"So what are you doing for Valentine's weekend?" Callie asks Jo the next morning before rounds.
"I don't know, Alex won't tell me what he's planned. But we have to be at the airport by 2 pm, that's all I know and he told me to pack a couple of nice dresses," Jo explains.
"Well, it's Valentine's weekend so I'm sure he's got something romantic planned," Callie replies.
"Knowing Alex, we're probably going to Vegas or something crazy, not romantic." Jo points out.
"Vegas can be romantic," Callie counters.
"Maybe but do you know what it's going to be like on Valentine's weekend?" Jo replies.
"You know I got married in Vegas and it was crazy and fun," Callie answers.
"Oh god, what if he's thinking that we can get married in Vegas this weekend?" Jo asks the brunette.
Callie looks away nervously and doesn't make eye contact with her.
"Wait, do you know something?" she asks stepping in closer so Callie has to look her in the eyes.
"Jo, he loves you and he's trying to be romantic and thoughtful, so just go with it and let him, okay?" Callie asks. "Oh and you have to be surprised, I'm not supposed to know, so I shouldn't have said anything."
"You're not supposed to know?" Jo asks. "Wait, if he didn't tell you then who did?"
"Okay, I'm not saying anything else. Just promise me that you'll try to enjoy this weekend, he's put a lot of thought into it and I'm sure that it's going to be amazing," she says placing her hands on the other woman's shoulders.
Jo nods, "I'll try, but now I need to go home and repack," she remarks.
"Look, run home then and repack. I'll cover for you, Cross can scrub in on this ankle repair," Callie replies.
"Okay, thanks Dr Torres. I'll be back in an hour." Jo says turning to run back to her locker, then remembering that she rode in with Alex in his car, she turns to the surgical board to see where Edwards is at.
"Hey Steph, can I borrow your car? I rode in with Alex and I need to run back home to get something," Jo asks stepping into the OR doorway.
"Uh sure, my keys are in my locker," Steph says looking up for a moment.
"Meredith, it's okay. We're here," Arizona says gently waking up her girlfriend.
"Oh my god, I'm sorry. I don't know what happened," Meredith replies embarrassed.
"You had a panic attack, good thing you brought Xanax," Arizona says softly.
"Yeah, but I brought the Xanax for you, because you were freaking out yesterday," Meredith explains.
"Oh, I don't take it when I fly though, just to sleep the night before. I'm okay to fly now," Arizona says turning to her. "Are you sure that you're okay now? Should we have lunch here so you can settle down before we go to the hotel?"
"No, I just need some water. Let's go get the car and I'll relax at the hotel," Meredith suggests.
"Names please," the front desk clerk barely looks up at them.
"Arizona Robbins and Meredith Grey," Arizona replies sliding their IDs over for him to look at.
"Okay, everything's paid in advance, would you like to put a credit card on file for incidentals?" he asks.
"Yes," Arizona says sliding a card over to him and taking back their IDs.
"Okay, here are your keys, you have a suite with a wedding package, you need to call this number to schedule your ceremony, if you don't you may end up a part of the mass wedding," he informs her.
"Uh wait, there's a mistake. We're not here to get married, our friends are getting married," Arizona says trying to explain and pushing the packet back over the counter.
"Look ma'am it's already paid for and non-refundable," he says pushing it back to her. "Next," he says to the people behind her.
Arizona takes the packet and heads over to where Meredith is sitting with their luggage.
"All set?" Meredith asks.
"Yeah, they mixed up our reservation and we ended up with a suite," she says as the bellhop appears with a luggage cart to help them to their room.
"Oh that's terrible!" Meredith says laughing.
As they enter the room, Meredith goes in and Arizona hangs back to tip the bellhop after he unloads their bags.
"So the other part of the mix up is..." Arizona stops talking when she enters the living room of the suite to see Meredith standing in the middle of the room holding a box.
"Arizona, it's not a mistake, I had Alex change the reservation," she says carefully.
"Meredith..." Arizona says, her voice trembling nervously.
"We both know that life is unpredictable and everything can change in an instant. Arizona, I don't want to waste another minute of our lives not being together. You love me and I love you, that's really all that matters," Meredith says pulling the ring out and setting the box down. "Marry me?" she asks.
Arizona sits down on the edge of the couch, "You want to get married now? Here? In Vegas?" she asks rapidly.
"Yes, and I want you to move into the house and let's do this Arizona, let's get married and raise the kids together. I want it all with you," Meredith exclaims, "Will you do it? Will you marry me?" she asks again.
