TITLE: Grey's Anatomy – "You're My One"

SUMMARY: Having endured drama and heartache over the course of the past two years, Doctor Callie Torres finds herself lost and with no direction. Her only comfort is her three year old daughter and her work as a world renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon. Can she find the one element missing from her life, or is she destined to make the same mistake over and over while ignoring her heart's true desire?

PAIRINGS: Callie Torres & Arizona Robbins; Alex Karev & Jo Wilson; Owen Hunt & Amelia Shepard.

RATING: M for mature readers.

DISCLAIMER: The television characters are owned by Creator Shonda Rhimes, ShondaLand, The Mark Gordon Company and ABC Studios. I have merely taken them out to play and will return them unscathed once my Muse is done. All original characters belong to the author. No copyright infringement is intended and no profit is gained from this storytelling.

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Chapter 11

Friday 5th June

Opening her eyes gradually, Callie took a moment to familiarise herself with her dimly lit surroundings. Focusing hard, she recognised the constant beep of a vital signs monitor and the steady whoosh of an air ventilator. Not feeling the discomfort of a breathing tube down her throat as she would expect if she had been incubated; Callie brought her left hand up to her face and only discovered a nasal prong.

Letting out a sigh of relief, she turned her head to the left and immediately wept when her eyes fell on the sight of Arizona in a bed beside her. Thankful she had been placed in the same ICU room as the blonde, her thoughts were interrupted when a hand lay on her right forearm and gently squeezed.

Rolling her head to the right, she took in the view of her father and mother. "What time is it?" she asked while struggling against the drugs flowing through her veins, making her drowsy.

"It's a little after one in the morning Mija," answered Lucia with a sob in her voice. "You are going to be just fine and so is Arizona."

"Thank god for that," whispered Callie before her eyelids drooped. "Did Amelia Shepherd do the procedure?"

Carlos cleared his throat, "Yes. She arrived with Jackson and Meredith shortly after you were injured."

Prising apart her eyelids a little, Callie asked, "Dad, can you please hand me the remote for the bed? I want to sit up a little so I can see Arizona better."

Finding the controller hooked on the right side of the bed railing, Carlos handed it to his daughter, "How are you feeling; you had your mother and I very concerned?"

"I am full of drugs, so I am feeling no pain. I kind of remember coming to in the recovery room, but have no recollection of my surgery."

"The bullet fractured a rib on the way to passing through your right lung and settling in your liver. You lost a tiny piece of liver and your lung was re-inflated. Meredith said you should make a full recovery within two or three weeks. I'm not up with all the medical jargon, but I am sure your surgeon will explain it all during rounds in the morning."

"Probably … oh crap, where is Sofia?"

"Don't panic," reassured Lucia as she held Callie's left hand. "Barbara and Daniel have her at Arizona's house. They were handed her belongings by Jenny earlier when they visited with Sofia."

"Oh, how was Little Miss when she saw her mamma?"

"She was okay, but wanted to snuggle in the bed with her. Cristina was excellent with her and explained why she couldn't. You were still in surgery at the time and she became upset when she couldn't see you."

The words had the same effect on Callie and she started to cry again, "Crap and double crap, what a mess. What happened with Georgia?"

Carlos tilted his head to the left, "Don't worry about her, she has been taken to the Police Station and booked. She won't be hurting either of our girls again."

Crying harder, Callie let it all go, "I thought I lost her again. I was so scared Papi and Mami. I love her so much and thought our new found happiness had been taken away from us."

Lucia leaned over and tenderly ran fingers through her daughter's wavy black locks, "Ssh, no one has taken anything from you two. You will be stronger together after this event my darling girl, you and Arizona. She loves you and Sofia with all her heart and the three of you can be as one soon."

Buoyed by her mother's statement, Callie sobbed, "Ari and I decided to take things slow and build a firm foundation before taking the next step."

