AN: I'm so sorry about not updating this sooner. I went on away for a while and just couldn't get near a computer. So please accept my apology. And I'm glad no one has felt the need to defend Mark, so we all dislike him – yay! So read away and then review please. One more chapter to go after this I think.

Sitting at Joe's, nursing a drink Arizona makes an effort to ignore the looks and the whispers that surround her presence. She feels lost and unsure of how to react in this situation. She knows that she loves Callie and that she is her soul mate. But now, she's wondering if she got it all wrong. Maybe Callie was just biding her time with her, waiting for Mark to get over Lexie so they could be together. Maybe they were sleeping together for the entire time she and Callie had been a couple, secretly laughing at her. Shaking her head, Arizona tries to drive these thoughts out of her head realising that they aren't helping the situation. Grabbing her coat, Arizona heads to the door as she finally sick of the pointed looks. She can get drunk anywhere in the city; it doesn't have to be here. As she heads to the door she bumps into Teddy.

'Do you want some company?' Teddy asks, hoping that her best friend will finally open up to her and tell her how she's coping.

Seeing the look on Teddy's face and faced with her own confusion about what had happened to her relationship, she nods her head and Teddy follows her out of the bar. Arizona decides to head back to their apartment and Teddy follows a step behind, not wanting to invade whatever thoughts are going through her head.

Upon reaching the apartment, Arizona flops down on the couch and begins to fiddle with the cushion with a puzzled look on her face. Teddy remembers Callie once telling her Arizona has the tendency to ramble to herself internally as she tries to gather her thoughts. Callie also said that she found Arizona incredible cute while she did.

'I don't know what I'm supposed to do?' Arizona finally says as she mumbles the question in the general direction to where Teddy is sitting. Teddy has never seen her best friend so defeated and confused. 'I thought I was coming back here to repair the relationship that I broke. But in the end, I'm not sure what I was even trying to fix. I'm just so confused.'

'Do you still love her?' Teddy asks as at this point in time she was unsure how the blonde felt about Callie.

'Yes, no, I don't know. When she told me that she slept with Sloan, the pain was so much worse than the break up at the airport. It literally felt like she had broken my heart. I was gone less than two months and the fact that she fell in bed with Mark makes it so much worse. She knew how much I feared their relationship. And the fact she is pregnant now is a kick in the gut and I don't think we can come back from that. She always wanted a baby and although I did too, she was the one who really wanted it. And now she does, with Mark Sloan of all people. So she gets her family, the conservative normal family that her family wanted her to have. And I get nothing. But I still love her, I can't stop. As much as I want to wash my hands and walk away from this mess, I can't. She has to tell me to go, because I can't leave her again. Arizona says as tears stream down her face. Teddy moves to sit next to her and pulls her in a tight hug, trying to comfort the clearly distraught blonde. Arizona turns and begins to sob uncontrollably into Teddy's shoulder.

'Have you talked to Callie?' Teddy asks as she knows that the two women need to talk.

'No, the last time I saw her was when Mark went on the rampage about him having rights and Callie running out of the hospital. Since then, I've not seen or heard from her. Not that I blame her, Mark was acting like a jerk and Callie looked like she was about the faint.'

'And the big question is, could you raise Mark Sloan's baby as your own?'

'No, but I could raise Calliope's daughter as my own. I will never like Mark or get along with Mark. But Calliope, any child of hers I will always love. I couldn't not.'

'You need to tell her that. At the moment, Callie feels she's lost everything her lover and her best friend. Mark is acting like a jerk and she needs you more than ever. Just talk to her. From what I've gathered, Callie never wanted to be with Mark over you. She loves you and deep down you now that.'

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Sitting in a secluded sit at the park around the corner from the Grey house, Callie attempts to gather her thoughts. Every time she runs her mind through what has happened, she sees the pained look on Arizona's face and Callie begins to sob uncontrollably again. Although running away from the situation didn't improve the situation, the anger on Mark's face was all too much for Callie. Although Callie had good intentions by not telling the truth that Lexie was pregnant, the plan has clearly back fired. Mark wants to have a say in a child that doesn't exist and Arizona is likely to never talk to her again, let alone look at her. Callie is so scared that Arizona is already on a plane back to Africa.

