The Gift

Ivy rushes out with Jackson to the ambulance bay where Webber is. Jackson turns to him, "Dr. Webber. Don't you have a gallbladder scheduled for this morning?"

"Hendricks is doing it," Webber says.

"You heard about the lion mauling. Came down here to claim it before anyone else could get there hands on it," Jackson accuses.

Webber tries arguing, "I am down here for those in need, Avery. I am here to be of service to human kind."

Ivy laughs, "Good, cause I'm running point on trauma cases today and this is a trauma if I've ever heard it."

The first ambulance pulls up and while the boys fight each other, Ivy has no problem making it to the front, "35 year old male, body covered in claw marks and an arm that looks like a chew toy."

"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. My arm. I can't feel my arm," The patient cries.

"Don't worry. I'm gonna take care of you," Webber says.

Before Jackson could say anything, Ivy does, "You both are."

"Naomi. What happened to Naomi? Did the lions eat my girlfriend?" Ivy hears as they roll him into the E.R.

Ivy gets Naomi into a trauma room, "32 year old female, nasty bites to the neck, and her abdomen been eviscerated."

She asks, "Kirby, where's Kirby?"

Bailey tries to calm her down,"Ma'am, my name is Dr. Bailey. You are at the hospital."

"Transferring on one, two, three."

"Okay, I need to look at this neck," Bailey says.

Ivy looks over everything and calls out, "Lets call for an O.R. and page Hunt. Bailey, I'll be in the other trauma room."

She leaves as quickly as she can, wanting to go check on Webber and Jackson.

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Ivy enters the trauma room at the same time as Mark and Callie, "What do we got?"

"Deep animal claw laceration extending down the left side of the body," Webber tells them.

"And there's your arm," Jackson shows them.

Callie nods, "Yeah, that's what you expect when you hear lion."

She moves next to Ivy and Jackson as the patient says, "I bet it's nice to know what to expect instead of showing up at your girlfriends house for the first time and being greeted at the door by the freakin king of the jungle."

"She never mentioned she had a pet lion? Because if I had a pet lion, I would mention that on the first date, Ivy asks him.

"Right? She told me she had a cat- a big cat-and I'm allergic, so I took an antihistamine before I left the house," he tells them.

Mark lefts up some of the bandages as everyone winces, Ivy adds, "Yeah, probably should have brought a bull whip or a gun."

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Ivy joins Alex and Jackson for lunch in a lab room, "We came to see the hearts."

"Oh, this blows. Yangs growing organs, and I'm stuck patching up grandpa," Alex whines.

His phone rings as Ivy sits on the table next to Jackson, "Is that Morgan again? Why don't you respond? Some of us girls get hurt by the no response."

"I've gotta be a dead frickin mouse. Cold and dead, okay? I mean, that's what she needs. All day, I'm trying to back off, and all she does is-" his phone chimes again, "See?"

Jackson points at him, "Hey, you can do this. All right? You are good at being a douche, and that's just, what, one step away from being cold and dead? I mean, right, Yang? Ivy?"

Cristina walks away from him, "See what she's doing? That's what you need to do. Do that. Do what she's doing."

"Or, you could talk to her. Being honest is always better," Ivy adds.

"Yeah, no. I'm going to go with Averys plan."

Lexie walks in, "Hey, did you guys hear about a lion lady?"

Ivy nods, stealing one of Jacksons tomatoes, "Yeah."

Jackson adds, "Her boyfriend was the appetizer, and he wanted mommy for dinner."

Ivy slaps his arm as Lexie says, "I feel bad for her. Okay, she's just a girl with a pet. You know, she probably had some nice friends once, and maybe even a nice guy. And then those friends moved away, the guy started living with somebody else, and then her family probably abandoned her, leaving her alone to rot in an attic somewhere with her cat, her big jungle cat, who was sitting in the corner, just licking his paws just wanting to eat her stupid face off."

"Lexie, I say this as your friend, stop. Please," Ivy says, Jackson laughs at her.

