A/N: Time hop... It seemed that I was bogged down there, and this story needs to move faster, hope you don't mind...
"How was the party?" Bailey asks stepping into Arizona's office.
"Awesome, she had a great time. She's informed us that she wants to go whale watching on her next birthday." Arizona replies shaking her head, "Who knows maybe she'll be a marine biologist."
"And how are you and Torres doing?" Miranda asks.
"We're working it out, sorry about that scene in the lounge last week. It was just a misunderstanding," Arizona explains.
"You both need to keep your misunderstandings out of the hospital. We can't have two board members airing their personal issues in the doctor's lounge," Miranda reminds her.
"I know, but you should be having this talk with Callie. I was avoiding her that day for that exact reason." Arizona protests.
"But your avoiding her is probably what set her off." Miranda counters.
"Okay, I see your point, but we're going to have to agree to disagree here." Arizona replies as her pager goes off.
Bailey looks at her own pager, "what is that?" she asks confused.
"Oh it's my pager for Seattle Pres, hold on I need to see what's going on. They know I'm here today." She says as she reaches for her phone and calls into the exchange.
"I thought you were just seeing patients over there twice a week. Are you taking calls for them too?" Miranda asks when she hangs up the phone.
"Miranda, I am the only certified Fetal Surgeon in Seattle," she reminds her. "And now that I've contracted with them, I am on call for emergencies, just like I am here."
"But that wasn't an emergency I take it?" She asks.
"No, it was just a change for the valvuloplasty that I have scheduled there tomorrow morning. Did you know that their Women's and Children's department has their own surgical floor?" She asks.
"I-I heard that, so you like it over there?" She asks.
"Yes, I do. Get this, they moved my surgery to the main theater so that all of their surgical residents could observe." Arizona says excitedly, "At this rate we should have a number of good candidates for our first Fetal Surgical Fellowship!"
"Uh, yes, I see and that will be here right? The fellowship will be at Sloan-Grey?" Bailey asks.
"That's the plan, but Woolstone is wooing me to base it there. Maybe you should woo me, Miranda." Arizona teases.
"Woo you? I'm not wooing you, this is your home!" Miranda bellows and walks off, "Woo you!" she mutters as she leaves.
The blonde laughs as Bailey leaves, she should actually tell her that Woolstone is offering her some nice incentives to base the fellowship at Seattle Pres, but she'll wait until a little while longer, he hasn't beat what she has here yet.
"Who is that blonde in Callie's office?" Meredith asks Jo.
"She's here about the web thing in Iceland, I'm not sure exactly." Jo admits.
"Hopefully, she's here to coach her. Callie is not good at public speaking. I'm still kind of shocked that she agreed to do this web series. When does she leave for Iceland?" Meredith asks.
"She leaves the middle of next week. And she'll be gone for two weeks," Jo adds. "I'll be covering her service and Dr Morris will be supervising me. He still kind of creeps me out. He always looks at you just a little too long," she explains.
"Yeah, he's always done that," Meredith replies, "he's still better than Dr Stewart."
Meredith is about to leave when Callie's office door opens and the blonde walks out with Callie right behind her, they're both laughing and smiling.
"Oh Meredith," Callie says pausing in front of her. "I was going to ask you if you could help Arizona with Sofia, while I'm gone, now that she's on call for both hospitals, her schedule gets a little out of control." Callie explains.
"She's already asked me and we've worked out a schedule. Is that really why you asked me to stop by?" Meredith asks, narrowing her eyes at the brunette, who hasn't taken her hand off the blonde's back the whole time they've been standing there talking.
"Oh, Ingrid, this is Meredith Grey, Chief of General Surgery. Meredith this is Ingrid, she's helping me prepare for the web series." Callie explains, ignoring Meredith's question.
"I hope you told her how nervous you get speaking in front of people," Meredith says, then to the blonde she asks, "Did you see her Ted Talk on cartilage?"
"I did, and it was not bad for her first one," Ingrid replies. "Wait until you see her series, she's going to surprise you."
"Oh, she's already surprised me, many, many times." Meredith says, "Good luck Cal, I've got to check on a patient."
"Thanks Meredith!" Callie calls out after her.
"You saw Torres today then?" Alex asks at lunch.
"Yeah, you know that saying, 'the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else?' Well you should see the long legged blonde that she's under," Meredith remarks.
"Jo told me about her, says that she shows up after rounds, stays all day and they leave together almost every night," he replies.
"Whatever, she's the perfect distraction, after the scene on Tuesday in the lounge, she needed one. I speak Italian not Spanish, but what I did understand was not good," Meredith admits.
"Well, they seemed fine at Sofia's birthday party so whatever it was, they worked it out," Alex points out.
