A/N - So….umm, from the reviews I received, I'm getting the feeling you think I'm…..mean? Is this a fair assumption? Hehe! Yet again you guys have out done yourselves. Some of your reviews had me crying with laughter. Really….they were all awesome. Even the ones that swore at me, compared me to Candace (ouch) :P or even threatened my body with a bat! So funny! Thanks to SpuffyCalzona for volunteering to be my human brick shield!

The last scene in chapter 35 was a shocker wasn't it? Ill be honest with you, I really didn't have that planned until I'd written half the chapter. It just kinda came to me. I'm telling you….this story has a mind of it's own. I think Hunky-Dory89 summed it up really well in her review. Sometimes the unexpected is good. I believe it keeps the readers on their toes, it keeps you interested in the story. I hope you guys feel the same. What's that? You want me to stop giving you heart attacks and leaving these frustratingly evil cliffhangers? Well….I guess I could…..spoils my fun though ;(

Thank you so much for every one of your reviews…and for just reading. I really love writing this story and I hope I can continue to keep you entertained. Sadielady, had to mention you here...you, are hysterical! Hope you enjoy this internut friend!

A HUGE thank you to Amber for her medical input for this chapter. I would have been clueless!

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Previously…

'I know. I didn't tell her I was moving yet. I didn't want to add fuel to the fire.'

'I get that. There's still a couple of months though, maybe she'll start to warm to the idea of me…'

A sarcastic laugh left Callie's throat. 'Yea, I wont hold my breath.' She sighed deeply. 'Today needs to end!'

'Well its almost over for me.' the blonde replied, looking out of her side window. '9:30 here. Just enough time to get home, shower then see my beautiful girlfriends face on Skype.'

'This is the only thing that's getting me through the….'

'Teddy!' Came Arizona's frantic cry down the line. Callie's body physically jumped as she heard a loud smashing sound, right before the line went dead.

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Chapter 36

Here she was once again, back on a Southwest Flight, except this time….she was Missouri bound. She was sat by the window, half way down the aisle, her knee bouncing erratically…..much to the annoyance of the woman on her right.

She'd spent most of the flight consumed by the sound of glass smashing and Arizona's frantic screech of her friends name. When the line had gone dead, she'd shot up in bed, screaming Arizona's name. She'd quickly redialled the number but it had cut straight to voicemail. She'd started pacing around her room, shouting various Spanish words.

Erica had come bursting through the bedroom door, Jack not far behind. It had taken several moments for Erica to snap Callie out of her Spanish rant and when she did, the Latina had started hyperventilating. In the 7 years Erica had known Callie, she had never seen her ex like this. That night their relationship had ended had been bad….but this…

There were no words to describe the state Callie had been in. She'd continued to speak only in Spanish, even when Erica and Jack begged her to speak English. The only thing they had understood was 'Arizona' and 'Teddy'. As much as it pained Erica to sit and attempt to calm Callie while she was shouting for another woman, she did have a heart. A broken one, but it still cared for the Latina, and seeing her so distraught still continued to cause her pain.

When the Spanish words had subsided, Callie began to pace the room again, her mind trying to clutch onto some sort of explanation for what had happened. 20 minutes had passed and still Arizona's cell had gone straight to voicemail. All she could assume was the worst. Teddy was driving, Arizona had screamed then the sound of breaking glass had erupted down the cell right before the line went dead.

Everything pointed to a crash. Arizona had been in a crash. When that thought dawned on her, she'd rushed to the bathroom and emptied the contents of her stomach. Which considering she hadn't eaten since lunch time, consisted of mostly bile. Minutes passed as she sat with her back against the wall by the toilet.

Erica had come in with a glass of water, forcing Callie to take some sips. 'Tell me what's happened Callie?' Erica had asked.

Taking a few deep breaths, Callie had turned her head away from her ex, not wanting to look at the expression Erica would give her. 'I think Arizona's been in a car accident….' she admitted.

