A/N: Hey guys, prepare for some fall out. Major events are being set up in this chapter.

Thanks so much for all of the feedback on the last chapter. It was such a pivotal chapter for our journey.

Stephanie - Thanks so much, and in response to your question, we have about fifteen more chapters. So probably by the end of April this will be wrapped up.

Kat-D11 - heartbreaking is definitely what we are looking for. And we will get to see a little bit of fall out with Arizona and Callie in later chapters, but not to worry, it strengthens them! I actually keep my promises...

logan - it wouldn't be suspenseful if I did more than one chapter a day! Hopefully I'll be getting a lot written this week and then you guys will get some quality posts when I get back to school, quality and timely.

BL - Thanks so much!

I hope you guys enjoy this :)

Callie took a shower while Arizona got ready for bed. She pulled on her old college sweats and a tank top. If Callie was truly going to let her sleep with her, then their shared body heat would keep her warm. Taking the clip out of her hair, she ran a brush through her curls. She was going to have to control herself tonight, and she would, for Callie. Pulling back their covers, she sunk into the bed. Everything had turned around so suddenly. Three hours ago, Callie wouldn't even look at her. Now she wanted to sleep together. She was afraid to breathe for fear that tomorrow it would reverse again. She couldn't deal with the reversal again. She heard the water turn off and tried to calm her thoughts. The bathroom door opened and Callie came out in just her towel. Despite herself, Arizona choked at the sight. There was a time when Callie in a towel had been a signal for something other than just trust. She watched Callie's shoulders rise and fall as she took a deep breath. Arizona held her own. She watched the Latina's back relax and then watched as the towel fell to the floor. The light highlighted the crisscross of scars on Callie's back and Arizona couldn't help but think that she'd never seen anything so beautiful. Callie slipped into her underwear, her back still to Arizona, and then into her favorite pair of sweats. T-shirt in hand, she turned and climbed into bed with Arizona.

"Will you do my back?" Callie asked softly, lying on her stomach.

"Okay," Arizona said, letting go of the breath that she had been holding. She picked up the lotion as Callie reached behind and undid the clasp of her bra so Arizona would have unobstructed access to her scarred skin. Squeezing lotion onto her palm, she rubbed her hands together to warm it up. She slid her hands up Callie's spine. Callie let out a sigh of contentment and Arizona smiled as she massaged the lotion into Callie's skin, touching her as much as possible. As she neared completion, she noticed Callie's shoulders shaking slightly. "Baby?"

"I'm okay," Callie said.

Arizona looked at her face. "Then what are these?" she asked, wiping away tears.

"How can you still love me?"

"Callie," Arizona said, taken aback. "Callie, how could I not?"

"Zona, look at my back."

"You didn't ask for this to happen to you, my love."

"I was so sure that you would walk away when you saw…that. I'm not the same, Arizona. I know you want to think that. All positivity and rainbows and crap, but I'm not the same. I can hardly kiss you. I have hideous scars all over my body and my mind. I think differently. I didn't want you to ever see…that. What normal person has that?"

"Calliope, you are beautiful. Scars and all. This is just a part of your story now. Your life. I never said that my love was conditional. I never said 'I love you under the condition that nothing terrible ever happens to you.' You'll be able to kiss me again. And you may never be the exact same person that you were, but this has changed me too. We'll grow out of it together. You're all that I have mi amor and I'll never let go of you."

Callie sat up and pulled on her t-shirt. She slid underneath the sheets and rolled onto her side. She took a deep breath and felt Arizona shift over. The lights went out.

"Are you sure about this?"

"Please Arizona," Callie asked. "Capture me in your light." She felt one of Arizona's arms slide underneath of her and the other slink over her stomach.

Arizona pulled Callie flush against her and held her until Callie relaxed. "I love you, Callie."

"I want to love you, Arizona," she said. "And I will."

Arizona let a sad smile spread across her face before she kissed Callie's neck and settled in to sleep. "I know."

When Arizona woke the next morning by sunlight pouring in through open windows, she smiled to realize that not only had Callie stayed in her arms all night, but she had rolled over so she was facing her. "No nightmares."

Esmerelda had made them breakfast and sent them off with many reassurances to a protective Arizona that she would pick Callie up from the hospital as soon as her appointment was over.

"I slept through the whole night last night," Callie told Dr. Sayles.

"Excellent news."

"Last night was kind of a break through night," Arizona said, smiling. Callie was holding her hand, squeezing every now and then.

"How so?"

Callie took a breath, "I kissed her again, for a while. And, she saw the…thing."

