Arizona had been right. Maggie couldn't keep her mouth shut past lunch time. In fact, it was while most of the attendings were at lunch that she finally broke.
Arizona and Amelia were sitting together at a table, quietly going over the list of people they had told and still needed to tell. At the top of the latter list was Callie. Arizona figured she should be the one to tell her ex-wife and she was quietly enjoying the fact that it really couldn't go over worse than the first time they'd all met Penny.
Glancing towards the entrance to the cafeteria, Arizona spotted Callie who immediately joined the queue, looking hungrily over all the options.
Looking back to her girlfriend, Arizona decided there was no time like the present and began to stand.
"I suppose I better get this over and done with," the blonde sighed, but as she glanced back to the queue, she realized Maggie was right behind Callie. As she watched the cardio surgeon chatter away, she sent up a silent prayer that it was work related. When Callie turned around sharply and after searching the cafeteria, her eyes fell on Arizona who was still somewhere halfway between sitting and standing.
"Shit," Amelia softly swore, placing her hand over Arizona's, which was firmly gripping the table. "I will kill, Maggie."
Arizona slumped back down into her chair. This was not going to plan at all.
Callie finished getting her food before she made her way over to where the couple were sitting, walking straight past her own girlfriend to get to them.
"You two are dating?" Callie asked, standing in front of them, hands clenched around her tray.
"Yes," Arizona replied softly, completely confused as to why Callie seemed to be so angry. After all, no one had sung higher praises of Penny at that dinner party than Arizona had. Well, until they all found out about her role in Derek's death.
"When were you going to tell me?" Callie demanded.
"Right now, actually. If someone had of kept their mouth shut," Arizona replied, shooting a glare across the room at the back of Maggie's head.
"How long?" Callie asked, softening slightly.
"It's all really new, Callie. You know how fast rumours fly around this place. We just wanted to get on top of it all right from the start," Arizona said, trying to reassure her ex-wife. She knew Callie was already wondering if she had cheated with Amelia too.
"Ok," Callie said, still trying to process everything. She took a deep breath and finally looked at Amelia, who actually looked kind of scared of her for once. Suddenly, she felt bad for being so angry about it all. Why shouldn't Arizona be happy?
With that, Callie turned and headed back to sit with her own girlfriend, throwing a casual "congratulations" over her shoulder.
"That wasn't so bad," Arizona said as she watched her ex-wife retreat.
"I'm still going to kill Maggie," Amelia grumbled as she stole a fry off of Arizona's tray.
After the stress of the day, Amelia wanted nothing more than to go home, change into sweatpants, eat takeout and just generally not have everyone's eyes on her anymore. Arizona had taken her hand as they exited the elevator and headed straight to her own car, opening the passenger door and waiting for Amelia to get herself settled.
"So chivalrous," Amelia complimented jokingly, leaning her head back and closing her eyes.
Arizona smiled to herself as she closed the door and headed around to the driver's seat, wondering how she got so lucky.
They drove in silence, Amelia drifting in and out of sleep and Arizona feeling content to glance across at the brunette's peaceful face every chance she got. After a brief stop to pick up Chinese food, they made it back to Amelia's house but before Amelia had even turned her key in the lock, they heard Maggie inside chattering away about them to Meredith.
"Why don't we eat out here?" Arizona suggested, sensing Amelia's hesitancy to go in and face the gossip she had thought would be left behind at the hospital.
Grateful for the chance to avoid her 'sisters' for a little while longer, Amelia followed Arizona to sit on the porch swing, taking the take out box the blonde offered to her.
"Thank you," Amelia said, looking deep into Arizona's eyes. "You know me too well."
"No, I'm good at reading people. Paeds is all about reading the tiny humans. But I can't wait to know everything about you," Arizona replied, leaning across to capture her girlfriend's lips in a soft kiss. "Now eat up before it gets cold."
Amelia sat back on the swing; eating her takeout and feeling like she could finally relax. She smiled to herself as she thought that Arizona had finally worked out how to tame Hurricane Amelia.