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Fist of all I wanted to apologize for the long break I took! I'm sorry, I'm really trying to write a little more regularly.

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Hoping you're still interested in this, I'll stop speaking and let you read!

Disclaimer: Mistakes are all mine buttt I don not own these characters, they belong to Shonda and Abc, I just borrow some of them

CHAPTER 7

She could say she woke up extremely happy, and that hadn't happened in a long time. So happy that in her haste to get out, she tripped and fell down the stairs. But she didn't care about her bruised elbow!

It was Monday, she liked Monday. She especially liked it when something started on Mondays. It gave her a sense of symmetry, peace and a slight optimism.

Besides her grandmother always repeated an old italian saying "neither on Venus nor on Mars, you do marry or start an art".

She didn't understand why people always loved weekends and hated Mondays. It was the one she had been waiting for weeks, she couldn't wait to be at work.

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With a coffee in hand she left the building and, again, she found herself in front of a scene that she certainly wouldn't have wanted to see, especially early in the morning: on the sidewalk in front of an awaiting taxi there was Mark, who was practically sucking the face of a brunette woman.

But in the moment the two drifted apart, Arizona realized that she was not the one she had seen at the bar the previous night. She was extremely beautiful too, she couldn't blame him, but how was it possible? Just seven hours ago she left him flirting with another one! Her first impression about the man had been right. A manwhore, that's what he was!

She lowed her head to avoid greeting him, heading quickly towards the hospital.

It wasn't raining, but the sky didn't look promising, so she lengthened her stride until she reached the traffic light in front of the big building. Soon though, she heard someone behind her clearing their throat. Turning around she found her neighbor looking at her with a mischievous smile, saying "Good morning to you, too!"

Arizona didn't answer, instead, she asked "Are you following me, by any chance?"

Mark kept looking in front of him and he was the first one to see the light turning green. So he proceed towards the hospital and grinning, he said that he was simply going to work.

The blonde stood on the other side of the crosswalk, confused, until she understood. 'Oh no,' she thought.

She went through the glass doors of the big hospital. It was weird maybe, but she felt safe in hospitals. Phones ringing, people running around, waiting and hugging each others had become her normality. She felt like she knew the environment, and a strange sense of belonging.

While looking for the information desk, she heard her name being called and she looked up. Chief Weber was leaning over the railing of a high, wide staircase "Robbins, I've been waiting for you, follow me!"

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After having signed an endless pile of documents, the chief proposed to show her around and take her on a tour of the hospital.

The first stop was her future department. They got out of the elevator and entered the pediatrics floor.

If you could call it a 'department'.

There were some gray, crumbling rooms which were so few that they could be counted on the fingers of her hands. Did they seriously have the nerve to call it a department?

A man ran out of a room yelling "Micah, come here!"

A few moments later a girl wearing light blue scrubs cut their way running and pushing with a wheelchair.

Webber was visibly embarrassed "Gray, hey, be careful! Why are you running in my hospital?"

"They lost a patient" a nurse answered for her as she left the same room.

"What do you mean they lost a patient?" he repeated puzzled.

"Micah, he ran out of the room because he is afraid of needles" the intern explained in desperation.

Arizona followed the conversation in amusement. In amusement because little further, behind a gurney, she could see a small, chubby foot.

"Well.. Why are you standing here, Grey? Find him, now!" the chief ordered. And then turning to his new employee he said "My apologies Doctor, this has never happened"

"Don't worry, in pediatrics it's more common than you think. Kids must be taken in the right way!" Arizona reassured him and she stopped Lexie Grey who was still pacing near them "Grey, right?" the intern turned and saw the blonde nodding towards the corridor. Her eyes lit up and she said "Oh my God, thank you" before running to get the child.

They continued their walk "Well Robbins, this is the pediatrics unit. In the beginning it will be merged with fetal, but as I mentioned we are trying to expand. With your guide, I'm sure we'll have great achievements!"

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"If the boss is showing you around, you really became a big shot!" she heard the clear voice of Amelia Sheperd behind her.

"Shepherd, behave. Will you? Do you already know Dr. Robbins?" the man asked.

"We met some years ago" the blonde answered vaguely while the neurosurgeon was more unfiltered: "We know each other pretty well. We took some courses together in college! Let me hug you Robbins!"

"It's nice to see you again Amelia, I didn't know you were in Seattle!" she said as she greeted the old friend.

"Yes, well, I work under my brother now. You can imagine the bliss" she rolled her eyes and she couldn't even finish the sentence that her pager began to ring "In fact.. I have to go! Have a good day, people!"

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Finally, they approached the operating rooms and while Webber explained how the interns would rotate, they entered the first OR "As you can see, there is an amputation in progress. Go ahead, this is Dr… still Dr. O'malley, right? "

"Still O'malley, for a little while Chief" the surgeon barely looked up from the femur she was working on when the monitors started to beep and a blue code brought the attention of the whole room back to the patient.

Arizona continued to stare at her back. She was captivated by the sinuosity of her movements and at the same time by her strength and her confidence. She turned around and Webber was already heading towards the osservation room of the second OR where Sheperd, the old one, was finishing a complex surgery.

"Attention please, Doctors, I wanted to introduce you our new pediatric surgeon, Dr. Robbins. From today, pediatrics and fetal will be on the same level as the other specialties" he told to the students and doctors who were observing the operation under them.

There was a laugh. An unmistakable laugh. "So, you are the prodigy doctor who was supposed to arrive? Ahahah! What were the odds?". It was Mark. Obviously, he had to be a surgeon.

Arizona rolled her eyes and shook her head. "I can't believe it!" she joked.

"Boss, can I steal her for lunch?" Amelia asked appearing from behind Mark.

"Great spirit Sheperd! Then I'll leave you in good hands! If you need anything, Robbins, you know where to find me!"

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"I can't believe you don't remember it" Amelia said paying for both of their lunches and moving towards an empty table, each with their own tray in hand.

"I can't believe you remember.. how long it has been? Ten years?" she retorted.

"Eight, at least.." the brunette answered, biting into a piece of carrot.

"Yeah! And we were drunk, seriously, I had removed it completely!" she answered starting to eat her salad.

"Ouch, offense taken!"

"Sorry" the blonde grimaced

"I'm just messing with you! Let's say you made a great impression on me.." Amelia joked with a wink.

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After lunch the neurosurgeon offered to walk Arizona to her wing.

"Well, I bet you have never had big pediatric cases.. There is practically no pediatric ward!" the blonde exclaimed.

"You have to understand the former Head of pediatrics was an old school grumpy, who only worked waiting for retirement" Amelia told her.

The new arrival kept looking around and introducing herself to her staff until she reached what was supposed to be her office: it was the most beautiful room on the floor, there was no doubt about it. It was huge, it had a wide window overlooking the hospital's inner courtyard and a sofa that looked a lot more comfortable than her bed. Not bad.

"Stark chose this office really well" Sheperd commented leaning against the door frame and poking her head inside the room "It's bigger than the Chief's!" she added "Touch this armchair, please" she said to her friend, feeling the softness with one hand and then sitting down.

Arizona laughed and sat down at her desk. She let go and looked around. Not bad at all.

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She spent the rest of the day getting to know her little patients, skating through those corridors and writing down what she thought were necessary improvements for the department.

If Seattle Grace wanted to invest in pediatrics, they would simply start with some colored paint.

PGS.