PART 4

With Sofia asleep against her chest, Callie looks over at a sleeping Arizona before standing up and walking over to the couch to lay her daughter down. When she reaches the small couch, Callie very carefully lays her daughter in the middle of the couch before grabbing the blanket to keep the mini Latina warm. Walking back to the blue hospital chair, Callie sits down and decides she will try and get some rest. When she had returned to the room earlier that night the small family had spent an hour just being a family before both Arizona and Sofia had fallen asleep. After the two had fell asleep Callie spent some time just watching Arizona sleep, when they were together, she would always spend a short amount of time just watching her sleep. It may sound weird but Callie truly believed that Arizona was at her most beautiful when she was at her most vulnerable, that's not to say Callie didn't find the blonde beautiful at any time of the day but there was something special about Arizona when she is at peace with the world. Thinking back on the time they had spent apart, she can't believe she had survived so long without the blonde women in her life.

Folding her arms on the edge of the hospital bed, Callie rested her head on top of them and closed her eyes.

An hour later Callie is woken by a warm hand gently stroking her hair. Enjoying the comfort the action brings, Callie keeps her eyes closed for just a few minutes longer before she sits up and stretches out her back, sleeping in a chair is just as uncomfortable as it looks.

"I didn't mean to wake you." Arizona says with a guilty but tired smile on her face.

"It's fine…" Callie says with a yawn. "Are you okay? Do you need anything?" Callie asked before standing up.

"Nope, I'm good thanks."

"Well you should try and get some more sleep, it's almost midnight." Callie says as she gently tucks some of the blonde women's hair behind her ear.

"Will you come lie with me?" Arizona asks shyly.

Instead of responding verbally, Callie puts down the guard rail and carefully climbs into the bed next to Arizona. Once Callie is comfortably laying in the bed, Arizona cuddles closer to brunette and puts her head on her chest just above her right breast. Being mindful of Arizona's injured arm, Callie gently places her right arm around the back of the blonde women's neck and pulls her as close as possible. After several minutes of savouring the closeness between the two, Callie gently whispers.

"Will you tell me what happened tonight?"

Arizona closes her eyes and buries her head into the side of Callie's neck before taking a big, deep breath.

"There's really not that much to tell."

"I know… I'm just… curious I guess and a little bit confused." Callie says as she turns her head to look at the women next to her.

Arizona looks deep into Callie's brown eyes for a few seconds before leaning forward and placing a gentle but firm kiss on the brunette's lips. Arizona leaves her lips upon the brunettes for a few seconds without attempting to deepen the kiss. Pulling her head back just a fraction of an inch, The blonde brings her hand up to place it against her lovers cheek.

"Okay."

Callie turns to lay on her side, facing towards Arizona. Arizona who has followed the Latinas lead, readjusts herself so that she is also facing inwards with her injured shoulder facing the ceiling. Callie reaches over to grab the pale woman's hand and puts it over her own hip, placing her own darker hand on top of it as a sign of encouragement.

Arizona takes a deep breath and begins.

A FEW HOURS EARLIER -

Arizona approached the two with her hands in the air, as she tries to calm the erratic man down.

"Hey… let her go." Arizona said cautiously.

"STAY BACK!" The man shouted holding the knife closer to the red heads pale neck.

"Okay... Okay." Arizona takes a small step back and looks straight into Penny's eyes trying to communicate what she needs her to do.

Arizona watches as Penny escapes the man's grasp, then she charges forward without any sort of plan but to get Penny out of danger. Charging at the man, Arizona grabs the arm that holds the knife and pushes it away from her body, due to the suddenness of the action, the man with the knife loses his balance and falls onto his back with Arizona landing on top of him. Hearing the knife hit the tiles and scatter across the floor, Arizona attempts to push herself off the struggling but is unable to due to her prosthetic leg detaching itself once it had hit the floor. Using a different approach, she rolls off the attacker and lays on the cold, tiled store floor, taking a moment to compose herself she stares up at the ceiling and regains control of her breathing. Looking to her right she sees one of the male customers restrain the man who was still struggling to get off the floor. Arizona goes to sit up but as she does she feels a shooting pain run from her shoulder right down to her fingertips. As she looks down at the right hand she sees a small amount of dark red blood dripping from her fingertips onto the bright, white floor. Still in shock and wondering where the blood is coming from, Arizona lifts her left hand and drags it from her elbow to her shoulder. As her hand gets to her right shoulder the blonde lets out a sharp hiss of pain.

"You're hurt?" Penny says in a worried tone. Penny who had been standing in front of her, bends down to kneel in front of her.

"So are you." Arizona remarks pointing to the cut on the side of Penny s forehead.

"It's nothing…" Penny lifts her hand and places it on the cut. "You really need to get this checked, with this amount of blood it could be pretty serious." The red head informed.

"It's Oka…" In the middle of speaking Arizona looks once again at her arm but stops when she sees a large puddle of blood collecting on the floor beside her. "Okay… maybe I'm not okay." She continues trying to make a joke.

All of a sudden she hears the doors to the store slam open and hit against the walls, because of the loud noise and the events previous, Arizona immediately goes on high alert. Seeing that it is a group of policemen she feels herself begin to relax and once again attempts to stand up.

"No you don't…" Penny puts her hand on Arizona's arm to stop her getting up. "You will sit and wait for a paramedic to check you over."

"Okay…" She says in resignation. Turning her head she sees a policemen handcuff the attacker whilst another policemen grabs and bags the weapon. Looking back at Penny she notices a line of blood dripping down the side of her face. "You may need stitches for that."

In the background she can hear the faint sound of a siren and breathes a sigh of relief.

PRESENT -

After hearing the story, Callie grabs the blonde and pulls her to her chest. No words were needed so she just held the women and places kisses on top of her head and a few on her forehead.

Both women sit in silence for a few minutes, only the faint but still adorable snores can be heard from Sofia who is still fast asleep on the couch. Soon after both women fall asleep in each other's arms.

Bailey who has been standing outside the room, looking through the window observing the couple gives a big smile and walks away but not before saying…

"Finally."

THE END :)