AN: So I didn't want to start another story but I am very very stuck on my other one's so I'm not sure if this will just be a one shot or multiple chapters... It all depends on everyone's reaction. So, here goes! Enjoy!

Let Me In

Sometimes there is a split second that can change your life. There is a moment where everything comes together and makes sense for once. I thought that I'd had this epiphany when I had chosen my career, and again when I graduated med school, but the truth was that I hadn't. Until now. In the last few months, I finished my residency. I made it. I had moved passed teen pregnancy, being disowned, and being paralyzed. I made it. Now it was time for me to finally do what I'd worked so hard for. I am going to be a pediatric surgeon.

"Hey Dr. Fabray! I heard you've gotten some great offers for your fellowship! Have you made a decision?" another doctor in dressed in red scrubs asked as they approached Quinn. It was Dr. Johnson, the chief of surgery. Quinn had worked with him for a long time, they were good friends by now and she knew that telling him that she would be leaving Yale-New Haven Hospital to go to Seattle.

"I think I have Chief Johnson." Quinn smiled.

"Well I surely hope that it is your favorite YNHH hospital!" He laughed and hugged her tightly. "Can you go ahead and tell me? Please?" He gave a sweet smile with his glittering eyes.

"Nope. Not a chance. I will be announcing it at the farewell ceremony just like all of the other residents." Quinn replied.

"Alright... fair enough." He moved closer to her. "Any chance we can have one last moment in an on call room?"

Quinn bit her lip, "Mark... I can't. We stopped that a long time ago. It was one night and I'd had a bad night. We cannot do that again, it's not appropriate." Quinn sighed.

"I understand... I'll see you at the ceremony okay?" He hugged Quinn tightly.

After Dr. Johnson had walked away Quinn picked up her chart and returned it to the cart behind the nurses station. She looked around her beloved Pediatric floor and took a long deep breath in, "Goodbye Boston."


"Thank you all for coming. I know that it has been a wonderful four years with these residents and now they are about to become fellows. I hope that most of you who received offers from us have chosen to stay, but if not I wish you the best of love on behalf of the staff of the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Without further hesitation, let's get started." Dr. Johnson exited the stage and all of the residents walked onto the stage.

Each one took their turn to announce where they would be going. Most of the residents decided to stay. Quinn stepped up to the microphone, "Hello, I am Dr. Quinn Fabray and I have chosen my specialty as pediatrics. I want to thank you all for everything that you have taught me during my residency. I have learned so much and I will carry that with me, but I need to make a change that will allow me to be the best surgeon that I can be. I have chosen to complete my fellowship at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle."

There was a silence in the room. Most people thought that Quinn, of all people, would stay here. However, she knew that she couldn't stay here any longer. She needed a change, somewhere new to start her life and she had found the perfect place. Seattle, Washington.


Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital

"So there's a new girl here." Meredith Grey stated walking up to Alex Karev.

"I know... I brought her here. She was top of her class at Yale and was looking for a pediatric fellowship."

"Didn't Dr. Wilson, your girlfriend apply for that? You didn't give her the fellowship? Have you even told her?!" Meredith asked following Alex as he got onto the elevator and flipped through his charts for the day on his tablet.

"Listen Mere... she'll find out when she doesn't see her offer from Grey Sloan."

"And you don't think she's going to be pissed at you?"

"Yeah, I'm sure that she will be. I had to choose the best. We need the best here and as much as I want Jo to be the best, you should see the resume of this girl that I hired. She's pretty much a bad-ass. I literally had to fight like six other hospitals just to get her to interview."

"What is Jo going to do?" Dr. Grey asked. "Don't tell me you're going to commit relationship suicide with this one." Meredith sighed.

"No... I'm not trying to. I just want her to be in the best place and I want this hospital to be in the best place Mere." Alex stepped off of the elevator and onto the peds floor where a tall blonde was trying to figure out the charts on the tablets. "There she is."

"Oh my God! I know why you're screwing over Jo. Don't do it Alex! She's not that cute!" Meredith scolded as they approached her.

"You must be Dr. Fabray, I'm Dr. Karev, Welcome to Grey Sloan Memorial." Alex held out a hand for her to shake.

"Hello." She smiled brightly shaking his hand, "I was just going over some of your charts so I could familiarize myself with your cases. Is there anything else I should know about?" Quinn asked with a smile.

"Um I think if you've read the charts you should be good to go. We'll be starting with Ian Johnson."

