Sorry for delay. I could have sworn that I posted this about a week ago. Anyway it didn't. So I am giving you this chapter and the next tonight. Hope that you enjoy. Thanks for the comments and the support.

Chapter 11

It had been almost a month since Arizona and Callie were together the first time after the accident. Callie still had no memory of who she was and the flashes into her past had stopped. Derek had told Arizona that he was only slightly upset that Callie's progression hadn't continued to improve . He was still very hopeful that Callie would regain her memory fully.

During this past month Mark Sloan had been offered his job back in New York. They made him an offer that he couldn't refuse. It had been almost 3 weeks since Mark had moved. Arizona knew that Callie would be upset that Mark was gone when she remembered, but Arizona was secretly a little glad that Mark had taken the job. She liked Mark and appreciated his friendship with Callie, but she was glad that she would no longer be a couple with Callie and Mark both.

It was now one week until the award ceremony for the Harper Avery Award. Chief Webber had made arrangements for him and Bailey to be the ones accepting the award on Callie's behalf. Arizona was glad that she didn't have to go. Her and Callie had decided that on that night they would celebrate the achievement alone. A nice dinner, a good bottle of wine, and the each other. Callie had joked that their plans had to be way better than Miranda and the Chief's.

Life had been pretty normal other than the oblivious. Callie's family had made a trip out and spent some time with her. It was amazing that Callie and Aria's texting habits had picked right up where they left off. Callie was in contact with her sister a couple of times a day. It was good for Callie and kept her mind occupied and off the problem that was in front of her. Arizona was so grateful that Callie's family wasn't waiting this out, they like Arizona, were going to accept whoever Callie would be in the future.

They had just been going through their days. Arizona would go to the hospital and when she got home, Callie was usually waiting with dinner. They often sat on the couch and watched movies, but none of that lasted long. Somehow the two always found them somewhere throughout the apartment missing most or all of their clothing. It hadn't taken Callie long to make sure Arizona had lost her advantage. Callie picked up quickly on the things that Arizona liked and the things that blow her mind. Callie had loved the rediscovering phase, but Arizona was pretty sure that Callie's discoveries had taken longer than they should have. Arizona was pretty sure Callie just liked teasing her.

Arizona still laughed at Teddy. Teddy was first one Arizona saw that first morning when she finally got to the hospital after they had been together.

One month ago

Arizona walked down the hall of the hospital and was met by Teddy. "Hey."

Arizona smiled, "Hey."

Teddy looked at her curiously. "Oh my god." She leaned over to Arizona. "You guys so had sex didn't you?"

Arizona smiled. "You always say that."

"Yeah, but this time….this time you so did and you didn't deny it."

"No, I didn't."

Teddy chuckled. "Oh my god. She doesn't even remember you and you are getting more sex than me."

Arizona pulled Teddy into the closest empty room. "Ok I'll tell you, but promise that you tell no one else."

"Ok. Ok" Teddy said with extreme excitement.

"Oh my god, Teddy. It was amazing. Like I couldn't stop, she couldn't stop. I think as some point we just collapsed from exhaustion. I mean after breakfast, we had sex twice before I had to come into work. Lord, I didn't think she was going to let me leave."

Teddy acted angry. "I am sure that I have something to do." Teddy then laughed. "Well I am so glad that you two are back together, or something."

"I love her, Teddy. That's all I know."

"Maybe that's all you need to know. You love her and she loves you."

"Yeah, and none of the rest of it matters."

"Exactly." Teddy said just as her pager sounded. "Damn, I gotta run."

"Ok."

Teddy smiled at Arizona and pulled her into a hug. "Thanks for telling me about the hot, continuous sex." Teddy chuckled. "I'm glad that you're happy again."

Present Day

It was 5:30 in the afternoon and Callie knew that Arizona would soon be coming home. She hadn't done much today but rest. She had been having what appeared to be a migraine all day. She hadn't told Arizona in fear that Arizona would run over there and Callie wanted her to be able to do her job without having to baby her.

Callie had been in the bed most of the day. She had kept the room dark and hadn't ventured out. It had caused her to vomit several times already, so eating was out of the question. The only thing that she really wanted was something to drink. She stood and walked slowly through the apartment. Her eyes were barely open. She cursed as she stumbled into the leg of a chair as she passed it. She really believed the headache had gotten worse since she left the bedroom. She sat on the couch putting her face in her hands. "Damn it! Stop already!" Callie screamed as she rocked back and forth. "Just stop hurting for a fucking minute."

