With My Last Breath

By greyeyedgirl

Speculation for everyone in the season 2 finale, all couples+ships. Cristina and Burke total speculation for the season 2 finale, because the preview of them and the helicopter is heartbreaking, even though Raven says I can't say that because I haven't seen the whole scene yet. Izzie and Denny speculation, because I'm sort of guessing Denny's gonna be dead. Written in teleplay. If you are one of the people who don't read teleplay or don't understand it, read anyway, and if you REALLY don't understand it...well, then you're an idiot.

INT. SEATTLE GRACE HOSPITAL HALLWAY

Burke is walking down hall when Cristina walks up to him.

CRISTINA: Hi.

BURKE: (distracted) Hi.

CRISTINA: So I heard you got a heart.

Burke looks at her.

CRISTINA: For a transplant.

Burke nods slightly, looking down the hallway as they walk.

CRISTINA: Who's the patient?

BURKE: Denny Duquette.

CRISTINA: (slightly surprised) Izzie's Denny?

Burke frowns at this, but doesn't respond. Cristina keeps walking with him.

CRISTINA: Are they shipping it in from Presbyterian?

BURKE: (shakes head) No. It's from Mercy West, and I'm going to get it.

CRISTINA: (pauses, confused) Seriously?

Burke merely nods, still not paying attention to her, and she quickens her pace to keep up with him.

CRISTINA: So you were gone this morning when I woke up.

BURKE: Pre-rounds on Denny.

CRISTINA: (quietly) Right. But, um, you could have told me that last night. Or left a note. It was weird, waking up with you not there. I didn't know if you were at work, or running, or-

BURKE: (cutting her off) Right. Sorry. (is still barely paying attention).

CRISTINA: Burke.

BURKE: Hmm

CRISTINA: You could at least look at me when you talk.

Burke turns to stare at her, completely thrown, but Cristina quickens her pace down the hallway, leaving him standing there.

Scene 2

Cut to ER in hospital, the five interns are there

IZZIE: (to Meredith and Cristina) I can't believe she spent the night again.

CRISTINA: (not paying attention) Who?

IZZIE: Callie!

George, hearing the name, looks towards them.

GEORGE: She washed her hands!

Meredith, Izzie, and Cristina all turn to stare at him, then go back to their conversation.

MEREDITH: I'm thinking of inviting Finn over.

CRISTINA: Who honestly names their child Finn?

MEREDITH: Not for anything sexual or anything. Just to watch a movie or something.

IZZIE: (encouragingly) We could totally do that. Me, you, Cristina, George, and Fin, we can order pizza, watch a comedy, hang out... That would be so fun! Cristina, you can bring Preston, won't that be great?

CRISTINA: Finn, like a fish. (stops) Did you just call him 'Preston?'

MEREDITH: I didn't mean like a party. I know your idea of 'party,' Izzie. And the last one didn't end too well.

CRISTINA: And Dandridge. Like dandruff. Is he flaky, Mer?

MEREDITH: Besides, celibacy kind of goes with sobriety. And parties equal alcohol.

CRISTINA: (chuckling to herself) Flaky Finn.

IZZIE: Has anyone rounded on Denny this morning? Cristina, did you steal his chart or anything?

CRISTINA: Do his...uh...patients...patients' owners...call him Dr. Dandridge? (snickers at "doctor") ... Izzie, I don't steal patients' charts that are done for.

Izzie turns to glare at her, genuinely furious. Meredith is biting her lip, unsure of not to laugh or not.

IZZIE: (very upset) God, what is WITH you today?

CRISTINA: No sex last night.

Izzie rolls her eyes, but just as she's about to say something, Bailey comes into the ER.

BAILEY: Why we all standing around? The patients heal themselves? If so, it's my name goin' on the reports, none of you all idiots...

CRISTINA: Just waiting for you, ma'am. I'm already caught up with my labs.

BAILEY: What about the rest of ya?

All the interns nod and make noises of "yeah" and George actually says "All caught up!"

BAILEY: Karev, why aren't you in NICU?

Alex looks uncomfortable and shrugs.

ALEX: Thought you might need me.

