Chapter 3
Meredith
"girls come on we're going to be late" I yell up the stairs after Sofia and Zola, and let out a sigh. It's been 6 of the craziest months since Sofia has been with us, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Arizona got all moved in, and we are living life like a happy family with Maggie and Amelia. We had a conversation about buying a bigger house, but once we fixed up the attic, and the basement, we seem to have found enough room for everyone. Callie is still staying at Arizona's old house, but she just put in an offer on a house that's just down the street from us. Which is very convenient, Sofia can walk or ride her bike anytime she wants. "girls" I yell again. This time with irritation in my voice.
"we're coming jeez" Zola says, oh I forgot to mention, instead of 9-year-olds we have 2 teenagers. I laugh to myself, as they come running down the stairs, and right out the front door. Rolling my eyes, as they left it open. Getting into the car the two are talking a mile a minute, I couldn't even comprehend what they were saying. "mom don't forget you and momma have to meet with Mrs. Lane today" Zola says I smile when I hear her refer to Arizona as momma. "we didn't forget" I look in the rear view mirror
"my mom and momma have to meet with her too" Sofia says
"I know" I smile "I'll be there for that one too"
"why can't she just do whatever she is doing together instead of separate?" Zola asks "it has to be about the same thing"
"because my momma isn't your momma" Sofia says causing me to laugh
"well I wouldn't care, she can say what she wants in front of auntie Callie, moms always do" Zola says causing me to laugh again. She was right, were as Arizona and I are a couple, most things involving either of the girls we run by Callie first. It was just easier that way. Since both of them went everywhere and did everything together.
"hey auntie Mer" Sofia says "sorry, I mean Mer" I laugh and answer "are you and my mom going to get married?" that question floored me. We had that one talk about marriage back when I asked her to move in, but we haven't talked about it since. As I contemplate that question, I hear the little impatient Sofia say "well?" and Zola starts to giggle.
"what?" Sofia says now talking to Zola "you want to know the answer too."
"yes I do" still lost in my thoughts at a stop light I look in the mirror "someday maybe"
"why?"
"what?"
"why someday, and why not now" Sofia asks "you're not getting any younger"
"thanks for the reminder" I roll my eyes, the light was green so I speed away "no seriously" Sofia says, seriously was one of her favorite words lately. "do you not love her?"
"I do, very much" I reply with a genuine smile just the thought of Arizona makes me smile.
"then why not get married?" this was Zola who asked the question. I notice we are coming up to the school maybe if I stall long enough, I won't have to answer"
"she's not going to answer" Sofia lets out a sigh
"guess we'll have to hit up momma later" Zola says as the car pulls to a stop outside the school. "bye girls have a good day"
"don't think we didn't notice you didn't answer the question" Zola says as she gets out of the car, turn back to look at Sofia, meeting her eyes I feel a ping at my heart. More often than not she looked like Callie, but today there was something about her that said she was all Mark. "I love your mom very much and someday we will be married" she nods, and gives that smirk that Mark used to give when he knew something he shouldn't. "ok" she says and climbs out.
"bye mom love you" Zola calls from outside the car
"bye girls love you, too" I smile as the door is slammed. I sit and watch as they make their way inside the building. Thinking about the conversation we had just had. We had decided to let the kids call Arizona whatever they wanted. Zola had decided I was already mommy, so they would call Arizona momma. Which was great with Ellis who is still young, and Bailey too, sometimes Zola forgets. As for me, Sofia calls me whatever fits at the moment. With the fact that Callie is momma and Arizona is mom, or mommy. She's having a hard time not calling me aunt Mer. Which is ok, I was her aunt Mer for years, and as they painfully pointed out Arizona and I aren't married so. Seeing the girls are safely inside the school I put the car in gear and pull out, heading in the direction of Grey Sloan where another day full of surgeries awaits.
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Arizona
I had been paged in early, I don't even remember the time, what I do remember is I hadn't gotten much sleep. It was now going on 8, and I'm completely exhausted. Luckily both mom and baby are doing good and are going to have a full recovery. I'm standing at a nurse's desk, signing a chart, handing it back to the nurse, I thank her and turn to head towards my office. Confused when I see the door open, I slowly walk through it only to see my girlfriend leaning against my desk with 2 huge cups of coffee in her hands. I groan at the smell, "you my love are a god send" moving closer reaching for a cup then kissing Meredith. "I figured you could use one" Meredith smiled, that smile that makes me weak in the knees "how's your patient?"
"doing good" I smile taking a seat on the couch coffee in hand
"good" she followed me "I wanted to see you before I head into surgery."
"its good to see you, did the girls give you any trouble this morning?"
"outside of Sofia asking me if we were getting married" Meredith shook her head "no"
"she did what?" I almost spit out my coffee
"oh yeah it was a whole thing"
"what did she say?"
