I sat there in class, the time moving by slower than molasses. Soon enough however the bell rang and I jumped from my seat and bolted from the door. I was happy to be free of the class and outside, but then the cool calm shattered with the sound of gunfire. Instead of running away from the fire, I run toward it, not caring for myself, because when I caught a glimpse of the shooter I knew who it was. It was Daniel Kutner, one of the other loaners at school. Well I guess he had had enough of all of the teasing and bullying and decided to do something about it. For some reason if felt like everything was going slow and I could see everything going on around me. Then I saw another person in the quad, a person I cared dearly for. When I see the gun train on them I run forward with the speed of the possessed and take the person down but not before two shots are fired. I feel burning pain in my chest and side and then the person I saved gets up and runs away from me without saying thank you. Daniel has stopped firing now and now he is kneeling next to me. "Oh god, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. You were my only friend ." Daniel breaks down crying and in that moment I pull the gun from him and place it by my side making sure the safety is on. I grab a handful of his shirt and make him look at me. "Daniel, you didn't mean to hurt me, don't worry, I will be fine. Don't worry." A few moments later the police and paramedics arrive and Daniel and I am taken away. The paramedics rush both of us to Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, Daniel for burns from the gun muzzle and me for, well gun shots.
A beautiful blonde waltzes down the corridor in search of someone. Her blue eyes light up when she see's Callie Torres. When she reaches her she wraps her arms firmly around her waist. "Hey, Calliope."
Callie, who was busy concentrating on a chart startles. "God, Arizona I didn't hear you come up." Arizona smiles, "It's ok, you looked kind of busy, but not too busy for this." Arizona leans forward and kisses Callie lightly on the lips but then both of their pagers go off. They immediately grab them, they both read 9-1-1. Callie and Arizona run to the receiving area, when they get there Bailey and Hunt are already there. "So Hunt what do we have?"
" A seventeen year old girl, double gsw and a seventeen year old boy with burns on his hands. So Arizona you are with me on the girl and Callie you are with Bailey on the boy." Right as Hunt finishes talking the ambulance pulls in. All of the doctors rush out the doors and they get there as the gurney is pulled off the van and a boy hops out behind it in handcuffs with his hand slightly wrapped followed by a police officer. The doctors look at the EMT and the police officer questioningly. Bailey finally asks, "What happened?" The officer quickly retorts, "This boy here went on a short shooting spree and ended up shooting one of his only friends. What a friend he is." Arizona glares at the cop but doesn't say anything. The doctors are now in the hospital having been walking while talking. Arizona yells over to Callie, "Go with the girl, I'll handle the boy, I think I might be able to talk some sense into him."
I was awake as having a concussion they don't and can't knock you out. So I was just trying to live with the pain. I heard yelling around me as the doctors trying to assess my situation. I didn't really care, as long as the person I cared for was ok. I felt myself getting drowsy but then someone was shaking my arm trying to keep me awake. I looked up into the eyes of a gorgeous brunette. "Come on girl stay with me. What is your name?"
I stammer back a reply, "My name is Brianna."
"Ok Brianna, I need you to stay awake, you have a concussion so I can't give you any sedatives because there is a high chance that you will fall asleep. So we have numbed the wound sites and are working as quickly as we can to get everything fixed. So to keep you awake I think its best we talk. Do you have any questions?"
Callie looks down at the blonde as she tries to keep her calm yet still awake. "No, no questions, I'm not one for questions." Brianna lapses into silence. Callie wracks her brain to keep the girl talking. "So uh what do you do for fun?"
"Um… I write and I ride horses so that's pretty much it."
"Wait you ride horses?"
"Yup."
"Where?
"About 45 minutes from here. Why do you want to know?"
"I want to take my girlfriend riding." As soon as the words are out of Callie's mouth she realizes what she has said.
It seems as though Brianna doesn't notice as she goes on, "Oh, that's really cool, I go riding with my best friend Katie all the time."
Hunt looks up at Callie and she shrugs and continues talking to the girl because there is still one more bullet to remove.
