hey thanks again for all the reviews and to all the people who read it. i feel like i might have a few readers angry at me after they read this but i felt like this was were the story was going. don't worry though i can promise that it might get happier. :) let me know what you think.

Dana walked along the streets for a while thinking. She was jealous. But was she jealous of Arizona for being the one Callie was in love with or was she jealous of Callie because she got the girl of her dreams back? Dana had a feeling it was the latter because if she opened the door and saw Jackie standing there then she would've reacted the same way that Callie had. Maybe worse. She probably would've made out with her right there. She understood but it was hard losing her family. She decided to have a talk with Callie. Their relationship was over. It was never rock solid to begin with. Both of them were in love with other women. They only stayed together because there was nothing better for them. Now Callie had something better and Dana wanted her to be happy. She was going to step aside and let Callie and Arizona see where they stood with each other. Who knows, maybe Arizona and Callie will discover they can't reconnect after six years. Maybe Callie would want her back. Dana didn't know what was going to happen but she cared enough about Callie to let her figure it out. She slowly walked back to their apartment. As she did she thought about how it was Arizona's and Callie's before it was ever Callie's and hers.

Back in the apartment Sofia still sat on Arizona's lap and was talking about kindergarten. While she was there Callie and Arizona couldn't really talk about anything so they listened to her ramble on stealing glances at each other.

Just then the door opened and Dana entered the apartment.

"Hello." She said smiling. "Sofia, you want to come with me to go food shopping?" She asked so Callie and Arizona could have alone time.

"No. I want to stay with Arizona." Sofia answered.

"Sweetie, why don't you go with Dana? Arizona and I need some alone time to talk." Callie said.

"I don't want to, mommy."

"We can spend more time together later. Okay? I promise." Arizona said. Because Arizona promised Sofia got up.

Callie walked Sofia and Dana to the hallway.

"Thank you." Callie said to Dana.

"You're welcome."

"We'll talk later." Callie said and hugged Dana. Then she bent down and kissed Sofia goodbye. She walked back into the apartment and found Arizona looking at some pictures.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey."

"Maybe we should sit down." Arizona sat on the couch and Callie sat on one of the chairs. They sat in silence for a few minutes afraid to start.

"I don't know where to start." Arizona said.

"The beginning." Callie said.

"The beginning. The beginning was bad. I saw things there, Callie, you wouldn't believe. The beginning's mostly a blur. Operating, sleeping, eating, moving around. It was a rush every day. Then one day we were on our way to a new location and a landmine exploded one of the trucks in front of us. We rushed forward to help our fellow soldiers but they were all gone. Then we were ambushed by two-dozen of the enemy soldiers. We couldn't overtake them. Some of us died trying. They took us back to one of their camps and that's where I had been." Callie waited for Arizona to continue but it became apparent she wasn't going to.

"What happened there? How did you get out?" Callie asked needing to know more.

"Callie, I can't." Arizona said looking down. "So tell me about your life. How have you been? How did you meet Dana?"

"She was one of my patients. She lost her fiancée to cancer. We had a lot in common. We connected. But I never stopped thinking about you. I never stopped loving you."

"I never stopped loving you either. Every day there was like being in hell and just to get through and not lose my mind I would think of you. Sometimes I would close my eyes and try to relive moments we shared to mask the real horrors around me. But I'm not the same person I was back then. Despite my efforts to try and keep myself protected I can't say I made it through without scars."

"That's okay. We can work through it together. I want to be with you."

"And I would love to be with you but we're not in the same place anymore. I can't. I'm not going to be good for you anymore. Dana and Mark and Sofia, they are good for you. They are your life now."

"So you're leaving again. You came back just to leave again." Callie said slightly angry.

"I had to see you." Arizona said so softly and helplessly that the anger left Callie right away. "I missed you more than…just more than more. I'm going to stay in Seattle. I'll still be around. I'll still be in your life just not like I was before."

"If I hadn't started dating…if I wasn't with Dana would you have stayed with me?" Callie asked.

"No." Arizona said absolutely confidant with her answer. "It's me. I'm glad you moved on and are happy." The look on Callie's face said she was most certainly not happy. "Or as happy as you could've been. You have a beautiful daughter and a girlfriend that cares about you. She cares so much that she was willing to leave us alone to figure this situation out. You have a good life here. I need to figure out mine now. I'm not sure of my place anymore."

"Is there a chance that when you…" Callie let that question hang there.

"I don't know. I don't want to promise anything." Both Arizona and Callie were reminded of their last conversation where Arizona had made a promise. "I should get going." Callie walked Arizona to the door.

"Remember when I said I didn't want our last kiss to be in the bathroom."

Arizona smiled sadly at the memory and leaned in towards Callie. Their lips met and neither one wanted to end it. Arizona had to.

"I love you, Arizona." Callie said.

"I love you too." Arizona said. As she walked down the hallway she turned around once last time. "Forever, Calliope."

Callie went back into the apartment and cried to herself on the couch. Later when Dana and Sofia came back she was just sitting there staring into space.

"Mommy." Sofia said and jumped on the couch next to Callie. "Where's Arizona?"

"She had to go home."

"Awww, when is she coming back?"

"I'm not sure. Why don't you go into your room and play with your toys?"

"Okay." Sofia said as she walked to her room a little dejectedly because Arizona wasn't there.

"What happened?" Dana asked taking a seat across from Callie.

"She said she needed to figure out her life right now and she's not the same person anymore. She has things to work through."

"That makes sense. She's been through a lot."

"I know."

"Callie, I know you've been through a lot too and I hate to do this to you now but I think we should break up."

"What?"

"You'll always be in love with Arizona like I'll always be in love with Jackie but it's different now because Arizona is back. You're always going to be trying to get her back. I have even less of you now than I did before. It's not fair to either one of us, you to settle for less and me to knowingly be the less. I just think it's for the best. I'll sleep on the couch for tonight. I care about you, Callie. I hope you know that I always will."

That night lying in bed Callie couldn't believe how much her life had changed. So much for a beautiful life.