Callie returned to the daycare and walked over to Arizona's parents. Daniel noticed her enter the room and placed his hand on Barbara's shoulder, drawing her attention to Callie as well.

"They have Arizona in a room," Callie informed them. "Her scans didn't show any signs of change and she's not awake but we can see her."

"All of us?" Barbara asked, looking over at Sofia who was finger painting with Alex and Callie's dad.

"I think it'd be good for Sofia to see Arizona. And for Arizona to hear Sofia's voice. We can't keep this from her. She's going to notice Arizona is absent and start asking where she is."

"I'll go get her washed up so you can sit down and talk to her," Barbara said.

"Thank you," Callie replied.

"Do you want me to stay?" Daniel asked. "I don't want you to have to tell her by yourself."

Callie smiled. She was touched and frankly a little shocked that Daniel cared. He had been ready to disown her from their family just hours ago.

"I can handle it by myself, but thank you for offering sir," Callie replied. "You two should go see her. I had a few minutes alone with her already."

Daniel nodded and started to walk away. However, he suddenly pulled Callie lightly against his side before stepping back just as quickly.

"She's going to be just fine," he said. "She's a Robbins. She'll be well in no time."

Callie nodded as she tried to digest the fact that Daniel had just hugged her. Well…the closest thing that someone could consider to be a hug when it came to him. He was trying to show her some comfort and support and that meant everything to Callie.

"I know she will be," Callie replied.

Barbara returned with Sofia and brought her over to Callie.

"Hey mija," Callie said with a smile. "I want to have a little talk with you, so grandpa and grandma are going to leave for awhile okay?"

"Okay mami," Sofia replied.

Carlos and Alex joined the group, realizing that they should excuse themselves as well.

"And me and Uncle Alex are going to go get some snacks. We're worn out from all that finger painting and we need to re-energize," Carlos joked.

The four adults excused themselves from the room, giving Callie and Sofia some privacy. Callie smiled at her daughter and wracked her brain, wondering how she was going to find the words to explain what was happening with Arizona to their little girl.


Barbara and Daniel slowly approached their daughter's bedside. They had prepared themselves for the worst, but she almost looked the same Arizona. She was a little worse for wear, but not the sight you would expect to see upon hearing the words 'rollover car accident'.

Barbara sat down in the chair and grabbed Arizona's hand. "Oh my baby," she said, as Daniel walked up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Come on Arizona," Daniel said. "You're a fighter. You are going to push through this and wake up. We know you will."

"That's right. We just need to see those beautiful blue eyes sweetheart," Barbara added.

Bailey watched them from outside the room and shook her head. It was so difficult to see Arizona in the state she was in as well as the pain of the loved ones around her. The longer Arizona was unconscious, the worse her prognosis appeared to be. Her brain activity looked promising, but the fact that she wasn't awake yet was troublesome.

Bailey held her watch up to check the time and realized that it was already time to take Arizona for another set of scans. She quietly entered the room and walked up beside Arizona's bed.

"I don't know if you remember me. I'm Dr. Bailey. I've been overseeing Arizona's care," she said.

"We remember you. From the waiting room," Barbara replied. "We want to thank you for taking such good care of our daughter. Do you know her well? Are you friends?"

"We are," Bailey said. "In fact, I was the very first doctor Arizona worked with when she came to Seattle. I was considering pediatrics and working on a case when she was brought here to take over the department. I'll admit we butted heads a little at first, but now we are very good friends."

"Miranda," Barbara said. "She's told us about you."

Bailey smiled. "Very few people call me that but yes, I'm Miranda."

"She is quite fond of you. She said you don't take any crap. I like that," Daniel said.

Bailey laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "I suppose that's true. It gets me results though."

"Well we're glad you're on her case," Daniel replied.

"I know you have only had a few minutes with her," Bailey said. "But I really need to take her for her next set of scans. You are welcome to wait here or I can let Callie know when we are done. It is completely up to you."

"I think we'll just wait here," Barbara replied. "Thank you."