Kissing his child on the temple, Carlos offered, "Once you and Arizona are released from hospital, your mother and I would like you both to stay at the villa for a couple of weeks while Arizona's broken leg mends. Richard has already cleared you both for a month's leave, so I don't want to hear any arguments. We would enjoy pampering our girls and it's been some time since the whole family has been together. I have been in contact with your sister and she will be coming home to see you too."

Black eyebrows knitted together, "Really? Aria will be in Miami too?"

"Yes, she was shocked to hear about Arizona's and your injuries and has rescheduled her business commitments so she can spend time at the house."

Yawning, Callie apologised, "Sorry about that, but I am really tired. It will be good to catch up with Aria; it's been too long. With Nathan be joining her?"

"No," replied Lucia. "Apparently they have parted ways after he violated their wedding vows once too often. Your sister tossed him out of their home many months ago."

"Wow and that would explain why she has been avoiding you and dad."

"Yes it does, but that is all in the past now and it time for us to settle our differences and be the family we are meant to be."

Wiping her eyes, Callie pondered, "Have you been stealing my pain meds mom?"

"No you silly girl, just pleased to have the opportunity for you and your sister to mend the bridge that has had you separated for way too long."

"I love you mom," whispered Callie, too tired to keep her eyes open any longer. "You too dad." Drifting off, she didn't hear her parents express their love for her and Arizona.

-o-

A persistent alarm woke Callie and she immediately went into panic mode. Looking to her left, she saw Doctor McDougal and several nursing staff hovering around Arizona's bed.

Her heart broke in two when he read from the sheet of paper handed to him by a Nurse, "Damn it, blood results confirm sepsis. The wound site on her leg is infected and caused the spike in temperature. Push a bag of broad-spectrum antibiotics until the lab can identify the organism. We can adjust the treatment once we know what we are dealing with."

Memories of the Boise plane crash came hurdling towards Callie and she was almost too afraid to ask, "Patrick, how bad is it?"

Turning around, the doctor moved towards her bed, "Fortunately we've caught it early, but I am going to have to take her back into theatre to debride the area and check for necrosis."

With tears brimming her eyes, Callie pleaded, "Get her stabilised and transferred to Grey Sloan as soon as possible. I want you to have me moved there now. She was supposed to go yesterday before the clot, so please honour her wishes and mine."

The klaxon was muted as Doctor McDougal nodded, "No problem Callie. I'll organise to have you both transported straight away and notify Doctor Avery."

"Thank you for being a good friend and for saving her."

"You can thank Yang for that. She was amazing."

"I plan to and where are my parents?"

"They went downstairs for coffee about ten minutes ago."

"Have they been here all night?"

"Yes. Your friends were outside for most of it too until they had to leave for work."

Humbled by the response, Callie's eyes released another torrent of teardrops, "Crap, when is this crying going to stop?"

"Blame it on the drugs," reasoned Patrick before checking on Arizona again.

-o-

Against Miranda Bailey's instructions, Callie eased out of bed and gingerly stood, "I know you are looking out for me Bailey, but I can't lay here any longer not knowing how Arizona is doing."

Rolling her eyes, the petite Chief of Surgery assisted her friend towards the door of her room, "I am not going to argue with you Torres; that would just be a further waste of both our times, but I'll be damned if you are walking all the way to the surgical floor. I am going to fetch a wheelchair and you are going to sit your stubborn ass in it while I wheel you upstairs."

Allowing the tiniest of smiles to upturn the corners of her mouth, Callie assented, "No wonder the Interns call you nasty names, you little firecracker." Taking a deep breath and fighting the nausea that was threatening to stop her in her tracks; she waited for Miranda to return before settling in the chair.

"Hurts like a bastard, don't it?" quizzed Bailey devoid of sympathy.

"Yes it does, but the pain is worth it to know what is going on."

Moving to the elevators, Miranda leaned into Callie's left ear, "All I can say is you must really love her if you are willing to risk your own health to watch her surgery."

"I love her with all I am Bailey, she is everything to me and I was a complete idiot to leave her. I just thank god or whoever for giving me another chance to redeem myself with her."

"Now look what you have done, you made me cry Torres," stated Miranda as she pressed the call button. "You are going to ruin my reputation around here."