"Oh! The one with the tibia fracture and blunt trauma to the head that has been successfully operated on by Dr. Shepard. He seems to be doing well. Are we discharging him?"

"Yes actually... and then we'll be heading to room 314 for Kayla Myers which is where my friend Dr. Grey comes in." Alex smiled pointing to Meredith.

"Meredith Grey? Like the daughter of Ellis Grey! Wow... I've read some of your mother's work and yours as well! How is the portal vein printing coming?" Quinn smiled again.

"It's great actually... I guess we better get going?" The three started to walk away, Quinn a step in front of Alex and Meredith, "Okay... I changed my mind I like her... except the super bubbly part, I think we'll be friends."

Alex rolled his eyes at her. After finishing rounds just Alex and Quinn were left standing at the nurses station. He finished updating the charts with Quinn before turning to her with a smile, "Hey do you wanna go grab some coffee before our surgery today? I assume you'll want to scrub in, see how we work around here?"

"Sure, that actually sounds really great... maybe you can help me get to know everyone too? I've heard just about twenty names already and I have no idea who these people are." Quinn laughed.

"Don't worry, you'll catch on pretty quick since most of us are really close, maybe a little two close. Anyway, lets go grab that coffee and I can give you an unofficial tour along the way."


They ordered their coffee and as they did a red haired doctor rushed up to Alex seemingly frantic, "Hey, Karev... We have an incoming with a bunch of kids in the ER... A school bus crashed. Hopefully nothing to serious, we could really use you in the pit right now." He paused and turned to Quinn, "Is this your new fellow?" Alex nodded, "Great... we could use you too. Welcome to Grey Sloan." He waved rushing down toward what Quinn assumed was the ER.

"Well here we go." Alex shrugged taking one long swig of his coffee before throwing it in a nearby trashcan.

Quinn threw hers away too and followed Alex. As they got onto the elevator she turned to him, "So who was that?"

"Oh that was Dr. Hunt, our ex-Chief of Surgery... he got tired of it I guess, but he's a trauma surgeon and used to be in the military."

"Got it" Quinn nodded as they stepped out onto the noisy ER floor. As she slid on her trauma gown, Quinn took in the scene in front of her. Kids were being treated in every bed with a few adults in between. People were yelling, parents were being herded away into an area in an effort to be more organized by a resident. They weren't a trauma center in Connecticut so this level of chaos was a little bit of a shock for her. She walked over to the main desk to a red haired girl barking out orders. "Where do you need me?" Quinn asked.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the new peds fellow. I'm here helping Dr. Karev."

"Great will you take the little girl in bed four?"

Quinn nodded and grabbed an ipad heading to the bed she was assigned. She slid open the curtain and saw a little girl about twelve or thirteen with blonde hair and hazel eyes, just like her own. Quinn took a deep breath. It can't be... Can it? "Hello, My name is Dr. Fabray and I'll be taking care of you. Can you tell me what's going on?"

"Well... our bus crashed... we were on the way to sky needle on a field trip. Next thing I knew, I was upside down and everyone was crying... there was broken glass and smoke everywhere. I couldn't see really. We were pulled out by fire fighters and paramedics and brought here." She said quietly. Quinn noted the small cut on her forehead that she'd stitch up after she finished her exam for more serious injuries.

"Okay, well does anything hurt?" Quinn asked carefully palpating her stomach to check for internal injuries. The girl shook her head no. Quinn then moved to check her airway, heart and signs of any neurological damage. She checked out okay. Quinn pulled back the bed sheet, "I'm just going to check and make sure you didn't break anything okay?" The girl nodded and everything seemed to be in order. Quinn looked her over again double checking everything. She felt such a strong connection with this girl, but she knew this couldn't be who she thought. She reminded herself that they were in New York... the other side of the country from her.

"Okay... one more thing. Can you move your fingers and toes for me?" Quinn asked noticing that the girl had hardly moved since they'd gotten there. She couldn't move them. Quinn bit her lip nervously, "Alright... Well I'm going to take you for a test okay. Can you tell me your name? I forgot to ask."

"Beth... Beth Cochran."

Quinn's face paled, "I'll be right back."

Quinn walked to the desk up to Dr. Hunt who she'd met earlier, "Dr. Hunt... I can't take the patient in bed four but she needs a CT... She seemed fine but can't move her fingers and toes and I want to make sure she's not paralyzed... she also has a head lack that needs to be stitched up."

Owen held up a hand, "Dr. Fabray... I'm not sure what hospital you came from but you can't choose not to treat a patient."

