AN: Not A heavy Calzona chapter Like usual... But.. It's good! Before you get started with this chapter, I'd like to say... I do not have much knowledge when it comes to legal issues.. But.. I do know in most instances the lawyers do the questioning, I wanted to change it up.. So in my little Calzona world, the judge asks the questions in the bench trial... I hope you enjoy!

Thanks to my beta Calzonaheart


Chapter 28

"Baby?" Callie called, once she got at the bottom of the stairs. "Where are you?"

"In the living room." Arizona yelled from her place on the couch where she was reading the latest Peds medical journal with River laying on her lap.

"Hi." Callie said sitting down next to Arizona giving her a light kiss.

"Hi baby, how you feeling?" Arizona asked, feeling her girlfriends head. Callie had been feeling tired and run down all weekend. After their little Valentines getaway, Callie's week didn't slow down. She had been called in early to work twice that week, and had to stay until at least 10 o'clock every night. It seemed like every kid in Seattle and the surrounding area needed some kind of procedure that week. By Friday evening Callie was worn down. She hadn't worked that much since her days at the hospital and her body just wasn't used to it anymore after being away from the hustle of the hospital for over five months.

"I'm feeling better. Headaches gone, my nap helped."

"Come here." Arizona said, moving the dog from her lap. Patting her thighs for Callie to sit. Sitting on Arizona's lap, Callie rested her head on her girlfriends shoulder. "Where's Charlie?"

"He's still in bed, he wouldn't come out from under the covers, not that I blame him." She said, feeling Arizona rub her back.

"Calliope... You know how I feel about the dogs being in the bed." She scolded.

"It's not my fault. You were gone and I needed someone to cuddle with and he was there... so he became my new snuggle buddy."

"What about your old snuggle buddy." Arizona pouted.

"Mmm.. She's irreplaceable." Callie said kissing her on the neck. "But.. when you're not available, my boys are. But this one here.." She said, playfully batting at the dog. "Left me when he heard his Mama come through the door… I can't blame him though. He's just like his me, he can never get enough of you either."

"And that's why Charlie stayed with you." She laughed. "When his mama's not around to be with his mami, he's suppose to step in."

"Sorry I didn't go with you grocery shopping." Callie said, knowing Sundays were their day to get the grocery shopping done for the week.

"It's okay. You needed rest." Arizona said, lightly scratching Callie's legs. "Are you going to be up for going out to dinner with everyone?" Carlos, Lucia, Barbara and Daniel were all meeting the girls tonight for dinner at their favorite little Italian restaurant before the trial starts in the morning. Both girls had been informed that they would be on stand tomorrow along with Teddy, Alex, Derek, Miranda and Owen.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm looking forward to having a nice quiet dinner with our parents before this week starts." She said. Carlos and Lucia had flew up to support their daughter and her girlfriend during the trial. Restituting herself so she was now straddling Arizona's lap, laying her head down on Arizona's shoulder, wrapping her arms around her neck.

"What's going on, Cal?" Arizona asked, circling her arms around the small of her girlfriends back. She noticed Callie had seemed a little off today, she didn't even want to get out of bed this morning.

"Nothing." She mumbled.

"Are you still feeling sick, babe?"

"No."

"You're not acting yourself today.. Are you sure?" Arizona asked, rocking them from side to side.

"No, I'm fine... just sometimes a girl just needs to be held, that's all."

"Mmm... Just one of those days?" She asked pulling Callie flush against her body.

"Unhuh."

Feeling her nod, "I hate those days.. So I'll just hold my baby until she feels better. I love you, you know that right?" Arizona said, kissing the back of Callie's head that was laying on her shoulder.

"Mmhmm. I love you too." Callie said, turning her head into Arizona's neck.

"Arizona?" She said after a few minutes of her girlfriend holding her.

"Yes, sweetie."

"I'm scared." She said after a few minutes of her girlfriend holding her.

"Oh Callie.." Sighing deeply, "I know, baby." Arizona said, rubbing circles over Callie's back. "He can't hurt us any more."

"I know. It's just.. I don't know how I'll feel when I see him. I don't know if I can do this. I don't know if I'll be able to take the stand with him there looking at me. I don't know if I'll want to hit something or just fall to the floor in tears. He hurt me Arizona, he hurt us. And I am scared to see him again." She said into Arizona's neck.

