Hey guys sorry if any of the info in this story is wrong. It took me a long time to write because I wanted to make it follow the events of their lives. Please review and enjoy.
Callie's Point of View
When you die some say you go to either heaven of hell, but what happens if your clinically dead and get resuscitated? Some say that you have an out of body experience. We watch from afar what is happening down to our bodies below. I felt like that was happening to me right now except I was having an out of body experience watching my past from afar.
I had just found out that George was cheating on me with Izzy. At first I felt so many emotions I didn't know how to react. I loved George a lot, but I wasn't enough. Was it my fault he cheated on me? I felt devastated by this, I was glad George was with someone he could be happy with but me? I felt alone.
Then there was Erica, the first woman I've ever been with. I felt so insecure with her. Who could blame me? She was the first woman I was ever with in any way. Mark helped a lot with straightening that out. Everything was good until she found out that Izzy took her patients heart from her to save the love of her life. I lost her because I understood why Izzy did that to her in the past. If it was Arizona who needed the heart I would have done it as well to save her. I guess it proves we weren't meant to be if she left over a disagreement.
Then I was at the bar crying over losing Erica. Looking back I should have seen she wasn't right for me, but it was fate that I was in the bar that night. I looked like a hot mess, but the cute blond peds surgeon didn't think so. She told me I would have people lining up for me. I am so glad she was one of them. When she kissed me I felt the fireworks I never felt with George. Even if it is many years later I still feel those fireworks.
I feel stupid for hiding from Arizona in the beginning. She is so beautiful why would I ever wanna be away from her. During the time I let my insecurities get the best of me. After she I asked her out she shot me down because I've only been with Erica. So then I avoided her as much as I possibly could sometimes a big teaching hospital isn't big enough.
Alcohol seemed to give me and Arizona confidence in the beginning. Alcohol got her to kiss me which ended up great, but when I got my alcohol confidence it spun out of control. When I walked up to Arizona that night at the bar I thought I was going to show her that she is missing out with me. Instead I made a fool of myself in front of her date. So much for showing your a badass Torres.
I am so glad Arizona asked me out to dinner in the elevator. I showed I was calm and collected, but as soon as she asked my insides were no longer organs but more of butterflies. I've never felt that amazing in so long. In that moment I did learn something about Arizona...when she panics she closes off. It explains a lot about our rough patch we have gone through this last couple of years. No matter what I did she always seemed to keep panicking and not let me calm her.
I remember dancing with Arizona that night. It was so much fun, we both had such big smiles on our faces. The way her hips moved to the beat made my heart race. She is so stunningly beautiful, I think a little part of my heart fell in love with her in that moment. My heart has always been in love with the blond peds surgeon who has butterflies on her scrub cap.
That same blond peds surgeon was there for me when I was at one of my lowest points. When I was remembering that I wanted Izzy to die, then she was. I had wished for Izzy to die because of what she did with George then she got cancer...She didn't make it and I blamed myself. I probably would still be blaming myself if it wasn't for Arizona being there for me.
One of my favorite moments in the hospital with Arizona was when we were both taking the stairs. When she stopped me from continuing up the stairs and pulled me in to kiss me felt amazing. The way her lips feel against mine are like heaven. I will never get over the wonderful feeling of her lips on mine.
Then came my parents,so many feels come up when I think about them. My mother still hasn't accepted me for who I am. It's been so many years now yet, she still acts like I am not her daughter. She used to hold me at night as she read a book to me, I'd rest my head on her and fall asleep quickly because I felt safe. Now, I don't even know who she is. The time in the hospital when my father came I was scared he would find out I was dating Arizona. It was nothing against her just I knew my parents wouldn't approve and I couldn't go through that.
When my dad threw George against the wall and held his neck, I was scared for him. Yes my father would never harm him physically to bad,but he is a very powerful man that could ruin him with just one phone call. I can understand where he was coming from, I was his daughter and he did cheat on me. I was over that for the most part though, I was happily with Arizona and that's all that mattered to me.
Thoughts raced through my head so the only thing I could say to make him stop was that I slept with Mark. I felt relieved when he let him go, but then scared again when he threw Mark against the wall like he did to George. I couldn't let him hurt Mark he was innocent in all this so I told him I was happy. I never meant for him to find out this way, but he eventually had to know. He had to know that in his eyes his pure sweet innocent daughter was dating a woman.
