Hi guys You have no idea how good it feels to be able to post this chapter for you. This year was crazy and I barely had the time, but I was writing in every spare second (needles to say that I had very few of them). Thank you for being such loyal and amazing readers.


"Oh cut it out Alex" Arizona mumbled, taking a sip of her morning coffe and looking at Alex who's been making fun of her the entire morning.

"You have to admitt, you would've totally taken your chance and mock me if I were in you shoes,"

"Fair point, but still" she made a big pout which make Karev laugh even more.

"What's with that face?" that question came from Kepner who's just entered the attendings lounge.

"Robbins didn't get laid last night,"

"Okay and now I know I shouldn't have asked," redhead's face twitched as she slouched on the cough.

"Tough night?" Arizona asked, watching as her friend was rubbing her temples.

"Yeah, three surgeries in one night is not what tigers like the most," her reply was followed by a huge yawn. "But hey, how's that kid of yours? The one that...you know," she asked not sure how the blonde will react.

"Oh Jake, yes, he's fine, though Amelia said that the haematoma caused much more damage to the nerves than we previously expected. However for what it's worth, he might be meeting his new family today," a small smile appeared on her lips.

"No way, that quickly?" Alex sounded surprised.

"Shepherd has a friend working in social service"

"Still, why are you that eager to help him?" he questioned.

"Seriously Alex?" Arizona asked stepping closer to him. "And I thought that you of all people would understand the importance of giving someone a second chance,"


"Robbins have you met our new resident? She's amazing," Maggie exclaimed, clearly excited with the whole situation.

"Umm, I didn't even know that we had a new one," the blonde replied a bit confused. She was looking at the board, hoping that she would find Amelia's name on it, because she hasn't seen her since last night.

"Oh, wait here!" Pierce spotted the mentioned resident walking down the hall and she rushed to her. "Dr. Robbins this is..." but she wasn't able to finish, because the moment Arizona saw the resident, her mouth opened before she was able to do anything else.

"Murphy," she said a bit shocked. It was none other than Leah Murphy, probably the last person she would've expected to see again.

"Dr. Robbins," Murphy smiled politely, though that moment was just as awkward for her as it was for Arizona.

"Wait, you two know each other?" now Maggie was confused.

"Leah...I mean Dr. Murphy used to work here," Arizona forced a smile and quickly used her patients as an excuse to leave. Gosh that was an unusual start of the day.


"I already hate this day," she groaned as she sat with Alex and Maggie at the table to eat her lunch. "I have a patient with a sprained knee, nothing unusual, but I had to do a puncture, because way too much blood gathered under the skin. So imagine me, doing the puncture, trying to calm that crying boy and at the same time trying to keep the parents away from him, because I swear, they were about to faint in that ER. It took me 30 minutes to do that and I think I might be a bit stunned by the cry of this boy. Plus Webber hired a new resident," she ended her lament with a loud sip through the straw.

"Okay first of all, I hate those puncture needles too, so I fully justify crying. And what's with the resident?" her colleague looked at her quizzically.

"It's Leah Murphy," Arizona explained nervously and Alex almost chocked on his sandwich.

"He really brought her back?"

"Yeah, I mean, can he really do that? I'm on the board,"

"Okay guys, what is the problem? She is a really good one," Maggie tried to keep up.

"Who is?" that question came from Amelia who appeared out of nowhere. She looked a bit tired, but her eyes lit a little when she met Arizona's gaze.

"Leah Murphy, the new resident," Maggie rushed to explain.

"Well, technically she is an old resident," Arizona cut in.

"So what's the big deal?"

"Robbins slept with her," Alex did not waste the occasion to smirk.

"So did Alex," the blonde gave as good as she got, but still she felt Amelia's amused gaze on her.

"Is she the reason we have the policy now?" Shepherd lowered her voice as if she was sharing a secret.

"Yup, the one and only," Karev replied with his mouth full.

"Hold on, I'm missing out on this topic," Maggie was clearly confused now and a bit frustrated that they were talking as if she wasn't around to notice.

"I'd love to explain, but I have patients to take care of and I'm sure that Alex will gladly answer all of your questions, isn't that true Karev?" Arizona made a small pause just to give him the time to nod. "Great. Oh and Dr. Shepherd, a word please?" she stood up not even waiting for Amelia to process the information.


"Tag, you're it" brunette joked as soon as she caught up with the blonde which wasn't that easy at all.

"Watch out or I might beat you," Arizona smiled at her companion and for a brief moment she managed to forget about all the negative stuff.

"I'm sorry I wasn't home this morning, but I got paged. Some idiot crashed on a motorcycle, no helmet on,"

"How did the surgery go?" the other woman asked just out of habit, because she was almost sure she did know the answer to that.