"Oh, Baby.." Arizona said, pulling Callie's head back so she could look her in the eyes., seeing Callie's eyes closed. "Look at me, Calliope." Finally seeing brown eyes, "He did.. he hurt you." she said running her thumb over a soft caramel cheek. "But he can't hurt us anymore, Okay? And you can… If anyone can.. you can do this, Callie. I know you can. You've been so strong and so brave honey. And I know tomorrow is going to be very hard for both of us. We can do this.. together." she said, as Callie slid off her lap, leaving her left leg laying over Arizona's legs. About that time, Charlie bounded down the bottom step and run towards his mommies.

"Together…" Callie sighed, helping Charlie up on the couch. Crawling his way into his mamas lap as River snuggled in between Arizona and Callie's side.

"I can get through anything, as long as you are there. And when you're on the stand and you're feeling scared, nervous or you just need reassurance, find my eyes. Okay? Forget about the judge, forget about Dave Conley and just pretend like I'm the only one in the room." Arizona said, playing with Callie's left hand. Arizona was determined for tomorrow, she was ready to look Dave Conley in the face and tell the judge what a sorry low down murdering bastard he was.

"You.. you can too you know, just look at me when you think you can't answer, and I'll send you strength. And just know that I'm there for you and that I love you." She said caressing Arizona's face.

Leaning into Callie's touch, "We'll get through this. After tomorrow it's all down hill from there, right?" Arizona reminded Callie. The only other obstacle to hurdle after their testimonies is the verdict.

"Right. We got this."

Agreeing, Arizona placed kisses on red lips. "We. Got. This." She said in between kisses. "We better get ready or we'll be late for dinner." Patting the side of Callie's thigh, "I'll put the boys out, you get your cute butt upstairs and change." She said. Feeling Callie move her leg off her lap to stand, "Wait.. I need another kiss." She purred. Leaning in for a loving kiss. "Now you can go."

"Sir, yes Sir." Callie giggled. Getting up off the couch and running upstairs to get dressed for the night.

"Come on, my boys." Arizona called after the pups, leading them to their pin out in the back of the yard. "Mami and Mama are hungry. So we're going to go have dinner with your grandparents, but we'll be back soon and if you're good.. Mama might let you sleep in the bed with Mami tonight." She said talking to the little animals. Arizona thought that would help lighten Callie's mood, she knew her girlfriend loved having them in bed, even though Arizona was usually against it. She liked to be the only one snuggled up to Callie. "What is wrong with me?" Arizona questioned herself. "I'm talking to our dogs like they're kids." She huffed, closing the gate to the lot. Turning to head back in the house she looked up in their bedroom window. Seeing Callie standing there putting her shirt on, she wondered how in the world had she got so lucky to have the gorgeous women love her.

"Babe, you ready? The car is here." Callie said from the bottom of the steps the following morning. Carlos has sent a car for her and Arizona to take them to the courthouse where the trial was taking place. Figuring neither woman would be able to drive back home after sitting through an emotional day at court, doing the same for Barbara and Daniel.

"Yeah." Arizona said, coming down the steps wearing cute white slacks with a black sleeveless blouse with her white blazer jacket in hand. Callie thought she was breathtaking. She made a mental note, to put that pink diamond ring to good use as soon as this trial was behind them and give them something good to look forward too. "I'm ready."

"You look really pretty." Callie said as Arizona met her at the bottom of the steps, placing a kiss on her pink lips.

"Thank you. So do you." she returned. Callie was dressed in a black gathered cap sleeved dress that hung just above her knees.

"My dad said we'd meet them and your parents in front of the courthouse." she said taking Arizona's hand and walking to the waiting car.

The trip to the courthouse was quiet, neither woman letting go of the others hand the whole ride. Pulling up to the steps, Callie seen her parents, Barbara and Daniel in conversation by a little monument on the Courthouse lawn. Taking a deep breath, "Ready?" she asked Arizona. Receiving only a nod, they both stepped out of the car and made their way to their parents.

