A/N I have reached a new review record! Yay me. So glad that the last chapter was enjoyed so much. Hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you enjoyed the last chapter.

Nightmares

Arizona and Callie had been surprised that Irina hadn't had any nightmares since they had left Russia. They had had no idea that a simple get together with friends would ignite the nightmares in their three year old. Just the simple meeting of one of their friends had freaked her out so much that the little gathering had been cut short. Irina had clung to Arizona while they walked out to the car and when they had gotten home, Irina had went upstairs, still crying. Arizona and Callie felt horrible for Irina. They had no idea why Mark had incited such a reaction from their daughter, but they were determined to find out what had caused her fear.

During dinner, the usually talkative Irina was quiet. Arizona and Callie decided not to push her right now. She was quiet during bath time and story time and the only one who she would talk to was Fluffy. Even as Callie and Arizona left her bedroom that night, Irina was talking softly to her fluffy white kitten. Callie and Arizona were at least happy she was talking. Of course they wished that she would talk to them, but they weren't going to push it.

"I should call and check on Mark. He was pretty upset." Callie told Arizona as they walked into their bedroom.

There was nothing they could do for Irina right now so Callie felt like she could take a few minutes to talk to Mark. Of course there was always the chance that Mark didn't want to talk to anyone. In that case, Callie would talk to Lexie and see how he was.

Arizona nodded in answer to Callie's comment. She and Mark were friends through Callie. Arizona liked him though despite what she had heard about his past. She too had seen how hurt Mark had been when Irina had been so scared of him.

"Go ahead." Arizona told Callie softly.

Callie called Mark's cell phone knowing that it would be hard for Mark to ignore his phone ringing. He would either answer it or throw it across the room. She wasn't prepared for what actually happened though.

"Hello?" A soft sweet voice answered. It was Lexie's voice. Now Callie knew it was bad. Mark wasn't even answering or throwing his phone across the room.

"How is he?" Callie asked as she tossed Arizona a sidelong glance and shook her head. Arizona sighed because she knew that meant that Mark hadn't answered. Callie knew Mark better than Arizona did, but even Arizona knew that it wasn't a good thing when Mark wasn't answering his phone.

"He's dead silent. He hasn't spoken since he gave you the stuffed cat that he had gotten for Irina." Lexie explained quietly.

Callie had expected that, but it didn't make it easier on anyone. Mark was still hurt and Irina was still scared out of her mind.

"She hasn't spoken since we were at the hospital either." Callie admitted to Lexie.

"Mark is blaming himself even though we all know it wasn't his fault that she was scared of him." Lexie told Callie honestly.

Callie and Arizona needed to get to the bottom of this. They needed to know why Mark had scared Irina so badly. They were sure that Irina knew, but they weren't sure if she would ever tell them.

"It's not his fault Lexie. We all know it isn't." Callie insisted.

"I know Callie, but try telling him that. All he knows is that his Goddaughter is putrefied of him." Lexie told Callie softly.

Callie knew that Mark could be stubborn when he wanted to be and it seemed as though he was choosing to be stubborn today even though he knew that Irina's fear of him was not because of something he did.

"I am not having that party for her until she is okay with Mark being around." Callie told Lexie firmly.

"That could take years though. "Lexie pointed out.

"Then it takes years. I am not having her party until we get to the bottom of why Mark scared her so badly." Callie insisted stubbornly.

"I should get to bed. Early rounds in the morning. I already called Richard and explained what happened and I mentioned that I wasn't sure if Mark would be up for work." Lexie told Callie as she tried to stifle a yawn.

"That's probably a good thing. God knows what else he would blame himself for." Callie commented.

"True. Good night Callie. I am sorry I didn't call you earlier." Lexie told Callie sweetly.

"It's quite all right Lexie. Get some sleep." Callie told the second year resident.

Callie hung up the phone and then crawled into bed beside Arizona. She felt horrible for Irina and for Mark. She wished that she knew what was going on with Irina so she could help her.

"Lexie says Mark hasn't spoken since he gave me the cat to give to Irina." Callie told Arizona.

Arizona sighed heavily. She too hated what their daughter and friend were going through right now. It was horribly sad to watch.

"She'll tell us why Mark scared her Calliope." Arizona murmured. She had to believe that or she would go crazy not knowing what had triggered her tears.

"I hope so Ari." Callie whispered as she pulled Arizona in for a desperate kiss.

Callie cupped Arizona's pale cheeks in her hands and she kissed her girlfriend tenderly. Arizona's hands tangled in Callie's dark hair as she kissed her girlfriend back. When they had to breathe, they pulled their lips off of each other.

"We should get some sleep." Callie whispered. Arizona nodded as she pulled Callie's curvy body into her arms and kissed her neck.

"Good night Ari." Callie murmured.

"Good night Calliope" Arizona whispered.

Irina was in her bed, sound asleep. She knew her mom and dad's room was right next to hers so she felt safe. That feeling of safety disappeared when she heard a loud boom coming from the front door. She heard her parents get up and Irina got up to. She was wearing a white nightdress and she walked across the floor and opened her bedroom door. She saw a man pull her Mommy away from her Daddy. Mommy was crying and Daddy was yelling. Irina watched the strange man do things to her Mommy that she knew only husbands should be able to do to their wives. She watched her Daddy try to intervene, but he got kicked in the stomach, After the man was done doing things to her Mommy, he pulled out a gun an shot her in the face and then in the chest. Her Daddy saw her watching and he pointed to the stairs. He didn't want her watching anymore. Irina wanted to follow her Daddy's orders, but then she saw the face of the man who had made Mommy dead and who was hurting Daddy. He was really tall and he had blue-grey eyes and his hair was a light brown. She didn't think she would ever forget him. She ran up the staircase and hoped that this bad man hadn't seen her. She heard a second gunshot and then she knew that the bad man had made her Daddy dead too.

