Due to circumstances beyond my control [sort of], I have been unable to spend much time on the computer lately. And now school is back in session as of tomorrow T_T and I'm juggling three (3!) fics [PLEASE go read my new Callie fic, Bless the Broken Road--it's getting virtually no traffic!].

I am semi-proud of myself with this one. It sucks, but it's 1500 words. So....Enjoy!

"I wanna drive!" Callie called, racing Arizona out to the car, and losing due to the fact that Arizona was ten inches from the car when Callie decided she wanted to get behind the wheel. "I wanna drive," she repeated with a pout. Arizona rolled her eyes and slowly scooted over to the passenger's seat, hitting her knee on the steering wheel in the process.

"What's with you?" Arizona asked, rubbing her sore knee. Callie cheered when the driver's seat was available and happily hopped in.

"What do you mean?" She took her time adjusting the radio until she found a suitable station before pulling out of the driveway.

"An hour ago you were groaning under the covers. Now you're acting like…me…." Arizona explained. Callie grinned in response.

"I'm just in a very good mood," she answered. "I de-friend-ed my sister today on Facebook, after replying to her comment, and I get to spend the day around adults, the most important of which being you."

"Aw, that's so sweet!...What did you say to your sister?" Arizona added. Callie's smile slipped for a moment.

"Just what I've told you. I don't need them; I have a family now who loves me, no matter what my life choices are." Arizona giggled and leaned towards Callie.

"Babe, I love you because of your life choices," she whispered in Callie's ear. Her warm lips rested on Callie's jaw line, her tongue tracing lazy circles. The tension in Callie's shoulders melted away. Her grip loosened on the wheel and her body sank deeper into the cool leather seat of the car.

"Mmm, not while I'm driving. Come on, Arizona, I'm gonna crash the car," Callie somehow managed to mumble. Arizona giggled again, but sat back obediently.

"You're no fun," Arizona complained. She stuck out her bottom lip in such a cute way that Callie was very tempted to pull the car over and finish what had been started.

"I swear, you're going to be the death of me," Callie gasped, her breathing still not back to normal by the time they'd pulled into the parking lot of Seattle Grace Hospital. Callie bit her lip. She was both nervous and excited about returning to work, but mostly she just couldn't wait to sneak off to an empty on-call room with the pediatrics attending.

When given the choice between taking the stairs and waiting for an empty elevator, both women silently agreed to go with the elevator. The ride took longer than usual due to the fact that Callie had 'accidentally' hit the stop button, giving them several free minutes alone together. Finally Arizona pulled herself just far enough from Callie so she could speak.

"We have to go," she whispered. Callie groaned and rested her forehead against Arizona's. "I'll miss you."

"Can I come visit you in peds?" Callie asked, reluctantly pressing the button for the elevator to move again.

"As often as you can." With a sudden stop, the elevator doors slid passed each other to reveal a hallway in the hospital which looked just like every other hallway, except with more elevators. This was where Callie and Arizona would temporarily part ways.

"Wait," Callie called, reaching her hand out for Arizona's before the elevator closed between them. She pulled the blonde back into the elevator, their bodies pressed close together. "I love you." Arizona smiled and kissed Callie goodbye.

"I love you too," she said, stepping from the elevator so that she wouldn't be caught inside of it, as much as she wanted to be.

Callie was put straight to work almost the second she arrived. Apparently there was a motorcycle accident just minutes before Callie got to work consisting of six broken bones and a few fractured ribs between two people. Mark, who was also working on the accident due to some nasty face lacerations, greeted Callie with the news.

"Really?" she exclaimed, her eyes wide with excitement.

"Quite the 'welcome back' present, no?" Mark asked rhetorically. Callie opened her mouth as if to say something but no words came out.

Unfortunately, the accident took up most of Callie's time and she couldn't break away to explore the pediatrics wing very often. The two times that she had been able to get away, Arizona was no where to be found, busy with patients of her own. Therefore Callie was a little more than grumpy when she skulked back to the nurses' station where Mark awaited her with coffee.

"What's with you?" He asked, taking a sip from his steaming cup, only to regret it half a second later. He spit out the fiery hot beverage, searching around for anything cool he could put in his mouth.

