AN: Thanks guys for the all the support, this is my first fic and I was super nervous about posting it. Any mistakes are mine, so sorry about that! I do my best on editing. Enjoy and keep the feed back coming! Thank you!
She heard the familiar sounds of heart monitors and IV pumps beeping, phones ringing and nurses talking. The smell of the hospital was in her nose, as Callie began to open her eyes to see the celling, she realized she was the patient in this hospital.
She looked down at her arms to see IV lines laying crossed her bed, she followed them until her eyes led her to the sight of a small blonde who was curled up in a chair next to her bed. She took a moment to study Arizona, she looked so peaceful as she slept, even if it was in an uncomfortable hospital chair. Her curly blonde hair laid wildly over her shoulders. Callie notice she was in sweatpants and her med school's hoodie. She smiled at the perfect sleeping blonde, then looked up as her best friend walked in.
"Torres!" Mark said quitely as he entered the room. "Glad to see that you're awake. Blondie hasn't left your room since you got out of surgery. I just stopped by to drop her off some food." He sat down a small brown bag on the stand next to Callie's bed, and sat down on the bed next to his friend.
"Mark." Callie began "What's going to happen?"
He looked at the blonde sleeping in the corner, who knew that the woman who wore Healies had it in her to kill someone. Then again he would have done the same thing to protect the ones he loved. He directed his attention back to Callie, and tucked a strain of hair behind her ear. "She's a hero, you know. There's no telling who else he would have killed."
Tears started to form in Callie's eyes "Derek?" She asked, remembering what the gunnman had said.
"He's going to be okay." Mark said then looked up as Arizona started to wake up. "I'm going to leave you two to talk." He kissed Callie's forehead then walked out of the room.
Arizona stretched her arms above her head then opened her eyes, a small smile creeped a crossed her face when she saw that Callie was awake.
"Hey there pretty lady." She whispered then kissed Callie on the cheek, she smiled at the warm of her lips.
"Hey you." Callie replied and watched as Arizona moved closer to Callie's bed.
She took Callie's hand, the two stared at each other, Callie was lost in deep blue eyes that she had loved so much. Eyes she almost never saw again. Tears started to forum in Callie's eye at the thought of what could have happen that day, she wanted to stay strong but the emotions where just to much, and she started to sob.
"Hey, hey it's okay." Arizona said jumping up from her chair and pull Callie into a hug. "I'm here you're okay." Callie held on tightly to the small blonde fearing that this was all a dream and that if she let go Arizona would be gone.
"I'm so sorry." Callie said in between sobs, "I thought I could have saved us."
Arizona frowned, as the actions of that day replayed in her head for the millionth time. It had been a week since it happen, but it felt like it was only yesterday she pulled the trigger. She pulled away from Callie and grabbed her shoulders bending down to get on her level.
"You need to understand that you are not the bad guy in this Calliope. He was the one who made the choice to come into the hospital and shoot people, not you. You acted the way anyone would when threatened." She said to Callie, but it felt more like she was trying to connivence herself. She wiped the tears from Callie's cheeks and kissed her lightly.
"You get to go home today, and I'm going to stay with you for a little bit, until you're back to 100%." Arizona said, Callie nodded in agreement. She wasn't sure if they were back together but she felt like now wasn't the time to addresses it.
The shooting was everywhere in the news, messages of support from the community poured in from everywhere. Callie had learned what really happen, that he was targeting Surgeons and they had lost two residents from Mercy West had died, along with countless others. When he stabbed her he had punctured her liver, and she needed a blood transfusion, but she was safe now, a little sore from the surgery, but safe.
She sat in her bed with her laptop and read more about the shooter, who he was and his motives. There was a quiet knock on the door as Arizona opened the door and walked in with a bowl of soup of Callie. Callie quickly exited off the website and shut the lid of her laptop.
"Thank you" She said with a bright smile as Arizona handed her the bowl.
"You're welcome, so I have to go into work today, but it's only for a few hours. If you need anything, please page me and I'll be over in a jif." Arizona tried to give Callie her best smile, but she could only manage a small grin. She had to be strong for Callie, and now wasn't the time for her to show any weakness. She was the good man in a storm, she needed to take care of Callie.
"I'll be fine, go save the lives of the Tiny People."
Arizona kissed Callie's forehead and exited. Callie waited for the door to shut before she opened up her laptop again, she didn't know why she was so interested in who Gary Clark really was, but she wanted to know everything about him.
