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P.S. I don't speak polish. I use good ol' google translate. Bear with me.
I've been hearing symphonies,
before all I heard was silence;
a rhapsody for you and me
and every melody is timeless.
Life was stringing me along,
then you came and you cut me loose;
was solo singing on my own,
now I can't find the key without you.
And now your song is on repeat,
and I'm dancing on to your heartbeat;
and when you're gone, I feel incomplete.
So, if you want the truth: I just wanna be part of your symphony.
Symphony – Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson
Chapter 20
"I feel like you should really high five me right now." Eliza said as she raised her elbow and placed her head on it, seductively looking at a very naked and very satisfied Arizona Robbins. Her chest was heaving and she couldn't properly speak yet. "After all, I did just make you come three times."
"I…uh…" the blonde tried to speak but she couldn't; it was pointless.
Eliza just chuckled and leaned down to kiss her right below her ear. After their fancy meal, the brunette had made sure she showed her girlfriend just how thankful she was for the whole night. She was VERY thankful. Arizona had always loved to pamper her, ever since they were 'little' like they liked to say. There was a time when she had completely given up on finding this beautiful, loving, sweet, incredible woman ever again and yet, here she was, laying naked next to her in bed after making her come for the third time. Yeah, life was good. Great, even. In Arizona's words, life was awesome.
"Are you okay?" the brunette asked, amused.
"Perfect." Arizona said, finally being able to speak. "You've got some serious skills, Lizzie."
"What can I say? I aim to please."
"Yes, you do." The blonde answered, turning to her side to face Eliza. She leaned in a place a soft kiss on her lips.
"Are you going to high five me?" Eliza asked grinning.
"Nope. Never." Arizona said moving to climb on top of her beautiful girlfriend. "I will make you come, though. You've topped me all night and now it's my turn." She said, placing her leg between Eliza's so that her leg could touch the brunette's center and she started grinding into her. "You know I love it when we argue over who gets to top who but this time I've been way too permissive."
"Well, I wanted to thank you for all the pampering." Eliza said releasing a loud moan and arching her back as Arizona kissed her neck and pressed her leg harder into her core.
"Hmm…and now, I'm going to thank you for all those wonderful trips to orgasmland." Arizona said, kissing the Eliza's neck like her life depended on it. She placed one of her hands on Eliza's nipple, rolling it with her open palms and then with two fingers; the woman beneath her moaned in pleasure. Her breathing was becoming heavier by the second. The blonde's hand left her girlfriend's nipple and began its course down her body. First on her ribs, then on her stomach, her hips and finally reaching the place where she was needed the most. "You're so wet." Arizona said, moaning in satisfaction. She loved being the one to make Eliza this wet.
"All because of you, baby." Eliza said in between breaths. "No one has ever made me this wet. Only you."
The blonde chuckled in response and teased Eliza's entrance with two fingers, gathering moisture. "You. Drive. Me. Crazy." Arizona said in between open mouth kisses all over Eliza's neck and chest. She kissed her down to her breasts. She wanted her nipples in her moth while she had her fingers inside of her.
"Arizona…please."
"Please what, Eliza?" she asked huskily as she circled her tongue around one of Eliza's nipples, pushing the tip of one of her fingers inside of her but not quite entering her yet.
"Fuck." The brunette said, arching her back again and breathing heavily. "Please…fuck me, please."
"Mmmm…I love it when you talk dirty to me." The blonde said; getting even more turned on, if that was possible. Not wanting to make her girlfriend wait any longer, she entered her with two fingers, thrusting them inside of her painfully slow; her mouth still playing with Eliza's nipples.
"Oh God." Eliza said, placing her hand on her forehead. "Yes. Faster."
Arizona answered by fastening her pace inside of Eliza while taking her other nipple in her mouth. Eliza was so wet that she knew she could take and would appreciate an extra finger, so she added one.
"Yes! Yes! Like that. Please…don't stop."
Eliza's moans and whimpers encouraged Arizona to keep going faster each time. She, herself, was a mess; her girlfriend's sounds and scent turning her on like never before. She curled her fingers inside of her and watched as the brunette's face began showing the first signs of orgasm. She kept curling her fingers and stroking them along Eliza's walls. She felt them clenching around her fingers. She was really close so she rubbed her thumb around a very aroused and swollen bundle of nerves and added more pressure each time.
"Come for me, Lizzie." Arizona said, abandoning Eliza's nipples and going up to bite her earlobe.
