Hey! Thank you for all the awesome reviews! For those who wonder, while this is AU, them reuniting as grown-ups will follow the actual Grey's meet cute although I'm not sure if I'm going to use everything else. I guess you'll just have to wait and see ;). Here's the next installment. Enjoy and hit that review button.

Also, I don't speak Polish but I wanted to use some so…google translate is my boy. Bear with me, okay?

I get ready, I get all dressed up,
to go nowhere in particular.
It doesn't matter if I'm not enough
for the future or the things to come,
'cause I'm young and in love.

I am young and in love

Love – Lana Del Rey

September 1994

It was the beginning of their senior year. The girls had been together for almost two years now and were still as in love as ever. The had had some problems along the way but nothing too big. Just little arguments that every couple had but in general their relationship was as sweet and blissful as first relationships should be. Arizona knew that Brandon knew but other than that, their relationship was still pretty much a secret. Although she was sure some of their peers were starting to suspect. Both girls were really popular but none of them were interested at all in any of the boys that constantly asked them out and notorious tomboy and jock Eliza Minnick had punched a couple of guys that had tried to get silly with Arizona.

Both girls were very smart and a year ahead of their class. They had both skipped the third grade so they both had chances of getting into a good school. They both wanted to become doctors. Surgeons. Eliza was already determined to be a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon. Of course, what else? Arizona wasn't sure yet. She thought it was silly to think about something like that when she had just started her senior year of high school and had to go through many years of pre-med, med school, internship and residency before she had to make a final decision and chose a specialty. She loved the determination that her girlfriend showed, though. She had no doubt in her mind that not only was Eliza Minnick going to become a sports medicine surgeon, she was going to become one of the best in her field. And she was going to be there the whole time to watch her become just that.

Eliza's parents were still struggling financially and had told her that while they had savings for her higher education, they may not be enough for her to attend her dream school which was UCSF. She had already researched and knew UCSF didn't offer sports scholarships so getting a softball scholarship was off the table. Some scouts where coming to the school games and her coach had already told her the scout from Boston University saw her last year and was interested in her and got super disappointed to find out she was just a junior and not a senior yet. It was fine though, she just needed options but she was determined to get into UCSF. It was the best, had a sports medicine center and it was in San Francisco. She just had to get a scholarship for her grades and in exchange of services for the SanFran community. She had done her homework.

Arizona on the other hand was also interested in UCSF but probably for all the wrong reasons. She wanted to go there basically just to be with Eliza and to be in San Francisco. But she also didn't have a dream school like her girlfriend did. She liked UCSF, Darmouth, Hopkins and didn't mind Boston. Her parents were not rich by any means but they were well off. Her grandfather had left her dad a significant amount of money that they saved, among a lot of their own hard earned money, for their kids' higher education. Since Tim chose to go to West Point instead of college there was more money for Arizona to use for college.

She still planed on applying for some sort of financial aid once in college because she didn't want to abuse her parents. They had expenses too and this weren't cheap schools. She was nervous though. UCSF had an acceptance rate of 2.2%. Lower than Harvard's acceptance rate. And while she had no doubt that Eliza would definitely be among the accepted ones, she wasn't so sure about herself. She was smart and a good student but was she good enough for a 2.2% acceptance rate medical school?

"Hey, are you ready for senior year, pretty girl?" Eliza asked Arizona as they walked into the school for their last first day of high school. Then, she gave her one of those smiles that belonged only to her. And everything was alright. Her fear, her anxiety, her uncertainty about their future…they didn't matter anymore. All that mattered was right now, this very moment. And at this moment she was young and so very in love. And that was all that mattered.

December 1994

"Hey, relax Phoenix. We've already sent in our applications and I have no doubt that we will both make it into UCSF and by this time next year we will be living in our dream city." She said, giving her girlfriend a reassuring hand squeeze. "It's a bummer that our parents didn't like the idea of us studying in Canada because I hear everything is cheaper there."

Arizona just smiled and held Eliza's hand. Then, she climbed on top of her and placed her knee between her girlfriend's thighs. "I can't wait till we're living together and finally being able to kiss you, touch you and make love to you whenever I please." She said, pressing her knee so that she could create a little friction. Eliza whimpered and Arizona covered her mouth with her own to suppress any further sound. It was hard for them to find a time and place to be intimate and they hated that. It frustrated them to no end. They had lots of sleepovers but it felt wrong to get their freak on while their parents slept down the hall. Luckily for them, Arizona's parents where away regularly so they did have some chances to be alone. This was not one of those times though. They were in Eliza's house, hanging out after school.

