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"You know what Derek fine do what ever the hell you want but I'm not going to Boise, I'm staying here with my daughter." Meredith shouted storming away.
Derek sighed and shook his head. "Did Dr Grey just say she wasn't going to Boise?" Owen walked up behind Derek who turned towards him.
"Yes." He sighed. "We're fighting over if we're going to Boston or not. I was offered head of Neuro at Harvard, I want to go she wants to stay. So now she says she's staying with Zola instead of going to Boise."
Owen's lips compressed in displeasure. As his mind whirled, he could be losing his head of Neuro and a great General surgeon. He said and looked down at the paper in his hands. "Okay then I can send Dr. Kepner in her place."
"Fine okay." Derek said trying to figure out what he'll say to Meredith when he sees her again.
"Kepner we're sending you to Boise with the team for the conjoined twins case." Owen said coming into the ER and seeing his prodigy going through the charts.
"What I thought that procedure already had all the doctors it needed on it? Plus I told Meredith and Derek I'd watch Zola."
"Well Meredith is staying here now so she'll have Zola, you're going in her place."
"Oh, um okay." April tried to figure out the how's and why's of this situation but she didn't think about it too hard, she was being given a chance to scrub in on a major surgery, she had passed her boards and she was still deciding what Fellowship to take.
"Ten PM Tonight Kepner."
"I'm sorry what?" she shook herself out of her thoughts
"you need to be in the lobby by ten PM tonight along with Shepherd, Grey, Sloan, Karev and Yang."
"Oh right okay." She said signing off on a chart. Her mind was whirling with what happened at boards she'd slept with Jackson Avery. She'd slept with Jackson she'd broken her vow to Jesus and yet the world hadn't came crashing down. She was actually getting a chance to go on a life altering surgery.
"So I heard you're coming with us." Alex said standing by April later that night as they zipped up their Seattle Grace Mercy West wind breakers.
"Yes Meredith decided to stay with Zola." Derek said coming up behind them.
"And you're not going." Arizona tried to pull the chart out of Alex's hand.
"What the hell are you talking about of course I am." Alex pulled back against her.
"No you're not because according to my sources we're not good enough for you maybe John Hopkins will let you scrub in on a surgery like this." She sneered.
"Dr Robbins you are staying we are not punishing residents for trying to better themselves. I heard how you tried to tank Dr. Karev's chances at fellowships so he will be going to Boise like planned and you and me will be having a long talk Dr. Robbins."
"Well I never." Arizona sputtered.
"Is everyone ready?" Owen asked, as he looked around at the six doctors he was sending to Iowa.
"Yes." They echoed back.
"Okay good then there is a shuttle outside ready to take you the air strip. I know you'll make Seattle Grace Mercy West proud. You six always have." He smiled at them.
They all boarded the shuttle and April slipped in next to the window with Alex sitting beside her. "I can't believe she was going to try and kick me off the case." He grumbled.
April chuckled. "Yeah well I guess you could take it as a compliment that she didn't want to lose you."
"Some compliment she tried to tank my career."
"That is sadly true." April agreed.
"I think I'll go to Mayo." Cristina could be heard saying Just as they were about to pull out the doors opened and Meredith walked on.
"What are you doing here?" Derek looked up at his wife.
"I decided I was coming too. I'm not missing this surgery just because you're an ass." Meredith snapped.
"Wait so does that mean I should get off." April asked standing up to get off the shuttle.
"No April I already talked to Owen he agreed I could use more help so you're staying." Meredith told the other woman.
"What about Zola?" Derek asked.
"Callie and Arizona have her."
"Okay." Derek settled back into his seat and Meredith sat down next to Cristina.
Meredith thought of how she had ended up on the shuttle.
She was throwing her things in the bag when she had another thought why should she allow Derek to mess with her Medical career over this. She wondered if they had even left she walked out of the resident locker room and spotted Owen.
"Chief Hunt have they left yet?"
"No they just got on the shuttle why?"
"Is it okay if I still go with them, I think Dr. Kepner should stay also we'll need as many surgeons as we can get."
"Okay you better run to catch that shuttle."
"Thank you." She started to walk fast when she saw Callie. "Callie I am going to Boise and so is April who was supposed to watch Zola can you and Arizona take her?"
"Oh um yeah sure she's in the daycare right."
"Yes." Meredith nodded getting to the doors.
"Okay I'll pick her up at the end of the day." Meredith then made her way to the shuttle.
She came out of her memories and looked over at Cristina. "That was a bold move." Cristina raised her eyebrow looking at her person.
"Yeah." Meredith sighed. "I almost didn't make it then you know I'd be kicking myself.
"Oh that is true and I'd probably kick you when I came back." Cristina shook her head.
"I would pay to see that." Alex cut in.
"Oh that reminds me Mer you missed it Robbins went off on Karev and tried to pull him from the case and now she's in trouble with Owen."
"Man I miss all the good drama." Meredith playfully whined. "So John Hopkins for sure then?" she asked Alex.
"I don't know I Love it here in Seattle but I think I should spread my wings.
"And no one turns down John Hopkins." Cristina put in.
"I'm leaning towards mount Sinai." April put in.
"Good program there. That's where me and Mark worked before we came to Seattle.
"yeah that's where we met Richard." Mark said.
"Wait so if you and Meredith leave for Boston whose going to teach me next year." Lexi said. She' d been very quiet since they'd all arrived to take the shuttle.