After greeting their parents, Carlos informed them that they needed to go on in and meet up with their lawyers to go over a few things before court goes into session. The girls sat in the court room with the parents, Teddy, Alex, Derek, Miranda and Owen, waiting for the judge to enter the room. Hearing doors open and two sets of eyes turned to the doors, seeing Dave Conley walk through dressed in a white dress shirt and pants. Callie and Arizona both stiffened, Daniel placed his arm around his daughters shoulders showing her she wasn't alone as Carlos did the same with Callie. The girls immediately searched for each others hand needing to feel the other. Looking each other in the eyes, "We can do this." Arizona said, seeing Callie nod.

"We got this." She said squeezing Arizona's hand.

Hearing the doors open again, they seen Meredith, Cristina, Mark, Lexie and Addison all showed up together just before the session started to support their friends. "What are you all doing here?" Callie turned around to ask her friends. Feeling a bit more nervous that she has to relive that night again in front of her closest friends.

"You both are our friends.. we wanted to be here for you guys. We didn't want you to have to go through this along." Meredith said, leaning in and squeezing Callie and Arizona's shoulders.

"Thank you guys. We appreciate it so much." Arizona said, giving her friends a small smile, until the words 'All Rise for the Honorable Judge Warren' were echoed through the courtroom. Taking a deep breath, Arizona grabbed Callie's hand again and stood. "I love you." She whispered to Callie as the judge sat down.

"I love you too."

"You may be seated." The judge said, shuffling through some papers on this desk. "Are all parties here?"

"Yes Sir." the bailiff said to the judge.

"Thank you, Larry." he said addressing the officer. "I want to get this done efficiently and as smoothly as possible." Judge Warren said to the prosecution and defense. "We're going to cut to the chase here, you both are familiar with the proceedings in a bench trial?" He asked seeing nods. "Good, I have already familiarized myself with this case." he said to both parties. "So let's get started. Prosecution, can you please present me with your evidence?" The judge asks for the files and evidence Callie and Arizona's lawyers have gathered. "Thank You." he said as Perry handed over the files to the judge. "And Defense?" Taking both files, he places them to the side on his desk. "I will review the presenting evidence thoroughly after I hear the victims and witness statements. Do either parties have any questions before we get started?"

"No your honor." Perry said.

"No Sir." the defense attorney for Dave Conley said.

"Okay, I'd like to call.." the judge said looking through the list of names on the prosecutions list. "Doctor Arizona Robbins to the stand."

"Good luck, baby." Callie said as Arizona took a deep breath and stood.

"Dr. Robbins. Where were you at approximately 10 p.m. The night of your brothers death?" The judge asked after Arizona had being swore in. They had already went through a few simple questions

"I had just got to Emerald Park, overlooking the city." She said.

"What was you doing at the park?"

"I was meeting my brother Tim at the bench over looking Seattle." she stated.

"Why?" He asked.

"I had came home from work to find my then girlfriend in bed with someone else and I asked my brother to meet me at the park so I could talk and clear my head."

"What happened when you got to the bench?"

"I saw the lamp lights were blown around the bench when I walked up to it." She said, looking Dave Conley right in the eye. "The next thing I know I was being pushed roughly to the ground and Dave Conley was on me, covering my mouth with his filthy hands and said 'If you don't keep quiet, I will kill you'."

"Please go on." The judge encouraged her.

Arizona proceeded to tell every detail of her attack, just as she had told Callie the night they first met at the river. From the man unzipping her pants and cupping her sex, to her trying to save Tim, as she put pressure against his neck as blood continued to rush out. There were a few times that she had to look to Callie to find strength. Callie would give her a wink and nod to encourage her to go on. Teddy, had moved to sit with Callie when Arizona was called to the stand. There was a few times when Arizona was explaining the events of Tim's death and her attempt to try to save him that Teddy had broke down and Callie was right there to help her through. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Arizona was sitting next to her girlfriend again, but that only lasted moments before the judge called her to the stand.

"Dr. Torres, how do you know Dr. Robbins?"

"Dr. Robbins is my girlfriend of almost ten months." She said to the judge.

"Did you know her before you started your relationship?"

"Yes and no."

"I'm confused you either knew her or you didn't?"

"We knew of each other when we were younger, but never met her."

"When did you meet Dr. Robbins?"

"I met her on May 2, 2014." Callie said, remembering the first time she saw the beautiful blonde.

"Did you know Timothy Robbins?"

"Yes, but I have not seen or spoken to him since our teenage years."

"Can you tell me what you were doing and what happened the night of November 7, 2014?"

