Eliza just looks back into Arizona's eyes for what seems like forever, no words being spoken between them, they're just taking in each other's beauty, contemplating all that's been said tonight and where their relationship may go from here.
After about 5 minutes of both being lost in their own thoughts, watching each other, whilst Eliza was still holding Arizona's hand like they were perfectly comfortable with each other, in each other's presence, Arizona broke the silence first.
"Eliza, I have a FaceTime date with my daughter in half an hour, could we continue this another night?" Arizona doesn't want to go but she loves Sofia more than anything and she misses her little girl like crazy. They get to FaceTime once a week and talk on the phone almost every day.
"Of course we can, wait, what? You have a daughter?" Eliza has to do a double take. She knew about Arizona's relationship with Callie but she didn't realise they had a daughter.
"Yeah, she's 6, she lives with her mother in New York. I thought you knew? Everyone in the hospital knows everyone else's business, it's difficult to keep things quiet because everyone is like family there." Arizona is shocked that Eliza doesn't know this about her but also relieved that something's not got out all around the hospital for a change.
"No I didn't know, maybe next time you can tell me all about her?" Eliza realises so much about Arizona in that moment, she is hurting, and lonely and scared. She had this perfect life, perfect family and it fell apart and now her daughter lives thousands of miles away. Eliza knows why Arizona is so scared of hurting Richards and everyone's feelings. They are what's left of her family.
"I'd like that. She's my perfect little girl." Arizona smiles brightly, her big, blinding, dimpled smile, the one that makes women go weak at the knees, as she begins to remove herself from their quiet secluded table, ready to go home and see her daughter.
Eliza stands and puts on her coat and grabs her bag. Arizona just watches her as she fishes for her car keys in her bag. "Hey Arizona, I could always drop you straight home? Don't want you missing your daughters call. I'll pick you up in the morning so you don't need to worry about your car or getting to work if you like?" Eliza figures this will give them another 20 minutes together in the car tonight before she has to say goodbye.
"Um ok. That could work, and I appreciate it. Thank you for being so understanding."
They walk out to the car slowly, enjoying each other's company, Eliza, ever the gentlewoman opens the car door again for Arizona to get in.
"You know, you don't need to open the car door for me, I am perfectly capable of doing it myself" Arizona teases.
"I know, you're an amazing woman, I just like to do it for you." Eliza teases back. Both women are grinning like school children at each other now. Eliza holding the door open and Arizona stood on the other side of it about to climb into the car.
Arizona leans forward and places a small chaste kiss on Eliza's cheek. "Thank you" is all she says before climbing into the car. Eliza closes the car door with a shocked look on her face. She could love this woman, easily.
