A/N: Thanks again to Heather for beta-ing 3

Callie's phone rang once more. Sighing, she hit the red button once more as Arizona's name flashed across the screen.

'Why don't you just turn it off?' Mark asked, handing Callie the coffee he had just made.

'If Aria needs to call me it's the only number she has.' Callie replied, taking a long sip of the steaming coffee Mark handed her, ignoring the fact it slightly burnt her tongue. After walking out of Arizona's office, she'd left the practice straight away, very glad that she had cleared her days schedule for Denver's surgery. Thankfully Mark had the day off and so when a very upset Callie arrived on his doorstep, he was able to comfort her and listen to what had happened. When Callie had calmed down, she'd called Aria too, mainly because if she decided she needed space then her first thought was to go and stay with Aria for a bit, even if it was just for the weekend. Both Mark and Aria had been shocked by what Callie had told them; it wasn't necessarily what Arizona had actually done by leaving Jo, it was the fact that she had chosen to keep it from Callie for so long, for Aria especially as she knew her sister had been seriously thinking about marriage.

'Well give it here then, I'll tell Robbins where to go.' Mark said, if Callie wasn't so upset they both knew that he would be in Arizona's face, making sure that she knew just how much she had hurt his best friend.

'Mark...'

'What?!' Mark replied, 'You can't expect me to say anything nice about her now?!'

Callie shook her head, 'I know Mark, but I also need you to not go over the top because I'm sitting here trying to think of reasons to forgive her and you're not helping.'

'You can't just forgive her straight away Cal...' Mark began.

'I'm not!' Callie interrupted, 'Believe me...I am so not...the more I think about it, the more I think it would be a good idea if I went and stayed with Aria for a bit...clear my head about the whole thing...I need answers but I also just need a minute to think rather than have Arizona in my face all the time.'

'I'm sure the Chief wouldn't begrudge you a few days of Cal...I'll cover any emergent patients you have booked in next week.'

'You sure?' Callie asked, grateful that Mark was such a good friend to her when she needed him the most.

'Of course, I'll look after Jasper too if you like? Be too much hassle flying him for a week.'

Callie nodded, 'Thanks Mark, I really appreciate it.'

Mark sighed, leaning forwards he placed a reassuring hand on Callie's, 'It'll all work itself out Cal...'

'I know,' Callie said. 'I'm just so tired of this Mark...George...Erica...now Arizona? When does it end?'

Mark shook his head, 'Look Cal, you know I'm no Saint...I was an asshole for such a long time and I have a past that in some ways I am ashamed of. I'm not excusing what Arizona's done, but I think in her own way she was trying to protect you...'

'She made her out to be a monster,' Callie interrupted, needing to voice all the thoughts running through her head.

'Who?' Mark asked, confused.

'Arizona made Joanne out to be a monster,' Callie confirmed. 'But really all along what did she do wrong? I mean, I know she accused Arizona of forcing her into sex which is awful considering it nearly cost Arizona her career...but do two wrongs make a right? Arizona leaving her like that must've hurt her so much...and all along Arizona played the victim...I just...if she's capable of doing that to Joanne and this to me...what else could she do to hurt me Mark? What if I hadn't found out and I'd asked her to marry me? Would she have done to me what she did to Joanne?' Callie said, her voice growing more hysterical.

Mark shook his head, 'Cal unfortunately the only way you're truly going to be able to answer those questions is by talking to her...'

'I can't Mark...' Callie replied, 'Not yet at least.'

Mark's reply was cut off by his phone ringing, 'Give me a minute, it's Lex.' Picking the phone up he wandered through to the kitchen area to take the call.

Callie nodded, barely paying attention as Mark wandered through to his kitchen. Resting her head back in her hands, she wiped the next wave of tears from her face. She'd tried to talk herself into going back and confronting Arizona, hearing her out, but she just didn't have the energy. She'd thought Arizona was different, thought she wasn't another George or Erica, and yet here she was, crying over another broken heart. Deep down she still knew that Arizona was better than them, she knew that she was special; but that made the hurt feel a whole lot worse.

Mark storming back into the room brought Callie from her thoughts, 'Robbins is on her way here.'

'What? Why?'

'That was Lex, she says that Robbins has been sat with her and Karev for the last couple of hours crying her eyes out and so she told her where I lived,' Mark said. 'You can hide here if you want Cal, but by the sounds of it Robbins' isn't going to take no for an answer, so if you want to go and stay with Aria like you suggested...'

'Then I need to go now.' Callie finished, already on her feet and grabbing the bag that she'd packed from the house. 'I'll text Aria on the way and tell her that I've decided to go and stay with them...I know I'm running Mark, but I just need time to think without Arizona giving me one of her speeches and winning me over before I'm ready...'

