Meredith turned the corner towards the nurses station in the Peds ward and came to an abrupt stop. Arizona was there studying a chart. Meredith didn't think she had been seen but she was met with "What can I do for you Dr Grey?"' with Arizona not even looking up from the tablet. After a moment with no response Arizona looked up with a quizzical look on her face. Meredith responded "Oh I was looking for Alex, have you seen him?"
Arizona replied "He is in surgery, do you need a consult or something?"
Meredith replied "Oh, um no it was strictly for personal reasons."
Arizona said "Okay then." as she turned to walk away. Meredith watched her for a second and said "Arizona wait."
Arizona paused and turned to look at Meredith, when she was met with silence she turned her head slightly and said "Do you need something Dr Grey?"
Meredith finally found her words and said "What's with this Dr Grey business? You can call me Meredith, we're friends."
Arizona responded "Are we though? Look, I think it's probably best if we stick to just a professional relationship, don't you?"
Meredith looked stunned, she could see how defensive Arizona had become so Meredith replied "No. No I don't." Arizona looked shocked but Meredith continued "Arizona we have known each a long time. We were in a plane crash together. You've operated on Zola... twice. You helped with my kids when I was attacked. I think we are more than just colleagues."
Arizona sighed "Meredith, lets face it. You were always more of Callie's friend than mine. I am okay with just being colleagues."
She started to turn and Meredith grabbed her by the arm "Arizona, I am sorry about the whole custody thing. I didn't know they were going to say those things."
Before Arizona could respond Meredith's pager went off and she had to leave. "Can we talk later?" Meredith asked as she walking away.
Arizona nodded and went back to her chart. She wasn't going to go out of her way to have that conversation. She didn't see the point. What's done is done and you can't change the past and she didn't see the need to drag it all back up. She was contemplating how to respond to all this when her pager went off. She headed down to the ER.
She was met by April who was handing her a trauma gown. "We have a pregnant car crash victim coming in."
Arizona said "Do we have any other information?" As she was tying the gown around her waist.
Owen walked in behind them and responded "She's unconscious so they aren't sure about anything. She is in pretty bad shape though."
Arizona told an intern "Page Dr Karev, tell him we have a possible premature newborn due to trauma."
The ambulance pulled up and the patient was wheeled into trauma bay 1. April and Owen were assessing the patient trying to determine injuries and Arizona grabbed the portable ultrasound to check on the baby. She looked up at the patient and finally got a good look "Oh God." She said as she felt her blood drain from her face.
April looked at Arizona and back to the patient and she realized that the patient on the table was the same person that Arizona was having lunch with the other day. "Arizona? Arizona?" She said louder. This caused the blonde to come out of the mini trance she was in and she immediately went to work on finding the stats for the baby.
Owen said "We need to get her to an OR immediately. She is losing too much blood."
They started walking and pushing the patient towards the elevator to take them to the surgery wing.
April asked Arizona "Are you going to be okay? Can you do this?"
Arizona took her eyes off of Pam and looked at April "I'm good. You take care of her and I got the baby."
They scrubbed in while an intern prepped the patient. She had internal bleeding that April and Owen were trying to locate. Her BP kept dropping and Arizona was worried. The baby was stable at this point but she feared the stress was too much. It was too early, the baby was only at 30 weeks. Arizona had injected steroids to speed up the development of the lungs.
Alex scrubbed in and was waiting next to Arizona watching the stats of the baby drop rapidly. The baby's heart rate was dropping and she told April "I'm going to have to do a c-section."
She delivered the little girl and passed her off to Alex as she finished up. "Alex, talk to me. How is she?" The baby had yet to cry.
Alex said "First Apgar is 5 the second is 7. I'm moving her to NICU."
Arizona's attention went to the monitors as they started to go out of control.
Owen and April were working furiously when she flatlined. Owen grabbed the paddles and shocked her with no results, he tried two more times before April placed her hand on Owen's arm and shook her head. Owen sighed "Time of death 13:37."
Arizona just stood there with tears pouring down her face. She finally pulled her mask off as she was trying to catch her breath. She bent over with her hands on her knees overcome with grief.
Owen said "Arizona." And stepped towards her and the movement caused her to look up with panic on her face as she ran out of the OR. She needed to see the baby.