"Arizona…" Eliza whispered as her girlfriend kept grinding into her and kissed her neck. Her hands going underneath Eliza's shirt, caressing her stomach. "Arizona. We need to stop. My mom and brothers could walk in at any moment." The brunette said but at the same time moved her head to give the blonde more access to her neck.

Arizona sighed and got off of Eliza, laying by her side. "I know. It's just…it's been a month since the last time we were able to be alone together and I feel like I'm going insane. I want you and picture you naked all of the time." She said with the cutest pout ever on her mouth.

Eliza laughed, wrapped her arm around her girl's waist and kissed her on the cheek. "Stop picturing me naked, you perv!"

"I can't Lizzie. It's my right as your girlfriend." The blonde said matter-of-factly. "I can picture you naked whenever I want. For example, right now." She said closing her eyes.

"Stop!" Eliza said giggling and nuzzling Arizona's neck.

"Why? It's such a pretty view…" Arizona said as she tickled her brunette before closing her eyes again. "Oh wait! Now there's fifty of you and their queen!" she said with a big dimpled smile on her face.

"Stop, stop, stop…" Eliza said laughing and getting on top of Arizona, straddling her and grabbing her hands above her head. She leaned down to whisper something in her ear. "By the way, I picture you naked all the time too…" she said kissing her earlobe and then going for her lips. It was a small innocent peck but in that very moment, Ludwika Minnick, aka Eliza's mom walked into the room.

"Eliza, is Arizona going to stay for din-" she asked in her fluent but accented English. "Oh my…" Ludwika's green eyes got the exact same look that Eliza's eyes got when she was shocked.

Eliza immediately got off of Arizona and started to panic. "Mama, przysięgam, że to nie jest takie, jakim się wydaje." (Mom, I swear it's not what it seems). Eliza said standing up from her bed. Arizona was frozen.

"Eliza, nie." (Eliza, don't) Ludwika said, trying to compose herself.

"Mama…" tears were running down Eliza's face.

"Nie kłam. Jest gorzej i nie zasługuje na to." (Don't lie, it's worse. And she doesn't deserve it.). The redheaded green eyed older woman said. She sighed and pulled her daughter into a hug. "I've known since you were a little girl. I hoped I was wrong but I guess I was not."

"I'm sorry mama."

"Don't be. The only reason why I hoped I was wrong is because I don't want you to suffer." She said as tears rolled down her eyes and hugged her daughter tighter. "You're still the little girl I love more than life itself. You'll always be." She kissed her forehead and pulled away slightly from her daughter. "Arizona…" she said and Arizona suddenly looked like a dear caught in headlights. She just looked into the woman she had grown to love as well. Dr. Minnick-Baranski was always sweet and nice to her. She suspected that the reason she liked her the most was because she was the one to inherit those beautiful green eyes to Eliza. She was also crying too. "Come here sweetheart." She gestured for her to come join the hug she was sharing with her daughter.

Arizona got up a little hesitant but as soon as she felt Eliza's mother's arms around her, all of that was gone. She felt safe and supported.

"You are sweet girl." She said looking at her. "A sweet girl, sorry." She laughed. "And you make my Liz happy. I don't appreciate the lies but you are both going to get a lot of bullshit from the world…just be sure that you are never going to get it from me. Either of you. Whatever happens. Okay?" She said wiping both of the girls tears tenderly. "Sorry, you will get some bullshit from me, I forgot." They both looked up at her confused. "From now on, you hang out in this room with door open. Always. Not up to discussion." She gave one last kiss to Eliza and began to walk out of the room. "Dinner will be served in fifteen. Arizona, you staying?"

"Yes Mrs. Minnick, I would love to stay."

"Wonderful. And please, call me Ludwika. We're basically in-laws now."

Both girls laughed and then looked at each other, still in awe of what had just happened. This was certainly not the way Eliza expected to come out but it ended up being perfect. Even if her mom caught them making out. They hugged, as the tears threatened to fall down once again.

"See? I told you mom was cool. Besides, how could they not know? Your dick is bigger than Chuck Norris's" Brandon said as he entered Eliza's room.

"Have you been listening to the whole conversation?" Eliza asked, not letting go of her girlfriend.

"No, just enough to hear mom say 'You are sweet girl. You leave door open now. No bullshit from me'" he said, imitating bur overly exaggerating their mom's accent.

"Hey! Your mom doesn't sound like a Russian spy from an old movie…" Arizona said slapping him on the arm.

