Callie and Arizona barely slept that night. The nerves got the best of them. They spent the entire night willing Baby to still have a heartbeat in the morning. Then, even though they knew better, they began letting themselves preview the feelings of pure exhilaration that they would feel in the morning if everything was okay. In the back for their minds, they knew this would only deepen their sorrow if the baby wasn't just fine, but they couldn't help but imagine it. It was better than imagining the alternative.
"You don't know yet?" Mark asked when he saw his best friend and her girlfriend early the next morning.
"We don't know yet," Callie said, taking an extra deep breath.
The anticipation and nervousness were causing her heart to beat faster. It felt like it was in her throat, and she was aware of each breath she took. It felt like they were especially deep today. It seemed all of this was happening in slow motion or something.
"When's your appointment?" he questioned.
"Ten minutes," Arizona said.
"I have a good feeling," Mark told them.
"Aren't I supposed to have the feeling?" Callie asked.
"Do you?"
"I don't know."
"We have to know," Arizona said, taking her hand. "Know."
"Know," Callie repeated.
"I'll be down here," Mark simply said. "Come find me."
"Okay," Callie nodded, pretty sure that she would feel as if she had to tell him either way, right away. "Thanks, Sloan."
"No problem," he replied. "And then can you go get your kid's crap out of my apartment?"
Arizona smiled. "Let's hope."
"Know," Callie said.
"Right," she nodded. "Know."
After giving a urine sample and having a nurse draw her blood for testing, Callie got in a gown and laid on the exam table waiting for her doctor to come in.
"Know," Arizona told her girlfriend again.
"Know," Callie nodded.
"Hi," Dr. Fiona McGee said as she walked into the room. "I'd start with morning greetings and other casual pleasantries, but I don't think you really want to spend one more second without answers, do you?"
"Not so much," Callie agreed.
"Let's have a look," she said as she began the internal ultrasound.
"Have you looked at her labs yet?"
"I have," she nodded. "But I want to check for a heartbeat first."
"Meaning the labs are good," she realized. "If the labs showed a beta HCG of zero, you wouldn't –"
"We need to look."
Arizona was right. Callie's labs had been good. Her levels were back to multiplying like they should be. However, she wasn't ready to give them this information just yet just in case Baby didn't have a strong heartbeat. If their child was still in danger, she didn't want to tell them it was fine only to have to go back on that in the next breath.
"Yeah," Callie nodded.
She closed her eyes, though. She was too scared to look and see nothing. No movement. No signs of life.
Her eyes didn't open until she heard the sound and felt the gentle squeeze of Arizona's hand.
She looked and saw the baby's heart beating. "It's okay?"
Fiona smiled. "It's just fine," she said. "Fantastic, even. Right on track for twelve weeks and four days."
"Fantastic," Arizona repeated as the smile spread across her face. "Our kid is fantastic."
"Well, I mean, it's our kid," Callie said, laughing as happy tears began to flood her eyes.
She kissed her. "I love you, Calliope Torres."
"I love you, too."
"Congratulations," Dr. McGee smiled. "It's a good day when I get to start it off with this kind of news. I love these days."
"Yeah," Callie nodded.
"Let me know when I can stop," she said, knowing they needed to hear just a little more of their baby's heartbeat.
"I just have something I have to ask," Callie told her. "I think I know the answer, but..."
"Shh..." Arizona replied. "Just listen," she whispered. "Listen."
"What caused the bleeding?" Callie asked. "Do you know?"
"It really could be anything," she said. "The important thing is that it's stopped and you have a healthy, growing little one in there."
"Yep," Arizona nodded.
"Thank God."
"You'll be fine to return to work and everything," Dr. McGee told Callie. "Today if you'd like."
"Great," she smiled. "But we have somewhere else to go first."
"Baby's good?" Mark asked when he saw them coming back towards him about ten minutes later.
"Baby's fantastic," Callie smiled. "Stronger heartbeat, perfect kid."
"Good."
"Give me your keys," she told him, putting her hand out. "I've gotta go get my kid's crap out of your apartment."
He handed them over. "Here."
"We'll be back," she said. "So I'll give these back then."
"Sounds good."
Lexie started walking over. "Dr. Sloan, my patient in 3578 –"
"I'll be there in a second, Dr. Grey," he replied.
"Fine," Lexie replied, walking away.
"That should help," Callie commented. "You know, the relationship and everything."
"Shut up."
"She's got a point," Arizona said. "Not giving her a chance to say something just because you get all nervous every time she speaks to you won't help."
"Go see the patient," Callie said. "Then buy Little Grey a coffee. If she'll let you, sit down and talk. If not, at least it's a start."
"You don't think I've tried that?"
"Try again," she said. "And again. Us women like persistence."
"We really do," Arizona agreed.
"You're the best," Mark told them.
"We know," Callie nodded. "Especially today. We're awesome today."
