CHAPTER 4
The calming storm turned much more violent. The wind made a howling noise that woke Arizona from her sleep. She noticed Callie still fast asleep next to her. She had never really looked at her before. Not closely. She was breathtaking. Arizona thought that she was this one type of person and now she felt beyond stupid since she knew how incredibly wrong she had been. Callie was her savior. She wasn't sure how long they would be stuck here, but she was glad that she had Callie through this. She stayed looking at the sleeping Latina until she fell back to sleep.
"No. We have to get out of here. We have to go now. Please. Help me!" Arizona said with a panic. She spoke loud enough that Callie bolted upright from her sleep. Looking around Callie didn't see anyone that Arizona could have been talking to and looked back at her. Arizona's arms were thrashing around, as she talked through her nightmare. "Arizona, wake up. You're having a nightmare." Callie gently shook her several times until blue eyes flashed open. "Wh-what happened?" She said in confusion. "You were dreaming." Callie explained. Suddenly the blonde started to cry hysterically. Her entire body shaking. "We're going to die here. Nobody is coming to help us. They would have been here already Callie. They will never find us." She said through falling tears. Callie placed both hands on Arizona's shoulders and shook her. "Stop it! They will find us. They will come. They will. Don't think that way. We have to stay calm and think positive. This is no time to start panicking. Ok? We are going to make it out of here. You will go back to your girlfriend and we will be the kick ass surgeons we were before this happened. This isn't the end to our stories. Our stories do not end like this." Callie said seriously. Grabbing Arizona's chin to face her every time the blonde tried to look away.
"Carley." Arizona said. The name sounding almost foreign. "Her name is Carley." "Your girlfriend?" Callie asked. "Yeah. I bet she is so worried about me. She stresses bad enough and not hearing from me this long…. I'm sure she is a nervous wreck." "How long have you two been together? If you don't mind me asking." Callie asked. "Almost 2 years. We met right after I got my position at Johns Hopkins. She worked in the medical records department at the hospital. When I got offered the job at Seattle Grace, she told me she wanted to see where our relationship could go, so she wanted to come with me. I said screw it and threw caution to the wind. And she moved with me." Callie felt something she couldn't quite explain. Was she jealous? Over a woman she had never met? Over Arizona's relationship with a woman she had never met when only a day ago she couldn't stand Arizona Robbins. She was practically her arch enemy. No. Not possible. She wasn't jealous. She was in her own world, and didn't realize that Arizona was talking to her. "Callie?" Arizona tried again. "Huh? Oh sorry. What were you saying?" "I was asking if you have someone at home waiting for you." Callie shook her head as if that were the most ridiculous question ever. "Oh no. I haven't been committed since—"Since Sam?" Arizona interrupted. Callie's jaw dropped and her eyes went wide. "How do you? What?" Callie was seriously confused. How could Arizona possibly know about Sam? Maybe Lexie figured it out and the way rumors spread at their hospital, it wouldn't surprise Callie that it had gotten back to Arizona. "Well obviously this is a very small world. You see, Carley—""Callie!" "Torres!" "Oh my God!" Callie screamed as she heard Mark and Derek's voices. "I'll be right back." She said before running outside of the cave. "Mark! I'm here!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. Mark and Derek appeared through some bushes. "Torres!" Mark said as he came running towards her at full speed, stopping only to throw his arms around his best friend. "Cal. Thank God you're ok. I was so worried. Derek and I have been walking all night, looking for you. We found the airplane and when I didn't see you, I hoped you had found a place to stay safe." Mark hugged her with all his strength. "Are there any others? Alive?" She asked, almost afraid to hear the answer. "We all made it, but Owen had some really bad internal injuries and head trauma. It was just too much. We lost him last night." Derek said. "Poor Cristina. She must be a wreck. But everyone else is ok?" "Yes, we have all been so worried about you though. Did anyone else make it over here?" Derek asked and Mark added, "Arizona?"