Of course when I mention I was happily dating someone my father wanted to see who it was. I didn't exactly lie when I said that they were busy working in the hospital, seeing as how Arizona was working on a file or at least trying to while this went on. I told the truth though when I said all the great qualities in Arizona it was directed at her as well as my father. But then I realized I had to do this now so I went over to Arizona and brought her in front of my father.
So many thoughts ran through my head. Was he going to hate me for the rest of my life? By some miracle was he going to accept me? What if this was to soon? Was Arizona ready for this? I introduced Arizona to my father and see seemed in good spirit. She held her hand out to him and smiled. I wished at that moment I knew what my father was going to do, that way I could somehow prepare myself for my fathers disapproval.
When your girlfriend meets one of your parents for the first time it's supposed to be a happy time. They are supposed to do the whole 'don't hurt my daughter or I will hurt you' speech. Apparently my father likes to take that to extremes. While I was fixing the guys leg my father came in and told me I had to go home. I had to leave the hospital I had grown fond of, leave the friends I was making, and most importantly leave Arizona.
I am a grown woman not the young child he thinks I am. Saying that he came make me happy, yes he could when I was younger. It doesn't take much to make a child happy, we don't really have a mind of our own. When we are younger we think more for the now instead of for the future. I'm not that young girl anymore, I have a mind of my own and I look to the future. A future I planned on staying in Seattle.
I had so much anger built up that I had to vent. As Arizona sat and listen to me I vented. I didn't have the filter between speaking English and Spanish and just vented. Half in English and half in Spanish. I didn't hear Arizona try to speak or hear Mark come in. I was to furious that I had to keep venting.
Mark ended up pulling me out of my thoughts by grabbing my shoulders and telling me to tell him in English what was going on. So I told him, I told him that my father wanted to take me away from the place I called home.
Then it was the moment, the moment that he officially disowned me. Giving me the choice between staying here or going with him. If I went with him I'd have my family yes, but I would lose so much. So I did what was best, I choose to stay. He took away my trust fund and wouldn't let me contact any of my family. I guess that's what you get for loving woman at least that was what I thought until I saw Arizona come to comfort me.
She reminded me that I wasn't the one at fault, but it was my father. It was my life that I was living not his. When she asked me if I was alright I had to be honest, I wasn't alright. Instead of running away when I was at my weakest, she did the opposite. She held me close, I couldn't contain my tears anymore and let them fall. At least I wasn't losing someone who was actually supportive of who I truly was.
Thanks to my father disowning me I didn't have much money. I wasn't able to pay rent and I told Christina. She did bring up a point that would allow me to have both Arizona and my family. This way would be a lie though. If my family ever came to visit I'd have to act like Arizona was nothing and I couldn't do that. I couldn't do that to Arizona she meant to much.
While I was working in a guys leg, Arizona came into the OR. I never expected her to come into the OR while I was working on someone, but I enjoyed her company. Talking about my patient to her relaxed me in ways. It gave me a good laugh thinking about someone sending their waste to their friend with a pulley, but also showed me true friendship. Her friend didn't care that her friend lived in a tree and sent her her body waste. She loved her friend no matter what, if only my family would do the same for me.
Arizona brought me out of my thoughts when she said it'd be okay if I lied about breaking up with her. I couldn't do that though. When I talked to Mark I told him, I told him that they should support me no matter what. That just because I like both men and women it did not change who I was. They were meant to love me for me and I was sticking to my decision to stay and not change who I am.
Looking back now it was really sweet what Arizona was trying to do on our was trying to make it romantic, but she didn't realize how expensive it really was. With my dad disowning me I had no money to pay for such an expensive meal. I was lucky though when I talked to Arizona about it she understood. Thank god she did because that led us to having pizza in bed. Best first time having sex ever.
The sex with Arizona is so amazing. Never had I known what a woman's lips and fingers could do to someone. It makes me wet every time I think about the first time or really any time. Every time we do have sex it is just like the first time every time sometimes better. When Arizona really takes control and dominates me it doesn't take long for me to have a very strong orgasm. God how I miss that.
