"Define missing?" Arizona spoke quietly trying her damnedest to keep her voice as even as possible. Though the tears forming in her eyes made that painfully difficult.
"I cannot believe this!" Callie blurted out. "I cannot wait until I'm out of this bed so I start a job that bitch couldn't finish!"
"Alright I'm down with that Cal! So I was thinking…" Aria agreed.
"Whoa whoa, hold on. No we are not doing anything…" Arizona interrupted.
"Not doing anything? Are you high?" Aria screamed.
"Okay Aria…" Callie warned.
"No! Haven't you got enough of not doing anything?" Aria interrupted.
"I was just saying that…"
"I mean when you and Cal first got together you let that psycho ex of yours bad mouth my entire family. Or how about when you ran your mouth and told the bitch everything, and as smart as you say you are, you should know people will hurt you with your own business. But you didn't do anything about that either. This whole ordeal is partially your fault. I mean none of this would have happened if it weren't for you. This is definitely Joanne's fault but you're not entirely innocent in this…"
"Okay Aria you need to leave." Callie said.
"Thirty percent of this mess has your fingerprints all over this." Aria stated
"OUT! NOW!" Callie screamed.
"Callie…" Aria tried to reason.
"NO! I don't know where you get off at, but you DO NOT get to talk to her like that. She is MY Girlfriend and whether you like it or not you will respect her or you can just go back to Miami with them!" Callie was red with anger. She was fed up.
"Look Callie, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to blow up. It's just…"
"We will talk later, but right now I need you to leave."
"Okay Callie. I will be back before in a few hours." Aria reasoned as she left.
There was a long awkward silence in the room. Something that had not experienced since the incident Aria just spoke of.
"Baby…" The Latina broke the silence.
"She's right you know." Arizona spoke up.
"Arizona…we been through this."
"No, she's right. The blood is on my hands. Your blood. I could have put a stop to this before it even started. Hell I could have prevented the whole ordeal if I had not opened my big mouth."
"Baby there is no need for you to feel guilty. I forgave you; I moved on, we've moved on. The only one who hasn't moved on is Joanne." Callie reached out to take her girlfriend's hand.
"But in some weird unfortunate way I am guilty. And Calliope, I promise you I will do everything with in my power to fix this to make this right. I will prove to you I am the good man in a storm I was raised to be." The blonde spoke, determination shining brightly in her bright blue eyes, and she sat on the bed alongside Callie.
"Arizona I love you. You don't need to prove anything to me." The Latina brought her face to place a soft kiss on the lips she loved so much.
"I love you too." They kissed once more. This time with more passion and a little bit of tongue, making Callie's heart monitor beep wildly and the blue eyed beauty giggle.
"Man, I can't wait to get out of here." Callie sighed.
"Neither can I. But I am going to miss hearing your heart race when I do this" Arizona punctuated her sentence with heart-filled kiss, that quickly turned into a make out session.
"Damn that's hot!" A male voice caused them to spring apart.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Christina's voice rang throughout the room.
"I think it's sweet." Lexie said in awe.
"Hey guys!" Arizona perked up immediately.
"I see you guys finally decided to come and see me. I was starting to think you only liked me for my undeniable talent." Callie smirked.
"That's 75% of the reason. We heard your super Catholic family was here to take you away" Christina said with much indifference.
"Way to be subtle Christina." Callie retorted.
"Yeah well why beat around the bush. Time is money, money is life, so why waste our lives beating around the bush." The sarcastic Asian woman preached.
"So is it true? Your parents are forcing you to move back." April squeaked.
"If you guys don't mind. I'd rather not talk about my family drama right now. How's the team." The Latina tried to swerve around the heated topic.
"Not looking so good Cal. How are you?" Callie's red head friend made her appearance.
"Addie! I'll be much better when I get out of here in the morning. So the team…" She said pulling her friend in a hug.
"Well our star pitcher is laid up in the hospital, and the second string skipped town because it turns out she might be the one who put you here. The third string pitcher is a freshman and I don't even know how she made a high school team let alone a collegiate team." Addison informed.
"Maybe yall should forfeit." Mark offered, only earning sharp looks from each woman in the room.
"Stick to what you know manwhore. We will not forfeit even if this loss will be the most embarrassing in college ball history." Christina scoffed.
