Meredith arrived in Seattle around 9pm and went straight home, missing her older kids. Amelia had fed them already and Bailey was already sleeping, but Zola insisted to wait for her mom before going to bed.
Meredith knew that they would probably be already sleeping but was really excited to see Zola awake and waiting for her. After spending a time with her daughter, she took her to bed.
"Hey, how did it go?" – Amelia whispered on the doorway of Zola's room, trying to not wake up the kid.
"It was great! Really great! Thank you, for everything, Amelia. You have been so wonderful to me, I really appreciate." – Meredith answered, smiling.
"That's what sisters are for. But tell me, she isn't moving to DC then, right?" – Amelia asked, curiously.
"She said she has very good reasons to stay in Seattle." – Meredith quipped.
Meredith wished Amelia good night; she really needed to get some sleep after that marathon of flights and a small kid. Lying down in bed, she couldn't get her head away from Arizona and how amazing was their connection. The sex, that was always an important part of Meredith's life, was without a doubt mind blowing. But more important: the way Arizona made Meredith feel every time she opened up that magical smile. That feeling, the sensation of coming somewhere she could call home. Arizona felt like home and for Meredith that was priceless. She reached for her phone on the nightstand and texted Arizona:
Can't stop thinking of you. Good night, beautiful.
It was 3 hours later in DC, so Arizona was already sleeping. However, she woke up with the buzz sound of her phone and smiled seeing the text.
I was having a beautiful dream of you. It is certainly a good night. Sleep tight, babe.
The next morning Meredith wrapped up the kids at her car with Amelia and went to the hospital. Maggie was finishing her night shift and spent some time playing with the kids at daycare. Noticing a bright Meredith, she asked:
"Someone had a good night, apparently." – Maggie said playfully.
"I did, Maggie. I actually did." – Meredith replied, smiling.
It was a long day with lots of surgery and emergencies due to an accident in a movie theater. It was almost 8pm when Meredith finally could sit down and rest a little at the attending's lounge when Karev entered.
"Hey, haven't seen you these days. Are you ok?" – he asked.
"I am now. I think we need to talk, Alex. But I'm not sure if I want to do that right now" – Meredith explained.
"Is it about Arizona?" – Alex asked, with a calm voice.
"Yes. But what you said to me the other day made me act like a jerk, so I'm not gonna let you do that again. I love you and I really want to share my happiness with you, but if you can't be happy for me, then I don't want to say anything." – Meredith confessed but using a firm ton in her voice.
Alex cleared his throat and sighed before he started to speak.
"Look, Mer, you've got this all wrong. If you're happy then I'm happy, of course. What I needed to say is that she is my friend too, someone that I care too much. I just wanted you to give it a thought. If you're sure that's what you want, then I'm your number one supporter!"
"You should have given me more credit anyway. I'm not that irresponsible, Alex. I can be a lot of things, but I certainly care about people. And I care about Arizona. I like her, a lot." – Meredith said with a slight smile on her face when she spoke Arizona's name.
One more day: that was the amount of time remaining until Arizona flight back to Seattle. She would catch a late night flight and has the next day off at the hospital, so she could rest from the flight experience. Meredith didn't have anymore day offs this week, though. But she really needed to see Arizona the sooner she could.
After a 8-hour surgery, Meredith left the OR and went to an on call room to call Arizona.
Hey! – Arizona answered the call with a happy voice.
Hey, how are you?
I'm fine, and you? How are things at home?
They're ok. I miss you.
I miss you too. But I will arrive tomorrow morning and we can arrange to see each other at night, after your shift.
Yes, that would be good. But I actually wanted to ask you another thing.
Sure, what is it?
I know you'll be tired and stressed from the flight, but would you come to my house instead? Just to lay down with me? I could really use that in my day.
But I'll be in Seattle around 4am, it would be almost time for you to wake up and go to work.
I would still have an hour or two to sleep with you next to me. I understand if that's too much and unreasonable. But at this point you've noticed I'm not the most reasonable person.
You're definitely not, indeed. But that's not too much to ask, I'm just afraid that I would do you more harm by waking you up than good.
In what world do you think that be woken up by you would cause me more harm than good? Can you come here, please? I will leave a spare key under the mat and you can just enter by yourself. Ok?
Ok, babe. I will.
Thank you, Arizona. Have a good night, ok?
You too. See you tomorrow.