"Arizona is alive. She's hurt pretty bad, but she will be ok." She looked down and noticed that Derek's hand was bandaged. "What happened to your hand?" Derek pulled it against his chest instinctively. "It was smashed in the crash." "Derek, that's your scalpel hand. You need to let me check it." Derek shook his head. "Once we get you and Arizona settled with the others, you can check it out. But we need to get some type of camp set up before we run out of daylight." Callie led the men to the cave where Arizona was laying on the blanket. "Everyone is alive. Except Owen. We lost him. But we are going to go with the others, ok?" Callie said as she, Mark and Derek walked inside.
Derek carried the supplies, while Mark helped Callie carry Arizona. IT was so much easier than moving her alone. Callie walked over to Cristina, who was sitting off by herself, leaning against a tree staring out into the distance. "Cris, I am so sorry about Owen. Are you ok? Can I do anything?" The women stayed silent for what seemed to be minutes before speaking. "I hate airplanes. Why didn't we just take the train? Or drive? I am so confused." Cristina said. She never looked at Callie. Instead she kept staring off with a blank look. "I'm going to go see if I can check Derek's hand. But I'll be right over there." Callie said. Before she was out of earshot, she heard Cristina say, "I'm glad you're not dead." Callie smiled and said, "I'm glad you didn't die either."
"I'm going to go help Derek and Mark gather firewood and set up some sort of signal for when the planes come looking for us. Will you be ok?" Callie asked Arizona. She shook her head and offered a small smile. "Yes. But hurry back." Mark, Cristina and Meredith looked at each other and then back to the pair. The last thing they had heard was the two doctors couldn't stand the sight of one another, and now it looked as if they were a couple. When did this happen, they all thought. "Let's go Cal." Mark called out to her. She bends down and squeezed Arizona's hand. I'll be back soon. I promise." With a nod from the blonde, Callie took off with the guys.
"There are still more supplies in the plane. We need to gather up anything we can use and find a better form of shelter. Who knows how long we will be here." Callie told them. "She's right. We can't spend another night like we did last night. That storm was horrible." Derek agreed. "Ok, let's go find some empty bags to put supplies in and check out that empty cave we saw over by the waterfall. We need to see if that water is drinkable too." Mark said. Callie led the guys towards the half of the plane that she and Arizona were in. "Jesus. The smell." Derek said, holding his nose. The smell of all the dead people that had been sitting in the heat for the time since the crash had grown almost unbearable. Derek asked if the radio worked, but Callie quickly let him know that she had already tried. "I can't believe that we are the only survivors. What are the odds?" Mark said, rummaging through suitcase after suitcase. "Check in the front where the flight attendants keep the food and drinks. We need to make this our last trip here if at all possible. If we think this place stinks now, just wait another day or so." Derek said as both Callie and Mark agreed. "Callie, gather all the pillows, blankets and clothes that you can find."
Once all the supplies were gathered, the three doctors headed back towards camp. Lexie, Jo and Alex had just finished gathering firewood. "We found this." He said, gesturing towards the stack of wood they had found. "That stack is still wet, so I'm going to spread it out over there in the sun to dry it out faster. Jo and I are going to go check the other half of the plane to see if we can use anything. There were some ropes and cables from where they strap the luggage. It might come in handy." He explained.
"Ok, we are going to check out that cave we saw before the storm yesterday." Mark said to the couple before they took off. "Cal, are you coming?" Mark asked, but he saw Callie had sat down next to Arizona. "Or not." He mumbled once he realized she wasn't paying him any mind. "Looks like it's just us." Derek added. "I'll go with you. I'm going crazy just sitting here." Lexie said as she stood up. Callie pulled the blanket down to look at Arizona's leg. "The swelling is already going down. That's great. We need to give you more antibiotics. How's the pain?" She asked genuine concern in her tone. "It's not too bad, but I could use something to take the edge off." Callie could tell that she was hurting more than she was admitting to. "Ok, here. Drink this water too. You're going to get dehydrated if we aren't careful."
