AN:- Sorry this part took a little longer than expected but I wanted to make some edits... Thank you all so much for your kind reviews and messages. I know that some of you have noticed that Callie & Arizona are going at lightening speed, I just got a little carried away with my writing! Anyway, hope you enjoy this chaper and I appreciate your thoughts and comments. Thanks so much! J :-)


Two days passed and Callie and Arizona were still wrapped up in the little bubble of happiness that they had created. Arizona had never been happier. When she had gone to the fertility clinic after Danny died, she assumed that she would be a single parent. It had been a drastic reaction to her brother's death but somehow now it all made sense. Now that Callie was in her life she felt complete.

"Hey, you've had a goofy smile on your face for almost a week. Is there something I should know?" Teddy asked as she came and sat next to Arizona in the cafeteria.

"I'm happy" Arizona simply stated

"And would your happiness have anything to do with the hot latina you were seen leaving with the other day?"

"Maybe" Arizona said before breaking into a huge grin

"So tell me about her"

"Her name is Calliope, Callie for short. She was a medic in the army and friends with my brother. She was injured in the same attack as Danny, but she came here to personally pass on some of his belongings. We spent the night talking and fell in love"

"You fell in love?" Teddy asked shocked and wide eyed

"Yeah. She's incredible"

"Arizona, you can't fall in love with somebody in an evening! What do you even know about her? She could be a serial killer!"

"She is not a serial killer"

"She could be a con-artist and rip you off. She could leave you broke"

"She's not a con-artist" Arizona exhaled "She was friends with Danny; they had each other's back in the army. Danny sent her here to find me; he wouldn't have sent a maniac to me Teddy. We've been together everyday and it just feels right"

"I'm just saying be careful. You may be caught up in a magical fairytale but you need to be realistic" Teddy warned her friend.

"Hey Aria" Callie said into her cell phone as she sat on Arizona's couch

"Little sister! How are you? Where are you?" Aria asked

"I'm in Seattle"

"And…." Aria pushed for further information

"And I'm well and happy… really happy" Callie smiled into the phone

"Uh Oh! Who is she?"

"She's beautiful Aria, the woman of my dreams. I fell in love the second I saw her"

"Calliope Iphigenia Torres! You fall in love everyday!" Aria fired back

"Never like this. We're together all the time and I can't get enough of her Aria"

"How did you meet?"

"She's Danny's sister"

"The soldier who's name you kept screaming out in hospital? The soldier who's death you blame yourself for?" Aria accused

"Aria…"

"No Calliope! You're setting yourself up for disaster. You think that you're in love with this woman, you want to protect her and love her, but really are you only doing it to try and ease your guilt over Danny's death?" Aria shouted angrily into the phone

"It isn't like that" Callie whispered

"Callie, I love you but we both know how vulnerable you are when it comes to your love life. I don't want to see you hurting any more. You've been through heartbreak after heartbreak and then you decided that you're gay and you got trampled all over by that Erica woman and the next thing we know you've signed yourself up for the army and travelling to Iraq! Mama can't stand to see you keep doing this to yourself Calliope and Daddy doesn't sleep with worry about you. It's time to grow up!"

Callie remained silent as Aria ranted at her through the phone. She understood her sister's frustrations with her history but this was different.

"I love her Aria and nothing can change that ever. Tell mama and daddy that I'm fine and I'll be touch soon"

"Just be careful little sister" Aria said before hanging up.


Two months passed and Callie and Arizona were still head over heels in love and happy with one another. Arizona was 12 weeks pregnant and Callie had been at her beck and call constantly. Arizona beamed when she saw how excited Callie was about the baby. Callie had been involved every step of the way and even shed tears at the first scan, which she dismissed as 'dust in the air'.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Arizona said as she walked into the apartment and saw Callie holding up wallpapers

"Oh, hi, I'm just looking at wallpaper samples for the nursery. What do you think?" Callie smiled brightly as Arizona came over to greet her

"Don't you think it's a little early? I'm only at three months"

"Arizona, we need to be prepared. I marked pages on that catalogue for you to approve. I picked a crib, stroller, car seat… pretty much everything" Callie said shyly

"Ahh baby. I love how enthusiastic you are. This baby is so lucky. It has the best mama in the whole wide world" Arizona said as she kissed her deeply.

