AN: I finished writing this chapter yesterday during my world civ. class (which is the class I'm usually writing these chapters) and decided that if I didn't update fast some of you were going to die of angst and we can't have that. ;)

Thanks to those of you who reviewed and to all my readers.

Chapter 21: Close to the Truth

The next day at work, Arizona was trying her best to avoid Callie. Whenever Callie would go up to visit her in Peds, she would conveniently get paged or she would be in surgery. Unfortunately, when lunch came around, she wasn't so busy and Callie managed to find her and drag her to the cafeteria. While Callie talked to her about her day and asked her questions, Arizona gave her one worded answers. She couldn't help but notice that Callie seemed nervous about something because she couldn't stop fidgeting but she also noticed that Callie was unusually… perky to say the least.

Callie, noticing Arizona was distracted and her lack of interest, which is unusual for Arizona, stopped talking. She had noticed that, for most of the day, Arizona seemed to be avoiding her. Callie started to get worried.

'Maybe she found out what is going on. That would not be good. I didn't want her to find out.' Callie's head was spinning with all the thoughts running through her head.

"Why have you been avoiding me?" Callie finally asked.

"What? I'm not avoiding you. I have just been really busy."

"Okay, if you say so."

"I do say so."

"Okay."

"Alright."

"Yup."

"So it's settled, I have not been avoiding you."

Just then, they both got paged 911 to the ER and they went to their respective patients. Three hours later, Arizona was just coming out of surgery. She was about to turn the corner when she heard someone talking. As she got closer, she recognized Callie's voice. She inched closer until she could hear exactly what Callie was saying.

"I'm glad we met up yesterday. It was fun."

Suddenly, Arizona felt a hand on her shoulder and barely managed not to scream. When she turned around, she found Teddy looking at her with a curious expression.

"A-"

Arizona put her hand over Teddy's mouth to prevent her from saying anything. She motioned that she was listening to Callie. Teddy nodded to signal she understood. They both started listening in on Callie's conversation.

"So I met up with Arizona earlier today. She had been avoiding me all morning and I finally cornered her and practically dragged her to the cafeteria to have lunch with me. I was so worried that she found out about us. I mean imagine if she found out that I am ch-" Callie stopped what she was saying as the person on the other line interrupted her. After a short pause she responded.

"No she didn't know or at least she didn't mention something but I know something is wrong because she claimed she wasn't avoiding me but she was definitely avoiding me… Anyways I have to go so again, I had a lot of fun yesterday… Yeah it was perfect… Okay, bye."

Once Callie hung up, she went back to work and Arizona dragged Teddy into one of the on-call rooms nearby.

"She is totally cheating on me!" Arizona yelled as she paced back and forth in front of Teddy.

She started muttering to herself.

"Can't believe this. After everything we've been through. Cheating on ME! Ridiculous. Gave her the best year of my life. Even agreed to have kids with her."

Teddy stepped in front of Arizona to stop her pacing and muttering.

"ARIZONA! Calm down! You don't actually know if she's cheating on you."

"Oh shut up Teddy! Of course she's cheating on me. Look at the facts, the sneaking around, the lying, the meeting up with Erica, and now the phone conversations!"

"You could have misinterpreted those conversations." Teddy tried to reassure her friend.

"Yeah right. When she was on the phone right now before, I'm assuming it was Erica, interrupted her, she was going to say she is cheating on me."

"Are you sure? She could have been saying something else."

"Oh yeah, 'I was so worried she found out about us. Imagine if she found out I am ch-' What else would she have been saying."

"I know, I know. I just don't want to believe it."

"When did our roles get reversed? I was the one not wanting to believe that my girlfriend is cheating on me and now I'm the one trying to convince you that she is cheating on me."

"I just don't want to believe that she would hurt you like this. You guys are supposed to be the stable couple in the hospital. You're supposed to be made for each other. You're supposed to get married, have kids, and grow old together. If you guys can't survive this relationship then none of us have a chance at finding happiness."

"No pressure."

"Well it's true. Everyone in this hospital thinks so. I just can't believe it."

"I don't want to believe it either but what else could it be?"

"Arizona, you have to confront her now. After everything we have found out, the longer you wait, the more you're going to get hurt."

"Teddy, we've been together for more than a year. I am crazy in love with her. No matter how long I wait, whether I do it now or in a week, it's not going to make it any easier. It is still going to hurt like hell to let her go, but you're right. I will confront her… tomorrow."

"Arizona! Why tomorrow?"

"I need to get ready and not only emotionally. When I confront her, we are going to break up which means I need to find a place to stay."

"You can stay at my place."

"Thanks Teddy but I can't intrude."

"It's no problem. If you want, you can stay until you find your own place."

"Thanks Teddy but I also have to deal with my parents. My mom is going to be so disappointed that we broke up. She was already planning our wedding that she was so sure was going to happen sometime in the future."

"She's not the only one that thought that." Teddy muttered.

Arizona ignored her comment.

"How am I supposed to tell her that we broke up?"

"Well if you're planning on confronting Callie tomorrow, you have some time to think about what you're going to say… to both your parents and Callie ."

"Oh no Teddy! What am I supposed to do at work after we break up? I can't avoid her forever and I can't stand not being able to see her."

"You'll figure that out if it comes to that."

"You mean when it comes to that. Do you really think you would be able to stay with someone if they cheated on you?"

"You're right. There is no way in hell I could stay with them if they cheated on me."

"My shift's over. I'm going to head home and think about things."

"You want me to go with you? Keep you company?"

"No, it's okay. I just really need to be alone and clear my head before Callie gets home. I'm going to have to act like nothing is wrong and that is going to be a challenge."

"Alright, I'll text you later to see how you're doing."

"Okay, bye."

AN: I have finals in a couple of weeks so I don't know when I'll update next. I'm going to have to be cramming for my finals. I promise though that as soon as I find time I'll start writing the next chapter and update. I'm thinking that Arizona will confront Callie either next chapter or the chapter after that. Please make me happy and review! :)