Tittering briefly, Callie retorted, "Don't make me laugh, it freaking hurts."

Pushing the chair forward then rotating it, Bailey was all business again, "Serves yourself right is all I am saying and I am sure Jackson will take real good care of Arizona. I for one, have always said you two belong together, so don't mess this up again or I'll beat your ass."

"Yes ma'am. Crap, can you up the dosage delivery on the PCA?"

"Not so tough after all I see," quipped Bailey tongue in cheek.

"All right, you win. It was a stupid idea to get out of bed so soon, but you are my friend and you love me, so ease my pain please."

"Why yes I do and on that note, don't scare the crap out of me again," replied Miranda while adjusting the flow on the pump. "I am still getting over seeing Yang running around here barking orders when you and Arizona arrived."

As the pair left the car, Callie reached for her friend's hand and squeezed, "I miss having her around."

"I never thought I'd say this, but I do too. Now let's get you into the observation deck."

"Thanks Bailey, I really do appreciate you bringing me up here."

"You are welcome, just don't tell Webber."

"Tell me what?" queried Richard as he approached.

Callie gave him her best puppy dog eyed smile, "That I have gone against my Doctor's orders to watch over my girlfriend's procedure."

Returning the smile, Webber scoffed, "I would have been disappointed in you if I hadn't found you up here Torres. I am however, surprised that you caved in so easily Doctor Bailey."

"Say what now?" protested the Chief while rolling the chair up to the viewing glass overlooking OR 1. "I was no push over. Torres here has volunteered to take Tuck Junior for a whole weekend once she recovers."

Placing an index finger under his chin, Richard nodded at his onetime protégé, "I see, very well played Chief Bailey."

Callie's attention was drawn away from the conversation to Arizona lying on the operating table surrounded by Jackson, Meredith and surgical Nurses. Cristina was sitting in the corner overseeing the operation and she waved to Callie when she looked up.

Waving back, Callie wasn't surprised when Yang got up and turned on the intercom, "Glad to see you could make it and I am happy to report Doctor Avery is doing an incredible job at minimising the scaring after successfully debriding a very tiny amount of necrosis."

Letting out the breath she had been holding in, Callie cried at the news and gave her friend a "thumbs up".

In turn, Cristina returned the gesture then said, "Now that you can stop worrying about your girl, you can get back to your own bed and rest. The time for heroics is over my friend and you will have Arizona sharing your room in no time once the fever is under control."

Acknowledging the advice with a bob of the head, Callie turned to Bailey, "Can you take me back?"

"I certainly can then how about I have your parents bring Sofia in for a visit?"

"I'd really like that," answered Callie as tears of sheer relief rolled down her cheeks.

-o-

Sofia was sound asleep and curled up in the crook of her mother's left arm when an orderly appeared with a wheelchair later that afternoon. "Doctor Bailey thought you might like a trip to ICU."

Beaming, Callie looked to her father, "Dad, can you please take Sofia home; she's had a big day?"

"Certainly Mija; we will visit again tomorrow."

Once farewells were completed, Callie was taken to Arizona's room and positioned on the left side of the bed. Reaching out with her left arm, she enclosed Arizona's hand with her own, "Hey babe, it's me. Amelia said you are doing really well and will be brought out of your coma tomorrow morning. I can't wait to talk to you and tell you about all the crazy that has happened. I'm so sorry you were hurt again Ari. Sofia misses her mamma and so do I. Your parents are staying at your house and mine are at my place with Yang. Naturally, I asked Bailey to allow me to examine your leg x-rays and Presbyterian did an excellent job at setting it. You had a four inch laceration to your right thigh and it became infection sweetness, but Jackson cleaned it up and there will only be a faint scar."

Taking a moment, Callie wiped her eyes then took hold of Arizona's hand again, "Izzie called this morning and sends her love. Her flight gets in at six and Cristiana is picking her up. I told her she could stay at your home. I hope you don't mind, but you have all that extra space for all those kids you and I are going to have. Do you remember you once told me you and I were meant to have ten children and you couldn't live without me? I do, and I want you to know I can't survive without you Ari. You are my sun, my moon, my entire universe. I love you so much and can't wait for us to start our new lives together."

