Chapter 13: The Sun will Rise Part 2
SCENE: JO AND ALEXS LOFT
(Amber paces back and forth the loft with Link standing there while Jo cradles the baby in her arms on the couch)
Amber: (Freaking out and talking to herself) Okay, okay, okay, this isn't bad, it's not great but it could be worse. I don't know what's worse than kidnapping but still.
Jo: I didn't kidnap him-
Amber: Shh! I'm not talking to you I'm talking to myself I'm trying to come up with an excuse we can give the lawyer when you're caught. Okay excuses there's uh…insanity we can plead insanity for her because she's been out of the cuckoo's nest for a few months now and your still very vulnerable to situations like this and it triggered you.
Link: (Snaps his fingers) Yes that's it, we can plead insanity I mean that's only what a few months in treatment?
Amber: And maybe she won't lose her license.
Jo: Can you two please keep it down, shh. He had a really hard day.
Link: Yeah, and it just got harder 'cause now he's been kidnapped.
Jo: I didn't kidnap him. I just didn't take him to the hospital right away. He wasn't ready.
Link: I-I don't think a Safe Haven volunteer's supposed to make that decision.
Jo: I just wanted him to have one cozy night before a social worker turns him into a pile of paperwork.
Amber: Jo you do realize that what your saying isn't gonna help your insanity plea right?
(They hear someone knocking at the door and freeze)
Jo: (Gasps and stands up) Oh, my God. It's the cops.
Amber: (Panicking) Why didn't I go to Joe's instead? At least that Jo wouldn't make me an accomplice to child endangerment.
Jo: Okay, okay. Wait, don't answer the door. Wait, wait! Wait, wait! Answer the door and tell them that I brought the baby here for a wellness check with Alex. He's a peds doctor.
Link: He's in Iowa.
Amber: (Freaks out) Oh my god I can't have another family member in jail.
Link: Who is it?
Meredith: It's Meredith.
Jo: Oh, it's Meredith. Let her in.
(Link opens the door and Meredith comes in with a bottle of wine)
Meredith: You're not Alex.
Amber: Yeah, he's visiting our mom.
Meredith: (Goes to Jo) Well, Cristina sent an obnoxious Irishman as a gift and he stole your husbands old job. (Notices the baby) And who is that?
Amber: He is my sister's evidence for 10 years in the slammer.
Jo: Oh, we already have a bottle open. Can you get her a glass?
Link: Jo stole a baby.
Jo: I did not steal a baby.
Meredith: Well, that's what I said when I stole a baby.
Amber: (Shocked) You stole a baby?
Link: (To Amber) Why are people stealing babies?
Amber: I don't know.
Jo: He was left at Station 19, and they called me to take him to the hospital, and I…didn't.
Meredith: Well, because you didn't want him to go into the system and have a miserable life like you did.
Jo: (Cooing to the baby) Exactly. She gets it.
Meredith: But I'm a convicted felon.
(All of their phone's ring)
Jo: (Baby voice) She's a convicted felon. She's a felon. She's a convicted felon.
Meredith: Oh, no. Multiple traumas. We should go back to the hospital.
Jo: You know what? I've had two glasses of wine, so I really can't.
Link: Don't worry. We'll call on the way, tell peds a Safe Haven's there waiting for a wellness check. You can sneak him into the nursery, pretend he's been there all night like he should have been.
Amber: Perfect, yes!
Jo: (Scoffs) Come on.
LATER AT THE PIT
(Amber, Jo, Meredith and Link enter the pit with Jo carrying the fussy baby)
Jo: It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
Amelia: Who is that?
Meredith: Dr. Karev is a Safe Haven volunteer, and she is taking the baby to the nursery. Right, Dr. Karev?
Jo: (Reluctantly) Yep. Here I go.
(Jo leaves to go to the nursery while Amber looks around and sees Taryn, Casey and Simms on gurneys to her shock. Amber goes to Sam who is standing by Casey's bed to see what happened)
Amber: Hey, what the hell happened? Why are all of our friends in the pit?
Sam: There's was an accident at Joe's bar. A couple crashed through a wall hitting Helm, Simms and Casey. I was at the restroom at the time.
Casey: (Delirious) Did a bomb go off?
