Me : So , a lot of readers were shocked that Arizona picked up her damn phone in the midst of proposal . What can I say , some people are born with sense of taking up their responsibility seriously but they are so careless with their loved one . I knew one . I was that person once upon a time and I wasn't but now I am that kind of person again . For Arizona , she has always been the person that enjoyed solitude after Joanne died , the person that enjoyed being alone and during all of those time .. all she needed was work . Work kept her functional for all those years . I was just saying .. she could take her own life after she lost her family but she chose to focus on work . Maybe she's still learning take care of herself and her happiness because she hasn't been doing that for a quiet long time . Or maybe she isn't letting go of something yet .. Maybe she's holding on to something .. A lot of maybes here ..

Here we go , Chapter 30 : )


Seattle

1850hrs

The environment in the elevator of the Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital was quiet … and hostile . And ever since they were both in the car on the way to here , Arizona could be heard groaning for five or six times already . The blonde had her mad walk mode on and her angry eyebrows were also visible right now . She was tired as she went to the hospital right after she got off from the plane because of this emergent situation . So after giving Callie a little kiss on the side of her forehead , she got out from the car despite Callie's request to follow her to the hospital . She left Callie in George's hand to made sure she got to their house safely .

She was sure that Callie would understand her decision . After all , Callie always understood her better than anyone else . For now , she had to settle everything before she could finally got her own time to rest . To do whatever she wanted . With whoever she wanted with .

From the tip of his eyes , Nathaniel just observed the blonde quietly , not having any idea of what to say . Over the years , the blonde had taught him with nothing but patience . Never once Arizona exploded at him like right now but never once too he pulled a stunt like this — basically ignoring Arizona's order , the person that held 70 percent of the share in the company a.k.a the owner of Sullivan's Industries .

Nathaniel understood that Arizona had every reason to be angry at him but the fact that Arizona had always been the one that making all the decisions was among the reason he still couldn't , even until now made a good decision when a crisis occurred .

Arizona had always been there to save him . But would Nathaniel ever appreciate and understand that ?

"I can't believe you waited a day before you actually told me ." Arizona finally spoke her first sentence after they both got out from the elevator and it wasn't nice at all . "No , not you , before Lauren actually fucking told me ."

"You even waited for me to clean up your mess . Not even one single visit to this poor man after what you have done . And I am not questioning you now as your boss , Nathaniel Sullivan ! I am questioning you as a human with a heart , where the damn did your humanity go ?"

"I was going to visit him but the collapse happened in one of your site in Seattle . I didn't want to look like I was overstepping your territory .. your …"

"You didn't want to overstep my position ? You fucking overstepped it already by disobeying my direct order , Nathaniel ." Arizona said in a high pitch tone which quickly drew all eyes on them .

"Hey , hey .. They have a private lounge for you both to sit down and talk it out loud .. It is just right over there ." Jeremy , the supervisor of the site where the collapse happened approach them quickly as he pointed his finger to the room . He had been staying here , accompanying the poor site worker since after the surgery .

"I made one decision , one bad decision . I admitted that it was my mistake of giving the order to use the rejected cements . But it was one bad decision and you yelled at me like it was something that I did on purpose . I never thought that things could gone like this " Entering the private room , Nathaniel quickly shot back what Arizona just said to him . "I explained it to you why I did what I did ."

"Your mistake chopped both of the innocent young man's legs , Nathaniel ! This is why I am being harsh at you right now ." Arizona slammed her hand angrily on the wooden table .

"I'm sorry but I never intended it to cost someone's ability to move ! And even Jack said .." Nate suddenly stopped his words , biting his lower lips .

"I'm sorry but Jack ? What was his involvement in this matter ?" Arizona narrowed her eyes , demanding an answer .

But silence was the answer and that didn't set well with the blonde . Ain't nobody covering anybody in this case .

"Damn it , Nathaniel , answer me !" Arizona slammed the table with her fist , again .

"I contacted him because I didn't want to disturb your vacation and he approved my method ." Nathaniel proudly answered . "Even though , it ended up stupid but he actually listened to me , appreciated my voice and respected my decision . Which is what I never get from you ."

