At home, Meredith was setting up dinner for the kids and Amelia was helping her, while they were talking about the news at Grey Sloan. Amelia thought it was kind of cute seeing her sister that jealous over a woman that Arizona slept just once years ago.
"Well, she was married when they slept together. It wasn't just anyone" – Meredith pointed.
"That doesn't change anything, their marriage wasn't a fairy tale for a long time. Would you just relax Mer, Arizona is in a happy place now with you. And I can keep this Boswell in her place, I am very good at that stuff!" – Amelia quipped.
"What are you gonna do? Threaten her?" – Meredith laughed.
"If I have to" – Amelia joked.
"Mom! Mom! Is mommy coming to dinner with us today?" – Bailey asked Meredith, with kind eyes and a cute smile.
"No, sweetie. She has to work tonight, but she'll see you tomorrow, ok?" – Meredith answered her son, fondling his blonde hair.
In the meantime, at the hospital, Arizona was in the NICU checking on some newborns that were struggling to make it through the night. She asked the nurse to page her if anything changes, any minute would count for them.
Heading to her office to rest a little bit, Arizona bumped into Lauren, who was wandering around the Peds ward.
"Oh, exactly who I was looking for!" – Laura exclaimed.
"What can I do for you, Dr. Boswell?" – Arizona said, stopping by the reception to give the nurse the chart from one of the newborns. – "I'll be in my office if they need me, ok? Thank you, Sasha!" – Arizona said to the nurse.
"Don't you 'Dr. Boswell' me, please. I am pretty sure we can call each other by our first names, right?" – Lauren teased Arizona, who took a deep breath and cleared her throat before she speaks.
"Lauren, I am working since 4 am. Can you please, please, make it easy for me and forget about whatever happened years ago and start over as my colleague? Just Dr. Robbins and Dr. Boswell, fellow surgeons. Can you do that?" – Arizona asked kindly but looking serious into Lauren's eyes.
"I'm not trying to make anything hard. Get some rest and we can talk some other time. Good night, Arizona. I mean, Dr. Robbins." – Lauren teased her again and gave her a smile.
Arizona sat on the couch inside her office and sighed. She didn't think Lauren would take it easy and she couldn't jeopardize her relationship with Meredith. Since Callie's appearance and all of the declarations she made, Meredith was a little distant. Arizona couldn't tell if it was insecurity or if she was fed up of these ghosts from the past. Either way, she was way too much in love with Meredith and wouldn't let anything ruin their relationship.
Remembering how upset she was when she found out about Lauren overhearing the interns, she decided that the best thing would be telling her what Bailey told her earlier. If Callie would accept the offer, Meredith shouldn't be blindsided again. She took her phone out of her pocket and dialed Meredith's number.
M: Hey, is everything ok?
A: Yes, why?
M: It's late, honey. I was asleep; the ringing scared me.
A: Oh, sorry! I didn't realize it was so late. We can talk tomorrow, then.
M: No, that's ok, I fell asleep on the couch, I should go to bed anyway, what's up?
A: Nothing, I was thinking of you, actually.
Arizona suddenly got scared of bringing the subject up and tried to pretend that the call didn't have any purpose.
M: I'm glad you think of me even when you're pleasing all of those pregnant moms who think you're God.
A: Haha actually I am all for the newborns tonight, so I don't think you're as important as my pregnant moms
M: Ouch. Way to make me feel special.
A: You know I'm kidding. How are you? And the kids?
M: We're all fine. They were good tonight, all in bed without crying. Bailey was asking for you all the time.
A: I'm dying to see them tomorrow. And to see you, too.
M: Me too, babe. Are you sure everything's fine? Did you call for any reason in particular?
A: I did, but then when you picked up the call I just wanted to hear your voice, that's all.
M: Are you ok?
A: I am. But I want to tell you something that Miranda told me earlier, and I want you to be ok with it too.
M: What is it?
A: She told me that Callie asked for her job back.
M: You've gotta be kidding me. Seriously?
A: She told her that she couldn't offer Chief of Ortho again, but she asked me first if that would be ok for me, otherwise she would deny Callie's request.
M: And what did you say?
A: Mer, I can't live my life based on where Callie does or doesn't want to work before she goes across the country for a new girlfriend. That's her problem, not mine. Not anymore. But the positive side of this is having Sofia back in Seattle. I told Bailey I was fine with whatever she decides.
M: God, this feels like an endless nightmare. Every time I think I'm going to breathe again, somebody pulls me underwater.
A: Honey, nobody is pulling you underwater. Don't let Callie be a problem when she isn't one. Aren't we happy? That's our only concern. You and I and everything we're building together.
M: It's pretty easy for you to say since all of your ex's suddenly decided to turn the hospital into Arizona Robbins' Conference.
A: Mer, come on.
M: You know what? I think I'm going to hang up, I really need to sleep. We'll talk tomorrow.
A: Are we going to end the night like this? I was trying to give you a heads up, baby. I don't want to fight.
M: Me neither, that's why we should hang up. Good night, Arizona.
Clearly, this day wasn't going to end. Arizona was feeling bad and lost at the same time. She didn't think Callie would be a problem to Meredith anymore, but apparently, they think differently.
Arizona took a nap of 40 minutes or so and then went to her rounds, earlier than usual. She needed to get out of that hospital as soon as possible and get some proper rest so she could enjoy the afternoon with Bailey and Ellis. Hopefully, after a great day with the kids, she would be able to have a better conversation with Meredith.
It was a little past 8 in the morning when Arizona finished her shift and headed home. In the meantime, Meredith was a little grumpy and impatient with the interns, especially the two women who were talking to Murphy that day about Arizona and Lauren. She was acting Medusa all over again and it needed Amelia to calm her off a little.
"Jesus, I thought you were going to make that girl cry. What's going on?" – Amelia asked, taking her sister to a supply room so they could have some privacy.
"I'm just having a bad day, ok?" –Meredith stated.
"Well, I can see that. Care to share why?" – Amelia asked.
"It's Arizona. We had a fight." – Meredith confessed.
"I hate being the one to tell you that, but fighting is part of the deal, you know? It happens but then you work it out." – Amelia quipped.
"Callie asked for her job back in here" – Meredith said, making Amelia look surprised.
"She did? How'd you know?" – Amelia asked, intrigued.
"Bailey told Arizona, she wanted to make sure Arizona would be fine if Callie came back. And guess what? She said it was fine." – Meredith pointed, sarcastically.
"And that's a bad thing why?" – Amelia asked, now looking lost on the revelation.
"Can you imagine a scenario where Callie working near Arizona would be fine?" – Meredith asked, angrily.
"To be honest, I would be worried if Arizona had said it wasn't fine. That would mean that she might be uncomfortable having Callie around and we're just uncomfortable if something still has some influence over us." – Amelia stated, trying to make Meredith have another point of view.
"She said that Callie's choices are not her business, but that would mean have Sofia back in here, so she's actually happy about it" – Meredith confessed.
"Look, I understand where you're coming from. They were married, they have a child, Callie left her and moved to NY, she was a mess. But since then, Arizona found something good for her. And that's you. So stop worrying about Callie or whatever. Arizona is hot, you can't change that, so you might have to control this jealousy. She loves you, dumb ass!" – Amelia said, laughing and hugging Meredith who was smiling too.
"I hope you're right." – Meredith sighed.
"I'm always right!" – Amelia joked.
"She is hot, isn't she?" – Meredith asked, laughing.
"Yep. You've won the hot girl, sister!" – Amelia pointed.