"No... I can't treat her because you're not allowed to treat family members." Quinn replied.

Owen's eyes narrowed confused.

"The patient in bed four is Beth Cochran... She's my daughter. I would appreciate if you didn't announce it either because she doesn't know and neither does anyone else." Before Owen could ask anymore questions Quinn walked away to treat another patient.


By the end of the day Quinn had been in four surgeries on children of various ages with all kinds of injuries. She was exhausted, but grateful that she had not lost a patient today. The only thing left on her mind was her daughter Beth. She walked down the hall to look at the OR board. Dr. Shepard was operating on Beth now. She hoped that Dr. Hunt was in there with them so that she could get an update. She paced the floor until she saw the red hair of Dr. Hunt peeking out from a scrub cap down the hall. "Dr. Hunt!" Quinn called.

He met her halfway, "Yes?"

"I know I don't have a right to ask... but Beth... is she okay?" Quinn bit her lip nervously.

"Yes... there was some spinal fluid build up and Dr. Shepard went in and relieved it. She is fine and in recovery." he smiled.

Finally, Quinn felt like a weight had been lifted off of her shoulders, "Oh thank God." She sank down onto a bench and Dr. Hunt took the seat next to her.

"Can I um ask about that?"

Quinn looked up at him, "It's a really long story."

"Well I get off in about an hour? Maybe we could go to Joe's, it's this bar across the street and you could tell me about it?"

Quinn hesitated, maybe he's just being friendly, "Um sure... I'm not on call and that was my last surgery... I'll meet you out front Dr. Hunt?"

"Owen" He corrected with a smile.

"Owen" Quinn repeated, "I'm Quinn by the way."

"Quinn" he smiled wider, "I'll see you soon" He said as he walked away.


In the attending's lounge Quinn walked in and saw Meredith and Alex sitting, "Hey! How'd the first day go?" Alex asked, "I hadn't really seen you."

"Yeah... it was a little insane, but I liked the insanity. It was hard, but I'm really happy that I'm here." Quinn smiled beginning to change out of her scrubs and letting down her wavy blonde hair.

Meredith elbowed Alex, "Stop staring and just ask her to go to Joe's with us."

"Fine" Alex grumbled, "Hey Quinn... Me, Mer and a few friends were headed to the bar across the street to get a few drinks, do you want to join us?"

Quinn cringed a little putting on her jacket, "Actually... Owen already asked me... maybe another night?"

"Owen?" Alex asked slightly angry.

"Yeah... he asked me after my last surgery tonight."

"Got it... well I'll see you tomorrow Quinn."

"See ya Alex!" She grabbed her bag and hugged him. "Bye Dr. Grey." Quinn smiled and waved as she left the room.

"Alright so are you going to tell me what happened with you and Jo? I thought you guys were a great couple... you proposed to her and now you're living in my house again. What happened Alex?" Meredith asked placing down the case study that she'd been reading.

"She said no. I asked her and she said no. I'm ready for a life... to settle down. I can't play these games anymore. I have spent so much time trying to grow up and be more mature and create real meaningful relationships and the person I thought I could do that with turned me down. I have to move on Mer. I can't keep trying to make her love me." Alex replied.

Meredith nodded, "I know what you mean... but she's been through a lot... It's like with me and Derek. I wasn't ready. He was. Then I was ready and he had moved on... if you really love Jo, just give her some time. She may come around." Meredith stood up and grabbed her bag, "Come on... let's go drink"

Alex laughed and walked out with Meredith.


Quinn waited outside patiently. It was cold outside, and wet like it had just rained. She heard it rained here a lot. She pulled her coat tighter around her, her breath coming out in puffs of smoke in front of her. She checked her watch again. If he wasn't out here in five minutes she was going to go home to her warm apartment with a glass of wine or something. Anything would be better than standing in the cold.

"Hey!" Owen's voice said from behind her, "You didn't have to wait outside." He laughed.

Quinn smiled, "Oh it's no big deal, I wasn't out here long."

"Your red cheeks and chattering teeth say otherwise" he paused and reached for her hand, "Come on" He smiled, "There's someone else I'd like you to meet."

There it is. The moment that changes everything. The one that makes your heart stop-

"This is my girlfriend Amelia Shepard." He said waving over a pretty brunette with big brown eyes.

the one you should have seen coming. It'll hit you like a car crash.

I know this is short but I hope everyone likes this. Let me know what you think. Not sure what parings I'll throw in here. I'd love some feedback!