Hey guys! Sorry this one took so long. I kept playing around with it. Anyways, sad to say that the next chapter will be the last one)): so sad! But no worries! I am in the process of writing more! I actually have 3 stories that I started to write so I'm really excited for that. Okay I'm done with all this silly stuff! Onto the actual story!

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xo - K

After they worked together on putting away dinner and washing the dishes, Arizona and Carina decided to relax with some wine on the couch.

"That dinner was amazing! You and Andrew really know how to cook."

"Grazie," Carina said, smiling and sliding over, getting a little cozier. "So… Would you like to pick up where we left off?" Carina asked. But Arizona couldn't tell if she was talking about planning the party or something else. But either way, she was willing. "Uh huh!" She responded, hoping that Carina would make the decision for the two of them.

"Well I know how you said you wanted to get the food catered, but I think if we plan it correctly then maybe we could cook together!"

Party planning it was!

"And then we could just heat everything the day of the party and serve it." There was a twinkle in her eye. Carina was so eager to help Arizona because she knew it would bring them even closer together. "Yeah that sounds like a great idea." But there was just one thing about Arizona. "I'm not exactly like the best cook… Some may even consider me to be a very bad cook…" Arizona sounded a bit ashamed considering she was talking to one of the best cooks she's ever met in her life. She kept her head down. But by Carina's reaction, there was no reason to be.

"That's okay!" Carina said, sounding very optimistic, "That's why you have me." She gave Arizona a warm smile.

"Good," Arizona said before looking up, meeting Carina's eyes, "I'm very glad."

They both made eye contact. "Me too…" Carina whispered, barely audible. Their smiles had faded and they were now in the middle of a deep stare. Both of them wondering what the other was thinking. The moment suddenly faded and neither of them knew what to say next. Arizona didn't know if she should continue talking about the party or if they should talk about something else.

"So uh, how was your day?"

This brought Carina back a little bit. She wasn't expecting Arizona to say anything, just for her to lean in and kiss her - like they both wanted her to.

"It was good. Took a look at some scans. I'm almost done with my research. I just need a couple more people to volunteer and I think should be finished." There was an underlying hint that Carina wanted her to volunteer, but she wouldn't dare bring it up - at least not now.

Arizona didn't know how to feel about this. She was happy that Carina's project worked out, but nervous for what was to come.

"That's so exciting!" She tried to say it as optimistic as possible, but she couldn't hide the disappointment. Her aura completed shifted as she put her head down, staring at her hands, making it very hard not to notice. "Is everything okay? Have I upset you?" Carina's concerned seemed genuine. She moved over on the couch closer to Arizona and put her hand on her arm - any further and she would have been on top of her.

"Yeah no I'm fine. Everything is just fine." She tried covering it up as much as possible but Carina knew that something was really bothering her. She didn't want to push it any further but she also couldn't send the thought of Arizona being mad at her.

"Arizona, you can tell me anything." She began to slide her hand down her arm, now touching Arizona's hand that was on her thigh. Arizona eyes fell to their touching hands. She looked back up at Carina and said, "I just, I like that you're here. I'm happy that you're here and I'm happy that you're wrapping up your study. But, what's going to happen afterwards? Are you gonna stay? Are you gonna go back?"

This caught Carina off guard. Even though they weren't in a relationship of any kind, Carina could tell that this was really bothering Arizona and it had been for a while now.

Arizona was fine when they took a break from each other because she knew that she would at least have a chance to run into her from time to time at the hospital. But if she were to go back to Italy, the chances of seeing the lovely European would dwindle down to not seeing her ever again.

"Arizona, the end of my research isn't the end of my stay. I still have so much to do in the states. You won't be getting rid of me anytime soon." Carina guaranteed her.

Arizona's nerves came down and she was relieved to hear the news - but still concerned that what Carina was saying was only half true.

"Good," She began with a smile, "That's so very good."

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"I slept with her"

"Oh God Arizona not now, I don't need to hear about the hot Italian sex okay?"

"No no April, I literally slept with her. We didn't have sex, we actually slept together - like in the same bed."

Intrigued, Kepner stepped closer, "I'm listening…"

"Well I don't know… It sort of just happened. I can't really explain it. We were talking for so long about a lot of things like her being done with her research, what she was gonna do once she was done with it, stuff like that. Eventually the conversation died out - but not because we got bored, we just fell asleep. Literally nothing physical happened. I woke up the next morning and she was gone. She left a note on my bed on the pillow and look," Arizona pulled out the piece of paper.

My sweet bella,

Call me when you can, we must talk

xo - Carina

Kepner looked back up at Arizona, "What? Is that it? Is this high school? I don't remember the last time I wrote a note - especially a note that said We must talk? Yeesh… " Arizona took a step back, "I know… No good conversation ever starts with "we must talk". And April I don't know what to do. I actually really like her and I can really see this going somewhere."

"How did this even come about? I thought you guys were over. And what about that thing with Hunt?"

"No we are over and as for Hunt, I'm not really sure? She keeps saying that it's just for fun and it's nothing serious. But there's this small part of me that thinks otherwise. I feel like it could just be me being insecure… I don't know but I asked her to come over and help me with this party I'm planning for Andrew. One too many intimate looks later and now I'm here. Which sucks, you know?" However, April couldn't relate. She may have had a problem like this a long time ago but the memory was so far deep that it was long forgotten by now. But before she even got the chance to speak, Arizona interrupted her.

"I guess I'm just freaking out because I don't know if we both want the same things. She doesn't seem like the type of person to settle down and get married. And you know, even though I've done it once before I wouldn't mind doing it again with the right person. It's just-"

April was so lost, "Whoa whoa whoa Arizona!" She tried to stop her from going on, "You don't even know if Carina wants a long term relationship and you're thinking about marriage? Remember that time you were freaking out over Andrew saying that she's never been in a relationship that has passed three months? Why don't you get into the relationship part first and then worry about marrying her?"

Arizona knew April was right. But that still didn't stop her from worrying about the future. "Okay yeah. You're right. But what do I even say to her? Do I text her?"

"Well the note says to call her. So I guess do that?"