"So uh, Brianna how did this happen?"
"I saved someone."
"Wow that's really brave. Where are they, you would think that they would be here to thank you."
"No, they wouldn't, they don't like me."
"But you saved them."
"Yes I did."
"So you must have had a reason. Why did you do it?"
"Because I care for them."
"So it's a
crush?
Brianna pauses before answering.
"Yeah."
"Aww, you know any boy would be lucky to have you. Oh and by the way I am Dr Torres, but you can call me Callie."
Brianna looks at Callie oddly. "Uh okay, whatever you say." As Hunt was finishing the last stitches she winces. "Owww, dam it that hurts." Brianna wants to move away but then she feels a warm hand grab hers and she looks up to find a blonde doctor standing next to Callie. "Thanks I appreciate that."
"You're welcome, by the way my name is Dr. Arizona Robbins, and I will be taking Dr. Torres's place.
Brianna watches Callie walk away and calls out "Bye Callie."
Callie hears her name called and turns around and realizes Brianna called her name. She calls out, "Bye." Then she moves on to her next case.
Brianna sighs, "Dang, I liked Callie she was cool to talk to."
Arizona smiles, "Yeah she is."
Brianna looks at Callies retreating figure and up at Arizona then blurts out. "Is Callie your girlfriend?"
Arizona looks down at Brianna, "Umm, how did you know that?"
Brianna shrugs her shoulders then winces as her stitches are pulled tight.
"Brianna, tell me the truth."
"Ok she asked me where I ride horses because I mentioned it and then she said she wanted to take her girlfriend riding. I just kind of figured it was you with the way you looked at each other."
"Wow, I'm surprised Callie said anything." Arizona pauses for a second, "Never mind. So how did all this happen? You know you can tell me."
Right then the whole situation was interrupted by a big burly jock bursting into the ER wing followed by a nurse and then security. He got close enough to the bed but Arizona stepped in front of him. He gets angry and yells at Brianna, "God you bitch, you just couldn't keep your hands off, could you? When you get out of this hospital I will be waiting for you. You won't even be able to move when I'm done with you."
Arizona moves forward "Young man that is no way to talk to a hero, a girl who saved your whole school from a lot of destruction."
The young man glares at Arizona the growls, "What the hell do you know bitch?" Then he swings, but Arizona is ready for him and has him in an arm lock before anyone can move. They all look at her dumbstruck. She says, "What? My dad was a Marine; he taught me how to defend myself."
After she has turned the young man over to security she goes over to Brianna as she notices that she is crying. "Aww, sweetie what is wrong?"
"I'm the cause of this; Daniel was only doing this for me. Daniel was sick of Brad pulling crap and decided to get even. But when I realized what or I should say who. It was then that I knew I had to stop him." Arizona's curiosity gets the better of her.
"Who was Daniel shooting at?
"Brad's girlfriend Julia, pretty much the guy's only weakness, but I couldn't let him because…"
Arizona finishes her sentence for her, "Because you love Julia." Arizona realizes she might need some help so she makes up an excuse to go and find Callie. "Um Brianna, I am gonna go and find some blankets for you. I will be right back." Brianna acknowledges her with a nod of her head. Then Arizona heads of to find Callie. She has looked about everywhere when she finally finds her in the on-call room asleep. Arizona walks over and shakes her lightly. "Callie wake up."
Callie groans and buries her head. "Why?!"
"Um we have a problem."
"Like?"
"Like a jock who is willing to beat up a girl for loving his girlfriend."
"And that's our problem, why?
"Because it's our patient, Brianna."
Callie jumps out of bed and moves to the door. As Callie opens the door she sees Brianna run by, followed a ways behind by another girl.
"Brianna stop running." " No way, your so special boyfriend just threatened my life, so no way am I stopping."
Callie and Arizona hear this and give chase but use some hallways to cut them off.
When Brianna sees Callie and Arizona she runs to them and hides behind them.
Callie looks between the girls, "What is going on with you two?"
Arizona just looks between the two and asks the girl in front of them, "Are you Julia?
