Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy, I just borrowed the name of the characters for entertaining, no intention to violate any copyrights.

This is a companion pieces of I don't believe U.

A/N : I am glad you like this story and thanks for the support. I like this chapter and hope you do too.

Once again, thank you calzonaforever35 for fixing my story, you are amazing ;-)


Chapter 8

Arizona's POV

"What are you thinking about?" Addison nudged me, disturbing me from my daydream.

"Callie." I pulled the corner of my mouth to an embarrassing smile. She rolled her eyes impishly.

"Right, rub it to my face, so in love that you can't stop thinking about your woman."

"Not like that. I just… we had a rough week, because of everything." I pouted as I recalled the events that happened between us in the last few days.

After the chaos with Mr. Weston, I went back to my office without saying anything to Callie. I didn't like how she interfered with my case, and thought that I couldn't handle an agitated man. It's my job.

She was upset that I was angry with her, I know; she didn't try to stop me from walking away, nor did she call me at all. So, for the first time in a year, we spent the night not talking to each other. I stayed in with Addison and Teddy. And she… I didn't know what she did. I thought she would go out with Mark and Tim, but Teddy said the guys went to a football game without Callie.

The whole night I wanted to call her so badly, but the ego inside told me I should wait for Callie to apologize first. My heart skipped a beat when my phone buzzed for an incoming message, but it nearly stopped when it was just a plain, emotionless 'good night'.

She had never just wished me a good night.

I know I was being childish. I waited to call her until the next day at noon, but she wouldn't even let me finish the 'hey'. A burning building brought a truckload of victims to the ER, my badass ortho surgeon girlfriend had to rush to an operation. She had surgery after surgery the whole day, I could only say goodbye to her in the gallery with a whole bunch of doctors and nurses around us.

And she didn't answer my call when I took off to Chicago the next morning. Later Tim told me he found Callie passed out in an on-call with a half-eaten energy bar next to her pillow. My poor baby.

"She deserves better." I said to Addison after she returned to reading her fashion magazine. She looks at me with a frown. "She's sweet and caring and… so gorgeous. And I- I have never done anything for her, you know. I can't even remember if I ever did anything special to woo her. A romantic evening all I could think of is to take her out to a nice restaurant. But Callie… she's like a wizard, dimmed lights, some music, lit candles and I melt in her arms."

"You're not a romantic person, so what?" Addison shrugged, flipping the magazine to the next page. "She likes to pamper you, and she's good at it, just let her do it."

"I know, but I just want to surprise her for once. Like when she's expecting a dull evening with me, but the moment she opens the door – ta-da, surprise honey!" I tried to sound enthusiastic, but Addison just gave me a look.

"Do you know what would be a real surprise? When she opens the door, walk in on you doing another woman."

"I'm serious, Addison!" I took a playful swipe at her. "And I still haven't come up with the best way to propose to her yet."

"Why don't you just let her do it?" Addison flipped through some more pages idly. "You're terrible with the romantic stuff."

"Haven't you listened to me at all?" I gave my friend a stink eye. "I want to do something for her. Even Mark could think of something as romantic as sending you all those flowers."

"You really think that bonehead came up with the idea?" Addison shifted her body on the seat to face me fully with a smirk. "Callie suggested it. And then they sent Tim to ask Teddy what kind of flowers I like. The idiot just had to follow Callie and Tim's instruction to type in the credit card numbers in the right slot."

"See? How can I beat that?" I threw a hand up in the air in frustration. Addison smiled softly and patted my hand.

"Oh honey, you don't have to beat it. Embrace it."

We exchanged a smile, and then I turned to look out of the window watching the clouds pass by. In 2 hours, I'll be home with Callie.

Callie's POV

Ugh! It hurts!

"Callie, can you hear me?"

Is someone talking to me? I can't hear it clearly. Maybe he should come closer. But… ugh! It hurts!

"Pupils dilated." "Systolic's down to 72." "Chest tube! She needs a chest tube!" "Where's the blood?"

Why is everyone shouting? And why is everyone moving so fast? I can't focus my eyes. Can they slow down so that I can see who's here? And can someone do something about the pain? Because it really hurts.

"Oh god!"

Who is he? I know that voice.

"Dr. Robbins, we need you."

Dr. Robbins? I think I know a Dr. Robbins… No, I know 2 Dr. Robbins'.

"Callie, Callie, can you hear me? Don't worry, you will be fine."

A face came close right in front of me. Well, more like a pair of eyes because most part of the face was hidden under a mask. But am I wearing a pair of glasses? The vision is really blurry. Wait no, it's better now. I can see it clearly if I focus on…

The blue eyes.

Arizona!

"Ari… airport… cago… pick…" I tried to talk, but what's the matter with me? The metallic taste in my throat keeps choking me, I don't know if they understand me. And god, it hurts.

Someone's holding my hand but I couldn't lift my head to see who.

"Don't worry, we'll find Arizona for you."

Ok, I gonna take a nap then.

"BP's dropping."

Arizona's POV

"Addison, hurry up. Callie's waiting outside." I told my friend after picking up our baggage. I know she looks smoking hot in those heels, but she really can't walk fast in those things.