"There's a water cooler down there," Callie told him, pointing down the hallway. Mark rushed off towards where she indicated, one hand clamped over his mouth. Callie leaned heavily on the familiar nurses' station, her hands holding up her already tired head.

"Boo," I bright voice said from behind her, a cold hand tapping her shoulder. Callie grinned, knowing it was Arizona without having to turn around. "Did I scare you?"

"My heart stopped," Callie answered sincerely. "I've been looking all over peds for you."

"Lots of sick children," Arizona explained regretfully. "But you've been pretty busy too. What's this I hear about a motorcycle accident?"

"Six broken bones!" Callie broke out in an enthusiastic smile, which caused Arizona to laugh.

"So do you want to meet up for lunch today?" Arizona proposed.

"Me, you, and crappy cafeteria food? Hell yes!" Arizona grinned slyly.

"Actually, I had something a little better in mind…." She leaned forward and whispered her intentions in Callie's ear.

"That's way better than crappy cafeteria food," Callie breathed. She leaned back on the nurses' station for support.

"One o'clock?" Callie could do nothing but nod until her head hurt. Arizona, still smiling, gave Callie a quick kiss before skating off to save children's lives.

"What's with you?" Mark asked again, coming to a halt beside Callie, a Dixie cup of water in his hand. Callie sighed, still staring after Arizona.

…

Arizona was already in the on-call room when Callie arrived at 1:07 PM. She hurried in and closed and locked the door behind her. The butterflies in her stomach were so great Callie was surprised they didn't lift her from the floor and fly her away. Looking at Arizona, laying on the bed waiting for her, she certainly felt high enough to be flying.

"You're late," Arizona accused, pouting.

"One of my patients coded. He's stable for now and Lexie's watching after him." Arizona sat up.

"How long do you have?" she asked. Callie pulled off her white lab coat and her scrub top.

"Not as long as I'd like," Callie laughed. "Take off your pants." Arizona giggled.

"Yes, ma'am."

…

The room was still, the silence broken only by Arizona and Callie's deep breathing, totally in sync with each other. Callie propped herself up on her elbow, staring lovingly at Arizona whose light blue eyes returned the look.

"What's on your mind?" Arizona whispered, noticing the way Callie absentmindedly traced shapes on her bare stomach with the tip of her finger.

"Huh?" Callie's eyes snapped back to Arizona's, and her finger ceased its never-ending work. Arizona repeated herself.

"I was just thinking…we've been together for almost two years, right? But I don't even know your middle name…."

"You know everything that's important," Arizona said, resting her hand on Callie's warm cheek. Callie said nothing, waiting for Arizona's answer. "It's Elizabeth." Callie smiled.

"Arizona Elizabeth Robbins? That's kind of a mouthful…a beautiful mouthful, of course," Callie added quickly. Arizona rolled her eyes, dropping her hand from Callie's cheek.

"And that is why I didn't tell you before."

"Aw come on, it's better than mine!...Arizona Elizabeth….Your parents like the letter 'Z', don't they?" Callie wondered out loud. Arizona was silent for a moment, thinking.

"Huh. I've never realized that before…."

"I'm gonna call you that from now on!" Callie said suddenly, excited. Arizona was confused.

"Elizabeth?"

"No, Z. There is no way to shorten Arizona like there is with Calliope. Now I have something to call you!" Arizona laughed.

"The hell you are!"

They spent the remainder of their time together laughing and arguing playfully. But then Callie's pager went off, just like she knew it would. She ignored it for a few minutes, curled up against Arizona, wishing she would never have to leave. Eventually Arizona was able to coax her out of bed, arguing that getting fired because she chose to stay in bed with her girlfriend instead of help her patient wasn't a good thing to have on her record.

"But I'm going to miss you!" Callie retorted sadly.

"I'm going to miss you too, but you have to go." Callie leaned down for one last kiss before crawling out of bed and getting dressed.

"Love you, Z," Callie called from the door, giggling. Arizona threw a pillow at her.

I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in

I was listening to this song while mentally writing the chapter, so now it's the title haha