Amber: What's wrong with him? Does he need neuro?
Sam: Possibly, I'm just waiting for Shepherd. Simms and Helm got the worst of it though.
Amber: And Levi?
Sam: He was left unscathed; he's gowning up now.
(Amber processes the information and stands frozen in her spot)
Amber: (Realizes she dodged a bullet) Oh my god.
Sam: What?
Amber: I was gonna go to Joe's.
Bailey: She-Karev! Get over here now!
(Amber shakes it off and goes to the others as they stand outside a trauma room)
Bailey: Blake Simms, mid-face instability, criked in the field. Needs to head up to CT ASAP. Hunt, join Avery. She-Karev assist.
Koracick: I should be in here. In case there's any neuro.
Bailey: (Annoyed) Any other requests from the peanut gallery? Good. Moving on.
(Amber joins Owen and Koracick in treating Blake)
Amber: Jesus, how did this happen?
Jackson: He was hit with multiple bricks when the car crashed through. The bleeding obstructed his airway so I had to crike him on the field.
Hunt: Karev run ahead and book a head CT.
Amber: Yep.
Koracick: 2 run fast like your job depends on it because it does.
(Amber runs as fast as she can to CT)
LATER AT CT
(Sam stands by in anxiety with Amelia and Teddy as they get Casey into the MRI)
Sam: (Anxious) We haven't even said I love you to each other. I mean we've been dating for almost a year and the relationship is good it's great, it's the happiest I've been in years and I haven't said it to him. We might miss our chance to take that step because a frantic woman choose to drive to a hospital instead of calling an ambulance like a normal person should.
Amelia: If this too hard for you, you can-
Sam: No, no, no if I go anywhere else, I'll just freak out more and accidentally kill one of friends in the O.R. so…just tell me you can fix him.
Teddy: We're gonna take good care of him I promise you that Bello.
Casey: There was a bomb.
Teddy: (Presses the mic) No, Casey, it wasn't a bomb. It was a car. Stay nice and still, okay?
Casey: Are we in the green zone?
Amelia: He was in the military, right?
Sam: Um yeah air force for four years before college.
Amelia: Do you think he has PTSD?
Sam: I-I don't know it didn't seem like it the entire time we were together, did the accident trigger it?
Teddy: A lot of things can trigger us. War. Life. (To Amelia) How far along are you?
Amelia: Oh, um 20 weeks-ish? They're always a little off, though, right? With the whole counting-from-ovulation thing?
Teddy: (Scoffs) When I hit 30 weeks, I thought I was gonna pop.
(The scans come up)
Amelia: Temporal lobe contusion.
Teddy: Yeah, explains the PTSD exacerbation.
Amelia: He needs to be in the neuro ICU, closely monitored, with q2 hour checks.
Jeffrey: (Bursts in) Dr. Shepherd, I just stepped out for a minute to prep the next patient, and when I came back…
(They all look and see Casey missing from the MRI. They immediately leave to search for him)
CUT TO BLACK
LATER AT CT
(Amber, Owen and Jackson review Blake's scans when Koracick comes in)
Koracick: Where are we on Blake Simms?
Owen: Uh, doesn't appear to be any traumatic brain injuries.
Koracick: Leave that to the expert, Red. (Amber rolls her eyes) Yep, no epidural, subdural, or subarachnoid hemorrhage. How many of these have you done?
Jackson: Me? I'm sure it's in our records.
Koracick: More than 20? This is a rare injury, the surgery extensive-
Jackson: (Fed up) I have had a long night, Tom. I don't have the energy to defend myself to you.
Koracick: I'm well aware of your night, Avery. It's just dumb luck those scans aren't of you. Or 2 here.
Amber: I wasn't even at the bar.
Koracick: Like I said dumb luck. (Amber inhales to compose herself) You're about to peel off my protégé's face and bolt his fractured facial bones back into their place. I want to make sure that you're in the right state of mind to do that.
Jackson: (Annoyed) I'm good. Go babysit someone else.
Owen: Okay, let's, um, take him up to the O. R. Karev, do you know of any relatives that we can reach out to?
Amber: I didn't even know his first name till I saw it on the scan.
