Bailey[to all the nurses who boycotted Mark's surgeries] This boycott has gone on long enough. Now, OK, I have no authority here, but I would like to offer my thoughts on Dr. Sloan.
[whispers to Miranda] You're doing great.
Miranda
Uh, this man is a whore, has always been a whore, will probably always be a whore. But, I mean, that's not a secret. He's not keeping it hidden. You all knew who he was before you got involved with him. And now you want to be all "woe is me, he doesn't call me back, he's dating other women." He's nasty, and that's not just you, he's sleeping with other doctors and orderlies and... cafeteria workers. But he's a doctor here and a pretty good one. So let us all close our knees and get back to our jobs so he can get back to his job and help the people that really need it.
Bailey
You can see the remaining tumors easily identified here.
Her liver looks so healthy.
Bailey
That's the beauty of general surgery. See badness surrounded by goodness. Cut out the badness, all's right with the world. It's just you and your scalpel, one on one, mano a mano.
Ah, Dr. Bailey. I heard your big surgery went well today. Congratulations.
Bailey
Same to you. Must feel good to see your name in print like that.
It would feel better if Meredith wasn't so -- you know, she's acting silly about the credit. She's getting emotional.
Bailey
That girl worked her ass off for you and you got all the credit.
I would've gotten all the blame had we failed.
Bailey
But you didn't fail.
It's simple. I'm an attending. She's a second-year resident.
Bailey
Who you're now living with. That's not simple. It's messy. If it were me, I'd start with "thank you." You'd be surprised how far that one goes, especially with us silly, emotional women.
Bailey
What's she doing?
It looks like she's praying.
SSam
Mm, no. Addie doesn't pray.
NNaomi
Uh, she's praying.
[chuckles] No, Addison doesn't pray. She must be hiding.
I can hear you! And I'm not hiding. I am trying to pray but I don't know how to pray because I'm a WASP and we only go to church on Christmas.
You guys go, I got this. [sits next to Addison]
I have no clout with God. God doesn't even know who I am. Which sucks because I could... I could use some help.
Dear God, I need your guidance. I kissed a peds surgeon.
You kissed a peds surgeon?
I never thought I'd end up with a woman, God, but, I mean not until lately, but that's not the problem. The problem is the peds thing. She's, she's perky... and has butterflies on her scrub cap. But she's also hot... really hot. So, help me get over the butterflies. Amen. [to Addison] You're an amazing doctor, you save babies. God knows who you are.
Do you really believe in all this? In God?
Sometimes. Most of the time. When it counts.
Exactly, I am the chief of surgery! And I don't have time to write letter to pump your ego. My head of neuro is being called a murderer, I have to fire my longest standing general surgeon because she won't retire, interns are mixing up blood samples in your clinic, and you want me to spend my time writing a recommendation so you can leave me!?
Bailey
Leave you? Sir, I'm applying for a fellowship in pediatric surgery.
Which is not what we had discussed! Do you know how much of my time you wasted? Do you know the amount of work it takes to groom someone? You were supposed to become the next me!
Bailey
You wanted me to become the next you. I'm not your son, or your daughter. You don't get to pin all your hopes and dreams on me, sir! [...] You're worried about your legacy, but I am not your legacy, and me applying to peds is not... You are not listening to me, sir. [stops after seeing Derek and Mark having a fight.]
Bailey
Ah, Chief?
Bailey
How's your mood?
Meager. Anxious. I'm excited about Sloan's face transplant. I'm a little concerned about Derek Shepherd, but all in all...
Bailey
Do I look like therapist?
Bailey
I've lost Hunt and Torres. See, I sent them to get Shepherd and I never heard from them again. See, I was trying to solve the Shepherd situation for you, Sir, but, it appears I've somehow made it three times worse. So, I'm telling you and my next move I believe is that I'm gonna call the police. Because, I'm half convinced they're all dead, on a spit, with a one armed man turning them into shish kebabs. Sir. It's my mind. It just goes there.
Bailey
Is there anything else you need before I go?
No. You wanna sit a while?
Bailey
No, I do not want to sit. I've been sitting and lying down all day.
Bailey
Holding a child. If I wanted to spend the day holding a child, I would have stayed home to hold my own child. I didn't do a single medical thing today. I didn't even put a band aid on a patient. I'm... I'm just tired. I'm done.
Are you gonna tell your husband?
Bailey
What would I tell him?
That it's more than just cutting. Pedes is more than just cutting. And, what you did today was heroic, and you know it.
Bailey
Ok. Maybe I'll tell him that.
LBLexie, Bailey, Hunt, Cristina, Shepherd, Sloan, Callie, Webber
What do you mean he wrote in your hand?
He just grabbed my hand, and he squeezed it and he wrote with his finger.
He wrote with his finger?
You know in my hand, he wrote 007.
Bailey
[grabs Meredith's hand and proceeds to write on it using her finger] Okay, what did I write?
Bailey
N! I did not write JOE!
You mean this might not be O'Malley?
Did anybody try to phone O'Malleyf? Can we get him on the phone?
[Everybody retrieves their cell phones and start calling]
I'm telling you he squeezed my hand.
Bailey
[hushes Meredith] Shut it! You don't get to talk anymore! You don't get to talk ever again!
I could have sworn it was George.
[voiceover] Grief may be a thing we all have in common, but it looks different on everyone.
It isn't just death we have to grieve. It's life. It's loss. It's change.
And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, has to hurt so bad. The thing we gotta try to remember is that it can turn on a dime.
That's how you stay alive. When it hurts so much you can't breathe, that's how you survive.
By remembering that one day, somehow, impossibly, you won't feel this way. It won't hurt this much.
Bailey
Grief comes in its own time for everyone, in its own way.
So the best we can do, the best anyone can do, is try for honesty.
The really crappy thing, the very worst part of grief is that you can't control it.
The best we can do is try to let ourselves feel it when it comes.
And let it go when we can.
The very worst part is that the minute you think you're past it, it starts all over again.
And always, every time, it takes your breath away.
There are five stages of grief. They look different on all of us, but there are always five.
Bailey
Bargaining.
Bailey
Oh, Adele. Oh I'm so sorry, I sent the Chief into surgery. Do you want me to-
What I want is for you to tell me the truth. Are you having an affair with my husband?
Bailey
I am not having an affair with your husband!
I saw the way you handled him just now.
Bailey
Handled! I did not... handle... there was no handling... we work together.
You spend every waking moment together, you finish each other's sentences, you read each other's minds. You're more married to that man than I am.
Yeah, but that's just because they're husband and work-wife.
Bailey
Excuse me?
The Chief's your work-husband and you're his work-wife. You look out for each other, you take care of each other, there's nothing wrong with it, it's like me and Sloan.
Nobody's talking to you. He's my work-husband but he has a girlfriend, I have a girlfriend, but nothing going on between us.
I mean, there was at one point...
Bailey
Neither one of you are helping. Adele, I promise you there's nothing going on.
Something is going on because he hasn't been in his bed all week.
Bailey
What?
The last time he acted like this, disappearing, sleeping at the hospital every night, he was with Ellis Grey. He may not be having an affair with you-
Bailey
He's not, I promise you. I promise you, he's not.
Okay. But wife-wife to work-wife, someone in this hospital is sleeping with our husband.
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