Lennon blew a loose strand of brown hair out of her face as she flipped through a chart, leaning against the desk at the nurses station.

"4B's got post-op pneumonia. Let's start antibiotics." She glanced over her shoulder to see the hot jerk that called George 007 talking with a nurse, with his Mohawked friend right beside him.

The nurse didn't look convinced "Are you sure that's the right diagnosis?"

"Well I don't know, I'm only an intern." The jerk started, sharing a smirk with his friend.

"Here's an idea, why don't you go spend four years in med school and let us know if it's the right diagnosis." Mohawk continued, looking down at the nurse.

"She's short of breath, she's got fever, she's post-op. Start the antibiotics." Jerk finished before the two made their way to the desk where Lennon stood and turned back to her chart.

"God I hate nurses. I'm Alex." Jerk introduced looking over Lennon.

"But what you really wanted to know, I'm Noah." Mohawk added, sending the brunette a wink.

Alex rolled his eyes "We're with Jeremy, you're with the Nazi, right?" He asked looking down at a Lennon.

"Name's Lennon... You know, she may not have pneumonia. She could be splinting, or have a PE." Lennon informed him making his flirty smile fall while Noah scoffed.

"Like I said, I hate nurses." Alex muttered walking around her to put away his patient chart.

Lennon raised an eyebrow "What the hell did you just say?" she asked incredulously, taking a step forward "Did you just call me a nurse? As if that would some horrible insult!"

Noah smirked after Alex simply shrugged "Well, if the white cap fits..." The Mohawked man taunted.

Lennon went to retort but her beeper went off interrupting. She granted as she read it *Bailey 911* She sent a glare to the two smirking interns before running off to find Bailey, mock saluting George as they passed by each other.

Alex and Noah watched the brunette run off "She seeing anybody?" Alex questioned his friend.

"I don't know." Noah shrugged just as George approached.

Alex whistled "She's smoking hot."

Noah smirked as he nodded in agreement "I'm friends with her." George said gaining the twos attention "I mean, kinda friends, I mean, not, you know, actually friends, not exactly, but we're tight. We hang out. I mean, really only just today -"

"Dude." Alex interrupted shaking his head.

George frowned "But-"

Noah held up a hand "Dude. Stop talking."

Lennon walked beside Bailey down the hospital hallway. After running across the hospital, Lennon found that the small woman didn't have an emergency or particularly need the intern, she was just testing her reaction time. Lennon was pissed and out of breath. The brunette perked up seeing her best friend walking towards them while Bailey scowled. She had just found out Katie had a code blue, and need resuscitated. "You get a 911, you page me immediately, not in the five minutes it takes you to get to the emergency, immediately, you are on my team and if somebody dies it's my ass," Bailey ranted at Meredith, Lennon frowned as her friend ignored her and continued to walk past her resident "you hear me, Grey?" Bailey called, only to get no answer.

Lennon was quick to follow "Wood! Get back here!" She heard Bailey shout as she made her exit.

"Mer!" She shouted, running after her friend.

Crisitna looked up from her conversation with a male nurse as the two went by her "Lennon? Meredith?" She questioned, hurrying around the desk to follow after them

Lennon and Cristina were right behind Meredith as she made her way outside into the rain. The silently watched as she threw up on the grass.

Meredith wiped her mouth and turned to walk back. She paused as she stood in front of Lennon and Cristina "If you tell anyone, ever..." She warned before continuing on and re-entering the hospital.

Lennon sighed "C'mon." She muttered, nudging Cristina to follow her back inside.

It was past the 24 hour mark and Dr. Shepherd, or Derek as Meredith had informed her Lennon, had called all the interns to an empty conference room. Lennon was sitting on top of a desk with Cristina as they waited. The brunette pulled out a banana she had gotten in the cafeteria from her pocket. She stared down at the yellow fruit in her hand with a pout "Ugh, I'm too tired to peel it."

Cristina silently took it from her before pulling out a needle and some stitches from her scrub pocket "Aw man! I thought you where gonna peel it for me." Lennon whined, leaning her head back against the window pane behind her

Cristina smirked before threading the needle just as Meredith arrived and took a seat beside her "What are you doing?" Meredith questioned.

Cristina pulled the stitches threw the peel "I'm suturing a banana-"

"My banana, which she stole!" Lennon interrupted, leaning forward and across Cristina to look at Meredith.