"she asked if we were getting married, and when I said someday she said why wait we aren't getting any younger. Then asked if I loved you" I had to laugh "she knows how much we love each other"
"I know she does" she takes my hand "I really do love you Arizona Robbins"
"I know" I smile "I really love you too Meredith Grey" I lean over placing a kiss on her lips "and one of these days you will be my wife"
"I know" she smiles kissing me again, the sound of footsteps are heard then stop "oh sorry" a voice says. Meredith and I both look up and smiled. Callie often found us in this situation, and always she had the blush on her face. "I just wanted to remind you about meeting Sofia's teacher today"
"I remember" I smile
"Zola's is today too" Meredith smiled "you know she said she couldn't understand why they just didn't do it together" Callie and I both look at her confused "the conferences"
"because I'm not Zola's mom"
"right, but I'm sitting in on Sofia's"
"that's because you're her other care giver" Callie said. Sometimes I find it weird that the three of us are still this close, but it works, it's like Mark is back, in a way. "well I don't have to sit in, Arizona can fill me in"
"nah it's cool, it's just school, plus she lives with you 90% of the time anyway" Callie shrugs
"do you guys ever feel like we went back in time here" I say not really paying attention, to anything. My sleep deprived brain has a mind of its own, when I got a confused look from them both I go on "almost like it was when Mark was here" I look at Callie and she smiles and says "a little"
"only I'm not a man whore" Meredith laughs
"but you were a whore" Callie says meeting Meredith's eyes "remember when Addison hung your panties on the bulletin board?"
"oh my god" Meredith laughs "that was so embarrassing"
"when did this happen?" I ask
"before you were here, Derek and Addison were 'trying again'" Callie says using air quotes "we all knew it wouldn't last, he was so in love with you" she looks up at me and gives me an apologetic smile. I give one back "thanks for taking claim to them" Meredith says
"god George was obsessed with that" they both start to laugh, I reached for my coffee, I love when they start talking like this, reminds me I made the right choice coming to Seattle all those years ago. I sit back and listen as they talk over belts of laughter, from two old friends. A pager sounds, and Callie groans "it's me" she stands "I'll see you guys at the school?"
"yup" Meredith smiles her happy it wasn't me smile, I just now notice she hasn't even changed into her scrubs yet. "alright later" Callie says leaving the room, I watch as Meredith jumps off the couch and shuts the door, a smile graces my face as I hear the lock click. When our eyes meet she smiles, "let me give you a proper good morning Dr. Robbins" the way she says my professional name has chills running through my entire body. The next thing I know she's hovering over me on the couch, our mouths just centimeters apart, my entire body is on fire from the contact. I've never had this with anyone, not even Callie. The urge to kiss her takes over and I reach up and pull her down to me, letting out a moan as our tongues touched. The kiss that started out as hot and heavy slowed, as hands roamed bodies, I can feel the moisture soaking my panties, and the throbbing down there is almost to the point that if I don't get some release soon. "oh god" I moan as Meredith slides her leg in between mine, putting pressure where I need it most. "yes" she hisses, as she pushes against my thigh. "I need you" she whispers in her husky voice, turning me on even more. She sits back on her knees and rips off her shirt, followed quickly by her bra, I let out a moan as I see those glorious mounds pop free. She quickly stands and removes her jeans and panties, I can see how soaked they are. Once she's completely naked she starts on me, reaching for the draw string on my scrub pants she yanks, then pulls it all down, leaving me naked "sit up" she almost growls, I love it when she gets like this. Sitting up I pull my shirt over my head and toss it across the room. Feeling her hands unclasp my bra, I pull it down my arms and toss it into the same direction as my shirt just went. "Arizona" she almost moans my name, I look at her and smile "god I love you so much" I can't even get my reply out before she has our lips pressed together again. Our bodies now naked, touching at all the right spots. Her lips leave my mouth and kiss their way down my body, stopping to pay attention to my breast, as she makes the journey down, sticking her tongue into my bellybutton, I buck at the feeling, she lets out a giggle and moves even lower, spreading my legs. "someone is ready"
"I'm always ready for you" I moan out as she blows on my clit, this isn't going to take long. One lick, and I can already feel myself start to come undone. Her tongue plays with my clit, then moves lower entering me. Nope not long as all "god Mer" I feel her giggle and that sends me over the edge as she enters me with that amazing muscle. My hands are in her hair, pulling, as I come undone. She cleans up the mess, then moves back up my body, our lips meet again. I manage to get my hand to where I know she needs it the most. The couch isn't the best place to do this, but we've done it in worse places, I make a few circles on her clit, then enter her, placing my thumb on her clit, by how wet she is I know this won't take long. Our kisses become slow, and I feel her hand snake down between our bodies, I'm still sensitive from my last orgasm, so she's careful when she enters me. The kiss never faltering, she moves slowly, on top of my hand, as hers is pumping in and out of me. Moving from my lips she goes to my neck, and sucks and nibbles there. Finding the spot she knows will drive me wild, I can feel her muscles start to tense, and that amazing feeling in my stomach is back. And before I know it, she's biting down on my neck, and I'm moaning out her name. Pulling out of me, she moves so I can remove my fingers from her, bringing my hand to my lips, I lick and suck all the juices off. Before she attaches our lips once again. When the kiss comes to an end, she lays her head on my chest. "I love you Arizona"
"I love you, too" I run my hand through her hair as we lay on the couch in my office, remembering the blanket that's on the back of the couch I pull it down and cover us. Fuck work, we can lay like this all day. I feel Meredith about to doze off as the sound of a pager is heard. "I know it's me" she groans and tosses the blanket off us and stands. "ugh, at least it's not a 911"
"oh?"