Eliza's nails dug into Arizona's back as she came undone harder than she had in a long time, screaming Arizona's name. The blonde kept her fingers inside, so that the brunette could ride out her orgasm. When she knew Eliza was finally back to earth, she removed her fingers. Eliza's chest was heavily heaving and her eyes were still closed. She licked her fingers clean, moaning with each finger.
"You're welcome." Arizona said as she rolled off of Eliza, kissing her lips softly before doing so.
Eliza just smiled and opened her eyes. "We're really good at this."
"That we are." The blonde answered laughing lightly and placing another kiss on Eliza's lips. "I love you so much. I love making you feel good." she said, kissing her again. "I will never get tired of making you come. It's a beautiful sight."
"Ditto."
"Why is it that you always say that when I get all cutesy and shit?" Arizona said, gently smacking her girlfriend.
"I can barely speak!"
"Well, prepare for yourself for round five." Arizona said with a cheeky smile, climbing on top of Eliza once again and kissing her way down to her body. "You ready?"
"Oh yes. I am." Eliza said in between breaths.
Luckily for them, they had a late shift the following day. The previous night shenanigans had prolonged a lot and it was light when they finally succumbed to exhaustion and fell asleep in each other's arms. Still, when they arrived at the hospital they were still sore and tired. It felt amazing.
"So, I take it you had sex all night yesterday and maybe part of today." Jo said. Eliza raised her head to look at her protégée, her eyes widening.
"Hey! I'm your boss, remember that?" Eliza said.
"Sorry boss, but you have a huge hickey on your neck. Like, huge. I didn't know Robbins was a blood sucking vampire." The young doctor said teasingly. Her mentor had given her permission to treat her this way as long as no other resident was around or they were outside the hospital. She was her favorite resident but she couldn't be so shameless about it.
"You're annoying, you know that?" the older doctor said, rolling her eyes. "Remind me of my annoying little brother. Keep it up and you won't see an or in months."
"Who will you teach to, then? You know it's only me and Cross who're specifically interested in ortho and you like me a lot better." Her pupil answered.
"Murphy likes ortho too."
"No. Murphy thinks she's got a chance in getting into your pants, which is different." Wilson said, teasingly.
"Really? Murphy?" Eliza asked. "I knew my gaydar was beeping around her but I wasn't sure."
"Well…occasionally."
"Sounds confusing."
"It is. She really does have a crush on you, though."
"Cute."
"Is not, she can be really weird with her crushes. Ask your girlfriend or my boyfriend." Jo said. "So, I take it last night's date was fun…"
"Earth shattering."
"Dr. Minnick! You're my boss, you can't be talking about your sex like with another attending with me…" Wilson said pretending to be shocked.
"I hate you." Eliza said, sticking out her tongue. "Now let's go back to work. I have a hip replacement with your name on it."
"I love you. I would kiss you on the mouth right now if I could." The younger doctor said.
"Easy, there tiger. We don't want my girlfriend punching you on the face." Eliza said laughing and walking with her pupil and friend down the hall.
"Dude, you have to be more careful with the hickeys if you don't want everybody asking who's the one giving them to you." Alex said, pointing at Arizona's neck.
"Oh crap. Again." Arizona said, turning on her phone's camera to use it as a mirror. "Well, what can I say? I'll wear them like a badge of honor."
"That's gross." Alex said, scrunching up his nose. "How are things with Minnick, anyway? When are you guys going public?"
"We are public. We won't make any sort of announcement, we'll just…be. Like, I will hold her hand whenever I want to, be affectionate towards her whenever I want to and all that." The blonde said shrugging.
"Good. That's good. I'm happy for you, Robbins. Minnick is a cool ass chick."
"That she is." Arizona said smiling.
"…that and apparently amazing in bed." Amelia said, joining the other two doctors.
"You and your inappropriate comments." The blonde said.
"You and your inappropriate hickies!" Alex said, laughing.
"Well, I don't kiss and tell." Arizona said, sticking their tongue at her two friends.
"Nope, you just mark necks and don't tell. I saw Eliza today and almost her whole neck was purple" The neurosurgeon said. "Making up for the lost time during those post teenage years?"
"And that's my cue to go." Alex said. "I don't want to know all about Robbins' sex life. It's weird." The peds surgeon said before walking away from the two women.
"So? Earth shattering?" Amelia asked winking and grinning at the blonde.
"Mind blowing." Arizona answered closing her eyes. "I came six times last night. Six!"
"That sounds excessive and greedy."
"You sound jealous."
