AN :/ Hey guys!

Chapter 25, already! I can't believe it!

The end is approaching... Yeah, I know it's sad and everything, but don't worry, there's always a little drama hiding anywere!
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...Here she was standing in front of the door sighing in fear.

She had to do it, she had to tell her that she had confessed to Sofia she wasn't dead, and she also wanted to tell her that Barbara and Daniel were safe so badly.

It was a cruel dilemma, but she couldn't do anything right now.

She gathered her courage and knocked firmly on the door, hearing a sleepy voice in return.

"Come in..." Arizona mumbled, dizzy and suffering from a huge headache.

Callie opened the door, her hands sweating. She looked at Arizona who was resting, eyes closed on her bed.

"Are you okay," Callie asked, feeling Arizona's tension through the air.

"Oh, hey..." She replied weakly. "I'm not feeling great this morning... Sorry."

Callie grabbed the tablet checking all her vitals, leaving her past fears of intruding her privacy aside. She noticed that Arizona had thrown up several times and that she was complaining about severe headache since the day before.

"You see... I'm can move my foot slightly, but I also have some head trauma..." Arizona said. "Isn't that wonderful..."

"What did Amelia tell you?"

"She said it might be some light epileptic crisis, barely noticeable because of my head trauma. She can't be sure so she's going to plug me to some lovely head captor to check it out..."

Callie placed the tablet back on the nightstand and sat on the chair next to Arizona's bed.

"Can I do something to help you?" Callie asked, avoiding Arizona's eyes on her and nervously biting her nails.

"What is it Torres?" Arizona asked back.

"What?"

"You have something to tell me, and you don't want to or you don't know how to. Don't worry, I'm not in the mood to get angry or anything." Arizona said.

Callie rolled her eyes and finally met blue eyes. "I ... Me and Dr. Williamson, who is Sofia's shrink, we think that it's time for her to know that you're alive..."

"Oh... I thought we were going to wait a little longer..." Arizona. "But if the shrink says so..."

"So you'd be okay if we'd tell her?" Callie asked.

"Sure... if it's done in a good situation, with you around, I can only agree. I miss her so much."

"Well I have good news then... We told her yesterday!" Callie said, smiling to hide her nervousness.

"What?" Arizona yelled, but she stopped as she suddenly felt dizzy.

"Arizona? What's wrong? Hey?" Callie asked worried, standing up and taking Arizona's face in her hands. "Talk to me!"

"It's... It's okay it's just..." she barely managed to bend and threw up in the bucket the nurses gave her earlier.

"See... That's what I'm talking about... Great... I'm just puking bile at this point... I have nothing left in my stomach..." Arizona said, laying back on her bed and grabbing a towel.

"Eww... Are you okay?" Callie whispered.

"No. But don't try to change the subject. Why did you do that?" Arizona asked, her eyes still closed.

"I'm sorry." Callie apologized. "I knew that you would be pissed..."

"So why did you do it?"

"Because, Williamson said she was ready, and I was having a hard time seeing her so sad..." Callie replied. "And I hate lying to her. It's so hard."

"You should have asked me." Arizona said sadly. "Some things never change..."

"What do you mean?" Callie asked, knowing the accusation she was about to receive.

"You make all the decisions, even if we're not married anymore, even if it had been easier during those years when we were co-parenting Sofia..."

"You didn't see her every day, coming back from school without her usual smile. You didn't hear her cry for you in the middle of the night. You didn't... see her sitting on the couch, looking in the air. She was like an empty shell. Just like you after the crash..." Callie said, tears rolling on her cheeks.

"And you think that I don't know that? You think I haven't spent days wondering how she was coping with it all knowing that it was because of me that she was going through it? Don't you think I missed her, every day? I missed her so much that my whole body was hurting physically..."

The tense atmosphere froze for a moment, both of them realizing that the only thing that mattered was their daughter.

"I'm... I'm Sorry..." Arizona said. "It had to be done, so... Thank you for that...It's just... Thank you..."

"Okay..." Callie replied, sighing, but relaxing. "She was so happy. She has this big smile since yesterday..."

"You can bring her next time if you want." Arizona replied, turning her head to Callie and smiling at her.

