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Miller and Banks were on aid car for the day when there was a call for a pregnant woman at a financial center whose water broke while working behind the counter.
The two firefighters entered the bank to one of the workers waving them over to behind the counter.
"Hi everyone, my name is Dean and this is Jill, we are from fire station 19. I hear we have an expecting mom!" Dean states, trying to calm everyone's very clear nerves. "That would be me." The woman on the ground said with baited breath. "And what is your name, miss?" Jill asked the very nervous mother.
"My name is Brielle." The woman tells them. "Okay, Brielle. How far along are you?" Dean asks as he gets a blood pressure cuff on her as well as a pulse ox. "I'm 33 weeks, but I am having twins so my doctor said this would be about the time." She explained and then had another contraction hit and again, concentrated on her breathing.
"Twins, wow. I have a little girl and she's already a handful on my own." Dean says trying to distract her. "My wife and I are pregnant with twins as well. She is twenty weeks." Jill says. "We are in for a wild ride, aren't we?" She adds, trying to keep the mother to be calm as well.
"Okay, Brielle. We are going to get you up onto the stretcher so we can take you to the hospital." Dean explains to her. "We have to go to Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. That is where my OB is. I have swapped my OB in the last 4 months. She is amazing! Dr. DeLuca is her name." Brielle explains.
"Small world, my wife and I go to her as well! She comes highly recommended from our friends back in my hometown." Jill says with a smile. "Okay, Dean. Are you ready with the stretcher?" Jill asks as she gets into position to move Brielle. "Ready, on my count. 1, 2, 3!" Dean counts.
Dean and Jill get Brielle onto the stretcher as gently as possible before rolling her out of the building and into the aid car. They get her hooked up to all of the devices within the aid car, along with some oxygen to help with the breathing.
"Okay. How do you feel? Good enough to get this show on the road to Grey-Sloan?" Dean asks. "I am so ready." Brielle says. Jill gets into the front and takes off towards the hospital.
Dean radios to Grey-Sloan and gets them prepared their arrival, specifically asking for Dr. DeLuca, who he has not met yet.
Arriving to the emergency entrance a few minutes later and getting the aid car doors open, Dean is met with a tall, olive-skinned woman. Even he can admit beauty when he sees it. "Brielle, nice to see you. Just had to make this exciting for us, didn't you?" Carina said to the pregnant woman. Dean took in that she had an accent, if he had to guess, it was Italian.
"Hi, Dr. DeLuca. Apparently they couldn't wait until after work." Brielle joked. "Ah, hi Jill. How is Cassie doing?" Carina asked the other firefighter. "Very good. The cravings aren't exactly ideal, but I've got to be useful somehow." Jill joked as they got her out of the aid car and into the hospital. "Alright, Brielle. I just have to check you over before we make our way upstairs. You didn't fall and hit your head did you?" Carina asked the pregnant woman.
"No, all my co-workers were really helpful getting me down to the ground. Vin is also on his way. So he should be here soon." Brielle mentioned then being hit with another contraction. "Breathe through it, Brielle. You got this." Carina encouraged as she is transferred her onto the hospital bed. She gets her checked in and comfortable before she will be moved.
"Can we have five more minutes to not go back to captain hardass?" Dean mumbles to Jill, but Carina heard them and laughed. She knew they were from Maya's station because of their numbers on the shirts and she has been there a few times, undetected by her team. "Tell me about this captain of yours." Carina says with a smirk.
"She's great, don't get me wrong. But she is brutal when it comes to her drills and workouts. Who knew a gold medal olympian would then transfer all that energy and drive to her team. One day I couldn't even lift my daughter because the workout was so brutal." Dean says.
"Hey, speak for yourself. I kind of like the workouts." Jill mentions. "And you were also a gold medalist in the decathlon, you have absolutely not say in this." Dean grumbles as he rolls his eyes. "What's she like?" Carina asks curiously.
"Well she seems pretty private about her personal life. But she told us about the gold medal after Jill pointed out how she looked familiar. She knows what she is doing and she does it well, but she is for sure a hardass." Dean grumbles again.
"Well, if you happen to see captain hardass, could you tell her that her wife says hello?" Carina smirks at the unsuspecting man. "No way." Dean says with wide eyes. He looks down at her white coat in horror.
Dr. Carina DeLuca-Bishop
"See, now I feel tricked." Dean says as he finally recovers. "I meant it in the nicest way of her being a hardass." Dean grimaces and Carina laughs. "Don't worry, I won't tell Maya. We actually have this thing wherever we go, we wait at least six months before we actually formally introduce each other to our co-workers. Moving is hard, but we are here to stay and settle down so now is the time. We've been pretty private about our lives because when we first were together, we met each other in Italy. Not exactly the place for same-sex relationships, so we we're very private it kind of just stuck. My brother lives here so we are here to stay, and Seattle is very accepting, so I think it's time." Carina explained to the two firefighters.
"Thank you for sharing, Dr. DeLuca. Or do you prefer your married name?" Jill asked the OB. "It's easier to go by just DeLuca at work, if I made the residents or interns say my married name, they would mess it up somehow. Maya is the same way, but she has a harder time opening up to people. That's her story to tell, I am sure she will open up more soon." Carina tells them with a smile.
"She is pretty great, with the exception of those workouts. Hopefully we will see you at the station sometime." Dean says to Carina with a smile. "I've been plenty, we are just very good about being stealthy." Carina says with a laugh. "But now that we've established this, don't say anything to the others. It's fun to let people figure it out on their own." Carina says with a smirk.
"You got it, Dr. DeLuca." Jill says as Dean nods along. "Both of you, call me Carina. We will be seeing more of each other soon enough." Carina says to them.
Just then her phone rings and it's a FaceTime request from her wife. "It's Maya. Stay hidden and I'll play with her a bit." Carina says and they laugh plus stay out of the way.
Carina: Hi, bella.
Maya: Hi, baby. You busy?
Carina: Just waiting for a mama to get transferred upstairs from the ER. What about you, bambina?
Maya: Paperwork. I miss you.
Carina: I miss you more. I do have two people that may want to say hello though.
Maya: Who would that be? Maya says confused.
Carina turns the phone and shows Jill and Dean, waving at Maya. "Banks, Miller. How's it going?" Maya says, kind of self-conscious now. "It's alright captain, we know who Carina is to you. And let me just say, impeccable." Dean says with a thumbs up.
"Thanks, Miller. I guess it is that time. We've been here long enough. But don't say anything guys. When we introduce everyone, then we will have a big get together." Maya explains to them. "No problem, Cap. This will be fun to watch unfold." Dean says with a laugh.
"We are coming back now, we just got the patient dropped off and then got talking with your wife." Dean tells Maya. "Yeah, bambina. Can you stop being such a hardass? Calmati with the workouts." Carina turns the camera back to her, giving her wife a look.
"Dr. DeLuca-Bishop. Now I know you're not telling me how to do my job. Also, how did you learn that word?" Maya asks curiously. "Oh, we were talking and---" Carina starts and Dean comes over and says "gotta go, Cap. See you soon!" And hangs Carina's phone up.
"We would have gotten more drills. Sorry." Dean says sheepishly as Carina just laughs. "I get it, but I will see you both around. I can't wait to be able to cook Italian for you all." Carina says with a big smile.
"YES." They both replied. They bid their farewells to the patient and Carina as they go about their days.