Nodding, Arizona launches into her arms, "Yes Meredith, yes. I'll marry you."
They order lunch from room service and since it's warm and sunny, they decide to eat on the balcony.
"So us coming early wasn't part of Alex's plan, it was your plan?" Arizona asks.
"Uh, yeah and it wasn't actually the plane ride that caused my anxiety attack it was me freaking out because you said that a Vegas wedding was a terrible idea and I'd already booked it," Meredith replies laughing softly..
"I'm sorry. I had no idea that you were thinking of this," Arizona confesses. "Now I feel like an ass for saying it."
"No, no, I'm glad that you told me, because Alex and I changed the plan this morning. No one is getting married in the Chapel of Love by Elvis this weekend. Instead we're both getting married at the Stratosphere tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm," Meredith explains.
"Just the four of us?" Arizona asks, still processing everything.
"Well, actually Cristina will be here in the morning. She's in LA visiting her parents and decided to come and stand with me," Meredith replies. "I wasn't sure about telling your parents, but if you want them to be here, there is a flight that leaves from Baltimore first thing in the morning, I have reserved a room for them, just in case."
"Meredith, how long have you been planning this?" Arizona asks shocked.
"I was thinking about it as soon you mentioned the trip. Then Alex and I were talking last week and I told him that I was in love with you and he joked that we should have a double wedding. All last weekend I tried to figure out a way to bring it up, but I was too scared that you'd say no." she explains.
"Will you be disappointed if I don't tell my parents?" Arizona asks.
"No, but can I ask why?"
"Besides the fact that the weather in Baltimore is bad this weekend and my mom hates to fly in bad weather, I just think we should do this for us. They adore you and they'll be happy for us," she adds.
"Ha! I knew your parents liked me," Meredith exclaims, "That was my first sign, because parents never like me, but yours did."
"My parents are part of the reason that I asked you out," Arizona admits to her. "They really enjoyed spending Christmas Eve at your house and I realized how much I enjoyed it too."
"Seriously?" Meredith asks. "And here I thought it was my charm that wore you down," she replies playfully leaning in to kiss the blonde.
"Your charm? You called me an idiot!" Arizona reminds her.
"See how charming I can be," she says laughing.
Looking at the ring on her finger, Arizona says softly, "We're really doing this?"
"We are." Meredith replies and places another box on the table.
Arizona opens it slowly, it's a pair of platinum bands, "you bought rings too?" she asks surprised.
"Yes, I tried to think of everything but I wasn't sure what you'd want to wear, so I called a boutique nearby and arranged for us to go there at 3 pm to pick something out," Meredith says looking at her watch.
"Meredith Grey, you are amazing and I love you," Arizona says leaning in to kiss her.
"You're pretty amazing yourself Arizona," Meredith says returning the kiss.
"Hey Evil Spawn!" Cristina says when she sees Alex and Jo at the airport.
"Yang? What are you doing here?" He asks nervously.
"I was visiting my parents in LA and Meredith said you guys were going to be in Vegas, so I decided to crash your weekend," she explains.
"Oh, so Meredith knows that you're here?" he stammers.
"Not exactly, she thinks I'm coming in the morning, but I decided that I wanted to take you all out tonight for dinner," Cristina explains. "So let's get to the hotel so I can surprise her!"
"Uh, okay," he says glancing over at Jo nervously.
She rolls her eyes, well this is certainly going to be one interesting weekend, she thinks to herself.
Arizona and Meredith are just about to get into the shower when there's a knock at their door. They exchange confused looks and Meredith goes to the door.
"Surprise!" Cristina says pushing her way into the suite.
"Cristina! I thought you were coming tomorrow," Meredith exclaims.
"Where's your girlfriend, er, fiance?" Cristina asks looking around the room.
"We were just about to start getting ready for dinner," Meredith explains tightening her robe.
"Okay, but we're having a toast first. I brought champagne!" Cristina exclaims going over to the bar and selecting champagne glasses. "Arizona!" she calls out.
"Hey Cristina," Arizona says entering the room wearing a matching robe.
"Let's toast to your impending nuptials," Cristina says as she pops the bottle open and sprays champagne everywhere.
They each take a glass and Cristina holds hers up and waits for the other two to join her, then she says simply L'Chaim!"
They smile and begin to drink.
"Oh and I need to crash here tonight, because my room won't be ready until tomorrow," she adds, setting her bag on the couch.
"Don't look at me like that, this place is huge and there are two bathrooms. You won't even know I'm here," she promises.