"Yeah and I have the best girlfriend in the whole wide world" Callie said proudly

"So, are you looking forward to starting work tomorrow?" Arizona asked

Callie had interviewed with Chief Webber and he had offered her the opportunity to continue her residency at Seattle Grace once her leg was healed.

"Yeah, I guess I'm a little nervous though"

"Why? You're totally awesome and can kick all the other second year resident's arses" Arizona bragged proudly as she walked into the kitchen and grabbed a piece of pie

"Arizona, you've never seen me work" Callie laughed

"You were in the army! You've seen things that most attending's couldn't deal with! Meredith Grey or Christina Yang could never amputate a limb in the field… especially under fire"

Callie just swallowed. She had been working hard to suppress her memories from the army. Arizona had arranged sessions for her with Dr Wyatt which were helping fantastically.

"I just want it to go well. I really don't want to mess this up" Callie said seriously

"Calliope, you already know all of the doctors and your physio is going well. You feel physically ready for the job don't you? Because Webber won't mind if you need to put this off for another couple of weeks"

Callie had undergone a minor surgery three weeks ago to remove the brace from her leg and had been in intense physio ever since. She still walked with a noticeable limp and needed her crutches after walking or standing for too long but overall she was doing great.

"Yes, I feel well enough for work. I'm just nervous, but I'll be fine. And if I do get too nervous then I can page you to an on-call room right?" Callie flirted

"Well technically I am your boss…."

"Oh that's just turning me on!" Callie smirked as she moved towards Arizona and captured her between the fridge and her body before attacking her lips with her own.

"Dr Torres, it may be best if we take this 'consult' to the bedroom" Arizona breathed as Callie began unbuttoning her shirt.

"You're the boss" Callie mumbled as she began guiding them towards the bedroom


Callie was charting in a lounge in the hospital when Arizona came in.

"I've been looking everywhere for you!" Arizona exclaimed as she opened the door

"Why didn't you just page me?"

"Pregnant woman here, not exactly thinking straight all of the time" Arizona shot back, clearly frustrated

Callie got up and walked over to her girlfriend and put her hands on her shoulders.

"What's going on?" Callie asked looking into Arizona's eyes to calm her down.

"My parent's are in town and they want to meet you" Arizona said calmly

Callie froze.

"They want to meet the mother of their grandchild" Arizona smiled trying to ease Callie's obvious fears "They already know so much about you and so they thought they would surprise us to finally meet you in person"

"I, I… Ariz…I… I can't meet your parents" Callie stuttered out

"Callie they aren't that bad. They'll love you. Meet me in the lobby at 6.30 later. My parents will be at out apartment at 7.30" Arizona said before kissing her on the cheek and turning to leave.

Callie was frozen to the spot. She couldn't move, she had feared this moment since she began dating Arizona. She feared that her parents would see straight through her deceit.


Once they arrived home, Callie quickly showered and changed and then spent the next 30 minutes pacing the apartment.

"Why are you so nervous?" Arizona smiled as she came out of their bedroom and saw Callie checking her watch and chewing her bottom lip

"I'm not nervous. No, I'm good. Chilled. Not nervous at all" Callie said boldly

Knock, Knock

"Oh God" Callie muttered as Arizona went to open the door. She heard them greet each other and Arizona's mother gush over the baby bump.

When the three walked into the living room, Callie looked up.

"Mom, Dad, this is Calliope Torres"

"It's an honour to meet you Calliope" Colonel Robbins said as he approached her "We haven't had a chance to thank you personally for what you did for Danny"

Callie gulped and felt beads of sweat appear on her forehead.

"It was incredibly brave of you to stay with him. I'm glad that he had a friend with him. My respect for you is endless Ms. Torres and we are forever in your debt. If you ever need anything, then I'll do my best to make it happen"

"Thank you Sir" Callie whispered forcing herself to make eye contact with him

"We're so glad that you're part of our family Dear" Kathy Robbins said as she moved forward and embraced Callie "We know that Arizona and our first grandchild are in good hands with you here"

Callie again forced a smile and tried to remain as calm as possible, even though she felt an internal panic attack happening.

Once they got passed the formalities and introductions, Arizona moved them through to the kitchen where she poured some wine and they made small talk.

They sat around the dinner table, eating the Thai food that Arizona had ordered.

"So Callie, will you be venturing back to the middle east?" The colonel asked

Callie felt her cheeks flush as everybody turned their attention to her.