"I am. Owen and I are barely speaking and you're having six orgasms in one night. Maybe I should become a lesbian."
"Oh, we'll receive you with open arms and give you a 'members only' dyke card." Arizona said laughing. "You and Kepner would make a cute couple. And she isn't getting any either."
"Awesome." Amelia said. "Hand me an application form and then we can go convince my future girlfriend to join as well." She said as the two of them walked away from the nurses' station laughing.
A few days had gone by and they've still to tell their parents. They had been so busy with work and enjoying each other's company that they simply forgot. They decided that it was better to maybe call both set of parents together. Not appearing both on screen at the same time, with a little heads up first but they both knew their parents will be excited to see the other woman. After all, Eliza's parents loved Arizona and Arizona's parents loved Eliza. At least they did when they were teens.
"Okay, so we call your parents first and then we'll call mine." Arizona said opening Eliza's laptop.
"Yeah."
"Are you okay? You seem a little hesitant."
"I am." Eliza said truthfully. "But not because of you, because of me. My parents may not agree with how I handled the whole ex situation."
"They love you, Lizzie. They won't slut shame you or anything."
"I know…it's just. I don't know."
"Come on. Call them. You already told Ludwika you would call her and you don't want her to go full on Count Chocula on you."
"Okay." Eliza said, opening the Facetime icon and clicking on her mother's name. Three rings were all it took for them to pick up. The screen quickly showed the exuberant and friendly face of her mother and the shy but sweet face of her father. Both Eliza and Brandon looked exactly like Ludwika, only Eliza had dark brown hair like her father instead of her mother's beautiful light auburn hair.
"Hello baby girl!" Ludwika said excitedly. "Moje drogie dziecko, wyglądasz na zmęczonego. Masz duże cienie pod oczami. Czy nie spałeś dobrze?" (My dear child, you look tired. You have big dark circles under your eyes. Have you not been sleeping well?)
Eliza swallowed hard. She hasn't been sleeping well but not for reasons she'd like to share with her mother. "Cześć mamusiu. Nie martw się. Po prostu miałam dużo pracy." (Hello, mommy. Don't worry. I just have been working a lot.) she said, trying to avoid any further questions about her evidently tired state. "Czy nie powiedziałeś nam, żebyś nie mówił po polsku wokół tatusia? On nie może zrozumieć." (Didn't you tell us not to speak Polish around daddy? He can't understand us.)
"I understand more than you know, Eliza." Her dad said. His big blue eyes as loving and shiny as always. Her dad was the most brilliant human being she had ever met. He knew everything about everything and Ludwika loved telling the story of how the shy and quiet loner from a small town in Maine made the loud and extroverted Polish girl fall in love with him by talking about stuff she didn't understand but wanted to understand. Who knew physics, mathematics and semiotics could be the way to a girl's heart?
"Hello daddy." Eliza said shaking her hand. So yes, she still called her parents mommy and daddy…old habits die hard. And they would always be mommy and daddy to her, so what?
"Hello my dear, saving lives and being brilliant as always, I assume." He said, smiling at her.
"You know it!" she answered laughing.
"That's my girl." Charles Minnick answered. "my wonder girl." He said tenderly. Arizona chuckled at Eliza's dad nickname. He had always called her that, ever since she was little. Eliza kicked her across the table for her to shut up.
"So…mom, dad. I got something to tell you." She said nervously.
"Are you pregnant?" Ludwika asked. "If you are I have to go there. I can't be your doctor but I can recommend good doctor on the west coast."
"What? No! Mom, I can't get pregnant without planning it." Eliza said.
"Is Peruvian pygmy pregnant, then?" her mom asked, curiously.
"Mom! Don't call her like that!"
"Why? She's Peruvian and she's very short. Too short. I'm not saying anything insulting" Ludwika asked, nonchalantly.
"You can't just call people that, it's offensive."
"Bah…you Americans and your political correctness." Her mother said rolling her eyes. Arizona peeked a little a saw her future mother in law. Eliza looked exactly like her when she rolled her eyes. She was literally the brunette version of her mother. Dr. Minnick-Baranski was an absolutely beautiful woman, even now when she was in her 60s. She was a little mind-blown with how much they looked alike. Ludwika was around Eliza's age when she and Arizona first met and the resemblance between the last image the blonde had of the redheaded doctor and her girlfriend's current appearance was uncanny.
"Kika, let her speak." Charles said.
"Thank you, dad." Eliza said. She loved her mother but sometimes she drove her insane. Brandon had definitely inherited the annoyingness from her. "I have something important to tell you."
