A/N: Thanks again for all the reviews, I really appreciate them and people's input, I do actually listen lol! I like to hear where you think the story should go and what you think should happen because sometimes that gives me ideas you see! I must point out here that I have little if any medical knowledge so if I go wrong somewhere don't throw a brick at me please!

Arizona woke up and forgot where she was for a split second as she woke up in the arms of the woman she loved. When she heard the bleeping and felt the dull ache in her shoulder she remembered where she was. Callie was snoring away, she smiled, she had missed waking up to her beautiful, snoring, girlfriend.

She snuggled in close to Callie's body, ignoring the pain that she still had in the areas of her body. Before she had chance to fall asleep Bailey and Teddy bustled into the room, turned on the light and declared it was morning rounds. Arizona groaned and shut her eyes tight, hoping that their friends would just go again, but they had their doctors heads on and they wanted to check on their patient.

'Come on, rise and shine ladies, Dr. Torres you shouldn't be in that bed...DR. TORRES!' Bailey rose her voice as the snores continued to escape from Callie.

'W-w-whatttt? A-a-arizona?' Callie woke up panicking that something was wrong with her girlfriend and furrowed her brow when she opened her eyes to a perfectly fine, dimple-flashing Arizona. She smiled, kissed her girlfriend and rolled off the bed into the seat next to it, rubbing her eyes so she could focus on what Teddy and Bailey were about to say and do.

'Right, Arizona we just want to check your incision sites please, take some bloods and check your vitals.' Bailey and Teddy moved expertly, both checking the sites they had operated on, as well as the other that they hadn't.

'OK, your incision sites look ok, still some redness and puffiness around your chest so just take it easy for a couple of days please, strict bed-rest for two days then we'll review.' Teddy ignored the whine that escaped Arizona's lips.

'Bed rest? You mean I have to stay in here?' Arizona said. 'I've been up and about doing physio I'm fine!'

'Yes you've been up and about pushing yourself too hard and if you don't stop you'll end up back in surgery and that will set your recovery time back even further, so stay put.' Teddy offered a smile to her best friend at the end of her medical speech, she knew that staying put was a hard thing for Arizona to do.

'Other than that you're looking good, stay put in bed for two days and pending what the physical therapist says you can go home by the end of the week.' Bailey gave the good news to Arizona, hoping that the reward of going home at the end of the week would be enough to keep her in bed.

'Ok fine but you best give me some charts to look over cause otherwise I won't be able to sit still.' Arizona offered a pout to the three ladies in the room, causing them all to laugh.

Teddy and Bailey finished up what they were doing and left to check on their other patients leaving the two alone once more.

'Will you bring me some charts Cal?'

'Yes! I'll go freshen up and get some for you in a bit, for now I'd quite like to spend some time with my girlfriend before I have to go and do some work.' With these words Callie got up and kissed Arizona.

'Ok, I think I can allow that.' Arizona smiled sheepishly, amazed at how Callie made her feel even after all this time.

'Zona?'

'Yes baby?'

'Can we talk about yesterday?'

'About what?

'About what you said when we walked through the double doors upstairs? With going in to see Jess I never got the chance to say something to you and I don't want to just ignore what you said but I don't want to upset you either by talking about it.'

Arizona took a deep sigh, she knew that it was something that had to be discussed but it didn't make it anymore easier. 'What do you want to talk about?'

'I dunno...I just didn't want to ignore what you said babe...you got shot because you said you loved me...'

'No Calliope, I got shot because Gary Clark needed help, because he felt he had no life left.'

'But what you said babe...'

'I said because I meant it Cal, I love you with all my heart, I would do anything for you, I would give my life for you...I only told the truth.'

'I love you so much babe, I just wish the fact that you loved me hadn't been the reason you got shot.' Callie let a single tear trickle down her face.

'Hey, come on babe,' Arizona wiped away the tear trickling down Callie's face. 'He would've shot me anyway, he didn't care who he hurt, the fact that I was wearing blue scrubs was reason enough for him, I'm just glad he just turned around after he did it, at least he didn't come in and hurt Ruby or you...'

Callie just smiled and kissed Arizona's hand, she didn't know who had sent Arizona back to her from an inch of death, but Callie would forever be in their debt.

A few hours later.

Arizona had been staring at Jessica's chart for hours and still she couldn't find a way to help her. Everything had been tried and yet the cancer was spreading throughout the poor child's body. She'd had blood and marrow transplants from her Dad whilst he had still been alive but she needed another set of transplants as the first lot had been rejected by her body. The chemotherapy she was undergoing was at the highest dose it could be for someone her age and Arizona just didn't know what else she could do. Waiting for an exact match to come through the donor system for both the blood and the marrow was going to be a lengthy wait – a wait that Jess didn't have the time for. Arizona just had to try and keep her alive long enough for her to find a donor and that was the challenge.

Her thoughts were interrupted as Callie came through the door with a pizza box in her hand. 'Thought you could do with some proper food!'

'Calliope you are amazing!' Arizona pushed the charts to the side and greedily took the pizza from Callie's hands enjoying the taste of something that wasn't hospital food.

