Arizona walked into the busy cafe and paused by the door to look around. After a moment she saw who she was looking for. The brunette was sitting at a table off to the side. She was chewing on a fingernail and her leg was bouncing up and down nervously. Seeing this caused Arizona to worry. When she received the call that the brunette needed to talk she had no idea why but didn't imagine it was bad news, now she wasn't so sure. She sighed heavily and took a step forward thinking she needed to just make herself known and find out why the brunette set up this meeting. She walked over and placed her hand gently on the brunette's shoulder. She turned and looked up at Arizona and smiled . She stood and hugged the blonde and said "Thank you for meeting with me. I have so much to tell you."

Arizona returned the smile and sat down. "I hope everything is okay? I wasn't expecting your call." She reached over and held the other woman's hand in support.

"Arizona, I'm pregnant." She paused and looked at the stunned look on the blondes face. After several seconds Arizona smiled really big and jumped up to hug the other woman. "Wow! Um, Congratulations! "

"I know, I know you are shocked. It's almost a complete turn around from our last conversation we had. But after we talked last time I started thinking about you and Sofia and I know how hard it's been on you but even you said being her mother was the best thing to ever happen to you and you know I have no family but I want that. I see how happy she makes you, the way you light up when you talk about her and I know doing this on my own is going to be hard, but I can't wait forever. I know it was impulsive and I wasn't expecting it to work on the first try but it did and now I'm going to have a baby. I'm not even freaking out about it. I mean I am nervous of your opinion but I am so happy." She paused and looked at her her friend and tried to gage her reaction.

Arizona was still smiling and said "Pam, I am your friend and I would never judge you. I am happy that you are happy. Of course it is shocking but I know how easy it is for one thing to change your mind and the things you thought you wanted can change too, and I know you will be a great mother." She took the other woman's hand in hers and squeezed it.

"I am so glad to hear you say that. You know I haven't had many female friends but when Richard introduced us, I knew you were someone special. It's a shame that we didn't work out but I am glad that we became friends. I want to ask if you would consider being my baby's Godmother?" Pam said hopefully.

Arizona smiled at her friend "I would love to be your baby's Godmother. So tell me all the details. Who is your doctor? How far along are you?"

Pam laughed at Arizona, she knew she could count on her to be there for her and the baby. She felt a connection to the woman's since the first time they met. She knew she could have easily fallen for her but she could tell that Arizona was not ready to give her heart away. She was happy to just have the blonde in her life.

They talked for several hours before Arizona's pager went off. They made arrangements for dinner soon and they parted ways.

Over the next several months the women planned and shopped and Arizona had even gone to several of the other woman's doctor appointments. For Arizona it was nice to have something to look forward to. Since her daughter was across the country with her other mother, Arizona pretty much spent all her time working and doing research. Spending time with Pam and preparing for her Godchild brought back some of the light in her eyes that had been missing since Sofia and Callie left for New York. Her co-workers noticed a difference. They could see remnants of the Arizona that they knew emerge from the darkness that had seem to follow her the past couple of years.

One day Pam had joined Arizona at the hospital for lunch. This wasn't what they had planned but Arizona had a patient that wasn't doing too well and she didn't want to venture too far away. Since the custody trial, Arizona has tried to keep her private life as far away from the hospital as possible. She knew most people would take Callie's side but it still hurt her feelings. She thought that Meredith being an adoptive parent would have shown more compassion, especially after the way Callie's attorney attacked her the way she did. She understood that Alex didn't want to take sides. At least he was up front about it. It surprised her that April made herself unavailable to avoid being asked to testify. She thought they were closer than that. But it did make her realize that she didn't have friends at work. She had co-workers who were friendly. Well, except Richard, and he was the dear man who introduced Arizona to Pam. Arizona never had a sister but she imagined that if she did, it would feel like this. Sure they had went on a couple of dates, but Arizona was not ready for more than anything casual and she had too much respect for Pam to string her along. They decided it would be best if they became friends and Arizona could not have been happier with that decision. They were now sitting in the cafeteria enjoying a mediocre cafeteria lunch discussing baby names and generally just enjoying each other's company.

Meredith and Alex were sitting at a table on the other side of the cafeteria. Meredith asked Alex "Who is that woman with Arizona? Is that her girlfriend? I didn't know she was dating."

Alex looked over and then said to Meredith "I have no idea. We don't talk about that kind of stuff. Why do you care anyway?"

Meredith rolled her eyes at Alex and saw April walking by "April. Hey come here. Do you know who that woman is with Arizona?"

April sat down and replied "I'm not sure. Maybe it's a patient? She looks like she could be pregnant."

The three continued to speculate and Pam looked to Arizona and said "I think I know why you don't normally stick around here for lunch. I feel like everyone is staring at us."

Arizona laughed "Well they are staring, and they are all wondering who you are and why are you here with me? By the end of the day, there is no telling what the gossip will be." Right then her pager went off and Pam said "Well that's my cue to leave."

She stood and hugged Arizona and whispered "Let them talk. They just are too clueless to know what a wonderful person you are."

Arizona hugged her back and said "Thank you."

Pam started to clean their lunch mess when she saw Richard and waved him over. Richard hugged her and congratulated her on the baby. Pam said "Richard I owe you so much for introducing me to Arizona. Without her, I'm not sure I would have ever been brave enough to do this. Did she tell you she is the godmother?"

Richard smiled and said "She did. You have been good for her. And this little one is just what she needed. She has something to look forward to now." He pulled one of his business cards out of his wallet and wrote his cell phone number on the back and handed it to her. "Here, I want you to have this. You call me if you need anything."

Pam hugged him and thanked him again before she turned leave.