Disclaimer: The characters in this story are not mine and belong to Grey's Anatomy.
AN: I'm sorry English is not my first language, so it was finish the story with all these mistakes or just leave it unfinished.
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It had been 15 days after the dinner, Arizona was already feeling much better and had insisted a lot on wanting to go home, her old home actually. She wanted to visit her parent's grave, in a way she felt guilty, she felt that she had abandoned them, even though it had not been by choice but because of the circumstances she had had to face, but no matter how many times Callie tried to make her understand that he had not done wrong but, Arizona didn't come sense
Callie felt bad for being unable to comfort Arizona when she cried at night burdened with guilt, it was very difficult to convince her not to go to the parents' house alone, she needed to set things up in the hospital before asking for a couple days off again, Arizona knew exactly what doctor's life is like, and didn't reproach her for not leaving the day after dinner, when she found out that it was Mark and Teddy who had taken care of everything related to his parents and she found out where to locate them, but rather reproached Callie for not letting her go alone.
Obviously Arizona was fully empowered to travel alone, but she didn't want to fight with Callie either, she knew that the brunette cared a lot for her, and it seemed unfair that because of her wishes she had problems at work, since she knew perfectly well that she would follow her without thinking, so she had no choice but to wait for Callie to settle her schedule
The three of them, Callie, Sofia and Arizona were ready to start the trip, the adult women knew it would be an emotional trip, but for Sofia it was an adventure and she was super excited
"Arizona, do you think there are animals?" Sofia asked enthusiastically
"I don't know ... I guess that depends on what you want to spot ..." The answer was uncertain, she could no longer be sure, so many years had passed that she was not sure what she would find.
"If there is, can I play with them? I hope there are horses, I would love to ride a horse, can I? " His little eyes shone with emotion
"I don't know ... If your mother let you, I suppose you can" Arizona smiled at Sofia's excitement
"Can I mommy, pleaseeeee?"
Callie kept focused on the road "We'll see" She didn't want her answer to incite Sofia to keep asking, she wanted her to calm down, since she wasn't planning to travel so many hours with Sofia asking over and over again
"Ok" Sofia soon put down the questionnaire and started playing with her dolls.
Callie glanced at Arizona who was lost in thought staring at the landscape through the window "Are you okay?"
Arizona nodded her head, she had mixed emotions, she was afraid that if she answered her voice would break and she didn't want to start crying from now on, not in front of Sofia
Callie could understand the state of Arizona and preferred to leave her alone, at least for a little while.
"Do you want to play with me Zona"? Sofia was starting to get bored, so for Arizona the quiet moments were over ...
She sighed deeply and came back to reality. "What do you want to play?" Inquiere her with a smile on his face
"You are not obligated to do it" She heard Callie whisper to her to prevent the girl from listening and hurting her feelings
Sofia thought for a moment. "We can play the riddles"
"Ok, but I warn you that I'm very good at it" Arizona challenged playfully
Callie laughed at the occurrences of the two people she loved so much, they spent a great time entertaining themselves, until Sofia could not contain the dream, the car journey seemed to always be an effective sleeping pill for her
"Sleep overcame her," Arizona commented as she stretched to cover her with a small blanket they had in the car.
Callie observed her little girl in the rearview mirror "Car rides never fail ..." she turned her head to look at Arizona who was nervously moving her hands against her legs
"You're good?" she consulted her almost knowing the answer
Arizona just nodded without making a sound and Callie took her hand "everything will be fine, I promise you"
"I'm nervous" she commented shyly, as if she was embarrassed to admit it.
Callie sighed "I'm with you, you know? I'm here to support you in whatever you need, whatever, even if you prefer that we go back to Seattle we will do it and come back when you are ready, you just have to say it." Arizona seemed to be considering Callie's proposal
"No, let's do it, we're close" she said firmly, as if trying to convince herself
"Are you sure? because we can.."
"It's there Callie" Arizona interrupted her, indicating with her finger a beautiful little house a few meters away.
"Oh ..." Callie looked at the gps and her girlfriend was right, only she didn't need the indications of the device to know that a few meters away was what was her home years ago.
They approached slowly, Arizona didn't know if it was to avoid the small stone's road, knock the car or Callie was being considerate, giving her more time to gain confidence. "Ready?" she asked sweetly when they almost reached the entrance
"I'm not sure" confessed the blonde staring at Callie's eyes, as if seeking the courage she needed at the moment.
