Chapter 18

After several days Arizona was feeling much better. She was quite restless. Callie brought in a wheelchair and took her ex wife for a walk as it wasn't raining. Arizona decided it was a good time to approach her ex about some questions she had. "So Sofia says you and her are staying in Seattle?" Callie replied that they were. She spoke to Sofia's old school and she was going to start back on Monday. She told the blonde that she had been looking for a place but wasn't having much luck in finding something that was close to the hospital that was big enough.

Arizona was really quiet and barely whispered to her ex wife "Callie you didn't have to stay because of me. I have a people here that will help me. I mean Penny probably isn't too happy with all this. You didn't have to drop everything for your ex wife." Callie let her ramble for a while and then stopped her. "Hey, I came here because you were hurt. You needed me. I will always be here for you. Penny is not a factor in this."

Blue eyes looked up and said "What do you mean she isn't a factor? She's your girlfriend. I'm your ex wife. She is a factor."

"Arizona, I um... broke up with her." Callie said quietly. "Calliope...please tell me it wasn't because of me. Because of this." She said pointing to her leg. "No, Arizona it had actually happened a few days before your accident and I was trying to find away to tell you...to come back here and apologize..."She stopped and Arizona was quiet for several moments while blue eyes met brown and Arizona said "I think I would like to go back to my room now."

Callie wheeled Arizona back to her room and helped her get back in bed. She tried to talk to Arizona and the blonde interrupted and said "Callie, I'm really tired right now, can you just leave now so I can rest?" Callie looked into those blue eyes and was unsure of what she was seeing. She used to be able to tell what was going on in her ex's head just by looking into those eyes. She said "Okay, just um...call me if you need me."

As soon as Callie left the room, the tears started. She couldn't stop them. She couldn't control all the anger she was feeling right now. She was angry at Callie for putting them in this situation. She was angry that Callie followed her girlfriend across the country on an impulse. She was angry that she was forced to fight for custody of their daughter. She was angry that Callie's lawyer made her look like a bad Mom in court. She was angry at herself for giving her daughter up to make Callie happy. She was angry that Callie was back right when she was ready to move on with Eliza.

Meredith went to visit her friend before she left for the day and she noticed Arizona had been crying. She asked what was wrong and if Arizona was in pain. She picked up a tablet to see when the last pain meds were administered and Arizona told her that no she wasn't in pain, at least not that kind of pain. She asked Meredith if she knew that Callie had broken up with Penny. Meredith replied that she knew. Arizona told Meredith that she was so overcome with anger right now. It's like they went through all that for nothing and now when she had a chance to move on with someone else, Callie was ruining it.

Meredith told the blonde, she's not ruining it. If you want to move on, Callie being here shouldn't stop it. Arizona told Meredith, it's easier to move on when she wasn't here, when I didn't have a chance to be with her. Meredith told her "you need to decide who you want to be with." She told her friend to get some rest and she would return tomorrow with Sofia. She was having the little one over for a sleepover with Zola. Arizona asked her to have the little girl call her before bed and Meredith promised she would.

The next morning Bailey entered Arizona's room to check on her friends progress "Arizona, is there anything you need?" Arizona replied that she would really like to take a shower. Bailey advised her friend that she didn't think that would be possible but they could arrange for a sponge bath. "Ooh I volunteer" came from the doorway as Dr Minnick walked in. Bailey looked at the woman in disgust and said "No, no nastiness is going to go on in my hospital. You keep your hands to yourself." Eliza looked at Arizona and asked "Does she have a problem with lesbians?" Arizona just laughed and said no she just has a problem with other people's sex lives.

Eliza handed Arizona a cup of coffee and held up a bag that contained a donut with pink icing and sprinkles. Arizona practically jumped up and down as she took the donut from Eliza. "Thank you for this, I really needed it."

At that moment, in walked Callie with a bag in hand. "Oh, you already have breakfast. I guess you won't need this then?" "Oh I need that." replied the blonde as she took the donut from her ex wife. Callie chuckled and shook her head at the blonde. " I...uh, came to take you down for your fitting." Eliza interrupted and said "I can take her down"

Seeing the look on Callie's face, Bailey intervened and said "Dr Minnick, I think you have other places to be. A job to do?" Callie was extremely grateful to her old friend and sent an appreciative look her way. Eliza took that moment to kiss Arizona on the lips and said, "I will be by later and we can see about that sponge bath." She winked as she walked away. Arizona was slightly embarrassed at this and she couldn't help but notice the hurt look on Callie's face.

The fitting went well and hopefully by the next day Arizona would have a new leg so she could begin her therapy on her hip. As Callie was wheeling Arizona back to her room the blonde began scratching her head and groaned. Callie asked her what was wrong and she replied that she would really like to take a shower. Callie said let me check your incision and if it looks good we can make that happen.

She informed Arizona that it looked good and she didn't see why the blonde could not take a shower. "I could help you or we can wait for your Mom, or... I could even go get Dr Minnick to help you. If that's what you want." Arizona could not help but feel surprised at that last comment. She saw nothing but sincerity in those big brown eyes and felt overcome with an emotion that she could not quite describe. "You don't mind helping me?" She asked and Callie replied with a smile " I would like nothing more."

She helped the blonde into the bathroom and Callie turned her back while the blonde undressed. She didn't want her to become uncomfortable. She wanted to be respectful of the blonde. When she was situated on the shower chair Callie grabbed the shampoo and began washing and messaging the blondes hair. Arizona moaned and said "that feels so good." Callie smiled and rinsed her hair. She left Arizona to wash her body while she went back to the room to get some of the clothes that Barbara had brought from the blondes house. She chose yoga pants and smirked when she found a Miami Heat shirt that used to be hers. She wondered if Barbara brought that one on purpose.

She handed Arizona a towel to dry off. She pretended not to notice the blonde and how beautiful her body is. She helped Arizona get dressed and went back into the bathroom to clean up the mess they had made when Eliza walked into the room "I'm here for your sponge bath." Wiggling her eyebrows suggestively as Callie walked out of the bathroom asking "Arizona, do you want me to braid your hair?" The two brunettes just stared at each other. "Oh Eliza... actually, Callie helped me take a shower." Arizona said.

Callie finally broke the silence and told Arizona that she was just going to leave. She had some work to do. She reminded Arizona that Meredith would be bringing Sofia in after lunch as she left the room.