Erica hadn't known how to console Callie, so instead she'd just sat down beside her….her own back resting against the wall.

It had been almost 45 minutes later when Callie's cell had began to ring with an unknown Callie I.D. It had been Teddy on the other end. The first thing she'd told Callie was that Arizona was going to be alright and she had to remain calm. That was easier said than done for Callie as she couldn't understand why Teddy was on the other end of the phone and not her girlfriend. 'We've been in a car accident…' Teddy had started. 'Some idiot ran a red and went straight into the passenger side of my Jeep.' Callie's hand had shot to her mouth as she began to sob. 'I know it sounds bad Callie, but the paramedics think she's going to be OK. She's just been strapped to a board with the collar as precaution, like they do with most car incidents. I'm not going to tell you not to worry Callie, I know that would be a shitty thing for me to say, but she's going to be OK. I know you'll want to come out here so when I hang up with you I'll ring work and have a ticket waiting for you by the time you get to the airport OK? Tacoma International, right?'

It had taken Callie all of 5 minutes to pack a shoulder bag and grab her passport. Erica had insisted the Latina couldn't drive herself to the airport in the state she was in and told her she would drive her. The journey to the airport had been completely silent. Callie was lost in her own thoughts while Erica didn't know what to say, so chose to keep quiet.

At the airport, Callie had thanked her ex, telling her she realised how hard it was for her to do this, but she would be forever grateful. As Teddy had promised, tickets had been waiting at the desk, but the flight to Missouri wasn't due to depart for 2 hours. That meant she wouldn't be able to see Arizona for at least another 6 hours.

The wait, at the airport and now on the plane wasn't doing Callie any favours. Her mind was in constant overdrive, imagining different scenarios. What if Arizona didn't make it? Teddy had said she was going to be alright, but what if there were complications? What if she was in a coma? Or had brain damage, or worse…..what if she crashed on an operating table?

She was desperate to get off the plane and turn her cell on to call Teddy. Not knowing was seriously messing with her mind.

'Nervous flyer?'

Callie looked at the woman seated next to her. The middle aged woman looked back at Callie, a mixture of impatience and wonder evident on her face. Callie's knee ceased bouncing. 'Ugh, no….I'm not.' She looked back out of the window, hoping the woman wouldn't press the matter. She really didn't feel in the mood to talk right now.

'Oh, just you've been fidgeting for most of the flight…'

Callie didn't miss the impatience laced with in the woman's words. If this woman was looking for some sort of confrontation, she really didn't know what she was getting herself into. She kept her mouth shut though, her eyes trained on the window, hoping the woman would take the hint. Luckily for Callie, she did. With her train of thought broken, Callie's mind drifted to Richard Webber. She was going to have to ring him tomorrow morning to say she needed a few days off work. No doubt he'd be pissed. Her job was the least of her worries right now though. If Richard wasn't happy with her taking off, then that was his problem. She already knew she wouldn't be in that job much longer anyway. She liked Richard, she really did…..but there were far more important things in her life now then her crappy little job.

'Ladies and Gentlemen, please could you return to your seats as we make our final descent into Columbia National Airport.'

'Thank god…' Callie breathed, sitting back in her seat as the plane began its descent.

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Sitting in the chair by her best friends bed, Teddy replayed the nights events over in her head. She'd been listening to the one sided conversation while making her way towards Arizona's place. When Arizona had screamed her name she'd had literally a second to turn her head to her friend before a blinding light beyond Arizona had made her squint and the next thing she knew an almighty crashing sound rang out.

The hit was over within seconds. She didn't know how much time had passed before she'd lifted her own head from the airbag on her steering wheel. She was shaken up but her body seemed to feel alright. Taking a few moments to catch her bearings, she'd turned her head towards her friend.

Arizona had been unconscious…..her chin resting on her chest. Teddy had called her name several times but the blonde hadn't answered her. A man had appeared at her window, telling her help was on the way but she paid little attention to him, she was too worried about her friend to take notice.

