Title: Fixing What's About to Be Broken

Author: wbelisabeth

Summary: *Spoilers for "Push"* This is a pre-emptive strike on what I foresee as trouble coming for Calzona.

Pairing: Callie / Arizona, however there will be a little Mark / Teddy.

Disclaimer: Grey's Anatomy is not mine, I do not own any of the characters, I am not making any money.

AN: I was hoping someone would put quick 30 second fic together to magically fix what is about to be broken between Callie / Arizona, and I have been waiting for about 18 hours. I got a little impatient and started writing it myself. I'm not the best writer to do this and I'm not usually a writer of multi-chaptered stories, so please bear with me. I have another chapter written, I just have to fine – tune it. I will be posting it tomorrow.

AN 2: Realistically, I side with Arizona in this argument (if it were in real – life). However, I find that Shonda has given us some clues already, to maybe find a happily ever after for Callie and Arizona… so I'm going to ignore my feelings on the subject and write what I would like to see happen.

Chapter 1

Tears were rolling down her cheeks, she was sobbing heavily with hand wandering her back, trying to comfort her. She felt broken. Her dark eyes were reddened by hours of crying. Her body felt heavy and she couldn't move. She started sobbing her name again.

"Shhh it's ok."

"No. Mark, it's not ok." She tried to suppress her sob, but her lungs needed the air. "She is the love of my life and I broke up with her. Nothing will ever be ok again." She knew how dramatic she was being, but she also knew how loving Arizona was different to loving anyone else.

"I know it hurts, I know. Shhhh." He rubbed circles on her back. He couldn't do much else. Every comforting word that he had offered she had shut down. When he first saw her lying on his couch, he had assumed that she had wanted to know how his date with Teddy had gone. When he stepped closer and realised that she had tears streaming down her face, his heart had tightened. Callie and Arizona were meant for each other, or at least he thought. Arizona had brought her to life and she was walking tall again. He hadn't got much information out of Callie, just that they had had a disagreement. He was under the impression that it was all fixable until the words 'I broke up with her' had come out of Callie's mouth. Then all kinds of scenarios floated into the plastic surgeon's mind.

"Cal, what happened? Did she cheat? I'll kill her."

"No." It had come out more a strangled sob.

He waited for a response, but none came.

"Cal, is this a commitment thing? Are you scared? Do I need to give you a pep talk?"

There was no verbal response just a shake of the head and more tears appeared, sobs took over her body and all he could do was sit, rub her back and wait. He went through a checklist of reasons people broke up. Cheated on? Denied. Not compatible? No way. Commitment? Denied. Loss of Passion? Not possible.

"Did you say something stupid?"

"No." She looked up at him. He could see something in her eyes. Regret?

"Did you cheat?"

"No. Mark!"

"Ok, sorry…" He began the circles on her back again to calm her. He'd run out of idea's and so he let his thoughts wander.

Soon he'd travelled to before he entered his living room. He had a great first date with Teddy and he enjoyed the 'see if we have an interest in the same kind of future' conversation. She was a smart woman and she wanted kids. She wanted to settle in one place having returned from Iraq, not so long ago. They talked about the future, which for a first date was odd enough. Surprisingly though it was easy. She wanted the same things he wanted and so the awkwardness that could have fallen upon their date was avoided and light and easy conversation filled the afternoon. Despite the current situation, he smiled to himself.

The sniffled trailed off and Callie sat up, seeing Mark smile.

"The date went well?"

"Yeah, for a first date. We went to a nice restaurant. We walked by the harbour. It was great."

"I'm glad." She hiccupped. She tried to smile but it didn't even reach the corners of her mouth.

"We talked about houses and work" He'd chuckled to himself about the conversation. He knew what he wanted and he was now proactively seeking it out. He was so impressed with himself that he had to share his progress with his best friend. "We even talked about babies."

There was a second of silence. A moment when she didn't breathe, she didn't cry she just let herself think about blue eyed and dimpled babies, with fair skin. That second came and went, and she did the only thing she could. Callie fell apart.

"Callie. Is it the babies?"

Callie nodded.

"She doesn't want... she works with... she doesn't and I...I've always..." After hiccupping her way through an incomplete explanation, she gave into the heavy sobs wracking her body. "...it's a deal-breaker."

He had assumed that Callie had been hurt by yet another person, but this. This was not about anger, or hurt or blame. This was two people who loved each other, not wanting the same things. Unfortunate, but there could be no blame assigned.

During his relationship with Lexie, she had encouraged him to grow up, to play the mature adult and when finally he did, she left him. She had got what she wanted, then realising it wasn't what she wanted after all, she left. That had hurt, a lot. But he was able to place blame in his own mind. He was able to be angry at someone.

Now he could place the look in Callie's eyes. It was one of hopelessness. She couldn't be angry with Arizona, she couldn't be angry with herself. They wanted what they wanted, and in the end it wasn't the same.

"I thought... I told her I wanted to spend my life with her and I could see kids with her... she just saw chickens." She chuckled slightly through her tears and looked up.

"Chickens?"

"Chickens, and dogs, but no kids. She's in peds… I …w-we should have talked about it before, but I didn't want to jinx anything. We are- we were awesome." She thought back to the original conversation. "I made cartilage, I was able to make cartilage that I can use, it's major and amazing and I started to ramble about how I could see us in 10 years with a big house and kids and... She shut it down. And now, now I just realise that I'm not just giving her up, I'm giving up the kids with dimples I've let myself dream about." Tears were rushing down her face again. She looked down and prepared to speak again. "I want to not want the kids, and just have her and be happy. But I've always wanted them. Always." She manages to squeak out 'always' holding down the sobs. She takes another breath. "I am happy that you and Teddy enjoyed yourselves." He wiped the tears from her face and gave her a sad smile.

"I'm sorry Cal. I really am."