CODING ━ grey's anatomy

chapter fifty two

Cassie ran a hand through her hair in frustration, before a dark thought passed through her head, making her look up in fright.

"Oh, no, no, no, no."

"What?"

"He knows," Cassie said plaintively, rapidly shaking her head in fear. "Oh, my god. He knows about me and Mark."

Cristina frowned, "Okay, so—"

"He knows about me and Mark," she repeated slowly, "and he was just talking to Mark... and Derek."

"Oh," Meredith stammered, as her and Cristina grew terrified expressions. "Oh—"

"RUN!"

Meredith was cut off by Cassie immediately sprinting back towards the elevators, causing her and Cristina to haphazardly follow behind.

"Cass!"

"Cassandra Harper," Cristina scolded as she ran after her person. "Get your ass back here!"

Cassie rounded the corner, only to see strangers standing in the place the others once were. As she turned in circles while looking to see where they may have gone, Cristina and Meredith caught up to her, both of them out of breath from all the running.

With a sigh of despair, Cassie shook her head in hopelessness. "Crap."

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"Okay, two things," Bailey started, joining the residents in the locker room. "You all have a skills lab this morning. It is mandatory, so don't even think about trying to get out of it. Second, one of you will not have to go to the mandatory skills lab, because you will be assisting me, in my efforts to remove an inoperable tumor from an eleven year old girl."

"I'll do it!" George raised his hand eagerly.

"No, you won't," she retorted. "You have a hundred delinquent charts. You will do those after the lab."

Cristina smirked. "Slacker."

"How can you operate on an inoperable tumor?" Alex wondered.

"Karev is also out."

"What did I say?"

"You doubted me."

Cassie, using basic critical thinking skills and the knowledge that Owen was a trauma surgeon, had a gut feeling the lab would be ran by him.

Thus, why she shouted out, "Me, please!"

"No," Bailey deadpanned.

"Why not?!"

Narrowing her eyes, Bailey looked her up and down as she shifted on her feet. "You're jumpy today. I don't need jumpy, I need calm."

"I can be calm," Cassie defended, reaching into her bag and pulling out her anxiety medication. "See? I'll just take an extra—"

"Put that back where it belongs," Bailey rolled her eyes. "You're out. Deal with it."

Cassie huffed, crossing her arms over her chest in defeat as Meredith was eventually chosen to skip the lab.