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Camping

The trick with any kind of wound or disease, is to dig down and find the real source of the injury. And once you've found it... try like hell to heal that sucker.

-Meredith Grey

"Arizona Robbins, peds." Emily raised her eyes to look at the perky blonde. "You're on my service today." She raised her eyebrows, gaze switching between Callie and Arizona. The ortho attending pressed her fingers into her cheeks and immediately Emily smiled, understanding the gesture. The ortho surgeon gave a thumbs up as they began walking to the elevator.

"Uh, yeah, I am."

"Great! Callie's told me so much about you and I know we're gonna be awesome friends." Arizona beamed and Emily followed after her as Callie patted her student on the back. "I'm an awesome friend."

"Oh, yay," she cheered in fake enthusiasm as they boarded the elevator without the Latina. When the elevator doors finally closed, Emily jabbed her finger on the fourth floor button for the peds wing. Standing by the buttons silently, she crossed her arms and leaned against the wall as Arizona shot her glances.

"Y'know, when my brother died, I ate donuts. They made me feel better - didn't exactly fill a hole inside me that my brother left but it helped." She looked up at the perky blonde. The brunette couldn't bear to imagine what losing Noah would feel like. "A lot of people are telling you to take time off," she continued knowingly. Emily looked away again, focusing on the orange light on the second level. They just passed it when it dinged. "Callie's worried about you and it's for a good reason. I get that. You lost your best friend if what Callie says is true. And I know that most would break down. They'd just be gone. They'd be crying. But there're always gonna be those people like you." She had two pure blue eyes that smiled at her. "People who put on a brave face and just work because that's what they do."

"It's not a brave face."

"If it gets you through this, then do it," she added as if Emily never spoke. "Whatever will keep you going. But don't lie to seem stronger. I know from experience." She nodded along to her own words. "You're stronger when you stop dismissing your problems and face them head on."

"The first step is to admit you have a problem." Arizona nodded, a smile on her face again. "I know that. It's just hard and if I can't even talk to my boyfriend about them, how can I even talk my shrink - who I'm being forced to go to - about them?"

"You're just being stubborn." It was annoying how happy she was. "But people are just trying to help. And if you stop being strong for just one second, you'd realize that too."

"Are you suggesting I'm supposed to turn to you?" the brunette snorted, crossing her arms.

"If you want to." Her smile softened and Emily's heart wilted at how solemn it seemed. "But there are others around here, in this hospital. You just have to look for them. A lot of people care about you, Dr. Moore." Her smile faltered completely and she looked down at the floor for a second before flickering back up to Emily's hazel eyes, "Some day, you'll crack, just like I did and you can be damn sure that people'll be there to put you together again. Dr. Sloan loves you, a lot. I don't know him very well, but you should trust him." Arizona's smile widened into a full, bright grin that caused dimples and light and sunshine. The doors opened to reveal Alex waiting for them. "Come on, we have rounds." she prompted as if their elevator conversation never happened at all.

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"How was your day today?" Emily asked, a slight smile on her face as she entered Dr. Wyatt's office. The psychiatrist turned around, surprised.

"I didn't think you'd show," her doctor said bluntly.

"I didn't think I would either," she confessed, dropping the act and settling on the couch. The older woman turned around in her chair, her notebook at the ready. "But today I was on peds." She pulled at her fingers, crossing one leg over the other as she looked down at her task. "It was fun - Arizona makes it fun. She plays games with the kids and it's fun." Dr. Wyatt raised an eyebrow. "I don't even remember the last time I've had that much fun. And it made me happy. I haven't felt happy in a long while."