Breaking down, Callie rested her head on Arizona's arm and sobbed. Overcome with all the emotion of the past few days, she could find no words to express the anger, torment and hatred she had faced when confronting Georgia, nuttier than a fruit cake, freaking Preston. The experience had caused so much agony for their families and friends, and Callie was exhausted. She cried until there were no more tears left.

Cristina found her an hour later in the same position and roused her from slumber, "Hey Callie, time for you to return to your room."

Drowsily, the brunette lifted her head, "I must have dozed off. Can you take me back?"

"I'm at your service and Arizona's parents are outside."

"It will do them good to spend some time with her."

Five minutes passed and Callie was back in her bed. Cristina pulled the covers over her then planted a kiss on her temple, "Get some rest while I go to your place and cook dinner for your folks."

"I can't get over the fact you enjoy cooking now."

"Get used to it; I've decided to stick around for a while."

Black eyebrows practically jumped off Callie's forehead, "Say what?"

Yang's features softened, "Mer and I had a few drinks and dinner at Joe's last night after we knew you were going to be okay. Everything between us has been sorted; we cried and then danced it out. To make up for my absence, I called Burke and informed him I would be taking a leave of absence for a month and visiting with my best friends."

"Wow, I am speechless."

"I have you to thank for making me see what I had walked away from. I actually miss Seattle and all its idiocy, but I miss my friends more. After speaking with Mer for five minutes I understood what you meant about her closing off her emotions. We have some work to do, but I think the last couple of days have kick started her feelings."

"That's awesome news Cristina."

"And how cute are her freaking kids?"

"They are pretty adorable."

"Zola was practicing a Whipple with Playdoh last night when I dropped Meredith home. She is five years old and told me I had probably seen her mother doing one. When I pointed out I had actually performed one, get this, she informs me it is done on the pancreas not the heart. My goddaughter is going to rock as a surgeon."

Detecting the pride in her friend's tone, Callie grinned, "She gets that from you."

"Thanks, but my awesomeness has not been around her for some time, so it is hardly fair I take the credit. I put it all down to her extraordinary mother."

"I'll accept that. Have you had the chance to talk to Owen yet?"

Cristina turned her line of sight away from Callie, "Uhm, maybe."

Callie struggled to contain her excitement in fear of popping a suture or two, "Oh my god, you had sex with him, didn't you?"

Brown eyes focused on brown and a huge grin formed on Yang's lips, "It was totally overwhelming and oh so wrong at the same time. He just gets to me and I was too weak to combat his advances."

Laughing, Callie reasoned, "You are adults and single, so no harm, no foul."

"I hope Amelia sees it that way," remarked Cristina with a coy smile. "Owen is making me to dinner tonight and we are going to discuss a few things. After ending things with Shepherd's sister, he started therapy with Wyatt again. He told me he is making progress and is even beginning to like himself again."

"Well I am pleased to hear that and Amelia could certainly benefit from some sessions herself. She is so angry all the time and won't let go of all the tragedy that has occurred in her life."

"Very true, although her substance abuse is totally down to her."

"A lot of her shit is, but she is too stubborn to seek any professional help. She is a brilliant Neurosurgeon, but is never satisfied with her skill. She pushes her Interns and Residents and puts them all offside. Poor Stephanie has a bundle of nerves lately while on Amelia's service. I mean, Edwards has so much talent going to waste while Hurricane Amelia has her running around doing menial tasks and scut work for shit's sake."

"I am sensing a little tension between you and Amelia here, am I right?"

"Oh, she pissed me off with the way she treated Meredith after Derek's death. She opens her mouth and lets her venom spew out before thinking about the consequences of her words. She really hurt Mer and made the whole situation about her then went off the rails with Owen."

Scrunching up her face, Cristina asked, "Okay, let me get this straight, we no like her at the moment?"

