It's No Sacrifice Chapter 13
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Arizona is kidnapped and Callie is dealing with the aftermath
A/N Even though it seems like it, I won't be dragging this out too much, it's winding down, I promise. We're back to the drama and the angst!
A/N 2: All mistakes are mine, so apologies if there are any big ones.
All GA characters belong to Shonda Rhimes
Any and all comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Chapter 13
The automatic doors to Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital opened; a handsome police officer made his way in, smiling broadly at Marcus, the security guard keeping watch just inside the entrance. The guard, who spent most of his days being ignored by almost everyone who entered and left the building, generously returned the smile with a friendly nod.
The police officer sauntered up to the nearest nurses' station; his perfect smile widening impossibly further. Upon noticing him, a young nurse who was on the phone quickly hung up while shamelessly appraising the young man.
The man took off his hat, and leaned against the station, giving the nurse an appreciative look.
"Excuse me…" He stated smoothly as he read the name tag on her scrubs "—Nurse Miller"
"- Edna" The woman corrected with a flirtatious smile.
"-Edna- " The officer acquiesced with a nod before continuing "-I'm looking for Dr. Robbins. Do you happen to know where I can find her?" He asked, never taking his dark hazel eyes from the woman in front of him.
The nurse slowly stood from her chair and leaned forward, all that was standing between her and the handsome man were a few medical charts.
"Umm Dr. Robbins isn't in today…Is there an emergency?" She asked, glancing around to see if there were any signs of sick, bellowing children around.
"No, no, the station just sent me over…standard procedure. Since we still haven't found the son of a bitch, we want her to fill us in on how she's doing, if she's happy with the security the hospital is providing….also, some people tend to recall important details months after a traumatic incident, so- just wanted to see if I could jostle her memory a bit….but if she's not here…I'll just send somebody over later, thanks" He said, giving her a lopsided grin as he put his hat back on and turned to leave.
"Wait, umm, she's not here…but her girlfriend is…Dr. Torres? She might tell you were you can find her…Dr. Robbins is on maternity leave, so I can't page her but, I'm sure Dr. Torres won't mind helping you out" Edna spoke rapidly, not wanting the attractive police officer to leave just yet.
The man instantly froze. He inhaled deeply and he forced a fake, albeit pleasurable smile on his face before turning to the nurse again.
"Right…This is so embarrassing" He said as he looked down, an abashed smile appearing on his face as he took off his hat yet again and placed his hand over his crew cut.
"Look, Can I tell you a secret?" He asked in a conspiratorial whisper as he leaned in closer to the younger woman. She visibly gulped and nodded her head, clearly taken by the young man's charming ways.
"I just got transferred from Lamont, it's my first day on the job…and to tell you the truth, I didn't get a chance to read Dr. Robbins full report… I actually forgot it back at the station" He said, an embarrassed look taking over his features.
"I'd really appreciate it if you can fill me in on what you know about Dr. Robbins'…situation" He shook his head, squeezing his eyes shut before pinching the bridge of his nose with two fingers. Then he slowly looked up at the nurse, his chagrined face still in place… "I mean, I didn't even know Dr. Robbins' was pregnant…I don't want to come off in front of her or Dr. Torres as some clueless, insensitive rookie…cause I promise you, I'm not" The tall man finished his statement, his jaw set and his eyes intent on Edna's gaze. "It's just, I've been so nervous today…" He trailed off, his beautiful wide eyes pleading for her to empathize.
"Of course, I understand…" She finished, looking around in discomfort. Despite the fact the she was a nurse in this hospital; Edna prided herself on not participating in the heavy gossip that took place there. Although, that didn't keep her from hearing things that were definitely none of her business. Seeing her dubious face, the young man moved his head to the side, making eye contact with the pretty woman.
"…Anything you know that can help me, I'd really appreciate it… after that I'll go find Dr. Torres" He finished, assuring the younger woman of his intentions. "Umm, plus it'll give me an excuse to stay here with you a little longer" He said as he smiled shyly at her.
Edna shook her head and chuckled to herself. Why was she being so paranoid? He was a police officer. Plus she wasn't gossiping, she was just helping out a very nice…very hot man. She gave him a dazzling smile before speaking.
"Okay then…I'll be glad to help Officer…." She waited for him to reply.
"Taylor" He smirked down at the nurse, taking her hand and slowly shaking it, a satisfied glint in his eyes.
