chapter seven

who's zoomin' who.season one, episode nine.

    After hearing that a nurse named Olivia gave George syphilis, she planned to spend the next year or so never letting him live it down for a second.

"Hey Cass— wait," George groaned, glaring at Izzie. "You told her?!"

Izzie took a bite of her sandwich, frantically shaking her head in denial. "I didn't, I swear!"

"Syph boy," Alex repeated, leaning back in his chair. "It has a nice ring to it."

"Yeah, kind of like superboy, only diseased," Cassie added with a thumbs up towards George, having far too much fun.

"Izzie didn't have to say a word," Cristina shook her head. "Around here, the only thing that spreads faster than disease is gossip." 

"That's not true," George disagreed. "Just because Izzie can't keep her mouth shut doesn't mean everyone knows." 

"How are you feeling?" Meredith asked George as she joined the group at their lunch table. "Sorry about the syphilis." 

"Everybody in the hospital knows?" he groaned.

"Knows you're a player," Alex shrugged. "Everybody's got a secret. Be glad yours is out in the open." 

"Oh, yeah, Alex? What's yours?" Cristina asked. 

"Show me yours, and I'll show you mine," he smirked. "I bet you've got some seriously kinky skeletons in your closet." 

Cristina hummed to herself. "No, if anyone's got kinky secrets, it's definitely Cass. No offense."

"None taken," she smiled, "That's probably true, anyways."

"Besides," she continued, "What's in my closet is none of your business."

Cassie cheekily leaned into her ear, whispering, "No one except Burke's, right?"

While she was expecting Cristina to laugh at her joke, her face turned sour instead as she ignored her, causing Cassie to grow confused. She noticed that Cristina was ghosting a hand over her stomach, but didn't think much of it at the time.

"Well, I don't have any secrets. My life is boring," Izzie added.  

"We all have secrets," Cassie replied instantly.

"Everybody's got something to hide," Meredith shook her head, glaring off into the distance.

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"I have a cute butt too, want to see?" Cassie heard Alex's voice from behind an exam curtain. Curious, she pulled it open, to find Alex and Meredith standing behind George as the latter leaned over a table with his naked butt up in the air.

Cassie raised her brows. "Well, this isn't what I expected."

"Cass! The curtain!" George shouted.

Closing the divider, she walked around the table to stand by Meredith, judging Alex's technique. "You're doing it wrong," she told him.

"Be my guest," he said, handing the shot of penicillin over to her and leaving the area.

"Alex!" George called out, "Don't leave me with—"

"What are we doing here?" Izzie asked, joining the three the same way Cassie had. George quickly pulled the curtain shut again.

"Breaking George's spirit," he muttered in embarrassment.

"Curing George's syph," Cassie informed her. "We just need to give him a shot in the ass, and he should be good to go."

"I don't like needles," George sighed.

"Good thing you became a doctor, then," Meredith smirked. "Okay, this one is done. Other side."

"Izzie?" they heard Cristina call out.

"Yeah?" she called back, causing Cristina to pull the curtains open once again and join them, much to George's dismay.

"Mr. Franklin's procedure has been scheduled for after lunch—" she cut herself off after she saw George bent over on the bed. "Oh, what are we doing?"

"We're saving George from a future of festering sores and insanity," Cassie said brightly.

"Oh, cute butt," Cristina complimented George as she stands next to Meredith.

"Adorable, isn't it?" Cassie agreed.

"Told you," Meredith smirked.

"It is cute. Like a baby's," Izzie nodded.

"You know, I have spent hours, days, , imagining myself half naked in a room with four women. The reality is so much better," George said sarcastically, pulling up his pants and rushing off without another word.

Cassie felt bad for him.

"I think he's gonna cry," Cristina laughed.

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Due to the syphillisoutbreak throughout the hospital, the interns and nurses were called into a safe sex demonstration in the conference room. Cassie hadn't slept with anyone since she'd gotten tested a few weeks prior, so she decided it was sensible to skip the required meeting.

She decided to take a break and wander the halls, knowing that if any new cases came in then she would be the first one to get them.