"I was leaving Dr. Robbins and my practice. I left out of the back entrance of our building. I was almost at the front of the building when Dave Conley covered my mouth and pulled me back into the alley before he threw me against the wall and I blacked out."

"Was that the last thing that you remember?"

"No, I came too when I felt my windpipe being cut off, he was dragging me to the back of the alley by the back of my shirt. I'm not sure how long I was out.. I'm assuming only a minute or so. I tried to yell for help and then begged him to let me go. I had finally managed to get to my knees, but he had kicked me in the ribs..." She said, looking at Dave Conley. "And he said 'Stay still bitch.' I told him I'd give him anything he wanted if he'd just let me go, but he wouldn't. Then he straddled me by sitting on my hips and I thought he was going to try to rape me, so I fought him with all I had, and punched him in the face. He grabbed my wrists and head butted me and threw me back down to the ground, hitting my head hard on the asphalt. He then told me to 'just lay back and take it you.'" She said swallowing hard. "He told me to 'just lay back and take it you cunt.' He punched me in the face several times after that and told me to 'keep quiet or I'll kill you.' I told him." She said looking to Arizona. "I told him that he'd never get away with this' then he ripped my shirt open and said.." Closing her eyes. "'Oh yeah, tell that to the family of the man I killed last year.'" She said, wiping the tears from her eyes. That was something she hadn't told Arizona or anyone else.

"Do you need a minute Dr. Torres?" Judge Warren asked.

"No Sir. I want to get this over with."

"When your ready, Dr."

Taking a tissue from the box placed on the stand, she wiped her eyes. Looking up to see Arizona. Her girlfriends head was laying on her fathers shoulder, as his arm was wrapped around her. Carlos had took her seat and was holding Arizona's free hand while she was wiping tears from her eyes. "He slid down my legs and tried to pull down my pants. I begged him to stop..."

Arizona sat with her head on her dad's shoulder as she listened to Callie tell the end of her story. Her and Callie had talked several times about the attack, but Callie hadn't really ever said what the man had spoken to her. And it broke Arizona's heart to hear the verbal abuse her girlfriend had received.

As soon as Callie was dismissed from the stand Arizona was called back to explain what she had witnessed with Callie's attack.

"Dr. Robbins. What happened after you seen Mr. Conley attacking Dr. Torres."

Looking at Dave Conley right in the eyes, "I immediately attacked him. I ran and pushed him off Callie and started throwing punched to the back of his head, but then he countered and threw me off him and pinned me down. I yelled for him to get off me, and he said 'I'll kill you, you bitch.' That's when I knew who he was. He said those same words to me the night of the murder. I said 'It's you. You fucking sick bastard. You killed my brother.'" She said looking the man coldly.

"Then what happened?"

"I punched him in the nose, and he started bleeding. He said 'You fucking bitch. I should have offed you before I killed him.'" She said never taking her eyes of the man. "Then he grabbed my throat with both of his hands and started chocking me as he said." She said, closing her eyes to calm herself for a minute. "He said, 'Say hello to your brother.' Right after that is when Alex Karev knocked Dave Conley off me." She said looking over to Callie and her parents. Seeing everyone wiping tears from their eyes.

"You may step down Dr. Robbins. Thank you." The judge said as Arizona made her way back to her seat beside Callie.

"I now call Alex Karev to the stand."

Sitting down beside Callie, Arizona grabbed her hand almost immediately. "You did good, baby." Callie whispered, as Alex started giving his testimony.

"You did too, I'm so proud of you, Calliope." She whispered.

"I'm proud of you too, honey."

"...that's when I came around the corner and heard yelling. I heard Dave Conley state to Dr. Robbins that 'I should have offed you before I killed him' and as I got closer I seen him chocking her, so I found the closest thing I could find to fight him off and I heard him say 'Say hello to your brother.' that's when I hit him in the head with a brick."

"You may be excused, Alex."

"Teddy Altman." The judge called to the stand.

"Miss. Altman, is the man you saw lying on the ground the night of November 7, 2014 in this room?"

"Yes, your honor."

"Can you point him out?"

"There." Teddy said, pointing to the defendants table on the left of the courtroom.

"What was his condition?"

"He was unconscious and bleeding from his nose."

"No further questions, Miss. Altman."

