Sudden Trauma
You can't prepare for a sudden impact . You can't brace yourself . It just hits you . Out of nowhere .
Arizona found herself lying on the grass by the roadside when she opened her eyes . Raindrops were falling on her face , it was still raining but barely . She could breathe without having any major problem , and she could see all around the places and yes , it was quite dark around here . She could smell the gas and she heard the sound of the crickets orchestrating the night . Her brain functions were all good , so far . Arizona looked all around the place , wondering for God knows how long she just passed out . The blonde didn't really move but observing what was happening just now , before her eyes . You could see that she too was still in shocked over what just happened .
It all happened too fast , Arizona remembered herself swearing repeatedly as she hit the brake pedal until it reached the floor but the car just wouldn't stop . And there was a cliff . Yeah , the short road she had taken to get to her home was quite dangerous during the night , with the sharp turns in between and it was literally like going up and down the hills . But she had used that road before at night and nothing happened , and it would be okay if she paid her attention at the road and tonight was same like the other nights .. she paid her attention fully on the road but the problem wasn't her . It was the brake . For some reason that Arizona wasn't aware of , it didn't function .
Arizona slowly moved , trying to get herself up on her own feet . Her shoulder hurt and the side of her knee were both hurting and she was pretty sure there was blood somewhere on her body as some of it had stained her clothes . And .. her ankles felt weird . Arizona quickly found the metal barrier , a few feets away from herself that looked stable and she just hang on to stood up straight on it .
Her body felt weak and everything seemed to be hurting , simply because she hadn't located the main source of the pain on her body . And her right arms ? She couldn't move it without cringing in pain . Arizona's brain quickly remembered how she got the injuries - she was jumping out of the car and her whole body hit the cold road very hard , and she rolled to the roadside seconds after that .
She just got lucky that she didn't landed head first .
Looking to her left side where the broken cliff metal barrier just got slammed by her car , Arizona looked down the cliff , to the direction where her car was buried . And her car was there , the lights were still on . Arizona remembered watching her Audi on the edge of the cliff before it fell into the ravine below and she remember the sound of it when it crashed against the metal , it was terrible . She saw and heard it all before she closed her eyes . And from the moment she opened her eyes again , she had never stopped thanking God . It was kind of funny to think . Because Arizona wasn't really that close with God .
Holding on to the metal , Arizona was moving slowly step by step . Fishing out for her phone , it was useless as the phone screen was completely wrecked into million pieces , Arizona looked at the road ahead of her . Besides the high risk condition of the road , another reason that the road wasn't really a good choice was because not so many people used this road .
And Arizona knew the possibility that she might had to wait for hours to even at least had one car passing by . She sighed … started to feel tired again but she decided to ignore the sign and kept on walking and walking and walking … Giving up wasn't an option and she must kept moving , Arizona thought to herself . She wanted to be at home , next to Callie . That was what she wished for , for right now .
But then , she felt to the ground again .
0000 hrs
Callie was asleep with one side of her face rested on the table when her phone suddenly rang . Rubbing her sleepy eyes , she stared at the box of cold pizza in front of her in confusion . She must had fallen asleep while waiting for Arizona to come back . The phone rang again for the second times and Callie quickly left her seat to answer her cellphone next to the laptop .
"Yes , I am Callie Torres ." Callie spoke . "She .. what ?" She was shaking as she asked .
"I will be there as soon as I can ." Callie put her phone down , after that she found herself literally running to the kitchen to wash her face . The call she had just received was shocking Callie . Arizona was in an accident and she was now getting a treatment at Seattle Grace Mercy West .
No words could describe what she was feeling right now . She was really worried about the blonde and it must have shown clearly in her shaky voice just now that the nurse had to tell her to took her time and not to rush coming there because Arizona's condition wasn't critical . She was stable , at least that was what the nurse said .
Callie proceed with locking up the place in hurry . As she walked to her car , she couldn't help but think about what just happened in one night . It was so messed up when she thought again . Arizona left this place upset and the last thing they had done together was arguing with each other . They were fighting and then Callie .. she could still remember the look on the blonde's as the damn call she received at that time disturbed the moment . She would never forget it , the heartbroken look on her girlfriend's face when that unfinished words slid out from her mouth .
It was the moment , the moment that she didn't properly seize , the unfinished words . And tonight , she got a fearful taste of it .. if the accident gotten really bad than right now and Arizona had major injuries on her body , Callie knew she wouldn't forgive herself . The Latina was shivering as she thought .
But there was nothing to worry about , right ? Arizona was currently getting a treatment in the hospital and not trapped in her car . She was safe and she's stable as the nurse said , right ?
Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital
Meanwhile at the hospital , it was totally a different story . The blonde patient had been moving around a lot around the trauma bay and that didn't set well with the resident doctor in charged , Dr. Jo Wilson . In Dr. Wilson's opinion , she should be on her bed as her legs and left arm still needed to be checked by an attending on call from Ortho .
"Miss , I need you to sit down on your bed ." Jo instructed .
"A minute ." Arizona replied , walking slowly over to the nurse station . She had become increasingly agitated and she wouldn't calm down , not until she saw what she was searching for . And her coat , that was the thing that she hadn't stop searching since the past half an hour ago . Arizona remembered that she was still wearing the coat before she collapsed for the second time . And as she opened her eyes when the doctors were examining her injuries just now , the coat was gone . "When I came in , did you see my coat ? It was a black .. No , not black ... It was a grey colored coat . It was supposed to be with me . On me ."
"I already asked the nurse to call your girlfriend ." Jo replied from where she stood as she thought that was what Arizona trying to ask to the nurse . "She's on her way ."
"You asked her to what ?" Arizona turned around , she looked like she could eat the young doctor alive . It wasn't like she didn't want Callie here but until she found her coat , she couldn't sit down . And when Callie came in , there was no way she could go find it . There would be questions from the brunette to be answered and Callie would certainly force her to lie on the bed .
"Please , just sit down ."
"Listen here young doctor , my injuries aren't really bad . I still can walk around . And to just wait on the bed is driving me crazy because you should already have the attending checking me by now , so please freaking get me an attending to get me cleared out from this freaking hospital ! And tell the attending to stop having sex in the on call room and get his butt down to the ER where people are actually in freaking pain !" It was an over reaction from Arizona . She was pissed with the fact that her coat was nowhere to be found and the attending was also nowhere to be found . She got it , her injuries didn't seem really bad and the trauma doctor on duty had left her with a resident because she didn't need a surgery and she was stable enough after had been given few meds . But vehicle injuries could also be late appearing . The doctor still needed to do some xrays to confirm it .
Jo just looked at Arizona , surprised . Just who was this person ? She seemed to know all about the on call room adventures between the doctors in this hospital .
"Don't be so surprised about it . I worked here before . I knew what's going on in the on call room , I knew all about it . Now , get the doctor down here . Just because I am not dying , doesn't mean I am not in pain ." Arizona commanded .
"Robbins ! What happened to you ?" Alex suddenly came into the ER right after Arizona just finished nagging at her girlfriend . "Dude , what happened ?" Alex carefully led Arizona to her gurney .
"I had a little car accident ." Arizona tried to explain as simple as she could .
Alex observed Arizona from head to toe . Little accident ? Sure , it wasn't so severe , the injuries , but still .. She had laceration on the knee and her ankles were both swollen . And the laceration on her shoulder , although it had been clean , it still looked bad to him . A little accident ? Arizona was insane .
"Alex , I need you to help me ." Arizona said in a very hopeful tone . "You need to help me find my coat . It's a grey colored coat . There's something really important in the pocket of it ."
"Sure , I will look around ." Alex nodded . "You just rest , okay ?"
Arizona lie down on the bed , feeling defeated . Maybe she should just let it go . Maybe the coat was still by the road . The price of the item in the box wasn't something she couldn't afford to buy again but it was a real treasure . It was special , she ordered it specially for someone . She even had to wait for two week before the shop called her to pick it up .
Jo quickly grabbed Alex into the secluded area right after he left the lioness . "Who the hell is that ? Why are you talking to her ? She yelled at me just now ."
"Whoahh , relax . That is just Robbins ... Don't take it personally , that is just the way she is ." Alex was a little bit shocked when Jo suddenly grabbed him .
"She's not nice . You take care of her ." Jo said , handing the chart to Alex . "She's an angry lion ."
"No , I gotta go find a coat ." Alex shrugged his shoulder . "And you are wrong . She's nice . She was my mentor , my teacher . I became a better doctor , specializing in Peds because of her . Did I seem to be like a bad person to you ? No , right ? Because if I am not nice , you wouldn't be dating me ."
"Wait .. She was your mentor ? She's a doctor ?" Jo's forehead was wrinkling by now .
"Used to be a doctor . Look , I gotta go . Please handle the angry lioness , babe . With grace !" Alex said without looking back . He had his own mission to find the coat , you could see he was quite busy too tonight .
"Alex !" Jo shouted as Alex walked away .