"Yeah we shouldn't quit who knows, maybe we can win. I mean miracles happen all the time. The underdogs who everyone thought we're down in out leave with a triumphant victory." April gushed.
"It's going to take more than a miracle to pull this win tomorrow, you know as much as it will to get you to give up your V-card." Christina said bitterly.
"World Series 1991...the Braves v. the…" Lexie began to spit out facts
"Little Grey! Nobody cares okay." Christina interrupted
"Christina, leave her alone okay." Arizona spoke up for the first time since her team/friends showed up.
"Whatever. Anyway Callie when you are getting out of this dump they call a hospital. I mean look, the nurses around here don't do anything but gossip."
"I sign the papers in the morning."
"And your parents?" Addison asked.
"I'm not going back to Miami. What does Bailey say in practice?"
"She thinks we're doomed."
"Hey Callie, since you get out in the morning and the game doesn't start until 4pm, do you think you will be able to play some?" Mark asked hopefully.
"She suffered a concussion along with the obvious. Do you think she will?" Christina gave a short response.
"Who says I won't…" The Latina responded making all eyes turn to her.
"Wha-What you can't do that." Lexie screeched.
"Why the hell not?" Callie fired back. She was tired of people telling her what she can and cannot do with her life. It was her life not anybody else's, so no one had any say in her decisions.
"Because its-just against the rules. We have codes and rules for a reason we must abide by them…" April pitched in.
"I'm badass April. Rules weren't made for me. Besides…"
"Okay every one out. I would like to talk to Calliope in private." Arizona ordered. If Callie thought she was going to play in that game, she had another thing coming.
"You can't talk me out of this Arizona." The Latina stated firmly once they were alone.
"Look sweetie, I know you want to play in that game. And I know you worked so very hard to get there. But baby it's just a game; it's not worth you being severely hurt. You're not ready. If you get hit then your brain could be comprised." The blue eyed woman tried to reason.
"Well that's a risk I'm willing to take. You don't understand Arizona."
"Help me understand then."
"This is my life Arizona. MY life. When my father found out that I was dating a woman he cut me off. I am not just talking about any contact he cut me off completely. He emptied out my bank account, cut off my credit cards, and took away my trust fund. This scholarship is what is pioneering my future. For a little over a year I had no contact with my entire family, not my birthday, thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. It was like I'd never existed. All because of whom I am. And when they showed up the other day, I figured they wanted to reconcile. But boy was I wrong. My parents never liked the fact that I'd rather slide in the dirt than put on a to-to and spin in circles. But I thought that this situation would make them realize that life is too short for this bull shit. That they need to accept me for who I am because we are not promised any minute in this world. Being the stubborn control freak he is, he wants to waltz back into my life as if the past year didn't happen and try to disinfect you from my life and dictate me. That is Not going to happen. I love softball, I love you. And if they can't accept that then it is their loss not mines. Because I will keep living my life the way I choose to with you and softball in it. That game is so much more than just a game to me. I have shed a lot of blood sweat in tears to get to this point. I gave up a huge part of my life and dedicated myself completely to it. I will not stop until I reach the goals I have set for myself. Nothing in this world will stop me, and nothing in this world will stop me from loving you. I just-I need to do this. I need to play tomorrow. To prove that all this heartache and pain isn't for nothing." Callie was winded after her speech. Tears forced themselves down tanned cheeks.
"Okay." Was all Arizona's response.
"Okay I get it. You can play" Arizona smiled sweetly.
"Well if I can convince Karev or Avery to clear me." Callie said sadly.
"Don't you worry about that. I will take care of it." Arizona kissed the brunette tenderly on plump lips before heading for the door.
"Where are you going?" The Latina questioned.
"To make sure my baby plays tomorrow." The blonde flashed a mega-watt dimpled grin.
"I love you." Callie gushed.
"Because I'm hot…oh and awesome." Arizona giggled as she left Callie's room.
YAYY AN UPDATE…I THINK I JUST GOT OUT OF MY WRITERS BLOCK. I HAVE A LOT IN STORE FOR THE UPCOMING CHAPTER, BASED ON YOUR SUGGESTIONS. THEN WE SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END. THANKS FOR READING. NOW MAKE MY DAY, WEEK, MONTH AND REVIEW!