"Of course," Bailey said. "I'll be as quick as I can."

Bailey stepped into the hall to get Arizona's nurse and they carefully wheeled her bed out of the room. Bailey was praying that this set of scans would show some good news…something that they were all desperately hoping for.


Alex and Carlos wandered the halls with their arms full of chips and candy from the vending machine.

"I think we cleared out that whole row," Alex joked.

"You can't have too much food at a time like this," Carlos replied. "People tend to forget to eat so it's good to have something handy."

Alex ripped open a snickers bar and took a giant bite. "Makes sense," he said mid-chew.

Carlos shook his head and chuckled. "So Arizona has been living with you since the divorce?"

"That's right," Alex replied. "Callie didn't kick her out or anything, but Arizona couldn't stay there. She thought about getting an apartment but I thought she might prefer to stay at my house. Have a place that felt more like her own and where she wouldn't feel so alone ya know? And what's mine is hers so I offered her a room and she's been living with my girlfriend and me for most of the past year. I have plenty of space so Sofia has her own room and we love having them there so it has all worked out."

"And now that they're back together? Will she move back in with my daughter?"

Alex took another bite of his candy bar and shrugged. "I really don't know Mr. Torres. I don't think they've discussed it. If they have, she didn't tell me."

"That's probably good," Carlos said. "Just in case."

"I used to think like that too," Alex replied.

"Really?" Carlos asked.

"Mhm. I was sort of an asshole," Alex said.

"Are you implying that I am an asshole young man?" Carlos asked incredulously.

"I'm just saying that if you loved your daughter, you would support her. Whether you agree with her or not, you have to support her. I tried being Arizona's guard dog when they first got back together. Arizona eventually told me that she felt like I was pushing her to a point where she would have to choose and her choice wouldn't have been me. You've lost that fight before Mr. Torres. Do you really want to lose it again? Because they're always going to choose each other. That's just the way it is."

"You must've done really well during your psych rotations in medical school," Carlos said.

"Why do you say that?" Alex asked.

"Because you are quite the persuader," Carlos replied with a sly smile before grabbing one of the candy bars out of Alex's hand.


Callie was sitting on the floor and holding Sofia in her lap. They had been sitting silently for quite some time as Callie tried to gather together all of the thoughts in her head.

"What we talking about?" Sofia asked.

"I need to tell you something about mommy," Callie replied.

"Where is mommy?"

"She's uhh…she's here honey. They have mommy in a room here because she is…she's sleeping."

"Sleeping?" Sofia asked. "But it's not sleep time."

"I know baby," Callie replied. "But mommy got hurt today. Her body has some boo-boos. Like when you fell off the slide at the playground and got a boo-boo on your knee. Remember? Mommy has boo-boos kind of like that and she is sleeping right now so she can get all better."

"Maybe I can wake her up," Sofia said.

"No honey. We need to be very gentle with mommy right now. We can go see her but you will need to be very careful. You can talk to her and hug her and even give her a kiss if you want, but we have to make sure we don't try to wake up her up. Do you understand?"

"No," Sofia said, tears starting to fill her eyes. "I want mommy to get up."

"I know sweetheart," Callie said, pulling the little girl tight against her chest. "I want mommy to get up too."


Bailey stared at the computer screen, waiting for Arizona's scans to load. She was literally crossing her fingers, hoping that the swelling had subsided. If the swelling had minimized even the tiniest bit, it would be a very good sign. The brain didn't tend to swell and then shrink and then swell again. Once the swelling started to go down, it likely would only continue to do so.

Bailey smiled as the films finally came across the screen. The swelling hadn't just decreased, it had decreased significantly. More than she would have thought possible in such a short amount of time.

Bailey jumped up from the desk. She needed to contact Derek and get Arizona back to her room so she could tell the family the good news. But before she could leave, she heard someone start to speak.

"Hello whoever is out there," she heard the voice say. "Do you mind telling me what the hell I am doing in here?"

Bailey stopped dead in her tracks when she heard the voice. She couldn't believe it.

Arizona was awake.