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Arizona Robbins was a star. Well… in the world of child medicine she was a star. A success story in every sense of the word, she'd made waves everywhere she went. While she'd never had a particularly tough life, she hadn't had anything handed to her, especially not in her career. Top of her class at Hopkins, Chief resident, making amazing strides in Pedes at every turn, Arizona was doing pretty damn well for herself. The only problem was that through all this self-improvement and amazing success, her social life had gathered a few cobwebs.

"Arizona, sweetie, you know I love you and I'll support you no matter what, but your lack of a personal life is kind of making you a real bore to be around." Says Arizona's best friend Teddy, ever the blunt one.

Arizona replies with a raised eyebrow, "And I think your incessant nagging for me to go out and fuck random strangers is a bit annoying."

"Hey! I do not nag! And I never told you to fuck a stranger. I've tried to set you up with a ton of nurses, but you always say no!" Teddy defends herself and finishes with an exasperated sigh. 'When will Arizona ever get it through her thick skull that there's a life outside the Pedes floor' she thinks to herself.

"I'm just not interested in all that right now Teddy. I'm killing it with my career, I have great friends, I own my own house, and I do what I want, when I want to. What more could I want?"

"Oh, I don't know, someone to share all that with?" Teddy says with a look that screams "are you stupid?"

"Whatever Teds. I'm gonna head back up to my floor. See you later tonight" Arizona gathers her trash from lunch and leaves the cafeteria, shaking her head at the stubbornness of her best friend. 26 years later and she still manages to get under Arizona's skin. Walking through the doors to Pedes she passes Alex, receiving a nod from him that says "I held it down"

Kicking out the wheels on her Heelys she rolls into room 246, belonging to Hailey Summers, a 15 year old amputee she'd formed a particularly strong bond with.

"Hey Doc, how many lives you saved today?" says Hailey with a smirk

"More than you can count kid. I'm awesome, don't you know? But that doesn't matter, how are you feeling?" Arizona looks at her favorite patient with a hint of a smile, though carefully assessing her body language for any sign of discomfort.

"I'm great Doc, never been better. You know, except for when I had both my legs…" Hailey says with a clear tone of sarcasm and eye roll.

"I know Hales, I know. But, you have an appointment today with Dr. Torres and you can trust her to get you all set up with an awesome prosthetic. She's the best out there kid, she's gonna fix you up right."

"Yeah yeah, I keep hearing about how great she is, blagh blagh blagh. My questions is, is she hot?" Hailey asks with a sly smile, brown eyes twinkling

"Hailey!" Arizona replies, eyes wide

"C'mon Doc, you know that I know that you know whether she's hot or not. We can have this conversation."

"Ugh… She's a very beautiful woman, Hailey. But no flirting with her!" Arizona warns with a pointed finger.

"Alright Doc, I'll leave that for you." Hailey states with a wink.

"You seem to forget I'm your doctor and your elder. I'm in charge when your parents aren't here, kid…" Arizona says with a hint of playfulness but also authority.

"I get it Doc, 100%. Now when is this magic doctor coming to see my leglessness?"

"She'll be here at around 1, and I expect you to behave yourself or I'm not bringing you anymore donuts…"

Wide eyed, Hailey gulps "I understand Doc… I'll be on my best behavior."

"Good, good. Now, I can feel my phone vibrating in my pocket so, I'm gonna take this. I'll see you at 1!"

"Arizona Robbins!" Arizona answers her phone in her typical chipper way

"Oh, hello Dr. Torres. I assume you're calling to discuss the consult with me this afternoon? What's the problem?"

"Uhh, not exactly. You may have heard I had an appointment with immigration this morning. It did not go so well."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Callie… Is there anything I can do?" Arizona says with a confused tone.

"Well… The immigration officials basically gave me one option and that's where you come in."

"Okay? I'm still confused on what I can do for you here Callie? I'm no lawyer…"

"I'm not going to tiptoe around this issue. I need to get temporary citizenship and you need to get your friends and family off your back. I have a proposal to fix both of these issues."

"Callie I really don't get where you're headed with this-"

"Oh for fucks sake. I need you to marry me, Robbins."