Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy, I just borrowed the name of the characters for entertaining, no intention to violate any copyrights.

A/N : I am sorry for taking so long to update. I have no excuse, just... well, a writer's block named "custody battle" aka another terrible plot in S12. The season finale seems to be another meh episode, just hope I'm wrong.
All mistakes in this chapter are mine, sorry about that.

Chapter 67

"What is going on?" Arizona asked the cardio surgeon who was standing next to the bed checking the EKG outcomes. She could see Ana was gasping for breath into the oxygen mask, beads of sweat between her brows obviously in pain.

"The valve couldn't work properly. Her heart rate is dropping and the oxygen level is low." Teddy showed her the readings. "We need to get into the OR now."

"No..." Ana pulled off the mask and breathed out laboriously. "I can't... Not without..."

"Ana, listen to me, please." Callie pushed off the team of nurses, taking the pregnant woman's hand in hers. "Please, for you and the baby. Let them do the surgery."

"I will... I will... Just..." Ana took a deep breath from the mask and pulled it off again. "We need a lawyer... I can't..."

"We can't get a lawyer in this time of the night, Ana. Please!" Brown eyes filled with tears seeing the pain in the younger woman's face. "We can do this after the surgery, okay? I'll sign whatever papers you want me to. I'll get the lawyer ready but please, please let them take you to..."

"No, Callie..." Ana said between ragged breathe. "I may not come out of it... I can't leave her to anyone else..."

Arizona stood in the corner watching the exchange of the two women. Thing was getting crazy and she was not surprised to see Callie agreeing on signing up for the guardianship. It just didn't feel good to hear it from the brunette. Quickly filling Teddy in after being asked, the cardio surgeon suggested.

"The hospital has pretty standard forms. It says that in case of death or permanent vegetative state, the child remains in the custody of whoever you appointed. I can page the chief and get him to find you a notary." The long hair blonde surgeon looked between Callie and Ana. And the older brunette nodded instantly.

"Yes, please Teddy. Please get the chief and tell him to meet us in the OR."

"Okay, someone page the chief. And Dr. Montgomery and Dr. Yang. I'll need all the hands I can get." Teddy barked the orders and gesturing the nurses to roll Ana out of the room.

"You'll be okay, Ana." Callie didn't let go of the hand as they ran down the hallway toward the elevator.

The chief's secretary brought the papers to the OR for the mother and the appointed guardian shortly after being paged. Callie retreated from the OR and found her ex-fiancée in the scrub room staring at a bar of soap in hand deep in her thought.

"Arizona..." The brunette called out softly. She knew what the other woman was thinking.

"Don't worry. Teddy is good. And Addison is just 5 minutes away. We'll do everything we can to save Ana and the baby." Arizona plastered a smile on her face that didn't reach her eyes. She knew the brown eyes were burning holes on her face but she just couldn't lift her head to meet it.

"It's not because of Malena." Callie stated firmly. She turned her gaze to the woman lying in the OR. "It's not because it's Malena, or Ana's baby. I just... I can not say no to her when she refused to have this surgery. I can't have another person's blood in my hands."

"Callie, this one is not on you." Blonde head snapped up quickly. How couldn't she see Callie was putting the two incidents together?

"It will be if I don't sign that paper." Ran her hands through the long dark hair frustratingly, Callie smiled to the blonde bitterly. "But I still don't know if I am capable of keeping the baby if Ana... So please, Arizona. Keep them both alive, please?"

Arizona's heart clenched seeing the sorrow in the caramel face. She couldn't help to pull the taller woman in her arms and held her tight. She could feel the brunette relax in her embrace and returning the hug.

"I'll do my best, Callie. I promise." The blonde closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of the woman in her arms.

"I... I didn't know that." Lucia gasped into her hand. She came with Addison from the hotel. After settling Henry in the 24 hours daycare, she was sitting at the waiting room next to her daughter. "She told me that she needed to see you. She had something to talk to you but I didn't know she... she wants to give you her baby?"

"If she died. She wants me to take care of the baby if she died." Callie corrected her mother with a sigh. "She lived with you and dad for months. And you went with her to LA. Has she ever mentioned anything about this?"

Lucia shook her head.

"What was she thinking?" Callie rubbed her tempers with a hand. The headache was killing her. "If she had the surgery sooner, she may have a bigger chance to survive this. Teddy said the survival rate is down to 30% now."