Meredith chuckled as Cristina pushed her brunette friend away before continuing with the banana "-with the vain hope that it wakes up my brain."

George laughed from his seat across the room "What're you smiling at, 007?" Cristina goaded, making him stop laughing immediately. Cristina sighed "I'm sorry, I get mean when I'm tired."

George shrugged "You know what? I don't care. I comforted a family, and I get to hang out in the OR today. All is well."

"Does anybody know why Shepherd wants us here?" Lennon questioned with a tired sigh, only getting shrugs in response. Everyone sat up straighter as Derek entered the room.

"Well good morning. I'm going to do something pretty rare for a surgeon, I'm going to ask interns for help. I've got this kid, Katie Bryce. Right now, she's a mystery. She doesn't respond to her meds. Labs are clean, scans are pure, but she's having seizures. Grand mal seizures with no visible cause. She's a ticking clock. She's going to die, if I don't make a diagnosis. Which is where you come in. I can't do it alone. I need your extra minds, extra eyes, I need you to play detective, I need you to find out why Katie is having seizures. I know you're tired, you're busy, you've got more work than you could possibly handle. I understand. So, I'm going to give you an incentive. Whoever finds the answer rides with me. Katie needs surgery. You get to do what no interns get to do. Scrub in to assist on an advanced procedure. Dr Bailey's going to hand you Katie's chart. The clock is ticking fast, people. If we're going to save Katie's life, we have to do it soon." As soon as Derek had finished, the intern all scrambled to grab a copy of Katie's chart.

Lennon was taking the time to read over Katie's chart while she sat on top of a desk at the nurses station with Meredith.

"Did you just page me?" She groaned as she heard Alex approach the same nurse from earlier.

"Is that the guy that called you a nurse?" Meredith questioned her friend quietly.

"Yep. That's Alex... the hot jerk." Lennon confirmed as the two watched the scene play out before them.

"Yes, 4Bs still short of breath." The nurse informed him, handing him the patients chart.

Alex sighed as he flicked through it "Look, give the antibiotics time to work."

"The antibiotics should've worked by now." She persisted as Lennon and Meredith started to walk away.

Alex shook his head "She's old, she's freaking ancient. She's lucky she's still breathing. Now, I got a shot to scrub in downstairs and a patient who wasn't alive during the civil war. Don't page me again." He retorted, handing the chart back over before walking off but not without sending Lennon a smirk that she scowled at as he passed by the two.

Lennon smiled as Cristina approached the them on their way out the door "Hey, I want in on Shepherd's surgery. You've been the intern on Katie since the start." She started looking at Meredith. "You want to work together? You too Lennon. We find the answer, we have a 33% chance of scrubbing in." She tried to persuade.

Lennon nodded "Count me in."

The two looked at Meredith expectantly "I'll work with the two of you but I don't want in on the surgery. One of you can have it."

Lennon frowned knowing what Meredith was doing while Cristina gaped "Are you kidding me? It's the biggest opportunity any intern will ever get."

Meredith shrugged "I don't want to spend any more time with Shepherd than I have to."

Cristina raised an eyebrow "What do you have against Shepherd?"

Meredith hesitated "If we find the answer, the surgery's yours or Lennon's. Do you want to work together or not?"

Lennon sighed whilst Cristina grinned as she shook her head "Deal."

The three had had relocated to the library where they sat on the floor in one of the aisles, surrounded with medical books. Lennon flicked through a medial journal on seizures as she lay on her back between Cristina and Meredith, with her feet resting on a shelf above her.

"Well, she doesn't have anoxia, chronic renal failure or acidosis. It's not a tumour because her CT's clean. Lennon thought aloud as she turned the page.

"Are you seriously not going to tell me why you won't work with Shepherd?" Cristina questioned suddenly making Lennon pause as she lowered the book to be able to look between the two.

Meredith shook her head "No. What about infection?"

Cristina pursed her lips "No. There's no white count, she has no ceteal lesions, no fevers, nothing in her spinal tap...just tell me."

Meredith look down at Lennon who nodded in encouragement. She let out a sigh if defeat before turning her head to look at an expectant Cristina "You can't comment, make a face, or react in any way... We had sex."

Lennon held her breath as she watched Cristina open her mouth before suddenly closing it. "What about an aneurysm?" Cristina decided on making Lennon release her breath.

