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CHAPTER SIXTY ONE now or never. season five, episode twenty four.
tw: major character death
CASSIE SLEPT SOUNDLY ON A TINY BED TO THE RIGHT OF IZZIE, A BIT OF HER DROOL FALLING ONTO GEORGE'S HOODIE. His legs were laying across her own as her head rested on his chest, their limbs tangled together in the small space. Meredith was asleep in a chair to their right, while Alex and Cristina slept hunched over in separate seats across the room.
After Izzie's surgery the night prior to remove a cancerous tumor from her brain, the residents refused to leave, just in case of a complication happening in the middle of the night.
Bailey quietly opened the door, glancing between her former interns as she picked up Izzie's chart. Alex woke up instantly, rubbing his eyes and leaning forward while the others stayed asleep.
"Any changes overnight?" Bailey whispered to Alex, waking up Cristina in the process.
"No," they chorused, finally waking up the others. Meredith groaned, throwing her blanket onto the ground as she stretched. Cassie sighed heavily, not opening her eyes right away.
George looked down, only to see a small wet patch on his chest. "Oh, gross, Cass." He gave her a petulant look. "Good morning to you too."
Sitting up slightly, not that there was much room to do so, Cassie gave him a guilty smile. "Oops?"
Bailey's pager went off, the sound acting as an alarm in Cassie's head. "Oh, it's the Chief," Bailey sighed. "Somebody better make a coffee run. You all look like hell."
George yawned, gently pushing Cassie up so he could get out of the makeshift bed. "I need to be in surgery in less than an hour."
Sluggishly, Cassie stood on her feet with a slight wobble, her dark purple eyebags more pronounced than usual. "I'm covering the ER today with Hunt."
As bad as such a fate was, spending the day with Izzie wasn't necessarily better. Cassie just hoped that Bailey was serious about the coffee run, because despite the ER never being a walk in the park, she had an odd feeling that today would be one of the bad days. An iced coffee was the least someone could do for her.
"Mer, you'll let us know if anything changes?"
Meredith nodded, waving the two off as they left the room together. "Yeah, of course."
As Cassie's feet dragged against the tiled floor, her mind finally caught up to her body, remembering what George had said to her the day before.