"Based on what I have seen on your xrays , you are really lucky 'cause there's no need for surgery . Your right ankle though , has sprained a bit but I don't think it will take too long before you can walk without any help ." The dark haired female doctor began to explain as Arizona just listened , the doctor was certainly not how Arizona had pictured . She was likely same as the blonde's age and she was a woman , not a man . It was quite amazing to had a female doctor in such an extreme field of fixing broken bones .
The condition that the doctor just explained wasn't really impressive to the blonde but maybe it was because of the nonstop smiley face the doctor had on her face that was making Arizona less angry . "Before I can walk without any help , doctor ?" Arizona asked frustratedly , still she didn't find that news as amusing . "You gotta be kidding me …"
"You should be expecting this the second you decided to jump out of your car , Miss Robbins ." The doctor had a grin on her face as she found her new patient as a very attractive woman and she knew who that woman was . Sure , she hadn't start working here yet when Arizona was a doctor but she still knew about the story of a famous peds doctor turned businesswoman . As a doctor or as a businesswoman , almost everybody in the Seattle knew this woman , well at least maybe Wilson was the only person that seemed to be at lost . Arizona had a reputation , remember ?
"Just Arizona please , Doctor Eli…" Arizona narrowed her eyes as she tried to read the doctor's name on the white lab coat before her eyes fell down , catching the title on her badge that was hanging on the side of her waist . "Eliza Minnick . Chief of Ortho … Wow ." She used to be a doctor and she knew the doctor would be more comfortable talking to the patient about her condition if both parties were on first name basis . And when the doctor got comfortable , chances were … The doctor would not sugar coat anything regarding her condition . "If I didn't get out from the car , I would probably still trapped in my car right now . My car went down into the ravine ."
"Your car went down into a ravine ?" A familiar voice suddenly interrupted the patient and the doctor . It was heartbreaking for Callie to see Arizona's condition right now . Her girlfriend's body had always been so pale and right now , the bruises and cuts on her body was making her turning red . The red colors , it was so weird to be on her body . Never blinking , Callie walked forward before she hugged the blonde as she thanked God that Arizona was at least fine , not aware that Arizona had cringe a bit into that hug . Her shoulder was hurting but at the same time she didn't want Callie to let go .
Deep down , Arizona knew that when she woke up by the roadside alone after the accident , there was actually one moment when she actually felt really terrified . Little did she know that the terrify and scary things ? There would be more after this . Someone was clearly trying to get her killed tonight and if only Arizona opened her eyes and paid close attention to her surrounding , she would know that by now .
But she didn't . And for Arizona , she just wanted Callie to be by her side . She didn't want to wake up alone but would she ever admit what she was feeling tonight to Callie ? That she was actually feeling scared that she was gonna die the second she jumped out of the car , would she let Callie know about it ? No , maybe she wouldn't .. She wanted to be the brave one . Most people , including Alex and the doctors that treated her thought that she got balls for jumping out from a moving car but that was the only option she had . Either hit the barrier with chance the car would perhaps stop (which it didn't anyway) or jumping out of the car ? Of course she chose to jump out of her car . And they thought .. They thought she faced the situation with calm and grace .. That she wasn't afraid at all .
Truth was , Arizona was afraid . She just didn't have enough time to show that emotion out . She was busy worrying about another things , such as worrying to death of where her coat was .
"Ahem , be careful with her shoulder ." The smile had disappeared from Eliza's face . Arizona was her patient and she was concerned . The left shoulder needed no pressure for at least a few weeks .
"What happened to your shoulder ?" Callie asked to Arizona . As if the injuries all over her body weren't enough , her shoulder was hurting too ? She did see a bandage on the blonde's shoulder but was it serious ?
Arizona just shrugged to Callie's question as she smiled weakly . Eliza didn't get to that part yet so Arizona had no explanation to be given to Callie .
"I am just about to explain about the left shoulder just now ." Eliza glanced at Callie before she looked at Arizona , smiling a bit to the blonde . "May I now ?"
And that was weird for Callie . Ever since she arrived into the ER , the brunette doctor seemed not to be liking her presence . What the heck is the problem she has with me ? Callie asked to herself silently .
"Of course , go ahead . The faster you explain , the better . I just want to get out of here as soon as I can ." Arizona nodded as she felt Callie was already holding her hand , never letting go . And that was the support .. The strength that she needed right now .
"Okay , Miss 'just' Arizona .. You are quite lucky that you didn't hit your head anywhere . Neuro cleared you for that . And for the injury on your shoulder , we will set you up for a shoulder sling to support the weight of your arm . You might have to wear it for four to six weeks ." Eliza explained as she smiled . "Don't cringe . We will find a super adorable color of the sling for you so that you will enjoy it the whole time you have to wear it ."