"And look what happened to the branch he owned ." Arizona scoffed . "You should have called me ."

"So that you can give me orders again ? You never gave me a chance to take the lead , Arizona .. Maybe it is because Joanne asked you to look after me and the vision of me as a kid probably could never get out of your head but I'm a grown up man now . I can make my own decision ." Nathaniel replied which he didn't realize that when he brought up Joanne's name , it slowly tore Arizona's heart down . "This is actually my family's company , if I mess it up , I mess it up . Mistakes make me wiser ."

"I have never treated you like a little kid , Nathaniel . The truth is , you still have so much more to learn and improve . Your voice are heard by me though , no worries ." Arizona gave a hard little smile . It was bitter for her to uttered those words but Arizona knew that one day , this talk would come . Nate was an honest and kind man but he was also very vulnerable to mistakes if he kept on letting people to take advantage on him . And Arizona ? She never ever thought of taking advantage on the young man but sadly right now , she felt that Nate were accusing her of manipulating him all this time while she tried her best into shaping the young man to face the very challenging business world .

"Now when you realized that you made a mistake , you gotta apologize for it . That is the rule number one . And then you make a change to avoid the same mistake . Remember , you can never make the same mistake twice because the second time you make it , its not a mistake , its a choice . Dumb choice . Always remember that ." Arizona continued . What she felt , she would just keep it inside her .

Pulling the door , both Arizona and the youngest Sullivan walked out of the room . Jeremy carefully studied the face of his employers . They were both still red , probably because of the argument they just had . No offense to Mr. Sullivan , but Jeremy was definitely on Arizona's side on this issue . The young man just still got a lot to learn .

"You will go in there and try to be a human , Nathaniel . Apologize to Mr. Vargas even though the apology won't fix nothing . And you apologize because you really mean it , not because you are afraid that he will sue us or make this thing goes public . You understand me ?"

Nate just nodded .

"Umm , that .. might be difficult as I might have to ask for his permission before I let you in . Enrique , he still couldn't accept the fact that both of his legs are gone . He refuses visitor , even his family , he doesn't want to see them . I am basically the only person that he trusts enough since the accident , besides the doctors . He's .. he will probably shout at you .." Jeremy slowly explained as two pairs of eyes observed him . "And don't get it wrong , he's a nice kid . He worked hard , he done his job beautifully , he doesn't have any discipline problem .. The problem is , he's still adjusting ."

Nathaniel slowly took a few steps forward as he had his back against them . He closed his eyes in pain , listening to Jeremy's explanation regarding the condition of Enrique Vargas was heartbreaking to him . Well , at least the youngest Sullivan's humanity was proven still intact .

"I understand that ." Arizona nodded . To suddenly lost your body parts after twenty two years of living with it ? It must be traumatic to him .

"I will go ask first , excuse me ." Jeremy knocked the door before he disappeared into the Enrique's room .

"I'm sorry ." Nathaniel turned around , leaning back against the hospital walls . "This is all my fault . I didn't think through the consequences that might happened before I made that dumb decision . I thought even if .. if it gone bad , it would be just a little piece of crisis .. Nothing big .. At least , that was what Jack told me . But .. The truth is … I destroyed somebody's live ."

"You didn't intend it to be like this . You told me earlier ." Arizona shook her head as she continued . "And Nate ? I want you to promise me not to contact Jack regarding business anymore . Yes , he's like a family to you but when it comes to business , he's still an outsider and he has no business sticking his nose in Sullivan's Group after what he done ."

Nate nodded weakly . A pang of regret had started to hit his face . "What if he sues us ?"

"Then , we have to accept it as he has his right . Like it or not , the damage has been done ." Arizona replied calmly . "Let's not worry about that now until we know his decision ."

Not to worry about a lawsuit ? In Arizona's head , she already started a damage control plan if Enrique Vargas decided to sue them and made this thing goes public . And Arizona knew , the company's reputation would be largely affected . Especially if the authority started an on site investigation .

Business thinking , the situation didn't look good for the company at all . Unless a miracle happened and there was no lawsuit , but that certainly impossible , wasn't it ? Even if there was no lawsuit , the worker would surely ask for a compensation for the out of court settlement . A very expensive compensation but nothing would be too expensive if it effectively avoided a very bad headlines for a well known company .

