A/N: Hey everyone! I am back with another update. This chapter too is more of a filler than anything and my apologies for it being short. I know where I want this story to end, it's just a matter of setting myself up to get there. So, I'm trying to plan out the next couple of chapters. Not sure how much longer this story is going to go for, but I promise you that I will not rush to the ending. But I don't want to drag it on either. So without further adieu here is the next chapter. Thanks again to everyone who reads and comments on each chapter, you guys are who keep me going.

Happy reading! :)

~hASHbrown

Chapter 11

Callie Torres, I tell you was a stubborn woman. After that day when I had to hold her and comfort her in the bathroom, she seemed to be more determined than ever to show me that she was still the confident, badass, free spirited woman that she was. She didn't want me to see her as weak. As cute as it was, it was also a little frustrating. She didn't need to put up a strong front for me. I had dealt with this kind of thing before, with Joanne. Thanks to Callie's strength, I knew I was strong enough to handle it again.

We were now going into the month of August and for the most part Callie was doing well. Rarely did she have a day where she felt as sick as she did after that first day of treatment. Callie literally blew me away. She carried on with her life as if nothing had happened. She was just as adventurous as she was when I first met her.

"I appreciate and am grateful that you are here to see me through this, and I love you. But I don't want to see you put your life on hold because I am sick. I'm certainly not going to, so neither should you. I was sick before I met you, that hasn't changed. The best thing we can do is to live our lives."

"Wow." Teddy said to me. Just by the expression on her face, I could tell she was latched on to my words like they were words from an intense well drawn out novel.

"Yeah. She is sick Teddy. She's fighting an illness and all she wants to do is go on road trips, take runs or walks on the beach and go skydiving. She needs to take it easy, and I need her to just let me take care of her."

"Arizona, Callie is not just going to submit to being bed bound while she's sick. Callie has a point. Remember what happened with you and Joanne? You put your entire life on hold because she was fighting cancer. Neither her nor I want to see you go through that again. You both know she's sick and that's going to go away quickly but you both know and are fighting it. That is all you can do and in the meantime you live your life."

"It's just since I met her, she's taken care of me. She put me back together. I want to do the same."

"You love her a great deal, don't you?" Teddy asked me.

"I love her more than anything. I never thought I'd love like this, but I love her more than anything and I want longer than just a summer with her."

"Then you fight to beat her illness, but don't waste the time in fear that she's going to die sooner than later. Live your life, go on crazy adventures. If there is anything that Callie has taught you, it's that despite all the crappy things life can throw at you, you have to live your life in the moment. Live for the day and appreciate all the beauty in life."

Teddy said as she took my hand in hers. Teddy wasn't one for grand speeches but she sure did say some pretty darn powerful things that day.

"Yeah? Like what?" I asked. I was worried that I was going to lose Callie, like I lost Joanne and it just made me feel unsure of things.

"Like the fact that you found a woman that you love, who loves you back and who when talking to her just last week she told me how much she loves you and how she would do anything for you. She also told me that she is willing to fight the cancer with everything she's got because when she pictures her future, she sees you in it." She gave my hand a squeeze and smiled.

"She said that?" I asked her. I had never really heard anything more beautiful till that moment.

"Yeah she said it. Brought tears to my eyes. She has a beautiful soul, one that matches yours, and she's good for you. So go. Go be with her and go on her adventures. Be happy now and worry about everything else later."

I smiled back at Teddy and pulled her into a hug. I sprang out of my chair in her office and left the hospital to be with the woman that I loved.

I went to Callie's apartment and knocked on the door. She answered it soon after and a bright smile crept up on my face as I saw her deep brown eyes staring deep into me.

"Hey, come on in, I have some pasta cooking. You hungry?" She asked me as she stepped away from the door, gesturing for me to come in. She made her way back to the kitchen and I shut the door behind me, dropping my stuff off to the side.

I joined her in the kitchen and watched as she cooked. "I had a visit with Teddy today."

"Oh yeah? How was that? Did you have fun?" She asked me while she was stirring the sauce that was cooking in the pot over the stove.

"Yeah it was. We actually talked a lot about you." I admitted.

"Oh really? All good things I hope" she responded with a slight laugh.

"Well I told her about our conversation the other day, and she really helped me to put things in perspective." I responded. Right away I could see the smile on her face fall and she stared at me with an expression of worry.

"She really made me see that you had a point. I don't want to live in fear and walk on eggshells just because you're sick doesn't mean that we can't enjoy life so, I decided to take my vacation time and join you on your adventures as you like to call them." I said with a smile to my face as I walked around the counter and wrapped my arms around Callie's neck. She smiled back to me and planted a light and delicate kiss to my lips.

"If I recall, when I first met you and invited you to go on a little day trip with me, it was you who called it an adventure, not me." She said grinning.

I shook my head and couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, fine but anyway...what's on the agenda? I have three weeks vacation time so whatever you want to do, I am game."

"Great, well tonight my plan is to feed you and then get you in my bed. Tomorrow, I think we will go to Miami for a couple days."

"Miami? That's a bit grand don't you think?"

"Well, you just said that you have three weeks of vacation and I can't work right now because of the cancer treatments so, I figured I should go home for a few days, and I would like you to join me."

"What's in Miami?" I asked.

"Well, my family for starters and I have a house on a stretch of private beach."

"Would we get any alone time at this house you speak of?"

"Oh a lot of alone time." She responded raising her eyebrow with a devilish grin.

"Then I'm in." I responded with a chaste kiss.

"Good, now that that is sorted, why don't you serve us some wine and I will get some plates ready."

The rest of our night was perfect. We ate and fell into comfortable conversation about our day. Afterward we cleaned up and cuddled up on the sofa and watched TV, with me sitting up at one end and Callie resting in-between my legs.

What we were watching, well that's not important, but the silence wasn't awkward. She lay in-between my legs, and her head resting on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her and held her tight. Some time passed and I glanced up at the clock on the wall and noticed that it was almost eleven at night. I called out her name but got no answer. I then whispered it softly into her ear, but still she didn't respond. I leaned forward to look into her gorgeous face and I noticed that she was sound asleep. She was so beautiful and looked so peaceful and angelic when she slept, I didn't have the nerve to wake her. So I grabbed a pillow to support my back, rested my head against the back of the sofa and drifted off to sleep holding Callie close to me.