Big Jet Plane, Lexie Grey

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"Five more minutes. Then I have to get back to the contest" Florence says

"Okay" Lexie mumbles quietly as she shuts her eyes

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"What did you do to your hair?" George asks Izzie

"Keeping it clean was getting in the way of the contest, so I chopped it off last night. It just makes me faster and sleeker, like a cheetah" Izzie replies

"You chopped off all your hot hair for a stupid contest?" George questions

"Not stupid. Rock star contest. Best contest ever. You should try living in the hospital for two straight weeks, George. It's amazing" Florence says to the man

"This contest is for residents only" Cristina reminds him before he could even respond

"Yes! I know that" George exclaims in annoyance

"Doesn't mean he can't still live here. I feel juiced and alive, and my brain is clicking and running. I have never been more on my game" Izzie says

"I'm kinda sad the contest ends tonight" Meredith adds

"I'm not. I want that prize" Florence disagrees

"What prize?!" George questions

"Bailey won't tell us. But I want it. I want it bad" Izzie replies

"Too bad you're never gonna get it" Cristina says to the blonde

"So on my game!" Ozzie exclaims

...

Alex burst through the doors "Why didn't anybody wake me?" he questions

"Why would we help you?" Florence fires back

"There's such a thing as honor" Alex says

"Yeah, it's dog-eat-dog, Karev. Suck it up" Cristina tells him

...

"Who's winning?" Meredith asks Alex who looks at the clipboard

"Yang" he replies

"Surprised?" Cristina gloats

"What? Let me see" Izzie says "I'm 26 points behind? That's not possible. Count again. What about all the surgeries?"

"Only 3 points for watching. You gotta do" Cristina says

"I should be winning" Florence groans

"Sorry Shep, you're just not good enough" Cristina teases

"Shut up" Florence mumbles as she walks away

"You gotta do Shepherd!" Cristina calls after her

...

As Florence had walked away from the ambulance bay, Izzie had taken a patient with a broke ankle, Cristina, Alex and Meredith were all fighting over a patient who had been involved in a bear attack leaving Florence with the patients brother Phillip and Phillips wife. At least she had Lexie working with her today.

"Is my brother gonna be okay? Please. This whole thing's my fault. I gotta know if he's okay" Phillip asks desperately

"They're taking him to surgery. They don't know much yet" Florence replies

"Impressive hand, Phillip. I can see right through it" Callie says inspecting his wound

"The bear cub, she just latched on and wouldn't let go. And then-and then when Scott came over to try to help, the mother, she ... oh, god. I can't believe we got out of there alive" his wife says

"He has to be all right. He's gonna be all right" Phillip says to his wife "He has to be, right? Right? He has to be all right"

...

George walks into the supply closet where Lexie was currently looking for supplies for Florence

"I hate this contest!" George exclaims

"There's a lot of stuff in here. There's a lot of stuff" Lexie comments

"Stupid, stupid contest- stupid, and irresponsible. I want to play" George groans

"George, are you still talking about our contest?" Florence questions the man as she walks into the closet

"There's good stuff, free stuff" Lexie mutters to herself

"I want in" George whines

"Well, you should've passed your intern exam" Florence replies with a shrug

"You're evil" George says

"I need a butterfly needle, a vacutainer, and, uh, maybe an L. P. Kit. I'm 26 points behind, so I need it fast" Izzie says entering

"Why, what do you got? Something good?" George questions eagerly as Lexie wonders off to grab Izzie's supplies

"Uh, sprained ankle" Izzie replies

"You get 26 points for a sprained ankle?" George questions

"Last time Callie treated what we thought was a sprained ankle, it turned out the patient was malnourished, had a perforated ulcer and died on the table" Izzie replies

"That's the best case scenario" Florence says darcy

Izzie frowns at her "Well, not the death part, Flo. The medical mystery part. It's 80 points for solving a medical mystery. It's the holy grail of the competition"

"Oh, yeah. Sometimes an ankle's just an ankle, though" Florence reminds the blonde

"Syncope, a very strange rash, pale, insidious onset in a guy who travels a lot. This is NOT just an ankle" Izzie tells her

Lexie returns with Izzie's supplies "Im gonna pray for your patient" Florence says

Ozzie ignores her "Thanks" she says to Lexie before leaving, George following behind her

Lexie pulls a plastic wrapped cloth from a shelf  "Oh, I could do a lot with these"

"That's an underpad. Underpads soak up urine" Florence says to the intern

Lexie looks at her "Or ... it could be a place mat"

"Wha-"

Lexie finds something else and exclaims "OH! Fruit bowl"

Florence just rolls her eyes in amusement before dragging the intern with her and back to their patient.

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