevieve furrowed her brows, as she glanced to jackson in a worried state
"remember, daddy was in an airplane?" genevieve questioned skylar
"yeah, is he coming home soon?" skylar asked
genevieve sharply inhaled "no, he was in an accident remember?"
"o-oh y-yeah. daddy was hurt" skylar recalled slightly
"yeah he was" genevieve blinked away her tears as she held onto her daughters hands
"is uncle derek, grandpa webber, auntie bailey or the others going to fix him? is he going into surgery?" skylar asked
genevieve stayed quiet for a few seconds. worried that her daughter forgot the last few minutes "no they can't fix him"
"then you should go in there and fix him" skylar argued
"skylar—
"you fix everyone, just like daddy does, go in there and fix him!" skylar slowly started to panic
"skylar, i can't fix him" genevieve said with teary eyes
"why" skylar argued once again
"i can't fix him because... because no one can fix him" genevieve's voice slightly cracked "because he's...
skylar voiced hitched as the last few moments came flooding to her, tears immediately escaped her eyes "b-because daddy's dead"
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