"Look, this is a scientific lab, not a lunchroom, so everyone out right now," Cristina tells them.

"Cold and dead," Jackson says before leaving with Alex and Lexie.

Ivy stays behind and studies her, "What, McBaby? Leave."

She shakes her head, "The look on your face. I couldn't pinpoint where I've seen it before. Now I have, and I'm hear if you want to talk. For now, I'll leave."

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Ivy sits next to Callie as they operate on Paul, "Imagine, the power it takes to cause injuries like these. A flick of your wrist, and whoosh," Webber describes.

"Nope. You know what these injuries are? This is natural selection at work. I mean, the guy was an idiot. I don't care how desperate you are for sex, if a chick tells you she wants you to meet her cat, you run... fast," Jackson says.

"So no cat for the apartment?" Ivy asks, looking at Jackson.

He stumbles, "We-well i-if you wa-want a-a cat-"

Callie cuts him off as Mark quietly laughs at him, "He was blindsided by someone he trusted. You never know how you're gonna react when that happens."

"What did you say to Robbins?" Mark asks her.

Jackson and Ivy sharing a look, wondering what they missed.

"Hmm? Oh, nothing. I just asked her how many other exes she has in the hospital. She said one or two. I can live with one or two, right?" She says.

"Um, Dr. Torres?" Ivy asks.

"Yes, Dr. Shepherd?"

Ivy clears her throat, "I hate to point out the obvious-"

Jackson interrupts, "Thats a lie."

She keeps going, glaring at him slightly, "But Robbins works with one of your exes on a daily basis and raises another's kid."

"Oh, I got-I got something sharp here. Oh," Jackson says, pulling out a lion tooth.

"A lion tooth," Webber exclaims.

"All right," Jackson tosses it into the bowl next to him.

Webber stops him, "Hey, hey, hey, don't just toss that aside just yet. Bohkee, keep that safe, will you?"

Ivy argues, "Are you keeping it, Webber?"

He looks to her, "You want it?"

"I mean, I wouldn't say no to it," Ivy shrugs.

"That would be one hell of a gift," Mark remarks, looking at Jackson.

"Oh, I would love that," Ivy says, looking back at her work.

Jackson looks at the tooth, and smiles, coming up with a plan.

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"Kirby was going for her and not you, and you body blocked a lion?" Ivy hears Webber ask Paul.

He nods and makes a sound of agreement.

Ivy walks in, "That sounds like bravery to me. You're the knight on a white horse every little girl dreams of."

"So... I saved her?" He asks.

"I'll tell you one thing, there's no way I would've been able to do what you did," Webber shakes his head.

"Really?"

Webber looks at Jackson, "Oh, yeah. Me- I mean, me either."

Ivy adds, "I've never met a guy who would ever do that."

They finish up with Paul and leave his room. When they do, Ivy nudges Jackson, "I think you would. Body block a lion for the woman you loved. I think you would do it."

"For the woman I love, I'll do anything," he says, looking down on her.

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"Hey, Ivy! Wait up!" She hears.

Turning around, she sees Jackson jogging towards her, "Hey, whats up?"

"I have something for you. Here," He hands her a jar.

In that jar, is the lions tooth, "Oh, my God. Jackson! Thank you!"

She jumps into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck as his go around her waist. He spins her around before setting her back down, "You're welcome. I saw how much you wanted it in the O.R. so I asked Webber and he said it was fine."

"Still, this is awesome! I don't know how to thank you," she tells him, examining the tooth.

"I'm sure I'll think of something and let you know," he tells her.

"You better."

She smiles up at him. They find themselves leaning towards each other and right before their lips touch, they hear April calling their names. They quickly seperate and head towards their roommate.

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AN: almost kiss! And that sweet little gift! We're so close.

Of course I'm not going to make them kiss just yet, have to add in some little teasers.

QoC: how do you think Ivy is going to treat Mark as chief?

Thank you for all the votes and reads and comments!