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Arizona's room is full of beeing monitors and a very tired and worried wife. Callie watches her wife's face, her heart sinking with every passing minute.

"What the hell was it? She was crashing one minute and the next it was as if nothing had happened." Callie's voice shakes slightly.

"I have no idea. Maybe it was the antibacterial medicine finally kicking in." Dr. Bailey looks at Callie. "Let me know if she wakes up while I'm gone. I have to go check on some patients." Callie nods, not really listening to Bailey. She squeezes Arizona's hand as she absentmindedly rubs circles on the back of her wife's hand. Too lost in her thoughts, Callie doesn't notice the pair of dazzling blue eyes looking at her.

Chapter 4

Callie looks up at Arizona's monitor, the past few weeks playing in her head as if someone were pressing the fast forward button. 'How did she get here? How did they get here?' Callie wonders to herself.

It feels like it was just yesterday that Callie was sitting on their bed that was filled with an array of colorful rose petals and sporting some new lingerie as she waited for her unsuspecting wife to come home after three nights away. She had been planning this since the day Arizona left for the surgery. With Sofia at Meredith's and the apartment to herself, Callie couldn't wait to see the look on Arizona's face when she walked through their apartment and into their bedroom. At the door Arizona would have found a trail of red rose petals, a trail that thickened as she neared their bedroom as pink and white petals joined in. Behind the door she would have seen tons of little candles scattered around the room and a bottle of wine and two glasses, filled and ready to be drunk. On the bed, the blonde would have found a very sexy and horny bear in a soft grey-blue lacy bra and pantie combo, her breasts fighting against their restraints and lots of dirty thoughts in the horny bear's mind. That night would have been one for the books.

Deep in her thoughts of how that night could have and should have gone, the worried Latina is blind to the world around her. She continues to rub small circles on the back of the ivory hand as she watches Arizona's cardiac monitor, the sound of the blonde's slow breathing lulling her. Brown eyes close and a few deep breaths are taken as Callie lowers her head, resting it against Arizona's hand. Dark locks spread across the bed, standing out against the small fair hand as Callie takes a moment to rest her weary and slightly red eyes. It's been nearly 37 hours since the Latina last slept and her eyes itch with fatigue, but the fear and hope that battles with in the concerned women keeps her from drifting off.

For the past few mintues blue eyes have been locked on the unsuspecting women who is lost in her own world as the blonde tries to speak. She tries a few more times but fails, unable get her vocal chords to move. Instead, she tries to move her hand and after a few tries, she lightly brushes against the soft tan skin of her love's forehead. At first, Arizona is worried that her touch wasn't strong enough and just as she is about to try again, soft brown eyes meet blue for the first time in almost a two days.

The Latina just stares at the women before her, surprise and disbelief etched on the exhausted face of Arizona's wife. After what feels like hours, a slow smile breaks across plump red lips.

"Hey." The plump lips whisper very softly, a hint of her smile in her voice.

"H-Hi." Chapped pink lips reply in a hoarse, almost shy murmur.

Callie scoots her chair forward, her weariness suddenly leaving her as she looks into the piercing blue eyes she was worried she would never see again. The Latina leans closer to the blonde, their noses bumping very gently. A very tentative and gentle chaste kiss is place on pink lips, causing them to break out into a dimpled smile. The Latina's heart swells when she sees her wife smile and can't help but grin right back.

"I missed that smile." Callie mumbles and tries to move closer but the chair having moved as close to the bed as it can. Arizona coughs as she chuckles at Callie's cute attempt to get closer. She pulls the blankets back and scoots over to make room for her wife.

"Come here." She sighs with amusement, holding out her arms to her best friend.

Callie doesn't hesitate and crawls into bed next to the blonde. Instantly their bodies mold to one another like clay at the hand of their potter. Callie pulls her wife into her body as Arizona's head rests on a warm tan shoulder. Blue eyes find brown once more as another soft kiss is shared. Only in the shuffling does Arizona realize something. Two long ivory things sticking out at the bottom of her body. A stunned face meets a loving one and Arizona gasps.

"My legs." She yells quite loudly for someone who could barely talk moments before.

She pulls the blanket off her lower body to reveal her two legs fully intact and healthy. She sits up under the watchful eye of the women next to her and pokes at her left leg. The pain and burning feeling from when she was last conscious is gone. Tentatively, the blonde wiggles her toes and giggles with glee.

"You saved it. You didn't let them take my leg." The blonde says with adoration in her voice. "My hero." She grins and cups Callie's face with one hand while the other tugs at the front of her love's shirt until pink lips find red. The kiss is gentle and slow. Once the kiss is over Callie pulls away with a smile on her face and chuckles.

"Anything for you." Callie smiles down at the blonde. Her smile falters and is replaced with a slight frown. "Speaking of which... What's the last thing you remember?" Arizona looks up at her and bites her lip as she thinks hard.

"I... I was going through the papers Alex handed us and when I finished I turned on the T.V. I was watching a show but at some point my mind must have wondered and then I was thinking of when we first met, not to mention our first kiss." Arizona nudges Callie playfully when she mentions that.

The Latina's mind is brought back to the fateful day she met the love of her life. Of course at the moment Callie didn't know how important the perky blonde would be and how big a role she would play in her life.

"Then... Then I felt a burning in my leg and my chest felt really tight." Arizona's voice pulls Callie out of her reminiscing. "Next thing I know, everything goes dark as I was trying to reach for the nurse's call button." Arizona's voice gets quieter and quieter. Callie looks down at her and presses her lips against blonde locks. "What... What happened? The next thing I remember is waking up in this room."

