Hello! Sorry for the delay! I've been really busy with work and well, life. I admire my writer friends who can write fast but it seems like I take forever when writing a new chapter. Anyway, here it is :). I hope you like it. Oh and I won't use some of the stupid storylines we saw this season :).

'You still look like a movie,
you still sound like a song.
My God, this reminds me
of when were young.

Let me photograph you in this light
in case it is the last time that we might
be exactly like were before we realized
we were scared of getting old, it made us restless.

It was just like a movie;
it was just like a song,
when we were young.'

When we were young – Adele

August 2016

All the attendings received an e-mail from Bailey earlier that week saying that some woman doctor was coming over to observe the hospital and decide whether it was a good fit for her or not. Apparently, she was very well known and had recently relocated to Washington state and every single hospital wanted her. Catherine Avery was hoping to be able to sign her as Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital's new head of ortho and also talk about the possibility of developing a sport medicine department. After all, Seattle was big on the sports culture and athletes from all over flew to wherever this woman was just to be able to be treated by her.

Arizona didn't pay much attention to the e-mail though. She just read the first few lines and closed it. She knew everything she needed to know just form reading those three lines: they were interviewing a potential head of ortho. Catherine and Bailey had been desperately looking for one ever since Callie left to New York and had yet to be successful. None of the candidates they'd interviewed seemed to be good enough for Dr. Avery. She was being especially tough and picky with this particular position since she was looking to bring Grey Sloan back in the map.

She said she wanted it to be the first choice for athletes when it came to special consults and for potential ortho surgeons to be desperate to get into her teaching hospital so that they could be taught by one of the very best. So she was pretty excited for this candidate. As great as Callie was, she wasn't top ranked and her experiment with sports medicine had gained her and the hospital a malpractice suit. They already had Arizona Robbins, ranked 3rd on maternal fetal surgery; Amelia Shepherd, ranked 9th on neurosurgery; Maggie Pierce, ranked 7th on cardiothoracic surgery and April Kepner, ranked somewhere along the top 20 on trauma, she couldn't quite remember the spot. It wasn't enough, though. She needed more top ranked surgeons.

The day started as any other day. Arizona had an early shift so she was already at the hospital when the new potential surgeon arrived. They were all very curious about her except for the blonde. She had three surgeries scheduled that day so checking out and meeting this ortho surgeon was the last thing on her mind. She didn't even know her name but had overhead Jo Wilson, known ortho enthusiast, gushing about how this doctor had published over 50 articles on orthopedics and sports medicine, done two TED talks, had been the official doctor from some baseball team Arizona couldn't mind to remember and had been flown by the FIFA to Brazil for a special consult on a soccer player that got injured during the world cup. Impressive, sure. But with that resume she also sounded pretentious as hell. Anyway, she liked Wilson a lot and with the past year she had had it was nice to see her so excited.

Her first surgery was scheduled early and it would be a long one so she bought an extra-large coffee and a chocolate muffin. She needed all the energy she could get. She finished her breakfast and went over to prepare for the surgery. Cross was on her service today and while he was a little weird, he wasn't half bad. He had yet to show to special interest and talent in one particular specialty like Wilson did with ortho or Edwards with neuro, but he was eager to learn and that was good enough for her right now. He finished prepping the patient and began scrubbing in with Arizona. Today was going to be a long day.


Eliza arrived early to her potential new hospital. She liked the sports culture surrounding Seattle so this city seemed like a good fit for her. Besides, Grey Sloan Memorial had amazing equipment and good surgeons. She normally did obsessive amounts of research when considering a new hospital but not this time. She had been so busy with the moving that she didn't even cared to do the correct research on this one like she had done with Seattle Presbyterian where she had also been interviewed. Seattle Pres didn't seem like the right fit for her, though. They were too focused on advertisement and less focused on patients and that wasn't her style. Also, it wasn't a teaching hospital and she really enjoyed teaching. Besides, the Avery Foundation owned it and that alone told her that it had to be great.

She had had an amazing mentor and she thought that the only right way to honor him was to pass on his knowledge and greatness to young future surgeons. She had a very particular way of teaching though, and she wasn't sure if the attendings and authorities here would be on board with it. But she was taught like that and she was always way ahead her peers who were only allowed to observe and take minimal action during surgeries. Nope. Not her style.