"I should listen to Addison." The older brunette mumbled under her breath, blaming herself while fidgeting with the tissue in her hand. "She said that I needed to call you. She couldn't break the patient/doctor confidentiality but I should call you. But Ana..."

The mother and daughter stared at the OR door in silence.

"Has she told you that... this is her sister's egg?" Lucia glanced at her daughter, not sure if Callie knew about it. And the brunette nodded her head lightly.

"Yeah."

"I think that's why she didn't want me to call you. She knew you'd try to convince her to have the surgery and in danger the baby." The mother stood up after pulling the phone out of her purse. "I should call your father. He's worried about Ana and the baby. And I am going to call my office to get the papers ready."

"What papers?" Callie asked.

"The paper from the hospital is a temporary fix. We need some documents to legalize the adoption." Lucia answered with her fingers already clicking on the mobile, but her daughter snatched it out of her hand.

"Mom, can we not talk about this now? Ana is still in surgery. This might not be necessary if she can make it. Even if she..." Callie heaved a sigh. "I don't know if I can do it."

"Can do what? Adopt the baby?" Lucia sat back down on the chair, looking at her daughter with a frown. "I thought you've promised Ana."

"Yes, but... I..." Callie spoke haltingly. A lot had happened in the last few days, she didn't even know what she wanted to do for herself, let alone a child. "I'll have the custody of the baby, yes. I can choose to keep her or put her up for adoption."

"Why would you do that? Didn't you and Arizona talk about having children?" Lucia's frown went deeper.

"We're..." The young brunette swallowed hard. Right, her mother didn't know about the break up yet. "It's complicated."

"Have you talked to Arizona about this? I know it happens so fast and you two probably don't really have time to talk about it yet."

"Mom, please." Callie pleaded quietly. "Can we not talk about this now?"

"I know you two are busy surgeons, taking care of a baby is going to be hard but... You know what? Your father and I have talked about continue with helping Ana. He is going to set up a trust fund for the baby." Lucia went on and on, misreading the pain on her daughter's face. "You can hire a full time nanny at home. Or... or I can take the baby back to Miami for a while. You and Arizona can come visiting during holidays. We can take care of her until you're ready..."

"Mom, please!" Callie raised her voice, finally got her mother to stop talking. "Can we not talk like Ana's already dead? She is going to be alright. You can tell her your arrangement later. Not now, okay?"

Lucia bit her lips to a thin line. Callie was right. Ana was still in surgery. The survival rate was low but chances were she could pull it off. The mother patted her daughter's knee tenderly and stood up again.

"I'm just going to call your father. And get us some coffee, okay?"

After her mother walked away, Callie leaned back on the chair with her eyes closed. The headache was getting heavier, the whirl in her mind was just making it worse. She opened her eyes again hearing her mother was talking to someone behind her. Following the voice, she found the older Torres was talking to Amelia.

"Mrs. Torres, I heard that Addison is in here for Ana. I am so sorry." Amelia let go of the old lady after the hug. "How are you?"

"Worried." Lucia smiled bitterly. She nodded to Callie when the brunette came to her side. "We're worried."

Callie gave the young Neuro surgeon a brief hug and asked.

"Why are you still here, Amelia?"

"Uh... nice to see you too, Callie." Amelia made a grimace and stepped back. The brunette apologized immediately.

"I'm sorry, I just... You were here for Ruthie's surgery... 3 days ago, right? I thought you'd be back to LA by now." Callie said with concern in her voice. She was so wrapped up in her own misery that forgot about the nice old lady who had undergone a live or die operation days ago. She was mad at Arizona, but still, she cared about Ruthie.

"Ruthie's still in a coma and I want to stick around, trying to find out what went wrong." Amelia looked down at the navy blue scrubs she was wearing and shrugged a shoulder. "And Derek said since I'm here, he wants me to help with his workload. So..."

"Ruthie's in a coma? I didn't know..." Callie swallowed hard. She looked over to the OR with a frown. Why didn't Arizona mention it?

"Well, why would you? I'm sorry about you and Arizona. I was planning to see you at the trailer but you know how hectic it can be in here." The younger doctor put a comforting hand on Callie's arm. "How are you holding up?"

"I'm... okay, I guess." The brunette took a deep breath, trying to avoid her mother's questioning gaze. "I... uh..."

"I am so sorry." Amelia gave her a sympathetic smile and then turned to the mother again. "Mrs. Torres, it's very nice to see you again. I have to go, a patient is waiting. I'll come see you later?"

