Arizona changed in the lounge and made her way out of the hospital. She was walking to her car when she heard someone call her name. She paused and looked around and saw Meredith. "Arizona, hey do you have dinner plans?"
Arizona responded "No I was probably just going to pick something up on the way home."
Meredith said "Well, Maggie and Amelia are with the kids, I had a scheduled surgery for this afternoon but my patient developed a fever and now I am free. So I thought maybe you would want to join me for dinner?"
Arizona looked around and said "I appreciate the offer, but I really need to rest my leg, so I should just get going. Thanks though."
Meredith responded "Hey look, I can stop and pick something up and we can just eat at your place. You can rest your leg and I can get a small break from the family."
Arizona reluctantly agreed and Meredith called in a pizza order. "I'll see you at your place in about 20 minutes?"
Meredith showed up with the pizza and beer about a half hour later. Arizona had removed her prosthetic and was icing her leg as they ate. Meredith asked about Chloe.
Arizona informed her of Chloe's progress and said "I told Sofia today. She is so excited. I was worried about her reaction but she really took it well."
Meredith said "That's great news. Why do you look so sad?"
Arizona thought for a moment and shook her head no. "I can't talk about this with you."
Meredith looked surprised "Arizona, I can be your friend, if you let me."
Arizona teared up and started blinking to keep them from falling "Callie wasn't too happy about it. I mean, I knew it was going to be hard on her, but it's not like I did this to hurt her. I never wanted her to feel bad because of me and once again, I failed. She's not happy and it's my fault. I can't ever win. I don't know why I even try." She realized she was rambling and she stopped and then she realized what she said and looked mortified "Oh God. Meredith just forget you heard all of that please?"
Meredith was quiet. She studied Arizona for a minute and took a long drink off her beer and finally said "I get it now."
Arizona paused "You get what?"
Meredith smirked "This actually explains a lot. I can't believe I didn't see it before now." As she nodded "I can't wait to tell Cristina that she was right. She's halfway around the world and she picked up on it before me."
Arizona was getting aggravated "What are you talking about?"
Meredith said "You still love Callie."
Arizona turned her head and got up to walk into the kitchen. "I don't know what you are talking about." But it didn't convince Meredith.
"It's true. It has to be. I mean why else would you let her take Sofia when you won. You were put through the ringer with that whole custody trial, but you still wanted Callie to be happy." Meredith sat there with a smug look on her face.
Arizona said "You are wrong. I did that for Sofia." She looked like she was going to cry.
Meredith walked into the kitchen and said "Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. I do understand though. Callie is your Derek."
Arizona studied Meredith before she said "It's not like it matters. She is with Penny."
Meredith thought for a moment and said "She is. But, the last time I talked to her, Callie was talking about waiting to see what you were going to do before they made any decisions about the future."
Arizona said "What do you mean?"
Meredith continued "I called her when when I found out there were headhunters coming after you. Which you should have told me about, by the way, and Callie said they weren't sure what they were doing when Penny's grant ended. She said that she wasn't going to make any decision until they knew where you were going to be."
Arizona replied "That's only because Callie doesn't want to be away from Sofia for any amount of time. That has nothing to do with me. Look Meredith, I see what you are getting at, but it's not like that. Callie decided a long time ago what she wanted and it did not include me."
Meredith said "So you're just going to give up? Is that it?"
Arizona replied "I am not doing anything because there is no point. She made her decision a long time ago, I couldn't change her mind then and I certainly can't now. My only concern is Sofia and now Chloe. I can't go down that road again."
Meredith said "Maybe it would be different this time."
Arizona replied "No it wouldn't. Can we please change the subject?"