"Go on, dear."
"First is that Jessica and I broke up."
"Oh!" Ludwika said without knowing what else to say. "Okay."
"I know you weren't too fond of her, you can be happy openly." Eliza told her mother.
"No, dear. It's not that I wasn't fond of her. It's just that our personalities clashed." Her mother said, explaining herself. "But she was good to you and respected you. Even if she was too nosy."
"Takes one to know one."
"Are you okay?" her father asked.
"I am. I really, really, am. I'm happy. Happier than I've ever been, actually." Eliza said smiling widely.
"You're already seeing someone else, aren't you?" Ludwika said.
"How did you know that?" Eliza asked confused. "Did any of the shrimps tell you something? Little pieces of shit…"
"Eliza! Language." Her dad said.
"Oh, please dad. You can't expect me not to curse when I grew up with your wife for a mother."
"She's right, Charlie." Ludwika said. She was the only one allowed to call him that. "Eliza, I'm your mother. I know you. I can recognize all of your smiles and that one right there" she pointed at her daughter. "Is your 'I'm madly in love' smile. I've only seen it once before. I'm happy to see it again."
"Once? You mean with Jess?" she asked confused.
"No, silly. Jess was good, you loved her, sure…but the last time I saw you smiling like that while talking about someone you were teenager and you were in love with a lovely girl." Ludwika said.
"Don't start, Kika. Took our Eliza a long time to get over that one…"
"What about me? It took me a long time to get over her too…" Eliza's mother said with a dramatic sigh. Eliza rolled her eyes at her.
"Well…maybe I never got over her. I just put that feeling in stand by for a while."
"Oh no, no, no baby. No. That's not healthy." Her mother said, shaking her head.
"You are right mom." Eliza said. "But I'm perfectly healthy. And I want you to meet my girlfriend."
"Well baby, it'll have to wait until one of my patients delivers her twins in six months…she has high risk pregnancy and doesn't trust any other doctor." Ludwika said. "And daddy won't go without me. He'll become silent."
"No, I understand. I want you both to meet her right now. Through this camera." She said looking at Arizona and gesturing for her to come with her hand. "Come here. Don't be shy." She said chucking and pulling Arizona by her wrist. "Mom, Dad…this is my beautiful girlfriend Ar—"
"ARIZONA!" Ludwika said squealing in delight. "Oh my God, Charlie. Look, it's her. It's really her."
"Hello, Ludwika. Charles."
"Oh baby, you can call me mom." she said excitedly. "I wish I could hug you right now my beautiful, beautiful girl." Eliza's mom had always been very affectionate with her children and the significant others she actually liked. She had always been sweet and loving to Arizona and then also Sadie. No one else had been able to completely win the Polish woman over.
"No, don't. That's creepy."
"I'm so happy." Ludwika said clapping her hands. "You've gotten so pretty."
"She certainly has." Charles said. Unlike his wife, he was still very shy and reserved although incredibly loving and affectionate with his kids too. He was also very funny because although he didn't talk much, whenever he said something it almost always was a hilarious and brilliant remark. Arizona had long ago gotten to the conclusion that the Minnick kids inherited a perfecto combination of big brains, big senses of humor and even bigger hearts from both of their parents. "It's nice to see you again, Arizona."
"Thank you Ludwika and Charles. It's nice to see you both too." She smiled at them. "And Lizzie too, of course. It was very nice to see her again."
"I've dreamed of this moment." The older woman said with a dreamy smile.
"Are you the one who's in love with her or what?" Eliza's father said.
"Oh shush, honey. Don't ruin this moment for me."
"Mom, you're being creepy."
"Am I being creepy, Arizona?"
"A little, but I'm used to you being all Count Chocula, so it's no biggie." The blonde said, smirking and hoping she hadn't crossed a line.
Ludwika released a true happy laugh. "See? You already fit so well with us."
"Sadie wants to know if Arizona is going to take her spot as favorite daughter in law." Eliza asked.
Ludwika smiled. "Oh no, dear. Sadie will always be my favorite straight daughter in law. Even if the other chipmunks marry girls. At this point who knows, right?" she smiled again, this time a very cheeky smile. "And Arizona will be my favorite gay daughter in law. Or child on law of you know, any of your brothers ends batting that way. Daughter in law. I like the sound of that. You look so pretty in white, Eliza. Are you guys planning on—"
"Okay, mom. We have to go." Eliza interrupted her.