"I have surgery in 20" she says turning to look at me "what do you say we go away this weekend, just the two of us?"
"who will" I start to say when she adds "we'll send the girls with Callie, and either Amelia or Maggie will watch the others" she finishes for me, I smile and nod, I liked that idea. Another round of beeping pierces the air. Rolling my eyes, I know that one was mine. Sometimes it sucks being a doctor. "so it's settled? I'll find a place we'll leave tonight after the conferences"
"whatever you want my love" I smile and sit up, she tosses my bra at me, then my shirt. As she quickly dresses, I put my bra on and pull my shirt over my head pulling the blanket over my lower half. She places one more kiss on my lips, and heads out the door making sure to close it behind her. My pager sounds again, and I stand to find the rest of my clothes, I find my pants, but my panties are no where laughing "guess I'm going commando" sliding my pants on they get caught in my prosthetic for a second, you'd think I'd be used to this by now, but no. Shaking my head I reach for my lab coat, check the page, my eyes go wide. Dammit, it was a 911 from the mother from this morning "dammit, dammit, dammit" I say as I rush out of the room.
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Meredith
I'm scrubbing in with Bailey, it had been forever since the two of us were in the OR together. "Grey" she says in her annoyed voice
"hmm?"
"are you humming?"
"huh?" I look at her
"why are you humming?" she asks, I smile under my mask and continue scrubbing I honestly didn't realize I was humming but I guess I am. We finish scrubbing at the same time and enter the OR, the patient is still awake so once I'm gowned and gloved, I go talk to her. A woman in her late 30's who was just diagnosed with stage 2 liver failure. Bailey and I were going in to see what we can do, the scans showed a small mass on her liver, and we're hoping we can get it all with good margins. "hello Sarah" I smile although she can't see it "Dr. Grey" she says back "we got you" I nod, and see her nod as the gas man goes to work putting her to sleep. I step into place, Bailey across from me. We make eye contact, I hold out my hand "ten blade" as the cold steel is put into my gloved hand, and I make the first cut I lose track of everything but the patient I have my hands on. A few hours later, I hear my name again "Grey" I look up and see Bailey looking at me "why the hell are you humming in my OR?"
"sorry" I chuckle, and hear her let out a groan "ok spill"
"spill what?" I ask as I tie a stitch
"spill what has you humming"
"you don't want to hear it" I say
"you're right I don't but if it'll keep you from making that annoying noise" she says, I look up and meet her eyes. "how's Robbins" she asks and I can feel myself relax and a smile grace my face. "that's what I thought" she laughs and goes back to work. "you know I never thought I'd be happy again after Derek"
"oh here we go" she mumbles
"it's just, she, I don't know there's something about her that"
"Torres used to say the same thing"
"what?" I look at her and she keeps going "Torres used to be all Robbins this Robbins that"
"why would you bring up my girlfriend's ex-wife when I'm"
"shit" she mutters "sorry I didn't mean"
"whatever just forget it" I say and finish my work, I wouldn't be humming now.
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Arizona
I moan as I take a bite of my food, I didn't realize I was so hungry. Guess that happens when you're paged in, in the middle of the night. And the extracurricular activities in my office earlier hadn't helped. I'm joined by Alex and Jo, along with Callie and Owen, I had heard a rumor there was something going on there, but I wasn't sure, I figure she'll tell me if she wants me to know. "Robbins, what is that on your neck?"
"what?" I ask looking up from my food
"there's" Alex moves to get a better look "oh my god it's a hickey" he laughs "Grey marked you"
"shut up" I say tossing a fry at him.
"Arizona" Callie laughs
"it's like dark purple, damn Grey's got some suction" Alex keeps going
"shut up asshole" he laughs
"oh hey" I turn towards Callie "do you mind taking the girls this weekend?"
"of course not, but why?"
"we want to" I don't get to finish my sentence as Alex finishes for me "give Grey a matching one" everyone laughs and I just go with it "yeah that's it"
"I can take all of the kids if you want" Callie says "I miss hanging out with them"
"are you sure, all four of them together can be a handful, Ellis has been"
"I'll have help" I notice that she glances over at Owen who just smiles.
"hmm" I hum "well let me talk to Meredith but I'm sure that would work, we tend to lean on Maggie and Amelia a lot"
"yeah you do" Alex smiles
"will you just shut up" I say looking at him, he sits back in his chair and laughs, pagers start to sound and everyone stands to leave, leaving me alone with Callie. "you know" she moves a little "that looks bad, does it hurt"
"a little not too much" I say moving my hand to the mark on my neck "you didn't have it when I saw you earlier" she says and laughs "you two got it on after I left" I groan and meet her eyes "I really don't want to talk about my sex life, with you of all people"
"why? Because I know just how good you are in bed?" she asks with a completely straight face, when I don't answer she goes on "that is what I miss the most, you made me cum faster and harder than anyone else ever could or will"
"Callie" I say really not wanting to talk about this, we've become such good friends and if Meredith heard her talking like this god only knows how she'd react. Her pager goes off 'oh thank god' "shit gotta go, I'll see you later"
"yup" I say not looking at her. Once I'm finally alone I sit back in my chair, the mother from earlier was doing good, and I didn't have any other patients. So I'm going to enjoy my time sitting here, alone, lost in my thoughts.