'I get it,' Mark said. 'Go, drive safe and I promise I won't let on where you've gone.'

'Thanks Mark,' Callie said, briefly hugging him.

'Course,' Mark replied instantly. 'Now go...'

Callie nodded, giving Jasper a quick head rub before she set off down the stairs and climbed quickly into her truck, relieved when she hit the main freeway heading towards the airport and Miami.

XX

Standing outside Mark's apartment, Arizona took in a deep breath as she knocked on the door. She didn't really have any clue what she was going to say; she just knew that she needed to see Callie, needed to make things right between them. She hated fighting with Callie at the best of times, but knowing that she was the reason they were fighting, and the cause of so much hurt to her Calliope, made her feel positively awful.

As the door swung open to reveal a frustrated looking Mark, Arizona chanced a glance behind him, 'She's not here.'

'I know she's here Mark so don't be an ass.' Arizona replied coolly, she had expected this sort of reaction from Sloan.

'She's not here Robbins, she was, but she's not anymore.'

At the sound of Arizona's voice, Jasper came trotting to the door, nuzzling at her familiar hand.

'She's here if he's here,' Arizona said confidently.

'No she's not, I'm looking after him,' Mark replied.

'She wouldn't go anywhere without him!'

'She couldn't take him where she was going!'

Arizona's eyes looked to Mark for the first time, 'Well where has she gone? For how long?'

'Like I'm going to tell you anything.' Mark replied with a scoff.

'Mark, please?' Arizona replied, her voice small, 'I know you probably want to drop kick me in the head but I need to see her and make this right.'

'Which is why she's left,' Mark replied.

'What do you mean?'

'She knew that you'd come round and give the old Robbins speech...she just needs time Arizona, she needs to work out what she wants.'

'Which is why I need to see her!' Arizona said, her voice rising, 'I can't stay here, not doing anything whilst she works out that she doesn't want me in her life anymore!'

'Well maybe you should've thought about that before you lied to her.' Mark replied, attempting to push the door shut, Arizona shoving her foot in the way.

'Mark please...I know you and me have never seen one hundred percent eye to eye, but Calliope is the love of my life and I need to tell her that.'

Mark sighed, 'Look, when George left her she was devastated, when Erica left she was silent...today when she came in here she was...hysterical. That's enough to tell me that she loves you more than the both of them put together...just give her some time Arizona because if I was a betting man I'd put money on her coming back for you.'

Arizona seemed to finally listen to Mark's words, nodding she took a step back as she let Mark fully close the door. Turning, she harshly wiped the tears away as she headed back out to her truck, climbing in, she drove home.

As she pulled into the driveway, Arizona kept the engine running, shaking her head she realised that she couldn't stay here; this wasn't her house anymore. It was hers and Calliope's and staying here without her seemed virtually impossible. Hitting the truck into reverse, she backed out and headed back to Hunters, deciding she didn't want to try and stay with Alex or Teddy; she needed time to get her head straight as well.

Pulling the truck into the yard, Arizona sighed as she parked in her usual spot; the practice was now mostly in dark, only one light on in the main building in case of emergencies, the security light the only sign of life on the yard. Climbing out, Arizona held the door open for Dotz and Harry to follow. Arizona was grateful for the dogs being there, their presence enough so that she didn't feel all alone. Having a quick look in on all the stalls Arizona ended up in the OR where Denver was sleeping soundly in the crush. Having a quick glance over his chart, Arizona was pleased to see that at his last check, his vitals were improved and he seemed to be in a minimal amount of pain.

Grabbing one of the OR mats, Arizona hauled it over so that it was next to the crush. Sitting down on the mat she leant up against the side, the two dogs settling instantly at her feet, as Arizona let her mind wander through the day's events. In amongst all the arguing, there was one thing that stuck out in Arizona's mind more than anything. Callie was thinking of marriage. Of course Arizona didn't know how seriously she had been thinking about it, but the look, more the hurt, on Callie's face was enough for her to realise that she had been thinking about it for some time.

Arizona had never really seen herself as ready for marriage in any of her previous relationships, and honestly, she'd not thought about it before with Callie. She'd certainly couldn't imagine life without her, but marriage was something she hadn't really given a thought to. Till now. Now it was all she could think about; being married to Calliope. Being Mrs. Arizona Torres...or Robbins...or Robbins-Torres. What would they be? Arizona shook her head, there was no point over-thinking that situation if it wasn't going to happen and at the minute she didn't have a clue what was coming around the corner. She didn't know where Callie was and she had no way of finding out unless Mark caved. Even if she did know where she was, maybe she should respect Callie's need to distance herself. It was Friday, and she knew Callie had the weekend off anyway, they had planned on going on a big date on Saturday night, Callie would show up for work on Monday and by then Arizona would have worked out what to say. Or something like that anyway

XX

Arizona paced around her office as she went over what she was going to say to Callie for the hundredth time that weekend. She'd stayed at the practice all weekend, spending the majority of her time observing Denver who was coming on leaps and bounds, now out of the crush he was in one of the stables on permanent box rest for a couple more days before they x-rayed the leg again to see if the treatment had worked so far.