"I love you" Callie kissed her softly. Arizona spent a couple of seconds lost in Callie's loving gaze until she decided to get out of the car.
I was puzzled looking at the landscape. It was as beautiful as she started to remember it. The countryside always gave her that feeling of tranquility, maybe it was the smell of fresh vegetation, the sound of birds singing that seemed to be at a concert, or the sound of the wind blowing through the branches of the trees, but whatever it was it felt wonderfully good. She closed her eyes to enjoy that moment, those sensations ...
"I can not believe it!" She heard a voice approaching, she turned to see where it came from, it was a woman in her 60s, who was coming at a fast pace towards her. She noticed that Callie looked at her trying to figure out if Arizona already knew who it was. "Look who's here!" she said happily, "My little sweetie ..."
At that moment Arizona knew it "Aunt Susan" almost muttered to herself at the same time that strong arms wrapped around her
Callie looked a few feet from them with Sofia. "Does that lady know Arizona, mom? the girl asked curiously
"So it seems" she replied smiling when noticed that Arizona seemed to respond happily to the hug "Callie, this is Susan" Arizona introduced them "She was a friend of the family" explained
"Look what a beautiful girl! And your wife too, you always had good taste with women "exclaimed the lady looking at Callie.
Arizona blushed "Thank you, Callie is my girlfriend and she is your daughter" she said pointing to Sofia
"Hi, I'm Sofia" she introduced herself confident
"Enchanted Sofia, I'm Susan" she approached the girl and hugged her as if she had known her for years "you too, come here" she said to Callie extending her arm to come closer and they shared the greeting
"A pleasure to meet you" the brunete said timidly trying to breathe between the arms that squeezed her
"Come on, come on, don't just stand there, let's go inside so you can rest," she said enthusiastically and began to walk towards the front door. "Do not worry, I have cleaned everything, when Miss Teddy told me that they would come, I tried to have the house in good condition" She opened the main door and it was clear that it was clean, there was no dust or cobwebs hanging as one would assume of a house that was uninhabited per year, but there were sheets and blankets covering furniture that seemed to be trying to be protected from the passage of time "I have left the furniture covered because I did not want to be intrusive, in the rooms are clean sheets and towels on the beds, I did not know which ones you would use so I decided not to put them together "
Callie decided to respond when she saw the face of Arizona who was trying to contain her feelings, she knew that she was reluctant to cry in front of other people and she could see her internal struggle
"Thank you very much Susan, it was very kind of you, don't worry I'll take care of it"
Susan clearly understood Callie's words, noticed the glassy eyes of the blonde "well sweetie, I'll leave you alone, then we'll talk, you have to put me on top of many things" she said trying to brighten the way
"Sure" Arizona tried not to have to speak because she knew she would break at any moment, standing among all those objects that were around her, some in plain sight and others hidden under scraps of cloth that contained memories of a large part of her life, memories beautiful and painful, stories that were lost from his life in recent years and now surfaced in a painful way
"Here is my number" Susan handed Callie a small piece of paper "Anything you need call me, sometimes the signal is lost but try again, otherwise you can find me in the green house crossing that nearby
"Don't worry, we will call you anything, thank you very much"
"Goodbye precious" she said addressing the girl "Then you must meet Jack, you will love it"
"Who is Jack?" Sofia asked frowning "is it your son?"
Susan laughed, "No, almost but no… it's a little foal that was born a couple of days ago" she explained
"Really? Great!" Sofia did not hide her enthusiasm and excitement "May I meet Jack mommy ? Please!?"
"Later Sof ..." Callie knew at that moment that she would have to deal with Sofia's anxiety.
"Ok … foals are cool" Sofia didn't like the idea of waiting, but the tears that were rolling down Arizona's cheeks hadn't gone unnoticed, she didn't understand what was happening but something was distressing the blonde and she was willing to try to comfort her.
Without saying anything else, while her mother accompanied Sara to the door, she went to Arizona and hugged her leg, trying to make her feel better "Are you sad?" he asked in a sobbing voice
"A little" Arizona dried her tears and knelt to be at the girl's height and hugged her very tightly "but now I'm much better" at those words made Sofia felt proud of herself, she had managed to remove the sadness of Arizona, or at least she believed so and was happy about it. "Do you want to know the house?"