Catherine Avery was amazing. She swore she was in love with the older surgeon. She was smart, witty, strong and even a little intimidating. She was also subtly kissing Eliza's ass, which she also enjoyed…especially coming from such a renowned urologist and doctor in general. She had also liked Dr. Bailey, the chief of surgery. She knew from experience that female bosses could be more stern and tough than male bosses and she actually enjoyed that. She was all for females in positions of power so the fact that Grey Sloan's chief of surgery was a woman thrilled her.

She was impressed with the facilities and equipment. This hospital had the potential to be great again. They just needed proper organization and correct training of their interns and residents. She believed they had the potential the be in the same lists as Hopkins, UCLA and Mayo. Not UCSF though…nothing could ever even be compared to UCSF. Of course, that was her heart speaking. She really did love her school and in her book, no school or teaching hospital could compare to it. Fiat Lux will forever be her motto and it was tattooed in her soul as well as her skin. After, what school motto could be more beautiful and poetic than 'Let there be light'? Okay so she had a love affair with her alma mater, so what?

After a tour all around the hospital and meeting a very excited brunette resident who basically jumped in front of her and introduced herself as 'Dr. Wilson, big admirer of your work.' Before being shoved away by Dr. Bailey she had reached a decision. She could help this hospital become great again and she had really liked the two doctors that were in charge of showing her around. She had also liked Dr. Wilson even from their brief interaction. First of all, she had made her like Beyoncé with all that excitement over meeting her and, second, she had reminded her of a younger Eliza Minnick. So eager to learn from a doctor that she admired and that was exactly what every surgical resident deserved.


Arizona's surgery was a success and she was walking towards her office when she saw Maggie, Nathan, April and Meredith standing outside of Bailey's office looking inside. The blinds where slightly open so she could see the chief of surgery and Catherine Avery talking to a long haired brunette.

"Hey, what are all of you doing here?" Arizona asked, joining the gang.

"We heard from the nurses that the new doctor accepted the offer. She's in there discussing contracts and signing them." April said, not looking away from the window.

"We also heard she's a little cocky and walks around like she owns the place. Sounds annoying." Meredith said with her arms crossed.

"You shouldn't judge her without even knowing her. She could be cool." Nathan said, looking away from the window and at Meredith. "or she could be annoying. We don't know yet."

"Well, I'm excited to meet her." Maggie said. "After reading the email I did my research on her and she's impressive. Could be a good addition. Maybe even help us get on the top 10 teaching hospitals again." she continued. "Also, it would be nice to have another top 20 ranked surgeon here. Four of us is not enough." She then looked at Meredith and Nathan who looked at her with raised eyebrows. "No offense to you two."

"Well, I certainly hope she isn't as honest and humble as you." Meredith said.

"I wonder what they're talking about." April said.

"I think they're talking about us." Nathan said.

"Why do you say that?" Arizona said, looking up from her phone for the first time.

"Because they're looking at us." Riggs responded

Arizona immediately looked at the window and her eyes widened so much she thought they were going to fall out off of her face. It couldn't be her, could it? Yes, it was her. Her heart stopped and her she had to catch her breath. Those eyes. She would recognize them anywhere. Even after all these years. Judging by the doctor's expression, she had recognized her as well. She suddenly felt the need to run. This was so overwhelming. Bailey immediately gestured for them to go away.

"Scatter!". Arizona said before running away to the bathroom so that she could calm herself.


"I'm sorry for them, Dr. Minnick. Sometimes they act like children but they're brilliant surgeons." Miranda told Eliza.

Eliza had to use all of her willpower not to cry in front of her new bosses. Was that really Arizona? Of course it was. She would recognize her face anywhere. God, she looked even more beautiful than she remembered. Over the years she had opted for not following her career. Even if she had made peace with the fact that they would never cross paths again it was still somewhat painful so she had decided to bottle all of those feelings up and just remember Arizona as what she was: her first love.

"It's okay Dr. Bailey, if the case were reversed I would also be curious about a new attending." Eliza said, succeeding in not letting her emotions show. After years of working with athletes whose dreams were sometimes shattered by horrible injuries, she had developed a great poker face. "I didn't know Arizona Robbins worked here."

"You know Dr. Robbins?" the chief of surgery asked, arching her eyebrow. She knew of Arizona's shenanigans with women over the past few years and was not about to lose an amazing surgeon and head of ortho because of her.

Eliza mentally kicked herself for saying that out loud. So much for her good poker face. She cleared her throat. "Uh, yes. We went to high school together in Maine." Was all she said. Judging by Miranda's face, she had believed it and her face still didn't show what she was really feeling.

