A/N: the story is set in the year when Teddy and Theo are 17 and Faith is 23. It's Faith's third day at home after a year away to Stanford.
Cristina is working on her laptop when the doorbell rings.
"Hey April, come in!" She is surprised to see April and her daughter.
"Hey, is Chief at home? I'd like to talk to him," asked April somberly.
Cristina invites April and her younger daughter Jane to the living room while notifies Owen who's in the library.
Minutes later, Owen walks out, looking anxious. Cristina can see April's eyes are red and teary, so she quietly brings two glasses of water to the living room for Owen and the unexpected guest. She was about to fetch some wine for them but she remembers that April is the driver today.
"Thanks, Cristina. It's just…the issues at the pit and also Jackson but I haven't got a chance to talk to Chief recently…"-April murmurs.
"Oh, make yourself at home." Cristina smiles.
As she's on the way to the library, Cristina finds little Jane sitting in the kitchen, staring absently at the phone. Thinking for a moment, she walks to Theo's room and finds her son playing computer game.
"What did I say? No more than 30 minutes a day. You're a grown up, Theo. Don't let me repeat it time after time. You know those gamers have no life and absolutely are losers."
Theo grumpily shuts down his computer. He jumps on his bed and presses the pillow on his head so he wouldn't have to listen to his mother's lecture.
"Jane is sitting by herself down there, Theo. Maybe you can come over and befriend with her while April is talking to your Dad. Keep her company."
Without responding, Theo silently follows his mother downstairs and looks out for Jane. He rarely talked to her before. They met a few times when the adults gathered at some random parties and the children played together. They have been growing up together, however, with high expectations from their parents who happen to be stellar surgeons.
Jane is rather a quiet girl. She has a high pitch voice like her mother and she wears braces. However, she inherits her father's beautiful eyes. Theo never pays attention much to her before, but her honey look today makes he feels strange. His heart beats a little bit faster.
"Hey, Jane. How are you?"
"Oh, hey, where are Faith and Teddy?"
"They went to the movie earlier. Do you want something to drink?" Theo opens the fridge and briefly searches for some cool drinks.
"Water is fine, thanks," Janes smiles softly.
Unexpectedly, he finds this little friend rather adorable. She is a year younger than him, which makes her a high school junior, yet she doesn't look either like a drama queen or a nerd at all. She looks plain beautiful. Theo mentally notes as he observes her twirling her auburn curls.
"What?" Jane looks up, slightly befuddled at Theo's intense gaze.
"Erm, nothing, want to play basketball with me in the mean time?"
"Sounds good".
He guides her out of the door to their front garage.
"Where's your dad?"
"Well, honestly, they had some sort of arguments about the budget of the Foundation and it got so intense so…my Dad just had a business trip and he fleed away for three days already," Jane mumbled.
"Isn't it that bad? I'm sorry to hear. My mom and my dad argue all the time as well. You know they pretty much are business opponents and when they get home the business issues become personal issues. It's somewhat a conflict of interest."-Theo tries to comfort his friend.
"This is not helping at all. Anyway I'm glad my Mom always has Dr. Hunt to advise her, both business matters and personal matters. Give me the ball!"-Jane grins as Theo throws her the ball to start the game.
The game is heated up already for Jane turns out to excel in basketball. The sky is getting darker and out of nowhere a car is running fast into Owen's garage, honking continuously. Jane was trying to steal the ball from Theo yet the honking freaks her out. She jumps up, hits Theo's head and falls down.
"Hey, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere? Can you stand up?"-Theo offers his hand to pull Jane up. He can tell she had a bad fall for there is bleeding and bruise on her cheek. She must have hit her face on the ground.
"It's okay," Jane smiles weakly.
Theo angrily rushes to the car where Faith and Teddy just abruptly park and get out.
"What the hell are you doing? You drive carelessly! And you made her fall! I'm gonna tell Dad."
"Hey, sorry, you never play basketball this late. Is that Jane? Is she okay?"
Teddy runs towards Jane and checks out her face.
"Hey, we're so sorry. Are you hurt? Come inside. I bet Faith's honking freaked you out."
"Yeah, I bumped into Theo and fell. But it's not too bad".
Faith and the three teenagers walk inside the house. She wanted to dress up the wound on Jane's cheeks but her brother stops her. "I'll take care of her. You two, trauma, geez!"
"Hey, you are the trauma in this house, Theo!" Teddy snaps back at her twin.
Theo runs to his mother's library and looks for the first aid kit.
"What are you doing?" Cristina looks up from her readings, curious to see her son barging in rather anxiously.
"Give me the first aid kit. Jane fell on her face."-He mumbles.
