Dr. Bailey, Avery, and Lexie are looking through a few charts when Alex comes walking over to them.
"Have you guys seen Dr. Robbins?" Alex asks out of breath as he walks over.
"The baby - did she make it?" Lexie asks.
"Please tell me that she made it." Dr. Bailey pleads.
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, she made it." Alex reassures her realizing now how bad it looked him rushing over to them.
"Karev, where is Stark!" Teddy yells angrily as she walks over to the group.
The four doctors turn to Teddy who looks like she is about to kick somebody's ass, knowing very well that somebody is going to get theirs kicked.
"He just got done with a post-op on Callie's baby." Alex says hesitantly.
Teddy shakes her head in anger and then unleashes on Alex. "Why the hell didn't anybody feel the need to tell the Lead Cardiac Attending about a heart procedure on a preemie?" she asks pissed.
"Dr. Altman you were in checking out Callie and Dr. Stark had to move quick. Arizona and I assisted." Alex explains.
Dr. Bailey hearing the last part snaps her head back to Alex in shock. "Arizona assisted!"
Alex takes a breath knowing what happened in the operating room and shakes his head a bit before answering. "Well…sort of."
"How is the baby's EKG looking." Teddy asks.
"Good, the surgery went well." Alex answers.
Teddy nods her head relieved before turning back to Karev "Where is Arizona now?" she asks.
Alex gets ready to answer Teddy but a voice behind them cuts in. "Dr. Robbins is sitting with Callie." the Chief says. "She's sleeping."
"What about Mark?" Lexie asks concerned which does not go unnoticed by Jackson.
"Sloan is in the NICU with the baby." Karev answers.
"I'm going up there." Teddy says as she walks away from the group, wanting to make sure for herself that that little baby's heart is okay.
"Stubborn, isn't she." Karev jokes nervously.
"Page me if there is any change with the baby or Callie." The chief states before he walks away.
"Well there is nothing else we can do at this point except get back to work." Dr. Bailey says to Karev, Jackson, and Lexie who seem oblivious to what she is saying. "I mean you three." she explains.
"I'm on Stark's service, I just came down to check on Dr. Robbins." Karev smiles as he walks away knowing what is in store for Jackson and Lexie.
"Alright, well it looks like you two get the pit." Dr. Bailey says as she reaches for a stack of charts and splits the stack in two handing them each one.
"Goodie." Jackson jokes as Lexie rolls her eyes at him.
"Now you two." Dr. Bailey says.
Jackson and Lexie both look at each other and smile as they walks away. "And by pit I do not mean the nearest on-call room!" Bailey calls after them.
Back upstairs Teddy walk through the hallway and sees Mark standing outside the NICU looking through the window. She takes a breath and walks over to him, standing next to him. "Hi." she says softly.
"Hi." Mark says looking over at Teddy before turning his attention back to the window.
Teddy looks through the window and sees the tiny baby in the incubator.
"I heard about the surgery…that it went well." Teddy says.
"Stark seems to think so." Mark sighs.
Teddy looks up from the baby and over at Mark and doesn't see the same spark in his eyes that she once had. All she sees is fear in terrified eyes. Mark takes a deep breath and runs his hands through his hair before turning his attention back to the window.
"There's a little girl in there." he says quietly as Teddy looks over at him. "Her eyes don't work, her intestines don't work, her kidneys don't work…..She just keeps going. I don't understand it." Mark says shaking his head.
Teddy nods her head listening to him before turning her attention back to the window.
"Miracles are hard to understand." Teddy says.
Mark looks over at Teddy in disbelief. "Miracles?"
"Callie is surviving when no one thought she would." Teddy explains to Mark as he listens to her intently. "That's what she put into that kid…genes that make miracles." she says with a small smile.
"You're right." Mark lets out a small smile knowing that on some level she is right. "If she's anything like Callie…she's gonna fight like hell."
"Damn right." Teddy says softly to mark before he nudges his shoulder with her own as the two continue to watch the miracle on the other side of the glass.
In Callie's room Arizona lays asleep in her chair resting her head on her shoulder. She starts to wake up when she hears Callie being to stir in her bed. Callie's eyes slowly open and she locks eyes with Arizona's beautiful blues.
"Hi." Callie says quietly.
"Hi." Arizona whispers back with a small smile.
Callie looks up at the ceiling as she takes a swallow to relieve a lump in her throat. "How long have I been asleep?" she asks as she tries to get her eyes to adjust to the light.
Arizona takes a deep breath. "About 5 hours." Arizona answers.
Callie nods her head before she look down at her stomach. "For a second I forgot that she's not in here anymore." she sighs before she looks back at Arizona. "How's the baby."
Arizona leans forward and places her hand over Callie's. "She's doing good."
"You're lying to me." Callie says seeing Arizona avoiding eye contact. "I always know when you are lying to me." she then adds as she takes a tired breath.
Arizona nods her head knowing she is a terrible liar before she takes a breath trying to figure out what to tell Callie. "There was a problem with her heart but St. Stark fixed it." she says trying to reassure her.
"Her heart." Callie repeats worried.
"Yes, but he fixed it and she is holding her own." Arizona says as se moves her hand up and caresses Callie's arm.
"How…" Callie starts but chokes up a bit. "How small is she?" Callie asks trying to stay strong.
"She's a little over 1 pound." Arizona answers softly.
Callie closes her eyes and sighs. "Oh god." she whispers to herself.
"But she has to be the toughest 1 pound baby I have ever seen." Arizona says with a smile trying to keep the tears away. "And she already has the whole NICU wrapped around her little finger….I think she probably has the whole hospital wrapped around her little finger." Arizona says with a little laugh but then stops when she sees Callie just starring straight ahead in a daze. "Callie."
Callie keeps starring replaying the moment they hit the truck in her head over and over and over and-
"Calliope." Arizona says again finally getting Callie out of her own head.
"What?" Callie asks confused.
"Callie….I need you to talk to me." Arizona says.
"I don't-I don't have anything to say." Callie says softly.
"Callie." Arizona sighs as she watches Callie's brain working overtime.
"I don't want to do this." Callie says quietly. "I can't do this."
"Yes, you can. You are the strongest person I know." Arizona says as she leans closer to Callie getting in her face.
"Arizona-" Callie starts.
"No, you have been through so much and you keep beating the odds…..You will keep fighting because that is who you are." Arizona lectures.
Callie looks at Arizona for a second breathing tiredly before she stares away. "I'm just so tired." she says sadly.
"I know." Arizona says as tears well in her eyes seeing Callie looking so beaten down and exhausted. "But we're in this together…and if you need a little extra strength, just take my hand and I'll give it to you." Arizona says as she holds out her hand to Callie.
Callie looks at Arizona's hand and lets out a choke as she closes her eyes.
"You just take my hand and we'll fight through this together." Arizona says still holding out her hand. "For our daughter." she finishes as tears make their way down her cheeks.
Callie looks at Arizona and chokes back another sob before she puts her hand in Arizona's. "Our daughter." she nods.
"We can do this." she says as she squeezes Callie's hand in her own reassuring her. "We can do this."
