A/N: Thank you to everyone who review my first chapter. You guys have no idea how much I appreciate it. I have a few chapters already written but not sure where the story is going to go in a large sense. Also I am sorry about the chapters being so short, I just tend to get super busy and figured that if the chapters were shorter I would be able to update much quicker. I am open to criticism too and ideas so if anyone has anything they want to see changed or contribute feel free to message me. Other than that, please keep reading. There is a lot more to come, and you guys are the best!

All of the interns suddenly fell into a moment of shock but were quickly jolted back to reality when the elevator doors opened. "Get her hooked up to the monitor Grey and get her vitals". Meredith worked quickly, she started to wrap a blood pressure cuff around her arm before she realized it was too bruised to do so.

George couldn't think, the only think he could do was step forward and grab her hand.

George remembered the first time he ever saw Ava Shepherd. He was done with his shift his very first year at Seattle Grace and was walking outside when he caught sight of the most beautiful girl he had ever seen teary eyed in the waiting area. Her long red hair was pulled up into a loose ponytail and large curls fell across her face. He wouldn't have even known she was upset had she not happened to look up and see the tears rolling down her face. He walked up to her and sat next to her. "Are you okay?" he asked genuinely concerned. The young girl ran her fingers under her eyes and looked up at him with the most beautiful green eyes he'd ever seen.

"Yes I am thank you. I must look like a mess sitting here wallowing in my own tears".

"No your fine, believe it or not we get a lot of that here" George said smiling. "Do you have family in this hospital?"

"Who are you?" she asked wiping the hair out of her face.

"Oh I am sorry, George O'Malley I am a doctor here". She sat up a little straighter in her chair.

"Ahh the heart in the elevator guy"

"How do you know about that?" he asked stunned".

"I'm Ava … Ava Shepherd".

George looked genuinely surprised. "You're Doctor Shepherd's daughter?"

"Yes…Guilty" she said smiling and wiping another tear from her eye. "My mother and I just moved here from New York".

"I didn't know he had a daughter". Ava looked at George and another tear fell.

"Yeah I don't imagine he talks about me much. When you live across the country, it's kind of easy to get ignored. ".

George scooted closer, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you".

"It's okay, it's not you, it's them. I don't know why my mother even decided to move back here. All they do is fight when they're together" she stopped suddenly and looked up at him. "I am so sorry I shouldn't have said that, you all work together. When my mouth gets started it doesn't stop"

Don't worry I won't say a word" Ava smiled up at George and he smiled back. "Do you want to get a drink?" Ava just stared at him for a moment. "I mean unless you are waiting on your parents, there is just this bar around the corner…"

"I would love to" Ava responded and that's how it all started. They quickly became friends spending all of their spare time together. Ava would come and visit him at the hospital and he would come over and hang out with her after he got off of work. They both didn't know what they would do without each other.

George's sweet memories of his friend quickly faded when the unthinkable happened, Ava…flat lined.