"But you can call me Patrick"
Arizona lay sprawled on the couch in the middle of the living room; her head resting against the armrest. Her sleepy eyes closing every so often as she stared at the muted football game on TV. Next to her, Mark anxiously sat on the edge of the small reclining chair, he had a beer in hand and unlike the peds' surgeon, his attention never wavered from the colorful screen.
"Come on, come on, come on…" He muttered under his breath as he watched the quarterback throw a weak pass to one of his teammates.
"No! No! What was that?" He yelled at the television as he sprung from his chair.
"Shhhhh", "Will you shut up?" Lexie and Cristina scolded the older attending who apologetically turned to look at the two women who had their heads buried in a mountain of text books scattered all over the large kitchen island.
Arizona chuckled when she saw her friends' chagrined face.
"That goes for you too" Cristina warned without taking her eyes from the medical book she was studying. The blonde raised her hands, her delicate eyebrows shooting up as she smirked at Cristina. "Sorry" she murmured before turning her attention back to the game.
Mark had decided to refinish his hardwood floors himself…That had been almost a week ago and he still hadn't completed the job he had set out to do; finding any excuse to come over Callie and Cristinas' and procrastinate. This meant that Cristina and Lexie had to prepare for a complex surgery with Teddy while the older attending periodically yelled in frustration at the television. It also meant Arizona was stuck in the apartment with them, something she usually enjoyed, but today she was tired and the baby would not keep still, making her sides ache constantly.
Despite still having her old apartment, Arizona had spent every night she wasn't on-call with her girlfriend. She had been very reluctant at first, but ever since that amazing night after the Harper Avery Ceremony two weeks ago, Callie had opened up to her in ways she had never done, not even before their break up all those months ago. As Arizona's eyes fluttered closed once more, her mind took her back to that night, a small smile forming on her angelic face even as sleep took over her.
Arizona's body collapsed soundly on top of Callie's. Her breath came out in erratic gasps, her whole body shivered uncontrollably as she inhaled deeply, trying to regain control of her senses. Her face was buried deep in Callie's neck and she could feel the Latinas' pulse beat wildly under her lips. With a pleased grin, she softly kissed the brunette's neck before moving her mouth up to her jaw, then her cheek and finally her soft lips.
They lazily kissed, neither one of them knowing for how long, neither one of them caring. Arizona was still buried deep within her beautiful girlfriend and as she slowly started to remove her fingers, Callie jerked, seeming almost afraid, and took hold of her wrist, leaving her hand in place.
"Don't" she whispered, her tone pleading "just-just stay for a little while longer okay… please?" Her mocha eyes fixed on Arizona's. The blonde's peaceful gaze turned into one of worry as she took in her lovers' watery eyes.
"Baby, Calliope…What's wrong?" She whispered, her tone sounding harsher than she intended, thinking the younger woman in pain. Without removing her hand from the Latina, she quickly but gently repositioned herself next to Callie, and cupped the beautiful woman's cheek with her injured hand, slowly tracing her cheek with her fingers.
Callie shut her eyes and turned away, covering her face with her left hand as she shook her head from side to side.
They had moved from the kitchen to Callie's bedroom hours ago and had not stopped making love since, so it was now nearly dawn. The sky was slowly turning blue and despite the darkness in the room, Arizona could just make out her lover's frown and more importantly she could sense Calliope's inner turmoil. She honestly hadn't seen this coming. They had reconnected in so many ways tonight. It had been intense, and passionate, and fun and filled with love…she was certainly not expecting tears…at least not this kind, and certainly not from Calliope. She had to admit, she had been worried about being intimate again with her raven haired girlfriend. She didn't know how her mind and body would react. But her heart had been ready, it had yearned for Callie and it had had no doubt about surrendering to her.
"I'm sorry" She heard Callie's strained whisper, her hand still covering her face. Arizona gently nudged the Latina's hand away, needing to see her beautiful, expressive eyes.
"Tell me" Arizona prodded the younger woman, kissing her softly on the cheek.
Callie slowly turned her attention to the patient and extremely worried blue eyes fixated on her. As soon as they made eye contact, the Latina's face instantly contorted, a loud sob escaping her lips. She turned to her side so she was now face to face with the beautiful blonde.
"I love you, I love you, I love you…" She whispered vehemently as she kissed Arizona over and over on the lips.
