"Robbins!" Alex called from the kitchen. He'd been waiting for her for twenty minutes, if she didn't coming down the stairs this very instant they were definitely going to be late. Luckily for him Arizona happened to be his boss so it was unlikely that he would be in too much trouble.
"What the hell is she doing up there?" Alex directed his question to the young red head sitting at the breakfast bar eating a bowl of cereal, nose deep in a legal case study.
"I don't know she's turned the entire bedroom upside down looking for something" Hannah answered him without looking up from what she was reading.
Alex had gotten used to waking up to find Hannah mulling around the kitchen in her underwear or cluttering the dining room table with her legal textbooks. Arizona had been 'dating' Hannah for a little over six months now, they weren't too serious but they had fun together and Alex had fun hanging out with the two of them. Not to mention the fact that Hannah had a lot of hot friends whom she was kind enough to introduce him to.
Arizona finally came running down the stairs looking scattered and dishevelled. She found her way in to the kitchen before grabbing the two pieces of toast that had been left on the counter for her and making her way to the front door with only a grunt towards the two people already occupying the kitchen. Hannah smirked at Arizona's retreating form before quickly turning back to her reading.
"Did you not put out last night or something? Cos she looks stressed" Alex's comment was half for the purpose of teasing Hannah and half because he was a little scared to go to work today knowing that Arizona was in a bad mood.
"Not that it's any of your business but I did put out last night. Twice!" she grinned at him mischievously before jumping off the breakfast bar stool and heading up stairs.
Alex shook his head and threw Hannah's dirty bowl in the sink before grabbing his bag off the table. Hearing the sound of Arizona honking the car horn incessantly was enough to make him sprint out of the house. It certainly was going to be an interesting day at work.
Arizona couldn't believe her luck today. First she had misplaced her research notes for the board meeting this morning and ended up being twenty minutes late for said meeting, then three of the nurses on her floor had come down with some sort of stomach bug so she was short staffed. For some unknown reason she had been assigned every single one of the incompetent interns that the hospital had in its program and to add to her list of troubles she had just found out that she would be working on a case with Hayley Daniels.
Not to get the wrong idea, Arizona liked Hayley. She thought the brunette was a fantastic doctor and she really was a sweet person, she was funny and charming not to mention beautiful but it didn't stop Arizona from wanting to strangle her every time she saw the ring Calliope had put on her finger. Things had progressed quickly between Hayley and Callie, apparently the two of them shared the same vision when it came to the future and just last week Callie had popped the question. Well it hadn't actually been a proposal as such, it was more like a commitment ring, a big fat diamond commitment ring that could blind you if you looked to intensely at it.
Arizona had been a little shocked of course, she wasn't expecting this so soon. She thought she would have more time to get used to the idea but the world was inevitably out to get her and decided to spring this on her now. She didn't know why she was so upset; she had been the one to suggest that Hayley and Callie would be a good match for one another. She had been the one to end their relationship because she didn't want children and yet somehow she still felt hurt and a little betrayed at how happy Callie seemed to be. The blonde had been dating Hannah who was great, she was fun and carefree. She was surprisingly intelligent and Arizona found her to be quite a good conversationalist but better than that she seemed to view the world the same way that Arizona did. She didn't want children but she did want to find someone to share her life with, someone to go on vacations with and stay up all night making love to. Hannah had passed the bar exam the day that she and Arizona had met, she was at Kulito's to celebrate when she had run into Arizona. The two of them had yet to have a conversation about where their relationship was going because Arizona had been successfully putting it off. Luckily for her Hannah wasn't the pushy type, she wasn't a needy person and to be honest she had enough on her plate what with being a first year Associate at a prestigious law firm and all.
Callie's recent proposal had caused Arizona to think about her future and she had decided to have the talk with Hannah. She didn't know where that talk would lead but she decided that tonight would be the night to bring it up and whatever will be will be.
Arizona's relationship with Callie hadn't been all bad these past six months. In fact they had become quite good friends, of course they had their moments where they would snap at one another or lash out at each other for no apparent reason and Arizona often found herself ogling her hot ex-girlfriend but all in all they had formed a healthy friendship. They were able to go out together and have a good time without ruining everyone's night by fighting; they even did things alone, just the two of them. Just last week Callie had managed to talk her into going car shopping with her. Apparently she had tried going with Hayley the week before but it ended in disaster, Mark had offered his services but Callie had insisted that Arizona was the only person for the job.
It turns out their day car shopping had been great, Arizona had always found Callie's love of cars to be badass and had always done her best to at least pretend to be listening when the brunette rattled on about the specifics of each vehicle. Arizona smiled to herself as she realised the two of them had come a long way, whilst they weren't together anymore they were still in each other's lives and were actually for the most part, best friends.