"Oh. Okay. So, anyway Dr. Minnick, please sign here." Bailey said as she handed Eliza her contract and a pen so that she could sign.

Eliza was desperate to leave the room and go find Arizona. She didn't even know what to expect, all she knew was that she needed to talk to her and see her up close. This day was going to be even more exhausting than she had anticipated.


Arizona had some free time before her second surgery. It was good because right now she was too shaky to operate on an unborn human being. She needed to find Eliza and talk to her before she did anything else. She had no idea of what her current situation was on regards of anything and she it's not like she was expecting a big reunion kiss taken out of a Nicholas Sparks novel. They hadn't seen each other or even talked to each other since 1999 New Year's eve where they had made love all night and all of the following day. They were certainly not kids anymore and they were not the people they used to be. At least Arizona wasn't and she was sure Eliza wasn't either. Nobody is the same person at 22 and 39. Well, 38 for Eliza since her birthday was on November 10th. She remembered. Of course she did. Every year she mentally wished her happy birthday.

When Arizona felt calm enough to finally leave the bathroom, she went out and walked to the elevator. She was about to get in it when she heard a voice. Her voice. Huskier and more mature, but she recognized it instantly.

"Arizona?" Eliza said and the blonde couldn't help but close her eyes and breathe deeply before turning around to face her. When she saw her, her heart skipped a beat. She was absolutely gorgeous. Glorious even. Her eyes were as green and shiny as she remembered. Or how she used to love those green emeralds when she was a teenager. Her face looked a little thinner than it used to be and her lips where perfectly shaped, like they've always been. She looked the same, only older and more beautiful. More experienced.

Eliza's own mind was racing as well. Arizona had aged beautifully. She still had the amazing childlike shine and expression she remembered. Her beautiful light blue eyes were shining and her she smiled when she looked at her. Those dimples. They used to kill her. She then realized she had a weakness for them. Women with dimples where like her kryptonite and it was all because of the woman standing in front of her. The first woman she had ever loved.

"Eliza." the blonde said, suddenly feeling really overwhelmed. She felt a desperate need to hug the other woman but she was sure she would melt and crumble if she did hug her and here wasn't the place. Without even saying a word, she grabbed Eliza by the wrist and dragged her into an on call room. "Hi." She said, smiling.

"Hi yourself." Eliza said also smiling. Less than two seconds later, they were wrapped in each other's arms. The hug was tight, long and incredibly heartfelt. They wouldn't and couldn't let go. Both had their eyes closed and tears started rolling down Arizona's face. When they finally pulled apart, the blonde wiped away the tears.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to become such mess I'm just…really overwhelmed." She said, smiling again.

"I'm really overwhelmed too. It's good to see you. 39 looks good on you." The brunette said, grabbing Arizona's hand and giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Well, 38 going on 39 is a good look on you too." The blonde said, prolonging their hand holding a little bit more than she should've had. Eliza was the one to finally let go of her hand.

"So, how have you been? The last time I saw you people were concerned about Y2K, N'SYNC was topping the charts and Angelina Jolie wore a tiny jar with Billy Bob Thornton's blood around her neck." Eliza said giggling.

"Look at you, making pop culture references and everything." Arizona said, gently shoving Eliza.

"I thought you'd appreciate it." The brunette answered.

"I do. I certainly do." The blonde laughed. "Well what do you want to know?"

"Well, everything that has been going on during the past…17 years. Wow, has it really been that long?" Eliza asked, frowning.

"It has. It's crazy, right?"

"It certainly is." Eliza said, starring directly into Arizona's eyes. All the feelings were suddenly floating back. To say that it was overwhelming was an understatement. Her heart was pounding and felt as if it was going to explode or come out of her chest any moment. "Well, how about we start by you telling me which specialty you ended up choosing. I'm sorry but I haven't really followed your career. I did google you a few times many years ago but I stopped because…well, you know. You have to know."

"Of course I do. It was the same with me. I mean, with me googling you. Or yahooing you, since the last time I did that was still a thing." The blonde joked, trying to make the environment a little less tense. "Well, I ended up choosing pediatric surgery."

"Can't say that it surprises me, judging by the fact that you're the perkiest person I've ever met and also the monkey and the kitty on your coat. Cute."

"Shut up, you know how much I love monkeys."

"I do." They both starred at each other without saying another word for a little while, before Arizona continued.

