Meredith sits in the supply room trying to gather her thoughts; this is so much harder than she thought it would be, still experiencing flashbacks from the night of Derek's accident but not wanting to dwell on it and discuss it with her is exhausting.
The door opens and Arizona enters the supply room and begins looking for something on the shelves, "Oh Meredith," she says surprised to see her there, "Uh, is everything all right?"
Looking up, Meredith bites her lip and then begins trembling.
"Meredith!" Arizona goes to her and pulls her into an embrace.
"I-I don't know what I'm doing. I thought that I could fix this. I want to fix it, but what if I can't? What if it isn't fixable?" She asks tearfully. "What if she's just not really supposed to be a surgeon and now I'm going to be the one who tells her that?"
"You don't have to do this, she can transfer to Jackson or even April's service." Arizona reminds her.
Pushing away from the embrace and pulling herself together, Meredith turns around, "No, I can do this. It's just being around her, there are still questions and I don't want to ask, I don't want this to be about Derek, but sometimes I have so many questions about that night."
"I've discovered that those questions don't really go away, but you'll make peace with them," Arizona offers.
"I just need to focus on the medicine, right? I mean, I can do this." Meredith replies.
"You can do this, Meredith. But just remember that you don't have to. This isn't on you, it's on her. If she really wants to be a surgeon, she'll be one regardless of what you do." Arizona reminds her.
"How are you?" Arizona asks when she runs into Callie at the coffee cart that afternoon.
"I'm fine. Um, thank you for asking." Callie replies.
"Of course," Arizona says taking sip of her coffee, unsure of whether to say anything else.
"I just don't know what to do now, you know?" The words slip from her lips before she realizes who she's said them to. "Oh god, I'm sorry. I shouldn't talk to you about this. Forget, forget I said that, please." Callie blurts out.
"Calliope, it's fine. We can talk about it. If you want to talk about it with me, I mean." Arizona offers.
"Really? Usually I would talk to Meredith about this, but she, uh, we're not talking right now." Callie admits.
"Yeah, I know." Arizona replies and Callie gives her side eye.
"Is she talking to you?" Callie asks surprised that Meredith would confide in Arizona.
"A little, but mostly she talks to Alex." Arizona explains.
"Do you have plans tonight?" Arizona asks April at the end of the day.
"I'm free, do you want to go home together?" April asks, "I have a normal start tomorrow."
"Oh good, me too." Arizona replies, just getting used to having April as a roommate. They convinced Jackson to let DeLuca move in and then April moved in with Arizona.
"I feel like cooking tonight," April says as they head out to the car.
"Great, because I'm starving." Arizona replies as they get into her car.
"Is that Callie?" April asks as Arizona's about to pull out.
April is looking at two women standing by a car and they appear to be arguing.
"That doesn't look good." Arizona admits putting the car back into park. "She looks really upset. Maybe we should offer to take Sofia home with us?"
"Do you want me to go over there?" April asks her friend.
"No, I have an idea." Arizona says and pull out and drives over there.
They stop arguing when the car approaches and Arizona pops out and walks up to them, "Hey Callie would you mind if I took I Sofia tonight and tomorrow? It would really help me out." She adds.
"Uh, sure. That would be fine." Callie replies embarrassed that she and Penny are arguing in the hospital parking lot and her daughter is in the car.
"Great, I'll just get her real quick. Thanks, Calliope." Arizona replies opening the car door as April jumps out to help.
As soon as they are back in the car, Callie looks over at Penny. "I'm not doing this. I'm done being a spectacle in the parking lot." She says getting in her car and pulling away.
Penny watches her drive off. She had no intention of being a spectacle in the parking lot. All she did was ask Callie if they could talk, she thought since Callie had her daughter with her, it would be a short conversation, but Callie put Sofia in her car seat and then blasted her. Penny could barely get a word in before Arizona pulled up and interrupted them.
Upset, Callie decides to drive around and cool off. Big surprise that she ends up at Arizona's place. She parks out front and pulls out her phone. 'Can we talk?' she texts.
Coming out of her bedroom from changing clothes, Arizona hears her phone buzzing, she checks it and spots the message from Callie.
April looks over at her, "Hospital?" she asks.
"No, it's Callie." She says hesitantly. "She wants to talk."
"Go, Sofia and I will be fine." April says, shooing her off.
Arizona goes over to Sofia and kisses her, then presses call.
Callie was about to have second thoughts about reaching out to Arizona when her phone rings.
"Hey," Arizona says when Callie answers.
"So I'm sitting out front, how weird is that?" Callie says nervously.
"Out front of the house or here?" Arizona asks stepping out into the hall.
"Thank you for getting Sofia, that was so inappropriate. I just kind of lost it there for a minute." Callie says into the phone, tears sliding down her face.
Arizona is listening, but she's walking outside and spots Callie sitting in her car. She knocks lightly on the door and then opens it and sits down.