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Meredith
Finally done with the surgery, I quickly scrub out and leave the room. That took longer than expected and when I see the time I have to rush to the lounge to change. I find my amazing girlfriend sitting at the table reading something as I walk in. "hey" I say, she looks up and smiles, and I see the mark on her neck, and have to hold back a giggle. "just let me get changed and we can go"
"no problem we still got time" she smiles "Callie said she'll take all the kids this weekend"
"all four of them?" I ask
"well Sofia isn't ever a problem for her" she laughs "but yes all four of them"
"well that's good" I say pulling off my shirt and tossing it in the bin "although I haven't had time to find a place to go yet"
"hmm" she hums, and I look over at her she's now got her phone out "I got a place" she says,
"oh?" I look up meeting her eyes
"mmhmm" she smiles "we have to be at the airport at 7"
"where we going?"
"you'll see" she smiles and kisses me.
"ok" I smile, and watch as she clicks some buttons, when she looks up our eyes lock and those damn butterflies that have taken up residence in my stomach, flutter. "it's booked" she smiles "you ready?" clearing my throat "yes" I nod and grab my purse. She gives me a kiss and grabs my hand as we make our way out of the room. Getting to the parking lot, I realize we have to part ways to drive. "I'll follow you home?" she asks.
"what if we just leave it here" I say not wanting to be away from her. She gives me a confused look, and I decide to just say how I'm feeling. "I don't want to be away from you" she gives me a knowing smile and pulls me in for a kiss "I don't either, we can have Maggie or Amelia drive it home"
"hmm" I hum and climb into her car. Since driving is the one thing she can do without any problems I let her do most the driving. The drive to the school is quiet, a very comfortable quiet. Arizona just makes everything better, I noticed that a while ago. Whenever she's around life just seems easier. Parking in a handicap spot at the school we get out of the car, meeting at the front I take her hand in mine. Making it to the classroom, we take a seat in the chairs that are sitting outside the room, now we wait. Zola's was first, and Sofia's right after. The door to the classroom opens and Mrs. Lane steps out with another parent. "hello Doctors" she smiles when she sees us.
"hello" I smile and stand, holding out my hand for Arizona, I can't help but notice Mrs. Lane smile when she sees me doing this. "come on in and have a seat, just give me a moment to find Zola's file" we both nod and sit quietly, "will Dr. Torres be joining us?" she asks finding Zola's file and opening it.
"no, but she'll be here for Sofia's" Arizona said
"I just thought since"
"I get it" Arizona smiles
"Zola said the same thing this morning" I laugh
"alright here we go" she starts by saying "Zola and Sofia both are a pleasure to have in class, I don't know what the two of you are doing, but keep doing it" she looks up and smiles. "her grades are amazing, and she's always helping out other students"
"that's good" I say
"its really good" the teacher says and talks some more on Zola "and that's it" she smiles closing the folder. I needed to come in for this? I already know my baby girl is amazing she didn't need to tell me. "let me go see if Dr. Torres is outside and we can get started on Sofia" she says standing, with any luck Callie will be out there so we can get this done and over with. She comes back a minute later with Callie, I get up from my chair to let her sit, pulling another one over as Mrs. Lane starts going over Sofia's report, which wasn't any different from Zola's. Except she left out the part where she said Arizona and I were doing a great job. I think she knows Sofia spends most her time with us. "all in all I'm very proud of both the girls, and look forward to the rest of the year" Mrs. Lane says and closes the file. "thank you all for taking the time out to come in, I know being highly sought after doctors like the three of you time off is hard"
"it's not that hard" I smile and stand, reaching out my hand to shake hers, as Callie and Arizona do the same, and the three of us leave the room. "did you want me to follow you to your house and get the kids?"
"you can stay there if you want" Arizona says "it might be easier with Ellis"
"hmm" Callie hums "yeah maybe it would, I'll stop at my place and grab some clothes and be over in 30"
"sounds good, thank you Callie" I say
"no problem see you soon" she says and heads towards her car, Arizona takes my hand and we head towards hers, she opens the door for me, giving me a kiss before walking around the car.
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Arizona
I'm in our room throwing stuff in a bag, even though I don't expect us to need any clothes, but I'm bringing them regardless. Nothing fancy though, if we end up doing a date night we can go in jeans and a hoodie. Grabbing our bathroom stuff, I see the box of tampons, after mentally debating with myself I reach for it and shove it into the bag, I will never make that mistake again. With everything I think we'll need packed I grab the bag and toss it over my shoulder, as I turn, I see my crutches, letting out a sigh I reach for them. Then decide to leave them, but I let out a sigh, I will never have a normal life again, always having to drag these damn things with. Taking a deep breath, to calm myself, there's nothing I can do about it, I have the most top of the line prosthetic there is. Downstairs I put the bag by the door and go in search of the love of my life, finding her in the kitchen, oddly for someone who doesn't cook she's always in the kitchen, with Callie and Maggie. Who were making plans on what to do with the kids the next day. Meredith looks up and when she sees me come in and smiles "ready?"
