A/N: Ready for some processing? It's time, don't you think?
"Oh my god," Jo says to Alex on the drive home. "What a fricking mess!" She exclaims. "I cannot believe that just happened."
"It's my fault that she sang that song. I should have remembered why I knew that she knew it." Alex says trying to explain.
"Well, but that doesn't explain why she's dating the surgeon that killed Derek." Jo remarks.
"Jo, she didn't know. Jeez, how would she know that?" He says defending her.
"I don't know, but she knew she worked at the hospital where Derek died. Is it too much to think that she'd ask?" Jo replies.
"It is too much to ask." He says. "Penny should have said something. It's on her, not Torres."
"It's Callie," Arizona says answering her phone. Then going to the door, she opens it and lets the Latina inside.
"Thank you for letting me in." Callie says entering the apartment. "Arizona, I just wanted to apologize for singing that song tonight. I was so nervous about singing that when they played a song, that I knew I just went with it." She explains.
Then to Amelia she says, "Amelia, I had no idea Penny was on the trauma team that treated Derek. I never would have put any of you in that situation, if I had known." Callie says obviously distraught by everything.
"Calliope, are you okay?" Arizona asks concerned for her.
"I don't know. I can't believe that she knew I knew Derek and then didn't say anything." Callie replies upset.
"Arizona, do you mind if I go to Meredith's? I just really need to see her." Amelia asks, unable to be around Callie, but understanding that they need to talk.
"Uh, okay." The blonde replies worried that she should go with her. "Amelia, do you want me to come with you?"
Coming over and wrapping an arm around her, Amelia says, "No stay here, you guys need to talk." Then planting a light kiss on the blonde's lips, she leaves.
Involuntarily, Arizona shivers at the loss of contact as she watches the small brunette leave the apartment.
"I like her, she's good for you." Callie says observing the exchange.
Looking back to the Latina, Arizona considers the comment and then walks over to the stove and puts water on for tea and prepares two cups silently as Callie watches.
"Are you in love with her?" Arizona finally asks as she sets the tea in front of her. "Because if you're not, then your decision is fairly easy, but if you are then you need to decide how to get past this."
"I know that she's someone that I could love, but I don't know if I am in love with her yet. I always felt like she was holding something back and I guess it made me hold back." Callie explains and takes another sip of her tea.
"I didn't come here to talk about her, Arizona. I came by because I needed to apologize to you face to face for singing that song." Callie says sincerely.
"Callie, I understand how it happened and if I'm honest with myself, it shouldn't have been a big deal, but I haven't heard you sing since we broke up. I didn't realize that it would affect me like that." She admits softly.
"Arizona, since we broke up the only person that I've sang to is Sofia. Penny didn't even know that I could sing." Callie admits.
"So you were holding back from her too." Arizona points out.
"Uh, yeah, I guess that I was." She replies slowly. "Wow, I totally did hold back from her. No wonder she held something back from me."
"Uh, Calliope, you can't really compare, she withheld that she was involved in treating your fatally injured friend and colleague, you just didn't sing to her." Arizona counters.
Callie silently considers it and it's not lost on her that Arizona just called her by her full name.
Sitting there silently, they suddenly hear a phone buzzing. The blonde glances over to the counter and notes that it's not hers. "I think it's yours," she says.
Reaching over and removing the phone from her purse, Callie looks at it and then turns it off.
"You should talk to her." Arizona says, guessing that the call was from Penny.
"What do I say to her? She kept something from me, something that bothered her so much that she left that hospital. That tells us right there, that there's something wrong. She was in the middle of a Trauma fellowship and she left it. Went back to Wash U, back to her mentor and then got a new job at General Surgery fellowship at Bayside." Callie explains. "Why didn't I question that more?" She asks.
"In new relationships, we don't always ask the hard questions up front." Arizona suggests.
Amelia stands in front of the house, she texted Maggie that she was coming home, but now that she's there, she's nervous to enter and face Meredith. After Derek's death, Amelia said some pretty unforgiving things to her sister-in-law. And now it would seem that Meredith was correct in her assessment that there wasn't anything for her to do to save Derek, but she'd still asked repeatedly for his medical records and now she's planning to demand them. Taking a deep breath, Amelia walks up to the door and enters.
Meredith and Maggie are on the couch. Derek's medical records are open on the coffee table. Amelia goes right to them and begins pouring over them. Maggie excuses herself to go check on the kids.
"Oh my god." Amelia says repeatedly as she pages through the file.
Meredith sits by and observes her. She knows now that she shouldn't have withheld the records from Derek's family, but now, seeing Penny and realizing that she actually left her Trauma fellowship after Derek's death, helped her realize that she can't hide from this any more.
Looking up at Meredith, Amelia states, "This is gross malpractice. They didn't follow basic trauma protocols." She points out. "That neurologist should be reported to the State Board and officially reprimanded. There's no excuse for taking that long to respond to a trauma page when you're on call." She adds.
"Agreed." Meredith says unemotionally.
"Dr Jensen is the only one who did anything right, but she failed to assert herself and failed her patient by not advocating for the protocol and course of treatment that she knew he needed." Amelia points out.
"Right, I agree. Which is why I didn't want to do anything about this. I met with the hospital board and they assured me that they had reprimanded the Neurologist and restructured their Trauma department to ensure proper adherence to protocols." Meredith explains flatly.
"Do you still feel that way?" Amelia asks.
"Honestly Amy, I don't know how I feel anymore. If Jensen left her fellowship after Derek's death, then I'm not sure how I feel about it." Meredith admits.
"She not only left her fellowship, she changed from Trauma to General, which makes no sense at all. Trauma surgeons do not go to general, unless they are fired from Trauma." Amelia points out.
"It makes sense that they would fire her. She knew the correct course of treatment, but didn't pursue it." Meredith replies.
After an hour or so, Meredith is talked out and needs sleep. Amelia is drained as well, but she wants to go back over to Arizona's. She decides to call her.
Arizona doesn't answer. Her phone is still on the counter with the sound off and she's in bed alone. Callie's asleep on the couch and hears the phone, so she gets up and answers it.
"Uh, hey Amelia," Callie says softly. "Arizona left her phone out here. She's in bed, I'm on the couch," she explains.
"Oh, well. I just wanted to check on her. I'm going to stay here, will you let her know." Amelia asks awkwardly.
"Of course," Callie says, then asks, "How are you and Meredith?"
"We'll talk tomorrow, uh, good night." Amelia says disconnecting the call.
Hanging up the phone, Amelia looks over to Meredith and says, "Guess I'm staying here tonight."
"Callie's still there?" Meredith asks surprised.
"She says that she's on the couch and Arizona left her phone out there." Amelia repeats.
"Okay, well that makes sense." Meredith remarks.
"You've known them a long time, Mer, do I have anything to worry about? Am I going to get crushed here when they get back together?" She asks.
"I don't think they'll get back together, if that's what you're asking." Meredith replies.