SECOND CHANCES


Hi everyone, so this is obviously a new story! I apologize to those that were reading my Callie/Arizona story. I can say with 90% certainty it most likely won't be finished...(although never say never!) I just don't have the heart to write Calzona anymore. Ariliza, on the other hand I do. This is just a tester chapter to put the feelers out there so it's not overly long, I'll see what reception I get and if enough people are interested I'll definitely write some more so please do let me know if you liked it! As we know so little about Eliza at the moment, this will all mainly...I think be from Arizona's POV for now. I started at the end of their last scene and immediately after I'm veering off into my own interpretation. So essentially A/U but maybe with snippets of Canon sprinkled throughout depending on how much I write and when I post.

I'll say this once and once only. This is an ARILIZA Fic, this isn't a Calzona Fic, Callie may feature in it though, I have NO time for Trolls so Anon's will be blocked if people start acting like children. If you don't like it, that's cool but remember we are all adults, well at least I am...so lets try to be mature. I'm far from professional, I just felt like writing and I hope people enjoy it. I have no Beta so all mistakes are my own. Please, read, enjoy and let me know what you all think!


I could feel her breath on my lips, I could feel my own heart racing with anticipation, oh how I had waited to kiss those lips again, my palms were sweaty but my body tingling...so close...then it was like someone threw a bucket of ice cold water over top of me, but it wasn't just anyone, it was Richard Webber. All my breath left my lungs in a whoosh as his eyes bored into mine for a fraction...betrayal, that's all I could see. I stood there like an idiot as he walked from the room, frozen I barely noticed Eliza walking away from me too. Not long after I'm brought out of my trance by April waving a hand in my face.

"Arizona...hello...?"

"Huh...oh sorry, what's up?" I say to one of my closest friends.

"You were off with the fairies! What are you doing here? I thought your shift finished hours ago?" she questioned me as she shuffled around the room.

"Uh, yeah it did".

"Then why are you still here?" she laughs although she looks curiously at me.

"I fell asleep" I answer lamely although that is the truth.

"Are you alright Arizona? You seem...off", she's nothing if not intuitive, but I suppose it's no surprise, despite a couple quarrels, I've grown really close to April in the last couple of years. I'd go as far as saying she's probably one of my best friends.

"I...I...there's this thing that...uh...you know what never mind" I stutter out. I debate telling April about the situation I find myself in. I need to talk to someone and she seems like the logical person but I decide not to. I don't even know what is going on between Eliza and I and I think before I can even think about that I need to talk to Richard first.

"You know you can talk to me right?" April say's as she sits down on the sofa that Eliza and I not long ago vacated.

Giving her a genuine smile because I know I can talk to her about this if I want to, I thank for her for her offer but tell her that I'm fine and then I quickly make my escape. I have to do some damage control here.


I'm physically exhausted from my shift and now I feel emotionally drained. The last thing I expected was Richard to walk in on Eliza and I. I take a moment to digest that thought...Eliza and I has a nice ring to it...more than that though the last thing I expected was to find myself kissing Eliza. I haven't actively been looking for somebody. Ever since Callie left and I allowed her to take Sofia, I've kind of thrown myself into my work, it's been a good distraction. I have my confidence back when it comes to woman now thanks to Richard being my wing-man. I know I could go out and meet somebody, I know I could go out and take someone home with me for the night but honestly, that's been the last thing on my mind these last few months. So when Eliza came along with her confidence and her...sass and those piecing eyes and gorgeous smile, I was a little thrown by my immediate attraction to her and my willingness to accept her offer to go out for drinks. There is something about her that brings out my flirtatious side, although as I found out not long after meeting her, there is also something about her that brings out my bitchy side! I can't remember the last time I met someone who I simultaneously wanted to kiss and hit at the same time. She intrigues me a lot, and I can't deny the physical attraction I feel even though I tried to fight it for some time. She's gorgeous, and since getting to know her a bit better this past week I'm even more attracted to her. She's intelligent and funny and kind, there's not much not to like about her...apart from the very big fact that most people at the hospital hate her and she was given Richard's job. I tried to hate her, in fact I think I was pretty rude and unwelcoming to her but then I got to see a glimpse of her human side, of the side that all the other staff haven't seen and I realized that she's simply doing her job. Once I allowed myself to look at the situation objectively the budding feelings came smack bang to the forefront and I've allowed myself to get swept up in her lately. I've enjoyed it, I haven't had someone pursue me in a while. She's confident and she knows what she wants and she's basically told me I'm what she wants. I can't deny how that makes me feel and I can't deny that maybe I just want her too.

But at what cost? The cost of my friendship with Richard? The man who stood by me during one of the hardest periods of my life. The man who has shown me loyalty when others didn't. A man who I consider to be a very good friend. Am I willing to gamble that friendship on a woman that I actually barely know? Even if when she kissed me I felt butterflies that I haven't felt in years...even though when I think of her I can't help but smile and wonder...what could be between us.

I'm so caught up in my thoughts I'm not looking where I'm going, it's not until I collide into something substantially solid that I snap out of my inner monologue and when I look up, for the second time in the past 30 minutes I look into the disapproving eyes of Richard Webber.

"Do watch where you're going Robbins" he snaps at me as he sidesteps around me to leave.

"Richard wait!" I call out to him as he hastily retreats down the hall.

He ignores me and continues walking. For crying out loud, he's like a sulky child!

"Richard I know you heard me so just stop right now because I'm not leaving until you talk to me!" I yell down the corridor.

He stops and turns to face me, eyeing me up, I hold my ground though. Once upon a time I would have probably cried in the face of the authoritative look he is giving me now but that time is long gone, I know this man now a lot better and I know deep down he isn't as scary as I once thought.

"Please, just...can we talk?" I ask again.

Instead of answering he walks into the nearest on call room leaving the door open. Squaring my shoulders and taking a deep breath I follow him in closing the door, hoping that he will at least hear me out before he hands down any form of punishment.


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