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After the third of three major multi-station calls in a 36 hour span,
later, engine 19, ladder 19, Aid Car 19, and PRT 19 return to the station
for a much needed meal and a shower. Directly after, instead of The Bar:
Andrea and Robert go to a private dinner, Travis and New Guy hit a club,
Inara and Marcus pick Jack up (for pizza), The Chief and Victoria are off
for a quick trip to the Italian coast, and Maya drives to Grey Sloan for yet
another appeal (to Carina DeLuca) for forgiveness...
Carina chats animatedly in Italian with a heavily-pregnant patient and her
husband; two minutes or so later the OB notices Maya and brings her conversation
with the expectant couple to an end, and motions her (ex?/current?) lover into her
office. Buoyed, Maya rushes forward...inside, Maya starts talking as soon as the office
was closed: I nearly ruined the best relationship I ever had because of a fucked up dad,
and I'm praying to a God I'm not sure I believe in that you will forgive me for being so
stupid-YOU saw the truth, EVERYONE but ME saw the truth, but I didn't like what all
of you were saying, and so I lashed out, I went looking for a way to hit back at you, and
I found what I was looking for-I knew Jack was there, I goaded into...fucking me...I'm a
SHIT, Carina, and I don't deserve it, I know that I don't: but PLEASE, PLEASE forgive me;
I'll do ANYTHING, anything that you say..."
"THERAPY!", Carina interrupts the tirade.
"O-O-KAY, sure", a shocked Maya agrees. "Ummm...is that all?"
"And more therapy: COUPLES...and anger management."
"DONE and DONE".
"Fine. You are not forgiven, hm? Not completely. Trust isn't rebuild in a day, Maya.
If you stray once, it could happen again. Our first time was fast-burning, HOT...this
time we take it slower, do you agree?"
"Anything you say."
"Nuovi viaggi iniziano con un bacio: that means new journeys begin with a kiss."