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Two months had passed since Zoey had started school again. She quickly made more friends and was hardly ever apart from Morgan. When they were at school they always had to sit with each other and Morgan's mom picked both girls up after school and kept Zoey until Derek or Addison could get off work. They had worked out their schedules where one of them was always off of work by seven, pending any emergencies. The girls also spent most of their weekends together. While Zoey would much rather be outside playing soccer, the Seattle weather was not kind enough for that. Instead they were enrolled in karate and ballet classes together.

Today was one of the few nice days that Seattle got each year during the winter and the teachers were taking full advantage of that. They had let all of the fifth grade kids out on the playground together, despite the ice and snow that still covered the ground. Zoey was standing around in a circle with several other kids from her class. They were planning on pulling a prank on Noah Killmer, the really mean fifth grade boy. He would make fun of all the girls and beat up all the boys, so everyone decided it was time to get back at him. They faced a problem though when they realized that someone would have to climb up to the top of the jungle gym to accomplish the prank. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but in the middle of winter when there was ice covering the metal structure no one wanted to venture to the top.

"I'll go," Zoey finally offered. No one else was going to and she really wanted to do the prank. Everyone looked at her as if she were the bravest person alive. She had to carry a bag with her up to the top so it made climbing even more difficult. After a few slips she managed to make it to the top. She had just reached the top when Miss Walker spotted her.

"Zoey Montgomery-Shepherd! Get off the jungle gym now!" she yelled loudly, worried.

"Why?" Zoey yelled back. The only thing she had not taken to about the school was Miss Walker.

"Because I am your teacher and I told you to! But also because you could get very hurt! Get down now!" Zoey decided to test her boundaries,

"No, I don't think I will," Zoey said calmly.

"Zoey!" Miss Walker warned.

"I'm not coming down. In fact," Zoey trailed off and smiled as she slowly stood up on the top bar of the jungle gym. Everyone watched as she stood there, smirking at Miss Walker. Suddenly something hit her from behind and everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. Zoey turned quickly to see what had hit her, forgetting that she was basically standing on ice, and began to fall. Her eyes went wide as she tried to catch herself, but her gloves slipped on some more ice. Suddenly Zoey felt herself hit the ground, hard. It took almost thirty seconds for her to finally feel the pain coming from her left arm. Looking down she saw that her arm looked deformed just below the elbow and down by her wrist. Zoey bit the inside of her cheek, determined not to cry, but a few tears leaked out anyway. The teachers quickly flocked around her, trying to assess the damage. Between all of the commotion and the pain in her arm Zoey quickly forgot about trying to be tough and not cry, instead she started sobbing.

"Zoey," Miss Walker was trying to get her attention, "Zoey! Does your head hurt?" she asked. Zoey thought about it and realized that her head did indeed hurt.

"Yeah," she reached up to touch her head and felt something wet on her fingers. She pulled her fingers away and saw blood covering them, causing her to cry harder. One of the teachers quickly called Addison, who dropped everything she was doing and rushed to the school. She arrived at the nurse's office to find her daughter sitting on one of the chairs with ice on her head and arm.

"Mom!" Zoey said, happy to see Addison.

"Oh Zoey, what did you do?" Addison asked worriedly, going into doctor mode and checking Zoey over.

"I fell off the jungle gym." Addison looked at Zoeys arm,

"C'mon, we gotta go to the hospital and get your arm x-rayed." Addison helped Zoey off the chair and led her out to the car. After a short ride to the hospital Zoey was sitting in the ER while Addison went to find Derek. While she was sitting there a female doctor walked up to her,

"You're Zoey right?" Zoey nodded, "I'm Dr. Torres, let's take a look at that arm, shall we?" Callie picked up Zoeys arm gently,

"OWWW!" Zoey said loudly. Callie winced,

"What in the world did you do to your arm kid?"

"I was standing on top of the jungle gym and I slipped on some ice and fell. Am I gonna need a cast?"

"Definitely, you're gonna need surgery too," Callie said right as Addison and Derek walked back in to the room.

"Surgery?" Addison asked.

"Yeah, we don't have an x-ray yet but it looks pretty bad. I'm going to go order that x-ray, I'll be back," Callie said, walking out of the room. Derek moved in front of Zoey, shining a light in her eyes.

"Dad what are you doing?" Zoey asked, sounding annoyed.