"Relax, she won't go anywhere." She shook her head with a lopsided smile. "She's whipped enough to come all the way to the airport to pick you up. She'll still be here even if we got a 12 hour delay."

"Stop saying she's whipped, she's not." I turned around to give her a wry face. I've never whipped my Calliope, but maybe some toys would be fun sometimes…

"Wipe that look away. Everyone in here knows you're thinking about something nasty." Addison caught up to my side. She laughed out loud when the comment made me drop my bag.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I cast a side glance at her. "But umm… I hope you won't mind if we drop you off at my place and then Callie and I go out. I promised her an evening for just the 2 of us."

"Wow, somebody is gonna get some tonight." She sang out. Before I could think of a response, she continued. "Actually, can you drop me off at my place?"

"Your place? You wanna go back to pick up some things?"

"No, I just… It's time to go home." She shrugged, trying to hide her titter.

"Huh? The flowers worked?"

"Whatever. Where is Callie?" We looked around the arrival hall, there was no sight of my brunette. But Teddy is here.

"Hey you two." She ran over to give us a hug. A strong and lingering hug.

"Hey, are you alright?" I asked her. She looks sorrowful and seems like she has been crying. "Your eyes are all puffy and red."

"Oh, allergy." She waved her hand in front of her face and turned around to lead us to the exit.

"You don't have allergies." Addison stated. We exchanged a look when there had been no answer coming from my future sister-in-law.

"Why are you here? Where is Callie?" I walked side by side with Teddy, trying to study her face but she just looked straight ahead. Something's wrong.

"She… uh… emergency surgery." She gave me a quick glance, unlocked her car in the meantime.

"Good. I thought she was still mad at me."

"No, she's not." Teddy got in the driver's seat, leaving Addison and I settling the baggage in the trunk.

"Teddy, what's wrong?" Addison asked after sitting in the passenger seat, leaving me in the back.

"Why would you say that?" Teddy answered with a chuckle, trying to act nonchalant but we know her well enough.

"Theodora, you're acting weird." I leaned forward to look at her between the 2 seats in the front. "Did something happened with Timothy?"

"Is he cancelling the wedding?" Addison exclaimed, made me gasp.

"No, the wedding is still on. Tim is fine." Another fake chuckle coming from Teddy. "Now, tell me what happened in Chicago."

We spent the next 35 minutes in the car talking about the boring meetings in Chicago, and the clothes and shoes we bought during the free time. And how Mark made our hotel room like a florist shop.

Before we knew it, the car stopped in SGMW's parking lot.

"Why are we here?" I asked from the backseat. "Are we coming to pick up Callie and Tim first?"

"Arizona, Addison, I need you to listen to me." Teddy unfastened her seat belt, and shifted her body to face Addison and myself. She looked scarily serious. "Mark and Callie were attacked by Brian Weston's father this morning."

My eyes widened slowly as I'm trying to absorb the news. Addison was the first to react. "How is he? How are they?"

I saw Teddy sigh heavily, and the rim of her eyes turned red again. "Mark is ok. He got shot in the shoulder. But Callie…" Teddy choked in her voice. I just swallowed hard and waited for her to continue. "She was shot in the chest, and hit her head when she fell. Tim and Shepherd are operating on her… When I left to go to the airport, they were still operating on her, and Tim promised to call after the surgery. I haven't received anything that means they should still be…"

I didn't wait for Teddy to finish. I pushed open the car door and ran as fast as I could toward the hospital.

Callie was shot in the chest. Callie was shot in the chest. Callie was shot in the chest!

That's the only thing I could think of when I ran up to the surgical floor. I need to see her. I need to see her.

"Arizona." Mark stood up from the sitting area after I passed through the door. He looked devastated and obviously he had been crying too. Except for the sling on his shoulder, he looks ok.

I grasped his scrub top with my fists. I'm out of breath but still tried to ask, "Callie… Callie…"

"She's still in surgery. Tim is trying to save her." He used his good hand to hold my shoulder. "And Derek too."

"What happened?" I screamed at him. I could feel the other people in the waiting area are staring at me, but they're not my concern.

"We were in the parking lot. That man came up behind us and he shot Callie." He took a sharp breath to steady his choking voice. "Avery ran toward us, and tried to knock the man down from behind. He took the second shot at my shoulder when Avery pushed him on the ground."

I just have my mouth agape and staring at Mark's eyes as I'm trying to picture it. My Calliope got shot, and she fell on the ground…

"She was conscious before they brought her to the ER. She was there lying in a pool of blood…" Mark stared back at me with his watery eyes. He bit his lips to suppress a cry.

I tightened my grip of his scrubs as the tears finally fell down my eyes freely, while the image of my love lying on the cold hard ground surrounded by her own blood flashes in my head.

Fast pace clicking on the floor coming near us stirred me from the horrible image, I knew Addison and Teddy had arrived. I loosed my hold on his scrub top as he shifted toward Addison. From the corner of my eyes I saw Addison run into Mark's arm, a slender hand stroking the sad and tired, bristled covered face. Maybe they shared a kiss but I don't care. All I could think of is I need to see Callie. I have to see Callie.