"I can do that. When do you want to see her?"

"I need some serious rest. I'm exhausted, all the time..." Arizona said.

"Maybe you are rushing your re-education. Take your time. You need to be stronger to start it." Callie said.

"I know... I know that. But there's something I want to do, and to do it I need to be back on track as fast as possible."

"What is it?"

"I want to visit my parent's grave." Arizona whispered.

Callie swallowed hard. Even if she was more than happy to learn that Barbara and Daniel were safe, she hated lying.

Seeing Arizona so desperate was as heartbreaking as she felt when she was looking at Sofia dealing with Arizona's loss. It was just lies after lies and she was sick of it.

"You have to be patient. I guess it's easy to say, but I've been there; after the car accident... Remember. You never left my side." Callie said, approaching the bed and taking Arizona's hand in hers. "And I will be here every day, with Sofia to support you and to help you at every step."

Arizona nodded, her lips shaking as she was trying to restrain her sobs. Callie never left her eyes and, unable to stop herself, she sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Arizona tenderly, wrapping her hands around her neck and inviting her to rest her head on her shoulder.

"Don't you worry about anything. I'll be here." She whispered in her ears before pulling away a little. Arizona stared at her with a sad gaze and like they seemed to want for years, they kissed. It was magnetic, they couldn't do anything else. Their lips brushed lightly and Arizona pulled back, shaking her head no.

"I can't... We can't ..."

But Callie didn't give her the time to complete her sentence and kissed her back again, a little more intensely, but almost chastely. She grabbed Arizona's face like the way she used to do so many years ago, and Arizona let her, deepening the kiss a little more before Callie pulled back a little, and held her again, strongly.

...

"You what?" Teddy yelled as she was having lunch with Stanley.

"It's normal Teddy. She's been through so much, and if I wouldn't have done something, she wouldn't have had a penny left..." Stanley explained. "It's not that much..."

"Two million dollars is not that much? Are you kidding me?"

"At least, money won't be a problem for her and her daughter anymore..." Stanley said. "And she will have her family and her life back."

"Yeah... Except for Callie..." Teddy mumbled.

"What do you mean?"

"Those two love each other... But things are so complicated, and have been so hard between them for years that I don't think they'll find their way back to each other, and it's such a waste..."

"Only time will tell us!" Stanley said. "I just need to find that Sally soon. Arizona left me a message. Someone saw her at the hospital yesterday. I'm sure she's up to something bad..."

"So what are you doing here? Go catch her!" Teddy said, teasing.

"I have my team on that. Don't worry, we won't miss her. "

...

A few hours later, Arizona was waking up after a long nap. She was still really weak and felt the sweat on her forehead as she opened her eyes slowly.

"Hey you" Seth said, smiling and wiping the sweat from her brow with a towel. "How are you doing?"

"Hey yourself." Arizona smiled. "You've been here for a long time?"

"Twenty minutes I guess. You are so cute when you're snoring..." He teased her. "You look like a purring cat!"

"Yeah..." Arizona mumbled, trying to sit on her bed. "Have you seen Callie?"

"Oh... No, I haven't why?"

"Because she was here earlier." Arizona replied, blushing when she thought about what had happened earlier.

"And?" Seth asked. "She surely has a lot of things to do between her job and your daughter... But maybe there's something I don't know... isn't there?"

"Nope..." Arizona lied.

"Oh come on! You suck at lying! Well not when you were Debra, but Arizona is a poor liar..." Seth teased.

"She kissed me, out of nowhere!" Arizona whispered.

"Oh my... And she said she didn't know what to do... It looks like she figured it out!" Seth laughed. "Was it good?"

"It was awesome... She's a great kisser..." Arizona smiled. "But the best part is the way she supported me, like really supported me you know. The kiss wasn't planed, it was a spur of the moment thing. Even if we wouldn't have kissed, it would have been great, because she reassured me without pushing me. She was perfect..."

"Yeah! Way to go Robbins!" Seth teased her again. "If you're happy, then I'm happy!"

"I'm good. I'm just focusing on getting better mentally and physically, and then we'll see. But it was... sweet..."

...

"It's been a while since our last cheeseburger tequila night..." Meredith said entering through Joe's doors accompanied by Callie.