"You're mom said you hit your head when you fell and that cut is pretty deep. I want to make sure you don't have any brain damage." Zoey pulled her head away,

"Well it's annoying, can you stop?" Derek sighed,

"Fine. You seem to be ok anyway. You'll just have a bruise for a little while and you'll need stitches, but no brain damage," he said as Callie walked back into the room.

"Ok, let's go x-ray this arm. Want to ride in a wheelchair or walk?"

"Wheel chair!" Zoey said excitedly. She normally wasn't allowed to use them and got yelled at when she did, so she enjoyed being allowed to use one.

"Hop on in then. We'll be back soon," Callie said to Derek and Addison then wheeled Zoey out of the room. "So you were standing on the jungle gym?" Callie asked Zoey while she gently put her arm on the x-ray table.

"Mhh-hmm, we were going to play a prank on Noah Killmer and I was the only one who wasn't a wimp, so I climbed to the top and then Miss Walker was yelling at me to get down but I stood up instead and I slipped on the ice."

"Well maybe next time you should listen to the teacher and get down like she told you to. Have you had an x-ray before?"

"Yeah, when I was five,"

"Then I'm going to go in there and you sit here and hold still." Callie quickly finished the first x-ray then came back to readjust her arm.

"You're friends with my mom right?" Zoey asked, trying to ignore the pain while Callie moved her arm.

"Yes I am, why?"

"I was just wondering. I know all the other doctors but I don't know you. Why don't I know you?" Callie walked away and talked through the microphone,

"Maybe I'm just never around while you've been here," Callie suggested.

"Maybe, I'm here a lot though. Mom won't hire another nanny so I have to spend a lot of time at the hospital while they're working." Callie walked back into the room,

"So you just sit in their offices?"

"Sometimes, only when I have homework. But sometimes I get to watch their surgeries too. It's awesome!"

"I bet it is and we're all done with the x-rays, so I can take you back up to your parents and I will do the surgery in about an hour and then you can go home," Callie said as she wheeled Zoey back to the room she had been in.

"Awesome. Will I have a scar?" Zoey asked hopefully. Callie laughed a little,

"Maybe. You did some pretty good damage there so you might."

"I hope so," Zoey said more to herself than to Callie. They got back to the room and Addison made Zoey get back in bed,

"How's your arm feel?" Addison asked.

"It hurts a lot," Zoey told her. Callie went to go get the x-rays and came back the same time as Derek. She put the x-rays on the light and they could all tell that Zoeys arm was broken in more than one place.

"You don't do anything small, do you?" Derek asked rhetorically, looking at his daughter.

"What do you mean?" Zoey asked, wanting an explanation. Callie spoke up,

"Well you have a comminuted fracture, which means that you broke the bone in two places instead of just one. The worse one is down here right above your wrist," Callie pointed to the x-ray, "See how it's kind of jagged? That means that it will probably take longer to heal since it's not a clean break like the one higher up on the radius. I just have to realign the bones and I'm going to put some pins in there to hold it in place so it heals properly and then I'll be done." Zoey looked a little unsure,

"Is it going to hurt?"

"Well you'll be asleep during the surgery and if it hurts after we can give you medicine to make it stop hurting."

"Ok. Do I get ice cream?" She looked to her parents for the answer. Derek rolled his eyes,

"Yes Zo, you can have ice cream after surgery."

"Awesome," Zoey smiled.

"Ok, you ready?" Callie asked. Zoey nodded, "Great. Dr. Karev is going to come in and prep you for surgery and then we will be ready," She said as Alex walked in.

"Hey kiddo," he said, surprised to see Zoey lying in bed, "What'd ya do?"

"I fell off the jungle gym at school," Zoey said proudly, ignoring the looks she was getting from her parents. Alex laughed,

"Good job," he said as he prepped everything before taking her off to the OR.

SO for those who wanted Callie, here she is! And she will probably begin to play more of a role in Zoe's life too. And I plan on Meredith and Zoey bonding sometime soon, I just gotta figure out how first. I have an idea though, so hopefully it works out. I have broken a lot of bones in my almost twenty years of life and I've spent a lot of time in the ER getting them fixed, but I've never actually had to have surgery on any of them, so I'm not going to write too much more about that. I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please review and tell me what you thought or if there is anything you want to see!