All weekend Arizona had been working out what she wanted to say to Callie; how she could make her see how much she loved her and how awful she felt for keeping the truth about Joanne from her. Looking at the clock Arizona knew that she needed to do it now before Callie was pulled into any consults or surgeries, giving one last personal pep talk, Arizona headed across the yard for the main building. Glancing into the car lot she couldn't see Callie's truck, sighing she prayed that that was just because she'd come in with Mark rather than it meaning she was out on a call. Pushing through the front doors, Arizona said her hellos as she passed through the reception and out into the back OR rooms finding them relatively quiet.

'Arizona,' Bailey's voice greeted the vet.

'Hey Bailey, do you know if Callie is here yet?'

'No idea,' Bailey replied. 'Not my business to know where you vets are...just the nurses.'

'Right,' Arizona replied, choosing to leave at that point and head up to the staff room. There she found Mark and the Chief locked in a discussion about one of Mark's new methods of treating cancer in older patients.

'Robbins,' Richard greeted her, whilst Mark just nodded his head knowing exactly why Arizona was in the main building.

'Is Callio...Dr. Torres out on a call?' Arizona asked.

'Oh don't you know?' Richard asked in surprise.

'Know what?'

'Dr. Torres has taken this week off.' Richard replied, 'I assumed you would know...anyway, Sloan come and find me when you have more support than this...I can't throw money your way unless you prove that this is essential to the practice ok?'

'Sure thing boss,' Mark replied, trying to follow the Chief but finding his way blocked by Arizona. 'Before you ask, no I am not going to tell you where Callie is. Yes, I've heard from her once since she left when she texted me to say she was safely in...where she was going...and no I don't know whether she's going to be gone for the entire week she's taken off. Ok?'

Arizona half nodded and half shook her head in response; she had no way of knowing if what Mark was saying was true and it didn't really matter; she had no way of getting in touch with Callie until she decided that it was ok to do so, 'I thought she'd be back today...'

'She figured she needed more time...she was owed some holiday time anyway,' Mark replied.

Arizona sighed, 'I don't know what to do Mark...'

'Honestly, you can't do anything Arizona...not until she comes back...or she decides to contact you...'

'What if she doesn't?!' Arizona exclaimed, 'What if she doesn't come back?'

'She will,' Mark said with confidence. 'Her life is here Arizona...she'll be back. I'm sorry, I've got to go...Webber's busting my balls about this research proposal.'

Mark moved around Arizona and left her in the staff room alone, Arizona slumping down on the couch heavily. Before she had time to think, the door opened again and Teddy came in, not noticing Arizona until she had flicked the kettle on and turned around, 'Oh hey Arizona! Didn't see you there..' Teddy noticed the look on her friends face, 'Are you ok?'

Arizona just shook her head, not trusting her voice enough to actually speak.

Teddy nodded, turning she poured a coffee out for herself and Arizona, handing it to the other woman as she sat on one of the chairs opposite her, 'You wanna talk about it?'

Arizona shook her head, sipping at the coffee that had been placed in her hands.

'Ok,' Teddy responded. 'But I'm going to guess here...but as I saw Callie's name scrubbed off the OR board for the next week...I'm guessing the look on your face right now is something to do with that fact?'

Arizona nodded, swallowing heavily she finally spoke, 'I fucked up.'

Teddy nodded slowly, 'Like you're over fucked up? Or like you might be fixable?'

'I honestly don't know,' Arizona replied. 'I thought she'd be back at work today and we could sort things... but she's not so now I don't know.' Arizona then proceeded to fill Teddy in on everything that had happened on Friday.

'You don't know where she's gone?' Teddy asked.

Arizona shook her head, 'I think Mark does, but he won't tell me.'

'And you're going to give up that easily?' Teddy responded.

'I'm not going to try and beat it out of Mark if that's what you mean,' Arizona replied, the thought had in fact already crossed her mind.

'I'm not suggesting that,' Teddy said. 'You're meant to know Callie better than all of us Arizona...you must have some idea where she might have gone? Somewhere she's mentioned or someone...'

Arizona's eyes shot up at that, 'Aria!'