Koracick: His grandmother's local. I'll call her. 2, just get him to the O. R.
Amber: (Insulted and agitated due to circumstances) I know this is a stressing time Koracick but if you call me 2 again while my friends are being operated on, I might just bolt your facial bones just to relieve myself of my rage.
(Amber promptly leaves the room and finds Sam frantically looking around the floor)
Amber: Hey what are you doing up here?
Sam: I'm looking for my boyfriend you?
Amber: Getting the O.R. prepped for Avery and Hunt on Simms, type 3 Le Fort fracture.
Sam: Ouch.
Amber: Wait what do you mean looking for Casey? Where is he?
Sam: I-I-I don't know we took him to CT, he was racing about a bomb, scans showed a contusion that might have triggered his PTSD. We turned our backs for two seconds and he was gone.
Amber: (Sighs) And I thought my night was hectic, I'll text you if I see him.
Sam: Thanks.
(Amber leaves to get the O.R. prepped)
LATER AT THE CARDIO FLOOR
(Levi wakes up after fainting in the O.R. to find himself in bed with Meredith in the room)
Levi: (Breathing heavily) What? What's happening?
Meredith: You fainted in the O.R., Schmitt. I'm doing a full work-up.
Levi: I fainted and you're okay being my doctor?
Meredith: I couldn't really leave you there on the O. R. floor. They could take away my license for that. Your blood work all looks good, except for your cardiac enzymes are slightly elevated, which could indicate-
Levi: (Shocked) I'm having a heart attack?
Meredith: That's very unlikely at your age, but I'm gonna do an echo just to be sure.
Levi: I'm not even 30. I take fish oil every morning. And, y-yeah, I had double cheeseburgers everyday freshman year, but since then, I-I've been pretty good.
Meredith: Okay, but you do need to calm down, Schmitt. Okay? Is there anyone I can call for you?
Levi: Well, I'd say my mom, but she'd only panic. Probably have her own heart attack. And then I'd say Amber Karev, but she doesn't fully forgive me for what I did to you and her and the other Dr. Karev, and she's probably operating on one of our friends right now. So, then I'd say Nico, but he's in the O.R., saving our friend Taryn's life. (Breathing heavily) There's no one to call.
Meredith: Take a deep breath, Schmitt. I gotcha.
MEANWHILE IN O.R. 2
(Amber assists Owen and Jackson as they work on Blake when Koracick bursts in)
Koracick: Any updates?
Jackson: We just finished temporarily wiring his jaw, and now we're doing our coronal incision to expose the superior orbit and zygoma.
Koracick: All right, keep me posted. Every update.
Jackson: You know what, Tom? You might as well bring in a camera crew here. Really great press. Plenty of human drama and vulnerability to exploit. You'd love it. (Koracick leaves) No? Okay.
Amber: (Smirks) Nice I think I saw a vein pop out of his forehead.
Owen: Lap pads. I do not miss that guy.
Jackson: Nope. Suction.
Amber: (Groans in disgust) You two have it easy at least he doesn't refer to you by number like your cattle.
Owen: (Looks at Amber) You do know he put a restraining order on me, right?
Jackson: And he tried to film my surgery like it was a reality show for good press in exchange for it being done pro bono.
Amber: I say it again, treated like cattle boys.
Jackson: Fair enough.
Amber: What did your wife see in that man? Did those hormones of hers make her crave overly egotistical jackasses who don't know how to respect women?
Owen: Oh no um we're not married.
Amber: (Surprised) Really? I mean I assumed you guys hitched after having like two kids together and knowing each other for decades.
Jackson: Yeah, you would thing so too huh? Periosteal elevator, please.
Amber: Sorry for overstepping I just assumed that's-
Owen: Yeah, don't worry about it. Skin hooks, please.
Jackson: Owen, these flaps are coming along pretty nicely. Speaking of which, how are you two doing? You set a date yet?
Owen: W-We're-We're not engaged.
Jackson: Really? Wow. I figured 'cause you have two kids together, you live together, you marry everyone but I guess you have been busy, haven't you?
Owen: Okay, let's, um, take a look at these fractures.
Jackson: Sure.