When the paramedics finally arrived on the scene, Teddy, who's injuries were minimal, was easily removed form the Jeep, but Arizona had had to be cut out of the passenger side. After strapping her to a board with a neck brace as precaution, they'd loaded her into the back of an ambulance. Police had initially wanted to speak to Teddy but the brunette had insisted on riding with her unconscious friend to the hospital. There had been many witnesses to the crash so the police had busied themselves in taking their statements, promising to catch up with the 2 women at the hospital.

Before leaving the scene Teddy had managed to pick up pieces of Arizona's cell. The phone itself was unusable but she was only interested in the sim card. Arizona had been on the phone to Callie at the time of the crash and she knew without a doubt that the Latina would be beside herself with worry.

After speaking with her best friends girlfriend, trying her best to keep her calm, she'd rang work and organised to have a ticket electronically forwarded in Callie's name to the airport in Seattle. She knew it would be hours before Callie got here, but at least the ball was set in motion sooner rather than later.

Arriving at the hospital, Arizona had woken up in the ER which had helped the doctors with their examination. Her most obvious injuries were the dislocated shoulder and multiple lacerations to her face, arms and legs. When she awoke, she complained of a sore chest and wrist. After spending a good amount of time in radiology, getting a head CT, several X-Rays and an MRI, it was found she had a broken wrist and some broken ribs. Luckily they were the worst of her injuries.

They'd withheld from giving her any medication until the results of her CT came through. Quite often drugs can mask the symptoms of a serious brain injury, once she was given the all clear however they'd administered a dose of dilaudid….much to the appreciation of Arizona, who'd been writing in pain since she'd woken up.

Dilaudid was the daddy of medication when it came pain relief. At 13x stronger than morphine, it took 90% of the blonde's pains away within seconds. It wasn't without its downfalls however. While it took care of her pain, it made her instantly feel sick. They'd given her a dose of Zofran which was an anti nausea medication to put her right.

After being given the meds, she'd been taken back into the ER where they'd mended her shoulder, cleaned her lacerations and put a cast on her wrist. After that she'd been wheeled into a double room in recovery. Luckily for her, there was no one in the bed next to hers. Before she'd succumbed to sleep, Teddy had explained that Callie was on her way. Arizona would have protested….a little, not wanting her girlfriend to get in trouble with work. But if she was honest with herself, seeing Callie would be the best pick me up she could ask for.

The police had arrived a couple of hours after the blonde had been admitted. They'd updated Teddy on the male driver they'd apprehended at the scene. As the policeman had assumed, the young man had been drinking and as a result would be charged.

Teddy was finding it hard to keep her eyes open now. It was after 3am now and the night had certainly been eventful. She would stay until Callie arrived though, which hopefully would be very shortly.

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Handing her cab driver several notes, Callie murmured a thanks and keep the change before almost throwing herself out of the car door. She swung her bag over her shoulder and scurried into the main entrance of the hospital. After the woman at reception pointed her towards the recovery floor, she rushed along the corridors and ran up the stairs, not wanting to wait for the elevators to arrive. Making it breathlessly to the right department, she leant against the reception desk. 'Arizona Robbins please…'

The woman smiled at her, and held up a hand as she continued to talk to someone on the phone.

*God dammit* Callie thought. A few moments passed and she couldn't wait any longer for this woman to get off the phone so made her way along the hall, poking her head beyond each door she passed. Finally, she stopped outside of her girlfriends room. She stood in the doorway, her eyes tracing the blondes delicate little body. A drawn out breath escaped her lips and Teddy turned to investigate.

'Callie, hey….' The brunette got to her feet as Callie stepped into the room. The 2 embraced for a few moments.

'How is she?'

'She's OK. She's just sleeping it off right now. They gave her a nice dose of some medication for the pain…..eventually, so it made her kind of drowsy and….' a chuckle left her lips '…kind of delusional. She's been out for over 2 hours now.'