But Callie didn't seem to find the way she joked around with Arizona's name as exciting . And the way she persuaded Arizona about the sling .. she didn't have to be that sweet to her girlfriend . The brunette couldn't help it but wondered if the doctor treated all of her other patients the same .
"I can go home after I get my sling ?" Arizona asked immediately . She just wanted to go home and rest on her own bed .
"I'm afraid not . Dr. Wilson here , she told me just how an active person you were before I arrived here ."
And Jo quickly received a death stare from Arizona right after Eliza finished her sentence .
"You will have to stay in the hospital for two or three days 'cause I would like to watch you ." Eliza stopped with her words as she saw a pair of brown eyes were already staring at her . For a few seconds , Eliza and Callie just looked at each other with the doctor seemed to be provoking and the other brunette standing up for her territory .
Arizona however , was so oblivious to that tense situation . The only thing she cared was to get the number of days in the hospital reduced . "I think 24 hours observation is enough for me . I am not dying . Just discharge me with pain meds ."
"Arizona , you used to be a doctor but you aren't one now . Just rest and try not to move a lot for these three days and after that we will both see . If I feel like I want to discharge you , I will . Just let me do my work , okay ?" Eliza Minnick , she looked like she was being too 'soft' with her patient but that was just the way she interacted with her patient . But as soft as she was , any decisions she had to make regarding the patient's treatment and their best interests , she wouldn't be influenced by anyone . There was always a reason when she refused to discharge a patient . And her decision was final , no one could change the way she treated her patient . Not even Arizona freaking Robbins .
"Alright ." It was a sigh from Arizona . She knew she was making Eliza's job hard with her knowledge as a doctor . "Although I know perhaps the reason you refused to let me leave because you wanted to stretch out my hospital bill ."
"No matter how much the hospital bill gonna be , I know that your expensive insurance will cover it , Director Robbins ." Eliza caught the joke and she replied it with another one with Callie followed closely the interaction . "Dr. Wilson will come back with the shoulder sling and she will be teaching you how to use the crutch . 'Cause from now on , whenever you want to walk , you will have to use the crutch ."
"I was a doctor . I know how to use a crutch . No need to teach me . Dr. Wilson , you are dismissed ." Arizona wasn't going to let the big mouth resident to teach her . Her ego was too big for that . Funny , Arizona still hadn't learn the fact that Jo was actually her ex student's girlfriend .
And poor Jo .. She thought Arizona had no power to dismissed her but surprisingly , Eliza approved the dismissal . "You heard her . You are dismissed ."
"But .. but who is going to send her to her room ?" Jo asked .
"I will . Now go . You are dismissed ." Eliza replied to Jo and after that she turned around to faced the blonde . "You are bossy . I will go call the ward first ."
"Why did you have to be so mean to the younger doctor ?" Callie asked weirdly . She wanted to ask a lot of question but she figured she would keep it to herself first . She would definitely voiced them out right after Arizona got cozy on the bed of her own hospital room .
"She gave me troubles earlier ." Arizona nonchalantly answered .
"So many things happened in one night , I'm just glad you are fine ." Callie said softly as she took her seat . But her eyes , oh her eyes , still filled with worry .
"Of course I will be fine , I have you ." Arizona replied as she began to regret the things that had happened tonight . She finally settled in inside of the hospital room with the help from Callie . It was a one bed room and more privacy for them , the brunette guessed . The flirty Doctor Minnick had finally left them both alone and Callie had God to thank to for that . She just couldn't stand the doctor's flirtation on Arizona seconds by seconds .
Her sweet talk were too much and so far , Arizona only replied with a sarcastic joke - the way Arizona seemed to be comfortable to painted herself to an outsider . But Eliza just seemed to be an optimistic lady that she took Arizona's sarcasm as an interesting trait . The whole time Eliza was in the room , it was suffocating for the brunette . Callie was the girlfriend but yet she felt like she didn't exist .
"My heart skipped a few beats when I received the phone call from hospital regarding you ." Callie wiped the small tears near her eyes that had started to fallen .
Arizona knew that feeling . That feeling when you received a phone call from the hospital regarding your loved one when they were actually supposed to be at home during that time . Arizona went through it herself with Joanne , remember ? "I know that feeling very well . I'm so sorry I made you experienced it ." Blue eyes were staring right at the browns as she moved her body slowly , trying to find a comfortable spot on the bed . With the sling , she didn't really have much choice .
"Are you comfortable ? Do you need anything ? Like a water ? Or food ?" Callie asked right after she helped Arizona to lie down .
