Fighting For Love

Rush of Feelings

I slowly opened the door and heard whines in the distance. "Arizona are you home?" I called out. The whines got silent and nobody answered. "Come on Arizona I know you're home, come out and talk." I called out again. It was silent and I was getting ready to leave when I saw her slowly walk into the living room. Her eyes were shot red and her check's glistened from tears. She wiped her eyes and walked towards me, "I'm sorry, I just needed a minute." She said. She grabbed a blanket off the foot of the couch and sat down " You can come in and sit." She said patting the seat next to her. I walked in and shot the door behind me. I walked up to the couch and sat next to her, "What's wrong?" I asked. She grabbed a bottle of water on the couch-side table and took a big drink. "I let Callie have full custody of Sofia." She blurted out. She did what? She was so persistent about keeping Sofia so what changed? I opened my mouth to ask her why but she cut me off "It's what's best. I thought keeping her here in Seattle would be best but I was wrong. Sofia sat down with me last night and told me she wants to go to NYC. She said it would be fun and she could always make new friends. It made me sad but I wasn't going to keep her here if she didn't want to be here." It made sense, she loved Sofia so much she needed to do what was best. She started crying again so I pulled her into my chest and stroked her hair. "It's going to be okay, I promise." I assured her. She cried into my chest and I just sat there holding her, I know she needed this. In that moment I felt good, just sitting here with her crying to me telling me her feelings. I wanted to be here, I wanted to help her. Seeing her was the highlight of my day, she made me happy, even before the custody battle. I never thought much about these feelings before, I knew I had some different feelings for Arizona but these past couple weeks I've realized these feelings are far bigger then I thought. We've had multiple heartfelt talks these past weeks and I've noticed how much I actually cared for her. I wanted to talk to her about all this but now wasn't the best time, I didn't know when a good time would be but it definitely wasn't right now. She grabbed my hand tightly and interlocked her fingers with mine. She cried harder and her whole body relaxed. I was happy that she could trust me and felt safe with me. I leaned back so I was laying on the couch and she was next to me with her head in the crook of my neck. Her couch was wider so she wasn't on top of me but she had her arms wrapped around me. I moved her hair and put it up with a hair tie that was on her wrist. I wrapped my arms around her and rubbed her back. I lost track of time but we laid there for a while until her crying calmed down. I laid with her until I didn't hear her crying anymore and I looked down to see she was asleep. She looked so adorable when she was sleeping. I leaned down to kiss her forehead and whispered "Goodnight." I grabbed the blanket she was covered up in and covered me up too. I put my head on the pillow and closed my eyes. Right before I fell asleep I felt her squeeze me tighter and cuddle up closer to me, the perfect way to fall asleep. I woke up the next day, well I assumed it was the next day, because the light shined through the curtains right into my eyes. I went to sat up but something stopped me and I realized Arizona was still asleep next to me. I lifted my head up a little to look at the clock across the room and it said 8:24 am. I didn't want to wake her so I slowly lifted her arm and wiggled off the couch. I gently set her arm back down and covered her with the blanket. I went into the kitchen and grabbed my phone off the counter, Meredith called me twice. She messaged me asking "Hey are you okay, we haven't heard from you. Maggie's alright she should be released in a couple days." Me and Arizona got so caught up in conversation I completely forgot to call and check on Maggie. I went to my contacts and found Meredith and called her. It rang 4 times and then I heard a faint "Hello." "Hey, sorry I forgot to call last night I was with Arizona." I said. "Oh okay, did you get my text?" She asked. "Yeah, Maggie should be released in a couple days. How's she doing now?" I replied. "She's fine, just sleeping." We talked a little more about Maggie's labs and scans and then hung up. I decided to make Arizona some breakfast so I got the pans and cooking spray out of the cabinet and the bread from the bread box. I  got the eggs out of the fridge and cracked a couple in a bowl. I whisked them and dipped the bread in and started cooking it. I remember a while ago Arizona said she loved French Toast so that's what I was making her. I went in the living room every couple minutes to check on her and she was fast asleep everytime. Once everything was finished I set the table and went to wake Arizona up. She was still passed out on the couch so I shook her lightly. After a couple shakes she opened her eyes and yawned. "Good morning." I said with a smile on my face. She slowly sat up and replied "Good morning." She rubbed her eyes and then threw her arms out to stretch. I let her get all woken up and then said "I made breakfast." Her eyes got wide and she jumped up "Thanks, I'm starving." She exclaimed. She walked into the kitchen and saw the food on the table "French Toast, one of my favorites. Thank you." She said. She walked over, sat down, and started eating. I sat down with my plate and started eating too. I wondered if she was going to bring up last night, it was a really deep talk. She looked so gorgeous even though she just woke up, how was she always so perfect? We continued eating until we were both finished and for some reason I couldn't take my eyes off of her. Something sparked inside of me last night and I still felt it this morning. I couldn't get her off my mind, I just kept thinking of random memories. Old cases we worked together on ages ago, random acts of kidness she's done, when she use to skate around the hospital on heelies, so many memories of her flooded my brain. I had no idea why this was happening but I was even more shocked at what I did next. Arizona walked up to put her dishes in the sink but I turned her around, cupped her face in my hand and kissed her.