Callie came up alongside the blondes bed. She wanted to squeeze her hand, but she was stood on her girlfriends banged up side where a cast covered the most part of her hand. Instead she lifted her hand, brushing her fingers lightly on the blondes unmarked left cheek. 'Oh 'Zona…' she breathed.

Teddy looked on for a few moments before deciding it was time for her to head home. 'I think I'll set off now you're here. It's been a long day and I really need to crash.' She cringed at her own words. 'Ugh, that's so been ruined for me now!'

Callie offered her a weak smile. 'I'm sorry Teddy….are you alright? I was in such a daze earlier I totally forgot to ask about you.'

'Yea, I'm fine…..considering. It was a bad hit. Unfortunately for Ari she took the brunt of it on her side.' She looked down at her friend. 'It could have been so much worse though. I'd wanted a little sports car but it was Arizona that convinced me the Jeep was more practical. I'm thanking my lucky stars right now that common sense prevailed.'

'Yea….' Callie replied, looking back at her girlfriend.

'I'll leave her in your capable hands then. Doc's say depending on how she is later today, she may be able to be released. She'll need to have someone with her for a few days though.'

'I'll stay as long as she needs me' Callie replied immediately.

'I thought you might say that…' Teddy smiled. 'I'll come back later on.'

'OK, thanks Teddy.'

When the brunette left, the Latina walked around to the other side of the bed, pulling a chair right up to the blondes side. She took Arizona's good hand in her own, bringing it to her mouth to kiss. She let herself bask in the feeling of being in her girlfriends presence again. 'Hey beautiful…' she said softly. 'I'm here.' The blonde let out a soft 'hmmm' of approval, but didn't wake up. Deciding it would be best for Arizona to rest for a while, Callie stroked her fingers over the back of Arizona's hand, content on just watching the blonde sleep.

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With her eyes still closed, Arizona's brow creased as though suddenly becoming aware of her current state. She felt….strange. Kind of like she was walking in the clouds. Her head felt light with the slightest niggle of a pain. It was the same with her shoulder. Actually, her whole right arm felt tingly. Slowly she opened her eyes, blinking several times as her eyes became accustomed to the early morning light filtering in through some blinds on her left. Her tongue moved around her dry mouth, poking out to moisten her even dryer lips. It was then that she realised there was someone resting with their head on the bed by her side. She felt a lazy grip around her left hand, somewhere beneath a mass of dark locks. She smiled slightly, closing her eyes again.

Calliope was there.

Her eyes shot open. Where the hell were they? Looking around, it was obvious this was a hospital room. But why was she in a….

A loud crash replayed in her mind. She'd been on the phone to Callie in Teddy's car when she'd seen another vehicle run a red and head directly for them. Everything after that seemed a bit hazy. She remembered vaguely waking up in the ER….Teddy was by her side most of the time. Her friend was alright….she herself had taken the brunt of the collision.

A dull pain began to make itself known more and more down her right hand side, as if remembering last nights events was triggering it. She squeeze the hand placed in her left. 'Cal….Calliope…' she whispered.

Nothing. The woman that lay crouched over the bed didn't move. The blonde let out a chuckle at Callie's love for sleep, but quickly grimaced when that chuckle turned into a cough that angered the pain in her right side.

That got Callie's attention. Her head popped up in confusion, a few strands of hair stuck to her cheek. 'Arizona…' she spoke, her voice laced with sleep.

The blondes coughing faded out and she smiled lazily back at her girlfriend. 'Hey…'

'Oh baby…' Careful not to touch anywhere on the blondes right hand side, Callie leant down, placing a series of soft kisses on her lips. 'I was so worried, you have no idea.' She pulled back, brushing her fingers lightly through blonde locks. 'How are you feelings?'

'Woozy..' Arizona replied. 'And sore.'

'I'm not surprised. You took a good hit. You're going to be alright though. What do you remember?'

The blonde licked her lips. 'Umm, I was on the phone to you and…' she stopped, grimacing at the pain in her shoulder and side.

