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"Oh my god," Maya said, hands going up over her mouth as she looked at Carina, "Yes. Yes. I love you. Oh my god, yes."
Maya leaned over, kissing Carina without abandon. She heard claps and cheers as she pulled away and looked to see most of her team standing in the doors of the aid car, watching.
"Don't you guys have stuff to do?" Maya asked, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Nothing that's better than watching our captain get engaged," Travis said, smiling, "Congratulations guys."
A round of congratulations went up from everyone as Carina slid the ring onto Maya's finger.
"Ok," Andy said, "You all have work to do. Jack, take over this scene. I'm going to ride in the Aid car with Vic."
Jack nodded, knowing Andy wanted to have a little time to spend with her newly engaged best friend.
"Alright," Jack said, "Let's start getting this scene cleaned up."
"Can I have some pain meds now?" Carina asked, wincing a little, "My arm hurts so bad."
"Of course," Vic said, opening up their med cabinet and grabbing out a little morphine, giving Carina a small amount, "That should help. We're not too far from Grey Sloan and hopefully someone will be able to get that taken care of pretty quickly."
Carina nodded, feeling the pain meds almost immediately. Maya just sat there, holding Carina's hand, kissing the back of it.
"I love you so much," Maya said, smiling at her girlfriend, no fiancé.
"I love you too," Carina said sleepily, "I'm glad you said yes."
"Is this why last night's dinner was so important?" Maya asked, suddenly putting the pieces together.
"Si," Carina nodded, "I had dropped off the ring earlier in the day, and they were going to put it under one of those fancy silver domes and there was going to be candles and roses and champagne."
"Oh Carina," Maya said as she heard awws from the front seat, "That sounds perfect. Although, in a funny way, this is much more us."
Carina chuckled a little as she nodded, closing her eyes as the meds took over completely.
"How are you feeling Maya?" Vic asked, looking in the mirror to see her friend's face.
"I'm engaged," Maya said, eyes wide.
"Out of all of us, I thought you would be the last to get engaged," Andy said, laughing, "I never thought you were going to have a steady partner, let alone be getting married."
"Until I met Carina, neither did I," Maya said, shaking her head.
"We're here," Vic said, pulling up to Grey Sloan.
Carina cracked her eyes open and smiled at Maya as Vic opened the doors. "35 year old female, MVC. Obvious dislocation of the right arm and a 3 inch head lac to the scalp. Has been awake are oriented with no signs of head trauma. I gave .5 mg of morphine about five minutes ago," Vic said as she helped get the gurney out of the Aid Car.
"Carina," Jo said, immediately recognizing her friend, "Ok. Let's get her into trauma 1. Someone page Dr. Lincoln an Dr. Shepard."
Maya didn't let go of Carina's hand as they wheeled her into the trauma bay, moving her from the gurney into a bed.
"You're staying," Andy said, not as a question, but more of a statement to her friend.
Maya nodded, looking up at her friends, "I'll be back later if I can."
"Don't worry about it," Andy said, shaking her head, "Just take the rest of the shift off. Feel better Carina."
"Grazie," Carina said as Vic called the same.
The two other firefighters left as Jo continued her assessment on Carina. Just then, Link and Amelia both ran in, worried looks on their faces.
"What the hell happened Carina?" Amelia asked, going to her friend.
"I got in a car accident," Carina said, "I don't think I hit my head though."
"Yeah, but you have a head lac," Amelia said, pulling off the gauze and looking at it, "Although, it does look superficial."
"I think it's from the glass," Carina said, nodding a little.
"I still want to get a CT when Link is done with your arm," Amelia said, "Just to be safe."
Carina nodded, wincing as Link took the wrap off her arm.
"We need to get this shirt off," he said, "Can you get it off or do you want me to cut it?"
"I think I can get it off," Carina said, "I kinda want to keep it. It has sentimental value now. Maya, can you help me?"
"Why, because you got into a car accident while wearing it?" Amelia laughed.
"No," Carina said, shaking her head as Maya helped her get her shirt off, "Because I proposed while wearing it."
"What?" Amelia said, eyes wide, "Oh my gosh. What?"
"I said yes," Maya said, smiling as Amelia squealed.
"Congratulations you two!" Amelia said, hugging both women.
"Thanks," Maya said, smiling at the woman who she had become close with in the past few years.
"Congratulations," Link said, smiling at both of them.
"Thanks," Carina said, smiling back.