BAILEY: Liar. Get up there, before I get Montgomery Shepherd on MY ass. Do I look like someone who enjoys getting yelled at by attendings?

Alex looks pissed and stomps out of the ER.

BAILEY: (looks around at all of them) What are you waiting for? We've got rounds! You all ain't having tea parties until all y'all patients is well enough to attend 'em with ya. Get to work!

All the interns hurriedly follow her out for rounds.

Scene 3

Denny's room. Denny, Izzie, and Burke present.

BURKE: We have excellent news, Mr. Duquette.

DENNY: (tired and cranky) What is it?

IZZIE: (beaming, smiling so hard she looks like she's going to cry) murmurs- Denny...

DENNY: Izzie, what?

IZZIE: (whispers) We got you a heart.

BURKE: Young, in excellent shape. 24 year old man was in a bicycle accident, announced brain dead less than 45 minutes ago. It's yours if you want it, Denny.

IZZIE: (still grinning like she's going to cry. Laughs hoarsely, like Burke made rather feeble joke) If he wants it? (continues to laugh) Of course he wants it.

DENNY: Izzie, it might not make me better.

IZZIE: (suddenly is confused, scared, sad) ... What?
DENNY: I'm not ripping a heart out of another man's chest.

IZZIE: (staring, obviously in shock, not able to think) ... It wouldn't be you, it would be Dr. Burke...

Burke visibly winces.

DENNY: (looks pained) Dr. Burke, could you give us a min...(breaks off)

BURKE: (uncomfortable) Denny, you have half an hour to decide. If we're getting that heart, we need it NOW. After the stunt you pulled yesterday, we don't have a choice. (Looks sad) Denny.

Denny doesn't say anything.

BURKE: Denny, without this new heart, you will die. (Burke looks incredibly uncomfortable and sad, and then leaves Denny and Izzie alone)

IZZIE: (softly) Denny.

DENNY: Izzie, I don't want to talk about it. It's simple. It won't make me better, I probably won't survive the operation. I'm not going to go out like that, weak on an operating table. I'm going to die a man, proud, whether it's in this bed or not.

IZZIE: (almost crying) Denny, without the operation it WILL be in that bed! And soon. (looks desperate) Denny, please.

Denny is staring vacantly at the door to the hospital room, not looking at Izzie. Izzie is trying not to cry.

Scene 4

INT TRAILER, Addek's bedroom

ADDISON: (laying in bed, talking tiredly) We're late.

DEREK: Not yet. Just not off to a very good morning.

ADDISON: When's your first surgery?

DEREK: Semi-spherical lobotomy at 9.

ADDISON: You're not late. I have to be doing a C-section in 45 minutes.

DEREK: Better get moving.

Addison sits up, smacking Derek lightly with the pillow as she does so. She looks down at him, expecting to see the familiar smile, but sees just a tired glare at the ceiling.

ADDISON: I gotta go. See you later.

Addison leans to kiss him deeply, but pulls away after only a quick kiss, looking disappointed, then gets out of bed, pulling her long flaming hair back as she does so, and stumbling out of the bedroom.

Scene 5

Cristina, INT. ER with Bailey

CRISTINA: (slightly annoyed) What'd you do to piss off the Chief?

BAILEY: Mommy-tracking.

BAILEY: You?

CRISTINA: Izzie's got almost-dead heart guy, Alex has babysville, Mer has the crazy whipple lady in 219, and George is apparently the new Go-To Guy around here. So here I am.

BAILEY: In the pit.

CRISTINA: In the pit.

BAILEY: Don't have kids, Yang. Not till you're an attending.

CRISTINA: You're not careful you'll have Burke pissed at you too.

Bailey chooses to ignore this, but a hint of a smile is on her face.

BAILEY: Yang, take those sutures over there. I'm going to go find me a hot case. (saunters off.)

Cristina is left looking horrified and undeniably jealous.

CRISTINA: (calling after her as one of the guys on a gurney behind her starts retching. Cristina looks at him, repulsed). When you find one...think you'll need assistance?

Bailey does not look back at this yell, but smirks slightly ahead of her.

