"Lexi… are you ok?" Mark asked hovering around Lexi nervously. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?" Bailey screamed losing every once of control she'd managed to scrounge. "I was provoked" Derek explained. "We have some options here" the inspector mused. Bailey snapped back into focus, "Yes… of course… do we?". "I could give the hospital a bad review but… I sense we have an under lying issue here… I think we need some group bonding time. To rebuild the trust and control the anger we seem to have here". "Absolutely… Mark, take Lexi to the ER, everybody else follow the inspector. I'll just go and…". "Oh no Dr Bailey. You need to come too, I believe you have some anger issues". Bailey shuffled uncomfortably, "ANGER ISSUES!" she exclaimed. "Obviously". Bailey took a deep breath, "Ok… let's go".
"Are you sure you're ok?" Mark fretted as he bandaged her bloody hand. "I'm fine… you shouldn't have provoked him", she flinched slightly as he tightened the bandage. "Provoked him? I was defending your honour!" he smiled. "I'm flattered… I don't see why we should have to go to this therapy thing though". "Well you have to admit… you are kind of nervous… you jump when ever anyone says your name" he said seriously. Lexi's face suddenly turned cold, "nervous? Mark Sloane I can't believe you just called me nervous! You know that's the worst description for a surgeon! I'll see you in therapy…" she replied bitterly.
"Hey Lexi, why have we just got a page from Bailey instructing us to head to the psychiatric ward?" Meredith asked with Izzie and George following closely behind. "Derek's had a meltdown, Christina's never been right in the head and I've just faced a near death experience… so just wait and see ok". "Ok… what happened to your hand?!". "I told you!" she exclaimed. "Touchy" George whispered. "I heard that!" Lexi screamed. They walked into the group discussion room and prepared for the worst… "Welcome" the inspector said cheerfully. "Hi" they all responded unenthusiastically. "Right, lets get this started".
"Put the chairs into a circle!". Meredith held up her hands, "wait… is this a circle thing? Because I'm not doing this if this if a circle thing!" she protested. "GREY! Sit in the circle!" Bailey instructed in a way that only Bailey can. "Yes Maam". "Right I think we should all go round the circle and tell each other something that no one knows about you… to break the ice". Meredith rolled her eyes theatrically. "Ok Meredith… you can start!". She forced a smile, "Hi I'm Meredith and I've been know to lunge at people who make me do things like sit in a circle and share my feelings" she said coldly. Derek gave out a small chuckle. "Dr Shepherd… you next". "I'm Derek and I want to take this chance to apologise to Mark Sloane and tell him what a brilliant doctor he is". Mark rolled his eyes, "I don't do botox". Soon everyone in the circle had at least managed a grunt. "Well that was helpful…". "Can I just ask" Christina interrupted, "why do I have to be here?". "Dr Yang… you played operation to win a surgery". "Yeah… and I won" she replied sounding genuinely proud of her achievements. "Ok… I think we need to move on to our next activity. Pair up! I want you to tell the other person in your pair how you feel about them as doctors and people… including their faults". Suddenly Owen burst through the door… "So this is where all the doctors have gone… did it ever occur to you this is a hospital?" he asked bitterly. "Dr Hunt I sense tension… close the door and join the session, pair with Dr Yang".
"This is ridiculous" Lexi whispered as Mark paired with her. "Give it a chance… come on, how do you feel about me?" he grinned. "At this moment… I could slap you". "Not with that hand" he joked. "No… but with this one", she swung for him and he narrowly escaped. "Ok. I'll just say how I feel about you", he leaned forward and whispered something into her ear. She gulped, "That's not going to work Mark" she said desperately trying to hold her ground. "Fine. How about this", he tried again… this time more successfully. "I hate you" she smiled. "I love you too" he replied. She froze, "you what?"
"You threw a scalpel?" Meredith asked in amazement. "We're supposed to be talking about our feelings" Derek protested. "Derek… I was only joking you know, about your hair… I mean it's just going a little grey" she smiled. "I'm nothing without my hair!" he pleaded. "Oh God please let this not be your mid life crisis… at least make it a good one. We can buy hair dye!" she sighed. "Your fault… you aren't helping Meredith, you just aren't helping".
"You're a good trauma specialist" Christina said bitterly.
"You've got good instincts… for a resident" Owen replied without emotion. "You survived a war". "You survived Bailey". Christina resisted the urge to smile… he wasn't going to win. "You're too competitive" he said coldly. Competitive? She thought. "Well… you've got issues" she retorted. Owen didn't reply… a step too far Christina? I think so. Well at least they're actually doing the task.
"This is stupid I don't have anger issues… I don't even have a partner!" Bailey complained. "Now Dr Bailey one could say that you're forceful in your job" the inspector said. "And you appear to be quite forceful in yours… you've kidnapped half of this hospital" she protested. "Now I can tell your prone to exaggeration…". Bailey groaned loudly. "let's talk about it".
"You're a super doctor George, super! You're the best!" Izzie smiled… she was quite enjoying this. "Thank you Izzie. You're great too… you strive to be good and are always so positive" George commented. "I can't find any faults. None!" She said enthusiastically. "Me either!". "God I love this! It's really cheering me up!" Izzie laughed. "Me too!". They soon realised everyone wasn't enjoying this as much as they obviously were. "George … are we freaky?". "No… everyone else is just…" he couldn't quite find the right description. "everyone else?" Izzie suggested. "Yep. Anyway… you have great intern control!". "Oh my God you too!".