'Hang on 'Zona, I'll get the nurse. You should be due some more medication.'

20 minutes later, Arizona was laying a little higher in bed, the doctor had been and gone having ran some checks and administering some more pain relief. Callie was sat on the edge of the bed, running her fingers up and down her girlfriends arm. 'You know, I realise we haven't seen each other in 10 days but don't you think this was a little extreme to get me over here?'

The dimples popped in Arizona's cheeks. 'A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.' she replied, dropping her head back into the pillows and closing her eyes. She stayed that way for a couple of minutes, enjoying the feel of being tickled. 'Was your boss OK with you flying out?'

'Oh crap…' the Latina looked at her watch. 7:50 Seattle time. 'I better ring in and actually tell him I wont be there today.' Bringing her cell out of her pocket she dialled her work number.

The blonde opened her eyes again, looking at her girlfriend. Movement behind her girlfriend caught her attention though. She frowned, blinking her eyes several times. 'Ugh, Calliope…..why is there….a unicorn in my room?'

Callie had the phone to her ear, listening to the dialling tone when Arizona asked her a rather weird question. Stupidly she turned to look in the direction of her girlfriends eye line. She looked back at the blonde. Baby there's no unicorn there.' She smiled, running her hand over Arizona's left cheek. 'The doctor said you might have hallucinations on the medication.'

Arizona shook her head, a soft laugh leaving her lips. 'Nope, he's definitely there Callie.' She nodded, seemingly at the unicorn her medicated mind was seeing. 'She is…'

'Huh?'

The blonde looked at her confused girlfriend. 'He asked if you were my girlfriend.'

Callie shook her head, a laugh erupting up from her stomach. This medication certainly did have a kick to it she though. 'Do you feel OK?'

Arizona nodded. 'I feel super. I can't really feel the pain anymore. The doc has the…..Calliope!' she gasped, looking down at her girlfriends body.

'What….what's wrong?' Callie asked concerned.

'Why are you wearing…..that!' she asked, nodding at her girlfriends midsection. 'We're in a hospital and….yikes!'

''Zona baby, I'm wearing normal clothes you're just seeing things. Don't worry it wont…' she paused when a woman's voice finally came on the other line. 'Hi Janice, is Richard there?' She found it difficult to carry on looking at the smouldering look Arizona was giving her body so turned her head towards the window. 'Ah right, I'd really prefer to taaaaaaaaalk to him…' she gasped mid sentence.

She turned to look at her girlfriend who had taken it upon herself to slip her good hand firmly between her legs. 'Sorry Janice, ugh…' The blonde was now cupping Callie's mound, her fingers massaging her firmly through her jeans. 'Ugh, yea….umm, I guess I'll just have to leave a m…m…message.' She moaned slightly at the friction the seam in her jeans gave her. She grabbed at Arizona's wrist, holding it firmly. She shot a playful glare at the blonde who looked back at her through her lustful blue eyes. 'Can you tell Richard a family emergency came up and I've had to take a day off.' Her voice was getting higher in pitch with every word.

Arizona was adamant in her ministrations, pushing against Callie's grip. 'You're hot….' she told the Latina, her voice deeper then Callie had ever heard.

'Th…thanks Janice, bye.' Hanging up, Callie looked questioningly down at her girlfriend. 'Seriously?'

'What?'

'You're touching me up while I'm on the phone? Actually, you've just been in a car accident and you're wanting to touch me up?'

'I always want to touch you up. You're so beautiful….especially when you wear this…' she said, hooking her finger at the top of Callie's jeans and pulling it slightly. Her mind told her Callie was in nothing but sexy lingerie. 'I missed you all week and now you're here, looking like that and Harry told me I need to do something about it.'

Callie looked back at her, a mixture of confusion, amusement and ashamedly, arousal on her face. 'Harry?'

Arizona nodded. 'Harry the Unicorn. We're friends now.'

Callie smirked. 'Those drugs are good aren't they?'

