𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙣𝙖

1.9

Secrets can't hide in science. Medicine has a way of exposing the lies. Within the walls of the hospital, the truth is stripped bare.

How we keep our secrets outside the hospital...Well, that's a little different.

Izzie tries to enter the bathroom but the door is locked.

"George. You locked the door. I need to take a shower."

"Uh, uh, I'll be out in a minute."

"What are you doing in there?"

"It's private."

"Oh. Oh, God. I'm sorry. I get it. I didn't mean to interrupt."

"What's happening?" Evi asks emerging from her room.

"George is playing with the twins." Izzie says with a grin.

"No, it's not that!" He shouts.

"It's ok. Take your time." Evi says pushing herself against the door.

"I am not doing what you think I'm doing."

"You know what, there's really no need to explain. We'll wait. You just...finish." 

"No, I'm...I'm coming. I'm coming out."

Evi struggles to hold her laugh in.

One thing is certain. Whatever it is we're trying to hide, we're never ready for that moment when the truth gets naked.

"There's no reason to be ashamed. It's normal. Healthy, even." Izzie says as George comes out of the bathroom. Evi buries her head into her hands to suppress her laughter.

"Well I'm not ashamed cause I wasn't doing anything. I don't have to. I have a girlfriend."

"An imaginary girlfriend?"

"An actual girlfriend."

"You know what? It's no big deal. You don't have to lie. I get it. You have needs."

Meredith opens her bedroom door that Izzie had been leaning on.

"What is going on out here?"

"Nothing." George says quickly.

Izzie looks at George and changes her mind "Nothing."

"Nothing." Evi says after recovering.

"He's freaked out cause I caught him playing with little Jimmy and the twins."

"I have a girlfriend."

"Okay." Evi answers with a giggle.

That's the problem with secrets. Like misery, they love company. They pile up and up until they take over everything.

Until you don't have room for anything else. Until you're so full of secrets, you feel like you're going to burst.

•.•.•.•.•

"Patient presented with abdominal pain and blood in his urine. Once his workup come back unrevealing, the urologist suggested a cystoscopy." Evi presents to Burke.

"Reason?" He questions.

"To get a look inside the bladder." George answers.

"I appreciate you doing this, Preston. I know this is a little out of your field." The woman beside the bed says.

"That's not a problem. It gives my interns something to do."

"I have a feeling you keep them plenty busy. We were in the same frat at Tulane. It's gone from torturing pledges to torturing interns. Am I right?"