Stacking the papers on his desk, and putting his note pad away he had been taking notes on, "I'm going to call an hour recess for lunch. Court will resume at 2 p.m." He said, and excused himself to his chambers.

"You want to take a walk?" Callie asked her girlfriend. After the judge left the room.

"Just you?" Seeing Callie nod, "Yeah, let's go." Arizona said. Standing from their seat she addressed her parents. "We're going to get some fresh air."

"Teddy and Addison are going to go grab everyone some lunch from some deli. What would you and Callie like?" Her mother asked.

"I'm not hungry, mama."

"Arizona, dear. You need to eat. We still have a long day ahead of us. Now I'll ask you again, what would you both like?"

Knowing her mother wouldn't stop until she ate, she looked to Callie. "Will you share a sandwich from the deli with me?" She asked.

"Yes babe. I'll share, I'm not too hungry. Get whatever you want."

Turning back towards her parents, "Okay mama, Callie and I will share, Teddy knows what I like. We'll be outside." She said, taking her girlfriends hand.

"We'll be out by the benches. Come find us when you're done?" Barbara asked.

"We will." Callie said grabbing her hand and giving it a squeeze, then leading Arizona out of the courthouse to have some alone time after that hellacious morning. It was an exceptionally warm day for February, but then again spring was right around the corner and it wasn't so unusual to have days like today. "That was a tough morning, huh?"

"Yeah." Arizona said, "Why didn't you tell me what he said to you Calliope?" She asked as they walked up to sit on a bench under a big shade tree.

Knowing exactly what statement Arizona was refuting to most, "I don't know. I guess there are some things best left unsaid, the things that man said to me were awful, Arizona and I didn't want you to have to hear them." She said crossing her legs together. "With the whole Tim thing, I didn't know who he was talking about when the attack first happened. Even after I was told who he was.. I didn't put two and two together.. but when I finally did, everything was great and I didn't want to bring us down again. It feels like every time our lives get back to normal, something with the trial comes along and slaps us right in the face." She sighed, wiping away a few tears that fell as she thought about them both on the stand earlier. "I hate him.. For what he did to us... to Tim. And I'm tired Ari. I'm tired of him knocking us down every time I turn around."

Sighing, Arizona knew exactly what Callie was feeling, because she was feeling it too. "I know.." She said, wrapping her arm around Callie's shoulder and pulling her closer. "I'm tired of it too. But.. soon we will be able to put all of this behind us. And then, there will come a day when he is just an faint afterthought and we can move on with our lives.."

"But what if he gets..."

"No..." Arizona cut her off. "No what ifs, Callie. You were in the same courtroom I was in today. There is no way he is getting off. Do you hear me.."

"No. Because what if he does, Arizona." She said, turning to face her girlfriend. "What will happen to us?" she asked softly.

Taking a deep breath, "We will move on with our lives... together." She said sincerely. She wished Callie would believe her when she said that it didn't matter if he got off free or went to prison. Of course it mattered, but not in their relationship sense. Arizona was not going to let this man take someone else she loved with all of her heart away from her. Even if it was the last thing she did.

"Promise me?" Callie said wiping a tear.

"Calliope." She said cupping her face. "I am not going to let that man destroy us. Do. You. Hear. Me?" She said, stressing every word. "He has already stole one person from my life and I be damned if he'll take you." She said wiping Callie's tears. "I don't know about you.. well actually I do but that's besides the point. My love for you is unconditional, nothing will ever change that, not some silly argument and definitely not that son of a bitch." She said kissing Callie's forehead. "You are the love of my life." She said hugging her girlfriend tight.

"My love is unconditional too." She said returning the hug and lightly pecking pink lips. She knew Arizona was right, but she couldn't help but question the what ifs though. Most of Callie's adult life the what ifs always came to fruition especially in the love department. She hadn't had a single relationship that lasted longer than three or four months, and even then it was always so one sided, but with Arizona nothing was ever one sided. They both loved and they loved hard. And right then and there, Callie promised herself to stop questioning the what ifs. "I love you so so much."

"Hey you too." Mark interrupted, walking up to the couple. "Lunch is here, you only have about 15 minutes left, so come eat."

"Come on, babe. Let's grab a bite to eat." Callie said standing from the bench, holding her hand for Arizona to take. "Thank you." She said kissing Arizona's cheek as they made their way over to their group of family and friends.