Arizona shrugged. 'The drugs aren't making me say this. I want to say this. You're beautiful and you're all mine…..not Harry's.' She leant closer to the Latina, lowering her voice. 'He thinks you're hot, but there's no way I'll let him get his grubby little hooves on you. You came all the way out here to see me, because I crashed and I think that's awesome.'

'Ofcourse I came out to see you, I love you.'

Arizona looked back at her with a goofy smile. 'I love you too Calliope.' She puckered her lips, signalling she wanted Callie's lips on her own. Callie obliged immediately of course. When they pulled back, the blonde put her head on the side. 'Do you think you could get me some rainbow soup?'

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'There we go….hang on, let me close the door.' With a firm grip on Arizona's good arm, Callie kicked the door shut. 'OK, you want the couch or the bed?'

'I've been lying in bed all day….' the blonde replied. 'The couch sounds good for now.'

Helping the blonde further into the apartment, Callie carefully lowered her into the soft cushions of the sofa. 'That feel good?'

'You have no idea…' Arizona replied with a sigh.

Kissing the top of her girlfriends head, Callie walked back towards the door where she'd dumped both their bags on her first trip up to the apartment. Against the doctors initial advice, Callie had managed to get Arizona released by the late afternoon. The main concern was with the blondes concussion. Callie assured the doctor though that she would be with her girlfriend for the entire weekend and she would keep an eye out for any symptoms.

Teddy had come along after lunch to check on her best friend before offering to give Callie a lift to the airport in her courtesy car to pick up Arizona's car.

Before being released, the blonde had been given some milder medication. Luckily it wasn't the dilaudid she'd been on in the hospital. That strong medication had proven to have interesting effects on the flight attendant. If Callie hadn't been firm with her, the blonde would have had the Latina straddling her face in the hospital bed. That position would have certainly given the little old lady who had been wheeled in to the room mid morning a heart attack for sure.

Just another reason Callie had been determined to get Arizona released.

'Can I get you something to eat….or drink?' Callie asked, taking their bags towards the bedroom.

'I'm OK for now thanks. I just want to sit here with my girl and snuggle.'

Coming back through to the living room, Callie sat herself by the blonde. 'That's do-able. Unless of course Harry has other plans for us?'

The blonde rolled her eyes. 'You're such a maker upper…' she protested. She'd been enlightened on her medicated shenanigans, in front of Teddy too so she just knew she'd never live this down.

Callie grinned, laying her hand on Arizona's left thigh, giving it a little squeeze. 'I'd make dinner later but I guess it's too much of a stretch to think you've got anything in.'

'Actually, smarty pants, you'll be surprised to find I went shopping before flying to Florida.'

Callie's hand flew to her heart in mock disbelief. 'I can't quite believe it.'

'Uh huh. I got a huge bag of pasta coz you know…..that lasts forever and tinned tomatoes, and a whole other bunch of stuff.'

'Well baby I have to say I am pleasantly surprised. I'll take a look later, see if I can rustle something up.'

They sat in a comfortable silence for a while, just content to be next to each other. The blonde had her head resting on Callie's shoulder as the Latina's fingers stroked soothingly along her thigh. 'I wish I was here for good…' Callie admitted, leaning her head against the top of Arizona's. The blonde didn't reply. 'It just feels like this is my home now. It feels so…..right. Don't you think?' When Arizona still didn't respond, she leant her head forward, finding her girlfriend was fast asleep. She smiled at the sight, placing her lips against her forehead.

Yea, this place was home, and there really was no where else in the world she'd rather be.

A/N 2 - So, I think this is a perfect place to end the story don't you think?

Just kidding hehe, I had to get a bit of a cliff hanger in there….It doesn't feel right not leaving you with some sort of shocker :P There will be more chapters….probably quite a few, like I said this story has a mind of its own. On a side note, who loves medicated Arizona? *thrusts hand in the air* Don't know which is better, drunk Arizona or drugged Arizona. Hmm, yea….can't decide!