The next couple of weeks, Diane's health began to deteriorate. She had decided to stop the treatment, for she couldn't take the pain anymore. As sadness echoed through the hospital's hallways, the doctors all felt the loss of Diane.
In the middle of the night, Arizona got paged 911. She looked at her watch: 1Am. That meant she would probably end up just staying the entire day at the hospital. She quickly changed and left. Thankfully, residents loved getting paged in the middle of the night, and Andrew was waiting for her downstairs with a bagel and coffee ready to go.
A car wreck with 3 cars and 7 people had just happened in the outskirts of Seattle. A pregnant woman was unconscious in the ambulance as her husband and two kids followed in another ambulance. Apparently, a truck driver had slept while driving, as he hit the family's car and another one, which wrecked into a tree.
After getting to the ER and assessing the situation, Arizona went on to the OR to try and save both the mother and the baby. But the woman had broken her femur and needed someone else to work on her leg, or she would bleed to death.
Eliza walked into the room, putting on a gown and asking for an update on the situation. She was, after all, a great orthopedic surgeon. They glanced at each other a couple of times, Arizona let a smile or two slide in the middle of the chaos.
After 5 hours inside the OR room, both mom and baby were safe. They went to update the father and introduce him to his little girl. Days like that made Arizona remember why they woke up in the middle of the night.
Arizona went to the on-call room to try and rest a little. Eliza had to make sure the interns kept an eye on the mom, for she was still critical, but then she headed to the on-call room hallway hoping she would find a vacant bed after a long night. The first door was locked, so she tried the second one. She saw someone laying down, so she made sure to keep quiet. As she headed to the top bunk, she heard an almost whispering voice. A voice she knew, and she loved to hear.
[Arizona] I guess we just spent our second night together.
Her voice was soft, and the little light in the room coming from the windows made her ocean blue eyes shine. Eliza closed her eyes for a second and smiled.
[Eliza] I guess we did. Not really what I expected, but I'll take what I can get.
Arizona moved towards the wall, signing to Eliza the other half of the bed. It caught the brunette by surprise, but she didn't hesitate. That was the only place she wanted to be.
As she slid into the blanket, she laid her head down facing Arizona; both were just quiet, gazing into each other's deep eyes.
[Arizona] You were great today, Dr. Minnick (she let a smile slip on the side of her mouth, showing her charming dimple). You know, I'd never saw you actually doing your thing. You were always bossing around in my surgeries. (Another smile)
[Eliza] Well, you haven't seen me doing a lot of things, Dr. Robins. And I am pretty good at a lot of them. I'd say that even better than in the OR room.
Arizona closed her eyes as she smiled back at Eliza. She leaned towards the brunette, and whispered
[Arizona] Well, I wouldn't mind seeing some of that either…
Before she gently kissed Eliza. The kiss was soft, as if it was a habit to them. Eliza's hands rested on Arizona's back, gently caressing the beautiful woman on top of her. Arizona had her hands tangled with the brunette's hair. She missed her more than she had realized.
Eliza pulled back for a second and even though that wasn't what she really wanted, she said
[Eliza] Even though I'd love to keep doing this all day, we both have our shifts in less than 2 hours.
Arizona kissed her one more time and slid down a little, resting her head on Eliza's shoulder. She was so calm and happy like she hadn't been in a long time. Before she fell asleep, she slipped out of her mouth, gently,
[Arizona] I missed you.
Eliza kissed her forehead as she smiled, and said
[Eliza] I missed you too.
Before they both fell asleep for what it felt like hours.