"Did you find enough supplies?" Arizona asked. "Enough to last for a while. But they are bound to find us before we run out. Derek and Mark said there is a waterfall somewhere near by. Once your pain meds kick in, we really need to find a way to go was up. I'm cleaning your wound the best I can, but it's not clean enough." Arizona swallowed the lump in her throat. In order to get clean, she would need to take her clothes off. And she was dying for a shower, but naked… in front of Callie? The thought made her stomach do somersaults. "Ok" was all she could manage to get out. "Can we go before the others? I don't think I want to be showing my lady bits to Mark Sloan. He's seen enough nakedness in his lifetime." Arizona said, rolling her eyes.
About an hour later, Callie was helping Arizona hop towards the water. Pushing some bushes out of their way, the sight in front of them caused both women to gasp loudly. "That's probably the most beautiful thing I have ever seen." Callie said. "Very beautiful." The blonde added. The waterfall was easily 15 feet tall and there was a large pond with a thick row of bushes all the way around it, making the area very secluded. There were rocks spread out in random places inside the water. "Over there. We can sit you on that rock and I can uh, help you. If you need me to that is." Callie suddenly felt nervous. Almost like a teenager asking someone to prom. "Yeah, I mean I will probably need your help." The blonde said with a gulp. She also felt really nervous. She couldn't remember the last time she felt the butterflies in her stomach the way she did in this moment.
Callie got Arizona over to the edge of the water and sat her down. "We can undress here. It will be much easier than doing it in the water. You can um, keep your underwear on, like a bathing suit you know, to be more comfortable." Callie stuttered. "Ok" Callie lifted Arizona's shirt over her head and her mouth went dry almost instantly. Black lace underwear, with light pink trim hugged the blondes most intimate parts in all the right ways. If they weren't in this position, the sight would definitely turn her on. Hell, even in this situation, the sight before her was turning her on. "Let me um, get this off so I can help you into the water." She said pulling her own clothing off, leaving herself standing in a deep purple set. Callie could have sworn that Arizona was checking her out as she had the feeling of someone staring at her. You know, that feeling you get when you just feel like someone is watching you, only to turn and catch another person looking at you like a piece of chocolate cake. The blonde tried her best to look anywhere other than Callie's practically naked form, but she was failing….miserably. "You ready?" Callie asked, before pulling Arizona to stand the best she could so she could remove what was left of Arizona's pants. Arizona held on to Callie's shoulders while she felt the material slide down her legs. The feeling of Callie's hands on her thighs gave her chills. Callie looked up and brown eyes softened when they met blue. Arizona turned to look towards the water, breaking their stare, and Callie stood. "Here we go." She said, pulling Arizona's arm around her neck yet again. The water touched their skin, and it was almost instantly relaxing. "Is it too cold?" Callie asked, looking at Arizona. "No. It feels amazing." Callie situated Arizona on the rock, and cupped her hands together to scoop up some water, pouring it over Arizona's torso. The water glistened off her neck and chest, Callie licked her lips at the sight. Arizona noticed the way Callie had been looking at her and the blonde found it harder by the moment to avoid staring back. Arizona reached down to rub her leg, and suddenly she slipped. Her body went sliding down the rock, but at the last second, Callie caught her. "I got you. You're ok." She said, but suddenly her foot slipped on some algae under the water. Callie's body fell against Arizona's body, pressing their torsos flat against each other. Callie's started to lift herself up, but she felt a hand on her back pulling her to stay still. Looking into blue eyes, she felt her heart begin to beat in her throat. Her pulse growing rapid by the millisecond. She didn't even try to fight the urge that she was feeling. An urge that she hadn't expected to have, but knew she wasn't strong enough to fight. "Arizona." She said softly, and then began to lean down. Their lips were millimeters apart when suddenly they heard the voices of Lexie, Meredith, Jo and Cristina. "Cal!" Cristina yelled, and quickly both women pulled apart before they were caught in the very compromising position there were in. "Hey! We came to shower too." Cristina said.
With one last look at Arizona, and a silent apology for the interruption, Callie went back to cleaning the wound on Arizona's leg as if nothing had been brewing between them seconds before. But little did both women know, something had happened. Something neither of them even realized yet.