Disclaimer: The show Grey's Anatomy is not mine, and neither are the characters, I am not receiving any profit from this work. Everyone in this story belongs to Shondaland. I'm just going to play with the characters for a bit. I'll return them in tact... mostly. T for language and content. Rating may change, eventually. All mistakes are mine.

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April had been working the last ten hours. She'd been on call since 2am and many of her patients from the previous day had needed her as some of them crashed and stabilised repeatedly throughout the night. She had managed to save all of them. Now everything was quiet. She'd changed in the attendings quarters, and had, had a shower. She was feeling clean, lightheaded, hungry and exhausted. Everything was so quiet.

Her stomach grumbled. Okay so not everything. It would be a while before she got home to her flat. Barely awake, April decided it would be easier just to eat at the cafeteria. She had paged Arizona earlier but not recieved any response.

She was now used to sitting with Arizona at mealtimes. Sometimes Leah would join them, sometimes Alex. Arizona seemed to tolerate Leah, and Leah seemed lonely. Rarely sitting with her fellow interns...er.. residents. First year residents, pretty much the same as interns. She yawned. If she was going to survive the drive home she was going to need coffee.

She headed down to the cafeteria, after stopping at a coffee station along the way. Arizona should be on break by now, where was she sitting? Spying one of the interns...um... the residents, April called one over.

"Ross..."

He turned and walked over, "Yes, Doctor Kepner, can I help you today?" he asked stiffly.

April blinked, she was way too tired to deal with this formality. She shook her head, her red hair going in all directions. She pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Shane, can you help me, I'm looking for Doctor Robbins. She's not answering her pager".

"Doctor Robbins called in sick today, if you need a consult, Doctor Karev is on staff, ma'am." he chirped eagerly. "Would you like me to page Doctor Robbins for you?"

"No thanks, Doctor Ross. I'm just looking for her because we usually sit at the same table.

"Oh, well she phoned in this morning. She's taken the week off." Shane informed her.

"Oh, she didn't tell me."

"She didn't tell anyone, apart from Chief Hunt and Doctor Karev. Doctor Karev took care of it."

In her tired state he looked like a shark, a chirpy, perky, cold as ice, tiger shark. She shivered. It was all in his eyes. There was something behind those eyes. Some thinly veiled secret lurking there. She took a swig of her coffee. "Well thanks, Shane. I will see you later."

Shane smiled and nodded eagerly and went to swim..er.. sit with his friends. Friends, was that group friends? They sat together most days, so they must be friends. She was usually too busy to observe them. These new residents ... her eyes drifted over to where Jackson and Stephine sat- were annoying. A feeling of absolute longing hit her and her gut responded, she felt sick. She shouldn't feel sad, sick and nauseous. She was just tired she reasoned. She had a fiancée, Matt, who shared her values. That storm had changed everything.

Purchasing a salad container from the cafeteria, April decided to go home. Sleep first then go and check on Arizona. It was not like Arizona to call in sick. She would check on her assuming she could stay alive long enough to get home. On second thoughts... No she would sleep in the on-call room, she'd work the rest of the details out later. Opening an on-call room door she flopped into bed.

She slept as soon as her head hit the pillow.

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Later that evening April went and called on Arizona. She hadn't answered the five texts sent to her, or her pages, or answered her cell. April looked at her phone. Nope, no messages, emails or texts. April headed to the 'Rising Star Hotel', pressing the level 5 button on the lift, she quickly reached Arizona's room. She knocked on the door.

No response.

"Arizona, it's me! Answer this door or I'm going to break it down and you will owe this hotel damages, I know you're in there. I can hear you brooding!"

Hey, so she was bossy? It was part of her job. And now, apparently, it was also going to part of her personal life. It wasn't like she had anything else to think about...Jackson...er...Matt, yes, Matt was away on some emergency training workshop.

Lost in her thoughts, April hadn't realised that the door had creaked open. It was ajar. April stepped into the room. The room was so dark she had to stand there for a minute to adjust to the light. Arizona's room was small and suffocating. The air conditioning wasn't working, and it didn't seem like any windows were open. This was a crappy hotel.

She turned on the light.

"Ow! Warn me, why don't ya?" Arizona was sitting in the armchair in her pyjamas. She had folded up the leg of one so that it didn't drag on the floor. That was about it, as far as grooming was concerned.

"Have you been sitting here, all day?"

"I've been thinking. I couldn't sleep."

"Have you been sitting here brooding in this place the whole day, without sleep, Arizona?" April repeated her question.

"Yes, I had a bit of an accident last night, I'm fine now, all better, I'm just tired."

"You are so, not fine! This place is a pigsty and it doesn't look like you're eaten anything all day. This ends, tonight. Your staying with me. Until we can find you an appropriate place to live."

She looked at Arizona, her expression hard as flint.

"You're helping me pack, now move!"

They gathered Arizona's belongings and clothes. She didn't have much, just two suitcases and a beauty-case. They walked down to April's green sedan, parked on the street, and put all of Arizona's stuff in the boot.

"Arizona before we go home and settle you in, let's get baking supply's and ice cream and then hit the DVD store. I feel like watching 'Bridget Jones' and 'Beaches'."

"Kepner?"

"Yep?"

"That sounds like a super awesome idea." Arizona smiled then, a full dimpled signature smile. Her first since the function. They had turned around to walk to a local grocer around the corner.

"Kepner, you're a bully." Arizona deadpanned.

"Yes I am, Robbins!"

"Thank-you April, for everything."

"Hey, I can be your person?"

"We can be each other's person", Arizona smiled gently.

"We can be the perky sisters, once you get back your spunk", April added.

Arizona had stopped walking. She found this funny. She found this very funny. She found this so hilarious she had to sit down on a nearby bench. Arizona was laughing uncontrollably in the middle of the street, with tears streaming down her face. Her crying turned into wailing. April just sat down next to her and let her cry herself out, occasionally rubbing her back. After what felt like forever, Arizona stopped crying and brushed herself off. She looked so vulnerable. Abruptly, she seemed to shake the vulnerability off.

"So..are we getting this icecream, April, or what?"

They hit the grocery store.

"April what is your honest assessment on donuts?"

"Are you kidding, I love donuts?!"

The grocery store's electronic doors shut behind them.