Chapter 5
Meredith was walking down the hallway at the hospital when her cell phone started ringing. She saw it was Callie and answered "Hey Callie, what's up? Is everything okay?"
Callie started in right away "I know it's not fair of me to ask you this, but do you know if Arizona was out with Richard last night for 'trivia night'? I already called and checked with an intern, so I know she didn't have a surgery. I can't believe she would do this to Sofia, she was all excited about showing Arizona her missing tooth and she didn't even bother to call or FaceTime all for a chance to slut around, unbelievable "
Meredith couldn't believe her ears. " I'm going to stop you right there Callie, Arizona was with me last night. And she was upset. And why does it matter if Arizona goes out? Are you jealous? You don't have the right to be, you have a girlfriend. Remember?"
Callie paused and said "She was with you? She was upset? What happened? Is she okay?"
Meredith sighed and asked "Callie, what's really going on? I know it's not about Sofia's tooth. Talk to me."
Only Callie didn't know how to tell Meredith that it was about the tooth. It was a moment they should have shared as a family. Like Sofia's first steps or when she started school. She realized after seeing Arizona accidentally on Sofia's iPad how much she missed her and when Sofia's tooth came out, she realized how close she had come to missing it and if it wasn't for Arizona's selflessness she would have. She couldn't admit that it did bother her to hear that Arizona was moving on and going out. Meredith was right, she didn't have any right to be jealous but it did bother her. Right as she was going to answer Meredith, her pager went off and she told Meredith that she had to go and disconnected the call.
Meredith hung up and turned into the attendings lounge and saw Arizona talking to Richard. She busied herself making a cup of coffee and pretending to look at a magazine that someone had left on the counter.
"Richard, I want to be there for you, like you were there for me. I will refuse to let her in my OR. They aren't going to fire the only fetal surgeon on this side of the country. Bailey knows I have nothing keeping me in Seattle, i've had this conversation with her." Richard smiled at her and said "Arizona, thank you for sticking up for me but I meant what I said in the board meeting. It's what is best for the hospital. And how many times do I have to tell you, you can't leave Seattle" he placed a fatherly hand on her shoulder and said "let me know if you are up for trivia, it's been a while" as he was exiting the room.
Arizona turned and noticed Meredith standing there looking guilty about being caught eavesdropping and Meredith finally spoke up and said "so, are you and Richard going out for trivia night?"
"Um, no. I don't do that anymore, I haven't since the custody hearing" Replied Arizona.
"Why not?" Said Meredith, "you're an adult, you are allowed to have fun, it's been almost 6 months" Arizona looked up with sad eyes and said " Callie thinks I'm a slut, I'm not doing that anymore" as she turned and left the room leaving Meredith looking dumbfounded.