"I think so" I smile and greet the others in the room, looking at Callie "you sure you're good?"
"of course, besides Maggie just told me she's off this weekend so we're going to take the kids"
"shh don't say it out loud they'll hear you" Maggie says
"ok well you have both our numbers if something happens" Meredith says
"nothing is going to happen, remember I'm a mom, I can handle kids" Callie says causing Meredith and I to laugh "alright" Meredith says and rounds the counter "we'll see you Sunday night" she adds, leaving the room, I smile, wave and follow her at the door she picks up the bag and waits for me to open it. Letting out a long sigh once we are in the car, I look at her "you ready?"
"for a weekend alone with you?" I nod "baby I was born ready" she leans over and kisses me, running her tongue over my bottom lip, our tongues dance for a bit, then she pulls back "drive" I laugh starting the car and pulling out of the driveway. It doesn't take long for us to reach the airport; I should have thought this through more. Finding a spot to park at the airport is always hard and costs a fortune. Luckily I find one close to the doors, we get out, Meredith grabs the bag and I lock the car, reaching for the bag so I can put the keys in the pocket in the front, she takes my hand and we head in. "this way" I say leading us to the security line, which oddly was short, even with having to be thoroughly searched we made it through in record time. "which gate" I look at my phone and the numbers on the ceiling and nod, she takes my hand and we walk. I see people walk by us, smiling, we are obviously two people who are in love. We pass a coffee shop and Meredith stops, not saying anything she looks at me. I just nod, there's always time for coffee. Coffee in our hands we continue to the gate "are you going to tell me where we are going?"
"you didn't read the ticket?" I laugh
"oh" she giggles "I was waiting for you to tell me"
"here's the gate" I say and make my way to a chair seeing the time we only had a few minutes to wait before they would start boarding.
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Meredith
"I can't believe we're going to Vegas"
"you wanted a weekend away" she kisses my cheek, we are now sitting in our seats in first class. Arizona spared no expense. "you going to be ok?" I nod and look at her "how about you?"
"as long as you hold my hand I'll be fine" she smiles, I can tell she has a little anxiety so I take her hand and kiss her cheek "we got this" she smiles, and the plane starts to move. The flight attendants go through the usual speech, and we're ready for takeoff. The take off was smooth, and the next thing I know, we're in the air. "so what are we going to do in Vegas?" I ask quietly, my head was on Arizona's shoulder. "have lots of sex, maybe gamble a little" she laughs
"I like the have lots of sex" I say lifting my head, looking over at her I have to laugh and I reach up to touch the mark on her neck "I'm sorry"
"don't be" she smiles "let's me know I know what I'm doing"
"that you do" I lean in for a kiss and put my head back on her shoulder. Before we knew it we were landing. "we're already here?"
"it's a short flight" she smiles and grabs my hand, this was the part that was the hardest for me, and I could tell it was the same for her. Once the wheels are on the ground, we both let out a sigh of relief. "thank god" Arizona says once we are at the gate, we stand, I pull the bag out of the bin, and follow the herd of people out of the plane. Once inside the airport, we follow the signs, we make it to the baggage claim "hold on" Arizona says and heads towards a bench "I need to sit a minute"
"are you ok?"
"yes" she nods "after sitting so long, and walking, I just need a minute"
"take your time" I take the seat next to her. She looks up and smiles, causing my heart to melt "we need to get a taxi" I smile back and nod, as she stands reaching for my hand "where are we staying?"
"you'll see" she winks as we leave the airport in search of a cab. The air was thick and hot, even at this time of night. Our hands are sweating, but I don't let go. Finding the line for the taxi's we join it, oddly it was moving quick, and we are off.
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Arizona
I'm so glad the flight was good, to be honest I was nervous, I've only been on a plane a few times since the crash, and I've always taken a pill to make me sleep the whole flight. We are now in our room, Meredith is looking out the window at the view. Walking up behind her, I wrap my arms around her, kissing her neck. She moans and leans back into me. Neither of us saying anything just content in holding each other. She turned her head and our lips meet, the kiss was slow at first, but quickly turned heated as she pushes me back towards the bed. And the next thing I knew we were calling out each other's name. Now with her head on my naked chest, she's drawing circles on my stomach as she often does. "you know" she starts "we are in Vegas"
"yes we are" I laugh
"you know what we can do?"
"gamble, have lots of sex, drink?" I have a feeling I know what she's getting at but I want to play dumb. "no" she sits up looking at me, reaching up I move the hair out of her face, looking into her eyes she says "Arizona Robbins, will you marry me?" I had a feeling this was going to happen, I actually have a small surprise for her, but I stay quiet. As she moves away from me, and gets out of bed, and starts getting dressed "what are you doing?"