'I thought I'd find you hear.' Callie turns towards the voice and sees Lexie walking towards her. Lexie sits at the other end of the bench as a silence settles over the two women.

'How did you find me, I've had a dozen calls and texts from Mark and a number from Christina and Meredith. All of them are trying to find me.'

'I've lived with you for the past couple of months and I know you're routine. I'm so sorry, for everything. I saw the conversation between you and Mark at the hospital.'

'It was hardly a conversation; it was more Mark telling me what to do. But its ok, Mark would be a hundred times worse if he thought you were pregnant. But, I'm sorry Lexie, I have to tell the truth. I have to fix what I broke with Arizona, I can't lose her again.'

'I know, I came here to tell you the same thing. I haven't worked it all out yet, but I'm going to tell Jackson and then Mark. It's time to bite the bullet I guess. I can't let you destroy your relationship with Arizona for me. But thank you.'

Silence again settles over the two women as they prepare themselves for what is likely to be an uphill battle to obtain any normalcy in their lives. Finally Lexie gets up and heads back towards the house leaving Callie along to gather her thoughts. Realising she isn't getting any closer to getting Arizona back by sitting here, she heads back to her car to drive back to old apartment.

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Frantically knocking on the door of her old apartment, Callie yells through the door for Arizona to open up. She needs to explain, the pain in her eyes as she heard Mark exclaim that it was his kid made Callie think again about her plan to protect Lexie has backfired. Finally, Arizona opens the door and Callie can tell that the blonde has been crying.

'Calliope, we need to talk.' As those dreaded words flow out of Arizona's mouth, Callie feels herself begin to panic all over again. She needs to tell the truth, explain and dig herself out of this hole she dug for herself.

'Arizona, please let me explain, it's not what you think.' Callie says as she steps into the apartment, not bothering to close the door.

However, Arizona simply hands her a package, which Callie opens as Arizona begins to speak. 'I know that our relationship has become one big mess. Africa, Mark and now this. And I know that this wasn't our plan. But I love you, and I can't live without you. So, even with this baby on the way, I want you to know, that I'm in. I'm all in.' Callie finally opens the package and sees a pair of baby booties and a pacifier. Looking up at Arizona, she sees that the woman that she loves in telling the truth, it shines clear in her eyes. Deciding that she needs to come clean on the issue Callie begins to speak.

'I'm not pregnant.' Seeing the confusion on Arizona's face, Callie continues. 'I was late, like really late, pregnancy late. So I went to talk to Meredith and she said Christina was also late. And since Meredith is trying we decided to do the tests together, for moral support I guess. We used Lexie as a control to ensure that the tests weren't dodgy, after all we stole the tests from the clinic. Christina, Meredith and I were all negative. Lexie was the one that returned the positive test. She panicked and then Mark found me and I was holding her test, which is retrospect, is a little gross. Mark just assumed it was mine and I didn't correct the fact. Lexie needed time to adjust as the father could be Mark or Avery. And Lexie doesn't want a kid, like not ever and especially not like this. So I lied, I didn't think Mark would be so insensitive and caveman about the whole thing or the story would spread so much. I just wanted to give her time. I'm so sorry for the pain I but you through.' Callie says is one large breath talking at a rapid pace as tears stream down her face. 'Please don't leave me again, but I'm not pregnant.' She says as she grasps Arizona's hand as she attempts to convince her to stay with her.

Hearing a commotion at the open door, they spot Mark standing there with a shocked look on his face. Realising that he heard all of that, Callie stands and heads towards him.

'Mark, I'm sorry, that's not the way I wanted you to hear.' Mark turns and sprints back towards the elevator. Realising that Mark is going to confront Lexie or Avery, Callie turns and walks back over to Arizona, not wanting to think that she's running away from her again.

'I need to go and…well essentially stop a murder or a very out of place marriage proposal. But that was the most romantic gesture ever.' Callie says as she points at the present Arizona had given her. 'So can we talk later?' To which Arizona mutely nods her head, a look of shock still on her face.

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