First of all let me start with I am so sorry for the delay. I got an ugly virus on the laptop and had to wipe with whole thing. Luckily, the story was stored somewhere else too, so now that it is fixed (thank you lord), I will post what I have. I think there is 3 chapters. I have to download and then fix the way it downloads, but I will try and hurry. Thanks for waiting. Over the next couple days there will be at least 3 updates so check back.
Note: All Characters belong to Shonda and ABC.
Rating: PG
Chapter 2
It had been fourteen long hours since the accident. Cristina and Mark hadn't left Callie for more than a few minutes. Mark was watching Cristina hold her hand when he noticed someone familiar coming toward him.
"Mr. Torres." Mark extended his hand. Mark saw two other women with him and he knew exactly who they were. "You must be Mrs. Torres." He shook her hand. "And you are Aria?" Mark smiled as the younger version of Callie smiled and nodded in return. "I am Mark Sloan, Callie's best friend."
"Where is my daughter?"
"See is in this room here. When they brought her in they repaired the artery that was nicked and was able to stop the bleeding pretty quickly. They have also done a couple of CT scans in the past twelve hours and it seems that Callie took a hard hit to the head. It is almost better that she is unconscious. I told the staff that you requested the VIP suite as you asked."
"Thank you." Carlos patted Mark on the shoulder. "My wife and Aria can go in and see Calliope. I will wait here."
"Well you can all…." Mark noticed the look on Carlos' face. "I mean it is usually easier with fewer people in there. Cristina Yang, the friend she was with at the time, is in there with her now. Just ask her to come out." She nodded and walked with her daughter into the room.
Carlos waited until they were in the room. "Where is she?"
"Who?"
"Arizona. Where's Arizona?"
"Africa I assume. She called last night and we had really bad reception. I am not even sure she heard what I was saying. I emailed her again after the call and explained what happened."
"You've heard nothing else?"
"No. I assume we will hear from her as soon as she know. She loves Callie, Mr. Torres. We will hear from her."
"She just left her?"
"Mr. Torres, in all fairness to Robbins, Callie didn't want to go. I think that Robbins was the last to realized just how badly she didn't to go."
"You think she will come?"
"I think that Arizona will contact us when she learns, yes."
"I would like to know if you from her, please."
"Sure."
Mark waited until Carlos walk into the room and Cristina walk out. "How is she?"
"The same. The same as she was twelve hours ago, or six hours ago, she's the same. You hear from Robbins?"
"No, nothing. I mean I would have figured she would have called when she saw the email."
"Maybe she really wanted a break." Cristina said sadly.
"That just isn't like Robbins. She was even gonna like me, and that is sometimes not so easy to do."
"I just can't believe that she is really over her. I mean just like that. Never would have thought that of those two. Now one is laying in critical condition and the other is off being happy in Africa. What the hell happened to them?"
"I don't know. If they can't make it that doesn't give people like me much hope."
12:00 PM
Mark and Cristina took a seat just outside the room. Turns out they sat there for hours waiting on anything. Any change or any word from Arizona. It didn't come. So they waited, and waited.
Callie's family came from the room and Mark and Cristina went to see if there was a change. They had seen Owen and Teddy go in just before the family came out. Mark wanted to go in, but let them do her job. They waited for a while longer then they finally came from the room and they were swarmed by people.
"Ok. Let me just try and answer it all. The swelling in Callie's brain is slowing decreasing. Right now we are going to wait a little longer and see if it continues to decrease. That's what we hope happens will happen. If it doesn't, doctor Sheppard is on stand by. He will go in and relieve some of the pressure. We will not know that for a few more hours. We will send her up for another scan at this afternoon and see where we stands. Until then, we just hope she will wake up on her own."
"Thank you." Callie's mother said.
"Your Welcome." Teddy motioned for Mark. He followed her as she went to the nurses' station to do her charting. "Any news?"
"You haven't heard from her either?"
"No. I was hoping you had."
"Damn it." Mark said in frustration. He really thought Teddy may have heard from her.
"Maybe she isn't able to receive any signal."
"She always gets the emails though. She always responds to you, right?"