"You need to get comfortable naming it, Callie," he said.

"The brand. I told her about it, I showed her."

"Well, you more of shouted about it," Arizona said. "But she explained what they did and–"

"How it was holding me back from opening up to her," Callie said. Then in a much lighter tone she added, "Arizona brought me x-rays and scans."

"Sounds like a good night," Dr. Sayles said. "Arizona how did it feel to finally get all of that out in the open?"

"Good, it felt like a lot of the tension was out of the air. She's been hiding from me and I never understood why. Like when she would change or something. But now I know, and now she doesn't have to. I feel like I'm better equipped now. Now that I know the truth, or another part of the truth. And, she let me hold her while we slept. She asked me to."

Sayles looked up from his notes.

"And she didn't have any nightmares."

He looked at Callie. "None?"

She smiled, "None."

"And you asked her to hold you?" he asked, intrigued. The rest of the session was spent with reliving the past night and what it meant to Callie's recovery. Dr. Sayles was duly impressed with Callie's progress. "We'll give it a few more days, just to make sure, but I'm going to go ahead and say that I think you are stable, Callie. Your mom can return to Miami whenever you are ready for her too, but I'd say the sooner the better. And you need to spend more time with Mark and your male friends. I think if you guys were to go out it would be okay, but take it easy on the alcohol for right now," he instructed. "Arizona, if I could have a word outside before you go? And I'll be right back Callie."

They walked outside and shut the door. "I'm impressed with her progress. But the trial is coming up in the next few days, so don't let your guard down. I don't think she's ready for it yet, but she's going to have to be. She will have to testify. I'm going to be working with her today and tomorrow on that, to prepare her."

She nodded. "There is one thing. The results of the rape kit came back. She was pregnant. It either terminated by miscarriage or she had an abortion, but I don't know if she knows about it. It'll come up in the trial and I don't want her to be blindsided. But I'm afraid it will do more damage to her. I don't know if I should tell her."

"I'll discuss the possibility of the event with her today and test her reaction. But you should talk about it with her tonight. Stop back by before you leave and I'll let you know how it went."

Callie looked up when he came back in and smiled. "It was a really good night last night."

"So it seems," he smiled. "I think hiding the brand was keeping you back from her. But you are letting her in. It's good."

She smiled. "I just want to love her again. I mean I do. But I want to feel the way about her that I used to. She's perfect and I want to feel that way again, how I used to."

"Just keep working on letting her in," he said. "I do want to discuss some pretrial things with you."

"Okay."

"Callie, do you ever remember being pregnant when you were with them? Was there that possibility?"

"They never used condoms," Callie said softly, staring at the floor. "But I don't think I got pregnant."

"You don't remember them forcing an abortion or anything?"

"No," she said. "I guess I felt pretty lucky in that aspect. I would've known right? If I'd been pregnant, I would have known?"

"Maybe and maybe not, but we shouldn't worry about it right now." He smiled. Poor Arizona and Callie.

"Mark!" Arizona caught up to him.

"Robbins," he smiled. "You seem happy. Good night with Torres last night?"

"Yes," she smiled.

"Good. Her mother was excellent company as well," he said.

"Callie got a stable rating today, so Esme will be able to go home soon. Callie can be left alone," Arizona said. "But I'd like to ask you a favor."

"Okay."

"Will you take her on a date tonight?"

"Mrs. Torres?" Mark asked, incredulous.

"Calliope!" Arizona exclaimed. "Sayles wants her spending more time with positive men in her life."

He smiled, "Sure. I'll take her on a date."

"Thank you, Mark. Just be patient with her."

"I'd do anything for her, Robbins."

"That's why I'm letting you go out with her, Mark. See you tonight." She kicked into her skates and glided off. She pushed open the door and started down the stairs. The grin fell off of her face. She trusted Mark, and she wanted Callie to get better, but she did not like the idea of him spending 'quality alone time' with her very vulnerable girlfriend. "Brave heart, Robbins. Brave face."

Mark knocked on the door of their apartment after his shift. To his surprise, Callie opened the door. "Hey Callie."

"Mark," she said, her forced smile almost genuine enough to fool him. "Come in."

"Nah, I just dropped by to ask you a question," he said, picking up the nervousness in her voice.

She eyed him warily. "Okay."

He held up the tiger lilies he'd bought her. "Would you care to join me for dinner tonight? Around eight? Just us two?" All of the charm his body possessed was put forth.

"Oh, umm," she looked genuinely uncomfortable, taking the flowers from him. "Arizona…"

"Told me to ask you to dinner. She said that we need to spend some time together," Mark stopped her protest.

