Personal Legend

Chapter 1 : personal legend

Arizona pov.
"You can't be serious" Alex was stuffing a piece of bread into his mouth disregarding the fact that talking with food in his mouth was rude and disgusting.
I shrug and Meredith looks at me along with the a few glances from Amelia.
"It's a very risky surgery but I want to do it" I was talking about one of my newest cases on a new born.
"I think it's great. Take the risk" Maggie pats me on my back and my shoulders release from their once tense position.
I'd never sat at this table with all of them....., with Amelia.

Of course it was hard not to know who she was because she was the girl version of mcdreamy and she was also a topic of gossip when she first came here. But she was very nice from what I had taken out of her myself. And she was also really closed off , but still perky and and always amused. I'd have to ask her about how she did that one day.
I was lost in my thoughts about the girl version of mcdreamy when a bunch of pagers went off in the cafeteria.
We all look at our pagers.
Alex , Meredith and Maggie get up .
"I'll call you later okay?" Meredith looks at me and smiles.
"Okay Mer"
They all run out , rushing , going to attempt to save a life.

I huff and turn back around and almost jump at the fact the girl version of mcdreamy was still sitting at the table.
I thought for sure they would page her.
"I'm not the shepherd they want" she says with a laugh as if she was reading my mind.
I look at her and ponder if she was trying to start a conversation.

I was gonna say something to her , but she cut me to the chase again.
"We don't talk much" she says right before she puts a chip in her mouth.
I watch her chew and realize that I might be coming off as weird.
I look away. "Consults .... Just work really" I say.
"Consults aren't enough for me any more" she says smiling at me.
I was confused. Was she flirting ? What was going on?

"Dr. Robbins have y-"
"Arizona"
"Huh?" She looks at me her eyes wide.
"You need more then consults right? Call me Arizona now"
She nods and smiles . "Okay Arizona. Have you ever heard of a personal legend?"
I look at her and my face flushed pink. She was a reader , I only read when I had to.

She notices my pink face and waves her hand over her head as if she was swatting at a fly.
"It's not a big deal if you don't" she says putting her hand back onto the table.
I nod. "I dont" I admit.
Amelia only smiles bigger. She was excited to tell me about this book.
"Okay well Arizona it's this thing where yo-"
Her pager goes off.
"Fuck" she whispers.
She looks up at me and gives me a soft smile. In that moment I realized that she wasn't the girl version of mcdreamy , she was far more. She deserved far more than to be referred to that way.
"Hey , Arizona we can met up later an I'll tell you more about your personal legend, okay?" She says still standing in front of her chair looking into my eyes.
I knew she should be running down a hallway right now , rushing , trying to save a life like Meredith , Alex , and Maggie had done when their pagers had went off in the mist of their little lunch. But I couldn't make up words to say to Amelia , because I wanted her to say. I wanted to bask in everything that was her.

Finally I smile back up at her pondering hopeful eyes. "Of course. Find me when you can"
Amelia nods and pulls an Meredith , Alex and Maggie and runs out into the hallway. Ready to save a life.

I never caught up with her for the rest of the day. We were both packed back to back with surgery and patients. Surprisingly we didn't have to get a consult from each other , not even once. But atleast we got to eat a little lunch I thought to myself as I started to zip up my jacket.
I start to make my way towards the door to leave.
Derek sees me from across the room and waves at me with a smile , I wave back at my coworker and friend offering up the same smile he was giving me. And then I turn my back to him to leave.

"HEY ARIZONA" my name was being shouted at the top of someone's lungs.
I turn around to see Amelia running towards me folders in her hand and a back pack sitting high on her back.
I laugh at the sight.
"Nice back pack kid" I say as she stops in front of me panting.
"Don't do it Ari.... Don't you dare" she's out of breath but still manages to give me a scolding look.
I look at her . "Ari?"
She stands up . Her breath has returned to her.
"Yeah. I make nicknames for everyone"
I only nod.
"So Ari , I can't take you for drinks but I can take you to the house and we can bond over some really great fruit snacks"
I laugh. Amelia was more of a kid than I was.
"So?" She asks as she walks a little ahead of me and holds out her hand for me to grab.
"Your personal legend is waiting my love" she does a little bow , her hand still reaching outwards to me.
I laugh. "Then who am I to keep my personal Legend waiting?" I grab her hand and she smiles.
We make our way out of the hospital, and I can feel the eyes of Derek on my back, but somehow I knew he still had the same smug grin on his face that he always did.

I was gonna find out what a personal legend was , and if I had one at all to start with. And I was gonna do all of this with a girl who was breath taking and funny.
When Amelia let go of my hand , so that I could go to my car and she could go to hers. I realized that even if I didn't have this Personal Legend thing she had been talking so eagerly about , that would be okay because at the end of the day I still got to hang out with this mysterious girl.

"Race you there" Amelia says as she pulls her car up to mine.
I smile "oh no ma'am. I'm a slow nice driver"
Amelia snorts at me and speeds off.
I sit back in my seat.
I'm wondering what Amelia's Personal Legend is.