(They continue working)
LATER AT CARDIO
(Andrew stands by the doorway waiting for Elliott's heart to start beating when he looks at his notifications and sees that Amber left him a voicemail. Before he listens to it the monitor starts beeping)
Andrew: His heart.
Finley: What is it? What's wrong?
Andrew: It's coming back. It's-It's beating. His heart's beating. Okay, uh, need to try and wean him off the pacing wires and ECMO.
Finley: (Happy) Oh, my God.
Andrew: Page Dr. Altman.
LATER AT THE HYPERBARIC CHAMBER
(Teddy and Amelia enter the chamber to find Casey curled up in a corner frightened)
Amelia: Parker?
Casey: We got incoming.
Teddy: Lieutenant Parker, permission to approach. (Slowly approaches him) Hi. I am right here, Parker. We're in a hospital. You're at Grey-Sloan. There's a woman upstairs who's worried about you and wants to tell you that she loves you. (Casey looks up slightly calmer) Hey. We're safe. Okay? You want to come with me and we'll get you some help?
(Casey sniffles and nods. Teddy helps him up)
Teddy: Okay. I got you. I got you. Yep. I got you. Here we go. It's all right.
(Teddy puts Casey in a wheelchair as Andrew walks in)
Andrew: Oh. Dr. Altman, Elliott Calhoun's heart started beating again. He's ready to come off ECMO. (Notices Casey) Whoa. Parker, what happened?
Teddy: He took a blow to the head at Joe's.
Andrew: Did you get into a bar fight?
Amelia: There was an accident at Joe's Bar. Casey and some of the residents were there. We are taking him up to the ICU to monitor his contusion.
Teddy: (Gets an alert) Damn it. Grey needs me. It's Schmitt.
Andrew: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Schmitt was there, too? What the hell happened?
Teddy: Apparently, it's cardiomyopathy. I need to meet them in the cath lab.
Andrew: What about Elliott Calhoun?
Teddy: All right, why don't you prep him? Clear an O.R. I will go handle Schmitt, and then I'll join you when I can. Page me with any updates on Parker.
(Teddy and Amelia leave while Andrew gets his phone out to check the voicemail from Amber before going to Cardio)
Amber: (On the voicemail) Hey babe, I'm leaving a voicemail even though I know no one has checked those since 1978. (Andrew grins as he listens) Listen I'm gonna meet up with Casey and the others at Joe's (Andrew's eyes widen in shock) I probably won't be-
(Andrew drops his phone letting it fall on the floor and runs out of the room as fast as he can and heads up to the pit frantically searching for Amber in the mostly empty room. He runs to a nurse)
Andrew: (Breathes heavily) Dr. Amber Karev where is she?
Nurse Paige: Dr. DeLuca she's-
Andrew: (Scared for Amber) Where is she?!
Nurse Paige: O.R. 2.
(Andrew runs out to head to the surgical floor oblivious to Carina in the pit witnessing his frantic search as she checks on a patient)
CUT TO THE SURGICAL FLOOR
(Andrew puts his scrub cap on as he runs and puts a mask over his face bursting inside O.R. 2)
Andrew: Amber?!
(Amber, Owen and Jackson turn to see Andrew standing there breathing heavily)
Amber: Andrew? What are you doing here?
Andrew: (Shocked to see her uninjured) You-You're, okay? You're really, okay?
Amber: Yeah, why wouldn't I be?
Andrew: I-I-I just listened to your message and I heard about the accident and I thought…
Amber: (Understands) No, no I'm okay Andrew. I wasn't even at Joe's I was with Jo, my sister, helping her with a…mini crisis.
Jackson: (Concerned) A mini crisis? What's wrong with Jo?
Amber: (Doesn't want to say) Mind your own business.
(Jackson stands there shocked and looks at Owen who shrugs)
Amber: Look I'm sorry for not calling or texting I've been busy trying to keep Simms face from falling apart. I'm okay Andrew I promise.
Andrew: (Calmer) My god I…I thought that you…
Amber: (Shocked as well) Yeah, I know…I dodged a bullet.
Jackson: More like a car.
Owen: DeLuca, I'm sorry but we only need surgeons that are necessary to this case and you being here distracts us so…
Andrew: Right, find me when your done okay?
Amber: I will, now go.