"I'm just glad they'll be on different continents for the next two weeks, it's been stressful to be their friend." Meredith quips. "Now tell me, what do you think of Kara?"
"She seems good for Arizona and I'm all for Arizona being happy," he replies.
"April, are you and Jackson going to make it for dinner on Saturday?" Arizona asks.
"Yes, I meant to call you. Now what should I bring? Are you sure you don't need me to cook something?" April asks nervously, she's seen Arizona cook.
"Kara is cooking, don't worry. We've got it all under control. Just show up and be impressed," she teases.
"Okay, Jackson just wanted me to double check on who's going to be there. It's just us, the four of us, right?" April asks.
"Yes, it's just the four of us. I want you to get to know her, she's important to me." Arizona admits, blushing a little.
"Well, we already like her because she makes you smile like that," April says wrapping an arm around her friend.
"Now remember that Jackson and I have set up the guest room for Sofia, so you can drop her off or we can just take her home if you get tied up at work." April reminds her.
"I can't believe that Callie will be gone for two weeks, she's never been away from Sofia for that long" Arizona remarks.
"After last week, I think it's really good timing," April quips.
"You know that was partially my fault. I stood her up for dinner and then avoided her the next day," Arizona admits.
"Well at least you've put it behind you and you both seemed to get along at Sofia's birthday party," she replies.
"Have you met the blonde they sent over to help her prepare for the web series?" Arizona asks.
"Tall, gorgeous with eyes bluer than yours if that's even possible." April says.
"She's the perfect distraction for Calliope, she may get through this thing afterall," Arizona quips.
"Are you on your way?" Kara asks when the blonde calls her.
"Yes, I'm just stopping at my place first," she explains. Since they started dating, Arizona has yet to stay the night at Kara's but since she has surgery first thing in the morning at Seattle Pres and Kara lives closer, they decided that she would stay tonight.
"Dinner will be ready when you get here," Kara replies.
"Okay, I'll be there in about half an hour. I have to admit that I'm a little nervous about this," Arizona says, "I've not done this in a long time and this is the first time since the accident."
"Arizona, we'll figure it out. Just get over here already!" Kara says reassuring her. They've discussed this a few times now and Kara understands that she's nervous, but it's not like they haven't spent the night together. In fact they have spent a few nights at the blonde's place, they just haven't been completely physical yet. And Kara's made it clear to her that it's not expected tonight.
Hanging up the phone, Arizona takes a long look in the mirror. She's really amazed at how understanding Kara is about this, she knows that she shouldn't be so nervous but at the same time, she really cares about her and doesn't want to rush this.
Even though Kara told her it was unlocked and she should just come in, Arizona knocks softly on the door before she enters. "Hey," she says as enters the condo.
"You're here!" Kara says rushing over to her. "Put your things in the bedroom and I'll get the food plated up," Kara says giving her a quick kiss.
"I'm starving and it smells wonderful. I'll be right back," Arizona says, flashing her a bright smile.
"Good, I can't wait to hear how your day went," Kara says over her shoulder.
"My day was amazing," Arizona says a few minutes later coming up behind the shorter woman and wrapping her arms around her. "Callie is distracted by a long leggy blonde who is helping her prepare for her trip to Iceland," Arizona says into her ear.
"Perfect!" Kara exclaims turning around to face the blonde, "you're here."
"I am." Arizona replies. "I'm right where I want to be," she says moving in to kiss her.
Deepening the kiss, Kara pulls her in closer, "Hmm, what brought that on?" she asks playfully when they both pull back to catch their breath.
"Uh, maybe we should eat first, this looks fantastic," she says reaching over and stealing a bite off one of the plates.
"Promise me that you'll let me help cook on Saturday, I'm not totally inept in the kitchen." Arizona remarks as they finish putting everything away
"Oh, you bet you're helping me cook. Now do you want to watch a little tv before bed? I realize that you have to be at the hospital at 6, so I'd understand if you want to just go to bed now." Kara replies yawning herself.
"I think going to bed now is a great idea," Arizona says pulling her in and kissing her.
Surprised by the intensity of the kiss, Kara pulls back a little to look at the blonde, before taking her hand and leading her to the bed. "You can't kiss me like that in the kitchen," she says playfully, pushing the blonde onto the bed.
"Hmm, you're right, this is more conducive to kissing," Arizona says as Kara climbs on top of her and begins kissing her neck line.
"Mmm," Kara says hesitating a moment realizing that she just got completely swept up in that kiss.
Arizona feels her pull back and realizes that she's checking in, which makes her laugh and then she rolls the smaller woman over and climbs on top of her, "Let me show you just how okay I am with this," she says thickly.