"What ever you can't do, I will." Arizona whispered to her with a sexy wink. Earning her a hand squeeze from Callie.

"Same goes for you, you know."

"I know, that's why we make such a great pair."

Twenty five minutes later, they were back in front of the judge once again, watching Miranda Bailey being swore in by the bailiff. Arizona wrapped her arm around Callie's as they looked on as one of their closest friends took center of attention.

"Dr. Bailey." The judge addressed her. "Can you please tell me the scene when Dr. Torres ambulance arrived at the hospital."

"I was paged 911 to the bay. When I got there, I was told it was a female early 30's with a severe beating. When Dr. Hunt opened the ambulance doors, I saw Dr. Torres laying on the stretcher unconscious with Dr. Robbins sitting beside her trembling uncontrollably staring off into space."

"So are you saying she was in a state of shock?" The judge asked.

Callie looked to Arizona and gave a small smile when Miranda was talking about the moments when she arrived to the hospital, she hadn't heard any of this before, not that it was anything that needed to be discussed. But she hated hearing what Arizona went through when she was unconscious lying on the gurney.

"Yes."

"Can you tell me what injuries Dr. Robbins had if any?"

"Yes, she had a bruise and several cuts on her face, and a gash right here...", She said pointing to her forehead above the eye, showing the judge where Arizona's gash on her head was. "..on her forehead, that needed to be stitched up."

"Was that her only injuries?"

"Yes sir."

"You may be excused Dr. Bailey." He said, as Miranda left the stand and took her seat.

"Are you doing okay, baby?" Callie whispered to Arizona when she felt her scoot closer to her on the bench they were seated on as they heard Owens name be called to the stand. She wrapped her arm over Arizona's shoulder to pull her closer.

"Yeah." She whispered back in Callie's ear. Leaning into her arms, she placed her right hand in Callie's lap to play with her girlfriends free hand. "I just wish this day was over with so we can go home to our boys. I have to admit, I enjoyed having them in bed last night. But don't tell them." she laughed.

"You're secrets safe with me." she winked as they heard Owens voice through the courtroom, and turning her attention back to the stand.

"Can you tell me Dr. Torres' condition when she came into your ER?"

"Dr. Torres was unconscious and had been severely beaten. We assessed her injuries, in the trauma room…"

"We?"

"Yes, Dr. Shepherd and myself, assessed her injuries, seeing she had lacerations and bruising on her face. Small cuts and bruises down her arms and hands. And her torso was swollen, red and turning purple from severe bruising, so before we went any further, we took her for a CT and X-ray."

"What injuries did you treat Dr. Torres for?" The judge asks, after taking a few notes from Owens statement.

"I treated Dr. Torres for deep tissue bruising and cracked ribs."

"And how long did you expect her recovery to take?" The judge asked, he wanted to get every bit of information he could get in this case.

"I estimated about two months to recover fully from her torso injuries."

"Thank you, Dr. Hunt. That is all." he said, letting Owen leave the stand. "I now call Dr. Derek Shepherd to the stand." he said.

After Derek's swearing in the judge proceeded to ask him several questions when Callie was brought in to the ER.

"So Dr. Shepherd, you're saying that Dr. Torres was unconscious from blunt force trauma?"

"Yes, the scans shown that Dr. Torres took several blows to the head."

"What exactly did you treat Dr. Torres for?"

"I treated Dr. Torres for a Linear Skull Fracture and a severe concussion, I observed her in the hospital from Friday night to Monday around noon, then released her in the care of Dr. Robbins."

"And how long does it take to fully recover from a Linear Skull Fracture like Dr. Torres suffered?

"Every case is different, but Approximately three months."

"Thank you Dr. Shepherd. You may step down." He said, looking through his list of names. "That concludes the prosecution testimonies." he said shutting the file, and laying the defense folder on top. Examining the list of witnesses, "Side bar." the judge calls. Waiting on the two attorneys to stand in front of his desk. "Mr. Cook." he addressed the defense attorney. "Is this paper accurate? You are only calling one witness to the stand is that correct?"

"Yes sir."

"Perry, was you aware of this witness, I don't see any documentation on him in the prosecution file?" Showing him the paper.

"No sir."

"Cook, you have been in my courtroom enough times to know I don't like shady business. What are you trying to pull here?"