"you" I can tell she's beyond irritated, as she lets out a sigh "you bring me to Las Vegas, of all places and when I finally propose, you don't answer" she pulls her shirt over her head "you told me it was too soon, and we've been together for" she pauses "I don't even know how long now" she turns to grab her pants, sliding them on she turns again. I had managed to move myself on the bed where I was almost kneeling in front of her, a ring box in my hand. When she sees it, she's speechless "I didn't answer you because I was planning on doing this" I say meeting her eyes "Meredith, I love you, more than I have ever loved anyone" I pause and reach out for her left hand "will you marry me?" I watch as her eyes flick back and forth between my eyes and the ring "when" she shakes her head "yes" she smiles. I pull the ring out of the box and place it on her finger. "tomorrow"
"tomorrow?" she asks, I nod and find myself pushed back on the bed, her fully clothed body on top of me. "tomorrow" she whispers again.
"if that's what you want"
"everyone is going to be so pissed they missed it"
"who cares" I say as her lips find mine.
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General
Meanwhile back in Seattle, Callie and Maggie are sitting at the table talking "I wonder where they ended up going"
"no one told you?"
"no" Callie shakes her head "they just asked if I'd watch the kids" they both laugh, Maggie reaches for her phone "well lets see" she smiles and clicks a few buttons "hopefully Meredith has her tracking app on"
"she has a tracking app?"
"yeah we all do" Maggie laughs "after Derek, we wanted to know where everyone was at all times"
"good idea" Callie sits back in the chair, Maggie lets out a gasp "what?"
"her phone is pinging the Bellagio in Vegas"
"they went to Vegas" Callie smiled
"what is Vegas?" Sofia asks as her and Zola came into the room
"it's a place where people go to gamble" Maggie answers
"and get married" Callie says
"well momma did buy mom a ring" Zola says opening the fridge
"what?" Maggie and Callie both say in unison
"yeah we went last week, and helped pick one out, it's very pretty" Sofia says sitting in a chair
"wait so Arizona" Maggie says looking at Zola "she's momma right?" Zola nods "so Arizona bought Meredith a ring?"
"yup" both girls say
"and now they are in Vegas?"
"looks that way" Callie laughs
"are they getting married?" Sofia asks
"they wouldn't do that without us" Zola says "momma said so"
"but" Sofia says looking at Callie "we'll just have to wait and see when they get back" Callie says and smiles "shouldn't you two be in bed?"
"we're going" Zola says, Sofia stands and leaves the room, Maggie and Callie stare at each other "you think?" Maggie smiles
"maybe"
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Meredith
We had forgotten to close the blinds, so the sun is in my eyes, trying to roll over but I can't, Arizona has tightened her grip on me. "babe, I have to pee" I hear her groan letting me go, and I climb out of bed. Coming back into the room, I see Arizona is awake and staring out the window in a daze. "you know we don't have to do it"
"what?" she says moving so she can look at me, I didn't bother putting any clothes on so I'm standing there in all my naked glory. "get married, we don't have to" she smiles "but I want to"
"today?" I add "we don't have to do it today"
"Meredith" she says sitting up, reaching for my hand "I want to marry you, I think I proved that, but if you want to wait"
"I just" I sit down on the bed "Derek and I did it at the courthouse"
"the same day as Callie and I" she laughs "I remember" I nod "I just" I shake my head "never mind I'm being ridiculous"
"well" she laughs "let's get dressed and find some food, and you can decide what you want us to do, you want to wait and have everyone there we will" she kisses me "I just want to be your wife"
"I want that too."
"let's shower" she says moving to the side of the bed to put her prosthetic on "can" I start to say but stop taking a deep breath "can what?" she asks
"I don't know it's stupid" I shake my head
"Meredith" she says pulling me into her "nothing you say or are feeling is stupid"
"what if we do it, and, I don't know" I shake my head, closing my eyes I continue "not tell anyone and plan something for home"
"you want to get married but not tell anyone?"
"yeah, maybe I don't know"
"so make it legal here? Then have a fake wedding at home"
"I told you it was stupid" I turn my head away from her, she reaches over and pulls it back so I'm not facing her "if that's what you want to do then we will do it, but I am going to say once everyone finds out we are in Vegas, they're going to assume we've already gotten married and you know how bad of a liar I am" she laughs
"why does it have to be what I want?"
"well you know what I want" she says "I asked you last night" she looks into my eyes and I lose all sense of anything "ok"
"ok" she smiles and pulls me into the bathroom.
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Arizona
I get that she's worried about no one being here, honestly I am too. I mean I know they are all going to be butthurt, but it's our life and we should be able to do whatever we want without having to worry about what people think.. Right? We have just finished getting dressed and I'm waiting on Meredith so we can go get some food. We had forgotten to eat last night, and my stomach is reminding me what a bad idea that was. "ok I'm done" she says coming out of the bathroom, I smile and stand reaching for my purse, and a key to the room. She grabs her purse and we make our way out of the room. We end up at a restaurant in the casino, which to my surprise was rather quick, we have ordered and gotten our food in fifteen minutes. When the waitress brings the bill Meredith stops her and asks "where is the closest wedding chapel?"
"there's one here" she points in the direction "or there is a whole bunch just down the strip"
"thank you" she smiles and hands her a credit card to pay. Shaking my head I can't help but smile "so you've decided then?"
"yeah I have" she says then is quiet as I wait for her answer, rolling my eyes when I know she isn't' going to say anymore "and?"