"What? But you just called me!" the redhead protested.
"We're doctors. We're busy. Very busy. And we have to call Barbara and The Colonel." She said.
"Barbara and Daniel!" she exclaimed. "I love them! They're so nice and pretty. Tell them I wish to see them soon. Or, better, give me Barbara's number. That way we can plan the wedding together."
"BYE MOM! BYE DAD!" She said rushing to press the end call button. She knew she would get a million messages from her mom scolding her for hanging up on her but she just had to.
"I'm sorry for her…she hasn't changed one bit as you can see."
"Neither has your dad. I can't imagine their dates. I bet she did all the talking."
"Oh, for sure."
"But don't apologize for her. I love your parents. I've always loved how she gets so excited about everything. It's…refreshing."
"Refreshing?"
"Yes, in a world with so much negativity, a person as genuinely excited and happy-go-lucky as your mother is absolutely refreshing." Arizona said, leaning closer to peck Eliza on the lips. "Okay, time to call the Robbins'"
After a few rings, Arizona's parents answered. She had also scheduled this call with them. Her parents were a lot more serious and less cheerful than Eliza's family but they did love her when they were young.
"Hello, Ari." Barbara said sending an air kiss to her daughter. "How are you, my darling? You look skinnier. Have you been eating well?"
"Mom, I look the same as I did when we videochatted a few months ago."
"Leave her alone, Barbara. She looks as beautiful as always." Daniel said. "Hello, battleship."
"Hey guys. How are you?" she asked awkwardly.
"We're good. How are you? You're acting a little strange…" Barbara said. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Yes. I'm good. I'm great, even. Awesome."
"Is your leg bothering you again? Nightmares?" Daniel asked, concerned. Eliza also peeked a little bit. Arizona had grown up to look so much like The Colonel it was almost scary. She was his female version except for the golden hair which was Barbara's.
"No, no. It's something good." The blonde answered. "Look, I'm terrible at delaying things so I'll just say it. I'm back together with Eliza."
"Eliza?" Barbara asked. "You mean the Minnick girl?"
"The one and only." She said smiling.
"What? How? Did you…is that her?" Daniel asked, pointing to an elbow that was now in the camera frame without them knowing. Arizona pulled her by the arm so that she was in full display.
"Eliza Minnick, in the flesh!" she said pointing at her.
"Wow! Hello, dear. It's been so long. You look beautiful, by the way." Barbara said lovingly. She had always secretly longed for a reunion between these two.
"Hello, Barbara. Thank you, you look great too." She said smiling and then looking at Arizona's father. "Colonel."
"No, please. Call me Daniel, Eliza. It's very good to see you after all this time." Daniel said sincerely. He had always liked Eliza. She was determined, ambitious and cunning but honorable; even as a teenager. The kind of person her wanted for her daughter.
"It's great to see you both too." Eliza said smiling.
"I'm so happy for you, girls. You deserve this second chance." Barbara said smiling widely. "That this mean that Ludwika and I finally get to plan a wedding together?"
"MOM!" Arizona said, cutting her off.
"Barbara, please. They've just gotten back together." Daniel scolded her.
"Thank you, dad." She said.
"Oh, come on! You know where this is going…"
"Okay, parents. It's time for us to go. We're busy doctors, remember?". Arizona said, wanting to get out of this conversation as soon as possible.
"Can I get Ludwika's number, please? I've always loved that woman. She's like a little ball of energy." Barbara said smiling.
"Of course, Barbara. I'll have Arizona text it to you."
"That could be really dangerous." Daniel said, laughing. "Goodbye girls, be good. Save lives."
"Goodbye dad."
"Goodbye Daniel."
"Goodbye darlings. My beautiful, beautiful girls together again. This is good news." Barbara said smiling and blowing two kisses for them. They said their goodbyes to the chubby blonde woman and closed the computer.
"I guess moms will be moms." Eliza said chuckling.
"Annoying and nosy?"
"You are a mom, so I guess you must know." Eliza said teasingly.
November 10th 2016
For Eliza's 39th birthday, Arizona had a whole evening planned. They were going to have dinner at a beautiful seafood restaurant right by the bay on the 9th and then they were heading back home for dessert and wine, so that 12, right when Eliza's birthday started she would be in the middle of an intense orgasm.
Her plan, of course, didn't work out. Surgeries and trauma got in the way. As it tends to happen when you chose a career like the one they've chose. It sucked. By the end of the night, they were so exhausted that they barely made it to Arizona's bed and didn't even bother to change into pajamas. The following day, on the actual 10th they had planned on spending the whole day out, doing touristy activities that Eliza hadn't been able to do yet since arriving to Seattle and grilling some steaks on Arizona's backyard.
