A/N: One more chapter my friends, but only because of the Snowpocalypse...
Lying in bed that night, Arizona considers Meredith's position and realizes that she's really not being fair to her; although she knows that Meredith has no idea what it's like to have a relationship with another woman.
Picking up her phone, she texts her, "I'm sorry. I don't know how to do this with you."
Meredith rolls over and looks at her phone and texts back, "Maybe you need to let us figure that out together. "
Arizona replies, "You don't understand, people will talk, it will be a big deal to some people."
Meredith looks at her phone and quickly replies, "I know that. It's a big deal to me!" she points out. "And it wouldn't be the first time people have talked about me, either." she adds.
"Okay" Arizona replies.
"Okay?" Meredith asks.
"Let's go out, just the two of us." Arizona suggests.
"You're seriously asking me out by text?" Meredith teases.
"Yes, I feel like a teenager, my parents are here!" Arizona replies smiling to herself.
"Let's talk soon :-)" Meredith replies. Then she adds, "Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas xoxox" Arizona replies, setting her phone down.
"Arizona, your friend Meredith is lovely, and I think it would be wonderful for you to spend more time with her and her children." Barbara says when they are driving to the airport.
"Mom," Arizona exclaims, "she's just a friend."
"Arizona, I'm not blind. I know when you're interested in someone," she points out, "and I noticed that she's interested in you too. She couldn't keep her eyes off you the whole time we were at her house."
"Look, it's complicated." Arizona begins to explain.
"What's complicated about it? You are both single and you seem to have a lot in common. Don't be scared of love just because it didn't work out with Callie. We didn't raise you to be a coward," Daniel interjects from the backseat.
"Dad, there's a lot to consider here." Arizona says pulling into the airport parking lot.
"Arizona, why don't you stop sitting home alone and get off your ass and back in the game!" he says climbing out of the car.
"Okay, okay, look I wasn't going to tell you, but we are going out tomorrow night, okay?" Arizona finally admits to them.
"Now, that's my girl," Daniel says dropping an arm around her.
"Wow, you're in a really good mood today," Callie says as she and Meredith scrub out of a long surgery.
"I am," Meredith replies winking at the brunette.
"Good Christmas?" Callie asks.
"You could say that," Meredith shrugs. "Hey, you've got the follow up on this one?" she asks.
"Sure, you have plans tonight?" Callie asks.
"Not really," Meredith says stripping off her gown and leaving the scrub room.
Running up the stairs, Meredith slips into the blonde's office and closes the door behind her.
Arizona turns around and smiles, "What are you doing?" she asks curiously.
"This," Meredith says walking up to her and pulling her to feet and kissing her.
"Mer," Arizona says laughing, "Hold on, when did we start kissing at work? Anyone could come in and see us."
"I don't care. People will talk Arizona, let them. I don't care any more," she says kissing her again.
"Okay, but maybe we should go on an actual date before people start freaking out over us dating?" Arizona counters.
"Fine, whatever." Meredith replies nonchalantly. "I haven't felt this alive in a long time and I don't care who knows it."
"Hmm, oh I understand," Arizona says softly pulling her into her arms and kissing her.
"It's about time," Meredith says playfully.
"Did you get a sitter for tomorrow night?" Arizona asks, sitting on the corner of her desk.
"Amelia and Owen are staying over in the guest room," she replies, leaning against the blonde.
"So you'll come over to my place after work?" Arizona asks, looking up at her.
"Yes, but we're going out right?" Meredith confirms.
"Yes, we are going out." Arizona says smiling as she bends down to kiss her again.
"There seems to be some sort of happiness situation here..." April says entering Arizona's office later that afternoon.
"Hmm?" Arizona says turning around in her chair.
"You are humming," April says sitting on the corner of the desk.
"I am?" Arizona asks.
"Yes." April counters, "Now spill it Robbins, who is she?"
"It's too early too say," Arizona replies. "We haven't even gone out on a date yet."
"Ah hah! There is someone though, I just knew it!" April says excitedly. "Wait, is it someone that I know?" she asks.
Arizona looks down at the floor, "I'm not saying anything. It may not even be a thing," she says deflecting April's interest.
"You haven't gone out on a date in three years, so if you asked someone out, it's a big deal," April point out.
"Okay, okay, it's kind of a big deal. But let's just keep it between us for now, okay?" Arizona asks.
"What did you tell them?" Arizona asks when Meredith arrives at her place.
"Just that I was going out with a friend and since I have tomorrow off, I would probably drink, so they should just stay over and take care of the kids tomorrow." Meredith replies.
"Well, they both know you well enough to know how much you like tequila," Arizona teases.
"No tequila tonight," Meredith replies. "I'm going to Sofia's room to change," she says quickly kissing the blonde, before disappearing down the hall.
Arizona goes into her own room and gets dressed. She's sitting on the couch when Meredith comes down the hall.
Standing up, Arizona smiles at her, "Wow, you look fantastic," she says.
"You look pretty amazing yourself," Meredith says wiggling her eyebrows playfully.
Meredith is wearing a sleek black cocktail dress and Arizona is wearing black slacks and a white blouse with a long scarf and jacket, her blonde hair down long and curly.
Arizona's phone beeps. "Oh, that's our car," she says.
"Our car?" Meredith asks.
Yeah, no driving tonight," Arizona replies as they slip on their costs.
Helping Meredith out of the car, Arizona laughs as she pulls her into her arms. "Hi," she says shyly.
"Now, you're shy?" Meredith teases.
"Now, I'm nervous," Arizona admits, opening the door.
