And over there, there's broken bones
There's only music, so that there's new ringtones
And it don't take no Sherlock Holmes
To see it's a little different around here

A Certain Romance by The Arctic Monkeys


"Thank God we're getting new cars. This is killing me. It's way too small." Moans Mark as we pull into the Car Sales car park.

"What car do you want?" I ask, pushing opening the showroom door.

He looks around and points to a Mazda RX8. "That one. You?"

I laugh at his quick pick. "I'm gonna get a Ford Ranger for my land, and most probably an Audi.. maybe the RS 8 or the TT."

We separate to go to the sales reps and get the cars.

An hour later Mark comes over as I'm finalising the details with the rep.

"So you'll deliver the Ford to my land right?"

"Yep. And you want the RS8 to go?"

"Yeah, that'd be great. Cheers" I say shake his hand.

I take the keys for my vehicles and turn to Mark and we walk to the door.

"I phoned the rental company and they said they'll pick up the car from here. So we are done. See you at the hospital?"

"Yep. Drive safe!" I laugh as his eyes light up at the sight of his Mazda.

"I will Shep. I will."

At the hospital Mark goes to check out Plastics whilst I make my way up to the surgical floor. On the second floor the doors open and a doctor walks in, head down in a file.

"Good morning" I smile.

She looks up her eyes wide before refocusing on me.

"Hey." She smiles.

"How's it going?"

"I was waiting for you actually. I've got your patient."

"Katie someone? Right?"

"Yeah, Katie Bryce, here's her chart." She says handing it over. I flick through it whilst she says "Her parents wanted to talk to someone, so I asked Bailey and she said you'd be the one to speak to them."

I nod distractedly, "Yep. Everything seems clear. CT results in?"

"I just got paged that they're at the nurses station."

"Great," I say closing the chart, "We'll check them over before meeting the parents."

Standing at the nurses station Meredith says "They look clear. They are clear right?"

I nod. "Yep. Clear. I should go speak to the parents. Come with."

Two hours later finds me and Mer in my brand new office, textbooks strewn around us.

We look up as the door opens and Mark peeks his head round the door.

"Hey, what's up guys?" He says walking in and plonking himself down in the spare seat.

"Katie Bryce, having seizures, Grand Mal, clear across the board."

"She competes in beauty pageants." Says Meredith.

"I know." I reply. "But we have to save her life anyway." Meredith snots and I find my self smiling absurdly at the pleasure that little sound gives me.

"Want me to look?" asks Mark.

I nod and he picks up a book.

An hour later and we've not got anything. I run my hand through my hair, as I always do when frustrated.

"There's no history, no injuries, nothing, no bleeding, nothing!" I state perturbed.

The two look at me.

"There has to be something." Says Mark. "Nothing in the Doctors history?"

Meredith shakes her head. "Nope, nothing, said she's a regularly healthy kid.." she trails off staring in to space.

"What?" I ask.

"Well.." she pauses looking at me uncertainly. "She did say she twisted her ankle. The other week. She told me, she fell and twisted her ankle."

"What if she has aneurysm?" asks Mark to Meredith, she nods.

"There are no indicators." I inform them.

"She fell when she twisted it." Says Meredith. "She said she iced it and got right back up and it was fine. It was so minor that her doctor didn't even mention it when I took a history."

"The chance of a fall that minor bursting aneurysm is like.. one in a million. Literally." I say, looking between the two of them. I look down at her chart. I don't know. Inwardly sighing I stand.

"Let's go." The other two stand as well.

"Where?" ask Meredith uncertainly.

"To see if Katie is one in a million" I grin.

I sit in the chair directly in front of the monitor, Mark and Meredith standing over my shoulders.

"I'll be damned."

"What?" asks Meredith.

"There." points Mark at the screen.

She leans closer, I feel her hair on my shoulder, and smell, some sort of flower.

"It's minute. But it is there." I say. Getting a close up of the bleed. "She's bleeding into her brain."

Whilst Katie is being wheeled to her room, I go and grab a space in OR.

"She could have gone her whole life without it being a problem, until one day, a tap in the right spot and bam. Shows over."

"Wow." Says Meredith. Stopping outside the room. "Well, it was great working with you Doctor Shepherd, I better go see Bailey and ask if she has anything else she needs doing. Maybe I'll get to watch in the gallery."

"What are you saying?" I whirl around.

"Mer, you found it. First day intern found the bleed." Mark says.

"You are scrubbing in Meredith." I assure her.

"I.. oh.." her eyes go wide and we chuckle at the awestruck look on her face. "I.. uh.. I'll scrub in?"

"Yeah. Of course. I'll see you in the OR Doctor Grey." I wink before strolling off.