"Amor, go with Mark," Esmerelda called.

"Gracias," Mark said in a very American accent. Callie giggled. "So what'dya say Torres?"

She narrowed her eyes at him. "You don't buy flowers."

"I do for you."

She remembered. He had bought her flowers on her birthday ever year. If they ever made date plans he showed up with flowers. He would randomly leave them in her apartment. She remembered the flowers. "You have to take me to a movie too."

Mark grinned. "There's my girl. See you tonight. Tell Robbins the plans okay?"

"Okay," Callie said quietly. What will Arizona think? What will she say?

Arizona was waiting up for them when Callie walked through the door. Esmerelda had gone to bed hours before, confident that Callie would be just fine. Laughter greeted her ears the moment before she heard the key in the lock. Her eyes saw green for just a moment. She wanted to be the one to bring that laughter out of Callie. Her beautiful genuine laugh. The pit of jealousy in her heart over Mark grew deeper. She would always be jealous of their relationship. Always. She knew it was petty, but he had pieces of her girl that she wanted.

"Arizona?" Callie asked, noticing the blonde sitting on the couch. "Why are you still awake?"

"I was waiting for you." Arizona said with a smile.

"Oh, I'm not too late right?" the flash of disappointment and fear on Callie's face was not missed.

"Not at all honey. Thanks for taking care of my girl, Mark," she said.

"Anytime. After the first three hours, she warms up a little," he joked, giving her a knowing look. Arizona caught his meaning. Callie had grown quiet and he hugged her goodnight.

Callie walked over to the island and fingered the lilies in their vase. Arizona got up and wrapped her arms around Callie. She tensed, but Arizona gave her the chance to relax. Then she kissed her cheek. "Did you have fun?"

"Yes," Callie said. "I did."

Arizona smiled.

"But I missed you," Callie made eye contact. She leaned in and kissed the blonde. Arizona sighed into the kiss.

"I missed you too."

"Your Arizona and I shared a wonderful dinner," Esmerelda said, coming out of her makeshift bedroom. "And she told me that it's okay for me to go home now."

"Mamá no," Callie said, glaring at Arizona. "I don't want you to go yet."

"Calliope," Esmerelda cut her off sternly. "Your Arizona and I have been taking care of you for three weeks now. It's time for you to learn how to take care of yourself again. I am going home tomorrow, your Papá needs me too."

Arizona watched the tears collect in Callie's eyes.

"No Calliope. You are a strong woman, just how I raised you. You went through this terrible thing, and you came out alive and safe. Alive. And safe. Do I need to say it in Spanish for you to comprende? ¿No es necesario me entiendes? Calliope," Esmerelda said. She wiped the tears from Callie's face. "Te amo, mi Calliope. Te amo. Tú eres mi vida. Pero tengo que ir a casa de tu padre. ¿Entiendes, mi amor?"

"Comprendo Mamá," Callie whispered. "Comprendo."

Arizona watched Callie's heartbroken face. "Esme, you don't have to go. Not so soon."

Esmerelda looked up from wiping Callie's tears. "No my Arizona. It is time for me to go home. You will look after your Calliope."

"It's okay Arizona," Callie said with a smile. "She does need to go. My father can't take care of himself without her for very long. I need to learn to look out for myself, she's right."

"Okay. I think it's getting close to bedtime," Arizona said, needing to talk to Callie about the pregnancy thing before her session tomorrow. She walked into their bedroom while Callie said goodnight to her mother. When the door clicked shut behind her, she closed her eyes. "Callie, I have to talk to you."

"About what?"

"Bailey called me today."

"Bailey? What for?"

"Callie," Arizona looked up at her. She pulled Callie's hand and made her sit down on the bed. "Callie, the rape kit came back today."

Callie grew very still. "Oh."

"Yeah."

"Just in time for the trial huh? Sayles talked to me about that today."

"Yeah. There was something in there though, that I'm not so sure you know about." Arizona chose her words very carefully. "Callie, did those guys used condoms?"

"No." She knew where this was going.

"Callie," Arizona said, not knowing how to tell her love what happened.

"I was pregnant," Callie breathed. They kicked her in the stomach again and again. Her arms were chained to the walls, she couldn't protect herself. Blood, there was blood everywhere. It was spreading between her thighs onto the floor. It was coming out of her mouth. The taste was driving her mad, the pain driving her insane. Still they kicked her. "I miscarried."

She looked up to Arizona for conformation. "Yes, you were pregnant," Arizona said.