"Miss Robbins , he said yes but he only wants to talk to you without anyone's else presence ." Jeremy suddenly emerged . He had his eyes on Nathaniel as he uttered his last word .

Arizona replied but only with a nod and then she turned around to face Nathaniel . "I am calling an emergency meeting with the Boards after I get out from the room . You can head back to the office first . I will join you and the others later ."

A big change certainly would happen today . It was about damn time !

2310 hrs

In the dark , Arizona slowly made her way into the bedroom that she had been sharing with her girlfriend for quite a while now . The first thing she took of was her Tag Heuer , followed by her stiletto . It was definitely a very long day that she was having today and the image of the brunette sleeping peacefully followed by the tiny snore was the only thing that could calm her tired mind and body down .

She was physically and mentally tired after everything that she faced today . The arguments she had with Nate , the meeting , the image of Enrique that lost his legs completely , everything till below the knees . In her brain , Arizona still could see the young man's tears fell down as he asked for nothing much but just a little money monthly for his family and full fund of educations for his other siblings that were still in school . And Arizona found Enrique's request was very reasonable as the Vargas's family just lost their sole source of income .

Eventhough he didn't finish his school , Enrique was definitely the family's hope. He was the only one working in the family as his mother had to deal with his younger siblings . His father had left them few years ago . The story touched Arizona's heart . And Arizona knew Enrique immediately recognized when she walked into the room . She always remembered her workers's faces but not the names . Everytime she did a site visit , she would walk pass this man … A very quiet man that always got his job done , that always sat in the corner alone , eating from his lunchbox .

Arizona rubbed the left temple of her head as she looked around the room , feeling very grateful for what she had before her eyes finally fell on Callie's back , the person that she loved and of course one of many things that she felt grateful to be happened in her life .

But starting tomorrow , there were things that were going to change . An adjustment . A little adjustment to Arizona but she wasn't sure if it was a tiny little adjustment to everyone's else .

She hadn't change her clothes yet but Arizona climbed into the bed anyway . Pillow sunk in , Arizona pressed her body forward as her hand traveled under the comforter and she finally rested her hand around Callie's waist .

"Mhmm .. You are home ." Callie said in a sleepy husky voice . It was sexy , it was soothing . The voice was Arizona's favourite .

"I am ." Arizona gave a light kiss on Callie's shoulder . "I love you ."

"Love .. too ." Callie replied , almost drifting off to her sleep again .

"Calliope … Would you still love me the same tomorrow as you are right now ?" Arizona said , almost like a whisper .

But the brunette heard it , her eyes fluttered open . "What's wrong ?" Callie tried to turn around to face Arizona but the blonde tightened the back hug instead .

"Don't turn around . I just got back from the office , I haven't shower yet and I am hideous . I am a mess ." Arizona let out a soft chuckle .

"You are my cute little mess ." Callie smiled when she said that .

"I love your smile ." Arizona knew the brunette was smiling right now even without looking .

"What's wrong , honey ?" Callie once again asked . She could sense that something was eating Arizona from the inside .

"I had a horrific day ." Arizona mumbled slowly . "I just want to sleep it off ."

"You want to talk about it ?"

"I would rather not ."

"We will.. sleep then ." Callie answered .

"Perfect idea ." Arizona tightened the hug , agreeing to it .

Both women just lie on the bed in the dark . Only the sound of breaths were accompanying them but that changed soon enough when Callie called her girlfriend's name after a few minutes .

"Arizona … ?"

"Yes ?"

"You asked me just now , if I will love you the same tomorrow ." Callie stopped for a while before she continued . "I will always love you , Arizona ."

"Always …" Pale hand was on top of the tanned hand when Arizona replied , smiling into the hug .

"Always have , always will ." Callie added in a husky voice . She was feeling sleepy again .

"Always .." Arizona smile grew even bigger .

And the blonde fell asleep soon after that followed by the brunette . It was indeed a tiring day for Arizona and just when she thought she knew what was going to happen tomorrow , she actually had no idea what was there waiting for them tomorrow . Or in the later morning .


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Saturday

12th May 2018

2205HRS