Sister, Sister¹

First Day Craziness

Ivy wakes to Zola crying and Cristina and Meredith stomping around. She stumbles out and sees everyone else standing in the hallway.

"Why are we all standing here?"

"Seeing when the crying will stop," Jackson leans against the door.

"This is so not how I needed to start today," Ivy whines.

April's eyebrows scrunch, "Why?"

Ivy looks at her, "New interns start today. Which means, I have a crap ton of planning and organizing to do. Not to mention, scheduling."

Lexie perks up, "I'm kind of excited to get my interns."

"Just don't let them start cutting each other up," Ivy jokes, heading back into her room.

"How did you hear about that?"

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Ivy keeps mumbling her chief resident speech as she walks down the stairs and meets Owen and Derek, "Hey."

"Hey, you ready-" Derek starts to ask her.

"Yeah, yeah. I need to go up there, see you in a few minutes," she dismisses her brother.

She makes her way to the cafeteria where the fifth year residents and attendings are having breakfast. Ivy makes her way to the front of the room and starts, "Good morning. May I have everyone's attention?"

Only the attnedings look at her, which she suspected would happen, so she adds, "Hey, remember me? I'm the person in charge of scheduling your surgeries."

Every resident gives her their full attention, "Thats what I thought. Anyways, welcome to the final year of residency. This breakfast is the only chance where all fifth year residents and all attendings are in the same room, so use this time wisely. Residents, find your mentor, ask questions, set yourself up for a great end to your residency and prepping for your boards. Now, eat, converse, find your mentor. I'll be over at that table if you have any questions for me."

Ivy steps off the stool she was using and made her way to Owen and Derek, "How'd I do?"

"Impressive. Got their attention without forcing them. Didn't back down, asserted yourself. I'm glad I chose you, Shepherd," Owen compliments, walking away.

"He's right, you're a pro at this already. Go, find your friends and enjoy your new position," Derek pushes her away.

She sees the chief walk in and she goes to him, "Do you have any advice for is fifth years, cause I can get their attention easily."

"They know what they're doing, they just need to not kill anyone," he replies walking away.

"Hm, chiefly advice. Got to make note of that for the future," Ivy mumbles to herself, heading towards Jackson and April.

"What did you two think?" Ivy asks them, some of her nervous energy shining through.

Jackson laughs, "You did great. Adding that subtle threat was a nice touch by the way."

They fistbump, "Thanks. I knew I wasn't going to get everyone's attention right away, so I planned accordingly."

"You did much better than I could have ever. Hunt made the right choice for sure," April assures her.