Poor George I thought when I first heard George joined the army. He wouldn't be able to make it in a war zone. So I did my best to stop him from was until Arizona found out. She was right, George would be a hero for going. There weren't many doctors and if there was maybe Arizona's would have made it. In that moment I saw another sign of Arizona, a passionate side over things she loves.
Then poor George died, Derek told me he was brain dead and I couldn't handle it. I started hyperventilating. Lexie said the person was to tall to be him so I went and looked at his hand and cried. It really was George and he was dead.
His mom came up to me asking what to do with his organs. It wasn't my place to say I wasn't with him anymore. His mother said under God I am his wife so I had to decide. I went to Arizona for comfort and she did. She told me to cry and eat doughnuts because that's what she did when her brother passed away. Then the problem with becoming an attending happened so I needed my best friend.
I went to Mark and cried. I told him everything and how Arizona was trying to be supportive by bringing me doughnuts all the time. I am glad that Arizona was trying to comfort me the best she could, but there were just so many doughnuts.
Then came the time I was going to move to Portland. I was in my apartment when Arizona came in telling me that she doesn't do long distance so I can't move to Portland. It confused me at first because when I told her before she was okay with it and said nothing. I told her earlier she was my girlfriend, but apparently she didn't think we were. I told her we were and it made me happy knowing she was happy to be mine. I stayed in Seattle not just for the job, but mostly to keep Arizona as my girlfriend. One of the best decisions of my life.
Then of course my father came back, not just by himself of course not but with Father Kevin. He was trying to show me how it was such a sin to be with Arizona. I'd rather be a sinner then because I am not giving up Arizona for that kind of a reason.
When I talked to Arizona about it she was right. I did change things for him and never showed me interested in women before. It was pushed onto him quickly and I should try to talk to him about it. But of course when I did nothing had changed. He called it an abomination and I couldn't handle it anymore so I broke down. Thankfully Arizona was there to be my shoulder to cry on as she always has been.
Arizona talked to my father. Gave her the famous "Good man in the storm speech." If it wasn't for her my father never would have came around. She brought one very important person back into my life and I am so grateful. I love her for standing up to my father which not many have been able to do. Arizona is something special and always will be.
Arizona knocked some sense into me the night she operated on Wallas. She was right when she said she was there for me crisis after crisis and I wasn't there for her as much. Arizona helped me get through so much and I needed to do the same for her. So I thought a surprised party would help. Oh how I was wrong.
I didn't know that Wallas died on his birthday. It was a bad idea to throw the party and I shouldn't have done it. I felt so bad after that I tried to stay up by the time Arizona got back but I ended up passing out on the couch. I got her doughnuts and put on a sexy piece of lingerie to make up for it. I thought Arizona was going to come home upset but she didn't. Instead it was the first time she said she loved me. One of the happiest moments in my life.
What was supposed to be a hot sexy make out session that would lead to one us under the other ended up with me getting the chicken pox. I understood that Arizona did not want to get infected by the chicken pox but I really wanted her to lay with me. It was terrible that I was so uncontrollably itchy but also I couldn't even feel my girlfriend while I had it. Mark thankfully took over that part and laid with me. It wasn't the same but it was better then nothing. Then one night Arizona got in bed with me and didn't care if she got them. I still wonder to this day if she was lying about getting the shot or she was just really really lucky.
I have never been good with talking in front of a crowd. I can talk in front of a small group of people and still be the badass I am but when it comes to a giant crowd I get stage fright. I get really nervous and shake. Before the speech I threw up many times, thankfully for Arizona she held my hair and got all the puke out of my hair.
When I was on stage I was so nervous and scared I accidentally put up a picture of me and Arizona. It was a very cute picture of us but now was not the time to look at it. With Arizona's help I eventually got through it like the badass I am. Everyone loved it and I was so happy to have Arizona get me through it. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have gotten through it.
One day in the lab I was working on the cartilage. Arizona was talking to me about how other couples come to her for help because we are an amazing couple which we are. I also found out that she didn't want to have kids which hurt a lot. While she was talking I tried to make the cartilage and it solidified. I was so happy that it worked that I tried it over and over and each time it worked. Arizona was proud of me and we had lots and lots of passionate celebratory sex that night.
