A Little Unsteady (A Grey's Anatomy Story)

This Is Goodbye

"What do you mean you're moving to Boston?" Meredith said incredulously as we walked through the halls of Grey-Sloan Memorial

"What do you think it means Mer? Amelia and I are packing up and we're leaving for Boston. They need a Chief of Cardio and Neuro so we decided it was time for a change, a fresh start." I explained

"When are you leaving" she mumbled, now seeming upset

"Next week" I replied bluntly

"Next week?" Meredith shrieked "How can you be leaving so soon?"

"Mer calm down OK, I can fly over and back on holidays to see you and the kids and we can Facetime and all that other stuff, it'll be like I never left. Besides aren't you glad I'm getting Amelia out of your hair" I grinned as I took a glance at her

A small smile began to appear on her face and I knew that was the OK to continue

"Look they needed Amelia and I as soon as possible, we were lucky to get the week so that we could pack our things and find a nanny in Boston who could watch Kayden at such short notice" I explained

"I'm gonna miss that little guy" she pouted

"And I'm sure he's going to miss you too, but this is good Mer, this move is a good thing. For me, for Amelia, for Kayden." I said enthusiastically "Every time I walk these halls I just keep expecting to see her bright little smile appear from one of the paeds rooms and every time I go home to our house I'm just reminded of that night. I need to move on, I'll never forget Arizona but if I want to give my all to Amelia, I need to leave everything behind. Including my favorite person in the whole world" I joked as I wrapped my arms around her

"Aw who me?" she played along

"No, actually I was talking about Karev, but you're a close second I guess" I teased

"Hey!" she punched my arm lightly

"You know I'm kidding, of course it's you. And speaking of Karev, I've got a surgery to get to. I'll see you at Joe's later" I waved a small goodbye as I began walking away towards the OR

***

"Good afternoon Dr Karev" I said behind the surgical mask as the scrub nurse placed my gloves on

"Hey Quinn, you ready to get started?" Karev said softly

"Absolutely" I smiled behind the mask

"10 blade" Karev said as he held out his hand "6 year old Jason Maguire, here for his third and final reconstruction on a collapsed left ventricle" Karev stated as he began the incision

"Man, I remember his first surgery when he was just 2 years old" I said in awe as the scrub nurse handed me one of my surgical blades. "Hey you're coming to Joe's tonight right?" I asked

"Of course, I wouldn't miss it" he replied "So when exactly are you leaving?" Alex asked

"Next week, Mass Gen needs us as soon as possible so they gave us a week to pack our things and get over there" I said, feeling more excited as I spoke about it

"So this is it huh?" Alex said monotonously

"Yeah, my last every surgery at Grey-Sloan Memorial. I've decided to take my sick days up until I leave so that I can get everything packed and put the house up for sale" I replied

"I'm gonna miss you around here Quinn" Karev mumbled

"Hey don't go all soft on me Alex, we've got a surgery to do, save it for Joe's" I laughed "And for the record I'm going to miss you too, there's a lot I couldn't have gotten through without you"