"I don't know how long it took for someone to find you but when I left Lexie's surgery, you were already in the OR." Callie pauses, her heart tightening as she thinks about what happened in the OR. Blue eyes look up, trying to catch the somber brown ones. After what feels like forever, Callie continues. "I rushed into the OR." Arizona looks at her in astonishment.

"But you aren't allow-"

"I know I'm not allowed." Callie growls, cutting the blonde off. "I didn't care. I couldn't sit in the waiting room not knowing how you were. So, I rushed over to the OR. It's a good thing I got there when I did…" Callie takes a deep breath and quickly blinks away the tears that threaten to spill. "You... You were crashing. The infection was spreading and Alex was about to start the amputation. They didn't even try to remove the infected area first. There wasn't time." A tan hand ruffles through black hair, a little rougher than usual. Blue eyes don't waver from their wife's face. "I yelled at them to stop."

"Calliope…" Arizona whispers with dismay.

"I knew how much that leg meant to you and if you lost it... I would never forgive myself if I didn't fight as hard as I could to keep it. I promised you that you wouldn't lose it. I'm a woman of my word." Callie winks and gives the blonde a crooked grin, trying to lighten the mood a little.

"Thank you." Ivory hands take a caramel one between them and raises it to pink lips. "Thank you." Brown eyes lock with blue, all the gratitude and love between the pair is exchanged and understood with just one look.

"So…" Callie states after a long pause. "Yeah. I told them to stop and they did. You flatlined and Bailey shocked you twice. We waited for what felt like seconds and suddenly your heartbeat came back and your BP was leveling out." Callie frowns and looks down at Arizona. "I don't get it. One moment you were gone and the next, you were back as if nothing was wrong. Your vitals went back to normal." Callie looks at her wife, very perplexed by the whole situation.

"I... I um... I went somewhere. It must have been when I flatlined." Arizona starts, not sure if Callie will believe her or if she even believes it herself. "I saw Tim." Brown eyes widen in bewilderment.

"W-What?"

"I saw my brother, Tim. We talked and then... He sent me back here... To you." Unable to meet brown eyes, Arizona looks at her hands, fiddling with the blanket. "I know it sounds like I'm making it up... But it's what I saw." Callie just looks at her wife, brown eyes searching the familiar face for any signs of distress.

"Okay."

"Okay? That's it? You're not going to grill me about it?" The Latina shakes her head slowly.

"If you say that's what happened, then I believe you. What ever it was, something or someone sent you back to me and that's all I care about." Callie leans down and takes slightly chapped pink lips in red ones. The kiss is tender and full of love as Callie tries to express all her feelings toward the blonde, trying to share how worried she was and how relieved she is to have her other half back.

"Ahem." A loud cough interrupts the couple's embrace. Two pairs of brown and blue eyes snap to the front of the room to find Dr. Bailey looking at them. "If you're done smooching, I'd like to ask Arizona some questions." The pair blush slightly and Callie moves away from Arizona to give her some space to sit up and face Dr. Bailey.

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After what felt like hundreds of questions, Arizona is out of harm's way. The infection is slowly waning and the cuts and bumps scattered around the blondes body are almost gone.

"You can be discharged tomorrow." Dr. Bailey states, concluding her questionnaire. "I'd like to see you once a week for the next four weeks to keep an eye on that infection. Here's a prescription for the antibiotics." Bailey hands Arizona a slip of paper. "Take it easy for at least a week as you regain your strength. Depending on how the rest of the recovery goes, You can be back at work in about a week and a half to two weeks. Any other questions?" A very dimpled grin and mega watt smile appear of the couple's faces in response to Bailey's question.

"Thank you so much for everything." Arizona looks at the doctor gratefully.

"Of course. My pleasure. It was the leas that I could do. If you two need anything else, page me." Bailey smiles and waves before turning her back to the pair and walks out of their room.

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The dark room is awoken with the loud beeping of an alarm clock. After a few moments, a slender ivory hand swats at the bedside table and manages to turn it off before hiding back into two strong tan arms. Callie smiles when Arizona cuddles back into her and looks at her wife, mesmerized by her. Unable to help herself, caramel fingers start to trace letters on the blonde's back. L-O-V-E Y-O-U. The blonde smiles and peaks at Callie as a heart is drawn on Arizona's shirt. Blue eyes lock with brown and Callie grins, suddenly getting an idea. S-E-X-Y. Red lips find Arizona's ear and kiss it softly, nibbling just slightly. Callie smirks to herself and continues with her tracing. H-O-T. Red lips travel down and find a long expanse of fair skin. Tender kisses are given before the red lips part and suck softly on the ivory skin. Arizona moans very softly as she raises one hand, finding the back of Callie's neck and gently runs her fingers along the tan skin, causing a shiver to run down the Latina's body.

"I've missed you." Callie husks, taking Arizona's ear between her teeth and tugging softly.

"Hmm." Arizona hums in agreement, too distracted by her wife's mouth to respond properly.

"You know... We have some time before work and Sofia is staying with Mer tonight... And we haven't had this much time to ourselves since... Forever." Callie continues to trail kisses down the creamy white skin of her lover. Arizona glances at the clock and smiles.

"Oh, we definitely have time." Arizona turns in her wife's arms, capturing Callie bottom lip between her own.

The kiss begins with a few innocent pecks but the events and emotions the past few weeks coupled with how long the two have been intimate, causes the once gentle and loving kiss to be one filled with passion and desire. Hands roam and clothes are soon shed as the wives reintroduce themselves to each other's bodies.

Author's Note: Just a little preview into the next update. There may or may not be some sexy time. Hope you enjoy the update.