Characters and plot situations belong to Shonda Rhimes and ABC. Anything you recognize is not mine, unfortunately.
He left a note.
Five years, a one-night stand, an affair, torture from residents, torture from fellow interns, a relationship, a visit from an ex-wife, a break-up, a bomb, a dog, another man in the picture, an ex-best friend in the picture, a dog's death, an affair, another man leaving the picture, a make-up, a cover-up, another near-death experience, a dead Mommy, a dead step mom, an insistent half sister, a drunk semi-out of the picture father, a break up, scandalous "no-feelings-involved" sex, a nurse, a clinical trial, a make-up, smooth sailing, a pregnant patient, a pregnant patient's death, a friend's cancer, rocky waters, an engagement.
And after that it had been "smooth sailing" for a really long time, for once.
She'd finally begun to properly deal with the dead mom, the dead stepmom and the father who was drunk. She and the half sister were almost friends. And she'd made a promise to herself, and another promise to Cristina, that she would never put herself in the position to go through any of the aforementioned near-death experiences again (the dollar store couldn't handle it.)
He'd dealt with the ex-wife, buried the dog, re-friended the ex-best friend, helped her begin to properly deal with the dead mom, the dead stepmom, the father who was drunk and the half sister. He'd put a stop to the "no-feelings-involved" sex and gotten rid of the nurse. He'd moved past the pregnant patient's death. He'd operated on the friend with cancer. And he'd proposed.
But he'd also also left a note. And that note was going to change everything.
Meredith-
Gone to L.A.
-D.