"Yes!" Arizona could not finish the sentence that Sofia began to run up the stairs
"Sofia, be careful! Do not run!" Her mother warn, she had taken the place that the girl left and was holding the woman she loved in her arms. "I love you" those simple words were enough to give strength to Arizona
"Thank you" Arizona looked devoutly at Callie as she said those words, who was surprised
"Why do you thank me?"
"For everything I think ... for being here with me, for having convinced me to hope that you can accompany me ... for taking the time to come here ... for having to endure me crying at night ... and here it won't be much better I guess ..." she said sadly "thanks for be you"
Callie was shaking her head, "No, thank you, for giving us the opportunity to be together again. I'll be there for you everything you need, just like you are for me and Sofia… And speaking of Sofia I think it is better that we go up before she tears down the house… "
Arizona laughed at the comment. "You're right, that little devil can turn the house around in a minute ..."
Callie slowly began to wake up, stretched her arm to feel the warm body of her girlfriend but instead what she felt was the cold of the sheets that did not have the presence of someone to warm them.
She opened her eyes and discovered that she was alone in bed, Arizona was no longer in the room and judging by the temperature of the sheets for a long time ago.
She put on a light sweater as the weather was chilly, she could feel a cold breeze coming through the ajar window
She was beginning to worry because her girlfriend was not in sight, she had already checked the bathroom, the kitchen, the other rooms and nothing ...
She went out to the porch and saw that Arizona was sitting next to a cherry tree with his eyes lost on the horizon
"Hey, you got up early" she approached the blonde gently and affectionately so as not to scare her and kissed her cheek
"Good morning" Arizona returned the kiss. Callie could tell the sadness on her girlfriend's face. "How did you sleep?" asked leaning her head on the brunette's shoulder
"I sleep well, how are you? What happened that you left me alone in bed? You feel good?" Callie stroked Arizona's head
Arizona nodded with her eyes closed "I needed to be alone to think for a while ..."
"Sorry, I'll leave you alone then, if you need me call me" Callie started to get up to give Arizona the space she needed but the blonde grabbed her hand.
"Don't go, I was already missing you" she said in an affectionate tone
Callie sat down again, she preferred not to say anything and wait for Arizona to speak if she needed to vent, she didn't want to pressure her.
They were each lost in thought until Arizona broke the silence
"You know, Tim and I loved to sit here, we used to spend hours here talking, he even marked our initials on the tree" he said pointing to part of the bark "so that if we moved, our passage through here would be recorded, we loved this house" she said laughing sorrowfully, as Callie listened carefully
"We were very close, we moved so much that we couldn't make friends, it was him and me against the world… he was always my best friend, he was the person I turned to when I had a problem or the first person I told if I was happy… "She wiped away a tear that ran shyly down her cheek
"He was the first to know that I liked girls, and he was willing to fight anyone who made fun of me, it didn't matter if I got a head out of him or knew that he would end up with a black eye, he never allowed them to hurt me without try to collect it…. and I think I did the same with him ... we were a team " she smiled at the memory
"My mom said that Tim could never have a girlfriend if I scared them off the way I did, and he always replied, I trust her" Arizona sighed sadly "I don't know if she was right to trust ... I couldn't stop him from leaving ..."
For the first time in the story, Callie decided to intervene "It was not your fault baby, and you know it, I imagine that with a colonel father enlisting must be normal ..."
"For a long time I reproached my father for not preventing Tim from enlisting, and after his death we spent a long time without speaking to each other, because he wanted to sell this house and I was against it" Arizona's face reflected anger, reliving the sensations from the past "but I couldn't allow it ... this was the last place he was, here were his memories, his room ... our latest anecdotes ... everything ..." she said passing his hand through the tree "and he wanted to leave it behind ... my mother I'm not sure but, I think she took my side for fear of losing me too, she knew I wasn't going to visit if they moved away, but it was my fault too that Tim was never coming back…" Her voice cracked.
"Baby… It wasn't your fault, either your father, what happened with your brother is sad but was his choice… And I'm sure your mother wanted to live here too" Callie felt bad because her girlfriend was suffering and she was useless for her.
"Perhaps it was selfish of me, because I forced them to relive the memories every day of their life, but I could not imagine going home to visit my parents and not meeting with the memories of Tim, I could feel him here, and he was trying to take that off… "Callie hugged her tightly trying to comfort her when the blonde couldn't contain the crying.