"A lot of things have happened lately..." Callie replied, following her friend to a quiet corner where they settled.

"I wasn't reproaching you or anything Callie." Meredith explained. "When did we start doing this...? It was just before your divorce, wasn't it?"

"Don't talk to me about that..." Callie whispered.

"I know... Sorry..."

Meredith smiled at her. She knew Callie was still in love with Arizona. To be honest, a lot of their friends knew it, but she was the one who decided to get a divorce. So when it happened, nobody said anything, just letting the two ex-wives evolve their own way. For Callie, the cut had been radical and she had tried to move on quickly. Arizona had never shown any real reaction. Master in hiding her true emotions, she had put all her energy in her fellowship and had lost contact with some of her colleagues.

"I kissed Arizona today..." Callie said suddenly.

"I knew that something was up!" Meredith replied. "She was so relaxed when I checked her earlier. It was the first time she was so relaxed since she came in."

"Good to know she's relaxed, because me... I'm freaking out..." Callie confessed. "She asked me to be by her side as a friend. And here I am, unable to act like an actual friend, kissing her..."

"Callie, you guys have been married, you have a kid together. You've been through so much and have all that history. It was just a kiss, old habit... It doesn't mean anything..." Meredith said as the bartender arrived with the hamburgers and served them.

Callie simply nodded, and remained silent as Meredith took a bite of her burger.

"Oh! I get it!" She said, with her mouth full and staring at Callie who was obviously flustered.

"She had already told me she still loves me..." Callie said, playing with her French fries. "And I love her. And I want to be with her... But it's not a good time."

"It will never be a good time." Meredith said. "If you love her, if you want her back, get off your ass and tell her!"

"I can't... There are still a lot of things to come and I just want to help her get better. And when she will be ready, I'll be there if she wants me." Callie said. "The first step is tomorrow... Sofia is going to see her..."

...

The next morning, Arizona was waiting anxiously for her daughter to come.

She was still immobilized on her bed and she had spent the night plugged to a machine to get a brainwave test done for Amelia to check what was causing her dizziness.

She felt like a laboratory rat, but now she was getting rid of the electrode and it was over.

Sighing as the nurse left the room, she didn't hear Callie knocking at the door.

"Hey!" She whispered. "What was that?"

"Oh, hey! Just a test to verify the epilepsy thing... You know..." Arizona said. "You're here early... She didn't want to come?"

"Are you kidding, she's with Teddy in the hallway, she can't wait..." Callie replied with a big smile. "You ready?"

"No... But let her in..." Arizona said, already knowing she was going to cry. "And can I ask you something?"

"Anything..."

"Can you stay, with us?" She asked her ex-wife.

"You sure? You don't want to enjoy it with her alone, I can give you privacy..." Callie said.

"Please, stay..." Arizona begged.

"Okay... I'm going to get her." Callie nodded and left the room for a few seconds, leaving the door open.

Arizona was trying to see what was happening through the windows. She saw Teddy approaching and a little lower, the top of some dark hair. Teddy waved her hands at Arizona, smiling at her.

Arizona simply nodded and suddenly, the reunion she had dreamed for so long was happening.

Sofia sneaked her head in the doorway, directly looking at her mother with a big bright smile. She ran in the room and Callie followed her.

She climbed onto the bed, and did not care about Callie's warnings telling her to move slowly around Arizona as she was hurt.

Kneeled on the bed, Sofia took a moment to look at her Mama, still unsure if she wasn't dreaming. She watched every inch of her face, noticing the bruises now covered by tears of joy.

Arizona exhaled loudly, stroking her daughter face. "So what's up?" she simply said.

Instantly Sofia wrapped her arms around her mother, burying her face in her blonde curls. Surprised by the spontaneity of the embrace, Arizona winced in pain as Sofia was pressing against her injured shoulder.

"Take it easy Sofia..." Callie whispered. "Mama is hurt you know."

"It's okay Callie, let her be..." Arizona said, kissing Sofia's neck tenderly. "I missed you so much baby... You have always been with me, in my heart, in my mind..."

