Title: Saving Arizona

By: LittleVampire

WARNING: SET AT MATURE DUE TO FUTURE CHAPTERS!

AN: I own nothing of Grey's Anatomy. The only thing that is mine is the idea behind this particular story. I do not own the characters or anything else related to GA. Thank you.

She walked through the halls of the hospital aimlessly just like she did every morning after breakfast. Her face was cast down toward the black and tan checkerboard colored floors. The cold tile that covered the mental hospital's floors were cold to the touch and ran through the whole building. The walls were a beige color with a black trip that went around the middle of the walls. It was easy to get lost in the old building. Especially for someone who had never been there before. But not her. She knew the hospital intimately.

She knew where she was no matter where she want. She had been there since she was a teenager. Now in her mid 20's, she knew those who had been there since before her arrival and the newcomers. She only talked to few of the patients and staff. She had to pick and choose carefully. Her body grew but she still felt like she was 14 years old. She was stuck in this body that grew and yet her mind stayed the same.

Her friends and family came and went. Very few people visited her now at this stage. All she had were the voices. The voices that plagued her mind. The ones who could take over her body at any time. It would only take split seconds but in her mind it took an eternity. It looked effortless but it drained her of her energy in that instant. Depending on how long the corruption of her body took would depend on whether she passed out right after or whether she was left standing. Her voiced were not just voices. They were apart of her.

She nibbled on the skin around her fingernails until they bled. Her arms were plagued with scars and memories of terror. Her hair was no longer the long pretty curly hair she had as a teenager. Her eyes have lost ever bit of life and now only lay desperation and a cold stare of confusion. She looked like a zombie. She felt like a zombie. She could never stop the battle within herself. She was at a constant war with herself. Her body was just the shell that hid what lay in her mind and her past.

It didn't take long before she arrived to the entrance to the "Psych Ward" floor. Her floor. It was her home, her kingdom. Right at the entrance sat the elevators where people came and went from the hospital's floors. Being on the fourth floor it was the only way you could get to the floor without using the stairs. You needed a key to use the elevators. Especially the patients who were escorted everywhere. Except the senior patents like her. Those who had been here for 5 years or more. Across from the elevators was the "Welcoming Desk" as many of the patients called it.

"Hey there Arizona." A pretty brown haired nurse said towards the blonde. Arizona simply walked over and sat next to the nurse's station in a chair. She gave the pretty lady a small smile, blushing slightly.

"Hi nurse Lexi." The blonde patient said softly. It wasn't often that they were able to make Arizona smile except a few of the nurses and doctors. Very few patients bothered with one another.

"Where is Teddy?" Lexi asked softly. She stood and walked over and sat next to Arizona who of course, as usual, had her fingers pressed against her lips as if she were ready to bite the skin around her nails at any moment. Lexi was Arizona's favorite nurse. She was always very soft spoken and never shouted or was mean to Arizona like some of the others.

"She bit Dr. Hunt." Arizona said with a slight giggle. It scared Lexi when the patients would giggle and smile over hurting the others in the hospital but she didn't have to worry about Arizona. Arizona was a sweet girl. She just had some problems that no one knew how to take care of.

"That is not very nice of her. Did she say why?" Lexi questioned a little. She heard that someone bit Dr. Owen Hunt who specialized in Teddy's mental issue. Schizophrenia.

"Because he was trying to hurt her." Arizona looked into Lexi Grey's eyes. It was hard to believe that someone like Arizona was in here sometimes to Lexi.

"I don't think he was trying to hurt her. You've talked to Dr. Hunt many times. You don't think he would do that do you?" Lexi asked softly. Arizona looked away as she started to nibble around her nails which were sore and scabbed over. She shook her head slowly. Lexi lifted a hand and gently pushed Arizona's hands away. "You're going to hurt your fingers, honey." Arizona sat her hands in her lap and smiled at Lexi. Lexi smiled back and pulled the long matted locked of Arizona blonde hair.

"Nurse Lexi?" Arizona asked softly. "Will you brush my hair tonight?" Arizona didn't look at Lexi when she asked. She liked when Lexi brushed her hair. Lexi would talk to her, tell her stories, almost make her feel like she didn't have her condition.

"Of course, sweetie. I'd love to. But I have to do it before dinner because I get off early today." Lexi explained to the woman who was older than her but her... disability made her like such a child. Working here made life easier for Lexi because it was such a sobering place. To think that these people are In worse situations than her, it made life easier to deal with.

"Thank you." Arizona looked over at Lexi. Lexi always thought Arizona had beautiful blue eyes that were piercing. It was looking into balls of ice. They were so sad though.

Suddenly the dinging of the elevator doors distracted the women who were only a few years apart. The elevator doors opened which caused both women to look up to look who was coming through the doors. It was two older women and a much younger girl and Dr. Shepherd. Dr. Derek Shepherd's family were the ones who started the hospital many years ago. He came from a long line of doctors. He was Arizona's doctor and his wife Meredith was a patient who also just happened to be Lexi Grey's big sister.

"Ms. Robbins!" Derek said with a smile as he approached Arizona and Lexi. "It is nice to see you. How are you feeling today?" Derek laid a hand gently on Arizona's shoulder. She looked up at him and smiled a little.

"Tired, Dr. Shepherd." Arizona simply said. But her eyes quickly caught the eyes of the raven haired beauty that looked at her.

"Speaking of sleep. Arizona, I want you to meet someone." Derek spoke and looked at Lexi who nodded and stood.

"Remember how you said you wanted someone to share your room with?" Lexi asked Arizona who looked back and forth from Derek to Lexi. She was very confused and very curious.

"Yes." Arizona quickly answered.