"I need you to hold my hand until I fall asleep ." Arizona and her deep stare ... Her voice was very slow , almost like a whisper and yes , she was giving Callie a small smile right now .
"That I will absolutely do , honey . Anything else ?" Callie gladly took her girlfriend's hand .
"I need you ." Arizona stared at their laced fingers before looking up again . "I'm serious , I really need you , Calliope ."
"I was in a car accident tonight . It was dark , really dark and the road .. it smell oils everywhere . I passed out twice . And I remember waking up the first time , all I wanted to do was to go home , not to my place . But to you , Calliope , you are my damn home now . Any .. anywhere could be my home as long as you are there ." Arizona stopped . Both women just looked at each other , speaking using their body language and their eyes . For one or two seconds , Arizona was thinking about proposing the brunette right at this moment . But she held herself from doing it , she had no ring , remember ? If she just went with it , it wouldn't feel right . The ring was important .
"You are at home , Arizona . I'm here now . I will never …"
"Shhh .. You need to listen to me this time ." Arizona hushed . Callie's words were immediately stopped by Arizona .
"I got up and walked and walked and I was so .. exhausted . I tried to force myself to walk because I wanted to get to you but I passed out again . And all I remember after that was an old couple holding me up to get me into their truck ." Arizona said . She had been trying to get information about the couple , figured she should give them a thank you gift . If it wasn't because of them , she would probably still by the roadside right now . "Years ago after Joanne , I literally .. have stopped looking at both ways before crossing the street . I didn't care if a car hit me . Or if a car coming in my direction , I didn't think I would flinch , I wouldn't avoid it in order to save myself . I would just take it . And if it hit me , I didn't really care if I survived . Because I thought I have lived my life and had nothing else to lose . But tonight , the will that I have to live , to get home .. it is the feeling that I thought I didn't have it in me anymore . For once in many years , I thanked God because I'm still alive . For once … I didn't want to die , I didn't want to give up . And I chose to jump out of the car because I wanted to save my own life . A year ago , I might just stayed in it and just let the car took me to whatever it wanted to hit ."
It was surely weird . Arizona was a doctor and she should have known better about the passive death wish she used to constantly have . Sometimes , she still thought about it but very rarely nowadays , especially after she met Callie . But right now .. here she was , talking about her feeling and how she fell into a depression after losing it all - her family . And this thing had always been a sensitive subject to her and in fact , she never talked about her wanting to die thoughts to anyone . Not to Timothy , not to her parents . She thought no parents should know their own daughter's wish to just die . Of how sometimes she wished that she got a deathful cancer , shot by a business rivalries or whatever so that she didn't need to end her life by herself . 'Cause that would be so messed up , her family wouldn't be in peace knowing that they .. eventhough Arizona never blamed them , they would probably thought that they have failed as a parents , as the closest support system Arizona had .
It was strange that they fear death . Life hurts a lot more than death . At the point of death , the pain is over .
Arizona never feared the death before , in fact she stood in front of it , asking it to took her away from this world . If her time had come , her time had come . But that had totally change . She needed some times , more times because she finally had the will to live , the happiness that she thought was not for her anymore .
And Callie was already on the verge of her tears as Arizona continued with her words . It was painful for her to heard those words from the woman she loved . She only caught a little glimpse of the broken version of Arizona physically but never so often she saw the hurt inside the blonde's heart . So emotionally like this . She never knew that Arizona had that kind of thoughts . Thoughts of surrendering her life , feeling that life didn't worth it to live anymore .
"I was a human with a dead soul . And you gave me life , you resucitated me and I could never thank you enough for that ." Arizona looked away as she felt a squeeze on her hand , a signal that the other person was still listening . "I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier . It wasn't one of my finest moment . And I know this might looks like a desperate attempt to get you back , but choose me , Calliope . I ..."
And that was enough , Callie felt like she needed to cut in . None of them and especially Arizona deserved to feel like she was just an alternative option . Or a leftover , whatever you wanted to call it . "There is no choice to be made here . I am not choosing you over anything or anyone . Come any other person in this world .."
"Echo . That person is Echo ." Arizona stated , her face was empty as she said those words and that was a scary sight to Callie . She had seen this type of Arizona early in their relationship . The sad , depressed , unhappy type .
"Echo was a history . She came looking for me only as a friend . I love you ."
"But why did I feel like .. strangling her when I saw her with you ?"
"You were jealous ." Callie said with a small smile as Arizona still didn't want to admit it .
