Mark now has to inform Callie. He has never had a bigger lump in his throat. He shows up at the hospital. Trying to find Callie he asks everyone he could find. "She is over there". "She is over here". "Last time I seen her she was in OR 1". Growing sick of this wild chase around the hospital he gets on the intercom and pages her.
Callie runs up to the desk and realizes it was Mark. She tries to blow him off turns to walk away while saying "Oh. Mark can this wait..I..I have a surgery… I do not have much time..?"
Marks eyes start to swell with water he can feel his face becoming flushed and he can no longer hold it in. Just like word vomit he screams "ARIZON IS DEAD!"
Callie stops dead in the tracks. She can not breathe. "What did you just say to me?"
Mark sobs and hold Callie close to him. Callie finally comes to and realizes what is happening she is so distraught that she has to leave. "I need to see her! Where is she?! Mark!"
Mark tries to calm her but she insists on seeing Arizona this second. Mark takes her to the morgue. On the way there he explains what happened.
She does not believe him. Still in a hysteria she cannot comprehend why she would do this. She could only come up with that it was her fault. She left her alone and did not care for her enough. She did not love her enough. Maybe had she stayed home today she would not have done it. She blames herself in all the ways she could come up with.
At the morgue she sees Arizona lying there. Her cold dead body. She does not look like herself. She was not the Arizona she knew. Tears running down her face she thinks about the Arizona she knew. This was not her. Arizona she knew was happy. This Arizona was sad and gray. Callie quickly runs out of the room. She cannot take any more of this. It is all a dream she just needs to wake up.
Callie and Mark plan her funeral down to the last detail of how Arizona would want it. All of the hospital workers take the day off to attend. Family, friends, everyone was there. Still distraught but containable Callie keeps it together in front of Sophia. No one can truly believe that this is happening. Paying their respects to Arizona everyone leaves one by one. Callie and Mark are the last to leave.
They get home, Callie walks straight to her room and slams the door. Mark is left to watch Sophia.
Mark walks to the door and knocks on it "Callie do you want to talk?" No Answer. "Callie please talk to me, you cannot shut me out forever" Defeated he walks away from her door
Callie knew this was not Marks fault but she could not help but to keep blaming herself. She knew she needed help. Mark knew she needed help. Neither of them wanting to make the first move to get her into see a psychiatrist.
Callie has not moved from her room in days. The mourning period is over and now it is just becoming depression. Mark has had enough of just watching her go through this. He makes the appointment for her. Mark drags Callie to the car and forces her to see this doctor. After a month of meetings with her psychiatrist Callie makes a miraculous recovery and is able to return to work. Everyone is so glad to see her back. Doctor Derek Grey stops her and says "Callie it is really great to see you" she responds "It feels really great to be here. I feel Arizona here, when I am home I feel the sad Arizona. This is the place I need to be"
Soon after Mark is able to return to work. Everything seems to be better. Callie is working and happy as is Mark. Sophia is healthy and growing too. For the first time in a long time they are finally enjoying their lives. They often go to visit Arizona's grave, Sophia loves to decorate it and have picnics with her mommy. Mark is enjoying being a father more than anything. He loves to see her wake up in the morning and see her beautiful smile. Watching her take her first steps and say her first words makes his life so much more worth living. Mark thinks back on the last few years of his life and how grateful he is to have survived that plane crash. He couldn't imagine not being able to see Callie or Sophia ever again. After thinking about how short life is he gets the best idea he has ever had.
He runs out the door and goes to the nearest jewelry shop. A worker asks "Is there something I can help you with?"
For a minute he stops and thinks about what he is doing. Does he really want to marry Callie or is this just a phase? Sorting out his thoughts he looks at the worker and says "I need the best engagement ring you have."
"Right this way sir" the worker says as he gestures to the glass box containing the nicest looking rings mark has seen. He takes a look at the rings and notices this Safire blue 2 carat diamond ring "Callie will love this."
Getting back to his apartment still on this extreme high he realizes he did not plan how he was going to propose to her! After hours of pacing back and forth throwing out every idea that came to mind. He knew exactly what Callie would want. Mark asked Shepard and Meredith to watch Sophia for the night. Explaining to them his plan. They fell in love with his plan. Mark knew this was going to be the greatest thing he has ever done. Mark took Shepard to the side "Derek you have been my best friend my entire life, through every hiccup and fight you were always there. I would be more than honored if you would be my best man." "Mark, there is no one else I would rather be the best man for. After all I am thee best man." Laughing they hug and Derek pours them a quick drink before Mark has to leave.
Mark rushes home so that he could set everything up before Callie gets there. He has her favorite wine, Pink Moscato poured and ready to toast when she said yes. Rose petals scattered around the kitchen where he will kneel and ask her to marry him. The lights dimmed to set the mood. Dressed in his best outfit he was ready for Callie.
As the night gets later and later he keeps checking his watch wondering where she is. 10pm, 10:30pm, midnight. Where is she? She should be home soon. Her surgery must have ran longer than planned. Mark paces around the room some, drinking a bit of the wine as he goes. Feeling more and more tired as time goes on he takes a seat on the couch and just closes his eyes for a minute. Actually falling into a deep slumber Mark does not wake back up.
Callie comes home around 3Am. trying not to make too much noise assuming that Mark and Sophia were asleep. Opening the door to find Mark passed out on the couch with an empty bottle of her favorite wine in his hand. What the heck is going on here? Why are there rose pedals on the floor? She looks at the counter and notices a small black box with a white bow wrapped around it. She knows exactly what is going on. She starts to cry a little, walks over to him and shakes him awake.
Startled he wakes up and looks at her "No no no! Go back outside! You weren't supposed to see this."
She hold the box up to him "what is this?" Explaining himself at this point was going to be way too hard so he just had to do it. Taking the box from her he stands her up and kneels down on one knee takes her hand and proceeds to ask "Callie Torres will you please make me the happiest man in the world and be my wife?"
Callie cannot believe what is happening. Is this real life? She happy but cannot help but think about Arizona. As much as she loves Mark she also loved Arizona deeply. Is this what she should be doing? Keeping Arizona she looks at Mark and says "Mark, I love you so much but I do not know if I am ready…"