Callie scanned over the name on the chart Arizona had been buried in, 'Find anything new?' Callie asked nodding her head towards Jess' chart.

'No, the only hope now is a donor, but I just don't know whether we'll be able to keep her alive long enough...the chemo is so hard for her, she's too young to take the dose she has to have to keep the cancer at bay...so you have to chose, do we give up on the chemo and let her live a more peaceful month or two, or do we put her through chemo, and a lot of pain only for her to die because we don't find a donor in time? What kind of a choice is that to make?' Arizona shook her head sadly as she set down her pizza, suddenly her desire to eat had left her.

'We just have to pray that donor comes round then babe.' Callie didn't really know what else to say, even though this wasn't her area of expertise she still knew that Jess' case really didn't look too good.

As if her ears were burning little Jessica came wandering into the room at that very moment.

'Jess! What are you doing down here and out of bed?' Arizona stared wide eyed at the apparently alone five year old.

'Wellllll nurse Rachel sayed that you couldn't come see me cuz you were feeling ill sooooooooo I thought I come see you.' Jess flashed a smile, nervous that she would be in trouble.

'Well come on in and help yourself to some pizza then!' Callie got up and lifted Jess onto the bed so she was sat at Arizona's feet facing the couple. Jess grabbed a slice of pizza and ate it like there was no tomorrow. Arizona watched her with a hint of sadness as she knew the chemo session she would have later would only bring it straight back up again. Jess herself seemed to realise this and slowed down her eating, nibbling away at the same piece of pizza whilst Callie and Arizona finished up the rest.

'Why are you feeling not well Zona?'

'I just have to stay in bed for a couple of days; if I do then I get to go home at the end of the week.'

'Oh...' Jess looked to her bunny in her hands.

'But don't you worry I'll be in here all the time keeping you company, you'll soon be sick of me.' Arizona winked at Jess whom instantly perked up at the thought of Arizona there to see her.

'Right I've got to go back to work so I'll leave you two here, Jess don't let her beat you at Monopoly again ok?' Callie rubbed the girl's head before kissing her wife and leaving them to it, smiling to herself at the image of Arizona with a child around all the time.

A few hours later

By the time Callie had finished her second set of rounds that day she went straight into surgery, it was a simple knee replacement but it was something she loved to do and in her girlfriend's words; 'she rocked it'. After scrubbing out of the surgery she finished up her charts and headed back to Arizona's room. She couldn't hear any noise coming from it and so assumed that Jess had gone back up to the peds ward. Instead as she turned into the room she was greeted with a wonderful scene.

Arizona was fast asleep, her arm firmly wrapped around Jessica who was positioned on Arizona's right side with her arm draped loosely round the blonde's waist. Callie stood at the door grinning like a Cheshire cat for quite some time before she made her way into the room and sat down at the side of the bed. She took Arizona's free hand and gently drew circles on it as she let her mind wander.

She thought back to the previous day when she had let slip mid rant that she wanted to marry Arizona. Even though they had talked, and indeed argued, about having kids, marriage was something they had never discussed. Callie smiled at the image she had in her head of both her and Arizona in a wedding dress. In that moment she couldn't think of anything she wanted to do more in her life.

'Calliope...' Callie was brought from her wedding thoughts as Arizona stirred gripping onto Callie's hand.

'Hey babe.'

'Sorry...we must have fell asleep, you should've woke me when you came in.'

'It's ok gorgeous I only just got here, besides I was quite enjoying watching you sleep.'

'Stalker.' Arizona giggled at her own comment, her shaking body waking up Jess in the process. 'Oh sorry sweetheart Callie made me laugh, sorry I woke you.'

Jess rubbed her eyes and smiled at Callie, 'That's ok!' She sat up and slid off the bed so she was sat on Callie's knee. This took Callie back a bit as Jess was always so attached to Arizona, but she welcomed it and shifted so Jess could lean comfortably against her body whilst Callie could still maintain her contact with Arizona's hand.

'Did you save lives Dr. Cali?' Jess looked at Callie. 'Zona said that you was being a rockstar doctor.'

'Haha did she now?' Callie stole a glance at Arizona who was watching them both with a lot of love in her eyes. 'Well yes I just helped a man walk again by replacing his old knee with a brand new one!'

'Woooooowwwwwwwww...that sounds cool!' Jess twiddled Callie's hair in her fingers and lent into her chest, she was feeling tired again already.

Arizona looked at the scene in front of her and couldn't believe how much her heart was swelling at the sight. Three months ago she hadn't wanted kids, the thought I'd never even come into her mind, especially not kids with Callie. Now, seeing the scene before her, it was all she could think about. Brining up a child with Callie would be one of the hardest and yet most rewarding things that she would ever put her mind to, she knew that, but in a way that made her want it even more.

Within minutes Jess was fast asleep once more in Callie's arms. 'She's so tiny.' Callie said as she looked down at the girl in her arms.

'Yeah she hasn't grown much over the past year at all and she's been losing weight very rapidly over the past couple of months.'

'It's not fair.' Callie said simply.