(Andrew leaves the O.R. and Amber stands there awkwardly being looked at by Owen and Jackson)
Amber: (Embarrassed) Sorry about that can we just forget about that and focus on Simms open face here?
Jackson: You know Hunt if you're not using a venue for you and Altman, maybe Karev and DeLuca can use it instead.
Amber: No, we are not engaged.
Jackson: Still abhorrent over the concept of marriage?
Amber: No, I mean…not as much as I used to be but I highly doubt he wants to risk being humiliated a second time thinking I might refuse him again.
Owen: And what do you want?
Amber: (Wants to change the subject) How come your abhorrent to the idea of marriage?
Owen: Excuse me?
Amber: I mean I'm just saying you've been best friends with her for years, you've been married twice, you finally sealed the deal with a baby why not make it officially official already?
Nurse: (Answers telephone) Dr. Hunt, the E.R. is asking if we can spare anyone for an intake.
Owen: (Wants to get rid of her) Uh, Karev, we got this.
Amber: But we haven't closed the skin yet.
Owen: (Snaps at her) Dr. Avery is perfectly capable of doing it so…
(Amber gets the message and walks away leaving the O.R.)
CUT TO THE NURSERY
(Amber walks in to find Jo looking at the baby)
Amber: (Exhales) Hey.
Jo: Hey long night?
Amber: Oh yeah, operated on a guy I only said hi to a few times but it still killed me. I came to check on you.
Jo: (Looks at her) You came to make sure I wouldn't steal him again.
Amber: That too. Is the social worker here yet?
Jo: He's coming soon. (Gazes at the baby) God to think that this was me, that I was so small, so fragile…so alone.
Amber: (Sympathetic) You may have been alone in the beginning Jo but you're not alone now. Even if your husband is in another state I'm still here and so is Link and everyone else. This little guy is gonna have a few bumps on the road ahead but I'd to think that in the end he'll have what he spent his whole life looking for. I want to believe the world is just a little bit fair to give him that.
Jo: You should be a poet you know; you could make a lot of money.
Amber: (Chuckles) Nah, I'm not romantic enough for that crap.
Nurse: Dr. Karev? The social worker is here for baby John Doe.
(Jo takes a deep breath and Amber holds her shoulder for comfort)
Amber: I can hand him the baby and you can go if you want.
Jo: No…I volunteered for this and I'm seeing it through to the end.
(Jo gently holds the baby)
Jo: You may have gotten off to a bumpy start, but you're gonna be just fine, buddy. You got people looking out for you, people who love you. Never doubt that.
(Jo hold him close to Amber who smiles and caresses his tiny head before Jo hands him to the social worker)
Social worker: Thank you, Dr. Karev.
(The social worker walks away carrying the baby. Jo sighs and grabs her purse)
Amber: Are you okay?
Jo: When I signed up to volunteer, I just wanted to heal me. But I…I fell a little bit in love with him. (Chuckles) Is that weird?
Amber: (Shrugs) Not really, I fell a little bit in love too after my panic attack and…I thought about how great it would be if he was yours and Alex's first, you know?
Jo: (Grins) Really?
Amber: Yeah, I mean you and Alex are gonna be great parents that much I know for sure and…I know I'll love those kids like they're my own because their probably gonna be the closest I'll have to getting my own rugrats so…
Jo: (Looks at her sympathetically) Well you are welcome to hang out with our kids anytime until you have one of your own to nurture and love.
Amber: (Smiles gratefully) Thank you.
(Jo and Amber hug)
Amber: (Whispers) I'll try not to resort to kidnapping like you.
(Jo smacks the back of Amber's head while they hug and they both chuckle)
LATER AT NEURO
(Sam sits by Casey's bedside drifting off in sleep. Casey slowly wakes up and sees her)
Casey: (Groggy) Sam?
Sam: (Wakes up and stands up) Hey, you're okay Shepherd and Altman brought you here. How are you feeling? Do you need anything?
Casey: (Remembers what happened) Did I go to a bomb shelter?
Sam: Close it was the hyperbaric chamber; Altman thinks the head injury exasperated your PTSD which…I didn't even know you had.
Casey: (Groans) Neither did I. how bad?