"It isn't something that I have given much consideration to Sir. My priorities have altered now" Callie said smiling over at Arizona

"Good doctors are hard to come by Callie. You would be making a difference" He encouraged

"Dad, Callie isn't going back to Iraq. She belongs here with me and the baby. We've done our bit, Danny was killed and Callie was injured. I'm not going to allow her to risk her safety, she is needed here more than she is there" Arizona said firmly

"How is the leg Callie?" Kathy asked breaking the tension between father and daughter

"It's getting better thank you. I still need physiotherapy, but it's fine"

"So, you're leg got trapped under the rubble. How did you get out?" Colonel Robbins enquired

Callie struggled to get her breath, she didn't want to have this conversation. She felt hot and under interrogation. As she looked into the Colonel's eyes she was back in Iraq looking into Danny's eyes. She couldn't lie to him, he would know that she was lying. She felt her mouth go dry and the room begin to spin.

"Callie, are you okay?" Arizona asked as she saw the panic and fear flash across her girlfriend's face.

Callie took a gulp of water and concentrated on her breathing.

"I, I… was trapped and Danny was near by….I called out to him, he was… he…" Callie stuttered the words out clearly engulfed in a flashback as three concerned faces stared at her.

"Danny was my friend…I didn't… I should have…I wish that I could change things"

"Calliope it's okay. You don't have to talk about this" Arizona said as she came to her girlfriend's side and gently stroked her face.

"I'm sorry" Callie said firmly

"No I'm sorry Callie, I understand post traumatic stress. You don't have to speak about it" Colonel Robbins smiled as he reached across the table and squeezed her clammy hand.

Once dinner was over they retreated to the living room where Callie brought coffee.

"Arizona, I have something for you" Kathy began as Callie sat next to Arizona after handing the coffee's out "It was found a couple of weeks ago, the army sent it to me" Kathy continued as she reached into her bag and pulled something out

"Danny's scrapbook" Callie whispered as she saw the book being pulled out

Arizona looked at her confused

"He was making it for your birthday. He decided not to send it, he wanted…." Callie felt her mouth go dry again "he, wanted to give it to you in person" Callie finished, not wanting to have another freak out in front of the older Robbins'.

Arizona took the handmade book that was being held out by Kathy. She slowly started to flick through it and felt tears streaming down her face as she looked at each picture and letter he had stuck in.

"Oh Danny" Arizona cried

"He wouldn't want you upset Arizona" Her father spoke firmly

Callie remained silent as she sat next to Arizona and looked through the book. She was stunned when Arizona turned a page and there was a picture of her and Danny in full uniform smiling together. She hadn't seen the photo before, but remembered it being taken.

"Oh God" Arizona whispered "I love this one" She smiled at Callie "I'll see if I can get it copied and blown up a little and frame it" Arizona said

Callie just nodded, swallowing the lump in her throat. This evening had thrown her into flashback after flashback and she was beginning to lose her emotions that she had kept firmly buried.


As 11PM came Daniel and Kathy said their goodbyes to make their way back to their hotel. As Arizona closed the door, Callie felt a weight lifted from her shoulders.

"Shall we get ready for bed?" Arizona offered as she smiled at Callie, clearly aware of the trauma Callie had been through in her own mind tonight.

Callie just nodded.

"I'll just tidy up, I'll be through in a bit" Arizona smiled

Callie took the opportunity to make her way to the bathroom. She stepped inside and felt the room spinning. She went to the sink and splashed cold water on her face, trying to calm her uneasiness.

As she looked up and into the mirror, she saw the state she was in. She looked at her hands which were trembling.

"Please God help me" She whispered to herself as she began trying to clean off the make-up smudged around her face.

As she dealt with her internal emotions, she jumped when Arizona wrapped her arms around her waist from behind.

"I know tonight was difficult for you, but you did amazingly well. My parents love you" Arizona whispered as she nuzzled her neck.

Callie just remained still, unable to move for fear of losing the battle of her emotions.

"And you looked so hot in uniform" Arizona flirted, "if my parents hadn't been in the room I would have pounced on you there and then" Arizona said turning Callie around to face her

Callie forced a small smile

"Arizona, I can't. Not tonight" Callie whispered kissing her forehead softly

"Let me show you how much I love you" Arizona smiled trying to ease her conscience

"I love you, but I can't tonight" Callie said kissing her again before walking away, leaving Arizona a little hurt.