'Her sister?'

'Yeah,' Arizona replied, optimism flowing through her now. 'That's who'll she'll have gone to see...I think...but I have no idea where Aria is...well I know she'll be in Miami, but I don't know where and she was planning on moving anyway...'

'Right, well that's a start,' Teddy said.

'I suppose I could ring her?' Arizona said. 'Aria I mean...Callie won't pick up my calls...but maybe Aria will?'

'Sounds like it's worth a shot to me,' Teddy said. 'I'll give you a minute...'

'No...don't...I mean if you don't mind...will you maybe stay?' Arizona asked. 'Just in case...'

'You need a slap in the right direction?' Teddy finished with a smile.

Arizona nodding as she pulled out her phone and dialled Aria's number, pressing the phone to her ear she waited. As it kept ringing she thought that it was going to go straight to voicemail, preparing herself to leave some sort of coherent message as Aria's voice sounded from the other end, 'Arizona.'

Arizona's mouth opened and closed for a second before she managed to speak, 'Aria...hi.'

'What do you want?' Aria asked, the anger in her voice evident.

'Is Callie with you?' Arizona asked, getting to the point.

There was a pause before Aria spoke again, 'Yes.'

Arizona suddenly felt relief wash over her that she finally knew that Callie was safe and with someone who would look after her rather than somewhere on her own, 'Good...how is she?'

'How do you think she is?' Aria responded harshly.

'Right...just...will she talk to me?' Arizona asked.

'No,' Aria replied.

'Has she told you that or is this just you answering the questions Aria?' Arizona replied sceptically.

'She's sitting directly opposite me and she's shaking her head Arizona, she doesn't want to talk to you...so just stop calling her...or me for that matter...'

'I just need to know she's ok Aria,' Arizona interrupted.

'Of course she's not fucking ok Arizona, you bullshitted her and broke her heart...so she's not ok.'

Arizona looked up to the ceiling as tears pricked in her eyes, falling down her cheeks slightly as she felt a reassuring hand from Teddy find her knee. 'Can you tell her I'm sorry and that I love her?'

'I can tell her yeah,' Aria replied. 'Look, I have to go Arizona...'

'I love her Aria, I just need a chance to tell her that...to talk to her and make her see how sorry I am.'

'Well maybe you should've thought about that in the first place...so you didn't have anything to be sorry for.' Aria responded, 'I have to go, bye.'

Arizona dropped the phone as she heard the harsh beep signalling the end of the call.

'She's there?' Teddy asked, receiving a nod in response. 'At least you know where she is...'

'Aria said I broke her heart Teddy...' Arizona said, her voice cracking slightly. 'I broke her heart...I...how am I going to fix this?'

'Well that's up to you,' Teddy replied. 'You either sit here and wallow in your own self-pity or you get the girl.'

'I don't know where she is Teddy!' Arizona replied, 'What do you suggest I do? Go and drive around Miami in the hope that I spot them?!'

'No because that would be idiotic,' Teddy replied, remaining calm with her irate friend. 'As I was trying to say, you either sit here wallowing, or you get your ass in gear and work out how, when Callie does get back, you're going to get her back.'

Arizona bit at her bottom lip, she knew Teddy was right, but she still didn't really know how exactly she was going to explain herself to Callie, 'I can't excuse what I did Teddy, that's the thing...I know that I was the one in the wrong and there's nothing I can do to change that...I was in the wrong for what I did to Jo and I was certainly in the wrong for keeping the truth from Callie.'

'Well maybe admitting both of those things would be a good start?' Teddy suggested. 'You've just got to be completely honest with her Arizona...right now she's sat wondering how she's any different to Joanne...'

'Calliope is totally different from Jo!' Arizona said defensively.

'I know!' Teddy replied, 'Stop biting my head off Arizona, I'm on your side here.'

'Sorry...I'm just mad at myself more than anything...'

'I know...just...she needs to know that she's different Arizona...she said it right before she left your office on Friday, how is she any different from Jo? She's apparently been thinking of asking you to marry her so how does she know now that you wouldn't walk out and leave her like you did Jo?'

Arizona shook her head, 'I was a bitch to Jo...I didn't love her as much as I thought I did...and I didn't realise that until I'd got the job offer here and the choice was in front of me...then I realised that I'd chose my career over Jo any day...with Calliope it's totally different...if another practice wanted me tomorrow, I wouldn't give a second thought to it if Callie didn't want to leave. Heck, if Callie wanted to move halfway across the freaking world I would go with her...I'd do anything for her Teds.'

Teddy couldn't help but smile at Arizona's words, 'Well if I was you, I'd write what you just said down. Cause that was pretty damn good Arizona...'

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