"Nothing your honor. This name didn't come up until a day or two ago, and I feel this is valuable information in this case." The defense said as the judge read through the paper.

"You can take your sets." he said, looking back up in the courtroom.

"I'd like to call Dr. Mark Sloan to the stand."

Gasping and turning her face to Mark, Callie seen a shocked look coming from him. "He wasn't suppose to be on the stand.. was he? He would have told us right? What.. is going on?" Callie looked to Arizona and whispered. "Why the hell are they calling Mark?"

"I.. I-I don't know.. what could they possibly call him to the stand for? All he did was stitch us u…" pausing, Arizona remembered the talk her and Mark had in Callie's room. "Oh no.. no no no.." she rambled.

"What?" she whispered.

"He.. may have done something stupid that day… damn it!"

Hearing his courtroom break out a series of whispers as he called the last surprise witness to the stand. "Order.." he said, silencing the room. "Another outbreak like that and I will close the doors to the public."

Standing from his seat, Mark made his way to the stand to be sworn in. He had no idea that he would be called to the stand.

"Can they do this?" Callie whispered to her girlfriend.

"They are." she replied.

"Dr. Sloan. How do you know Dr. Torres and Dr. Robbins?"

"Dr. Torres and I were coworkers. I met Dr. Robbins through Dr. Torres."

"Would you say you have a close relationship with the two?" the Judge asked.

"I would, Dr. Torres is one of my best friends." Mark said looking to his best friend.

"So you are more closer with Dr. Torres than Dr. Robbins?"

"Yes Sir, I've known Dr. Torres for years. Dr. Robbins and I only met back in May."

"Dr. Sloan, can you please tell me your whereabouts after Dr. Torres was placed in her hospital room?"

"I was distraught after seeing my best friend lying helpless in the bed, so I decided to go up to the roof of the building to clear my head."

"Did you make it to the roof top?"

Taking a big breath. "No sir."

"Where did you go?"

"I was on my way to the roof, and I seen a cop guarding a patients room. I talked to the cop to get the information I needed out of him. He told me that he was guarding the guy because he had just assaulted two women and was a possible suspect in a murder case."

"Where you aware at the time that Dr. Robbins had a deceased brother?"

"I had just heard about her brothers murder minutes prior."

"What did you do next?"

"The cop said he was waiting for someone to come and set the mans nose, so I told him I would take care of it."

"Are you trained to handle this type of situation?"

"Yes sir, I am a plastic surgeon."

"Then what?"

"I went into the room to access his injuries. He was lying on the bed asleep and I kicked the foot board of his bed, causing it to slam against the wall. He jumped up in the bed, and asked for pain meds. I told him I'd fix him right up." Mark said clearing his throat.

"Did you say anything about Dr. Torres or Dr. Robbins at that time?"

"No sir, I played dumb at first. I asked him what he had done, to be guarded like he was."

"And what was his reason?"

Looking to Callie and Arizona, Mark swallowed hard. He knew they had never heard what he was about to say. "He said 'Some dumb bitch came onto me in the street and persuaded me to fuck her in the alley.' He said, 'You know how chicks are, she wanted it. But then she went all crazy and started yelling for help.' "

At Marks words, Callie and Arizona looked like they were about to puke. "I didn't." Callie whispered to herself. Feeling Arizona's grip tighten in hers.

"I.. I." Arizona was at a loss for words, this was the most laughable, absurd thing she had heard, but it also made her sick to her stomach. Shaking her head, she quietly but quickly got up from her seat, and rushed out the door leaving a shocked Callie to panic.

"Go." Teddy said as she caught Callie's eyes follow Arizona out the door. "She needs you."

"I didn't, Teddy..."

"She knows.. she knows.." Teddy told her.

Getting up from her seat, while Mark was still testifying, she quietly exited the doors. Callie expected to see Arizona sitting out in the hall somewhere, but came up empty on the search. She quickly searched for the nearest restroom, entering through the wood doors she heard heaving. "Arizona?" She said walking to the opened door of the stall. Seeing Arizona bent over the toilet, she immediately pulled blonde hair back out of her girlfriends face. "Let it out, honey." She said rubbing circles on Arizona's back. "You're okay, baby." She said as Arizona stood up from her knelt position. "Come on." Callie said leading Arizona out if the stall, and to the sink. Wetting some paper towels, she blotted Arizona's face to cool her off. "Feeling better?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry."