While her girlfriend cried inconsolably in her arms, she heard Sofia's sobbing that came from inside the house
"Mommy ... Mommy ..." called the girl
Callie closed her eyes, her daughter couldn't have woken up at a worse time. While deciding what to do, she heard Arizona's voice telling her to go, but she didn't want to leave her now, also felt the need to help Sofia.
"Go, surely she didn't recognize the place and she's scared ..." No matter how sad she was, Arizona didn't lose her instincts with children
"But ..." Callie had an internal fight
"Seriously, go, I'm fine" assured the blonde
"Sure?" she asked doubtfully
Arizona nodded and motioned for her to come with her daughter
The storm worsened as they approached Seattle, Arizona, was driving very carefully, her great loves were sleeping in the vehicle. It had taken a long time to convince Callie to let her drive, but she felt it was fair, not only that Callie had driven the way out, but also Arizona had taken a nap when they returned from the cemetery.
There were so many emotions that she had experienced so she was exhausted and decided to lie down for a while, Sofia decided to join her, the little ride she had shared with Arizona wear out her too, but Callie couldn't sleep, so she stayed accommodating a little the things that Arizona had been stirring …. Photos, papers, vouchers…. Arizona needed to reconnect with her past and discover many things she had lost through amnesia
Teddy and Mark had been in charge, and very well, of carrying out all the paperwork regarding the death of their parents and Teddy had the legal rights to the inheritance, since Arizona had been cautious and decided to grant that power to her friend in whom I trusted blindly
Susan had told her much of what happened these years to bring her up to date, she also took advantage and told her anecdotes lived with Mark, for Arizona it had served to forget about the situation for a while and Callie was grateful for that, Susan had even given them two cakes for them to carry, one for them, but the other was Mark's favorite
"It kills me if he know you were here and I didn't send him my special cake" Susan had commented with a laugh
"The weather is horrible" she heard Callie murmur who surely woke up thanks to a thunderclap that seemed to shake the earth
"Yes, it started a while ago and is getting worse ..." Arizona commented
"Sofia doesn't seem to mind," said Callie, observing how her daughter was leaning back in her unchangeable chair.
"Poor thing, she was exhausted, life in the country was pure emotion for her" Arizona smiled when she remembered how excited Sofia was on her walks through the field, going to the stables ... everything was new for her. She couldn't enjoy that in the city
"They were a few days of great emotion for all" said Callie caressing Arizona's leg
"I told you I love you?" the blonde asked smilingly
Callie pretended to think "... well, I must admit that these days not much ..." she said playfully
"I'm sorry" She turn the gaze to look into her girlfriend eyes "I love you"
"love you too." the answer was said with surely
"I know and I'm happy about it" she blew a kiss in the air
"Baby, do you want me to continue driving?" Callie asked with some concern
"No, I'm fine, we are already close, don't worry, when we arrive you can give me some relaxing massages if you want" she told her in seductive tone
"Count on it" she winked. The conversation was interrupted by the ringing of Callie's cell phone.
"Hello? Uh, ok…. Don't worry, I'll be there, it suppose I start tomorrow at noon but I'll be there in a while, we're coming back, ok, bye. "
When the call was finished, Arizona asked "everything okay?"
Callie sighed "I have to go to the hospital, with the storm emergency is full, they are not giving enough, apparently a bus overturned and we'll have several injured, them are about to arrive" Callie decided to omit the detail that the bus belonged to a group of children returning from a camp , she did not want to touch any sensitive fibers of her girlfriend, she had already had enough for the weekend
"I'll take you, then" said the blonde
"It's not necessary, we can go home, you guys stay safe there and then I go, it's just a few minutes apart" Callie tried to persuade her
"I'd rather leave you there, I'll be calmer, besides, we're almost there"
Callie didn't have a chance "Ok, if you prefer ..." She could not convince her, she was afraid that being near the hospital with all the tumult of chaos due to the number of injuries would cause in Arizona again that feeling of frustration that she had experienced days ago when they prohibited her from exercising in the Portlan hospital, but there was no way out, they were at the Seattle Mercy West emergency entrance, the sirens and shouts flooded the air, it took only 10 seconds for Arizona to run out of the car. Callie looked flustered as she didn't understand what caused Arizona to run out of the car
"Arizona, what's up .."? The brunete did not finish the sentence, her girlfriend was taking a child who did not seem to be more than 10 years old, from his father's arms to lay him on the floor and start the rpc, the child's coloring denoted that there was no time to admit him .
Chaos reigned in the place, it was going to be a long night for everyone