Meredith shook her head "No blood on the CT, and no headaches."

Cristina nodded "Okay. There's no drug use, uh, no pregnancy, no trauma...was he good? I mean, he looks like he would be, was it any good?" She questioned, sounding amused making Lennon smirk.

"He sounded good." She commented making Meredith slap her stomach before she stood up while Cristina chuckled.

Meredith put the book she had been reading back in the shelf before turning and sitting down across from the pair "What are the answers? What if no one comes up with anything?"

Lennon swivelled as she sat up, so that she could sit back against the aisle beside Cristina "You mean if she dies?"

Meredith nodded "Yeah."

Cristina sighed "This is gonna sound really bad, but I really wanted that surgery." She admitted.

Meredith shook her head, looking down at the carpet below them "She's just never going to get the chance to turn into a person. The sum total of her existence will be almost winning Miss Teen whatever. You know what her pageant talent is?"

"They have talent?" Lennon joked making the other two women smile.

"Rhythmic gymnastics." Meredith grinned making the three laugh.

"Oh, come on." Cristina chuckled.

Meredith smiled "What is rhythmic gymnastics? I don't know - I can't even say it, I don't know what it is."

Lennon frowned in thought "I think it's the one with the ribbon and a ball or..." She trailed off noticing Meredith had gone stiff "..what? Mer, what is it?" She asked sharing a look with Cristina.

Meredith suddenly stood "Get up! Come on!"

Meredith had explained her theory as the three ran through the corridors "- the only thing she could possibly need is a - Oh, oh, Dr. Sheppard!" Cristina called noticing Derek entering the elevator.

"Just one moment, um, uh, Katie competes in beauty pageants." Lennon started as they stood at the door.

Derek raised an eyebrow "I know that, but we have to save her life anyway." He replied making Lennon snort out a laugh.

"Okay, she has no headaches, no neck pain, her CT's clean, there's no medical proof of an aneurysm." Cristina continued.

Derek nodded "Right."

"But what if she has an aneurysm anyway?" Lennon added, pushing the door back open as it began to close.

Derek shook his head "There are no indicators." He denied.

"Ah, but she twisted her ankle, a few weeks ago when she was practising for the pageant-" Cristina started only for Derek to cut her off.

"Look, I appreciate you're trying to help, but this is not helping." He retorted as the door began closing once again.

Meredith pushed it open once again "She fell. When she twisted her ankle, she fell." She added while Derek sent an apologetic look to the grumbling passengers of the elevator.

"It was no big deal, not even a bump on the head, you know she got right back up, iced her ankle and everything was fine, it was a fall so minor her doctor didn't even think to mention it when we were taking her history, but she did fall." Lennon tried once last time

Derek sighed "Well, you know the chances that a minor fall could burst an aneurysm, one in a million! Literally." He told them just as the doors finally closed. The three women shared a look as they sighed in defeat before turning to walk away.

The elevator dinged making them turns round to see Derek step out "Let's go."

Cristina frowned "Where?"

Derek smiled "To find out if Katie's one in a million."

After running the necessary tests, the four where looking over Katie's CT scan "I'll be damned." Derek said in awe.

the tech who operated the scan pointed to the dark areas of the brain scan that indicated an aneurysm "There it is."

Derek nodded "It's minor, but it's there. It's a cerebachnoid haemorrhage. She's bleeding into her brain."

Lennon was walking with Meredith, Cristina and Derek down the hallway "She could've gone her entire life without it ever being a problem. One tap in the right spot..." Derek started shaking his head.

"And explode." Lennon finished making Derek nod as he glanced over at her.

"Exactly. Now I have to fix it." He said as the came to a stop at the receptionists desk "You three did great work. Love to stay and kiss your asses, but I gotta tell Katie's parents she's having surgery." He said looking between the three interns before turning to the receptionist "Katie Bryce's chart, please." He requested.

"Here you go." She said handing the file over.

Cristina took a step towards him "Uh, Dr Sheppard, you said that you'd pick someone to scrub in if we helped?" She reminded hopefully.

"Oh, yes, right. Um, I'm sorry I can't take the three of you, it's going to be a full house." He retorted placing a hand on Cristina's shoulder "Meredith, I'll see you in OR." He concluded with a smile before turning back to the chart.