'I know.' Arizona found it hard enough to watch young kids die like this, but it was something she did every day, Callie on the other hand didn't and Arizona knew this all too well.

'Should I take her back up to peds?' Callie asked.

'Um...tell you what, page Dr. Foster and tell him that she's with me, if he was planning on doing anything today, which I don't think he was then he can come and do it here. It must be lonely for her sat in that room on her own. Lay her on the sofa and put that blanket on her, we can keep an eye on her.' Callie lifted Jess carefully and placed her on the sofa, positioning a cushion beneath her head and a blanket over her slender frame.

Once Jess was settled Callie stepped lightly back to the chair and sat, her hand instantly finding Arizona's once more.

'I wish there was more I could do Cal...'

'You're doing just that by letting her stay in here, by going and see her, by talking to her and playing with her like she's a normal child; that's what she needs...to remember what it's like to be a kid...to take her mind off the illness and remind her that she's got a life to fight for...' Callie looked to Arizona and saw tears trickling down her face. 'Sorry babe, I didn't mean to upset you.'

'No you didn't...it's just...sometimes the words you say Calliope...they just...they're perfect, you're perfect, and I love you.'

Callie smiled broadly, 'I love you too Zona.' Callie rested her head on the bed and let Arizona stroke her hair as she fell asleep herself, exhausted from the day's work. She stole one last glance at Jess before closing her eyes fully and letting sleep take over.

It seemed she'd only been asleep for second before Arizona was shaking Callie awake at an alarming speed.

'Callie! Help her! I can't move, you have to help her!' The panic in Arizona's voice alone was enough for Callie to shoot straight upright and take in the scene before her. Jess was awake and coughing violently. She was coughing so hard that she was struggling to breath and was turning a dangerous shade of purple.

'Oxygen Callie, she needs oxygen!'

Callie pushed the red button behind Arizona's bed before turning, picking Jess up and placing her on the bed next to Arizona. She then leant behind the bed and pulled the oxygen mask round, flicked the gas on and held it to Jess' face. She heard a nurse come in and Arizona tell them to page Dr. Foster 911 but other than that she focused solely on getting the little girl breathing properly again.

It took about five minutes for Jess' breathing to calm down to an acceptable level, by which time Dr. Foster had made his appearance and took over from Callie. Once her breathing had settled he ordered the nurse to take her back upstairs and he would be up shortly to run some tests. Callie and Arizona waved goodbye as Jess tried to wave, but failed, her coughing episode had taken all the energy out of her already frail body.

'She shouldn't have been down here.' Dr. Foster said simply as Jess was taken out of the room.

'She was just lonely Jarrad, she wasn't going to come to any harm in here with two surgeons.' Arizona defended their actions.

'Well she obviously did as she ended up on oxygen Dr. Robbins.'

'I think it might be wise for you to remember who your superior is.' Callie had stood up now and was stood in between her girlfriend and this Jarrad whom she'd never really met before.

'Right now Dr. Robbins isn't working, therefore that puts me in charge, so Jess should not have been here. ' Dr. Foster stood his ground.

'Look this isn't helping anyone, Jarrad, I'm sorry but you know that Jess and me have got close whilst she's been here, just go and make sure she's ok please?' Dr. Foster thought about refusing for a second, after all, in his eyes, he was the boss at the minute.

'Fine.' He turned on his heels and stalked off.

'Who the hell is that guy?' Callie turned round to face Arizona, completely flabbergasted at the surgeon who had just left. 'He thinks he's God gift doesn't he? He'd give Mark a run for his money at any rate!'

'He's a good surgeon though and has really come through for me on some very tricky cases, he just had an attitude problem, kind of like Karev.'

'Karev's like a frigging cuddly bear compared to that beast!' Arizona laughed at Callie.

'He's right, she should have gone back to the ward.'

'No he's not right at all! It'll do her no good just staring at four walls all the time, you know how angry and bored you get, Jess is no different.'

'Yeah I know but she's not well enough for too much excitement.'

'Arizona, you saw the way her face lit up today and yesterday, that's better than any drug you pump into her.'

Arizona smiled, she knew Callie was right no matter how much she tried to deny it. 'I don't think Dr. Foster will be back here any time soon...bit too much Latino anger for his liking I would wager.'

'Ha you think I scared him?' Callie sat back down finally.

'Ummm I'd say he wouldn't be looking to stand up to you anytime soon.'

'Ha well he should stay out of my way, how dare he say you're not the boss?' Callie laughed. 'You're always the boss...' Callie winked now, showing that there was more meaning to her words than the literal sense.

'Haha well Calliope, the way you stood up to Dr. Foster did turn me on somewhat...' Arizona winked herself. Callie reached up and kissed Arizona passionately, both of them exploring each other with their tongue, revelling in the taste of one another once more. 'Think Bailey will tell you off too much if she finds you in my bed again in the morning?'

'Ahhhh I can take Bailey!' Callie kicked off her shoes and jumped onto Arizona's bed instantly finding her lips once more, enjoying the ease in which they had settled back into being a full-term couple once more.

A/N: so there we are, I'm not sure where I want to go with the Jess storyline...any suggestions? What do you guys want to see?