Chapter 10

"Hey you owe me a dollar," said Mark triumphantly as he entered Ellie's hospital room. He didn't realise that Bailey's interns were in there.

"No way," Ellie whined.

"We can, uh... talk about it later," said Mark.

"Why do you owe him a dollar?" asked Meredith.

"Our little game," said Ellie. "The Jackass just won this round. But I'm up for the next round."

"What game?" asked Christina.

"Sort of like truth or dare to the extreme," said Ellie. "I need some sort of adrenaline rush in this place."

"What did you do?" asked Alex.

"Screwed the married head of psych in OR 6," laughed Ellie.

"You're kidding," gasped Izzie. "That is awful."

"Did you do it with…" started Elle.

"Sheryl Crow 'If It Makes You Happy' playing in the background," said Mark smugly.

"How do I know you did it?" asked Ellie suspiciously.

"My ass print on the table…"

"Too much information."

"Wait a minute, you dared him to do…that…there?" asked Izzie incredulously.

"Yeah, I didn't think he could actually do it!" said Ellie furiously.

"And I got pictures…"

"Do not bring those out," shouted Ellie.

"So how long have you two been doing this?" asked George.

"All week. The whoopee cushion on the Chief's chair, the strap on in Dr. Burke's on call room…" said Ellie.

"That was you? Oh my god, he was furious…" laughed Meredith.

"I know," giggled Ellie.

"I want to play," said Alex. "This sounds like fun."

"Me too, I want in," said Christina.

"Sorry kids, you can't play," said Mark.

"Why not?"

"You need balls, a lot of them," said Mark.

"You couldn't handle the heat, you'd be too afraid of getting caught," said Ellie.

"No way. I can handle it," said Christina determinedly.

"Tell you what. The Attendings and the Chief are giving a talk to some pre-med students this afternoon down the conference room, make sure you're all there on time at the start. And we'll see if you still want to play." Challenged Ellie, looking at them as if daring them to refuse.

"You're seriously going to go through with it?" laughed Mark.

"You bet your ass I am, I'm not backing down. It'll be a piece of cake," said Ellie determinedly.

"We'll be there," said Alex.

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"Do you see them anywhere?" Izzie whispered. The talk to the pre-med students was just about to start, but there was no sign of Ellie or Mark.

"Alright, if everyone could just take a seat we can get started," the Chief shouted.

The interns took a seat, all the while looking round for a sign of …anything.

"Welcome…" started the Chief but before he could continue, a squirt of water came from the back of hall and squirted the Chief's trousers to make it look like he had wet himself.

There was suddenly an uproar. Then water started to fly again, hitting Burke, Addison and the other Attendings at the same spot as the Chief. Derek, however was smarter and sat down, so he was shot with water on top as if he was lactating. Everyone stood up and looked at where the water was coming from and all the saw was a black blur sprinting from the room.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" roared the Chief. "WHO WAS THAT?"

"There are only two people I know could have made those shots, and one of them is standing here," said Derek.

"She wouldn't…" gasped Addison.

"She would," said Derek, angrily storming from the room.

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Ellie sprinted from the lecture hall, ran down all the stairs until she was at the ground floor. She dashed to the visitor bathroom and changed her clothes quicker than she had ever done. She threw them all into the canvas bag she had put there earlier, she slung the bag over her shoulder and made her way to the gift shop.

It was only about two minutes after she arrived at the gift shop that Derek came storming down the stairs, with Addison and the Chief in tow.

"Eleanor Rosalind Montgomery Shepherd!" he roared.

"What Dad?" said Ellie, as she guiltily sprang away from the counter.

"You know damn well what!"

"I'm sorry."

"Ellie…" said Addison, exasperated.

"So you admit it?" said the Chief.

"Admit what? That I was flirting with the hot gift shop guy, yeah I was," said Ellie, causing the guy to cower behind the counter.

"What happened to you?" giggled Ellie, pretending to have just noticed the water spots.

"You mean you don't know?" asked Derek, less angrily now.

"No. But I sure want to know now. Are you breastfeeding, Dad?" asked Ellie.

"Someone decided to soak us with water in the lecture hall," said the Chief.

"Seriously?"

"Seriously, Ellie," said Addison.

"Oh wow, I wish I had seen that," laughed Ellie.

"So you didn't do it?" asked Derek.

"Well isn't that just typical: someone does something wrong and you automatically assume it's me! Same old Dad then!" shouted Ellie.

"No you're right. Sorry," said Derek.

"Thank you now if you don't mind…" said Ellie, turning back to the terrified guy behind the counter.

"She is 17," snapped Derek at the guy. "Do you like jail?"

"Uh…Um… I didn't know…"

"Thanks dad. I'm 18 in 3 weeks."

"3 weeks Ellie, not today. Now get back up to your room," he said sharply.

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Ellie went back up to her room, and found Bailey's interns and Mark waiting for her. The interns all looked stunned and in awe, and Mark had a proud smirk on his face.

"I salute you, I have taught you well," said Mark, crossing his arms over his chest and grinning triumphantly.

"Why thank you," said Ellie, taking a bow.

"So how did you get away with it?" Mark asked.

"Pretended I was flirting with the guy in the gift shop. It would have looked too suspicious if I hadn't been doing something wrong," said Ellie as though it was nothing.

"Wow…I can't believe you pulled that off," said Christina, looking simultaneously shocked and amazed.

"I'm just getting started," said Ellie with a glint in her eye.

"So do you babies still want to play?" asked Mark.

"I'm in," said Alex.

"Me too," said Christina enthusiastically.

"You could get kicked out the program if you get caught," Ellie pointed out.

"I won't get caught," said Alex cockily.

"What about the rest of you?" asked Ellie.

"I'm still in," said Christina.

"Why not? Count me in," said Meredith with a mischievous grin.

"What about you two?" asked Mark.

"I don't think so," said Izzie. "It's looks like fun, but we could get into a lot of trouble."

"Fine," said Mark. "O'Malley?"

"Count me out too," said George reluctantly.

"Right. Who wants to go first?" said Ellie, looking round at them.