Jealous ? What was the meaning of jealous ? Arizona knew the meaning of it but she never had an example of the feeling of jealousy . It may sounded unreal but she seriously never knew what it felt like being a normal jealous girlfriend . And her feeling , Arizona always had another level of intensity more than anyone else . Her intense stare , her intense eyes , her intense way whenever they were in bed .. Arizona Robbins only had an on and an off switches for her intensity button , nothing in between . "I guess I was jealous ." Opening her mouth slowly , like a soft mumble .
"I never knew what it felt like to be jealous . I mean .. With Joanne , I never had to compete against anyone . We were dating , we broke up , we met again and we got married . I never knew the feeling , Calliope ."
"It's alright , there's still a lot of time for you to learn all about 'jealousy' and its green eyed monster ." Callie was joking but Arizona wasn't aware of her joke , maybe it was because of the meds the doctor gave her .
"Are you saying you are going to make me jealous again ?" The blonde's face was changing a little red .
"Hon , I was only joking . In fact , I have already decided that today is going to be the last day I talked to her ." Callie laughed when she saw Arizona had started to get jealous again . "This is a better solution for the three of us ."
The Latina then walked to switch off the light in the room as Arizona just observed her girlfriend's move .
"Are you tucking me in already ?" Arizona slowly shifted in her cozy position , wanting to get up . Yeah , the shoulder sling wasn't really comfortable . Along with the bandage on her shoulder , it was only limiting her movement .
"You need to rest , according to what doctor head over heels said ." Callie sat down on the chair next to the bed . "She was really irritating and unprofessional , all girly - flirty with you . I don't like her ." She was complaining to her girlfriend , a little bit in a child manner .
"No , she was not flirting with me ." Arizona raised her eyebrows . Did she ? If it happened , Arizona certainly didn't notice it . Or maybe , it was just simply a bad flirting that she didn't even realize it was happening .
"Oh , come on . Did you lose your sight and hearing in the accident ?" Callie asked , a little bit dark and sarcastic .
"Hey .. I was single for five years until I met this brunette . She's the only one that could open my heart ." Arizona winked playfully which Callie didn't find it funny as she only received a death glare from the Latina . "Okay .. Okay .. If you don't like her , I will ask for another Ortho doctor ." What she said was no joke , Arizona was totally immune from any flirting that came from other women than Callie . But if requesting for another doctor would make Callie sleep better at night , it wouldn't be a major trouble to have the doctor changed . She didn't enjoy the feeling of jealous and insecure too , so neither the brunette should feel it .
"Don't ." Callie quickly replied . As far as she hated the flirting , she still could handle it . And Dr. Minnick , she was the head of the department so she must be a good doctor . And Arizona only deserved the good one . It was okay , she could endure it . She wouldn't flip the table everytime she got jealous like Arizona literally did . "She's the Chief of Ortho . So , she must be damn good at doing her job . And I want you to be treated only by the best one , alright ?"
"Geez , you sounded so much like the parents of my patients ." Arizona said . She was only teasing .
"You are my baby ." Callie had a devilish smile on her mouth . "My very hot sexy baby in a hospital gown , whom has a few weeks to go before a full recovery ." Dramatically , she rolled her eyes . All the sex … She had to wait until Arizona was fully recovered .
And for Arizona , she could only smile , Callie really cared about her . But only if she knew what was on Callie's mind right now ... Oh , the painkillers … it certainly made the blonde missed the 'hot' and 'sexy' words that just escaped from the brunette's lips .
"I'm just grateful you didn't broke your fingers ." Callie licked her lips seductively . A little tease wouldn't hurt , would it ? "Damn , I love your fingers . All three of it at once ..? Mhmmm ."
"You are very evil ." Arizona finally noticed the tease . If only she wasn't wearing the shoulder sling , she would probably threw the pillow at her girlfriend's direction . "Babe , once I am back on my feet ... You are gonna get it . So hard ."
Yep , Arizona may having a little disadvantage of using her arms to just simply caught her girlfriend and tickling her as a punishment of the tease until she begged to stop while still laughing (They did that all the time , the tickling . Usually the first person to get up in the morning would tickle the other person) but hey , her mouth wasn't injured . She could use her words to teased her girlfriend back . Callie would be at the losing team as she probably wouldn't get any orgasm , not until Arizona got the crutch and sling gone . But Arizona would get frustrated about that fact that none of them would have any orgasm anywhere near soon , right ? Sure , they still could take it slowly but weeks without proper sex ? Could they managed it ? Arizona was giggling to her own thought before cringing a little bit in pain . All she needed to do was to get better .
"Are you okay ? Does the shoulder really making you uncomfortable ?" Callie asked nervously . She was worried . They both have talked about a lot of things and sure , she wanted to ask more about what really happened but maybe Arizona should get some rest .