As she approached the pair, Callie noticed that Sofia wasn't crying, she was just smiling, and when she broke the embrace, she laid on the bed, resting her head on Arizona's shoulder and wrapped her arms around her stomach.

"I'm not sad anymore Mama, so I won't cry." the little girl said.

"It's okay to cry. Look at me..." Arizona laughed. "I'm sorry baby girl... For everything, for letting you think I was dead..."

"Dr. Williamson and Mommy explained everything to me. I'm just happy you are back with me." She replied, taking her mother back in her arms, but taking care of her injuries this time. "I love you"

"I love you too Sofia. So much... To the moon..."

"And back!" she replied, as Callie began to cry too.

"Oh come on!" Teddy said entering the room. "It's supposed to be a happy moment, so let's just enjoy it!"

"I don't want to be away from you anymore Mama..." Sofia said. "I want to be with you forever!"

"Me too baby girl. But you know, I have to heal first and after that I'll be all yours!" Arizona explained. "But you can come to see me whenever you want. I'm not going anywhere!"

"Yay!" Sofia yelled. "And when you'll be better, we'll go to Granny and Grandpa's! Are they coming to see you?"

"I don't think so, they're busy right now..." Arizona said, looking at Callie for support.

Callie immediately approached the bed and placed her hands on Arizona's shoulder. "Right now, Mama is here just for you Sofia, enjoy it!"

...

They had lunch together, like a family. Teddy had brought them pizza and left to let them eat together.

Everything went smoothly. Arizona was relieved, Sofia was more than happy and Callie was smiling.

Noticing Arizona falling asleep after the dessert, she approached Sofia and kneeled down. "I think Mama needs to sleep now... How about we let her rest and we come back tomorrow?"

"Can we stay a little longer?" the girl begged.

"Mommy is right Sofia, I'm really tired, and I won't be able to talk to you or play. But I promise that tomorrow, we'll do anything you want. At least if I can!" Arizona said, smiling at her daughter. "Deal?"

"Okay... Deal..."

And slowly, Arizona hugged her when Callie was collecting her items.

"I love you Mama. Don't disappear on me ever again! Promise me!"

"I promise monkey! I love you too much to be away from you!"

Sofia kissed her mother's cheeks and got out of the bed, grabbing her backpack. Callie approached Arizona shyly and smiled.

"We will see you tomorrow then. Take care and rest well..." She said, sighing lightly and not really knowing how to say goodbye. "Can... Can I hug you?"

"Of course..." Arizona said, offering Callie a dimpled smile. Callie felt a wave of emotion run through her whole body and bent down to hug her ex-wife.

"Thank you for taking care of her." Arizona whispered in Callie's ear. "You're an amazing Mom..."

The two of them weren't really in a hurry to break the embrace. And When Callie pulled a little back, Arizona who had her free arm around her neck held her, stopping their lips very close to each other.

"I will... See you tomorrow..." Arizona whispered, not ready to let her go yet. "You better go now, or I will kiss you Calliope..."

Callie blushed and fought hard not to crash her lips on Arizona's. But Sofia was just in the room, and they better wait before doing those kinds of things in front of her or they might regret later.

...

It was a quiet night at the hospital. There were no big emergencies and the atmosphere was quiet.

When Arizona opened her eyes, the only thing she noticed was that the night had fallen and that she had missed the dinner. Still dizzy, and feeling a strong pain in her shoulder, she decided to activate the bolus of morphine she had in the pump she was plugged to.

It was not the best thing, but she wanted to ease the pain quickly and get back to sleep.

While the morphine was taking effect and she was falling in Morpheus' arms, she heard the door of her room open. Assuming it was a nurse checking on her, she didn't react and kept her eyes closed.

When she heard the person opening her closet door, she tried to open her eyes but everything was running in circle around her.

"Is there a problem?" Arizona mumbled, unable to focus her sight.

"No, I found what I was looking for..." the woman said.

"I ... What are you..." Arizona mumbled again, recognizing Sally's voice.

"It won't take long, so please, try not to cry loudly..." Sally said, putting a pillow on Arizona's face and pressing it. "It won't be long... It won't be long..."

...

So, what do you think?

Will Arizona die?
Is someone coming to rescue her?

Who would it be?