Lauren pulled her jacket tight around her body as she waited for her mystery surgeon to walk out of the gate at Seattle Airport. It was another cold and rainy day but it would be a nice change for her guest who'd spent almost two years in the middle of the African desert.

"Lauren!" Arizona squealed as she raced from the gate straight to Lauren

"Arizona" Lauren smiled and pulled her old friend into an excited hug. The pair hadn't seen each other in three and a half years which was a long time for two people who were attached at the hip for most of their residencies. Arizona was one of the few people Lauren had told about moving to London so before she took the job in one cold and rainy city, she visited another just to see her old friend.

"It's so good to see you, you look great. You're glowing with married happiness" Arizona giggled as she stepped back looking at Lauren up and down. Taking her hand, Arizona made Lauren twirl around like a little girl so she could get a good look.

"I've been married for eight months; I think the glow has worn off"

"And I am so sorry I missed your wedding. I feel so bad..."

"Don't even worry about it as long as you stay long enough to see my baby"

"You're pregnant?" Arizona gasped loudly and her hands immediately flew to Lauren's stomach. Not really wanting kids of her own, she still loved when other people had babies.

"No, no I'm not pregnant" Lauren laughed and took her friend's hands off her stomach "But Alex and I are starting to try. Now that you're back and he's going to be an Attending, I can take some time off if I do get pregnant"

"When you get pregnant" Arizona corrected as she picked up her bag and tried to take the bag that Lauren had picked up. The pair started to walk out of the airport towards Lauren's car. Arizona wasn't even game to see Callie just yet so Lauren insisted she stayed with her. "I forgot I'd be working for you. This will be interesting..."

"For once, I'm the boss instead of looking up at 'Miss Top of the Class' like I used to at Johns Hopkins"

"I wasn't always on top..."

"You were top of your class at college, med school, you were Chief Resident and I had to go to New York Pres just to get a fellowship"

"Why didn't you hate me?" Arizona laughed "You were so nice to me when you should have hated me"

"How can I hate someone who wears a pink scrub cap and sneakers with wheels?"

"Says the woman who wears sneakers that light up"

"Hey!" Lauren chuckled as they got to her car "Mine are cool"

"Yours are... lame!

"Who is your boss Arizona?"

"I still don't like your sneakers"

XXXXX

Meredith folded another purple coverall and laid it on the ever growing pile. Sitting on the couch, she was surrounded by piles of coveralls, knitted clothing sent over from New York and blankets. Lauren hadn't bought all of the stuff sitting around Meredith but she had contributed quite a lot. Buying hundred of diapers, baby wipes and even clothes for when her niece was a little bigger, Lauren had so much fun shopping with Meredith the day before.

Cristina sat on the couch across from her best friend holding a bright orange elephant stuffed toy Lauren had bought. She had the morning off so Derek asked her to keep Meredith company. One day away from the hospital and Meredith was going crazy already. Without work she had time to think about the baby and what would happen when the next month came to an end.

"You better hope your next kid is a girl or a really feminine boy or you're just screwed" Cristina chuckled as she looked around at all the pink, purple and white.

"I'll just hand them all down to you when you have a baby" Meredith smirked knowing just the thought of having a baby scared Cristina more than death. There was no way she'd have children especially after what her own mother was like.

"Not gonna happen. Give them to Torres; she's obsessed with having a baby isn't she?"

"I just can't believe how much is here. Will a baby really wear all this?"

"Ah...yeah. Did you not read any of the books Derek seems to have all around this house and the hospital? Did you know Derek had an intern read to him in surgery the other day?" Cristina sighed lightly "Can't he just ask his sisters? Isn't one a gynaecologist and the other's a Paediatrician? You two have it made with just his family"

"I'm not used to having a family like this. Lauren has just been so great telling us what we should and shouldn't do"

"Embrace it"

"Embrace what?" Alex asked hearing the last of the conversation as he let himself into the house and found his friends in the living room. Meredith looked at him as if to say 'how the hell did you get into my house' before she realised Cristina was the last one in so of course the door was unlocked.

"What are you doing here Munchkin King?" Cristina laughed as Alex flopped down onto the couch next to her. Stealing the orange elephant, he played with its little trunk as he pouted.

"What's wrong Alex?"

"It's like a freaking oestrogen fest at my house"

"That's what you get when you marry a woman Alex..." Cristina mocked and snatched the elephant back "You could have married a man..."

"Shutup Yang" he snapped "It's Lauren and Robbins. They're like a pair of school girls. They sat up all night talking, I got no sleep"

"Clearly" Meredith laughed at Alex's bad mood "Wait, Robbins is back?"

"She's the Paeds surgeon Lauren called in for her sextuplet's case"

"Why aren't you at home sleeping? You have the morning off too..."

"Lauren's at the hospital but Robbins was still at the apartment when I left. She's staying with us til she plucks up the courage to talk to Torres" he sighed "Now I know what Derek and Owen put up with when you two are together"

"Now that's just mean" Meredith laughed "You've know us since the start, you should be used to it"

"I am which is a little scary. Lauren and Robbins are worse"

"No-one can be worse than us" Cristina insisted like it was some competition to be the most annoying pair at Seattle Grace.

"You haven't seen these two together. They're exhausting" he sighed and relaxed back into the couch and closed his eyes "I'm tired"

"You work in a hospital full of beds. Go use one"

XXXXX

Teddy walked into Callie's OR Gallery carrying two sandwiches and sat down beside a cross legged Lauren who looked deep in thought. Holding a sandwich out in front of Lauren, Teddy waited til she took it. Teddy and Lauren had become great friends and took it in turns getting lunch in between surgeries no matter how late in the day.

"So I think I just saw Robbins walking out of the Chief's office. She's still in Africa though, isn't she?" Teddy asked as she opened her cafeteria sandwich. Lauren simply shook her head and played with the packaging on her own lunch "So it was Arizona? She's back?" Lauren nodded and looked over at a shocked Teddy "Does Callie know?" Teddy asked and looked down into the OR. Lauren shook her head again as she opened up her sandwich. "Do you really think that's wise? Not telling Callie that she's here?"

"Probably not but I need Arizona's help on a delicate case and she'd planned to come back anyway, I just gave her another reason to get on that plane" Lauren shrugged and looked over at Teddy "I know I may have just started World War Three but you and I both know that those two need to talk to each other"

"True..."

"Tell me bringing Arizona home was the right decision"

"Will she be helping you with your sextuplets?" Teddy asked

"Yes"

"Will she be signing Alex's fellowship application?"

"Yes"

"Will she be coming out with us tonight to Joe's for a drink?"

"Definitely" Lauren laughed and loved how Teddy could make her feel better about this even if they need alcohol to soften the blow that would be Callie's explosion.

Thoughts? Arizona's back! I kinda love how Teddy and Lauren are friends. They need each other.