"I'm okay , babe . As long as you are here with me ." Arizona gave a weak smile , she was sleepy but she was also feeling uncomfortable . "But I don't think I could sleep tonight . This thing is making me annoyed . I can't move ." She was referring to the sling .
"We should talk until I fall asleep ." Arizona added right after that . "But I'm hungry . There wouldn't be any food until 8am tomorrow morning ."
"Damn it , I should have brought the pizza with me just now ."
"My cold surprise pizza ?" Arizona asked . "Poor her , all alone at your shop ."
"So now your pizza is a she ?" Callie shook her head , holding herself from laughing . "I will go find a food ."
"Don't bother , I may be asleep by the time you get back here ."
"Arizona , you are hungry and have bandages all over your body . I will get you a food , that is the least thing I can do to make you feel better and a little comfortable ."
"Alright , MAAM . Be careful . I need a little kiss on my forehead before you go , though ." Arizona was grinning from ear to ear . Pampered version of Arizona , it was a little rare for us to witness it , right ?
"I'd give three kisses ." Callie gladly kissed the pale forehead on her girlfriend's command . "I love you ."
"I love you too . Be safe ." As Arizona said it , she tried to fish out Callie's phone out of the black jacket . Her movement was very limited and Arizona looked like she was groping the Latina right now . It was kind of funny and for a few moment , Callie just let the blonde's hardworking hand roamed around her body before she finally gave up as she pulled on her sour face to the teasing brunette . "Can I borrow your phone ? I need to call the policeman regarding the break in at my other house . I didn't even reach there ."
"Of course you can . You just have to ask before you started fondling me like that . It turns me on ." Callie winked , handing her phone to the pale hand . "I will be back in fifteen minutes , sweetie ."
Arizona was grinning from ear to ear as she sent Callie out of the room using only her eyes . That ass does not quit , she thought to herself . Grabbing the remote control that was readily sitting on her hospital bed , Arizona turned the television on to killed the silence of the room . It helped a bit , after all she would just lie on her bed waiting for Callie to returned again . The black and white classic movie was airing on the television right now and Arizona found her eyes lost into the screen . Yeah , I should really stop watching the television and start calling the policeman in charge of the break in case …
"Miss Robbins ?" A voice called , a woman , immediately interrupting Arizona's focus . "Miss Arizona Robbins ?"
"Yes ?" Arizona narrowed her eyes as her forehead wrinkled . Just who is standing there …
The woman walked in as Arizona got a clearer view of the person . "Dr. Robbins , it's Colleen ."
Arizona's face quickly changed into a welcoming gesture when the woman introduced herself . Colleen was one of the scrub nurse in this hospital . Whenever Arizona was doing surgeries , she usually called Colleen in to joined her as the nurse was so familiar with the way she operated .
"I heard the doctors talkin' about you .. the accident . I thought I should visit you , you were one of my favourite doctor after all . How are you feeling ?" Colleen stood next to the bed .
"Feeling unusual and uncomfortable . Couldn't complain much ." Arizona replied , yep she shouldn't complained much . Her injuries weren't as bad as she first thought when she woke up by the roadside and that was something , right ?
"I hope you will get better soon . It's so weird seeing you in the patient's gown ." Colleen smiled before she handed Arizona a plain black box that could fit a size of a wall clock she had been carrying with her ever since she entered the room . "I have something to give to you ."
"Oh , you brought me something ? It's very nice of you ." Arizona observed the box curiously . The box was very light , like there was nothing in it . As she held the box upside down , there was a jiggling sound coming out from the box . So , there was something .
"Oh , no , not from me . I found the box at the lobby . At the nurse station , to be exact . It's addressed to your name along with your room number ." Colleen explained . "You want me to open it for you ?"
"It's okay . I could handle it ." Arizona politely said . Colleen didn't have to do anything for her , it only made her feel like they were back in the OR again .
"Alright then , I should let you rest ." Colleen gave a supportive smile to Arizona , excusing herself . "I will see you around ."
Arizona could only nod , a small smile was given . Her curiosity was already at the box . It was quite strange . No one knew she was in the hospital , not even her family . Only Callie . After making sure Colleen already left , she began unboxing the box .
Arizona's eyes were wide open when she saw the item in the box . Grabbing the keys , she brought it up to her face , inspecting the keys with a donut keychain that had a red color , almost like dots sprinkled all over it . It was definitely the keys to her Audi , smeared with blood . The Audi went down into a ravine and the key was also in it .. And now the key was here ? Arizona was in confusion as she continued shaking the box , trying to find if there was something else inside the box and two small pieces of paper quickly felt on her laps .