"Be nice Rocky, or I will ruin your wedding to Bullwinkle by filling it with strippers and—oh wait, you'd actually like that, wouldn't you? Shoot, I need to think about better come backs. I'm losing my touch…" he said as he left his sister's room.

"So?" Arizona asked.

"So what?"

"What do we do now?" the blonde asked as she placed some stays of dark hair behind the gorgeous brunette's ear.

"You don't have to do anything. You wait all you want to come out. As for me…well, I guess I'll have to tell my dad tonight as well."

"It'll be fine."

"Yes. I know." Eliza said as she grabbed Arizona's hands. "And it'll be fine for you too."

The next day at school, Arizona waited for Eliza at her locker as usual. After waiting for almost fifteen minutes, she saw her seventeen-year-old beauty queen walking down the hallway to meet her.

"Hi there, pretty lady. You look really nice today." Arizona said as her girlfriend reached her locker.

"Hey beautiful." she was smiling so hard that her cheeks hurt.

"I take it things went well?"

"Oh yeah. Sorta. I mean, my dad is still processing it…he wasn't as understanding as my mom but he didn't kick me out of the house and said he will eventually accept it and come around it but that as for right now he just needed time to process it."

"Well, that's not that bad right?"

"Yeah, not bad at all." Eliza said, still smiling big and shiny.

"If your dad didn't react by throwing you a coming out party then why are you so happy?"

"Oh, because I get to see you."

March 1995

A lot of the other kids at their school have already gotten their acceptances letters and were deciding where to go to school. Eliza had already received an offer from Boston University to get a full scholarship for Softball. She hadn't answered them yet because what she really wanted was UCSF. She also applied for Johns Hopkins just because Arizona liked it. She knew, however that if she got accepted to it she wouldn't be able to afford it unless she drowned herself in loans that she would finish paying by the time she was 50. So right now her only real option was Boston. Arizona also applied for Boston, just in case. They had both applied for some other schools but not one that any of them really cared for.

Eliza was getting really anxious with this whole process. What if she didn't get into her dream school? What if she had to go to Boston? Nothing against Boston University, it was just that softball had always been something that identified her and to some point even defined her…she wanted to be able to start from scratch. Be the grown up version of herself. Play softball because she loves it and not because she has to. She hopped off of the bus and walked towards her house. Arizona's parents had asked her to go straight home from school that day so she couldn't hang out with her that afternoon. She missed her already. She was so close to finally be living with her girlfriend in another city, her parents accepted her and loved Arizona…even her dad, and times were getting better for people like her.

"Eliza! Eliza! Come in quickly! Your 'endevelops' arrived!" her little brother Jack said. Unlike she and her other two brothers, James was the only one to inherit their dad's deep sea-blue eyes. At almost five, she was adorable, corky and sweet. Eliza was crazy for that boy. "You mean envelopes, James." She said as she got down to kiss the little boy's cheek.

Her heart was pounding. It was the moment of true. She walked into her kitchen and her mom was already there with two envelopes in her hands. One of them was big, the other one was small. She knew what that meant. She had been accepted to one and rejected or deferred from the other. Her heart was beating ridiculously fast. Her mom had tears in her eyes which didn't give away anything. They could be tears of joy for her getting into her dream school or tears of sadness for her not getting into her dream school.

"Gratulacje, moja miłość." (Congratulations, my love.) she said as she handed her both envelopes.

Eliza grabbed her bike and rode as fast as she could to Arizona's house with tears rolling down her eyes. She got there in record time. Her legs were almost burning. She ranged the bell and Colonel Daniel Robbins opened the door. Arizona hadn't come out to her parents yet but Eliza was almost certain that he knew or at least suspected about them.

"Hello Eliza."

"Hello Colonel."

"She's in her room."

"Thank you."

Eliza nodded and got in the house and went up the stairs really fast. She opened the door and without even looking at Arizona she threw her envelopes, one by one, on the floor. "I got deferred at Hopkins but…I got into UCSF! With a full scholarship!" she said, crying again.

It was only now that Eliza noticed that Arizona was crying hard, with many used tissues around her and three envelopes. One big, two small.

"What happened?" Eliza asked concerned.

"I didn't get into UCSF. Or Boston."

Hey guys! I hope you're still liking this :) since I decided to make it longer, I figured I could make it more detailed in certain things an add some more special dates. For those who are wanting to see them as adults already, it's coming really soon! I'm just enjoying the puppy love and lot of you seem to be enjoying it as well. Anyway, hit that review button. You know you want to :).