A/N: A little teaser for the BIG CONFRONTATION!!! And wasn't GA wonderful last night? Sparkle's been speaking in third person all day!!!
Disclaimer: I only own Brianna, Ivy, Scott, and Lydia. I think I called Lydia Lynn in the last chapter. I meant Lydia. :D Enjoy and please review!!!
While the SGH doctors were going through their usual early morning routine of borderline-getting-fired, Brianna was waking up. She had the first part of the plan.
Once again, she dressed with care. In the back of her closet, she found one of the short dresses her mother had gotten her from New York. It seemed appropriate to the situation, so Brianna went ahead and put it on. She added jeans underneath. She put her hair up in a bun and went downstairs.
Her mother was sitting at the breakfast table.
"Hey, Mom," Brianna grabbed her purse while she was talking.
"Hey. Are you ready to go?" Her mother's voice had lost its hard edge, but her words were still short. Her eyes were also a little puffy, like she'd been crying late last night.
"Yeah. Where's Dad?" Neutral issues came first.
"He's still up in New York. He should be coming home tomorrow."
They walked out to the car. Brianna kept the conversation up the entire ride, telling her mom about the people she'd met and the things she'd seen at the hospital.
"Sometimes…I wonder if it was wrong to let you volunteer this week," her mother said.
"Mommy, it's what I want to do."
"You're sure?"
"Yes."
"Well, then, whatever makes you happy, sweetie," her mother said, sounding very tired.
"Why didn't you want me to come?"
"Just…"
"It's okay. You can tell me. I'm not mad. I just want to know."
"There's a lot of things…I can't explain."
"Why not?"
"I just can't! Don't question me!" her mother exclaimed.
Time for Plan B. They were pulling up in front of the hospital. Luckily, Brianna had inherited her aunt's perfect timing in such situations.
"Okay," she said, shrugging. She opened the door and got out. "I figured you wouldn't tell me. Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd did, or should I say, Aunt Addison?"
She slammed the door and ran through the doors before her mother could say anything else.
I'm almost done with the next chapter. It might be up today!!!