I had to talk to Arizona about not wanting to have kids. I have always wanted kids so why not with someone so amazing as her. We fought back and forth for so long I never thought I would have kids. I wanted to only be with Arizona but with her there were no kids. I guess I had to settle with that.
Arizona won the Carter Madison grant. I was very proud of her for that because no one ever wins that. It takes the best of the best doctors to win that and Arizona was but to win the Carter Madison grant was like a one in a billion. The only downside was she had to go to Africa. It was her dream to go but not mine so she left. She didn't turn around in the airport and not go she left me alone.
I was so heartbroken that I didn't know what to do. Mark was there for me so one thing led to another and we started sleeping with each other. One night we didn't wear protection because it was the heat of the moment and I ended up becoming pregnant. When I found out the next day Arizona was at my door. She came back which I was happy about but she never should have left.
When Arizona found out I was pregnant with Marks baby she could not accept it. I can understand why but if she never would have left. Eventually she came around and we all worked together as a unit to make sure the baby growing inside me was going to be alright until the accident.
I unbuckled my seat belt to get my phone from the back. I didn't put my seat belt back on because Arizona stunned me when she asked to get married. I loved her and I wanted to get married to her but how she asked shocked me. Then everything went dark as we got hit. If it wasn't for the amazing doctors we have at the hospital me and Sophia were never going to make it.
Sophia and I recovered perfectly. I said yes to Arizona when I woke up from my coma and the wedding happened. My mother wanted nothing to do with Sophia and I couldn't handle that. If she didn't want to accept how my life was now I didn't need her in my life. Other than her the wedding was beautiful. I was so happy to be walking down the aisle to Arizona, she looked so stunning. I was marrying my soul mate, my one true love.
Things were going great with me and Arizona. We were married, had Sophia and our careers were going great until the plane crash. That damn plane crash took my wife, Mark and Lexie from me. Arizona lived, but I had to make the call that changed everything.
Sometimes I wonder if she'd rather be dead at least in the beginning. She would be so angry at me and not even look at me. I did everything I could to be there for her. I even picked her up off the ground when she sat in her own urine. I would do anything for her just to see for a second that I was trying to help her and not hurt her.
Eventually things got better. We planned on having another baby which Arizona would carry. I was scared the day I came home and couldn't find Arizona anywhere. Then I heard her yelling at me so I ran to her. She was in the bathroom with a pregnancy test that was positive. I was so happy we had come to far we were pregnant nothing could change that. If only that was right.
During the big storm that took out a wing of the hospital Arizona cheated on me. She broke our vows and slept with someone else. I was so broken I didn't know what to do. Mark was dead so I couldn't go to him for support and my best friend was in LA. I was completely alone. I couldn't look at Arizona without seeing her getting pleased by someone else I felt almost dead. I had to carry on for Sophia and if it wasn't for her and my father we wouldn't be here sitting at the table with Arizona purposing me to me.
I must have been sitting there silently for a long time because Arizona started speaking. "I knew this was to soon...We have been working on us and what happened was seven months ago...I'm so sorry this was to soon...I'm so sorry." Arizona's eyes started to water.
I took her hands in mine and looked her in the eyes. "Hey it's not to soon, I know why you did this. You want to prove you are fully committed to us and nothing like this will ever happen again. Today I talked to Addison, she basically told me to look to the future and leave the past in the past. If it wasn't for her saying this I don't think my decision would be what it is now." I took a deep breath and continued.
"Arizona I want to be with you forever I took that vow when we got married and I am keeping it. I will marry you Arizona again of course I will I love you but we are going to take this slow. We are going to keep working on us and eventually get married when we are one hundred percent again but I will marry you. Of course I will marry you I love you."
We both got out of our seats and went to each other. We engaged in a very passionate kiss that left my head spinning. This was what the future was going to be, me with my wife like it was before the plane crash. We pulled away and Arizona picked up the ring. I put out my left hand and she slide the ring onto my ring finger next to my original ring.
"I want to combine the two rings when we get married." I tell Arizona and she smiles.
"I wouldn't have it any other way then to join the two." I smile back and we kiss each other softly. Things were getting better and I was getting my wife back. This time no one will take her away from me, Arizona is my soul mate.