Two hands on my shoulders from behind stopped me from walking toward the OR.

"No Arizona, you can't go in there." Teddy coaxed with a soft voice, but she added force on her grip to stop me from walking forward.

"I need to see if she's alright. She has to be alright." I cried out helplessly, trying to struggle from her hold and run through that door. My Callie is 10 feet away, just behind that door. "I need to get in there. She needs someone to hold her hand."

"Arizona, Arizona!" Mark stood in front of me to block my way to the OR. I tilted my head to look at him with my tear blurred eyes. "Tim, Cristina, Derek, Meredith and Bailey are there doing their jobs. They all are excellent surgeons. You know they are good. Callie is in good hands, she will be ok."

I stared at him my brain was trying to understand what he just said, but my heart seemed react faster as I broke into another round of sobs. "Why does she need all of them? How bad is it?"

"Uh…" He didn't expect me to ask this. He looked back at me nervously, and wet his lips trying to come up with a response.

"I want an answer!" I grasped his scrub top and pulled hard. He flinched from the pain of his shoulder. Teddy put her hand on mine, and entwined our fingers when my grip on the scrub top had loosened.

"The bullet lodged right next to her aorta, she has massive bleeding in the lungs, and the CT showed a large epidural and subdural, she hit her head when she fell down." Teddy explained. She was trying to stay calm but the redden eyes had betrayed her. "Her heart stopped in the ER."

"Oh god." I covered my mouth with my free hand. Addison wrapped her arms around Mark and buried her face in his neck. He ducked his face into the redhead to hide his crying eyes.

I swiveled toward the OR again, but Teddy pulled me stopped by our linked hands.

"Arizona, you can not go in there." She pled. "Give them the room to work, please?"

"I-" I looked between Teddy and the man who determines to stop me from getting in the OR, I chose the next best thing. "I'll go to the gallery."

"No, you aren't allowed to go in there either." Teddy said firmly. I dropped her hand and whined. She took my face in both of her hands made me look straight into her green eyes. "Tim ordered specifically. He can not have his sister staring at him. He needs full concentration to save the love of your life, Arizona."

My whole body shivered from crying, and the idea of my cocky brother doesn't even have his usual confidence with this surgery. The love of my life may not…

I leaned forward to bawl in Teddy's shoulder.

Time goes by quickly yet slowly. Another 3 hours passed by and Callie is still on the table. Tim sent Cristina and Bailey out to update us in every hour. Each time was the same – Callie is stable. I knew Tim was trying to keep me from going crazy, but the longer the surgery last, the worse scenario I could think of.

Callie's colleagues stopped by to show their support, even George O'Malley stayed with us until his pager went off. But I don't have any energy to deal with anyone of them. I just fixed my sight to the OR door, like if I stared hard enough, I could look through the door and see my Calliope.

Avery came over to give Mark the post-op result of Brian's. He doesn't know his father just shot 2 doctors in the hospital because of the surgery he received. Mark and Derek decided to leave it like this for now, I agreed. Call me selfish but I just don't want to deal with his problem when I have my own lying on the OR table.

"It's all my fault." I sighed out. My eyes are still staring afar at the OR door, but I know everyone is watching me. "If I turned the man in to the police like Callie wanted, this wouldn't have happened."

They all voiced their disagreement. Teddy slid her hand into mine and gave a firm squeeze, but I just shook my head.

"You weren't the only one that suggested to release him. And I'm supposed to protect her. She's my best friend." Mark's voice got my attention. I turned my gaze to him and met with his still moist blue eyes. "But instead, she took a bullet and now… she's fighting for her life."

"You took a bullet too." I said coldly. "I should be the one in there. I'm a part of this project and now, Callie took the bullet for me."

"Stop it, you two." Addison hissed at Mark and me. "No one needs to take the blame. Whatever happened, happened. What we did was a good cause. We saved a young man's life by changing it. His father couldn't understand that, it was out of our control."

I rubbed my forehead with my free hand, trying to relieve the headache I have from an hour ago. I just couldn't stop thinking… "But if we got the man arrested last week, he wouldn't…"

I didn't finish my self-loathing because the door of the OR opened. I took a sharp breath when I saw it wasn't Cristina or Bailey, it was my brother that stepped out of there, with Derek close behind him.

I clasped Teddy's hand with both of mine. Suddenly, I found that my legs are too shaky to stand up. I stay in the seat, watching Tim stride toward me as my heart is about to explode. He lifts his head after taking off the scrub cap, I uttered a sigh of relief when I met his face.

He's my brother. I learned to study his face since I could remember. He looks exhausted but the ghost of smile on his face tells me he didn't fail me.

"Arizona…" He stopped right in front of me. I shot up from the chair and wrapped my arms around his neck tightly before he could speak.

"You saved her!" My voice trembled. I buried my face in the crook of his neck and felt the tears flow from my shut eyes.

"She's gonna make it." He affirmed, stroking my back softly.