"we're getting married today, then we'll celebrate by gambling, and staying up all night having wild sex"
"and when people ask?"
"we'll say yes, but we are planning an actual ceremony, maybe we can get Bailey to officiate" I laugh at that thought "I don't know"
"or Jackson, I'd say Richard, but I need him to walk me down the aisle"
"he could do both" I smile, seeing her nod "we'll figure it out" the waitress returns with Meredith's card, she signs leaving a huge tip, and we're out of there. Walking hand in hand "so here or should we check out a different one?" I ask
"hold on" she pulls out her phone and I watch as she types something and waits. "the Elvis chapel of love" she smiles "do you want to be married by Elvis?" I laugh "sure"
"it says it's about a mile from here" she looks at me "do you think you can handle walking?"
"well" I say looking down at my leg "I think we should probably get a ride"
"ok" she smiles takes my hand and leads me to the entrance, where oddly enough there is a taxi waiting. I watch as Meredith walks up to the drivers window and then nods towards me to get into the car. It doesn't take very long to get there, the driver gives us her personal number to call when we're ready to be picked up. We thanked her and got out, walking slowly to the door "you can still back out" I say as I open the door.
"nope, we're doing this" she kisses my cheek and walks ahead of me to the counter. I tune out the conversation, but tune back in when I'm asked for my ID, digging in my purse for my wallet I pull out my ID and hand it to the lady behind the counter. She tells us it'll be a bit for the marriage license and we are free to look around, and if we wanted to change into something, it was included into the price. I look down at what I'm wearing, my jeans that show off my ass, and I laugh it's the same outfit I wore on our first date. Meredith decides what she's wearing is fine, but we look anyway just to kill time. The lady comes back about a half hour later and says we're good to go. She hands us both some flowers, and sends us into the chapel, where a man dressed like Elvis is just finishing up with another couple. Meredith takes my hand and we sit down. I find myself remembering another wedding, and the mental break down I had about Tim not being there. Closing my eyes I remember what it felt like when Mark held me. I miss that man, I know we had our differences in the beginning, but he became like a brother to me. After all he's my daughter's father, the Elvis impersonator is done with the couple and calls us up. "we have Meredith and Arizona?" he ask, we both nod "ok who is who?" he laughs
"I'm Arizona" I say holding out my hand he takes my hand and shakes it, repeating the action with Meredith. "now if we could get started, I'll make it short and to the point, do you have rings?"
"no" I say shaking my head
"even shorter, I'll skip that part then" he smiles his half Elvis smile, I have to bite my tongue as to not laugh at his Elvis voice. Before I know it Meredith is reaching for my hand and, I look up into those blue eyes I have fallen hard for. "Arizona" she starts "I think you know exactly how much I love you, and me saying them now isn't going to matter" oh how romantic I hear her giggle and see her eyes start to fill up with tears "Derek was the love of my life or so I thought, that was until" a tear sneaks out of her eye, and I reach up brushing it away. "its things like that, he never did that for me, that's how I know this is right" I smile. And Elvis, or fake Elvis says it's my turn. I have no idea what to say, I wanted to simple I do's. "Meredith" I start looking into her eyes "you are like sunshine on a gray Seattle day. You're the suction when I can't find the bleed, you're a stitch that holds it all together" I'm sure the fake Elvis is wondering what the fuck. "you're the stitch that sewed up my broken heart, and I love you so much" I hear her giggle. "with that said I now pronounce you wife and wife"
"can we kiss now" Meredith asks, he nods and she pulls me in. Elvis still standing in front of us "please pay on your way out" we nod, grasp each other's hands and walk back down the aisle.
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Meredith
That was, almost as corny as the post it, but at least we are legally married instead of post it married. We are now signing the forms, and we get to the part of our legal names. I stop and look up at my now wife "do we want to change our last names?" I honestly didn't know what I wanted to do. Derek and I never did, I actually through a fit the one time someone called me Mrs. Shepherd. "changing our names doesn't make it any less legal, besides we're already known as our maiden names so" Arizona says.
"we could hyphenate, and keep our maiden names at work"
"if that's what you want to do but I think that'd be a pain in the ass" she smiles, she's right "not to mention"
"you can always change them later down the line if you want" the lady says "this is just something I need for today"
"ok we'll leave it" I say and sign on the dotted line, Arizona takes the pen and signs below me. "congratulations" the lady says handing us our copy we thank her and leave. "so wife, now what?" Arizona asks
"well" I look around "so far it's been a lucky day, what do you think if we do some gambling?"
"sounds good to me" she smiles "should we call the taxi lady?"
"I'll do it" I pull out my phone and the card I had stuck in the front pocket of my jeans. When I hear the voice pick up "hello"
"hi this is Dr. Grey, you gave" I am cut off by the lady saying "I'll be right there" and the line goes silent. I pull my phone away from my ear and look it at a little confused "she's on her way" I shrug and shove my phone back into my purse.