"Brain dead," Amelia replied looking at her shoes.

"I'm so sorry," she put her arm around her as they were walking down the corridor. "I was looking for you, I even checked the board to see if your name was on it,"

"And it's only been one date, quite a stalker you are Dr. Robbins," the brunette teased her, suddenly feeling much better.

"Oh, shut up. No policy jokes please," she held up her finger, but cracked a smile.

"Okay, but no promises. I might get a little bit jealous since Murphy's back" Amelia bit her lip, looking at the blonde.

"And I might get a little bit nauseous even thinking about her," the other doctor winced what made Amelia laugh, but then she froze.

"Oh my God I've completely forgotten! Grace, my friend, called me today to talk to me about this foster family," there was something in her tone, so Arizona quickly got the message.

"How late are we?"

"Don't ask," Amelia shook her head as she started to speed up the pace.


By the time they came to boy's room, everybody else had already got there. Grace was just struggling to explain boy's medical state, but luckily she was saved just about time.

"Busy day?" Jake asked innocently, but the provocative tone was clearly audible. Both doctors sent him a warning gaze.

"We're are very sorry..." Arizona started, but was interrupted.

"No need to be. We know how hospital works," the tall man who was standing next to Grace offered them a smile. "My name is Anthony Blake and this is my wife Jemmy" he gestured at a woman beside him, whose hair was pulled up in a very neatly arranged bun. She also was smiling, but her eyes were now focused on Jake.

"Actually we were just about to talk about his condition, so why don't you take over from here Dr. Robbins?" Grace spoke up. So Arizona did. She talked them through Jake's medical history, Amelia adding some more information from time to time. Then the Blakes told them a few things about themselves. What they learned was that they had one child, a young girl, just around Sophia's age, so needless to say, that made Jake even more excited.

"What's the catch?" Amelia asked when they left the boy to talk with his new family-to-be in private.

"Pardon?" Grace sounded surprised.

"I mean this is too good to be true,"

"It is, isn't it?" the other woman smiled widely. "But there's no catch. The Blakes always wanted to addopt a boy and apparently his age is irrelevant. The only difficulty that I see here is paper work, but since you said that Jake has to stay in hospital for two more days at least deppending on his state, then I think we'll be able to make it on time. This family has been under our observation for over two years now, so now we can easily skip that part,"

"This is some amazing news!" Arizona said excitedly and was about to say something more, but just then her pager went off. "Oops they need me in ER, I'm sorry I have to go," she threw them an apologetic look and walked away.

"Would you mind?" Grace suddenly asked, gesturing at the door to Jake's room.

"No, not at all, you guys have to discuss some stuff and I should probably get going as well. Call me as soon as you'll have that paperwork done," the brunette gave her a smile just to show her how gratefull she was for all that woman did and will do for this family.


It was around 3 p.m. when Amelia witnessed a truly heartbreaking scene involving Arizona. She was just heading for nurses' station to check if the CT skan she asked for was ready when she passed by the daycare. Nothing unusual, but the glimpse of familiar blonde hair made her stop. She could see Arizona from where she stood, but Arizona could not see her. And even if she could she probably wouldn't, because her gaze was facused on Sophia. Or more likely on people around Sophia. Penny and Callie were just helping the girl with her jacket and they seemed all too happy and excited as for this ordinary action. Amelia shifted her gaze on Arizona just to see the hurt and yearning in her eyes. She looked like she wanted to do or say something, but the girl was too occupied and by the time Arizona gathered herself to walk into the daycare, they had already left, all 3 walking hand in hand.


Knock on the door brought Arizona back to reality. She was leaning over the table in her office, trying to fight the tears that were gathering in her eyes after she saw Sophia walking away with Penny. It was the sight she probably will never get used to. Not because she was someone that Callie was dating, she wouldn't mind that. It was all because she was...involved so much in their lives already, that it was almost impossible to look at her without recalling Derek and all that drama that came after.

"Come in," she tried her best to sound politely. To her big supprise she saw a little, blonde boy walking into the room with a triumphant look on his face. She knew that boy far too well.

"I told you I know the way!" Bailey exclaimed happily as he turned his head to inform...Amelia who's just entered the room. Arizona quirked her eyebrow, but the brunette just shrugged innocently.

"Okay young man, so tell me. Did Dr. Shepherd get lost?" she decided to play along and whispered in confidential tone.

"Yeah. Aunt Amy asked me if I can show her the way to your office, because she couldn't remember! And she said that we'll go for ice cream as a reward," the boy smiled so brightly that it was impossible for Arizona to still feel sad. She shifted her gaze on Amelia.

"Did she really?"