VOMITING SUTURE GUY TO CRISTINA: Uuhhh, could you get me a new bedpan?

Scene 6

INT. Seattle Grace Hospital underground tunnel where the interns hang out on the gurneys. Cristina is sitting on a gurney staring into space, an unopened medical magazine is sitting on the gurney next to her, which has a picture of Dr. Webber on the cover with "State's Top Surgeon For Second Year In a Row" as a headline. George walks up.

GEORGE: (elated) Did you hear about the new patient I got? Hyper-inflated lungs, clouded with bullae, seriously diminished capacity. I get to scrub in on a bulectomy procedure, remove the bullae, reduce the pressure.

Cristina doesn't say anything but is visibly extremely annoyed.

GEORGE: Guess Burke didn't pick you.

Cristina still doesn't say anything, looks really mad, but also slightly distant.

GEORGE: Guess I am his favorite. Even if we're not...you know...(lowers voice to a whisper) Having sex.

Cristina looks, instead of angry, slightly shaky, but then her face returns back to stoic. Meredith comes up, plopping down next to them on a free gurney, picking up the magazine with Webber on it and flipping through it without even glancing at the articles.

MEREDITH: Lost my patient. Bad luck.

CRISTINA: At least you have a patient.

GEORGE: Cristina doesn't. Because Burke picked me over her. (laughs awkwardly.)

Meredith gives George a slightly odd look, then changes the subject.

MEREDITH: Had.

CRISTINA: (staring into distance again). I'm sorry?

MEREDITH: Had a patient.

CRISTINA: Oh. True. (turns to look at her). Any word from the Flaky Vet?

Meredith frowns before answering.

MEREDITH: I talked to him before I checked on Mrs. Rowley. He watched kittens being born earlier. (smiles for the first time)

CRISTINA: (does not look impressed. Speaks impassively). I watched a endocardiothoracic pulmonary aortic aneurysm being removed earlier.

George looks slightly jealous. Cristina notices.

CRISTINA: What's the matter, Georgie boy? Miss the cool surgery because you were taking care of the woman with emphysema who, within the next 3 years, will have to start talking out of a tube in her neck?

George simply shrugs, but looks angry. Cristina looks considerably more cheerful, and sits up the rest of the way.

MEREDITH: (neutrally) Kind of puts things in perspective.

George frowns, grumbling.

GEORGE: (to Meredith) I thought you were on my side.

CRISTINA: Nope. Mine. You see (she bents closer to George, looking right into his eyes as she speaks) I never sexed her up so bad she started to cry, with the end result being a lifehood of celibacy.

George pulls away from her, looking considerably put-off.

Cut to Izzie in Denny's room.

IZZIE: Denny, you have to take the heart.

DENNY: (angry) Izzie, I TOLD you, I don't want to talk about that!

IZZIE: (tearful) Denny (whispered) Denny, please. Listen to me. As your doctor, there's nothing more that I want than for you to get better. But Denny...(leans closer, whispering, visibly incredibly shaken)

IZZIE: (cont) As the girl that's falling for you, I'm going to go crazy if you don't take this chance to get better.

Cut back to Cristina, Meredith, and George underground

MEREDITH: So you really ended up telling him dirty stories about the three naughty nurses?

CRISTINA: (tired and contently annoyed) Yep.

The three are interrupted by a large beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep that swings through. Each intern looks at their pager.

CRISTINA: 911 ER.

GEORGE: 911 ER.

MEREDITH: 911 ER.

Cut back to Izzie in Denny's room, where is she now crying slightly

IZZIE: Denny...please.

DENNY: Izzie, I can't let myself be more than a patient to you.

IZZIE: You already are. Please let me help you. (voice gets quieter). I love you.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

Izzie looks at pager, then speaks aloud.

IZZIE: 911 ER.

A/N: Too tired to write more for now, but I'll have more up tomorrow, kay? Hope you like so far, there will be a LOT more for every ship, but in particular CristinaBurke, followed by IzzieDenny and Meredith(Derek/Fin.)

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE review! More will be up soon, I have the whole story planned:D

Ruthi