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Chapter 11- Changes

Three Months Later

Over the next three months, neither Alex nor Jo had apologised. They spoke to each other politely, talked about Thomas's care and split his time between their busy work schedules and their respective homes.

They avoided talking about the incident at the house, they avoided the fact that they had been sleeping together, they avoided, because that is what they both did. Neither of them thought they were in the wrong so neither of them was going to budge.

"You paged Ped's?" Alex directed at Jo rather than her boss who Alex was slowly but surely beginning to loathe.

"Yes, this is Billy Evans; he is 14 and suffers from Schizophrenia. He has stopped taking his medication and his mother brought him in when she found him locked in his bedroom and cutting himself with a razor blade."

"And, what is it you want from me?" Alex said slowly losing patience.

"I want you to admit him to Ped's. He needs five days to stabilise and he can go home, we don't think he should be in the Psyche ward."

"But he is a Psyche patient?"

"Alex stop being a dick..."

"Dr Wilson, you will not speak to a superior like that." Dr Hardy reprimanded.

"It's okay I can fight my own battles." Alex said glaring at Dr Hardy.

"Look whatever personal shit you pair have going on I really don't care about, but here at work, there is protocol a second year resident will not speak to an Attending and Head of a Department like that are we clear." Dr Hardy directed the last bit to Jo.

"Sorry." Jo said.

"I'm still not admitting him to my department. I have to think of the safety of the other kids up there. It's not safe. Sorry." Alex said as he turned on his heel.

"You tried Jo. I know he is your ex but I can't have you talking to him like that. I had to say something, not that I don't agree with you. He is a dick. Look it will be okay we will make sure Billy is well looked after. We will work something out. We can organise to put him as close to the nurses' station as we can and make sure he is safe."

"I just think Alex is doing this because of me. He is so angry with me that he will do whatever he can to make life hard for me."

"He is still being good with Thomas though?" Ryan asked.

"Oh of course. Alex might be a volcano ready to erupt at anytime but he loves Thomas and would protect him with his life. He has all the patience in the world with him. It's just me he has no patience with."

"I think we will let him cool off. I will give it a try. See if he will listen to me. You did your best. Surgeons are all the same, it's all about the cutting, they don't think about the patient holistically."

"True. I can't believe I used to be just like that."

"Well I for one am glad you left the dark side." Ryan said with a smile as he put his hand on Jo's shoulder and left.

Alex had made sure he wasn't seen but he heard the whole thing.

Fucking Bastard, Doctor Do Gooder comes across like the hero and I look like an uncaring asshole. "They don't think of the patient holistically" What a lot of crap.

Alex went back to the Ped's ward seething, he needed to calm down; this was getting him absolutely no-where. He looked to the surgical board, Christina was in surgery but Meredith was just finishing up. He waited outside of the OR she was working in until she finished. He needed to vent and right now she was the only one around who would listen.

"Alex you have to admit him to Ped's." Meredith said.

"No. I. Don't. I am putting the needs of the other kids ahead of his here. What if he hurts one of them?"

"Seriously? You just don't want to admit you are wrong. You know that kid deserves to be on your ward. It isn't reserved for surgical patients only. I'm sure they can send a Psyche nurse to the ward as well."

"I know. I know. That guy he just pisses me off. I don't trust him. Something is off with him. What do we even know about him?"

"Who?" Christina asked joining them in Meredith's office.

"Dr Psyche." Meredith supplied.

"Oh you know they call him Dr George as in George Clooney because he looks like him. Why are we talking about him?"

"Because Alex is jealous." Meredith filled Christina in.

"I am not jealous, the guy is too smooth. Jo isn't stupid enough to fall for that. Besides he is about twenty years older than her." Alex huffed.

"No not jealous at all." Christina said with a laugh. As Alex shot her his best death stares.

"Oh Alex for God's sake, admit the kid to Ped's, show some faith in Jo and her opinion on the kid. Not only is it the right thing to do, you might just win some points with Jo for being reasonable. From there you can maybe apologise for your behaviour."

"I have nothing to apologise for, she walked out."

"After she found another woman's lips glued to your neck." Christina supplied.

"I explained all of that."

"Look Alex I don't have time for your drama's you wanted my advice I gave it. Suck it up, admit the kid, and be nice to Jo. If you want her back you might have to swallow your pride." Meredith said before pushing both of them out of her office.

When Alex got back to his ward, Dr Hardy was waiting for him.

"Look I know you have made up your mind, It's just Dr Wilson wanted me to try again, see if you would relent and allow Billy Evans to be admitted to your ward."

