A car pulled into the parking lot and soon the door open and Mark Sloan emerged from the car with a coffee in his hand. He walked away from the car locking the car by the fob and drinking his coffee. Suddenly a motorbike came out of nowhere grinding Sloan to a complete halt. As the motorbike zipped past him it edged a puddle sending sprays of water in Sloan's direction soaking him literally from head to toe. Sloan looked down at his wet clothes and in the direction the bike had gone.
"Brilliant…" he said to himself before walking away no longer happy with the day.
MOMENTS LATER
Sloan approached the nurse's station trying his best to wipe down his shirt with a towel. As he approached Derek turned to him and smiled seeing the wet dirt markings all over his clothes.
"What happened to you?" he asked his friend
"An idiot biker almost ran me over in failing to do that the jackass decided to soak me from head to toe instead. Who do these bikers think they are?" he began to rant
Just then a black biker helmet came crashing down on counter top. Mark looked over to his left to see a beautiful leather clad blonde looking back at him, her biker attire hugging at all the right places and showing off an amazing physique.
"Did you have something you wanted to say to me or would you like me to leave so you can continue with your macho ranting?"
"This is a three hundred dollar shirt" he said snapping at her
"And this is an 'I don't give a crap' glance" she replied
"Maybe you'll care when I send you the dry cleaning bill"
The blonde smiled "Good luck with that" she then turned to one of the nurses "I'm looking for Dr Webber"
"Roxanne Leoni" called Richard as he walked up to the nurse's station noticing his visitor
The blonde turned to face the chief and smiled as Derek and Mark looked on in confusion.
"Why am I here?" she asked
"Can we talk in my office?" he asked placing his hand on her back and moving her in the desired direction.
"Ok" she replied leaving with him
"I think I'm in love" said Mark with huge devilish smile on his face
"With the biker who ruined your three hundred dollar shirt"
"She can't help all the puddles in Seattle"
"You're very forgiving"
"That's the kinda guy I am"
AT RICHARDS OFFICE
Richard opened the door and invited his visitor in.
"So why am I here?" she asked again
"Roxanne…"
"Roxie"
Richard looked at his visitor "Roxie…ok. Well Roxie you've been requested"
"By who?"
"The patients name is Carlos Rivera"
"Chuck? Chuck's here?"
"He's here with regurgitation of the aortic valve"
"Oh God…" she stated in a shocked manner "He's only twenty nine years old"
"He's scared and wants a familiar face; a face that he can trust so you will go in there, you will run him through it, then you will scrub in and be by his side the entire time"
"He's going to be undergoing an aortic valve replacement how can I go in there and tell him everything's going to be ok?"
"Because here at Seattle Grace we have an excellent team of cardiothoracic surgeons and as you have already mentioned he's twenty nine this all stacks up in his favour wouldn't you agree?"
"What about his previous heart operation that's still holding up right his hearts not too weak for this surgery"
"Previous surgery?" asked Richard oblivious
A WHILE LATER
The door flung open and Roxie rampaged into Chuck's room.
"Why are you hiding things from them?" she asked
"What do you mean?" asked her friend laying in his bed surrounded by his family
"Did you not think that seen as though you're having heart surgery you should tell them about your previous surgery"
"What previous surgery?" asked Dr Hahn
"He had shrapnel removed from his heart four years ago"
"That was four years ago I didn't think it was of any relevance up until this shortness of breath and passing out I had no problems I was perfectly healthy"
"You still have to give all your details Chuck"
"Why is this not down on your medical records?" asked Dr Hahn
"It was a military procedure" replied Roxie
"And who are you?" asked Dr Hahn abruptly
"This is my surgeon Rox Leoni"
"Your what?" asked Roxie
"I don't want anybody but Roxie doing this surgery. No offence Dr Hahn I'm sure you're an excellent surgeon but to you I'm just a piece of meat. To her I'm a friend and she knows that to my wife and two boys I'm everything just like to me they're everything. She probably won't do anything differently to you but if something should happen she will fight for me a lot longer and harder than you will"
"I can assure you my main priority is your life. If something should happen I will do all in my power to correct the problem and deliver you safely back to your family"
"I'm not doubting your integrity or your work ethic Dr Hahn but when you would stop trying Roxie will carry on, she'll perform miracles"
"Chuck cardio is not my game, this surgery you're having is serious, it's not a tune up its open heart surgery"
"You did it before and I was fine. I don't trust anybody else with my life you promised me I was going home alive when I had a huge piece of shrapnel in my heart and I went under praying to God to take care of my family because I didn't think I was coming back from that but you did it. You brought me back and you sent me home alive just as you promised"
"Mr Rivera I have to step in and advise you that you think about this long and hard" said Cristina speaking up for her mentor
"I have and I respect Dr Hahn's skills and abilities but like I have already said Dr Yang there is nobody else I trust with my life. Roxie will do the surgery and that is final"
LATER
Roxie was sat on a gurney in the corridor trying to find a way to encourage her friend to let Dr Hahn do the surgery. Richard approached her and sat beside her.
