CHAPTER 38

Callie's phone rang in the middle of the night. She picked up and went into the living room to talk. When she came back into the bedroom, she sat down next to the blonde on the bed and stared into the air.

Arizona raised herself up on an elbow and put a hand on Callie's shoulder.

"Who was it" she asked in a sleepy voice.

"My…my uncle died…" Callie whispered "I have to go to Mazatlán"

"Oh, Callie, I'm so sorry!" Arizona sat up and put her arm around the brunette "I'll come with you"

"You are not fit to be travelling anywhere" Callie said with in a firm tone "I'm going alone"

"Callie…I want to be there for you"

Callie shook her head and placed it in her hands.

"DAMMIT!" she then yelled and pushed her phone and a vase off the bedside table so that the ceramics shattered on the floor. Her family meant everything to her, and she simply couldn't handle to lose any of them. It made her feel like she was so far away. As if she could somehow prevent anything bad from happening if she was there all the time. And at the thought of how broken her mom was, her heart fell into pieces.

Arizona helped her pack in the middle of the night while Tim was getting the clearance for Callie's pilot to fly her plane out of New York at such and early hour.

They didn't say much to each other. When Callie turned to Arizona to say goodbye, the blonde simply walked up to the latina, placed her hand over Callie's heart, leaned in, and gave her a soft kiss.

"Take care, love" Arizona whispered.

Callie sighed and nodded, turned around, and left with Tim.

For the next four days Arizona heard nothing from Callie. And she didn't push the latina by calling her, but simply sent her a message once in a while to let her know that she was there in case Callie wanted to talk.

In the evening of the fourth day, Arizona was talking to Eduardo in the lobby. She had had her first day back at work, and was feeling back to her normal self again. She had started out slow in the morning, but ended up finishing the day with a major lung surgery on a 6 year old. Everything had gone great, and she felt good.

Eduardo was explaining something about the latest development project, catching the blonde up on things that Callie would usually tell her about. Arizona enjoyed knowing what was going on even if she wasn't fully involved in the business side of things. It gave her an idea of what Callie spent her days doing. And she liked being in the OR, knowing that Callie was at a meeting here, doing a presentation there, or having lunch with such and such.

Tim walked up to them.

"Mrs. Torres…"

"She's still in México, Tim. I'm not sure when she'll be back"

"No, I mean you…Mrs. Torres"

Arizona blinked. And then she smiled. She was now a Torres. A Robbins Torres.

"I think we should stick to 'Robbins' to avoid any confusion, Tim" she chuckled.

"Okay, Mrs. Robbins" He nodded. The new logo for the restaurant needs approval. Mrs. Torres said she wanted to have the final say as things went wrong with the designer the last time around. They need a yes or a no by tomorrow morning"

"Oh…" Arizona said hesitantly.

"Technically you have as much of a final say as she does" he said, eager to get the choice of logo out of the way.

"Yeah…uh…well, maybe I can look at it"

"I'll bring it up to the apartment" he said and turned around.

"About time you get your hands dirty in the Torres empire" Eduardo said and winked at her as he walked away.

"Well next time maybe it can be something a bit more exhilarating than logos!" Arizona said causing the man to chuckle.

"Maybe" he laughed.

Arizona took the elevator up, and emerged herself in a large stack of logo samples. She was trying to think of what Callie would like or want, but there were so many different samples, that it made her head spin. It had been a long day. And as she moved her contemplation to the couch and opened a bottle of wine, her mind drifted off to Callie.

Five hours later, at 2 am, Callie walked out of the elevator and found Arizona sleeping on the couch, logo samples spread out on top and around her on the table and floor. The blonde was so beautiful and looked so cute it nearly broke Callie's heart. She'd had a rough few days and had longed to come home to Arizona.

She sat down next to the blonde.

Arizona stirred and her eyes fluttered open. She simply looked up at the latina with dark blue eyes, sensing that this was a moment she didn't want to ruin by saying anything.

"Let's have a baby…I…I…I want us to start having kids" Callie whispered.

Arizona sat up. The light from the city illuminated Callie's face, and the blonde could see that the latina had been crying.

The blonde reached out her hand and let her thumb run across Callie's lower lip.

"Yes" Arizona said "Let's have a baby"