"Arizona," Derek said before moving out of the way to see the girl who was about the same age as her, maybe a little younger fully. "This is Callie. She is transferring here from Pine Grove. She is one of our newest patients here at Shepherd Pratt." Derek said with a smile before looking at Callie. "Callie, Arizona is one of our senior members here. She will know more about this place than I probably do!" Derek introduced the two.

"Why don't I show Callie to her room?" Lexi asked, looking at Callie's parents and Derek.

"Yes that is a wonderful idea!" Derek spoke softly and looked at Callie's parents. "Mr. and Mrs. Torres, why don't you let Nurse Grey take Callie's stuff and let her get acquainted with her new roommate." Derek explained. They did just that.

Arizona, Lexi and Callie walked down the halls until they got to the door that had a white board on it that said 'Room 421 – Arizona Robbins'. It was decorated with different pictures on the outside that Arizona was able to do after being there for a while. The hospital tried to make the building as comfortable as possible for the senior members and the patients who were going to be staying for longer than a month or so.

"Now we can add your name to the white board, Callie!" Lexi said with a smile. Callie smiled slightly and shyly. They walked through the door. Arizona went in first and sat on her bed which was against the far was under the window to the right.

The room was a decent size. Far too big for one person in a mental hospital but just big enough for two. Arizona's side of the room was decorated on the walls with drawing, crafts and pictures. Her bed had a comforter on it that was black and had gray swirls and pictures of Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas on it. Arizona's favorite movie. Her pillow was a brown and black leopard print pillow too. On the side table next to Arizona's bed was an alarm clock, a jewelry box and there was a bookshelf between the two beds. There were many books on the shelves along with objects here and there. None which had shard edges or the edges had been filed down or something. Callie thought it was a little odd.

"You will get to decorate your side soon, Callie." Lexi said with a smile. She sat Callie's suitcase down at the foot of Callie's bed. There was a dresser at the end of the bed against the wall just like Arizona's side. "I just need to go do a few things but when I'm done I will come in and put your clothes away for you. Be nice you two." Lexi gave Arizona a wink who smiled back and watched as Lexi walked out leaving the door open.

"Why are you named after a state?" Was the first time Callie spoke.

"Because I am hot like the state." One voice said in Arizona's head. "I am not you big meany!" Another voice cooed. "Don't make me hurt you newbie." Another growled. Arizona sighed heavily while trying to suppress the voices.

"I wasn't. I was named after the battleship. The USS Arizona. My dad was in the service." Arizona said quietly. She didn't look at Callie. She didn't like looking at someone she just met.

"How old are you?" Callie asked curiously.

"Too old for you." One voice said slyly. "Why do you care?" Then another. "Old enough to kick your ass." Said the last. Arizona sighed again. She hated when they tried to jump in.

"I just turned 25." She said simply. "How old are you?" Arizona asked back.

"23." Callie answered. She stood up and looked around the room a little. "What did you do to end up here?" Callie answered the question that Arizona dreaded.

"I don't know." Arizona tried to play it stupid. But the look on her face gave that answer away. Callie knew she was lying. But she didn't push it. "What about you?" Arizona asked curiously.

Callie lifted her bandaged arms, "My parents found out about my cutting problem." Arizona was shocked at how normal Callie sounded. It was as if she didn't care that she had a cutting problem. As if it were a normal thing to her.

"Oh." Arizona said simply. She started to nibble on the skin around her nails nervously. She couldn't help but study the outline of the woman's body. She was a little bit bigger than Arizona. Arizona's body was pretty average to the eye but she had a body many normal women would die for. But Callie's body was voluptuous.

"You want her don't you, Ari?" One voice taunted Arizona. "Stop looking, Arizona Nicole Robbins! That is not nice." One voice scolded her. "She doesn't want you, pet. Stop looking." The third chimed in. Arizona squeezed her eyes closed and looked away.

"Did you do these?" Callie asked pointing to the canvases on the walls that were covered in paint. Arizona looked up and just nodded. "They are really good, Arizona." She said with a smile. Arizona shrugged and looked back down.

"Thanks. I guess." Arizona sighed and laid back on her bed.

"You're not very talkative are you?" Callie asked. Arizona smiled, blushing slightly and shook her head no. "Well that's okay. I just ask a lot of questions when I first meet someone." Arizona nodded at Callie's comment and yawned.

"I'm going to take a nap." Arizona said quietly. "Would you like a tour when I wake?" Arizona asked curiously, looking over at Callie.

"Sure. May I look through your sketch pads?" Callie asked. Arizona nodded, rolled over and pulled her blanket up around her shoulders. Arizona always had a nap after breakfast. After what Teddy did and ended up in confinement, she was tired. Slowly but surely, she fell asleep.

Callie sat on her new bed in her new room with one of Arizona's books. She decided to look at the books with the lined paper in it. She started to read through the pages. There was page after page of writing. It was almost like arguing on a piece of paper. Different hand writings in different colors and all as if were people having conversations with one another.

Arizona whimpered and moaned in her sleep. Callie didn't dare to try and wake her. She knew how the mental could be. She didn't want to try and wake a mental person. She did however, study Arizona's face. Arizona grimaced and her faced became distorted as if she were in pain or hurt. But soon her face returned to normal. She couldn't help but think, 'Arizona Robbins has beautiful skin.' Callie watched the woman longer than she should have but she couldn't help it.

"I wonder what is going on in that pretty body of yours, blondie." Callie whispered softly to herself.

It was hard to tell if she were going to enjoy being here or not. She hated Pine Grove and she thought Shepherd Pratt would be the same but, she had something that she didn't have at Pine grove: She had one interesting and obviously creative roommate.

All Callie knew was she couldn't wait to talk to Arizona again.

TBC... R&R would be much appreciated. Thank you. :]