"Since when do Head of Departments do the bidding of second year residents?" Alex asked.

"Since Dr Wilson blames herself for you saying no. She can be very persuasive." Dr Hardy added for good measure. This achieved exactly what he wanted and it pissed Alex off more.

"Fine. You can move him here, but I want a Psyche nurse rostered on for the entire time he is here. My nursing staff is not trained to deal with his condition."

"Thank you Dr Karev. I will have Billy transferred here shortly."

Over the next five days, everything went according to the plan Jo had mapped out for Billy Evans, she saw him twice a day and had his medication altered slightly and encouraged him to take it every day. Once the medication had its effect, Billy moved around the ward without incident, which just proved again what an asshole Alex had been in not listening to Jo's judgement.

"You have done the hard work, Billy, so please stay on your meds and if the voices get to loud you call me or Dr Ryan okay." Jo said as she was filling out the discharge paperwork.

"Thank you Dr Jo you really helped me."

"You are welcome. Take care." Jo said as Billy left with his mother.

Jo was finishing up some notes on the computer when Alex approached her.

"You did good work." Alex said.

"Go to hell Alex." Jo said walking away from him.

"What? I complimented you."

"You didn't want to trust my judgement five days ago. Ryan had to convince you."

"Ryan... So it's not Dr Hardy."

"We are friends Alex. Friends call each other by their first names. We used to when we worked together."

"Is that how it is with him? The way it was with us?"

"What are you really asking Alex? Because who I see is my business not yours, just as whatever skank of the week you are sleeping with is your business and none of mine." Jo whispered harshly.

"Fine. Have it your way. I'll pick Thomas up tomorrow around four pm for Bailey's birthday party."

"I will make sure he is ready."

Alex arrived to pick Thomas up for Bailey's fifth birthday party and then he would be sleeping the night at Alex's house. Jo answered the door dressed in an old pair of Levi's and a plain white fitted t-shirt that just met the top of her jeans. Even in her around the house clothes she looked beautiful.

"Hey" Alex acknowledged.

"Come in." Jo replied opening the door to let him in.

Alex stopped in his tracks as he saw Thomas sitting on the floor doing a Jig-saw puzzle with Doctor Do Gooder.

'Hi Daddy!" Thomas said as he got up and ran into his father's arms.

"Hi Tommy, you ready to go?" He asked.

"Yep, mommy helped me wrap present for Bailey. It's a Robot."

"I'm sure he will love it."

Thomas ran into his room to get his backpack with a few things in it as he had plenty of things in his room at his father's house.

Ryan got up from his sitting position on the floor and made to shake Alex's hand, Alex was saved from doing this as Thomas came running back in.

"Have fun sweetheart." Jo said as she kissed him goodbye.

"Bye mommy, bye Dock-or Ryan."

"I will pick him up around ten tomorrow morning if that is okay." Jo said.

"Sure, whatever suits?"

"I'm studying tonight. I have exams next week." Jo stated. She didn't know why but she felt like she should explain why Ryan was here she didn't want Alex to get the wrong idea. It shouldn't bother her, but it did. As annoying and as volatile as Alex was she loved him and it DID matter what he thought about her. That's why she had been so angry with him all week. He didn't trust her, he didn't think she made decisions that were smart, and he didn't think she was capable. That was Jo's interpretation of Alex's behaviour.

"Like you said, it's none of my business. As long as it doesn't affect Thomas than I have no right to question who you spend time with." Alex said. Of course he didn't mean a word of it. Yes it affected him. He was jealous and wanted Jo to be with him not Doctor Do-Gooder."

Once Alex and Thomas were in the car they talked all the way over to the Shepherds for the party.

"Do you think Sophia will be there daddy?"

"Yeah, she should be." Alex said smiling to himself. His son had quite the crush on five year old Sophia Torres. Sophia doesn't know your alive Tommy first of many heartbreaks kid, better get used to it.

"Do you have a girlfriend Daddy?" Thomas asked.

"What? Ah No why?" A shocked Alex asked.

"Just wondering. I think Dock-or Ryan is mommy's boyfriend." Thomas added.

"Oh. Why do you say that?" Alex asked trying to sound casual. Was it terrible to interrogate your kid about what is mother has been up to?

"He came over in morning to take us for picnic in park, and he bought me a new puzzle and played on the swings with me. He is helping mommy."

Of course he fucking did! Mr Perfect. "Do you like him?" Alex asked cringing.

"He is okay. I wish you were mommy's boyfriend."

Alex just smiled as he pulled into the Shepherds driveway. So do I Thomas.

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