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Chapter 6:

Previously

"Chief Webber!" the blonde sat up, startled with the chief's appearance in her room.

"How are you feeling, Dr. Robbins? I hear you're going to be starting out-patient treatment in a week."

"Umm, yeah. If I'm mobile enough in a week"

"I'm glad to hear that. I got a call today concerning you…" the chief started

"Alright. Is it bad? Who was it, Chief?" the surgeon asked

"It's the Carter Madison committee. You won the Carter Madison Grant to go to Africa," the man said with a congratulatory voice.

The blonde's eyes almost fell out of their sockets before she looked down to the sleeping brunette next to her.

Crap.

"What?!" the blonde hissed out, trying not to wake Callie up, "I-I-I applied for this years ago and now they're calling me back? Seriously?" She took a few deep breaths trying to tame the pain that's raging from the bullet hole in her body. Arizona was mad. She was mad because she just got the love of her life back and was starting to plan out her future when this grant popped out of no where. And if her memory served her right, the grant included a 3-year contract to Africa. She was mad because she actually wants to go to Africa. Mad because she knows for a fact that Callie would never leave Seattle just as her career is getting a kick start not to mention the shooting itself.

The peds surgeon starts to pull on her gown as if it was choking her, "Can I-Umm- Can I get some time to think about this?" Arizona stutters at the Chief clenching her jaw as waves of pain washes over her face. The room suddenly feels like an oven. Has it been that warm in her the whole time? The blonde says in her head.

"Of course! But I just want to be the first to congratulate you on this grant. It's going to be great publicity towards this hospital especially after the recent events" the chief gives the blonde a tight smile before turning around and leaving the room.

Arizona covers her face with her hands as soon as the man leaves the room. Her hands move so that her fingers web through her messy blonde hair. She looks down at the sleeping surgeon as she takes a deep breath and starts to run her fingers through those beautiful black curls. She studies the sleeping beauty as her brain is exploding in different directions as she thinks about her big dilemma.

On one hand, this could be the best thing that could happen to her career. She could save thousands of lives. Improve millions and prevent an unknown number of infections and diseases. This is her dream. She can't leave her dream.

On the other, she would be leaving the love of her life in Seattle. Arizona herself would never submit another human being to a long distance relationship especially one with a great amount of distance in between the two. And she would never force Callie to come with her because of the ortho surgeon's career and not to mention her friends.

Ugh! Arizona thinks to herself. If only she'd gotten that award the first year she applied to it.

She takes a last glance towards her girlfriend before she lies back on her mattress and falls into troubled sleep.

Callie woke up an hour after Arizona fell asleep in her hospital room. Her neck and back hurt from sleeping in an odd angle and she really needed a shower. She got up and stretched her back before she glanced at Arizona to make sure she was still asleep. The blonde looked pale and shinny from the all the sweat covering her face. Concerned, Callie reaches forward to feel the blonde's forehead. The ortho surgeon is shocked with how warm the peds surgeon is right now. She slides she hands from the blonde's cheeks down to her neck as Arizona starts to wake.

"Hey, beautiful" Callie smiles as their eyes connect, "are you feeling okay? You have a fever."

"Hmm…" the blonde adjusts her position onto her side before answering, "my eyes are burning. I can hardly keep them open. And I hurt all over" she pouts.

"Okay, sweetie" the tan skinned woman coos, "I'm going to go get a nurse to run a blood test real quick and I'm going to go get some antibiotic real quick just incase you have an infection"

Callie gets up to leave but not before Arizona grabs her wrist and pulls her back.

"Okay, but I'm going to need a kiss before you leave" the blonde gives a shy smile.

Callie chuckles before bending down and planting a nice, sweet kiss on her blonde, "moron" she mumbles.

"We need to talk after you get the stuff, I have to tell you something" Arizona quietly says before Callie closes they door behind her. She knows Callie heard her because Callie sent her a nervous smile and a wink before she closed the door.

Arizona sighed and lay back with her hands on her face. For one thing, she really did feel like crap and not just because she's about to break Callie's heart, but her eyes are burning and sweating a butt load is making her feel super gross.

Callie quietly opened the small room that housed Arizona until further notice especially if Arizona has caught something. Stepping in followed by a nurse with the proper kit to take a few vials of blood; Callie quickly worked to administer the antibiotics while the nurse started to prepare the blonde's other arm to take the blood. The ortho surgeon sat opposite from the nurse stroking the blonde's arm to wake her up knowing the Arizona wouldn't appreciate being poked if she wasn't fully awake. Even though Arizona is a doctor who probably had stuck children with needles many times, the peds surgeon always had a phobia towards them which made her even a better doctor because she knew her patients' fears towards them.

"Hey, you ready?" Callie asked as Arizona was up now.

"Ready as I'll ever be" Arizona smiled at the nurse giving her a small nod to give permission to be stuck by a sharp object. Callie grabbed Arizona's small pale hand giving it a firm squeeze as the nurse gently brought the needle closer to the blonde's forearm. Arizona unconsciously shifted away from the nurse and closer to Callie who placed a gentle kiss on her temple and shoulder blade.

"It's okay, just a pinch" Callie whispered.

Five minutes later and several filled blood vials, the nurse exists the room leaving Callie and Arizona in an awkward silence. Arizona took a deep breath wanting to calm herself before popping their bubble.

"You know I love you right?" Arizona asks.

Callie nods her head before clearing her throat, "yeah, I love you too".

Arizona grabs both of Callie's hands, "I love you so much. I mean, you're the love of my life. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I just wish you'll want to after what I'm going to tell you"

"Honey, you're scaring me" Callie took a deep breath before continuing, "I-Is it the kids thing? Do you regret it? I mean, you-you—"

Callie was interrupted by a deep passionate kiss from the blonde.

"Shut up. It's not about kids. I told you, I want to have kids with you. Someday" Arizona smiles sadly.

"Then what is it?"

After a minute of silence, Arizona spoke again, "I won the Carter Madison Grant"

"I'm moving to Africa"

AN2: don't forget to review! tell me what you think is going to happen next. Is anything going to stop Arizona from going to Africa? you never know, you might inspire me :)

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