Sam: Not that bad it could've been worse, you were just MIA for an hour and you kept going on about a bomb being heard.
Casey: Sounds like I was a thrill…how are the others?
Sam: Um Simms and Helm got the worst of it but they're out of surgery now, Levi fainted in the O.R. thought it was a heart attack but it was just broken heart syndrome from the stress and the others are okay too.
Casey: Good that's good.
Sam: (Sighs) I thought I lost you for a minute there.
Casey: (Holds her hand) Me too.
Sam: (Nods and tears up from what happened) Look um if there's one thing that today has taught me it's that life is short and completely unpredictable. I mean you can go one minute planning to move in with the guy you dated in med school to fleeing from the country so ICE doesn't deport you. And then you come back and have a beer with the guy your currently with and then the next second wham! A car comes crashing into us…so I want to say this before any other catastrophes come crashing in Casey I-
Casey: (Knows what she's about to say) I love you too.
Sam: (Shocked but pleased) Y-You do?
Casey: I do, I was just waiting for you to say it first but I decided to beat you to the punch.
Sam: (Chuckling) …What do you need from me?
Casey: (Exhales from exhaustion) Just lie down next to me and help me sleep this night away.
Sam: I can do that, move over.
(Casey moves and Sam lies on the bed curled up against him and they both fall asleep)
LATER IN CARDIO
(After assisting Teddy with Elliott, Andrew comes out of the O.R. exhausted and finds Carina waiting for him)
Andrew: (Assuming she wants to continue their argument from yesterday) Carina I have had a long day and night and morning, so I don't have the energy to continue this.
Carina: (Stops him from leaving) I don't want to fight I just…I want to show you something in private.
Andrew: (Sighs) Okay.
CUT TO CARINA'S OFFICE
(Andrew and Carina go inside her office closing the door. Carina pulls a small white leather box out of her drawer and gives it to Andrew)
Andrew: What is this?
Carina: (Grins) Open it and see.
(Andrew opens the box and finds a platinum ring inside with a round diamond on top accented with two baguette moissanite side stones)
Andrew: (Taken back) Wow it's…wow.
Carina: (Chuckles) It was nonna's, she was happily married for 60 years.
Andrew: (Eyebrow raised in irony) Really? There are some DeLuca's that didn't fit into the disastrous marriage and divorce pattern?
Carina: Yes, believe it or not that was only mama and papa. Hopefully you and Amber can break that pattern together.
Andrew: (Confused) Why are you giving this to me Carina? Why now?
Carina: Andrea when I saw you running into the pit worried for Amber and asking where she was thinking something horrible had happened…I realized that this isn't a sign. I've been with papa so I know to recognize symptoms of bipolar and you didn't have them you were just worried about the woman that you love.
Andrew: Yeah, I could've told you that.
Carina: But I know that now, I know that you want to marry her because you are in love with her and…she deserves to be proposed to with a ring that symbolizes eternal love and this is it.
Andrew: (Looks at the ring and grins) Thank you, she's gonna love it, it's actually more her style than the one I bought her.
Carina: Nonna didn't care about diamonds either she just cared for the man giving it to her.
(Carina's emotions get the better of her and she starts to tear up)
Andrew: What is it? What's wrong?
Carina: (Wipes her tears) Nothing, it's just…(Smiles) My baby brother is getting married.
Andrew: (Chuckles) Yeah first I have to propose then wait for her to say yes so save the tears by then.
Carina: Still…non posso crederci.
Andrew: (Grins) Neanche io posso.
(Carina hugs Andrew happy for him and he hugs her back)
LATER AT TARYNS ROOM
(Amber drinks her coffee standing next to Casey and Sam by Taryn's bed. Nico wheels in Levi who puts him in front of Amber who looks at him strangely)
Levi: (Nervous about being rejected) I uh...I'll understand if you don't want me to-
Amber: (Tired and cranky) Shut up. (Levi stops talking) I forgive you for lying to me and for the other thing too.
Levi: (Grins) Really?
Amber: Of course, you're my best friend at this place, you're my person, without you in my life I'm done for.
Levi: Same.
(Amber and Levi smile at their renewed friendship and hold hands)
Taryn: (Realizes what she said in the O.R. and groans) I told Meredith Grey I loved her.