As soon as she said that there was a bright light that had gone of in her head. The pain somehow increased. Callie felt sick again. She rushed through the bedroom and into the bathroom. As Callie ridded her stomach of any further content, she heard a voice. 'I have a cure for a headache that doesn't involve coffee.' Then like a movie reel playing in her mind flashes of things came to her. Flashes of her past.

"You don't even like sandwiches."

"But I like the girl that has the sandwiches."

"I love you."

"You do?"

"I do."

"I love you too."

"And chickens."

"I so didn't see that going that way….Yeah more like that."

"Ortho right?"

"Wanna give me some names?"

"I think you'll know."

Callie stood up. It was coming back. The headache had stopped. She had to tell Arizona. Callie was stopped in her tracks as the scenes started again. She smiled at the memory of her and Arizona.

"I hate you."

"Cuz I'm right and I'm awesome."

"Is that code for go away roller girl?"

"You said I was your girlfriend. So am I your girlfriend?"

"Ummm, Yeah."

"So I get the chicken pox."

"I can make you a freakin Sangria."

"One more time. You be the chief all ranky and in a bad mood. And I'll be Callie asking for her job back."

"You are Callie."

"Right, so it works."

"You. Are. Great."

"You moron."

"The money is going to the tiny humans. No one ever says no to the tiny humans."

"Oh…ok"

"What?"

"You're not gonna cry because you find the chief intimating?"

"No."

"Good."

"Calliope Torres I don't want you to have to move to Cleveland to be a surgeon."

Callie laughed. "I am Calliope Freakin Torres. Rock star with a scalpel. Got married in Vegas and lived in the basement." Callie ran through the living room to find her phone. "And I am in love with Arizona Robbins!"

Just before Callie dialed the number on her phone, one last flash made it's way to her.

"You are ruining Africa for me."

"I'm not."

"You are!"

"You are ruining this for me and I don't want to do this."

"What does that mean? You suddenly don't want to go?"

"I don't want to go to Africa with you."

Callie dropped her phone and sat on the couch as the scene continued.

"No. No! Please…please We can do this. We can figure this out."

"You stay here and be happy. And I'll go there and be happy."

"If you get on that plane. If you go without me, we are done. Do you hear me. We are over!"

"We are standing in the middle of an airport screaming at each other. We're already over."

Callie suddenly understood way Arizona was so scared of her remembering. She knew that Arizona did what she did because she loved her, but Arizona seemed so cruel that night. Suddenly Callie didn't know what to do. It was almost 6:00 and Arizona would be home in just a little over an hour.

Callie put her elbow on her knee and her face in her hands and closed her eyes. She knew that as cruel as is seemed that Arizona had left her so Callie could better her career. Callie didn't know what to think. Suddenly her eyes shot open. "Oh my God. I won a Harper Avery."

Arizona put her key into the lock and then opened the door. The house was unusually dark. "Callie?" Arizona put her things down and flipped on the light. Arizona's eyes were quickly draw to the figure sitting on the couch in the complete dark.

Arizona's heart sank. "Callie?"

Callie looked over at Arizona without saying anything.

"Is something wrong?" Arizona asked as she sat on the coffee table in front of Callie.

"You left me." Callie said with tears in her eyes.

'Oh God' was the only thing Arizona could think.

"I begged you and you left me. You never even looked back."

"Is that all you remember?" Arizona said horrified and shocked.

"No. I remember everything. The good times and the bad. Everything." Callie's eyes turned sad "I was pleading with you not to go and you left. I know that you did it for me, but wasn't there another way? I was begging you Arizona. I mean, I was begging."

"The entire time I was in Africa I did nothing but play that scene over and over again in my head. I am so sorry. I did what I thought was right. Granted I did it the wrong way, but it was I thought was best for you."

"I just don't understand."

"Callie, we just need to talk this through ok?"

Callie's delayed reaction assured Arizona something was coming. "I-I have a flight leaving for Miami at midnight. I thought.." Callie was cut off.

"You what? Calliope, please."

"I just need some room to breathe a minute and some time to think." Callie watched a turn run down Arizona's cheek. "I called my parents and told them I got my memory back and that I would like to see them for a couple of days. I will be back in time to go the award ceremony."