"Now, I hate to bring down the mood, but I need to get some x-rays of that arm," the ortho surgeon said.
Carina nodded, trying not to cry as a few nurses got everything ready for the x-rays. Once the pictures were taken, Link took a quick look.
"It just looks like a simple dislocation," Link said, "I can give you a little sedative if you want before I pop it back in."
"Just set it," Carina said, shaking her head, "I want to be able to go home sooner rather than later."
"Alright," Link said as Maya walked up to Carina, holding her hand.
"I'm just gonna take a quick look before I do it," Link said, grabbing Carina's arm, "So why did you decide to propose today?"
"Well, I had just picked up the ring from the restaurant we were supposed to go to last night and then…Ahia Ahia Ahia. Dio mio. Link," Carina howled as the orthopedic surgeon reset her shoulder quickly.
"Sorry," Link said, smiling as he grabbed a sling, putting it on Carina's arm, "I need another set of x-rays to make sure that's set right, but once that's done, you are good to go. Take some Advil for the next few days and wear the sling for about a week. Take it easy with the arm for the next few months, but it should be good as new with some rest. Let me know if you have any weakness or pain, and we can talk about further steps, but I'm confident you will make a full recovery."
"Thanks Link," Carina said.
"Of course," Link said, "And congratulations to you both."
"Thanks," Maya called as he left.
A nurse came in, taking more x-rays before leaving, telling them someone would be in to take Carina for a CT soon.
"What's wrong Bella?" Carina asked, seeing a cloud of guilt and sadness on Maya's face, "I'm going to be alright. My arm already feels much better now that's it's reset."
"You were coming back from getting the ring when you got in the accident," Maya said, not looking at Carina, "You got in this accident because I was too busy working last night to go on our date so you had to go back and get the ring. I'm so sorry. This is all my fault."
"No," Carina said, holding tightly to Maya's hand, not wanting her to try to run, "No. This was that crazy other driver's fault who was driving in my lane. You were just doing what you were trained to do last night. I should not have been mad about it. I wasn't really. You should not feel guilty about this."
Maya nodded, still not looking at Carina.
"Bella," Carina said, lifting Maya's chin with her hand, "Hey. This was not your fault. I do not blame you. Please don't blame yourself."
"Ok," Maya said, finally making eye contact with Carina, "Ok."
"I love you Bella," Carina said, leaning over and kissing her.
Maya kissed back for a minute before pulling back.
Just then, a nurse walked in, "Hello Dr. Deluca. I'm here to take you up for your CT."
Carina nodded as she transferred into the wheelchair. Maya held her hand the entire way up, having to wait in a waiting room while Carina went in for her scan. As she paced, Teddy walked up to her.
"What are you doing here Maya?" the older woman asked.
"Carina got in a car accident," Maya said, biting her lip, "She's alright. She dislocated her arm and they are doing a precautionary CT to make sure she doesn't have a brain bleed, but Amelia seemed to think she was going to be alright."
"I'm so sorry," Teddy said, knowing how stressful things like this were, even if the person was fine, "Is there anything I can do?"
"No," Maya said, running her hand through her hair.
"What's that on your finger?" the surgeon asked, grabbing Maya's hand, "Did she finally do it? Did Carina propose?"
"Yeah," Maya said, smiling as she looked down at her ring, "Yeah, in the back of the Aid Car right before we came to the hospital."
"Congratulations," Teddy said, smiling at the blonde.
"Thanks," Maya said, "Wait, what do you mean, finally proposed?"
"I went ring shopping with that woman 9 months ago," Teddy said, shaking her head, "She's wanted help making sure she got just the right ring for you."
"9 months ago?" Maya said, eyes wide, "Really?"
"Yeah," Teddy said, "She's been very sure about you for a very long time."
Maya bit her lip, holding in a dopey smile.
"I guess I owe some of this to you," Maya said, looking back at Teddy, "I don't know if she would have taken me back that day without you telling her to."
"Oh, she would have," Teddy said, nodding, "She was pretty sure about you, even back then. I have never seen her as happy as she is with you."
"She makes me happy too," Maya nodded.
"I'm getting paged," Teddy said, looking at her phone, "I'll see you later. Congrats again, and let me know if you guys need anything."
"Thanks," Maya said, nodding as the cardio surgeon ran toward the pit.
A few minutes later, Carina was wheeled out of the CT room and toward a procedure room. Both Amelia and Jackson came in a few minutes later.
