Unexpected Love (Editing)

Chapter 40

Liliana's pov

Today is the day. All of the fifth year residents are leaving for the boards. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous at all, but it's not out of fear of taking the test. It's the realization that after the boards we will all be deciding where we are going to do our fellowship at and go our separate ways. In a way it's like we're starting our lives all over again.

"You've got this Liliana. You've been preparing for this for months. All of your hard work and dedication is about to pay off. I know without any doubt that you have nothing to worry about, you are about to kick the boards ass." Derek assures me. He has been following me around giving me pep talks all morning.

"Derek, I know I've got this. There's no doubt in my mind that I'm going to pass the boards. Now you need to go get Meredith, she's still in the daycare with Zola." I say.

"Yeah you're right. You sure you're not nervous?"

"I'm sure, now go get Meredith." I laugh.

"Okay, make me proud Garcia." Derek smiles giving me a hug before leaving to go find Meredith. I get on the bus and take my seat beside Jackson who was beyond nervous for the boards.

"Baby, you're going to do great. You don't need to be nervous." I tell him.

"I know, it's just I'm an Avery. If I don't pass the boards I'll be an embarrassment to my family name." He sighs.

"Hey, I don't want to hear any negative talk. You're going to pass the boards and make your family proud, okay."

"Okay." He sighs. We wait a little while longer for Alex and Meredith and once they arrive the bus leaves and before we know it we're at the airport waiting for our flight. After a brief wait we board our plane for San Francisco. I slept for the whole flight, until the plane landed and Jackson woke me up to tell me we had arrived. We all grab our bags and catch a taxi to the hotel we'll be staying in and also taking our boards at. We walk into the crowded hotel and find a place to sit, except for April who's having what looks like a heated conversation with some guy.

"Well he hates me." April sighs walking over to us and sitting down.

"How do you do that? You've been here, like two minutes." Alex smirks.

"My examiner is gonna hate me too, instantly." April sighs.

"Stop complaining, you're going to sike your own self out." I say.

"One in six people fail the boards." April says.

"Fine, psych yourself out." Cristina shrugs.

"It's just a test, we've all dealt with worse. It's not like someone's on our operating table, we'll be fine." I say before Meredith and Cristina walk away for a couple of seconds.

"So do you guys wanna go register and then go get some lunch." April asks walking over to them. Meredith throws up as soon as she hears the word lunch, causing us to all walk over and check on her.

"What just happened?" April asks.

"Stomach flu." Cristina sighs, before they explain that Meredith caught the stomach flu from Zola.

"Zola has the stomach flu and you didn't say anything?" Jackson asks.

"How could you, are you trying to sabotage us all?" April asks.

"It's not like it's the Black Plague." Meredith says squinting her eyes at April.

"You are supposed to be our friend." April says dramatically.

"Oh April, calm down." Meredith says as she begins to step towards us.

"Oh, you stay right where you are typhoid Mary. Come on let's get registered." Alex says before we walk to the front desk to get our registration packet.