"What's going on? How is she?" Arizona asked in a rush, she had answered her pager at her apartment and rushed there in record time. Jessica, the fourteen year old girl that had been date raped was back in the hospital.

"Attempted suicide, we managed to stabilise her but she's going to need surgery soon." The intern that she had tried to dance with at Joe's that she still didn't know the name of answered her. "She's also got a broken femur, we've paged Dr Torres."

"Good, let's get her prepped for surgery in ten minutes." Outside she looks like she normally does, cool and confident but inside she is terrified. Terrified of working with Callie on this case, terrified of what might be said between them but most of all she is terrified for the girl in the hospital bed.

-

Callie's head is killing her, after discovering what she had at the blonds apartment she had gone to Joe's to top up her tipsy state. She regretted this now, being called into work at six any day was harsh but today it was pure torture. Also she had just found out she would be working with the cause of her drunken state - one Arizona Robbins. It was a PEDs case, a fourteen year girl that had a broken femur and had also tried to kill herself. It always made Callie sad on cases like today, the emotional pain this young girl must have been going through must have been excruciating for her to try and end her life. She couldn't imagine how she would feel if what had happened to the young girl had happened to her and she was more than twice her age. That thought made her feel old.

"Ok I'm here, I'm awake and I'm ready to rock and roll." Callie called out as she breezed into the OR room, she wasn't about to let the blond PEDs surgeon that she had been hurt by yesterdays events. She wasn't going to be open for even more hurt, she wasn't going to let this shave any more inches off of her height. She would walk tall and she would walk proud. "How bad is it?" addressing the chief who stood in his scrubs to the side just watching everything play out. He didn't look happy.

"Bad Torres, really bad. We've already been here an hour and Robbins hasn't been able to stop the bleeding or close her up. I tried myself but I couldn't either. Also her leg, there is some internal bleeding but nothing compared to her arms. God, that girl...she's completely cut herself open." Being the Chief of a hospital for so long he has seen this many times, too many.

"Ok, let's go people I need a scalpel."

-

"Shit swabs, please." That's the most she's heard from Arizona since she entered the OR room ten minutes ago, she hadn't even acknowledged her presence. It stung a bit but Callie didn't take it personally because she looked so concentrated on her task. The wrists of the patient looked not much more than mangled flesh. "Ok I've stopped the bleeding and patched up the blood vessels. I'm going to close her up and then I'll be able to help you Dr Torres."

"Oh don't rush on my account I'll manage just fine on my own." Glancing at Arizona from the corner of her eye she continues. "I always do." Even through the fabric covering of the mask on her face Callie can see Arizona's jaw twitching. Arizona herself is trying hard not to react or let the Ortho surgeon know she had caught the slight dig that had been placed in her words. Callie had a few scenarios working through her mind, not one of them made her expect the blonds' reaction. The clang of the scalpel hitting the floor reverberated throughout the room and the ominous silence that ensued was uncomfortable until Arizona broke it with an almost animalistic snarl.

"God damn it Callie! Can you, for once, just act professionally? You may have a problem with me but this patient..." She seems to be struggling with her words, Arizona realises she really needs to gain control of the situation she's getting too emotional. "I need you to just do your job and forget your personal problems with me. You didn't want to talk last night, I can't talk now." Callie can't help but think that, even though they're horribly broken at the moment, her blue eyes are just so gorgeous. She nods feeling smaller than she did just a few moments ago.

-

Running down the corridors, ignoring all the confused glances and stares thrown her way, she holds in her tears. Arizona can't help but observe that lately she's been doing that too much, nearly breaking down in front of everyone. Emotional outbursts she was known for but crying in front of them was another thing entirely.

'Tears show them your scared kid, you're not scared of anything are you?'

Her fathers' words echoing through her clouded mind. If he could see her now she was sure he would be disappointed, so disappointed she was a mess. She hadn't seen her father since last Christmas, nearly a year. He was a great father but he treated her as if she was his son not a daughter. Not that he wanted her to be a boy, no, but he was an army man through and through and he knew how to approach situations better from the male perspective.

The nearness of this situation was getting to her, she understood this girl all too well. She had been this girl.

-

After the surgery was done Arizona nearly ran out of the room, Callie shook her head at her. She couldn't believe how quickly things had changed between them, one minute they were all good amazing even and now they were broken. Just broken.

It had taken her some time but after enquiring with some nurses and staff members she found Arizona up on the roof. She was just standing there staring at the world below, she wasn't crying or anything she didn't look overly upset but she looked surreal. The woman staring at the world below didn't look like the cheery PEDs surgeon she had fallen in love with. She can admit that to herself now, she can't help chuckle at the irony of it. For weeks she had struggled to admit that to herself and now that they had broken up it came easily to her. There was a need in her to comfort the blond, but her pride wouldn't let her. She had broken her heart, she had let someone in and her heart had once again got damaged.

"What was that in there? I don't appreciate being spoken to like that in front of our colleagues. You talk about professionalism and then you do that?" There's an edge to her voice that she hadn't meant to be there, but the image of Arizona and someone else in bed together from the night before is flashing before her eyes and she can't help but feel a bitter rage.

"Don't." It seems that's going to be the only response she's getting. It infuriates her beyond belief, she has the audacity to stand there and ignore her.

"Look I get it ok. You feel hard done by or something and I'm sure to you I'm the bad guy, but you lied to me Arizona." The silence is killing her. "You lied."

"Shut your mouth. I've had it with you, you broke up with me! Ok Callie? You wouldn't even listen to me, you-" the emotion in her voice makes her pause, she hadn't been able to get to grips with her emotion before Callie stormed onto the roof behind her. "You were the one that jumped to assumptions just like you always do, I love you Callie and I know it's hard for you and you've had your heart broken before but so have I and I was trying really hard not to be hurt when you needed space and I was patient and I was understanding. You couldn't give that to me last night but I need you to be able to do that now. I need space, I need understanding and I need patience."

The raw emotion and the unshed tears in her eyes pause Callie from making a response. She's absolutely blown away by the blonds' emotional statement. She can't help but to nod and she's a little dumbfounded when Arizona just nods her thanks and lifts her arm burrowing herself deep into her side as if nothing had changed between them. She can't help but feel extremely overjoyed to be holding her close.