"Was she hurt? Where is Jane? I can dress her wound".
"No no, Ma. I can do it. Just…stay out of it."
"Theo!" Cristina scolds at him.
Theo grabs the first aid kit then marches toward the kitchen. Grabbing Jane's hand, he pulls her upstairs to his room, out of her surprise. "Come here with me".
"Theo, I'm fine. I can just clean the wound with water and salt. It's natural remedy."
"No, follow me, please." He gently helps her sit down his bed and opens the first aid kit. Taking out some antiseptic wipes, he and dabs gently on her cheek. Jane blushes.
"Does it hurt, Jane?"
"I'm a big girl, Theo." She grins. "It's not a big deal. I bet they were just so high after seeing the movie or whatever."
Theo chuckles. "Yeah, sometimes I hate it that my sisters get along very well. I want another brother but my mother seems not approve.".
"Yeah, I've heard stories about your legendary mother Cristina Yang. My mom is still amazed that your mom picked her as Teddy's godmother." Jane flashes her braced teeth at Theo genuinely.
"The injury doesn't look too bad," Theo sighs, "but you need to wear bandage for a few days. I'm sorry."
"Don't worry. I don't care about how I look that much. My mom used to be miserable with freckles and acnes and braces, too; but she turned out to be a beautiful woman. So I think I'm gonna look fine somewhere down the road."
Theo smiles at her. Jane seems like a sincere girl. What he likes the most is she doesn't let her appearance bother her. She is confident that she's gonna turn out to be a beautiful swan like her mother once her puberty is over.
"I think you're beautiful." He shyly compliments Jane.
Jane looks at Theo and blushes. Speechless, she keeps silent while Theo helps her dress the wound.
There is a knocking sound on the door.
"Oh come on, the door isn't even closed." Theo mumbles.
Owen steps in his son's room, clearing his throat.
"Erm, April wonders whether you have finished dressing Jane's wound for she's waiting for her daughter downstairs."
"We're done here, Uncle Owen." Jane grins, showing her braces.
As Theo wraps up dressing Jane's wound, he walks Jane out of his room. He can hear loud footsteps rushing through the stairs. Must be Teddy and Faith.-Theo sighs. Owen hides his smile in another cough. "Right after you, lady". He follows Jane and Theo down to the kitchen.
Teddy, Faith and Cristina are standing and waiting for Jane as her mother is putting on the coat.
"We're so sorry Jane!"-Teddy gently squeezes Jane's shoulder.
"That's alright!" She smiles and gives each of the Hunts a hug. "Bye uncle Owen, bye Cristina. Bye Faith, Bye Teddy!" As it's Theo's turn to accept Jane's hug, he feels awkward that his sisters and parents are smiling at them mischievously. He flushes: "Goodbye, Jane."
Once the sound of the car engine disappears in the street, Owen closes the door, chuckling. Cristina throws herself on the couch, followed by her daughters.
"Oh Jane!"-Cristina laughs hysterically.
"Ma!"-Theo protests angrily.
"Dad, I told you, Teddy and Theo were so obsessed with Tarzan and Jane! Now that Theo has Jane, Teddy just needs to find her Tarzan."-Faith joins her mother's laughter.
"It's not funny. Jane and I are just friends!"-Theo scolds his sister.
"And my boyfriend's name will not be Tarzan!"-Teddy quickly changes from her humorous face to upset face.
"Okay, Okay, no Tarzan. But I think Jane is a thing, Teddy!"-Faith still doesn't stop laughing.
"Dad! Ma! It's not funny! She was hurt and I just helped her dress the wound." Theo tries to defend.
"Oh so what is it I think you're beautiful?"-Cristina snaps at her son.
"Son, that's my line. My signature line. You stole my line and now you say you don't have a thing for her." Owen wraps his arm around Theo's shoulder, vigorously shaking from laughing.
"Fine. You people listened to our conversation. Where has my privacy gone?"
"That's alright, Theo. We like Jane. Just keep this in mind, you're 17. And she's 16. Act wisely, okay?"-Owen winks at his son.
"I like it, Owen. Trauma team has just recruited two new members. Theo and Jane."-Cristina laughs.
"Yup, that's funny. Hey Theo, does Jane know your nickname is Trauma?"
"I'm not gonna tell her that!"-Theo mumbles.
"Dad and April already made trauma team. I think it's interesting that you and Jane join their team. Trauma Ginge Team. Haha."-Faith laughs.
"Hey hey, I'm also redhead."-Teddy scolds at her sister.
"Who cares? Trauma Ginge Team. Nice shot, Faith. Up top!"-Cristina high-fives with Faith. They both laugh in joy.
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