The three stood frozen for a moment before Crisitna looks at a flustered Meredith, expecting her to speak up. Lennon was wide eyed as she looked between the two. Derek was unaware if the tension as he looked back up "Good. Thank you." He said before departing. Cristina shares a look with Lennon before sending a withering look to Meredith and stomping off.

"Crisitna..." Meredith called weakly after her before sighing and turning to her best friend "Len! I-I"

Lennon gave her a small smile "Mer it's fine...Cristina's just pissed because you said you didn't want the surgery. You were the one who figured out the diagnosis anyway, you deserve it." The brunette reassured squeezing her friends arm "Let's go find her." She said softly, as she linked her arm with Meredith's.

The two were approaching the corridor with the abandoned beds that the group if interns had dubbed 'Their Spot' when they heard talking. "Maybe Meredith couldn't-"

"Izzie!" Crisitna cut the blonde off just as Lennon and Meredith entered the hallway.

Meredith stepped forward to stand in front of Crisitna "I'll tell him I changed my mind, you can -"

"No, no, don't do me any favours. It's fine." Crisitna cut her off.

Meredith sighed "Cristina,-"

"You know what, you did a cutthroat thing, deal with it. Don't come to me for absolution, you want to be a shark, be a shark." Crisitna cut her off once again.

Meredith shook her head "I'm not." She denied.

Cristina nodded "Oh yes you are. Only it makes you feel all bad in your warm gooey places. No, screw you. I don't get picked for surgeries because I slept with my boss, and I didn't get into med school because I have a famous mother. You know, some of us have to earn what we get." Cristina snapped. Lennon gaped as Meredith silently left.

"Seriously?" Lennon questioned quietly.

Cristina's head snapped to look at her "Oh no, I-I didn't mean you..."

Lennon chuckled humourlessly, while Izzie watched the scene uncomfortably "Oh stop pouting. So was it only Meredith who needed her 'famous mother' or what?" She questioned angrily.

Crisitna opened her mouth before Lennon scoffed "Whatever Cristina." She exclaimed turning to leave. She paused as she reached the door "You know she got that surgery because she deserved it. Step up your game and maybe then you'll get picked." She concluded before slamming the door behind her leaving Cristina to stew in her guilt.

Lennon had caught up to Meredith and the two took comfort in each other's presence as they walked down the crowded hallways.

"She's still short of breath. Did you get an ABG or a chest film?" Lennon heard as they paused in their stride.

"Oh, yes sir, I did." She looked up to see Alex answering Dr Webber's question.

"And what did you see?" Webber questioned.

"Oh, well, I had a lot of patients last -" Alex started.

"Name the common causes of post-op fever." Webber interrupted impatiently.

"Uh...yes, sir." Alex hesitated, pulling out his notebook.

"From your head. Not from a book. Don't look it up, learn it, it should be in your head. Name the common causes of post-op fever."

"Uh...the common causes of post-op... " Alex trailed off not knowing.

Dr Webber sighed before turning to look around the hallway "Can anybody name the common causes of post-op fever?" He questioned loudly.

Everybody nearby stopped. Lennon sighed as she watched a girl pull out her own notebook "Wind, water, wound, walking, wonder drugs. The five Ws. Most of the time it's wind, splinting or pneumonia. Pneumonia's easy to assume..." She answered before sparing Alex a glance "especially if you're too busy to do the tests."

Dr Webber gave Alex a pointed look before turning back to Lennon "What do you think's wrong with 4B?"

Lennon considered her answer for a moment "The fourth W: walking. I think she's a prime candidate for a pulmonary ambulus."

Webber nodded "How would you diagnose?"

"Spiral CT, VQ scan, provide O2, dose with Heparin, and consult for an IVC filter." Lennon answered while Meredith smirked at Alex, feeling Prius of her friend.

Dr Webber turned to look at Alex "Do exactly as she says, then tell your resident that I want you off this case." he turned back to Lennon "I'd know you anywhere, you're the spitting image of your mother." He smiled before looking at Meredith "You too, Ellis's double. Welcome to the gang."

Lennon smirked at Alex as he passed "Not bad for a nurse huh?" She questioned as she and Meredith laughed as he grumbled to himself, walking away.

After wishing Meredith good luck, Lennon made her way to the gallery to watch Katie's surgery.