"Yes, we no like her, but we are very grateful for her talent and for saving Arizona."

"Got it, we respect her skill but not her personality."

"That's about it," agreed Callie with a smirk. "I really have missed you around here."

"Of course you have, I am super awesome."

"Hey now, that is Arizona's line."

"Why yes it is and I am borrowing it."

"Go right ahead and how was Webber when he saw you?"

"Oh the man whisked me off for a consult in the pit. It was like I'd never left the place. He was generally pleased to have me here and showed me photos of his honeymoon with Catherine. I warned him not to display any of him and her getting their freak on."

Holding her right side, Callie pleaded, "Oh god, stop making me laugh Yang, it freaking hurts."

"I can't help it if I am graced with comedic skills."

There was a rap on the doorjamb and both women turned their heads to see Officers Pruitt and O'Sullivan. Dan stepped forward, "Sorry to interrupt Callie, but I thought you'd like an update on Preston."

"Come on in and yes, you are correct."

Moving to the vacant side of the bed, Dan asked, "How you doing?"

"Not too shabby and this is my close friend Doctor Cristina Yang."

"Hello again," replied Dan.

"Nice to see you ma'am," added Trent.

"So what happened to the crazy Nurse?" inquired Cristina.

"She was arraigned this morning and entered a plea of not guilty," began Dan as Callie detected his disappointment.

"She was bailed, wasn't she?" she asked.

"Yes, and ordered to attend a psychiatric assessment before her next court appearance on the fifth of August. I'm sorry Callie, but as she had no previous criminal history the Judge didn't seem fit to remand her. Her lawyer stressed they had been a misunderstanding and maintained she was engaged to Doctor Robbins."

"The insane bitch probably bought the ring herself," noted Cristina crossly.

"No, the Detectives investigating the case located a receipt for the ring in Doctor Robbins' property before it was handed over to her parents."

"What?" exclaimed a stunned Callie and Cristina in unison.

"Detective Harrison found a bill of sale in Robbin's purse and when he attended the store; he retrieved CCTV footage of her making the purchase."

"Come on," protested Yang with open arms. "Nutty Nurse must have found it too along with the ring when Arizona was brought into the ER then hatched her sick plan. Obviously the ring was intended for Callie and Preston would have realised that."

Dan rested a hand on Callie's left shoulder, "Don't worry, Detectives Harrison and Shaw think that is exactly what happened. They will be here shortly to take a statement from you and I am sure it will all work out in the end. How is Doctor Robbins doing?"

"I hope you are right Dan and Arizona is improving. They will wake her tomorrow morning for a neurological assessment and go from there."

"Well, I will keep in her my prayers. Take care of yourself Callie, you too Doctor Yang."

"Thanks for dropping in, bye," returned Callie wearily.

"Bye Officers," said Cristina before rolling her eyes at her friend. "So you and the cute Policeman were a thing?"

"We dated a while back after he attended the hospital as an out-patient for a follow up. Amelia and I fitted him with a bionic prosthetic right leg. He persisted and we went out to dinner once. He was totally boring and there wasn't a second date. The outing did make me realise I was no longer attracted to men, so it was a good thing in the end."

"Well, that is one hell of a story with a happy ending for you and Arizona. Did she ever date during the separation?"

"No, not even once; I really hurt her Cristina."

"Yes, but I would say you are even in that department and can now look forward instead of behind. You light up when you talk about her, and that is the old Callie I remember and love."

"I love you too Yang and Switzerland has been good for your soul."

Checking her wristwatch, Yang agreed, "Indeed it has my friend. I see life more clearly and on that note, I have a coffee date with Mer in the cafeteria. Now the food here, I didn't miss that at all."

Giggling, Callie responded, "It has improved since you left and I'll talk to you later."

"See you."

Closing her eyes to the pain in her side, Callie waited for the next dosage of pain relief. She drifted off once it was delivered and didn't wake until Bailey arrived for the next assessment.

-o-

A/N: The Muse has a plan for Georgia, so yes, we have not seen the last of her.