"It's okay. You know he's lying right? I would never do that.."

"I know that. You have never done anything for me to question your love. But just thinking about what he did to you.. and hearing that he's now trying to turn this whole thing around on you, it just made me sick. I'm sorry...I didn't mean to leave you like that, but I couldn't sit in that room any longer with that man." She said wrapping her arms around Callie's waist and burying her head in her shoulder.

"You don't have to explain yourself." Callie said hugging her close. "I understand, baby. You want to get outta here? We could go sit outside and wait for everyone else?"

"Yeah, I don't think I can go back in there. Not today." She said walking out the bathroom doors. Seeing the courtroom empty with people, Arizona and Callie walked up to the doors as their families walked out. "What's going on?" Arizona asked no one in particular.

"The case is in the judges hands now." Teddy said, handing Callie and Arizona their purses. "He's going to review all the evidence and go over the testimonies."

"Then he will inform us to meet back here to hear the verdict." Callie's father said.

"When will that be?" Callie asked.

"It could be a few hours or it could be a week or more."

"Cal, Arizona." Mark said, pulling then to the side. "I'm sorry you had to hear that from me. I had no clue I'd be called today..."

"It's okay, Mark. I know you were only trying to protect us." Arizona said as Mark pulled them both into an hug, "Thanks."

"Can you at least tell me you got a few good punches in?" Callie asked.

"Calliope." Arizona laughed, poking her girlfriend on the side.

"Don't you worry. He was in some pain when I sent him on his way." He laughed with them. "I love you guys."

"We love you too, man whore." Arizona giggled.

Hearing the courtroom doors open, they turned their head to the sound. Seeing Dave Conley and his lawyers walk out of the room, his eyes immediately found Callie and Arizona's. Smirking at the two, he blew them both kisses.

The whole thing happened in front of Everyone. Conley's lawyers even laughed at his advances to Callie and Arizona. Seeing the man that murdered his son, and attacked his daughter.. daughters. Callie had became like another daughter to him and Barbara. Daniels blood started to boil in his veins. He couldn't hold himself back any further. Before his mind registered what he was doing, his fist flew to Dave Conley's face, landing a hard punch right on his left cheek bone. "You son of a bitch." He growled. "You better never lay eyes on my girls again."

"Daddy."

"Daniel."

"Daniel."

Barbara, Arizona and Callie all gasped.

"No." Mark yelled, as the girls both tried to run up to Daniel. "Stay back."

Seeing the bailiff run up to the scuffle, he separated the groups. "Get him out if here. Now." He said to the defense lawyers.

"I'm sorry, officer. I don't know what come ove..." Daniel tried, but was cut off by the cop.

Seeing the defense hurry out of the building, "No need to apologize sir, I seen what he did." the officer said. "If it had been my daughters, I would have done the same thing. But if I get questioned about this later, I didn't see a thing." He said nodding at the group. "I suggest you head home now." The officer said walking away as if nothing happened.

"What do you say we all go out and have some dinner?" Arizona asked the whole group. "I think we need a drink after all that we've been through today."

"Sounds good." Callie said, taking Arizona's hand. "Everyone in?" After a few hell yeahs from their friends and nods from their parents, they made their way to a restaurant down town to get their minds off of the days events.

"Arizona?" Callie said as the pulled up to the little Mexican restaurant they all agreed on.

"Yeah, baby?"

"I know we said we'd be back at work tomorrow.. But do you think we could take tomorrow off? I'm just so drained from today.. And I just don't see myself being able to focus at work tomorrow. After today I just want to stay in bed all day and cuddle.. I promise, I'll try not to be bad..." She said snuggling into Arizona's side.

"I've already informed Teddy and Avery that we wouldn't be there, love."

"You are awesome."

"Calliope?" Arizona said, getting out of the car to meet up with everyone.

"Hmm.."

"I wouldn't mind if you were a little bad." She smiled.

"Ohh.. Well then." Callie said, climbing out of the car to catch up with Arizona. "Maybe I'll be very bad." She purred, pinching Arizona's bottom as they made their way into the restaurant.


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I know a few of you had hoped Arizona was hiding some kind of secret about her attack. But I felt for her to be hiding something more, she would have more emotional baggage if so.

I hope you enjoyed!