Meredith pushes her against the door and kisses her. Arizona helps her slip off her coat and then takes her hand and leads her to the couch.
"The couch, not the bed?" Meredith teases.
"So you're telling me that you're easy, huh?" Arizona says taking her jacket off and pushing Meredith down on to the couch.
"I'm far from easy," Meredith replies. "Fun, yes. Easy, no." she whispers into the blonde's ear.
"Somehow, that does not surprise me," Arizona says kissing her neck and running her hand down Meredith's leg.
She moans at the sensation and Arizona laughs, "You have no idea, what you're in for," she says her blue eyes dark with desire.
"I think I do," Meredith replies slipping her hands under Arizona's blouse and undoing her bra easily, then cupping her breasts.
"Mmm," the blonde moans, slipping her own hands under Meredith's dress and caressing her ass.
Meredith can't help but arch her back and moan, " Bed, please," she begs.
"Not yet," Arizona says kissing her way down her stomach.
"Arizona stop teasing me," Meredith says frustrated.
"Where's the fun in that?" Arizona says coming back up to kiss her lips while unzipping the dress and pulling it off of her.
"Wait, I'm practically naked and you're fully dressed," Meredith points out.
"Mmm, lucky me," Arizona says thickly, admiring her body and kissing her neck as she slips her hand under her to unfasten her bra.
Meredith begins unbuttoning Arizona's blouse then she reaches up and pulls the blonde's bra off, pleased with herself, she caresses the blonde's breasts and raises up to kiss and suck on her nipples.
Distracted, Arizona pulls away, "Hey now," she says softly, smiling down at her.
"What's the matter Arizona, distracted?" Meredith teases.
Pulling her own blouse off, Arizona drops down and trails her nipples down Meredith's body as she kisses and sucks her way down the length of her body. Meredith trembles at the contact and reaches up to unfasten the blonde's slacks.
"Arizona." she moans, "bed. now," she says reaching up and slipping her hands over the blonde's ass and easily removing her slacks.
Arizona wakes up flushed and breathing hard with Meredith's arms wrapped around her. It takes her a moment to realize that she was dreaming, because they are laying on the couch fully dressed and the movie they sat down to watch is long over.
"Hmmm, what time is it?" Meredith asks, her breath tickling the blonde's ear.
"3 am," Arizona says turning to see her. "We should go to bed."
"I thought you'd never ask," Meredith says playfully.
Arizona pulls herself up with her crutches and then waits for Meredith.
Once they are laying in bed, Meredith laughs softly to herself, then whispers, "How did this happen?"
Confused Arizona opens her eyes and looks at her and asks, "What?" she asks.
"Ending a first date in bed, that's normal for me, but I'm not drunk, I'm not naked and we haven't had sex, yet," she says nudging the blonde at the end, "that's not normal for me. Do you think it's because I'm older or is it because I'm a mom now? Oh wait, is it a lesbian thing to not have sex on the first date?" Meredith asks suddenly.
Shaking her head Arizona laughs at her, "It's definitely not a lesbian thing to not have sex on a first date."
Rolling up onto her elbow so they can talk face to face, Arizona continues, "I don't want us to rush into this Meredith, we are older and we do have children to consider, but also you've been through a lot, so let's just figure this out and not rush."
Meredith reaches up and moves a strand of blonde out of her eyes and then she raises up and kisses her and pulls her down on top of her. Arizona returns the kiss and can't help when her body responds to the contact and Meredith slips her hands up and cups her ass. The blonde freezes, "Meredith," she says breathlessly, "waiting, remember?"
Arizona rolls off of her and on to her own side of the bed, but Meredith follows her and lays her hand on the blonde's chest. "Waiting sucks," she says softly.
"Lunch today?" Meredith asks as she slips her coat on.
"I have a consult, so 12:30 or 1 might work." Arizona replies.
"I have surgery at 1," Meredith says frowning. Then smiling brightly she suggests, "Bring Sofia over and let's have dinner tonight."
"Okay, but we're not staying the night, just dinner," Arizona says setting the ground rules.
"Just dinner, got it." Meredith says kissing her and opening the door. "You look pretty today," she adds before leaving.
Pouring herself another cup of coffee, Arizona heads into her bedroom to take a shower and get ready for work.
Relieved that Meredith doesn't seem to be freaking out over anything yet, in fact she seems pretty determined to push this as far as it will go. But still worried how people will react to their relationship, Arizona shivers as she steps under the spray.
"How was your super secret date last night?" Maggie asks approaching the surgical desk.
Arizona freezes, unsure of how to react, because she didn't know that Maggie knew about the date.
"It was amazing," Meredith replies coming up beside the blonde and leaning into her just close enough so they are touching, but not close enough to draw attention to them.
"So when do we get to meet this person?" Maggie asks.
"Maybe you already know them," Meredith replies playfully.
"Uh, I've got to go check on a patient," Arizona says reaching around Meredith to slip the chart back into the holder.
"See you later," Meredith says looking at her directly and smiling, then turning to Maggie she adds, "I invited Arizona and Sofia over tonight, will you be there for dinner?"
"I haven't decided yet, so who are you seeing Meredith? You can tell me, I'm your sister," Maggie reminds her.
"I'll tell you tonight at dinner," Meredith replies.
"Does Arizona know? I mean you guys seem really close lately," Maggie asks.
"Yes, she already knows but only because she figured it out," Meredith says playfully, enjoying herself.
Maggie cocks her head and thinks about that a minute. Is Meredith trying to tell me that she's seeing Arizona?
"Later Maggie," Meredith says walking away with a big smile on her face.