Again, her plan didn't work out. It rained all freaking day, and they were both paged to the hospital even if they had the day off. Luckily, the emergencies weren't actually emergencies and they had been able to go back to Arizona's house early. They had ordered some pizza and made love in every single corner of the house. At the end, it hadn't been such a bad day.
"I'm so sorry we didn't get to do any of the things I had planned for your birthday." Arizona said, stoking Eliza's hair while they cuddled, naked on her sofa. Eliza took a sip of her wine and looked up at her blonde.
"Baby, this was perfect." She said, moving her head up to kiss her girlfriends perfect pink lips. "All I need to have a good time is to be with you. I don't need anything else."
"I know. Me too. But still, I really wanted to pamper you."
"You pamper me all the time. You're going to end up making me a spoiled brat."
"I don't mind. I love to treat you. I've always have." Arizona said.
"I know." Eliza said, moving up to kiss her on the lips. They stayed in a comfortable silence, next to each other for a few minutes before Arizona spoked up.
"I want to show you something." She said.
"Okay." The brunette said smiling. "Go ahead."
Arizona stood up, grabbed Eliza's shirt and threw it over her head, also putting her panties on and disappearing up the stairs. Eliza mimicked her and also half-dressed herself. A few moments later, Arizona came down with something in her hands. She sat next to her, her eyes teary.
"What's wrong?" she asked concerned. The blonde just shook her head and pecked her on the cheek.
"Look." She said, handing Eliza a purple book. The color was faded and it had been taken out from its original shape to add more pages. Eliza was in shock. Was it? No. It couldn't be.
"Arizona, is this...?" she was so choked up she could barely speak.
"Open it." Arizona said, wiping away tears.
Eliza dried her own tears before opening the book. She opened it carefully and she read the first page 'The great adventures of Lizzie and Phoenix. From 1993 – infinity' in purple glitter followed by another one in black pen saying 'cheesy, I know but what can I say? You make me cheesy. I love you. EM'. Eliza couldn't and didn't want to hold her tears anymore. This was such an emotional moment. She went through the pages and saw so much of their history on those pages. Their first pictures, songs, wrappers, tickets of concerts they went to together, love notes. It was incredible.
Arizona was also crying. She had never felt something as deep and as strong as what she was feeling right at that moment. "Here." She said as she grabbed the book from Eliza's hands and flipped it, leaving half of the pages at the left side so that Eliza could see something there. "I took out the original paste thingy from the side so that I could enlarge it, and then had it paste again." She then flipped one more page. "Look."
Eliza felt tears in her eyes again. 'The great adventures of Lizzie and Phoenix Part II. From 1993 (with a little break from 1995 to 2016) to infinity.' It said in hot pink glitter, in Arizona's neat and beautiful handwriting. A little lower, in black ink it said 'First, last and forever.' She flipped that page and saw a picture of them taken at that speakeasy style bar they had gone the first time they went out in Seattle, a coaster from Unicorn, the crossword puzzle they solved with April Kepner and Meredith Grey (or shall she say, that April Kepner solved and they only filled in), another pictured of them in scrubs at the hospital and a coaster from Joe's. She flipped the page and there she saw a picture from the time they went to Canlis, the whole nine course tasting menu written in Arizona's handwriting and a picture she had never seen before. It was a picture of them looking at each other and smiling widely. They were at cafeteria, having lunch but they seemed to be the only people on earth. To each other, they kind of were. They were so evidently in love in that picture.
"Who took this picture?" Eliza asked Arizona, wiping her tears away.
"Amelia did." Arizona said, wiping her own tears and laughing. "Back when we were 'friends'. She did it to call me out on my bullshit. Her words, not mine. Pretty, right?" Eliza was about to answered but Eliza shook her hand to tell her not to. She wasn't done. "I added all of this pages so that we can create new memories and put them here as well. We always loved this thing so I figured why not continue it? Our 'adventure' is far from done and…there's no one else I'd rather fill this book with." The blonde said. "So? What do you say?"
"To what?"
"To new adventures."
"Hell yeah."
"Yeah?"
"Of course." Eliza said leaning in and capturing Arizona's lips in hers. "Phoenix, this is so beautiful" she said, leaning in to kiss the blonde. "I can't believe you kept it all these years."
"I told you I would keep it forever."