/4th November 2016/
"Your anaemic" Addison confirmed that morning. "I'm going to prescribe you some iron supplements, they are perfectly safe for the triplets but they may give you an upset stomach. So if that happens just take half the recommended dose." She explained, despite knowing Maria knew all of this information.
"Thank you Addison."
"That's okay. I'm just doing my job. Feel better." She wished.
"I hope so." Maria replied before leaving the room and going over to the peds ward where she had a couple of consults.
"Hey Maria." Karev greeted, after she'd finished her last consult on the peds ward. "How are the triplets doing?"
"They're perfect Alex." She answered.
"Good."
"Alex can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Will you be their godfather?" She asked.
"Of course I will Maria! Are you sure you trust me as a godfather?"
"Yes I'm sure. Me and Arizona have talked about it and we decided your the best for it."
"Wow. I'm honoured Maria." He told her.
"I'm glad." She paused. "If you see Arizona can you tell her I'm working late today?" Maria asked, having to get back to the ENT ward.
"Sure I'll tell her." He agreed.
"Thanks." Maria then walked off back to her own department to check on some patients consult on pre booked appointments with her. After her last appointment she quickly went down to the cafeteria to get some food before her surgery that evening, running into Meredith who also had the same idea. "Your still working?" Meredith asked, for the last couple of months she hadn't been working much later than 7.
"Yeah, I wanted to get a surgery done today so the patients condition doesn't get worse." She explained. "How about you?" She knew Meredith often went home at around 6 so she could spend time with her kids.
"We had a few more general emergencies than usual today so I had to push a surgery." She explained.
"I'm so glad I'm in ENT. I don't normally get emergency surgeries, only when I'm needed in Peds."
"Trust you to take the easy specialty. But then you are double board certified." Meredith responded as they sat down together to eat their food.
"Yep. I don't do things by half Meredith, you should know that by now." Having gone to medical school together they knew each other quite well.
"Oh I know. Remember when you cried over getting 76% in one module?" She asked, remembering their time together at medical school.
"Yep, if it's not perfect it's not good enough. A B is simply unacceptable to me. It always has been." Maria laughed after saying that, realising how stupid it was to cry over something so trivial as one low grade, well not even low. Just lower than she wanted.
Meredith also laughed. "You basically never went out with us all." She said, Maria used to be ridiculously dedicated to her studies.
"I know, I spent the prime of my life in the library." She reminisced.
The two of them ate their food and laughed before heading to their separate surgeries that evening.
After Maria came out of the surgery she waited for the patient to come round before going home.
"Your home sweetheart!" Arizona exclaimed happily. She was laying on the sofa reading a medical journal article. "How are you feeling?" She asked.
"Alright today. Just tired." She answered. "Would you like a hot chocolate?"
"That would be lovely Maria."
"Alright Ari, do you want me to put cream on it?"
"Please. You do know how lovely you are right?"
"I know how lovely you think I am." She replied before heading into the kitchen to make the hot chocolates.
Once Maria had made the drinks Arizona put down her tablet, deciding she'd finished reading and sat up so she could drink her hot chocolate and to allow Maria to be next to her. After finishing their drinks they both laid back down, Arizona spooning Maria, placing her arm over Maria's belly.
"Do you want boys or girls?" Maria asked.
"I want one of them to be a boy." Arizona answered. "How about you?"
"All girls."
"Really, you don't one boy?"
"Not really, I'd prefer girls. If we have boys I'll still love them."
"Of course you'll still love them Maria."
"I love them already."
Arizona smiled and tightened her grip on her wife. "I already love them too."
"Good Ari, because I can't look after triplets on my own."
"Neither could I. Which is why you need to stay healthy."
"I know Ari. I'm going to get some blankets down." Maria waited for Arizona to remove her arm before going upstairs to get some blankets, putting them over herself and Arizona once she got back down. "Your not too hot are you?" Maria asked.
"Not atall." Arizona paused. "Are we sleeping down here?"
"If you want to. I think I'm going to have a bad night so I won't be getting much of that."
"Oh sweetheart." Arizona was being sympathetic towards her wife, before Maria got pregnant she suffered from quite severe insomnia and knew that bad night was an understatement. "Wake me if you want comfort." She reminded, yawning. "I'm really comfy so I'm going to sleep now."
" okay. Sweet dreams Ari." She wished.
"Thanks. You try and get some sleep, even if it's only a couple of hours."
I'll try." Maria sighed. Chances of that were low.