"Your CT is clear," Amelia said to her friend, "Jackson has agreed to stitch you up so I will leave you in his hands. Would you like me to bring dinner by later?"
"You just want to hear the proposal story," Carina said accusingly.
"True," Amelia said, nodding, "But I also want you two to just be able to relax for the rest of the day. I'll pick up pasta from Alberto's and be by around 7?"
"Sounds good," Maya said as Carina nodded.
"Perfect," Amelia said, nodding as she left, "Congrats again."
"So I take it congratulations are in order," Jackson said as he cleaned the area around Carina's gash, "When did you get engaged?"
"Basically on the way to the hospital," Maya said, looking at the man who worked for her sometimes, "In the back of the aid car."
"Seriously?" Jackson asked, looking at both of them for a second before grabbing a syringe, injecting lidocaine in the area around the cut, Carina wincing a little, "Sorry."
"Yeah," Maya said, nodding, sensing Carina was in pain and not feeling much like talking, "We were supposed to go out last night and Carina had it all planned, but the 5 alarm at the docks kept us busy yesterday, you know."
"Yeah," Jackson said, nodding, "I know. I was supposed to have Harriet yesterday. Luckily, April was chill and is gonna let me take her this weekend instead. Sorry. Continue."
"So I missed dinner and she went to get the ring and on the way back, she got in the accident. And then we responded and she proposed in the back of the aid car," Maya said.
"Well, congratulations," Jackson said, smiling at them, "Now, Carina, how's it feeling? Nice and numb?"
"Si," Carina said, nodding a little as Jackson touched her head.
"Good," Jackson said, "I'm going to do some stitches. I'm guess I will need about twenty, maybe more. Let me know if you feel anything."
Carina nodded as Jackson grabbed his suture kit.
"Can we take a nap when we get home?" Carina asked, looking at Maya with tired eyes.
"Nothing would make me happier," Maya said, nodding, "I didn't really sleep last night."
"I'm sure the couch as not comfortable," Carina said, eyeing her fiancé.
"I thought you were asleep," Maya said, "And I didn't want to keep you up with my tossing and turning."
"It's in the past now," Carina said, smiling at Maya as she reached for her hand.
The blonde took it, kissing each knuckle. They ere relatively quiet for the rest of the time Jackson was stitching.
"Alright," Jackson said, doing one last quick count, "I put twenty-seven stitches in. You know the drill. Don't get them wet directly for the first twenty-four hours. After that, don't soak them so no baths or swimming pools. If they start to get red or pus builds up, come back. Anyone can take them out around here in about 10 days."
"Thanks," you Jackson," Carina said.
"Of course, the plastic surgeon said, "I'll send a nurse in with discharge papers. Call us if oyu need anything. And congratulations again."
"Thanks Jackson," Maya said, smiling, "See you in a few days."
As he left, Maya got up.
"Can you run up to my office and get my a new shirt?" Carina asked, "I don't really want to to put back on my old shirt and I have no desire to go home in this gown."
"Sounds good," Maya said, nodding, "Do you have a key?"
"No," Carina groaned, "You can ask Dr. Bailey if you can find her."
"I'll go look," Maya said, nodding, "I'll be back soon."
Maya left the room, walking toward the ER. Luckily, she ran into Dr. Baily on her way.
"Bailey," Maya said, stopping her, "Can you let me into Carina's office?"
"Why?" Bailey asked suspiciously.
"Because she got into a car accident and she needs a new shirt," Maya said, walking with Dr. Bailey to the stairs to go up to Carina's office.
"Is she alright?" Bailey asked.
"Yeah," Maya said, nodding, "She dislocated her shoulder and got a pretty bad head lac, but she's gonna be alright. Ben brought in the other guy earlier I think."
"Oh," Bailey said, opening the office door, "The drunk/high driver who is now in a coma."
"He was drink and high?" Maya said, feeling anger fill her body.
"Yeah," Bailey said as Maya went into he office, going to the cabinet where Carina kept clothes, "They aren't expecting him to make it."
Maya nodded, playing with the ring on her finger.
"Is that an engagement ring?" Bailey asked, looking at Maya's hand.
"Yeah," Maya said, nodding, "That's one good thing that came out of today."
"Congratulations Captain Bishop," Bailey said, smiling at her, "And tell Dr. Deluca as much time off as she needs."
"Thanks Bailey," Maya said, heading back downstairs.
