Team Peds
"Well Grey welcome to the winning team" Arizona smiled gesturing for Meredith to follow her down the corridor.
"Great" Meredith replies as brightly as she could manage trying very hard to supress the eye roll she wanted to give. She hoped her attempted smile passed muster with her partner. Robbins was famous for being smiley and sweet hell she even had heelies. Meredith was more of the play dirty type like Cristina. Arizona wouldn't have been her first choice to wage war with.
Evidently Meredith's attempt at smiling hadn't fooled her discerning judge.
"I get it- you think I'm too soft for heist, right?"
"No of course not" Meredith started to protest not wanting to make an enemy of an attending.
"Don't let the wheels fool you I can hustle"
This time Meredith just couldn't keep the incredulity of her face.
"I get it now "Arizona said
"get what?" Meredith replied confused.
"The dark and twisty. That's why I haven't seen much of you in Peds you're scared of all the joy in here" Arizona said as a joke, but she saw a fleeting look of panic on Meredith's face.
"You have been avoiding Peds! Oh Grey, Grey, Grey we'll have to sort that out".
Fabulous Meredith thought to herself now I'm not just stuck here for the evening I'm going to have to come work there too.
"where are we going" she asked sulkily.
"The cafeteria"
"why" Meredith wondered aloud.
"we're tooling up Grey we're going to win because we have the two best weapons; tiny humans and chocolate pudding".
Right gang gather round" Arizona addressed the inhabitants of the non-intensive Peds wing that night and was soon surrounded by around 12 children.
"Tonight, we are playing a game. Me and Dr Grey have to keep hold of these shiny sashes ok, so we need your help" she said smiling at her tiny humans.
She sorted her audience into two groups.
"I need you guys to keep watch and help us keep these ok" gesturing to one group.
"and you guys are going to be my stealing squad" she told two small boys and a girl.
"You in? "
Most of the kids nodded; they'd do anything for Dr Robbins.
One of the small boys in Arizona's selected band of thieve spoke up. He had ginger hair going in all different directions and was wearing avengers' pyjamas.
"what do we get?" Sam asked
Arizona reached a hand into her coat pocket and pulled out a small silver pot.
"Pudding" Sam declared in delight his eyes sparkling.
"Pudding" Arizona agreed.
"Ok everyone let's do this Team Peds" Arizona cried
"Team Peds!".
Meredith was sat with three small girls who had immediately dragged her by the hand to a small plastic chair saying they wanted to give her a makeover. Arizona was busy playing some elaborate board game now she'd briefed Sam and the other thieves. She'd sent them to specific places with strict instructions to be back in 15 minutes.
Meredith was enjoying the game despite herself, Zola was still too young to play like this. The girls never seemed to tire of it and it carried on with earnest. In that time the two other thieves had returned to Arizona saying they'd had no luck. They still received their beloved chocolate pudding.
Sam the little red-haired boy had come over to speak to one of the girls involved in Meredith's makeover and he whispered in the little blonde's ear. Meredith, oblivious to this as it occurred behind her back, was involved in a spirited mock hairdresser conversation with the other two girls about her imaginary holiday to an island with dolphins. She didn't notice the girl whisper to the other two stylists or if she did it didn't really register, kids were famous for talking among themselves.
"I'm just going to get my special hair band I want to put it in your hair" Alice said to Meredith.
"Ok" Meredith smiled in response and was again thrown into conversation with the other two girls. "Oh god" a thought suddenly hit her she was enjoying Peds.
Sam returned to Arizona holding two sashes in her hand.
"Way to go Sam" she said giving him a high five.
"Who's are they?"
"They're Alex's" he replied knowing who Dr Karev was from the ward.
"Good job buddy" she said handing him a spoon which he accepted with a grin.
"Dr Robbins" Alice was at her side tugging at her lab coat "can we give you a makeover too?"
"Ok but not for too long I have to come back and play with Ben".
As Arizona sat down on the plastic chair next to Meredith she saw the mischievous look on the faces of her once angelic tiny humans.
"Guys what's happening?" she said, hearing only giggling she prepared to ask again but was interrupted by Meredith
"Dr Robbins" Meredith said in surprise.
Looking over to her she saw Alice had just finished tying a skipping rope round Meredith's arms tying her to the chair.
Arizona tried to get up, but she was too slow as Sam and his friend Ahmed had just finished giving her the same treatment.
"What happened to team peds?"
"I'm sorry Dr Robbins you're still our favourite" one girl said look apologetic, the less looked less troubled by their abrupt turn of loyalties.
"I gave you pudding" Arizona accused Sam who still had chocolate round his mouth.
"They gave us cash" Sam said simply.
"Who did" Meredith asked amused.
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