And Then It Happened Chapter 2: The Anniversary, a grey's anatomy fanfic

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Chapter 2: The Anniversary

The Seattle air was cool. Night had fallen over the city and most of the city was most likely at home with their families enjoying what remained of the day.

"Calliope, would you mind running out to grab some more milk. We've run out and Sofia is going to need some tomorrow at breakfast. You know how she gets." Arizona said across the living room. She looked across to the light coming out of the office on the other side. Arizona made the trip across the living room and stood in the door frame of the study. She smiled when she saw her wife sitting there, tidying up.

"Did you get that?" she asked her wife.

Callie looked to her and smiled. She stood up and stretched her arm out for Arizona to take it. She pulled her wife into her embrace and placed a gentle kiss on Arizona's lips. Pulling away she smiled and looked into her eyes. "Yes, I will get milk for the munchkin."

The two shared a laugh and let go of each other as Callie left the room and headed for the front door.

Callie hadn't been gone long. The store was ten minutes away from the house so she wasn't too far. Coming home she drove down a quiet street that she always took. It was dark and there wasn't another car in sight. Driving along the road singing softly to the music on the radio, she could see a glow coming from the distance ahead of her. The glow continue approaching and increasing in brightness. Callie could make out that the car that was the source of the misty glowing in the night was driving rather quickly and was swerving from side to side. She leaned on the horn to send the driver a message to get on the right side but the car kept driving erratically. Adrenaline kicking in as the car was approaching faster and faster. Callie swerved in an attempt to avoid the car but the car coming at lightening speed hit Callie's side of the car sending her flying off the road and into the ditch.

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Arizona suddenly woke up in a cold sweat. The alarm on the bedside table was ringing and it read seven thirty.

"Shit" she said to herself as she realizes it's time to get up and get herself and Sofia ready for the day.

A long hot shower later, Arizona was dressed, had Sofia dressed and was preparing them an early breakfast. The sun was just starting to peak out into the sky and it looked like it was going to be a bright day. The day looked promising but the way that Arizona felt, it was going to be a long day.

Arizona drove Sofia to preschool and was waiting outside in the schoolyard with her until the bell rang and her teacher came out to collect the children.

She pulled her daughter into a fierce hug and kissed her sweetly on the cheek. "Have a good day, baby girl"

"Bye mama."

"Don't forget, auntie Addison is picking you up today and your going to stay at her house tonight okay?"

"Okay, Mama. I love you"

"I love you too, sweetie"

She let her girl go and watched her run inside. She loved Sofia with all her heart and just wanted to keep her with her always. To keep her safe. She was the one living piece of Callie she has left.

"Ms. Robbins?" Sofia's teacher asked as she approached.

"Yes, hi"

"I was just wondering if you were planning on taking Sofia home early today." the teacher asked giving Arizona a knowing look.

"No, I won't be picking her up early. But her aunt Addison will be picking her up after school today."

"Alright, well take care now." the teacher said before walking into the building.

Arizona arrived at the precinct shortly after, and met up with Teddy like she did every morning; at their desks.

"Hey, another rough night?" Teddy asked as her partner sat down and got herself ready for the day.

"yeah..." Arizona responded rubbing her hands over her face. "...I dreamt about it again. I could actually see it happen...again"

"Oh my god, it's the anniversary of her passing isn't it? Arizona I'm so sorry, I completely forgot."

"It's okay, really. I just every year on this day I dream about it like I'm there watching it happen."

"Are we going to the cemetery today?"

"Yeah"

"Okay"

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Teddy and Arizona returned from the cemetery just after one in the afternoon. Immediately they got to work trying to figure out once and for all the identity of the Seattle Killer.

"Alright, why don't we look at the pattern again. He seems to go after people around the same neighborhood...wait a second. In the four years that the case has been open none of the detectives assigned to it have ever done a stake out in the neighborhood." Arizona said looking at a map they had drawn out with red dots to signify the numerous victims the killer had accumulated.

"Well, Arizona. It's a little hard to do a stake out on an entire block. The only pattern we can see is that the victims are all found in the same area. But it's a pretty big area to cover. How do you propose we stake out an entire neighborhood when there's only two of us."

"Teddy, look around you. There is an entire floor filled with detectives, and a bunch of them don't even have that much of a caseload. If we just spread ourselves out, someone is bound to see something."

"I don't know. I don't think the chief is gonna go for it." Teddy said shaking her head with uncertainty.