"Yeah, I must say that it is weird. Anyway, I have to go into surgery. Remember they are coming to get Callie in a few hours. You and Cristina should get some rest until then."
"Got it. Good luck in surgery."
"Thanks. Let me know if you hear anything."
"You and everyone else." Mark mumbled under his breath.
3:30 pm
Mark's POV
Due to a automobile accident the staff was very busy. They had just came and got Callie.
We were all gathered outside her room waiting until they returned with her. I decided that I would step out of the hospital for a minute while she was gone.
It was a nice day in Seattle. It was cool, but a beautiful day. Sitting outside, the world seemed like a calm place, but just inside those doors was grief and suffering. I liked it much better out here.
I had completely lost track of time when my pager went off at 4:10, it was Cristina. I ran into the hospital leaving peace and quiet behind. When I came around the corner I could see Carlos holding Callie's mother. "What the hell happened?"
Teddy pulled me aside. "There is a bleed. Sheppard is going in to try and repair it."
"I want in."
"No, absolutely not."
"You can't tell me that."
"Look Mark, someone needs to stay with them. They knew you. They trust you. Stay here and maybe you will hear from Arizona. If you want to help Callie right now, you need to be with her family."
"Promise me you will take care of her."
"You know Sheppard is the best there is. She is in wonderful hands."
I stood helpless and watched Teddy walk off and grabbed my phone from my pocket. I pulled up her number and hit send. I grumbled as the call went to straight to voicemail.
"Robbins, were the hell are you. Callie is really bad, Arizona." I was at such a lose I didn't hear the sniffs coming from me. Through a cracking voice I said, "Please call me back." I hung up the phone that now read 4:20pm. It had been just over twenty hours since the wreck and I had called Arizona almost immediately. Why wasn't she answering?
Cristina and I had been sitting outside her room over two hours. Callie had made it through surgery and was now in recovery. I was pacing the floor when I noticed someone literally running down the hall. I looked up and let out a deep breathe. Before I could speak, she spoke. "Mark? Where is she?"
I grabbed her as she started to go by me. "Stop. Just stop."
"Where is she?" Arizona said as she watched the Torres family come out from Callie's room. "Never mind."
I grabbed her again. "Arizona, listen to me!"
"Let me go Mark!" She said as she began to cry so hard that she could no longer fight me.
I pulled her to me until her face was buried in my chest. "Please, I just want to see her. Please."
I pulled back from her and wiped the tears that were running down her face. I had only seen her cry this way once. None of us would forgot Arizona Robbins at her worst. The night of her birthday party, the night Wallace died. That was the hardest I had ever seen her cry until now. "You need to listen to me." Arizona looked down at the tissue she was now clinching in her hand. She nodded. "Callie suffered some superficial cuts and bruising. When the car flipped, she hit her head pretty hard apparently she hit it once more as the car came to a stop. During the first half an hour or so, she woke a couple of times, but….."
Arizona looked up. "But what?"
"She hasn't been conscious since. There was a bleed." Arizona began to cry again, but tried her best to look me in the eye. She was trying to hear everything, expecting the worst. "Sheppard went in a couple hours ago and released some of the pressure. She is in recovery now."
From behind me came a whisper of her name, "Arizona."
She and I turned to Callie's family. I could feel Arizona stiffen her posture so as not to upset the family. "Yes." She finally got out. She couldn't imagine what they wanted to say to her. They must hate her at this point.
"I just wanted you to know that I am glad you are here. I was afraid that you wouldn't came."
"I am sorry. I don't think we have officially met." Arizona extended her hand to Mrs. Torres. "I am Arizona."
"I am Julia. It is so nice to meet you."
Arizona then turned to Aria. "It is nice to finally meet you too." Arizona and Aria had talked several times on the phone.
"Carlos, I love your daughter. There is no other place I would be. I did what I did because I thought Callie would be happier. I didn't want to hold her back in her career." Arizona took a deep breath and tried to focus again. "I…I love her more than anything. More than me or medicine. I wouldn't be anywhere else."
Arizona stopped as Sheppard walked up. "Robbins?" He offered a quick hug. "Good to see you." He turned to Callie's family and took a deep breath. "Ok, here is where we stand."