Irina woke up screaming and crying. She had just had a dream of the day that her parents had died. She was scared and right now she wanted to be held.

"Momma, Mommy!" Irina screamed at the top of her lungs.

Callie and Arizona raced into their daughters room and they got on either side of her. Irina was sweating and tears were streaming down her face and she was shaking. And she had wet the bed. Callie scooped her up and got a new pair of pj's for her before she carried Irina into the bathroom while Arizona changed the sheets. Callie got Irina all changed into fresh dry clothes, though it was difficult because Irina was clinging to Callie like she was a koala bear. Then Callie carried Irina back into her room where fresh clean sheets were waiting. Arizona and Callie sat on either side of her and hoped that she would tell them what was going on.

"Did you have a nightmare Irina?" Arizona asked gently. Sniffling back tears, Irina nodded. She may have only been three, but she knew what a nightmare was and she was scared to death to go back to sleep because she didn't want to have the nightmare again.

"What was it about sweetie?" Callie asked. She wondered if they were about to get to the bottom of why Irina had been petrified of Mark.

"Mommy and Daddy." Irina whispered as she looked at Callie and bit her lip as if she was about to cry.

"Oh sweetie. I know they love you." Arizona tried to reassure the three year old.

"I saw the man who hurt them." Irina whispered softly. There she had finally told someone the secret that she had kept from everyone except Katya. Katya had known that she had seen the man who had made her parents dead.

Callie shot Arizona an alarmed look. She could not believe that Irina had seen the man that had hurt her parents. Now her fear when it came to Mark made so much more sense. The man that had killed her parents must have kind of looked like Mark.

"He did things to Mommy that only my Daddy should do." Irina added, her voice even quieter now.

Arizona and Callie looked at each other over Irina's blond head. Irina needed help dealing with this. Neither Callie nor Arizona felt fully qualified to help Irina through this. They wanted to be her parents and not her therapist. Neither of them wanted to have to take their three year old daughter to a therapist, but hopefully they could find a child psychologist that dealt with this kind of stuff.

"Is that why Uncle Mark scared you sweetie?:" Callie asked softly. Irina nodded slowly. She had wanted to like Uncle Mark but he had looked like the man who had made her parents dead and that scared her so much.

"Yes Momma. Uncle Mark looked like the man that hurt Mommy and Daddy and I was scared." Irina whispered as tears filled her eyes. She turned from Callie and threw her arms around Arizona and hugged her tightly. She was hoping that her parents weren't angry with her and she was hoping that they wouldn't make her hang out with Uncle Mark. She wasn't ready to do that just yet.

"I'm sorry sweetie." Arizona whispered as she kissed her daughter's head.

"You know Mommy and I wouldn't let you be around anyone bad, right Irina?" Callie asked softly as she brushed the tear tracks off of her three year old's face.

"I don't want to see Uncle Mark yet. Momma please don't make me." Irina pleaded as a fresh batch of tears streamed down her face.

"Shh…shh. Momma and I won't make you see him again until you are ready." Arizona reassured their small daughter.

"Is he mad Momma?" Irina asked as she pulled herself away from Arizona. Callie shook her head instantly. She knew that Mark was not mad at Irina.

"No he isn't sweetie. He is just sad that he scared you." Callie assured Irina.

"Can I sleep in you bed Momma?" Irina asked hopefully. Callie looked at Arizona and Arizona nodded. There was no way that they were going to leave their daughter in here alone after she had such a scary nightmare.

"Sure you can sweetie." Callie told Irina with a smile.

"Can Fluffy sleep with us too?" Irina asked hopefully as she picked up her kitten and cuddled the little fluff ball.

"Sure thing Irina." Callie assured her daughter.

The little family left Irina's room and walked into Callie and Arizona's master bedroom. Irina jumped into the middle of the Queen sized bed, still holding Fluffy and Callie and Arizona went on either side of her. They were all tired, but Irina wasn't sure how well she would be able to sleep. Her nightmare had scared her so badly that all she wanted was to stay awake so that the nightmare wouldn't return. Callie and Arizona knew that Irina would likely have a difficult time falling asleep. So Arizona started to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in hopes that Irina would like that song and she would relax enough to fall asleep. It didn't work though, Irina was still refusing to fall asleep though she really needed her sleep. Every time Irina closed her eyes, she saw the man's face and that made her not want to sleep. Callie and Arizona were really at a loss as to what to do about Irina's revelation. They were very grateful that they had found the reason for Irina's fear of Mark and Callie couldn't wait to tell Lexie and Mark. Not that she needed to, but she had a feeling that Mark would want to know the reason his Goddaughter had freaked out on him.

After what seemed like hours but it was really only about thirty minutes, Irina finally got drowsy and she fell asleep with her head resting on Callie's chest and her legs splayed out. Callie and Arizona fell asleep soon after she did and the three of them plus Fluffy slept through the rest of the night.