Reaching over, Arizona takes the phone from her and wipes away a tear, "Come here." She says and pulls her into an embrace. Callie bursts into tears as soon as Arizona's arms wrap around her.
After a few minutes, Callie pulls away. How messed up is she to come to Arizona for comfort after a fight with her girlfriend.
"Oh god, I'm a mess. Thank you again." She says embarrassed. "I-I should go."
"You're not driving anywhere right now Callie, you're too upset. Just come upstairs, April's cooking dinner. Take a break from all this." Arizona suggests.
"I don't want Sofia to see me upset." She replies pulling the mirror down from the visor.
"I'll go in and distract her and you can go into my bathroom and take a minute, collect yourself and then come out and have dinner with us." Arizona says brightly.
"Uh, okay. Are you sure you want me around right now?" She asks.
"Calliope, please stay and have dinner with us. We can talk more after dinner." Arizona suggests.
"Dinner was great April, thank you." Callie says smiling. Arizona was right, she does feel better after having a normal dinner with her daughter. She has to admit that watching April and Arizona together has actually made her really miss being around her ex.
"You're welcome. And for what it's worth, I'm really sorry about the other night. I just can't believe that happened." She says shuddering at the memory.
"Uh, thanks. Yeah, I can't really believe it either." Callie says softly.
"Look, I'll clean up dishes and you ladies go talk." April says standing up to clear the table.
"No, I'll clean up. Callie why don't you help Sofia get ready for bed." Arizona suggests.
"It's your place, you should get to put her to bed. I'll just do the dishes." Callie counters.
"Calliope, your daughter is worried about you. Go, put her to bed. It will make both of you feel better." Arizona says reaching over and laying her hand on her arm.
Smiling tightly, Callie nods. She knows the blonde is right. She's just embarrassed that Sofia saw her arguing with Penny and knows the little girl has questions. Questions that Callie was hoping to avoid because she isn't sure how to answer them.
"Mija, are you ready to get your pjs on?" Callie turns to ask her daughter.
"Can I wear my Elsa pjs, Mami?" Sofia asks.
"Those are at our house Mija, let's go see what you have here." Callie replies taking her hand and walking with her to her room.
"Oh god, I feel so bad for her." April says watching them go.
"I know. I can't even imagine how she feels. What was that woman thinking? Arizona can't help but ask.
"How is Meredith doing with her on her service? You know I offered to take her onto mine today, but she refused." April says, helping to clear the table.
"Oh, thank you for offering to do that. I would take her, but that's not going to work for obvious reasons." Arizona points out.
"Yeah, after you made fun of her name at the dinner party all night and offered to take her home with you, probably not a good idea to have her on your service." April points out laughing.
"Oh god, I forgot about that. Well at least no one will remember that after everything else that happened that night." Arizona replies hopefully.
"You're probably right." April admits. "Hey, I brought some work home with me, I'll just go to my room and give you both some privacy."
"You don't have to do that. But thank you." Arizona replies as she shuts the dishwasher and turns it on. Leaning up against it, she's contemplating whether to have a glass of wine, when Callie enters the kitchen.
"Look, you've been wonderful tonight, but I should probably go now." Callie says nervously.
"Uh okay, if you're sure. But April's gone to her room to do some work, so if you want to stay and talk, we can do that." She gestures to the empty living room.
"Okay, maybe just a little. But I kind of feel like I'm taking advantage." Callie replies hesitantly.
"It's not taking advantage when I offered. Sit. Do you want something to drink?" She asks.
"Just water. I, should probably go home soon." She admits.
"Callie, it's fine. I get that you're upset. Who wouldn't be upset? This was an insane situation and I'm sorry that it happened to you. For what it's worth I like her, I see why you were attracted to her." Arizona replies.
"You do?" Callie asks a little confused. "Okay, so this is weird, but would you tell me why you liked her?"
"She reminds me of me. She moved around a lot as a kid and lived all over the world. She was easy to talk to." Arizona admits.
"She reminds you of you?" Callie asks more confused. "Are you saying that I'm only dating her because she's another version of you?"
"No, Callie. That's not what I'm saying." Arizona counters, "It's just you have to admit she and I have some things in common that aren't really that common?"
"Don't make this about you. This has nothing to do with you. I can't even understand why you'd say that. It makes no sense." Callie says raising her voice, then standing up to get her things. "Look, I'm going to go. Thank you for being a friend tonight."
As the door closes, April comes out of her room. "Sorry, I didn't mean to listen but I heard that. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Arizona says slumping back in the couch. "Why can't I stop doing this?"
"Because you love her." April says sitting beside her and putting her arm around the blonde.
"God, I need to get a life. I can't keep waiting for her to come back to me. She's really moved on, hasn't she?" Arizona says tearfully.
"Okay, here's the deal. We're going to go out. You need a night out and I really need a night out. Let's plan something on Saturday, go to a club or something and just go out and people who go out for a change." April suggests.
"Okay, I'm in. Can I invite Meredith? I think she needs a night out too." Arizona points out.