"Yup, she did. But she might've forgotten to take her wallet on the way," the brunette scratched the back of her head trying to look guilty.

"Ooh I see where this is going," Arizona laughed, geniuely amused. "Luckily for both of you I always have a few ice cream-bucks in my pocket, just in case. C'mon Bailey, let's go and reward you," she offered him a hand which he took, clearly content with the situation. "Oh and Dr. Shepherd? I think I might have just enough money for one more cone," she gave her a playful wink.


"Thank you," it were one of the few words that were spoken when they were sitting on the park bench near the hospital, watching Bailey feeding some little birds with remains of his cone. Amelia tilted her head. They both knew that she saw the scene at the daycare, yet no one needed to say that aloud.

"You're quite welcome," she replied with a soft tone and a slight smile. This felt good, sitting there with Arizona, away from the hospital's bustle, yet something was bothering her and she couldn't quite put a finger on it. She felt like she was put on pause. She wanted to do something and stay perfectly still at the same time. She wanted to reach for Arizona's hand, but really did she? She was in between, she didn't want to rush into this, although they already had a little bit. Sure, Mer, Alex and Richard kind of knew about them, but it was never their decision to tell them. Meredith just walked into her bedroom that day, Alex figured it out on his own and Richard was Arizona's wingman long before it and they never got a chance to discuss it plus the whole Callie-drama thing wasn't helping...

Why was she even having thoughts like that? After all it was her who practically kidnapped her nephew from daycare just to make the other doctor feel better. And not for all the world would she like to feel like she felt when she saw Arizona in the hospital bed...Then why did she have to complicate all of this in her stupid, drug-damaged mind?

"Earth to Amelia?" the blonde weaved a hand in front of her eyes. The neurosurgeon blinked a few times and focused her vision on Arizona, whose expression looked like a mixture of amusement and worry.

"I'm sorry, I must have drifted off a bit," she admitted apologetically.

"Is something wrong?"

"No, it's just I've been thinking about Owen," she lied...but did she? When she's spoken the words aloud it hit her that he was one more question mark to her thoughts.

"Oh?" the blonde tried her best to hide the hurt in her voice, but the slight tremble in her voice gave her away.

"Not like that you silly," Amelia corrected quickly. No, she was definitely not thinking about him in that way, right? She had hardly spoken with him since Arizona's accident. "I just think I owe him a talk at least," the other woman's face lit up a bit and she was just about to reply, but at that moment Bailey informed them about his need to use the toilet.

"Alright buddy," the brunette lifted him up and turn her head towards Arizona so the boy couldn't hear her. "We better make sure we return him before Meredith finds out that her child is missing," she gained scolding yet amused gaze.


"Eager to leave Dr. Shepherd?" Arizona asked playfully as she endered the room and lean against the lockers. Amelia turned around to greet her with a smile on her face. They haven't seen each other since their break at the park, but she could swear that the moment the other woman entered the room she felt warmer and happier inside.

"You don't seem like you share my enthusiasm," neurosurgeoun commented as she stepped closer.

"Night shift plus some extra hours in the morning that Bailey wanted me to cover. You know her, she has hard time dealing with refusal," the blonde explained as she started to fiddle with the strings of Amelia's hoodie.

"Yeah, classic Bailey," she replied though she wasn't paying much attention to the meaning of her words, because she suddenly found it hard to focus, feeling the pair of blue eyes on her. She inhaled deeply and the scent itself made the corners of her mouth twitch. It smelled so like Arizona; as if the scent of sweet bath soap balls, which she probably bought for Sophia, mixed with...softness. Yeah, that's how she would describe her smell. It was the softness of her skin, her hair and even her clothes that were exactly complementary.

Suddenly she felt like all her doubts that she had were completely gone. She was still not sure about unimaginable loads of things, but at that moment she knew that she truly wanted to try this new relationship.

"Guess I'll see you in the morning then?" Arizona broke the silence, her hands still playing with the hoodie.

"You're not going to ask me for a goodnight kiss, are you?" the brunette did her best to sound reproachfully.

"Would I get one if I asked?" she bit her lip on purpose and Amelia had to remind herself that they were in the public place.

"Goodnight Dr. Robbins," it came out in a bit husky and tone due to the dryness in her mouth and she was already heading towards the door when she suddenly stopped.

"Oh fuck it, I already missed the good morning one," and with that she quickly stepped back and pressed her lips against the other woman's. Arizona's hands quickly found their way to Amelia's waist and pulled her closer. She teased brunette's lower lip with her tongue, feeling the slight shiver that ran through her partner's body. At that she smiled into the kiss and moved one of her hands up, so that it could tangle in Amelia's hair.

"Damn girl..." the brunette breathed out, breaking the connection, but their forheads were still touching.

