9.04

"You'll drop her off at daycare, right?" Helena questioned, grabbing her bag as she took one last bite of her toast.

"Yeah, honey. And don't forget we have that meeting with the lawyer, about the crash." He told her, as Helena pressed a kiss to his lips.

"Right, I won't." She moved over to her child, pressing a kiss to her cheek as she told her. "Bye, bye, . Mama will see you later. I love you both."

And, as Helena walked away, she felt that slight panic twist her insides. That panic she felt when she had to leave Mark, every since the crash. The fear of almost losing him again.

——

"So, now Alex is complaining about your house?" Helena asked Meredith, as they walked to the ER.

"Yeah, he's lucky I'm even selling him the house!" She complained. "And he's says there's is dry rot... there's no dry rot!"

As they walked into the ER, they heard a teen scream in pain, as Stephanie Edwards, one of the new interns, caught them up.

"Brian Danzinger, 17, he passed out in first period English. Uh, severe abdominal pain, tremors, and he's hypertensive. He's parents are on the way." She told them, as Helena grabbed the chart.

"Thanks, Edwards." She shot her a smile, turning to the teen, as Meredith palpated his abdomen. "Brian, I'm Dr. Campos but you call call me Dr. C, I'd you'd like. Were you drinking this morning, or did you take anything?"

"No, I don't take drugs." He told them, through a clenched jaw. "God, what happened?"

"He's distended as he's got tenderness in the right upper quadrant." Meredith told her friend, who furrowed her eyebrows at the kid.

"Does he look jaundiced to you?"

"A little." The blond agreed, as the kid folded over himself in pain. "Brian, I'm gonna need you to lie back down, please."

As Helena helped him rest his head against the pillow, she noticed some hair had fallen off, as she took her hand away. "Mer?" The blond woman's eyes widened as Helena turned to Stephanie. "Alright, please make sure you get LFTs, coags, a tox screen and an abdominal CT."

"Edwards, what do you think this is?" Meredith questioned.

"I-I think... I'm sorry, I don't know..." She muttered.

"That's alright, we don't know either, yet." Helena reassured with a smile, as Meredith joked.

"For all we know he could have dry rot."

——

"Are you scaring the interns again?" Helena questioned, as she saw Stephanie scurrying away from Meredith, at a nurses station.

"It's not fair..." Cristina whined. "The scary one was always supposed to be me."

"You shouldn't have left." Meredith shrugged.

"I'm just happy you came back." Helena smiled, happy that Cristina was back at work at Seattle Grey Mercy West.

"I'll establish dominance." Cristina announced.

"Oh, make no mistakes, they might fear you two, but they respect and me. I'm the one with dominance here." Helena teased, looking down at her chart. "Anyway, how was Owen?"

"You mean Chief Hunt?" The curly haired woman scoffed. "The husband formerly known as Owen is now just my employer. He gave me the orientation pack."

"Now, that's just cold." Helena scrunched up her nose, before she passed her patient's labs over to Meredith.

"Brian Danzinger's sedated, his BPs down a little." She read out.

"Yeah, tox screen is negative, his LFTs and INR are elevated, though." Helena agreed. "Did you get a good look at the liver?"

"Oh, the prodigal Yang returns." Jackson let out, approaching them. "I missed you."

"Yeah, hi. . Pleasantries." She rolled her eyes. "What do you know about the new cardio Chief, Jeff Randall?"

". Nothing." The boy answered.

"Yeah, no one named Jeff has ever done anything substantial." The curly haired woman agreed, as Alex joined them.

"Hey, Karev. When you buy Mer's house, can I get my old room back?" Jackson tried, as Helena and Meredith still analyzed their patient's results.

"Nope, no roommates. We're not in college. We're real people now." He deadpanned.

"Wait, you're selling him your house?!" Cristina let out.

"And that's why you can't leave, Cristina. You've missed out on a lot." Helena told her, looking up from the labs.

"I might not. He wants to rip out the floors." Meredith complained.

"I'll take the floors as is." The green eyed attending offered.

"Jackson?" April called out, at the end of the hallway.

"Why don't you shack up with Kepner? You guys are always boinking anyway." Alex teased, as Jackson scurried away.

"Where's he going?" April asked, as Helena and Meredith moved over to the computer.

"Away from you, it seems." Cristina deadpanned.

"Cristina! Glad your back." The redhead smiled.

"You're still doing it with Avery?" The curly haired doctor scrunched up her nose.

"Does everybody know this, now?" The girl froze.

"God and everybody." Cristina joked, making Helena smack the back of her head.

"For four whole seconds, I was glad you were back." The redhead teased.

"You were right." Meredith told Helena.

"I know, I'm always right. About what?" The short girl smiled, peaking over the blond's shoulder.

"About the liver." She pointed at the scan.

——

"At this point, it's about assessing these emotional damages." Their lawyer talked to the group, Helena holding her husband's hand. "So, we'll need to hear everything."