"Arizona! There you are. I'm so sorry I'm late. I had an emergency surgery on a woman with an abnormal uterus. She almost bled out in the delivery room. It still amazes me how women can go through an entire pregnanct without so much as one prenatal exam" Hayley was clearly riled up over the situation and Arizona could definitely see where she was coming from, working in PEDS Arizona had to deal with a lot of sick babies with conditions that could have been prevented or at least helped if only the mother had had a prenatal exam.
"I know what you mean. We have a free clinic downstairs so there really is no excuse for these women to be putting their own lives as well as their babies in danger by not having prenatal exams" Arizona found this sort of behaviour to be careless parenting and it was something that made her extremely mad on a daily basis.
"Exactly. Okay, so I have here Sarah Whitfield, 24 weeks pregnant. " Arizona liked the fact that Hayley was friendly and easy to talk to yet she was all business at work, they worked well together but she was a little confused as she took the file from the brunette.
"You want to take the baby out at 24 weeks?" it had been a long time since Arizona had worked on a premature baby. In recent months most of her patients have been over the age of two.
"No" Arizona was getting a little annoyed now. If this was one of those 'let's scrape Dr. Robbins' brain for a diagnosis' type things she was going to be very mad. A number of doctors in the hospital had taken to seeking her and Lexie Grey out in order to brain storm a clinical diagnosis that was stumping them. Whilst it was flattering to be seen as someone with great skill and knowledge, she had just handed off a surgery to another Paediatric surgeon because she was told this case was urgent.
"Then why do you need me?" Arizona was confused as to why she had been called to consult on a pregnant woman; she dealt with children not their mothers.
"The fetus has diaphragmatic hernia" Arizona was still unsure of exactly what the Obstetrician was asking of her.
"Okay, but unless you're planning on taking the fetus out which I can't see why you would, I don't see how I can help you" there was nothing Arizona wanted more than to be able to help this woman and her baby but the fact of the matter is she's a Paediatric surgeon and technically her potential patient doesn't exist yet.
"I want you to perform surgery on the fetus. In utero"
Four hours later and Arizona was still pacing around her office trying to think through all of the options available for the patient Hayley had come to her with. There were a number of paths they could take but Arizona was in a state of panic because she wasn't really sure she was the right person for this.
Standing outside the PEDS surgeon's office stood some nosey nurses, a few curious interns, Cristina Yang, Meredith Grey and Jackson Avery. They were all watching the panicking blonde with amusement through the large glass window in her office.
"Ten bucks says that's about Torres and Daniels" Avery grins as he propositions the other Residents for a bet.
"Nah, her and Callie are like friends now. I think they're actually starting to believe the lies they've been telling themselves. It's something else. Maybe she lost her roller shoes, I saw her have a meltdown over them once" Cristina piped in.
"Maybe she's having problems with the new girlfriend" Meredith shrugs as she offers up her own suggestion.
"Will you losers stop gossiping? She's freaking out over a surgery. Its obvious look, she's pacing, she's talking to herself. All clear signs of a pre surgery freak out" everyone looked over to where Alex was standing on the other side of the nurses' station. All of them giving him a looked that showed none of them were buying his theory.
Avery noticed Callie rounding the corner and nudged Meredith to get her attention who in turn nudged Cristina to alert her of the orthopaedic Attendings presence. Avery and Meredith did a terrible job of pretending to be working when Callie approached, Cristina didn't even try to hide the fact that she was gawking at Arizona in amusement.
"What's going on in there?" Callie asked curiously.
"She's having a meltdown" Cristina informed her nonchalantly. Callie raised an eyebrow as is asking for an explanation.
"Avery thinks she's freaking out over you and green eyes. Mer thinks she's got problems with the lawyer but I said she probably just misplaced her roller shoes" Cristina didn't miss the reprimanding looks she received from Meredith and Avery as she blurted everything out to her roommate.
"Do you people not have anything better to do with your time? Seriously, ridiculous" Callie shook her head as she made her way over to Arizona's office and knocked lightly before entering.
The congregation of people standing outside the PEDS surgeon's office turned their attention back to the blonde who was now conversing with the Orthopaedic surgeon that had just entered her office. They all watched for a few minutes, everyone hoping to see something juicy.
"Ergh… Karev was right. Callie's writing on the board. Classic pre surgery freak out" it seems that Cristina was bored with the events that had unfolded and after shutting the file in her hand hastily she stalked of down the corridor.
"I totally thought that was going to be more eventful" the disappointment was evident in his voice as he and Meredith also began walking down the corridor.
"Maybe next time"