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Arizona
The rest of the day was good, we gambled and had an amazing dinner. Now we are back in our room just finished showering after hours of consummating our marriage. I can tell she's exhausted, as am I, a look at the clock tells me even if we went to sleep right now we wouldn't get any. So I stand and start putting our stuff in our bag. We had to be at the airport in a few hours, and if I stay sitting down I'd fall asleep. Meredith comes out of the bathroom with our bathroom stuff, tossing it on the bed right next to the bag "that's it from in there" I just smile and reach for it shoving it in the bag. Another look around the room seeing if there is a stray pair of panties we missed. I didn't see anything so I zip the bag closed. "what do you say we just head to the airport, if we stay here we'll either fall asleep and miss our flight, or have sex, and miss our flight" she laughs
"yeah let's go, I'm sure we can find something to keep us entertained there"
"hmm" she hums and pulls me into her "I can't believe you are my wife"
"well believe it Dr. Grey, you're a married woman"
"I love you" she kisses me I didn't say it back, I didn't have to, she knows. She kisses me again then pulls away reaching for the bag, I take one last look around the room, just for good measure and we head out.
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Meredith
The flight home was good, and now we are pulling up in the driveway. Seeing Callie's car parked out front, Arizona puts the car in park, turns off the engine and sits back. "she's going to ask where we went"
"she's going to see the ring, everyone will"
"well the girls know about it so" she smiles, the girls must have heard the car, I see the front door open and two little heads poke out. "well let's go see our kids" she says I nod opening the door. reaching into the backseat to grab the bag, I slam the door, hearing the front door to the house slam shut, and little feet running inside the house. I smile and shake my head, Arizona takes my free hand and we make our way into the house. To our surprise none of the kids are in the living room "hello" I call out
"they're hiding from us"
"well I guess no one is here, might as well leave again" Arizona smiles and opens the door "mommies" Sofia, Zola and Bailey jump out from behind the couch where they were hiding. "oh" I say reaching for my chest, pretending to be scared "we missed you" Bailey says as he runs to Arizona for a hug. I smile, it should hurt me that he went to her first but it doesn't. "mom what's that on your finger" Zola asks zoning in on the ring right away. It was at that point Callie comes in from the kitchen. "how was your trip?" she smiles and winks. Taking a closer look at Arizona, the mark was still there but fading. "I don't see any more bites"
"shut up" Arizona laughs, Callie then turns her attention to me "something is different though"
"auntie Mer" Sofia hangs her head correcting herself "Mer is wearing a ring"
"oh" Callie reached for my left hand "where did you two go on your weekend trip"
"we ah" Arizona starts to say, when Sofia says "you already know they went to Vegas, you and aunt Maggie spied on them"
"busted" Callie laughs "so how was it?"
"good" Arizona and I both say in unison
"let's let your moms get settled" Callie smiles and heads back into the kitchen, something smelled good causing my stomach to growl "what are you cooking?"
"just some" she rambles off something in Spanish I couldn't understand
"oh I love that" Arizona says
"did you bring us back anything?" Zola asks following us to the kitchen, Arizona had sat down at the table, as I headed to the coffee pot, smiling when it's full, Callie was just as addicted to the stuff as we were. I quickly make two cups, one of course with over abundance of cream and sugar, and make my way to the table. Callie checks on the food and gets her cup and joins us. "you didn't answer" Zola pouts meeting Arizona's eyes she gives me a nod. "well yes and no"
"what's that mean?" Sofia asks
"well baby girl" Arizona says "it means we didn't bring you back anything symbolic, but we did bring you back something you want"
"what's that?" Zola asks, I nod at Arizona to tell them "well as you know we went to Las Vegas" I hear Callie let out a chuckle "you know what I did last time I was in Vegas"
"you've been there since then" Arizona says, then thinks about it "haven't you?" Callie shakes her head no, and I see Arizona roll her eyes. "Las Vegas" Zola says "isn't that where people go to get married?" Callie sits back in her chair and smiles "yes ZoZo"
"did you and my mommy get married in Las Vegas" Sofia asks
"yeah did you and Sofia's mommy get married in Las Vegas?" Callie asks mocking Sofia
"shut up" I kick her chair
"well did you?" Zola asks, with Callie here, mocking everything the girls said, it felt like we were talking to three nine year olds instead of just the two. Which was ok, I actually liked having her around again, and Arizona's relationship with her is good. "we're waiting" Callie smiles.
"oh my god, yes" Arizona says rolling her eyes "yes we got married in Vegas"
"wow" Callie say "I really didn't expect that but" she looks at us a huge smile on her face "congrats"
"thanks"
"so you really did get married?" Zola asks when Arizona and I both nod, Zola and Sofia start jumping up and down singing "we're sisters"
"what did we do" I say laying my head on the table
"well you made two best friends sisters" Callie points out, then leans in "wait until their teenagers" she slaps her hand on the table and laughs
"you do realize, you're part of this right?" I say looking at her with a straight face, she looks at me "what? How?"
"well as Sofia's mom, when she goes with you she'll be wanting Zola to come"
"oh" she deflates, Arizona adds "and when you say no" we both laugh and hear Callie let out a groan. "you're not nice" she stands "and I think I hate you both right now"
"you do not hate mommy" Sofia says
"no baby you're right I could never hate your mommy" Callie says, I turn to look at Arizona, those blue eyes shining in the sunlight coming through the window, and smile.