She kept thinking about what Meredith said all day. For her excitement, it sounded like a good thing. She affirmed she couldn't hide it anymore. Did she mean their relationship, or better said, their attempt to a relationship? Was she ready to assume Arizona? Anyway, she got tired of wondering all the possibilities; she just wanted this day to end so she could finally meet Meredith.

After her last surgery of the day, Meredith was exhausted. Thankfully, Maggie left earlier and took the kids home. Meredith changed into regular clothes and packed up her things to meet Thorpe and then, finally, Arizona. She was going to be serious this time, for real. She was going to ask her to be her girlfriend. No more hiding, no more fearing. She was in love, she needed to feel alive like that again.

When she arrived at the main entrance, Thorpe was already there waiting for her. He was still looking the same, like last year. He smiled when spotted Meredith and she smiled back. They hugged for a second.

"Hi, it's really nice to see you" – He said.

"Definitely. It's nice to see you too. So, how can I help you?" – Meredith asked.

"I got the scans and labs in my car, can we go there? I didn't want to enter here with all of these." – He suggested and Meredith nodded yes.

They went to the parking lot and he opened his car, so they both entered.

Looking at the scans, Meredith's look wasn't positive.

"I believe you know the diagnostic already" – She said, in a sad tone.

"I do. But she's my sister-in-law, so I wanted to have one last opinion before I accept it." – He said, looking sad.

"I'm so sorry. I really am. But there's nothing left to say in here, other than what you've probably heard already. It's a huge tumor and it's spreading" – Meredith said and put her hand on top of his, trying to comfort him while she confirmed the bad news.

Somehow he interpreted that differently and took that as a sign of reciprocity of his feelings for her.

At the same time, Arizona was leaving the hospital trying to check if Meredith's car was still in the parking lot.

Hey, can't find you anywhere in here. Already left? Let me know

She just pressed the send button on her phone to spot the light inside of Thorpe's car and he kissing Meredith. That sight was equivalent to a knife inside her stomach, she felt sick.

How could she do that? How can she be so reckless about other people's feeling? Her eyes immediately had tears and she felt like she wouldn't be able to walk.

Inside of Thorpe's car, Meredith parted the kiss a few seconds later. She closed her eyes and continued with her hand on his.

"I'm sorry, Will. I-I… We can't do this. I can't do this. I'm with someone, now" – Meredith said and looked at him, feeling sorry.

"I'm sorry, I overstepped. I just… you know… you're quite something. I shouldn't have crossed the line, I'm sorry" – He apologized sincerely.

"That's ok, let's just forget about that." – Meredith said and then heard a car scratching tire and looked up to see that was Arizona's car. - "Damn it!" – she exclaimed, worried.

"What? What's wrong?" – Thorp sounded confused.

"I gotta go. I'm sorry, for everything. I hope your sister-in-law can be painless these next weeks" – Meredith said and left the car, picking up her phone and seeing Arizona's text.

Damn it! Damn it! I have to talk to her. – Meredith cursed, the minute she connected the kiss with Arizona leaving like that. She must have seen it.

Meredith tried to call Arizona, who didn't take the call. She was unbelievably mad and disappointed. If Meredith hadn't said all of those things in the morning, Arizona would be hurt, of course, but not mad. Not angry. Not feeling highly betrayed.

Meredith could only imagine how hurt Arizona must be by seeing that scene. A scene she never meant to happen, especially that night, when she was finally ready to abandon her fears and strings and feel free to live that love.

Meredith was crushed. She had to fix that, and she needed to do it fast. She jumped into her car and drove to Arizona's house. She needed to explain that the kiss meant nothing; she was caught off guard and didn't expect Thorpe to kiss her.

When she arrived, she knocked on the door and no one answered. She insisted, while called Arizona at the same time. She needed to talk to her; she wouldn't give up, not now.

Arizona kept rejecting Meredith's calls. There wasn't anything left to say, not only she wasn't ready for assuming their attempt to a relationship, but she also wasn't ready to be in a serious and committed one. Maybe she needed to explore all of her options and clearly, Arizona wouldn't be in this competition.

Hearing a knock on her door again, she went downstairs thinking it might be DeLuca without his keys again since he does that sometimes.

"My God, Andrew, you need to leave a spare key hidden somewhere in here..." - Arizona said while she was opening the door to find Meredith standing there and blocking the door before Arizona could close it.

"Let me explain it, please. Hear me out" - Meredith asked, firmly.

"Leave. I don't want to talk anymore; I don't want to deal with that anymore. I'm done" - Arizona said and immediately felt her eyes filling up with tears.

"I was helping him with a consult, he was the consult I told you about this morning. Somehow he read the signs wrong and thought there was a thing happening there, and it wasn't, I swear" - Meredith explained even though Arizona said she didn't want to talk.

"You don't owe me explanations. You're free to kiss whoever you damn want to. Just leave me, leave my house, forget that ever happened something between us" - Arizona said, now crying.

"I won't do that. I can't forget about you, about us. I'm telling you nothing happened, nothing is happening between him and me! He kissed me, I stopped it right away" - Meredith insisted and held Arizona's hand tight, she was crying too.

"I'm tired of your indecision, your love games. I'm done, Meredith. I can't be trapped in this forever. You fucking ruined that. You made me fall in love for you and then you go ahead and hurt me like that. Why?" - Arizona was sobbing and Meredith felt horrible.

"I never meant to hurt you, babe, I promise you. I'm so sorry, I want to fix that, tell me what I have to do" - Meredith begged.

"You know what's funny? Before Bailey's party, I went to a toy store to buy his present and the saleswoman was flirting with me. In the end, she handed me a piece of paper with her number and asked me out to drinks. And I felt so guilty, I felt really bad because of you. And we were apart, we had nothing and yet there I was, feeling guilty over some woman flirting with me because I fucking love you. And now I can't even remember what she was like, I've erased that from my mind because she didn't matter. You're all that matters and it's so pathetic that I'm in that position where I clearly don't mean anything like that for you. It hurts like hell" - Arizona confessed and had a hurt and sad look on her eyes.

"I love you, too. You're wrong about that. You mean so much to me, so much more than you can imagine, actually. And this morning, seeing you being that awesome with Bailey, as usual, I just realized that I love you, I want you to be part of my life, and I don't care about my fears, I don't care about people talking. It's worthy. You worth it. Please, forgive me. I love you." - Meredith said and they both were crying. Finally, things seemed clearer. They were both in love, they both confessed.

"Would you let me come in so we can talk this through?" - Meredith asked, and Arizona opened the door, allowing Meredith to come in.