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Melendez drove fast to make sure Lim arrives in time to the hospital. He stopped right in front of the ER's ambulance entrance so Lim just hopped out of the car and rushed inside. He wanted to be there, wanted to help them, but since he wasn't an employee there he couldn't do that. He sighed and started the engine again to drive away when Lim appeared, knocked on the window and gestured to him to come in. Melendez nodded without hesitation and parked the car in the lot before rushing inside to catch her. He could already see that it's a mess inside as he went to put on some proper clothing instead of his suit. Walker couldn't really deal with Shaun, so Lim separated them pretty quickly and they could all focus on the patients finally.
"How can I help?" Melendez asked as he arrived. A nurse informed him of a patient with glass cuts all over her body so he headed to treat her wounds. As Lim and the residents scrubbed in to an emergency surgery on one of the patients Melendez stayed in the ER to help checking on the others with smaller injuries caused by the accident. By the time Lim and her team wrapped the surgery Melendez was all done too.
"You still here?" Lim raised her eyebrows; she expected him to leave by then.
"Of course. I came to help, Walker needed a hand, so I stayed." he shrugged his shoulder. "Is everything ok?"
"Yeah, we fixed him. But please, tell me I can go home now...I thought I'd have a free day today to deal with my personal shit and then this." she rolled her eyes.
"Your personal shit or...ours?" he asked. "You know we should talk about..." he decreased the volume "Nashville." he finished eventually.
"I know, that too. Let me talk to Walker and hopefully we can go home." she said and walked to the other doctor. Luckily she was free to go so she changed her clothes and was ready to leave.
As soon as both of them were sitting in the car, Melendez brought up the topic. "So, Nashville. First of all, I have to call the president to accept the offer but from our last call I figured he wants me to move there ASAP, in a few weeks to be exact." he explained.
"I'm positive Andrews won't let me go in less than a month, which means you go and I stay until I can join in."
"So you still want to come with me? Are you sure about this?" he turned to her to see her face during the answer.
"Yes, I want to go with you, but I told you last time that don't question my decision again or I'll change my mind." she looked at him but this just made Melendez smile.
"I'm looking forward to explore something new with you." he admitted.
"Me too." Lim smiled eventually though she was a bit afraid of the change. "We will have to find some rental flat to live in. Oh yeah, and most of all a job for me." she sighed.
"I'll talk to this guy and ask if he has a place for the best trauma surgeon in the country." Melendez grinned but his smile quickly faded away as he saw Lim's face. "What's wrong?"
"You would be my boss, Neil. No, thank you." Lim shook her head. "I'll apply to any other hospital in Nashville and hope for the best."
"Sure you'll find a job easily. Don't underestimate your skills, Aud, Nashville's hospitals will compete against each other to have you as their surgeon." Melendez smiled. A red light stopped them so he lived with the opportunity and leaned over to Lim and kissed her.
"Love you, asshat. You can boost my ego a little bit more, I love it when you do." she grinned.
"And when will you boost mine?" he laughed.
"Your ego is enormous, Neil! No way I'll boost it even more!" Lim shook her head laughing. The light turned green so they could keep going with their drive to Lim's condo.
Later that day after lunch they settled down on the couch, Lim turned on her laptop to search for apartments and Melendez took the chance to finally call the president of St Thomas Medical Center, Dr Oliver Coleman.
"Dr Melendez! I'm so glad you called!" Lim could hear the male voice from the phone moments after Melendez dialed the number.
"Yes, hi. Do you still have a position for me?" Melendez asked. Lim was looking for rentals during the call but she could overhear the whole conversation between Melendez and Coleman.
"Of course. St Thomas is looking forward to having an amazing surgeon as Chief of Surgery as soon as possible!" Coleman said with noticeable happiness in his voice.
"Great, thank you! I'm looking forward to it too!" Melendez grinned. As Lim looked at him, she could tell how excited he is for this job and it assured her of her decision of moving there with him. She started to accept it more and more as time went by.
"When can you start?" Coleman asked. Melendez glanced at Lim, she just nodded with a smile on her face.
"We are looking for apartments right now, I'm hoping to find a good one anytime soon. Let's say three weeks. Is it okay for you?" Melendez asked Coleman.
"Sure, but you can come sooner too if you find a place." Coleman approved. "Let me ask, who is 'we'?"
"Oh yes, about that...I'm sure you've heard of Dr Audrey Lim. She is a trauma surgeon. I wanted to ask if you know any free positions at any nearby hospitals for her?" Lim looked at him again. She didn't ask him to find a job for her but she was curious about the answer. It would solve many things.
"For Dr Lim? Are you kidding me? She is one of the best surgeons in the country. I'll call the president of Nashville General, she will have a position for Dr Lim for granted!"
Melendez smiled at Lim who returned it this time. "Thank you, Dr Coleman. I'll talk to you later then." they both said their goodbyes and hung up. He immediately turned to Lim. "See? Told ya! I bet he will call in an hour with good news, don't worry!" he chuckled.
"Fine, you can be right sometimes too!" Lim rolled her eyes before starting to laugh. "Thank you! Now we only need a place to live in." she looked back at the real estate ads.
"You want a rental, right?" Melendez raised his eyebrow.
"Yes? Why?" Lim asked back.
"I thought maybe we could...buy something together?" he suggested. Lim looked in his eyes and tilted her head but Melendez continued before she could say anything. "I mean we need a rental first until we can find something we both like and that we can buy together to live in. If you want of course." he smiled.
"I like the idea." she nodded with a smile on her face. "But like you said, let's find an apartment first. We have to settle down in Nashville, in our new jobs to see if we want to stay there or not, you know." she explained.
"Agreed." he nodded also and looked at the monitor. "You should talk to Andrews though about resigning. The sooner the better."
"I know; I'll visit him tomorrow. Let's not talk about him now." Lim sighed and sat closer to Melendez, he embraced her as she leaned against his chest.
They were looking at rental apartments for hours, they called some owners and by the end of the day, they had a reserved apartment near to both St Thomas and Nashville General. Dr Coleman called later that afternoon, he said that Dr Sarah Okie is happy to talk to Lim about a position at Nashville General and gave her Okie's phone number to call. Lim found it better to talk to Andrews first.
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The next day Lim's first thing to do was to visit Andrews in his office. She knocked on the door and entered as he called her in.
"Good morning, Dr Lim. What can I help you?" he smiled although he seemed pretty busy.
"Morning, sir. I would like to hand you my resignation letter." she started with the main reason of her visit. She had a well composed letter in her hands that she wrote last night.
"Excuse me?" Andrews raised his eyebrows.
"Melendez had to look for another job since you fired him, sir. He'd got a Chief's position in Nashville, he is moving there in couple of weeks and I'm going after him as soon as I can." Lim nodded and stepped closer to actually hand him the letter. She didn't plan to lengthen this conversation any longer but Andrews continued.
"Nashville? I should congratulate but to be honest I feel betrayed. I fired Han to save your jobs, then Melendez makes a huge mistake, I have to fire him and now you are leaving too." Andrews argued.
"Well, I'd rather thank your unsaid congratulations. I decided and you have to respect my decision!" Lim nodded, turned around and left Andrews speechless in his office alone. "Jackass...And I started to like him." she thought.