Arizona knew this was something she had to let her do. She knew Callie needed space to think. She wanted to give Callie that, but before Arizona could stop herself she moved from the table and was sitting in Callie's lap. Her leg straddled Callie while her knees were against the couch. Callie looked up at Arizona as Arizona's hand went to each side of Callie's face. "I love you, Calliope. More that anything. I made a mistake. Hell we both did, but I love you." Arizona continued to look into Callie's eyes. After finding no sign of resistance, Arizona leaned in until her lips gently touched Callie's. It wasn't a fierce kiss like the ones they had shared over the past few weeks. It was a soft kiss. Gentle and reassuring.

Arizona pulled away and looked into Callie's eyes again. This time she found tears, regret and hurt. "I am so sorry. I can't make you believe me, but I am telling you now. If there were a time in my life that I thought for one second that I could ever live without you, that time apart proved to me that I can't. I can't go to bed without you, sleep without you, function without you. I am not me without you. If this taught me nothing else, it taught me that. I always thought that I could control anything, any feeling. With you- I have no control. Now I am the one begging. Please. Please just stay here. I'll give you space or time or whatever you need. Just please don't get on that plane."

Suddenly looking into deep blue and pleading eyes, Callie was faced with the same decision that she had condemned Arizona for making. Stay or gone. Fight or give in. Only Arizona had done what she had done for Callie. "You left me. Like Erica standing watching you walk away. Like George acting as if I didn't matter. How am I suppose to trust you? How am I suppose to trust that if I let you back, you want do it again. If it's for me or not. How do I know that you won't break my heart again?"

"You don't. No one ever does, Callie. Love is a gamble. Sometimes the gamble pays big and sometimes you lose. I lost, Calliope and I don't ever intend on losing again. What we have is real. The stuff movies are made of. I made a mistake, a HUGE mistake and I am so deeply sorry that you were hurt. I can't change it. All I can do is spend the rest of life trying to prove that I learned from it. We both made mistakes, but I love you and you love me. That has to count for something." Callie watched tears come to Arizona's eyes. "If this doesn't work, Callie, then I don't believe in anything anymore."

"You are going to spend the rest of your life showing me that you learned a lesson?"

"Yes." Arizona's answer come out almost in a whisper. "If that is what you need?"

"Arizona Robbins." Callie smiled. "That is the first time you have talked about a future with me, a real future, that didn't include chickens."

Arizona chuckled. She then took a deep breath and debated her next response. "Wait right here."

"Ok?" Callie said in a confused tone. She watched Arizona leave her lap and walk into the bedroom. She heard the closet door in open and then close. She turned back to see Arizona walking back through the living room. She took her position again straddling Callie's lap.

"When I came back from Africa I knew that I couldn't live without you again. On one of the days that your family was sitting with you, I did something that even surprised me." Looking deep into Callie's eyes, Arizona continued. "You hadn't even opened your eyes yet. I didn't know how you would react to me or if you would hate me. All I knew was that I needed someway to prove to you that I was serious. That I am NEVER going anywhere again. Not without you. But I wanted it to you. My Calliope. The one that I kissed in the dirty bar bathroom, the one that helped me when Wallace died, and the one that I left standing in that airport. When I did this I wanted it to be you." Arizona lifted her closed hand until it was right between her and Callie's chests. "This is a start." She said opening her hand to revile the ring in her palm.

Callie lost her breath as she looked at the ring. It was beautiful. A two carrot diamond ring that's band was also surrounded by diamonds. Her eyes returned to Arizona's.

"I can't make you believe me, but I sure as hell hope you do."

That was all Arizona could say before Callie had her face pressed against her own. This wasn't like the other kiss. This one was to show Arizona every ounce of desire, love and excitement that Callie felt.

Arizona smiled into the kiss and while Callie's lips were still on hers she spoke. "Is that a yes?"

Callie was now smiling while trying to kiss Arizona. "Yes."

"Yes?"

"Yes."

Up Next: Final Chapter. I so appreciate all the comments and the reader for the fic. I underestimated the effect of the crap that we have endured the past few months would have on my writing ability. I apologize for the delays but to say my muse was gone was an understatement. Thanks again for waiting, reading and the wonderful comments. See you again…maybe shortly.