A/N: Finally right! short one, but I think it's pretty fun. Jade is channeling her old self in this one. Enjoy!- S.K.

Life Changes

"The court finds for the defendant in the case of Jana Newsome Versus Dr. Jade West." I let out a breath I wasn't aware I had been holding. I was redeemed. The lawsuit is over and I don't have to spend a dime paying Jana's mothers. It's not that I am happy the little girl died. It's just that it wasn't my fault.

I stood up and turned to shake my lawyer's hand. Tori was behind me and she hugged me. I turned my head and kissed her because it was because of her that the whole hate crime thing was dismissed.

We walked out of the courtroom hand in hand. As we walked out, Trina came up to us. "Hey, Tara has got the girls over at your house Jade, I have something set up for you please say yes."

"I need a little more to go on." I said to Trina

"Okay, so… I was thinking about what I told you the other day before Fashion week, and then you and Tori have been doing this whole lesbian love fest and I haven't had a chance to talk to you."

"The Point Trina." I said rolling my eyes.

"You have an audition in two hours. Traffic is crazy and you're gonna be late."

"What?" I asked as she pulled me out of the door and to her car.

"Give me your keys babe." Tori said. "I'll take your car home" She had a smile on her face as I handed them to her. She looked a little bemused as I was tossed into Trina's car.

I glared at Trina as she rushed. "I don't remember hiring you as my manager."

"You will after this." Trina said.

"I am not going to stop being a doctor. I have weird hours as it is. And Chloe-"

"Um," Trina hesitated. "Just audition. It isn't a guarantee that you get a part. Don't you want to see if you've still got it?"

I looked out of the window and sighed. "I kind of do."

"Plus it's a project that Tori auditioned for too… It would be awesome if you got to be in it, even if it is just for a little bit."

"What do you mean? She got the part?" I asked. Trina Nodded. "She is staying in LA?" She nodded again. I smiled. "For how long?"

"As long as the chemistry works… it's a Cable series." I smiled again. I was excited now.

"What is the roll?" I asked

"You get to play your self mainly. A Ganky surgeon in a group of friends. Thought it would be perfect." I looked at her and rolled my eyes. "See what I mean?"

We walked into the office of Bently Hall, I could feel them size me up. I was dressed more like a lawyer than a doctor but I walked in there channeling my teenaged self looking almost bored with all of this. "Ms. West, Mrs. VanCleef over there swears by you says she went to school with you." He said. I nodded. "Would you like to cold read, or do you have a monologue because I know you serious students love to have monologues prepared."

"I just came out of work and she dragged me here as a surprise. She thought the part was good, so she kind of kidnapped me and brought me. I have nothing prepared." I answered.

"Well… If you don't want—"

"Did I say I didn't want to do it?" I interrupted a little annoyed but I didn't let that come through too aggressively. "I just didn't know. I'll cold read."

The producers looked at each other then back at me. The assistant got up and handed them a script. They picked an emotionally charged passage and handed me the pages. I looked them over and sort of smiled and frowned at the same time. It reminded me of what had happened to Jana but this I could pull off. She had just had her first death on the surgical table. This doctor was a resident and not specialized as yet. "Are you ready Jade?" I nodded and took a deep breath I had to think of how I could do this in heels and a pencil skirt. This scene calls for scrubs. "Okay, action."

I dropped my body forward letting out a sob. "Jojo?" The girl producer said. I look up quickly and wiped at the tears in my eyes. "Hey there you are."

I smiled a faltering smile. "Hey…" Took a deep breath.

"W- what's wrong?" She asked.

I shook my head. "Nothing, at least nothing that I can fix."

"Honey, I have known you since we were kids. We've been through everything together. There isn't anything about you that I don't understand." I paused and looked at the words on the page.

"All I have ever wanted to be was a surgeon." I said despondently. Then I looked up at the reader, I know where these characters are headed and I put Vega on the front of my mind and I let my face reflect how I feel. How I felt when Jana died and I thought she'd see me as a monster because I couldn't save her. "I killed a man today on that table." I walked up to the reader and dropped to my knees. "HE was frail and at my mercy. I held his heart in my hands and… I watched it stop." My faced turned tortured before I dropped my face to look down on her lap. "There was so much blood. The first time I touch a living heart and…" I cried I changed that line because there was no way in hell that an intern's first freaking surgery was open heart. My Jo, was a resident not an intern.

"Jo…" The reader said unable to help touching my hair and I knew I had captured the audience. "I'm so sorry."

I sniffled and turned away getting back to my feet. "Maybe I am just deluding myself. Maybe I need to just…" I stopped, and looked at the producer. "I'm sorry this dialogue blows."

They are taken aback. "What do you mean?"

"This wouldn't make me want to quit. No surgeon worth their salt would react like this. Also.. if this was her first surgery, it wouldn't be open heart. And another thing. I find it hard to believe, that…"

"How do you know this?" He asked. I looked over to where my bag was and I reached in. pulled out a card and handed it to him. He looked at it impressed "And you are willing to quit?"

"No."

"You could have fooled me. You are fantastic. Even if the dialogue blows." He said. "There is a caveat to this role. It is one of two characters we plan on pairing with a woman."

"Are you offering me the roll?"

"I think I am."

"I have a kid and a Job I am not going to quit."

"I am aware of the job. We will work around it." He shrugged. "The kid is a little more than I planned on but it can be done. We have thirteen episodes. That is if you will accept and that little girl on girl thing doesn't bother you."

I tilted my head. "Send me the paperwork I'll look it over." I said.

"Sweet!" I'll send it over as soon as possible.

I walked out of the office a little stunned I looked at Trina. "You're hired."

She jumped up and did a little dance. "This is awesome!"

"I still haven't said yes, because you do realize… I'm not stopping my practice to do this right?"

"Right! I just… next time a movie okay?" Trina said. "Because god knows how long this show is gonna last. The dialogue blows."

I turned and looked at her. Then I laughed. "You are gonna read all of my scripts before they hit my desk."

Then she frowned. "Awww man!" This made me laugh harder. Her phone rang and she answered. "Hello?" I got into her car and her face looked stricken and turned away from me. Then she ran to the driver side. "We'll be right there," was the last thing she said before hanging up.

"What's up?"

"Chloe's Grandma is at your house." Trina said as she practically flew toward the highway and to the Hills where I lived.