"How do I talk him around?" she asked
"He's your friend"
"I not saying I can't do this but this is not what I do, did…you know what I mean. He's sat in there with his wife and two kids, his two kids that call me Aunt Rox and they're pinning all their hopes onto me"
"If he weren't your friend would you feel easier?"
"Doing this surgery? No"
"What if it were a different surgery?"
"Anything else and I would knock it out of the park but this is his heart"
"You took out the shrapnel"
"I had no choice, the circumstances were different. I wasn't surrounded by cardiothoracic surgeons who could do the procedure with their eyes closed. I was just running on adrenaline and frankly praying for the first time in my life and learning as I went along. He has a department full of cardio Gods and he's asking me to do it"
"Dr Hahn will be in there with you at all times assisting you and advising you. If for any reason something should go wrong you have one of the best cardiothoracic surgeons by your side. Now I need to know Roxie can you do this?"
Roxie looked at Richard and wondered to herself if she could.
LATER
Roxie turned the corner to head back to Chucks room when she saw people running for his room. She ran into the room pushing her way through the crowd of people.
"What happened?" screamed Roxie taking the stethoscope off of the intern stood nearby
"He was having one of his attacks I was talking him through it like I always do and then he just stopped breathing. What's wrong with him?"
Roxie put the stethoscope to his chest and tried to listen as his wife was hysterical in the background.
"Ok you have to get her out of here I can't hear with her" demanded Roxie
A nurse escorted his wife out of the room where she was reunited with her two sons. Roxie tried once again to hear a heartbeat.
"He's in V-tac. Doctor how do you want to proceed?" asked a nurse
"He's not in v-tac he's in v-fib we need to shock him"
Roxie took hold of the paddles and asked for them to be charged. She repeated the process three times finally getting back a steady rhythm.
"Ok we need to take him to the OR right now. Someone page Dr Hahn"
A LITTLE WHILE LATER
Roxie was in the OR working on her friends heart when Dr Hahn walked in.
"What are you doing?" she asked
"I'm saving my friends life"
"You started without me?"
"No Dr Hahn I didn't for me to start without you that would mean that you're apart of this and trust me Dr Hahn you're not"
"Excuse me?"
"When the head of cardio is assigned to assist on a case where an external and I'll admit inexperienced surgeon is assigned to the case you would think that when the patient crashes she would be somewhere to be seen. However in this case I had to go into the room and resuscitate my friend and roll him down to the OR, scrub in and start the procedure before you even graced us with your presence. Tell me Dr Hahn does being the head of cardio give you some kind of superpowers that could have brought my friend back from cardiac arrest because no offence to the staff that did turn up to his room but they were not equipped to bring him back from the dead. They were all there scratching their heads while my friend was in v-fib"
"I have other patients"
"You were paged to a code blue, that takes priority over pre-op and post-ops I'm afraid. Now Dr Hahn I'm sure you know Dr Patrick here…he's your replacement you can leave now"
"Mr Rivera…" began Hahn
"Is lucky to be alive at this point which if he hadn't have requested me be here he wouldn't be. So Dr Hahn maybe you should leave the OR track down the code team and follow by example or even just get rid of your greater than God complex and just have the regular God complex like all surgeons have then maybe you could have stepped down from your thrown long enough to save a patients life"
Dr Yang looked on in awe watching this outsider coming in and telling off the head of cardio…her mentor. Dr Hahn said no more and left the OR and made her way up to the gallery where she watched Roxie operate on her friend flawlessly and successfully. Roxie and Cristina walked into the scrub room to scrub out.
"That was amazing. I thought you said you were inexperienced"
"I have about as much experience in cardio as you do Dr Yang which apparently is just enough to save a life"
An awkward silence filled the air and Cristina felt that she needed to say something to Roxie.
"Dr Hahn is an excellent surgeon she is a complete professional…"
"Dr Yang please stop making excuses for her. I know she's busy and she may have been at an emergent situation when she got paged but even if she were she should have sent word or at least a replacement. She didn't and if I hadn't arrived when I did I would be consoling his family right now trying to explain to his two little boys that their daddy was dead because the head of cardio couldn't be bothered to turn up. You have to see this from my point of view Dr Yang he wasn't my patient he was my friend and Dr Hahn's actions or lack of actions were unprofessional"
Roxie finished and walked out of the room to go tell Chuck's family that the surgery was a success.
