"I don't think you respect me enough!" Ava screamed, angry at him

"I offer you exactly the respect you deserve: none" Connor said, walking away and leaving her alone.

They were working on a patient and as always they found a way to fight. But that time was worse than usual. It all started with a misunderstanding that quickly became a bad fight.

Ava was hurt. Those words hit her deeply.
She stood here for a couple of seconds, long enough for Natalie to see her completely shattered and come to her. She wanted to make sure her friend was ok.

"Ava, are you alright?" she asked.

"Yeah, sure" she said, not wanting to show her real emotion. She even managed to smile, before walk away.

She managed to avoid him for the rest of their shift. She was so mad. Since they broke up they couldn't spend a day without fighting. But that day Connor was extremely mean. Ava was used to hear him disagreeing with her and the only thing she always asked for was a bit of respect.
Today Connor just crossed that line.
Was she really such a bad person? So bad she didn't deserve respect? She didn't know anymore, she was just sad and angry at him.

She went back to her apartment, she slammed the door and went straight to the bathroom. She took off her clothes and went into the shower. She cried a lot, asking herself what she did so bad in life to deserve all of that.
She basically had no friends, her family was gone. Connor was the only person she always wanted around. She was in love with him, even after they broke up she didn't stop to love him.
But now she was betrayed and hurt, but most of all she felt alone.

Connor went home half an hour later, he waited to make sure not to see her in the locker room. He didn't want to talk, he was angry at her. Actually he felt guilty already for what he said. He knew she deserves respect, she was a really great doctor and a beautiful person. She was a badass girl who always wants to win just like him. And that was the reason why they had that terrible fight. They both wanted to be right.

Connor struggled to fall asleep, he was about to call her at some point, but he didn't. He was too stubborn and to be honest he was scared too. He was scared Ava won't listen to him.

Ava did not sleep at all and the following morning she had one of the worst headache she ever had. She swallowed a couple of pain killers with her coffee and went to work anyway.

While going to work Connor planned in his mind a long speech, he wanted to apologize and he hoped Ava was willing to listen.
Ava, on the other hand, was praying not to meet him. At least not until her headache was gone and she was calm again.

When Connor arrived at MED he started looking for Ava. He wanted to talk to her before the shift started, otherwise he couldn't concentrate on work.
However, when he went to the locker room, he realized Ava wasn't there yet. She usually had a cup of coffee as soon as she arrived, but her mug was still there.

He decided to go out and ask Maggie where she was.

"I don't know, dude. But a bird told me yesterday you two got in a pretty bad fight" Maggie told him.

"Yeah, that's why am I searching for her. I need to talk" he said.

"Oh, you wanna fight more to start the morning with a bit of adrenaline?" she replied sarcastic.

"Ah, ah. No, I actually wanted to apologize" he explained.

"Listen, I don't know where your princess is right now. But I wouldn't be surprise if she wanted to avoid you today" Maggie said.

He looked at her confused.

"Natalie saw the fight and told me. Gossip, you know. And you know we are friends and everything but try to be nice with her even if you two broke up. What you told her was really unfair" she added.

"I know Maggie, I realized that. I was a moron, ok? Just page me when she is here" he asked.

"Sure" she said.

He was about to go upstairs when he met Natalie. She looked at him with a serious look.

"I know, ok? I was an ass and I'm searching for her to apologize. Maggie already gave me the lecture" he said.

"She had to fight not to cry in front of me, you better have a good speech ready to make her forgive you. You're my friend and so is Ava, if you'll make her suffer more just know I'll stand with her" Natalie told him.

"What is this? Women's code?" he asked.

"Yep. Also, she is already going a rough time after you two broke up. Be nice Connor, I'm telling you this as a friend" she insisted.

"I'll be, I'm feeling so bad already, Nat and you and Maggie are making me feel even more guilty" Connor said.

"Hey. You can fix it. Both the fight and your relationship. Just stop being so stubborn and I'll tell her to stop being stubborn too" Natalie told him with a smile.

He smiled back, he knew she was right and he really hoped to be able to fix everything. Even if the reason why they broke up was just a misunderstanding, since that day they weren't able to talk normally.

While Connor was already at Med Ava was driving in the morning traffic. She was late, her headache ruined her morning.

She soon realized that the painkillers she took before going out weren't working. At all. She sensed a migraine coming not only for the pain but also for the nausea she started to feel.
Her pain become even worse when the sun started rising and it was shining right into her eyes. She needed to stop and call Maggie to let her know she was going back home, she really couldn't work in that condition. Plus she felt like she was about to throw up, she really needed to get out of her car.
She spotted a parking at the end of the road, so she decided to drive there.
She was about to enter it when a car didn't stop at the red traffic light and hit her, making her pass out immediately.

Author's note:

Don't hate me for this fanfiction, I promise it will end well! Just deal with me, I love drama. But not the kind of drama writers are giving us, drama that ends well!