Title: Barnburner 6/?
Author: Tweyelite
Rating: PG
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Disclaimer: Nothings mine.
A/N: Unbeta-ed
A barnburner is a very good fight, one that is very intense and exciting, a real nail-biter. A fight that is so close it's hard to predict who will come out the winner until seconds before it ends.

Callie had been walking on air since she and Arizona had begun dating. The two of them had shared so many childhood memories and important life moments with each other in the past few days while hanging out. It was pretty obvious to everyone around the hospital that the two women were an item with the way they looked at each other anytime they were in the same vicinity.

Callie was focusing on the case file in front of her as she walked down the hall. She had to deal with the broken leg of a six year old girl today. Oddly enough the child's name was Arizona Richardson which immediately made her think of her beautiful girlfriend. She smiled to herself. If she hadn't been so focused she might have been able to avoid the approaching Sydney Heron, however she was caught unawares.

"Callie!" Sydney burst out with her usual enthusiasm.

"Oh, Hi Sydney." Callie replied trying not to sound as annoyed as she actually was with the interruption of her thoughts.

"So you and Arizona.." Sydney trailed off in a sing song voice.

"Yup," was Callie's only reply.

"Well I think it's just wonderful! When you two are in the same room together, well the looks you give each other, SO cute!" She exclaimed.

Callie nodded wishing someone, anyone, would come by and save her from this conversation. Just then Arizona skated around the corner and Callie's face lit up.

"Aw you definitely are one smitten kitten." Sydney noted. "Well I won't keep you." And finally she was gone rushing down the hall like the energizer bunny.

Arizona saw Callie and the smile on her face grew immediately. She stopped gliding right in front of Callie.

"Hi, I can't chat long. How's your day going?" the blond asked.

"Actually I have a six year old patient named Arizona Richardson I have to go look at. I was going to ask you for a consult." Callie said grinning. "I guess your name is more popular than I thought."

Callie immediately noticed her girlfriends face fall.

"Arizona Richardson? What's her mothers' name?" Arizona asked her heart dropping into her stomach.

Callie looked down at her file. "Her mothers name is listed as Amy Nash."

As Arizona's fears were confirmed her face went white. "Jesus."

That was the first time Callie had ever heard the blond swear. "THE Amy?" Callie surmised as a feeling of fierce protectiveness for the blond swept through her. 'No way is that woman going to hurt her again.' Callie thought to herself.

"Yeah, that would be her." Arizona nodded dumbly.

"Shit." Callie swore as well. "I don't really need you for the consult you know. I can deal with it." Callie offered.

"No, no it's okay." Arizona replied her mind obviously elsewhere.

"Hey." Callie reached out to grab the blond's hand. "Are you going to be alright sweetie?"

Arizona snapped back to reality at Callie's touch. "Yeah, yeah I will be, it's just hard you know?"

Callie nodded squeezing Arizona's hand in response. "I'll be there if you need me." Callie reassured.

"I know." Arizona smiled, though Callie noticed it didn't quite reach her eyes.

Arizona took a deep breath and tried to mentally prepare herself for seeing Amy again. Callie was already in the room when Arizona finally worked up the courage to go in.

"She fell off of the monkey bars at school." Amy was saying to Callie. The brunette was tenderly checking the injury to the little girls' leg.

"The monkey bars were always my favourite." Callie grinned down at the small brown haired freckle faced child before her.

"So, how's our patient?" Arizona asked announcing herself with an over exaggerated smile.

"She's a trooper." Callie replied still smiling at the child. Arizona noted how the little girl smiled back at Callie shyly. The Latina definitely had a way with kids.

"Arizona." Amy said her eyes wide in shock.

"What mummy?" The little girl asked looking up to her mothers face.

"She was talking to me sweetie." Arizona said as she approached to stand beside Callie and the child, opposite of Amy.

"Your name is Arizona too?" The little girl asked her, awe filling her voice.

"Yep." Arizona nodded to her.

"I've never met anyone else with the same name as me." The little girl said beaming at the blond.

Arizona smiled back at her softly and leaned forward to whisper conspiratorially. "That's because only really special people have the name Arizona." The ped's doctor said as she winked and drew back.

Arizona looked to Callie for her diagnosis. "It's a clean break. I can handle it." The brunette explained.

"Good." Arizona nodded. Amy had recovered from her shock by this point.

"Uh can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked Arizona pointedly. Arizona nodded and the two of them went to the far corner of the room for some privacy.

"So what colour of cast do you want sweetie?" Arizona heard Callie asking the little girl.

"Pink!" She piped up.

"So how's David?" Arizona asked to get the ball rolling.

"I don't know. He left us a while ago." Amy replied.

"I'm sorry to hear that." The blond doctor replied.

Amy shrugged. "I'm not."

Arizona took a good look at the first woman to break her heart. She had gained a bit of weight, it looked good on her. Her light brown hair was shorter than Arizona remembered. The real difference was contained in Amy's eyes. She'd obviously been through some rough times. Arizona found herself not hating the woman before her as she thought she would. She didn't really feel anything at all about her one way or another.

"Listen Ari," Amy began using her old nickname. "I'm so sorry about how things went between you and I. I was a complete fool back then and I didn't know what I wanted."

"It's all water under the bridge." Arizona replied surprising herself by actually meaning it.

"Really?" Amy asked her eyes hopeful.

"Yes of course Amy. It was years ago. Life goes on." The blond shrugged.

"Would you maybe want to go out sometime? Have a drink?" Amy asked biting her lip nervously.

Arizona remembered a time when seeing Amy biting her lip would have gotten the brunette anything she'd wanted from her.

"No thanks. We should leave the past where it belongs Amy, in the past."

"I never stopped thinking about you Ari, I named my daughter after you." Amy's voice took on a pleading tone.

"I'm flattered, you're daughter is a lovely child." Arizona said. "But I'm with someone else."

Amy sighed. "But what we had was.."

"is over." Arizona interrupted. "I'm sorry Amy but I'm in love with someone else." The blonds eyes couldn't help but seek out the object of her affection as she watched Callie finish wrapping up little Arizona's leg.

Amy's gaze followed Arizona's. "Oh." She paused looking down. When she looked back into Arizona's eyes the look of hope was gone replaced by resignation. "She's very beautiful. I wish you both the best."

"Thank you Amy." Arizona replied as she leaned over to give her first love a tentative hug. When they parted Callie's eyes were on the two of them. Arizona winked at her gorgeous girlfriend to reassure her that everything was okay.

Amy went over to her daughter and picked her up. She thanked Callie for all she had done and with one last look at Arizona she left.