She walked into Carina's room where the brunette had her discharge papers.
"Let's go home," Carina said sleepily.
"Crap," Maya said, "How are we going to get home? I can run home and get my car and then drive back here and get you."
"Why don't we just see if anyone is heading home and can give us a ride?" Carina said, "We are literally in a building full of people who I work with. Someone will drive us home."
"Ok," Maya said, nodding, "So how are we going to find someone to drive us?"
"We can go up to the attendings longue," Carina said, getting off the table with Maya's help, "Come on."
Maya nodded, taking Carina's good hand in hers.
"I ran into Teddy while you were getting your CT," Maya said, looking at Carina as they got into the elevator, "And she told me something very interesting. You have had this ring for 9 months?"
"Si," Carina said, looking down a little, "I knew I wanted to marry you longer than that, but knew I needed the perfect ring. I looked for about two months before I asked Teddy to come with me. It was just so hard to decide. And then I needed to make sure you wanted the same thing so last week when you were talking about how you wanted to make sure when we were old, that we never moved into a retirement home because those places made people sad… I don't know. It just seemed like it was the right time, that you saw a future for us too."
"Carina," Maya said, looking at her fiancé, "How do you do that?"
"Cosa?" Carina asked, confused as the elevator opened.
"Make me fall more in love with you?" Maya asked, leaning up and kissing the taller woman before they exited the elevator.
Carina smiled as they headed to the attending's longue. Maya waited outside while Carina went in, knowing that their attending longue was like the locker room at the station, a place for those who worked here to just be with others who knew what they had been through. Carina came out two minutes later.
"Meredith is just changing and then she said she will give us a ride," Carina said.
Maya nodded, taking Carina's hand as the brunette leaned her head on her shoulder. Carina had always been close to Meredith when the general surgeon was dating her brother, and they kept their friendship even after Andrew and Meredith broke up.
"Ready?" Meredith said, coming out of the attending's longue.
"Yeah," Maya said, nodding as Carina picked up her head, "Thank you so much for doing this."
"Of course," Meredith said, nodding, "Your place is on my way anyways."
They walked to Meredith's car, Carina climbing in the front while Maya got in the back.
"Sorry about the mess," Meredith said, brushing some goldfish off the seat before Maya sat down, "I drove carpool yesterday."
"Don't worry about it," Maya said, shaking her head.
As they drove the eight blocks from the hospital to their apartment, Maya looked down at her ring for the first time since Carina had put it on her finger. It was rose gold with small diamonds running on the front half of the band with a slightly larger diamond raised in the middle. It was beautiful. Maya took it off, looking at it.
"What is that?" Meredith asked, looking in her rear view.
"Oh," Maya said, "It's my engagement ring."
"What?" Meredith said, looking between the two woman, "Since when?"
"Since this morning," Carina said, also smiling.
"Oh my god," Meredith said, as she pulled into the parking lot, "Congratulations."
"Thank you," Maya said, climbing out of the car and opening Carina's door, "And thank you for the ride." "Of course," Meredith said, "Just let me know if you guys need anything."
"Thanks," Carina said as they walked into the apartment complex.
They went into their place, Carina toeing off her shoes before going into the kitchen. For the first time, Maya realized she was still wearing her turnouts, sighing as she pulled off her pants and boots, before heading into the kitchen too.
"Hungry?" Maya asked, realizing she was absolutely starving.
"Si," Carina said nodding with a yawn.
"What do you want?" Maya asked, "I'll make anything."
"Grilled cheese and tomato soup?" Carina requested.
"Of course," Maya said, glad it was something simple because the exhaustion was really starting to hit her.
Within thirty minutes, they had both eaten and were heading to bed.
"Let me get you some Advil," Maya said, seeing Carina wince as she laid down.
Once Carina had taken her medicine, Maya climbed into bed next to her.
"I can't believe we're engaged," Maya said, gently wrapping her arms around Carina, "We are actually getting married."
"I love you Maya," Carina said, leaning up and kissing her fiancé, "So so much."
So there was the end of the Month of Marina. However, I have a few more stories that I will be uploading over the next few days because I ended up with some that I intended for this series, but I somehow ended up with extras. I hope everyone enjoys the season 4 premiere tonight. I will be watching it sometime this weekend because my best friend and I always watch together, but 1000 miles and two different time zones makes watching it live impossible. If you have any requests for other Marina stories, I am always open and excited to hear them!