"I'll stay here for a couple more days. We should do dinner some time." The two exchanged another hug before Amelia ran toward her OR. And Lucia looked over to the woman next to her with concern. "What happen to you and Arizona? What trailer?"

"Mom..." Callie turned around going back to the chairs. Of course her mother wouldn't let it go.

"Don't just mom me. Tell me what's going on?"

"Arizona and I have broken up." The brunette slumped into the chair, avoiding her mother's wide eyes stare. "I moved into Amelia's brother's trailer."

"When did that happen?" The shocking Latina asked.

"A couple days ago." Still looking away, Callie breathed out.

"A couple days ago?" Lucia exclaimed. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Mom..." The younger Latina rubbed her face with frustration, trying to rub away the tears forming in her eyes. "I... I fought so hard just to get you to accept us... And I blew it..."

"Oh honey..." The mother wrapped her arm around her daughter, holding her tightly. "Just tell me what happened?"

"Damn! The infection is more severe than what I saw from the scans." Teddy huffed into her mask. She looked across the table to her resident. "We have to work quickly if we want to avoid the bypass."

Cristina nodded and opened her palm to take the instrument that was handed by the nurse.

"I can not believe neither one of you bother to give me a call." Addison took her eyes off the monitor, glancing at the fellow surgeon standing next to her. "I thought I am your friend."

"You are our friend, Addison." Arizona rolled her eyes. As a doctor in this hospital, she knew small talk during surgery was unavoidable. She just didn't expect the OB surgeon would just jump into it. "It just happened 2, 3 days ago..."

"You two are just taking a break right? Not broken up like... for real, right?" Looking back at the monitor, the redhead said half jokingly. "I'm rooting for you two."

"You and me both." Teddy joined in across the room. She lifted her head from the open body while she felt the gazes in the room on her. "What? Don't tell me that I'm the only one."

"It doesn't matter, Teddy." Arizona pursed her lips to a pout under the mask. She hoped her friends would drop it but apparently, they were not going to.

"She had a rough day. She lost a patient. I'm not saying it was your fault that you didn't know it right away." Putting her focus back on the patient, the Cardio attending continued. "But shouldn't you go there trying to talk to her? Instead, you were here in the last few days, working with Herman or locked yourself in the office."

"She threw the ring into the woods, Teddy. She broke the necklace I gave her." The blonde said with annoyance in her tone. "She kept telling me that she was okay with me taking care of my family. Suddenly it wasn't okay anymore. With no warning or so, she just ended our relationship like it meant nothing to her. What am I supposed to do? Waiting outside the trailer days and nights begging her to take my ring back? I am not gonna grovel."

"She is an idiot for keeping everything inside. And you're as big an idiot as her for not seeing how you ignored her needs for so long." Teddy shrugged a shoulder, but didn't stop her hands.

"You're supposed to be on my side." Not a surprise to see the blue eyes surgeon looked at her friend with eyes like daggers.

"I am." The woman who was holding the scalpel glanced back and saying firmly. "That's why I am telling you that you need to get your head out of your you-know-where, trying to get her back because the thing you two have? It's rare."

"Anyone cares to fill me in?" Addison raised her eyebrows. She was lost in the conversation between the two.

"Arizona kicked Callie out of their apartment so she could take care of her aunt who had a giant tumor in her brain, pretending to be her daughter-in-law. For months, Callie has lived with Mark, then in the hotel. And she moved into Shepherd's trailer last week." Teddy told the story as if her best friend wasn't in the room. "Few days ago Callie lost a patient. For some reasons, Arizona didn't know it and when she finally went to the trailer. Callie was drunk and they had a fight..."

"I didn't kick her out, Teddy! And for the record, Callie told me she was okay with it." Arizona protested loudly.

"It wasn't okay when you weren't there while she needed you the most." Cristina cut in suddenly. She shrugged when her mentor gazed at her across the table. "I was there. And she told Meredith and me that you bailed on her a couple times after you two made plans."

The nosy nurses and interns in the OR looked between the doctors. Apparently the conversation was more interesting than the surgery that was ongoing on the table.

"I appreciate all your concerns, okay? But this is between me and Callie and I don't need anyone of you to butt in." Arizona looked around the room with fire in her eyes. Being a private person, she really didn't like to have the attention on her. "Just... leave us alone and focus on Ana, shall we?"

Teddy and Cristina exchanged a look and then put their concentration back on the patient. Arizona exhaled deeply thought that this finally came to an end, the woman on the stool next to her rose a question again.