"Still so eager to leave?" Robbins teased her and got pulled into another kiss in response. This one was quicker and sweeter, yet it left them both short for breath.

"One day," Amelia started as withdrew from the embrance, her lips now inches apart from Arizona's ear. "I'm going to show you what a real goodnight kiss means," she whispered in low tone and could swear that she felt the blonde bursting into one of her smiles, the one when she flushes as soon as she realizes that she let the dirty part of mind be in charge.


"Here, I thought it'll do you good," someone put a cup of liquid in front of her, while she was sitting in the attendings lounge, trying to finish writing the medical history of one of her patient. It wasn't that hard, but she really had no creative vein at the moment. That thing in the cup looked a lot like coffe, but the smell was so different. She gave her donor a questioning look.

"It's just an English tea, give it a try," Murphy smiled as she sat next to her. Arizona sighed and brought the cup to her lips. She took a sip and to her surprise, it tasted really good.

"Hmm...it's actually pretty delicious," she stated aloud after a while.

"I know, right? The secret is the right combination of milk and sugar to add to its taste. I like it more sweeter and I figured out you'd too,"

"What do you want Murphy?" it came out a little too rude.

"Look Arizona, I just don't want us to have this awkward silence between us since we're going to work together and tonight I'm on your service, so I just wanted to start anew. I know I've messed up, but I've sorted out my issues and this won't happen again, I promise," Leah looked at her in a way that made it almost impossible to say no to that face.

"I'm taking you up on that, we already have enough rules to follow here," Arizona gave her a smile and that encouraged Murphy to pull the other woman into a hug. It took Robbins by surprise, but she decided that one hug couldn't hurt and it might actually help bury the hatchet.

But then Leah did something that she completely wasn't prepared for. She pulled back just a little, so that their faces were so close that they both felt each other's warm breaths. And then Murphy just kissed her.

Two things happened inside Arizona; her mind screamed from confusion and told her that it was by all means wrong, but her body's first reaction was to kiss back, as if it wanted to remember the touch from the past. But this time her mind turned out to be stronger and she quickly broke the connection. She saw the hurt and panic in resident's eyes, so she decided to explain this calmly instead of yelling at her. Gosh, sometimes she was too sensitive for her own liking.

"Leah, I can't, we can't..." she started, trying to find the right words. "I'm actually seeing somebody now and I really like this person and I don't want to screw this like I did the last time,"

Murphy just nodded, slowly letting the meaning of what Arizona said get to her. "And even if I wasn't in a relationship I'm still not sure if that would be a good idea,"

"Yeah, I know and I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking," she buried her face in her hands. "I'm so pathetic," it came out as a muffled mumble what actually made Arizona laugh. The other woman raised her head and gave her a confused look.

"You're not pathetic by all means. You're just a very amorous person and I think that we need to find you a girlfriend soon," she nudged her teasingly, what made the resident cheer up a bit.

"So...to the new beginnings? Murphy raised her cup hesitantly.

"I'd gladly drink to that,"


"Bailey please be specific. I'm only doing this, because you managed to catch me while I was still in the parking lot," Amelia said to her phone as she was walking through hospital corridors. "Why can't the nurses order that? And why exactly do you need me to fill in forms right now? The fastest the blood will arrrive will be in the morning if we're lucky...Oh you forgot to do that earlier and the surgery is the first one in the morning? Hold on, I need to save today's date...Alright alright, I'm behaving, but just so you know, you owe me," the brunette was walking fast and she wasn't really thinking where she was going exaclty. She didn't have to, her body seemed to have the memory of every corridor in this hospital, so she was just walking automatically.

"I don't have any left in my office," she stated as she checked her desk and shelves. She was in the one of the best trauma centres in the state and she couldn't even find the forms to order some damn blood.

"There? Why would you left the papers on our coffe machine?," Bailey instructed her where to look for the papers she's forgotten and so Amelia followed. But when she got near the attendings lonunge, she stopped dead in her tracks. The door was wide open and from where she was standing she had the perfect view for what she's just witnessed. She saw none other but Leah Murphy hugging Arizona. The two of them seemed to be quite comfortable in that position and Amelia was just about to interrupt them when something else happened. Something that she had no idea how to cope with at the moment. The lips that she'd kissed not so long ago were now captured by the ones belonging to the resident...

It was Bailey's voice who brought her back to reality.

"Uhm no, no I'm fine," she started, though some angry tears have already started to gather in her eyes. "I've actually managed to find that forms. Yeah...I found them..."


Yup, there's drama ahead, but I promise you, it'll be worth it.
Oh and some of you that know "Saving Hope" might've noticed the slight similarity in the goodnight kiss scene;)