"Also, I pursued another specialty. I'm also a fetal surgeon." The blonde said, bragging a little. She wanted to impress the gorgeous brunette in front of her. "What about you? Miss big shot orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine doctor with tons of publications and ted talks, flying off to the other side of the world just because a soccer player demanded you and only you to treat his injury. Impressive, really. But I had no doubt that would accomplish things like this. No doubt at all." Arizona said smiling. This whole reunion seemed like a dream. She really wanted to get to know the adult version of her first love and see if maybe this time they would get the chance they didn't have when they were younger. Maybe, just maybe, the universe was done screwing with her and was rewarding her for all the crap she's been through lately. The accident, the cheating, the divorce, the custody battle, etc. Maybe, just maybe, the universe was telling her that she deserved to be happy with the woman she always wondered about. Maybe 'the one that got away' didn't really get away.

"Thank you very much. I had doubts sometimes but well, you know how much of an overachiever I am." Eliza said "and well, can't say you're not impressive as well. Fetal surgery is a very exclusive practice. There's not many of you out there and it's very hard. Totally hardcore and badass. Not for the weak of mind or spirit. You, Arizona Robbins, are impressive."

"And awesome, let's not forget about the awesome part." Arizona said and both of them laughed. "How's everyone? Your parents, your brothers. Are you still calling your mom Dr. Chocula?"

"Of course. She's still working as an OB/GYN. Dad retired already even though he's only two years older than mom but well, you know how us doctors are. And my brothers are good too. Brandon is a pediatric surgeon, like yourself. He's doing really good and recently made me the aunt of the world's most adorable twin girls. He works at Mount Sinai. Alec is also a doctor, he went to UCSF, an orthopedic surgeon just like me. He's currently doing his second specialty in what else? Sports medicine. He's doing it in Spain, they're big on soccer there and that's his passion." Eliza said.

"You were always his idol so it doesn't surprise me at all." The blonde replied.

"And James is 28 already. Can you believe it? My baby is all grown up. He went to Northwestern for journalism, he specialized in arts and entertainment and now he's working for Vanity Fair." Eliza said proudly.

"Well, all you Minnick kids were brainiacs. It makes sense that all of you ended up being so successful."

"Oh shut up, Miss Triple Board surgeon." Eliza said teasing Arizona. "Tell me about your family. How's Barbara, the Colonel, Tim. Oh my god, Tim! I haven't heard from him in forever. Did he ever told you that I saw him in Miami during Spring Break back in 2001?"

"No. He didn't. He uh…he went to serve to Iraq and he, uh…he died there." Arizona said looking down.

"Oh my god, sorry. I'm such an idiot. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't…I…I'm sorry." Eliza said.

"It's okay Lizzie, you didn't know." The blonde said, realizing she was using the nickname she used to call her when they were together. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to call you like that."

"It's okay. I don't mind."

"Okay. Old habits die hard, I guess."

"They certainly do."

They were both starring intensely at each other and having a hard time controlling all of the feelings they were suddenly experimenting. It was weird because it didn't feel weird at all. It felt like home.

"So, how are your parents?" Eliza said, a little afraid to ask, in case one of Arizona's parents had passed away too.

"They're good. They're doing good. The same as always I guess. My family was always so boring compared to your brilliant father who knew everything about anything in the world and Dr. Chocula. And of course, the three stooges." Arizona said laughing.

"Hey don't call them like that. They're super nice."

"Nice and boring." Arizona said.

Suddenly Arizona's pager started sounding. She had to get ready for her next surgery.

"I have surgery in a few minutes. I should go get ready. Listen, I'm on call tonight but I'm free tomorrow night. Would you like to have a drink and catch up? You know, for old time's sake." Arizona said in a flirtatious voice. She was determined to make this happen again. This time she was not letting this opportunity pass he by.

"Oh I can't. Next week? I start on Monday and I'm going to Olympia until Sunday so I won't be here in Seattle." She said.

"Olympia? Why?"

"Uh…" Eliza hesitated. Why are you hesitating Eliza Minnick? Don't hesitate. It's wrong. She thought to herself. "Uh…my uh, girlfriend Jessica, she's an attorney and recently got a job with Mayor Murray. It's only a year, then she's moving here to Seattle."

"Girlfriend?" Arizona said. Peachy. Just peachy. She thought to herself before mentally kicked herself for being so damn ahead of herself. Of course Eliza had a girlfriend. She was gorgeous, smart, witty and all kinds of perfect. Well, maybe she was destined to be the one who got away for her.