A WHILE LATER
Roxie stood at the nurse's station still in her scrubs and cap filling out Chuck's chart she placed down her pen, placed her elbows on the counter and held her head in her hands and sighed a sigh of relief that her friend was still alive. With her head in her hands she felt a presence and was overwhelmed by the intoxicating smell of coffee. She looked up to see Mark stood beside her. He pushed a coffee towards her which she picked up and took a sip of.
"Why are you buying me coffee?"
"You've had a rough day you looked like you needed it"
"Do you make a habit of buying coffee for the idiot bikers who ruin your shirts?"
Mark laughed "No you're the first. I'm sorry about what I said"
"I'm sorry I ruined your shirt"
"Don't worry about it. How's your friend?"
"Hanging in there thanks for asking"
Mark leant on the counter and smiled at Roxie "I heard that you really told Hahn off"
"Yeah that's something I won't be apologising for"
Just then Marks pager went off. He took it off his hip and checked it.
"I have to go" he said walking away. He then turned around whilst still walking "You did a good job today he's lucky to have such a talented friend"
Roxie smiled "Thanks for the coffee"
"You're welcome" he said walking out of sight.
As Mark disappeared and Roxie turned back to the nurse's station she was joined by Richard.
"Congratulations" he said
"Thanks"
"Now Dr Hahn"
"Please don't I don't want to talk about her"
"We need to. As chief of surgery I need to know why she was substituted for Dr Patrick"
"Richard you know, the whole hospital knows"
"I need to hear it from you"
"She failed to arrive at a code. A code that if left much longer could have been fatal. I know there were interns and residents but she should have been there"
"I'll look into it, but still congratulations I guess you saved his life…again"
Roxie smiled as Richard walked away.
THE NEXT DAY
Roxie arrived at the hospital and made her way to Chuck's room where she found Dr Hahn doing a post-op exam.
"What are you doing in here?"
"My job"
"Shame you weren't doing that yesterday when he needed you"
"Can I speak with you outside?" asked Dr Hahn walking towards the door
"No" replied Roxie taking the chart out of her hand. "When I kicked you out of the OR and replaced you with Dr Patrick it wasn't just for the duration of the surgery it was good. I don't want you on this case anymore"
"That isn't up to you; you're a visitor here at Seattle Grace"
"And I'm staying until he is discharged so get used to it Hahn. You're not needed nor wanted here so leave and have Dr Patrick come by"
Dr Hahn looked at Roxie and then at the family and left the room for the second time.
"What was that about?" asked Chuck's wife Rochelle
"A difference of opinion but trust me you're better off without her on this case. I'm staying until he's discharged I'll look after him for you along with Dr Patrick"
"She's supposed to be the best"
"Is Chuck alive?"
"Yes" replied Rochelle with confusion
"She wasn't there in the OR and he came back alive. She may be good but she's not the best. Trust me"
A WHILE LATER
Roxie was taking a stroll around the hospital when she was approached from behind by a familiar face. The face that was one time furious with her and then brought her coffee.
"Hi"
"A little hospital fairy tells me you're sticking around"
"Is that what you call the nurse's here?"
Marked smiled "Is it true?"
"For as long as Chuck's here yeah I'm staying"
"So you're like a visitor with a pass"
"Kind of. Why do you ask?"
"I have an amazing surgery scheduled today if you want to scrub in"
Roxie stopped walking and looked at Mark.
"Thanks but I don't think so"
"This surgery is fantastic very rare"
"I'm sure it is but I'm just not interested"
"What you don't think plastics is interesting?" asked Mark
"Plastics I should have known you would be the head of plastics"
"Because I'm so perfectly gorgeous?" he asked seeking a compliment
"Because you're vain and arrogant"
"Ouch" he said with a smile
"Thanks for thinking of me with the surgery and all but I'm really just here for Chuck"
"No problem"
Roxie began to walk away but Mark jogged up to her and joined her once again.
"There is one other thing as a visitor with a pass it's a mandatory thing we have to get out of the way. Nothing big but it is essential to the introduction to Seattle Grace"
"Ok and what it is?" she asked
"Drinks…with me…tonight"
Roxie laughed "Drinks that's mandatory?"
"Yes its very crucial"
"I was never one for doing what was required of me I kind of just go with the flow"
"Ok well if you feel the flow I'll be at Joe's bar across the street after work"
"Joe's across street. I remember that in case I feel the flow"
Mark smiled "Well maybe I'll see you later but right now I have to get to my amazing surgery"
"Still not interested"
"OR one" he said walking away
Roxie smiled and shook her head at Marks attempts to get her on a date. Her thoughts were soon interrupted when Richard approached her.
"I'd like to speak to you at some point today in my office"
"Ok well I was just on my way back to check how the patient is but I can come find you later"
"Ok I'll speak to you later"
"Bye Richard" she said walking away and making her way back to Chuck's room