𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 ellie sloan reunites with her older brother when her hospital merges with his
jackson avery x ellie sloan (oc)
season six ━ season seventeen
grey's anatomy
started: 1/11/22
republished: 6/5/23
finished:
spanish translation: @aliciame...
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chapter twenty-four ━ return to new york ( original chapter )
❝It's not... Beth...❞
ELLIE SAT AT the kitchen table of the apartment, scrolling through her emails on her laptop when her phone rang. She picked it up, not glancing at the caller id, and brought it to her ear. "Yep. Hello?"
"Well, it's been a while."
Ellie choked on her coffee at the sound of the voice. "Mrs. Shepherd... h—hi. Uh, what made you call?"
"Well, I thought I would have gotten a phone call by now considering that you nearly died," she replied and Ellie sighed.
"So who told you?" she asked. "Mark, Derek? Was it Amelia, even?"
"None of the above," Carolyn Shepherd answered. "I saw the documentary while scrolling through the channels. Now, when were you planning on telling me?"
Ellie shrugged sheepishly. "Well... I wasn't really... going to..."
"I called Mark straight after," Carolyn continued. "He told me you had died. Twice!"
Ellie pressed her lips together. "Look, Mrs. Shepherd, I'm sorry... I've just had a lot on my mind with it all."
"I understand. Now, when are you coming to visit?" she asked and Ellie opened her mouth. "Mark mentioned that you have a few days off this weekend."
Ellie tilted her head. "Did he now?"
"He did," Carolyn confirmed. "Come on, just a quick visit. We all miss you. Besides, Kathleen, Nancy, and Liz are all going to be in town. We can have a family dinner."
"A family dinner?" Ellie repeated, doubt filling her tone. "I don't—"
"I'm not taking no for an answer," she interrupted and Ellie let out a breath. "It doesn't have to be for long. We just want to catch up with you."
"Fine," she relented. "Fine, I'll book a flight tonight. I'll see you this weekend."
"Wonderful." Carolyn smiled. "We'll see you then, Beth."
Ellie looked at her phone as the dial tone filled her ears. "It's... not Beth..."
☀️
"ARE YOU OKAY?" Andy asked a few days later and Ellie looked away from the window. She smiled with a nod.
"Yeah, sorry," she said with a sigh. "I just have stuff on my mind."
"Anything you want to talk about?"
Ellie trilled her lips and ran a hand through her blonde locks. "I'm going to New York tomorrow and..." She shrugged. "I don't want to."
