Meredith's phone chimed and she looked at the text message from Arizona that read
-biopsy tomorrow at 11:00 am, will let you know how it goes -A
Meredith replied -I will pick you up at 10:30 -M
With that reply her phone began to ring. "Hello?" Meredith answered. Arizona starting talking "Meredith this isn't necessary. It's an outpatient procedure with local anesthetic." Meredith replied "I know Arizona but you shouldn't go through this by yourself. So I will pick you at 10:30 okay?" The blonde reluctantly agreed.
The next morning Meredith pulled up to Arizona's and the blonde walked out. The ride to the hospital was quiet. Not uncomfortable, just quiet. Meredith pulled around the back away from the main entrance. The last thing Arizona needed was for everyone to see and start a rumor. Meredith grabbed the blondes hand and smiled and asked if she was ready? Arizona nodded and they exited the car.
Once inside they walked up to the receptionist and due to either being fellow doctors or more than likely board members, they were escorted right back. The nurse handed Arizona a gown to change into. The nurse explained that it was a fairly routine procedure. They would take a needle guided by ultrasound and insert it into the lump and retrieve a sample of the core that they would test for cancer cells. She advised her that Meredith could be in the room with her if she wanted and the whole procedure would probably only take about 10 minutes.
Arizona went behind the screen to change and came out and laid on the table. Meredith thought she looked a little pale. "Are you okay?" "Yeah, just a little anxiety. I have issues with being a patient now." Pointing to her leg. Meredith grabbed her hand to comfort her.
The nurse came back in and advised that she was going to start the prep for the procedure. She undid part of Arizona's gown so her breast was exposed. She then took the ultrasound wand and located the lump. She applied alcohol swabs and apologized for it being so cold. She then injected lidocaine to numb the area. She said they would wait for that to kick in and the doctor would be in soon as she stepped out.
Arizona looked down at her exposed boob and started to giggle "Well this isn't uncomfortable at all." Meredith laughed and said "Well it's a good thing I'm not a boob woman."
After it was over, Arizona got dressed and they walked out to the car. Meredith asked when the results would be back? And Arizona replied at least 2 days. When the arrived at Arizona's, Meredith got out the car and Arizona said "Meredith you don't have to do this." "I know I don't have to do this, but I am doing this."
They walked in, Meredith had never been in the house past the foyer whenever she had dropped Zola off. Arizona asked if she would like some coffee or tea? Meredith told Arizona to go change into comfortable clothes and she would make it. Meredith walked into the kitchen and started to make tea. She found the mugs and opened the refrigerator. It literally had 1 expired yogurt, 1/2 carton of almond milk and a container of mustard and a box of very old Chinese takeout. Arizona came back into the kitchen and Meredith scolded Arizona. Telling her that she needed to start taking better care of herself, she told her that she realized that the blonde had been under a lot of stress with Alex being gone and Callie and Sofia moving as she handed Arizona her tea. She took the key that was on the counter, assuming that it was DeLuca's and told Arizona to go lay down. She was going to go to the store and to buy a few things and would be back.
She returned with two full bags, she put the groceries away and went to find Arizona. She heard her before she saw her. Arizona was sniffing and crying while laying on her side on the bed. The sight nearly broke Meredith's heart. She removed her shoes and climbed into the bed behind the blonde spooning her from behind. She asked if she was in pain and Arizona replied no. Meredith just held her. She understood that this was just another stroke of bad luck that seemed to plague the blonde. "Arizona, lets not worry about the results right now." Thinking that was what had the blonde so upset. Arizona replied "I'm not overly concerned about that, I know my odds are good. I'm upset because...well I'm all alone. My brother is dead, my parents, my ex wife and my daughter live across the country. April really hasn't been close to me since I told Jackson about her pregnancy. My boss had to bully a co-worker to take me to surgery." She said as more tears began to fall. "Arizona, Bailey didn't bully me into this. I'm your friend. We were in a plane crash together. We were in the woods for 4 days. We are friends. I am here because I want to be here. Now, I brought some soup from the deli, are you hungry?" Arizona shook her head no and Meredith said "just rest then" as she wrapped her arm around her and held tight.
Arizona woke first. She had a slight headache that usually follows a hearty cry. She was confused because she was being held. It took her a moment to remember it was Meredith. She looked down and noticed that Meredith's hand was cupping her boob. She started to shift and Meredith woke up. She realized that she was holding Arizona's boob and apologized. Arizona teased her and said " You said you weren't a boob girl" Meredith just laughed and as she got off the bed, she lightly tapped Arizona on the rear end and said "I'm more of ass woman"