You were lucky tonight .
I would go after your greatest weakness .
Wait for it .
And the next paper was from an old newspaper of her news with Callie at one of a gala night , the first ever gala night Arizona had bring Callie along with her as a date . There was also a photo of them next to the news words .
Arizona gasped , speechless . Instantly , she felt her mouth dry . It was a threat from someone … And the realization finally hit her face , hard . What happened tonight wasn't an accident , at all ...? And by the threat she just received .. The person literally said that he or .. she would be going after Callie .
And the thought of Callie .. The thought of her girlfriend getting hurt ... No … Arizona would lose her mind even with just imagining it .
And just what Arizona would do in a situation like this ? She never faced this kind of situation . Should her called the police ? Should her even got the police involved in this matter ? It would certainly pulled attention that she didn't need .
After thinking for a few moments , she quickly dialled a number . Arizona waited for a few seconds for someone to picked her call , she was calling New York . "Arizona Robbins .. Yes . Yes , I'm your boss . Can you please get the head of security on the line ? This is urgent ."
Arizona waited for a few seconds . Her worker was trying to get the call transferred directly to O' Malley's phone .
"George O' Malley , thank God ! How fast can you be at Seattle ?" Arizona didn't notice that her breath was getting irregular and that surely caught the other man on the line's attention .
"Miss Robbins , calm down . What happened ?" The firm voice was asking .
"You and your father used to be my late father in law's bodyguards . And after he passed away , Joanne and I decided that we didn't need a family bodyguard … So , Joanne appointed you as the head of security for the company . And .. and .."
"Miss Robbins , you are rambling . Take a deep breath and exhale ."
"No , O'Malley ! I am not rambling . I don't feel safe anymore . Somebody is after me and the people that I love . I've just got a threat letter from someone ." Arizona had literally just scream over the phone to the poor man . "I don't feel safe . I need you here , O' Malley . Hop into a plane to Seattle now . And find me at Seattle Grace Mercy West hospital , I'm in hospital . Ask around , the nurse would know where my room is ."
"Okay . I will be there early in the morning ." George O' Malley obeyed . He seemed to appear very calm as always and in his working field , it was a quality that was badly needed . When his client was panicking , he should remained calm . Harold taught him that . But still , a terrified Arizona wasn't something he used to deal with . The blonde CEO seemed to be fearless all the time . And Arizona just revealed to him that she was in a hospital , what the hell is really happening with his boss , he silently asked to himself .
"Now , O' Malley !" It was a little bit over reaction from Arizona but could you blamed her ? She had just jump out of a car and was now under a lot of stress . And an anonymous threat , whether it was real or not , was the last thing she needed to be worry about .
When Arizona finally put the phone down with a heavy sigh , she just realized whose phone she was using . Callie was outside there and the person that sent the box was probably out there too .. waiting for his opportunity . And Arizona had Callie's phone with her , there was no way she could contact Callie to told her to get her butt quickly back to the hospital .
There's just nothing she could do other than wait for her girlfriend , praying that she would come back safely in one piece . Because God knows , just what this person capable of ...
The sound coming out from the television didn't accompany Arizona no more .
It was only the silent prayer she had with her now . The only thing that would be with her ... until Callie came back .
Unlike simple stress , trauma changes your view of your life and yourself . It shatters your most basic assumptions about yourself and your world — "Life is good," "I'm safe," "People are kind," "I can trust others," "The future is likely to be good" — and replaces them with feelings like "The world is dangerous," "I can't win," "I can't trust other people," or "There's no hope .
- Mark Goulston
Me : I have read all of your beautiful comments on previous chapters .. I was overwhelmed with you guys and felt honored because some of you shared your stories regarding depression to me . Now I know that I am not facing it all alone ..
Also , sorry that I have been MIA for months . And this is the first ever chapter I uploaded after months of silence , I hope it is still good for you all . And of course , I would be a little nervous waiting for your responses . I really hope it is good and people will still read this story or maybe by me uploading a new chapter will attracts new followers . So , to new followers .. I wanna say hi in advance .
Do be patient if the lining or spacing line is terrible as I am using different way to upload this new chapter . Before this I uploaded chapters straight using Fanfic's site but since the end of last year , Fanfic has been banned in my country =( I'm actually sad about this .. Almost made me wanna stop writing as I couldn't access to the site . Thank God , I still could access to Fanfic via its apps .
Anyways , cheers and I know it is a little too late but .. Happy 2018 New Year , guys !
27TH January 2018
05:05 AM