"We have to try. Otherwise we have nothing to really go on. We have no leads, no witnesses, no DNA trail. Nothing." Arizona responded sitting back into her chair.

"Alright fine. I'll go ask him." Teddy said groaning as she got out of her chair and headed for the chief's office.

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Later on in the early evening, Arizona had gone home to relax and unwind a little after the long day she endured at work.

For the longest time, she sat in the living room on the sofa just staring at the door to Callie's office. Sitting and staring and thinking back to the conversation she had with the voice on the radio.

It sounded an awful lot like her wife. Perhaps her mind was playing tricks on her given the fact that it was the anniversary of the accident that took her wife four years ago. She continued to sit and stare at the door, wondering if she should walk in there and see if the person would be there again.

Letting her curiosity get the better of her she got up off the sofa and marched right into the small room, plopping herself in Callie's chair. She reached for the mouthpiece, held the button down and spoke into it.

"Callie?" She said.

"You again?" the voice replied.

"Yeah, umm...I think that perhaps we got on the wrong foot last time we spoke but I wanted to talk to you. Rationally this time."

"Okay. Are you still claiming to be Arizona Robbins?"

"Yes but please, just hear me out." Arizona said, hoping that the person she was speaking to wasn't going to just leave.

"Okay."

"I know this may sound crazy but I think...I think that you are in fact my wife. And I think that I am yours."

"That's impossible because my wife is in my kitchen with my baby."

"Is your baby's name Sofia?" Arizona asked.

"Yes, she is. How did you know that?" Callie asked.

"Because my daughter's name is Sofia. Only she's not a baby anymore."

"You say your name is Arizona, your daughter's name is Sofia and your wife's name is Callie?" Callie asked, with a tone that signaled she was trying to piece everything together.

"Yes. Can I ask you something?" Arizona asked.

"Yes."

"What year is it?"

"What? What kind of question is that? What year do you think it is?" Callie asked. Surprised by the kind of question that Arizona would ask her.

"Well, it's 2012." Arizona said matter of fact.

Callie's voice on the other end began to laugh. "That's funny. It's 2008 the last time I checked."

"It's 2008 where you are but it's 2012 where I am. Look...I know that this is crazy and that this is impossible, but what if it's not? What if you really are my wife and I am really yours...here, listen. Your name is Calliope Torres, we got married in the spring time just three months after Sofia was born. You're an orthopedic surgeon at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. Right?"

"Oh my god. Oh my god. That...that's right. So you're my wife four years from now, then."

"That's what I'm saying." Arizona answered.

"I can't believe this. This, this is so weird but so awesome. So, tell me what am I like four years from now?

"Umm well, you're not with me anymore. You...uh...you died." Arizona said a tear coming to her eye and her voice hitching in her throat.

"Oh my god. Arizona I am so so sorry. I don't know what to say. How did it happen?" Callie asked sympathetically.

"I had asked you to go out and buy some milk and when you were coming home a car hit you sending the car into the ditch and you died on impact."

"Oh god, when...when did it happen?" Callie asked.

"It happened on September 23rd 2008. Today is the anniversary of that night." Arizona said tears running down her face.

"Wait...that's today! You're saying...are you saying that I'm going to die tonight?" Callie responded. Frustration building up.

"If you just hadn't taken that street. If you had just stayed on the main roads, you'd still be here now." Tears profusely coming down now.

"I uh...I gotta go." Callie said, ending the conversation.

September 2008

" I uh...I gotta go."

"Did you get that?" she asked her wife.

The two shared a laugh and let go of each other as Callie left the room and headed for the front door.

After spending no more than five minutes in the store, Callie walked out into the parking lot and climbed into the car. Turning on the engine, she sat there for a moment to let it warm up before heading home. While she was waiting, she pondered what way was the fastest to get home.

She considered taking a quiet back road when a voice replayed in her mind.

"If you just hadn't taken that street. If you had just stayed on the main roads, you'd still be here now."

Deciding that maybe she should listen to what Arizona said to her on the radio, decided against taking the back roads and pulled out of the store parking lot and driving down the main streets all the way home.

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Arizona wasn't sure what had happened, or why Callie had to go. But she could barely believe what was going on. She was talking to her wife. Her wife who had been dead for four years, and she couldn't even begin to comprehend what was going on. But then she wasn't sure if she'd be able to talk to her again after tonight. Tonight was the night that Callie had died. If that was the fate of Callie tonight, their reunion could end tonight, bringing even more cruel heartache.

Arizona turned out the lights in the study and once again stepped out, closing the door behind her and headed up to bed.