"All right everybody, it's a beautiful night to save lives, let's have some fun." Derek's said, taking a moment to look around at the people in his OR.

Lennon was so enraptured as she watched the hustle and bustle of surgery as the doctors and nurses flooded the OR, machines beeping, equipment purring that she didn't even notice Cristina sitting silently behind her, arms folded across her chest. She couldn't wait until it was her turn. Lennon smiled as she watched Derek wave Meredith over to look through the magnifiers for a closer look.

Lennon sat in a content silence with Meredith outside the OR as her friend was in a post surgery daze. It was hour 48 and she was exhausted. She spotted Cristina as she walked passed before pausing as she saw the two. "It was a good surgery." She said as she approached.

"Yeah." Meredith nodded.

Cristina sighed as she looked at the two before taking a seat beside them "We don't have to do that thing where I say something, and then you guys say something, and then somebody cries, and there's like a moment..." She trailed off uncomfortably

Meredith and Lennon smirked "Yuck." They retorted.

Cristina nodded in relief "Good. You two should get some sleep. You look like crap."

Lennon scoffed while Meredith chuckled "I look better than you." The brunette retorted playfully.

Cristina smiled "It's not possible." She taunted, before getting up and walking away.

Lennon sighed as she leant her head against Meredith's shoulder. "We did it Mer."

Meredith smiled "Yeah we did."

The door beside them opened and out walked Derek Shepherd. The two women watched as he set Katie's chart on the nurses station desk before pulling his scrub cap off with a sigh.

Lennon nudged Meredith making her glance down. With a pointed head tilt, Lennon got her message across. "That was amazing." Meredith said gaining Derek's attention.

He smiled at the sight if the two tired interns "Mmmm." He hummed in answer.

Meredith breathed out "You practice on cadavers, you observe, and you think you know what you're going to feel like standing over that table, but...that was such a high."

Derek looked at her properly now, having a new focus before he nodded.

"I don't know why anybody does drugs." Meredith commented, still high from the surgery.

Derek nodding slightly, looking tired "Yeah."

Meredith smiled "Yeah."

Derek gave a slight smile back "I should go do this." He admitted.

Meredith nodded "You should."

Derek paused on his way out "I'll see you around." He waved before glancing at the striking brunette leaning against Meredith "You too Dr Wood." He added with a small chuckle.

"See you around." Meredith responded.

"See ya Shep!" Lennon called hearing him laugh down the hall.

"See ya." Meredith murmered.

After getting changed and grabbing their bags, Lennon and Meredith made their way out of the locker room.

"Are you coming to visit my mom?" Meredith questioned, glancing over at her friend as she fished out her cell phone from her handbag.

Lennon looked up "Unless you don't want me too..." She trailed off.

Meredith shook her head "Of course I want you to come... I honestly don't think I could be there without you." She admitted.

Lennon wrapped her arm around Meredith's waist "I'll always be there Mer." She promised.

Meredith smiled at Lennon as the two caught up with the rest of the interns as they made their way to their cars.

The rain poured down as Meredith and Lennon ran up a set if stone steps, huddled together under Meredith's umbrella. Shaking out the wet contraption, The two smiled at the reception as she waved them in.

Lennon nudged Meredith and pointed Ellis sitting peacefully in an armchair by the row of windows, across the room.

"So. We made it through our first shift. We all did." Meredith started as she sat beside Lennon on the bench in front of her mother.

Lennon smiled as she nodded "The other interns are all good people Aunt Ellis, you'd like them...I think... Honestly I don't know."

Meredith chuckled "Maybe. We like them. Oh, and I changed my mind. I'm not going to sell the house. I'm going to keep it. Lennon and I will have to get a couple of roommates, but...it's our home, you know?"

Ellis looked at the two frowning "Are you my doctors?"

Meredith and Lennon shared a sad look "We're not your doctors. But we are doctors." Lennon informed her softly.

Ellis nodded slightly before furrowing her eyebrows , as she twisted her watch "What's your names?" She asked making the two sigh.

Meredith gulped "It's me, mom. Meredith. And this is Lennon, your goddaughter."

"All right." She replied, fidgeting with her watch "I used to be a doctor, I think."

Meredith and Lennon each reached across to take one of her hands, stopping her from playing with her watch in the process "You were a doctor, mom." Meredith started as the two interns eyes welled up with tears.

Lennon smiled "You were a surgeon."