"I'm sure Hunt will get in a new Head of Neuro."
"Better not be shadow Shepherd." Lexie grumbled.
"We really need to stop calling him that." Meredith giggled. "And Lexie we are not leaving."
"Yes we are." Derek cut in.
"I hope they don't do this on the plan and all through surgery." April said to Alex causing him to crack a smile. Soon they made it to the air strip and boarded the airplane.
Meanwhile back at the hospital Richard flagged down Jackson. "Dr. Avery a moment please."
"Yes sir what can I do for you?"
"Usually I do a resident dinner for the fifth years after the board exams but because everyone who is in your group is currently on a plane to Boise I'd like to postpone the dinner."
"Of course no problem." Jackson said. Not that he really wanted to go to dinner with the man who was sleeping with his mother. No he'd rather just run off to Tulane and not look back but he was still here for a few more weeks working off his contract. He also tried to think about what his time with April at Boards meant for him, for her. He wanted to ask her but she was on a plane to Iowa and when he tried to talk to her earlier she'd blown him off.
"April can we talk?"
"What sorry Jackson no time have to get ready to get on a plane."
"A plane where are you going?" he asked bewildered.
"Oh hunt asked me to go to Boise with the group on the twin case."
"Oh um I wanted to talk about San Francisco."
April sighed. "And we will but this is big Jackson so sorry can't now." And before he could say more she was gone.
He shook himself out of his memory just in time to hear Webber saying something.
"Great I'll set something up for after the others get back from Boise, so your mother tells me that you'll going to Tulane great plastic's program there."
"Yes there is sir." Jackson agreed.
"Well uh I…." Richard said looking at the younger man not sure what to say but knowing that the air around them was tense.
"I have a case to get to." Jackson said letting him off.
"Oh yes of course." Richard breathed a sigh of relief as they went their separate ways.
In another part of the hospital Chief Owen Hunt was reading Arizona Robbins the riot act. "I should fire you I really should." He slammed his hand on the table looking up at the blond pediatric surgeon.
"Sir… I."
"No do not speak." He held up his hand glaring at her. "You acted in a very selfish immature way. You tried to tank a very promising residents future for your own selfish reasons."
"Because I think he's the best and I only want to teach the best and this hospital deserves the best." Arizona shot back.
"I thought I told you not to speak." Hunt glared back. "Have you ever thought that maybe you're not the best. That maybe he deserves to stretch his wings and make his own decisions."
"Wow okay that one hurt." Arizona said a tear at the corner of her eye.
"Well think about it. I don't want to lose any of them but they get to make their own decisions without us standing in their way." Owen stared her down for a few more moments.
"You are suspended for three days you may go Dr. Robbins."
Arizona just stared at him before standing up on shaking legs. "Yes sir." She walked out dashing the tears from her cheeks.
"Hey how bad is it?" Callie said from where she'd been standing against the opposite wall.
"He suspended me for three days and he really yelled at me asked what made me think I was the best. It was harsh."
"Sorry babe." Callie kissed her by the way we are baby sitting Zola for Derek and Meredith."
"Why?"
"Meredith decided at the last moment to go to Boise so I said I'd watch Zola."
"oh." Arizona said softly. "Well Sofia will enjoy having a playmate."
"yes." Callie agreed.
Up in the air the seven traveling doctors were trying to get some sleep before they reached the Boise airport. Well most of them were asleep. Lexie was in the back of the plane reading a medical journal and Meredith was glaring at Derek well she pretended to be asleep.
"Stop glaring at Derek and actually sleep." Cristina mumbled. "This is going to be a long surgery and we're going straight to the OR when we get there."
"I know but I just.. ugg he drives me crazy."
"He's been doing that since your first day as an intern so nothing new there." Cristina pointed out.
"Still." Meredith grumbled.
"Some of us are trying to sleep." Alex snapped.
"Well then sleep." Meredith looked over the seat her friend behind her.
"I can't you two keep yammering."
"Great now you woke me up." April huffed sitting up and throwing her pillow at Alex.
"Hey." He protested.
"Seriously you're all children." Mark looked at them from where he was leaning against the window.
"Says the man who caused a nurses boycott." Meredith sneered.
"Hey that was years ago low blow Grey."
"Well I guess I'm not getting any sleep." Derek sighed sitting up.
"This is all your fault." Cristina pointed to him.
"Me how?"
"If you weren't trying to push Meredith to move she would be asleep right now if she was asleep we'd all be asleep well except for Lexipedia back there but I swear that girl's a freak of nature."
"Hey." Lexie protested. "For your information I'm reading up on this surgery in a journal and the case file and believe me you'll all be thanking me when we get in to the surgery and forget something and my memory saves your asses."
"Sadly that is true." Alex sighed moving trying to get the kinks out of his back. Just then they plane shook.
"What was that?" April said.
"just some turbulence." Derek assured her. Except it wasn't just turbulence. One moment everything was fine and then next thing they knew a loud boom was heard and the whole plane shook and they went spiraling out of the sky.
Everything was black. No one knew what had happened they landed who was alive who was dead where were they and would they ever make it home. None of the seven of them could answer those questions. Seven people had went up in a plane and now it had crashed.
A/N so this will mostly focus on Japril but the other couples Calzona, Merder, Crowen slexie probably Jolex will also feature heavily with a strong Alex/April friendship this is the story of how things would have changed if April had passed her boards and her and Alex had also been on the plane instead of Arizona.