Levi: You did.
Amber: (Grins amused) Yep.
Casey: I heard.
Taryn: She didn't say it back, did she?
Levi: No.
Amber: Who else saw this coming?
(Sam smacks Amber's arm over her bad timing)
Amber: (Rolls her eyes and tries to cheer her up) Carpe Diem Helm there are plenty of fish in the sea.
Levi: She's right, you will find someone. I promise.
Taryn: Yeah, it's easy for you two to say. You get to make out with that every night.
(Amber turns to see Andrew entering the room grinning at Helm's comment. He puts his arm around Amber and kisses the top of her head)
Amber: (Chuckles) Yeah, that is true compared to you I got lucky.
Andrew: So, did I.
Levi: (Nico puts his hands on Levi's shoulders) Same. But it took me my whole life to find him.
Amber: And I had to work out a lot and I mean a lot of issues to be happy with this guy.
Nico: And, also, for what it's worth, I am amazing, but I am no Meredith Grey.
Taryn: (Chuckles) Word.
(Levi and Nico laugh. Andrew and Amber leave the room and head towards the resident's lounge)
Amber: (Exhales deeply) This day man I tell you.
Andrew: Yeah I know. So hey what was that crisis you were helping Jo with that took you away from the bar, I mean I'm thankful that it took you away from ending up in an O.R. table but still I'm curious. What happened?
Amber: (Sighs) I'll tell you when we get home, I don't want to explain with potential witnesses.
Andrew: (Chuckles) Okay, pizza on the way?
Amber: Two large pizzas. With wings. And garlic bread.
(They stop outside the lounge)
Andrew: (Holds her hand) Deal.
(Andrew looks at Amber lovingly as he holds her hand)
Amber: (Slightly taken back by his staring) What?
Andrew: Nothing I just…I love you. I love you so much.
Amber: (Grins) I love you so much too.
(Amber and Andrew share a tender kiss in the hall when Amber's phone rings)
Amber: (Eyebrows raised) It's my mom.
Andrew: Do you want me to stay and-
Amber: No go ahead and get ready I'll be waiting for you out here.
Andrew: Okay. (Goes inside the lounge)
Amber: (Answers the phone) Hi mom.
Helen: (Exhales in relief) Amber! Oh, thank goodness you're okay, I was so worried when I saw the news this morning.
Amber: Oh, you heard about what happened at the bar?
Helen: Of course, I did I get notifications on my phone when there's breaking news at Seattle. I know that that bar is where you and your friends hang out after work and I was just so worried that you were there and that you were-
Amber: Mom I'm okay I'm fine I wasn't even at the bar last night.
Helen: Well, that is a relief you picked a good night to decide not to drink.
Amber: (Scoffs) Yeah tell me about it, I think it's the first time a crisis happened without me there.
Helen: Well there has to be at least one.
Amber: Hey uh while I have you can you put Alex on the phone? I tried calling him last night but I figured he lost his phone at luggage or he dropped it in a toilet so if you could put him on that would be great.
Helen: (Confused) What are you talking about?
Amber: (Eyebrows furrow) I'm talking about you giving the phone to Alex so I can say hi.
Helen: No, I mean why would you think he was here? He's not in town sweetie, he hasn't called to tell me he was coming.
(Amber freezes as she processed this shocking information blocking out her mom)
Helen: Honey? Was he supposed to come here and he didn't tell me? (Worried about Alex) Should I be worried for him?
Amber: (Shakes it off and tries to calm down her mom) No, no mom it's okay it's just…I completely forgot that he went to Chicago yesterday to assist on a peds case on an old patient of his and he said that he would visit you after. I lost track of time with everything so…
Helen: Okay, are you sure honey?
Amber: Yeah I'm sure he's probably still in surgery now and he'll get to you when he's done, look mom I-I-I need to go, I love you bye.
Helen: Love you too bye.
(Amber hangs up her phone just as Andrew comes out of the lounge in his casual clothes ready to leave)
Andrew: Okay are you ready for the longest nap of your life?
(Amber doesn't answer as she looks at her phone still in shock)
Andrew: (Concerned) What is it?
(Amber looks up and her face is frozen in shock and confusion over where Alex is)
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