"You bailed on her?" Addison asked as quiet as she could.

"I... I have a lot on my plate, okay? It's not like I... Addison, can we just drop it?" The blonde slumped her shoulders. "My fiancée just broke up with me. My heart is aching and I don't need everyone blaming me, like I am the bad guy in here."

"I know. I am sorry. It must be hard. I know how much you love her." The redhead looked at the defeated woman with pity and concern. "But, this whole Callie moving out thing went on for months? With her abandonment issue, I am surprised that she didn't explode sooner."

"What abandonment issue?" Arizona returned with a confused frown.

"Her parents cut her off because she likes girls?" Addison cocked an eyebrow, watching the ex-fiancée of her best friend's eyes went wide. "She told you about Malena, right? Everything was good and boom! She broke up with Callie and disappeared in her life."

"I... I wasn't going to cut her out of my life or... or... brush her off, Addison. It was a long story. I had my aunt moved in and we didn't know she'd stay that long..." Arizona took a shaky breath. "Callie and I had talked about it. And she was... she was being very understanding and supportive. She knew I wouldn't leave her."

"She wouldn't believe Malena would break up with her out of the blue." The redhead shrugged a shoulder, saying lightly.

"Malena was dying." The blonde reminded her friend.

"Callie didn't know that at the time. All she knew was that the woman she loved so deeply suddenly broke up with her. No signal, no warning." Addison shrugged again while turning her attention back to the monitor. "From what I heard, much like when you asked her to move out all in a sudden."

"She knows I am not abandoning her. She knows I love her." Arizona said hurriedly in a shaky voice. How could she didn't think about it?

"You know what she'd been through. You really can't blame her for thinking crazy, Arizona." A contemptuous little laugh slipped out of the lips of the OB surgeon, but her tone changed when the monitor before her started beeping. "Baby is having late D-cell, Altman."

"BP's dropping." Cristina announce while took over the suction from the assisting nurse.

"The baby can't wait. I have to take her out." Addison looked up from the monitor, locked eyes with the lead surgeon. And Teddy nodded her head.

"Hang another bag of O-neg." The Cardio attending ordered. "She's gonna lose a lot of blood when Dr. Montgomery opens her up. We need to get more blood."

Addison went into position promptly, and Arizona instructed the nurses.

"Call NICU, telling them that we have a 28 weeks on the way."

Callie jumped when the OR door opened abruptly. Her mother followed behind when she rushed toward the team of nurses, escorting an incubator out of the OR.

"Arizona...?" The brunette ran side by side with the leader doctor, she eyes were fixated on the tiny baby inside the plastic box. "You have to take the baby out... How is Ana?"

"Callie." Arizona pulled off the mask, looking at her former fiancée with sadness in her eyes. "There is a complication. Ana has a massive hemorrhage and they're trying to stop it."

"Will she make it?" The brunette's heart fell. Massive hemorrhage during a heart surgery was never a good sign.

"I don't know." The Peds surgeon looked between the Torres women while pressing the call button of the elevator. She wished she would say more to ease their worries but right this moment, she had nothing to tell.

"And the baby?" Lucia stared at the motionless infant inside the incubator. Her brown eyes filled with tears. "She looks so tiny. Oh god, there's a tube in her mouth."

"She has hypothermia. And her lungs are not strong enough to breathe on her own. I have to get her to the NICU now." Arizona and the nurses wheeled the baby inside the elevator as soon as it was opened. "I'll have someone find you when the baby's stable."

Callie nodded her head deep in her thought. Suddenly, she reached out stopping the door from closing and gestured her mother to enter.

"Mom, you go with the baby."

"Callie?" Lucia asked uncertainly as she stepped inside.

"Just... stay with her." The brunette swallowed hard, doing her best to blink back the tears. "She needs to know she's not alone."

Watching the door closed in front of her, Callie went back to the waiting area with heavy steps. She was bracing herself for what was about to happen, and she didn't want her mother to be here for that.

20 minutes later, the OR door opened again. Callie looked up from her entwined hands, there was Teddy, leading her first assist of the surgery walking toward her.

The brunette took a deep breath and dropping her head again. She was a surgeon, not for so long but she knew the look on Teddy's face. The look was one of the first few things they taught in med school, the look of sympathy and sorrow before breaking bad news to the family.

"Callie," the cardio attending stopped right in front of her. "I am so sorry."