"I-I wasn't there-I wasn't there and I should have been there to protect you and I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" She confessed, her voice raw with emotion, her eyes red rimmed, hot tears escaping their depths.
"I thought I would never see you again, never smell you, or hear you laugh. How was I supposed to keep on breathing without hearing that sound ever again?" Callie continued, her voice sounding almost angry.
Arizona shook her head, her eyes brimming with unshed tears as she lovingly placed her hand on Callie's cheek, making small circles over the soft skin with her thumb. She remained quiet, knowing the younger woman needed to do this, needed to vent all her emotions.
"I hated you so much, I hated you for leaving me…I-I know it wasn't your fault, I know he took you from me but the hate and-and the anger were the only things that kept me going and I'm so sorry, you didn't deserve that from me… you don't deserve anything of what's happened to you...You are the most kind and patient and beautiful person I have ever met…You are so strong, even after everything that's happened- and-and look at me, I'm the one who's crying…What is wrong with me?" Callie asked in frustration as she callously wiped the tears from her eyes. Arizona gently stopped her and leaned over, gently kissing her lover's tears away.
"Ever since this happened, ever since he took you, I've just felt so-so weak and useless…I-I feel like I'm not enough for you. I-I'm always so angry, and scared and frustrated and-and worried…all the time and I just feel like you're holding me up, when it should be the other way around…I lean on you so much and that's not fair, not to you…I'm sor-" Arizona silenced her rambling girlfriend with a kiss. She didn't know she had been keeping all of this to herself for so long and she also couldn't believe how wrong the beautiful woman was, but she was determined to let her know. She slowly removed herself from Callie, soliciting a pout and a displeased groan from the younger woman, who was intently looking at her with a sad, tear stained face.
Arizona leaned closer to her and tenderly kissed her lips again before moving back to look into her chocolate colored eyes.
"You have every right to feel the way you feel, and I don't blame you for anything, do you hear me Calliope?... and I won't let you blame yourself either" Arizona stated, her expression dead serious as she cupped Callie's face with her hands.
"You have no idea what you're presence does to me. I-I-I don't even want to think where I would be now if I didn't have you in my life… When I came back I felt like I had lost a part of myself, I never thought I would feel like me again. I was so scared, and lost and alone…And I-I still feel scared and lost… every single day, but I know I'm not alone because I have you…unconditionally, forever…and it's because of you that I find the courage to get up every day and search for that missing part of myself…and it's because of you that I have hope that one day I will be whole again. You are the strongest person I know Calliope…you are my strength and don't you for one minute think you're not good enough for me because you are everything to me, you are the reason I came back and don't ever forget that" She whispered, her voice breaking with the honesty and intensity of her words. Callie quickly closed the small gap between them and devoured Arizona's lips with her own, pulling the smaller woman's body impossibly closer to her.
"I love you" Arizona declared when they finally parted in order to catch their breath. Callie simply gazed at her, an awe struck look in her eyes.
"I need you to do something for me." The brunette stated after a few seconds of quiet contemplation.
"What?" Arizona whispered, leaning in to nuzzle the Latina's nose, her eyes closing of their own accord despite her efforts to stay awake. It had been a long, wonderful day and she was completely exhausted, mentally, emotionally and physically so, but she didn't want to succumb to sleep, afraid that her nightmares would make an appearance, ruining her perfect day. She was even more afraid of Callie witnessing her having them.
"Stay here with me…at least until we find him" Callie whispered as she placed a delicate hand over her girlfriend's round belly. Arizona quickly opened her eyes. The raven haired woman saw the fear cross her beautiful face, but the blonde quickly hid it.
"You don't have to be afraid, you don't have to hide yourself from me" Callie assured the smaller woman.
"Please don't…I need you here with me…safe…just trust me, and stay…you want to, I know you do, you're just scared, and you shouldn't be…let me be there for you…and I need you to stay…so you can be there for me" She finished, her voice barely above a whisper but her tone and face showed nothing but honesty and conviction.
Arizona stared silently at Callie for a few seconds before clearing her throat and speaking. "I have nightmares" she confessed, her eyes moving to a point near Callie's chin, a far away look taking over them.
"Not like before…worse, I honestly don't know if they're nightmares or memories, and they scare me so much…I scare myself sometimes, the things I'm capable of conjuring up in my mind. There's something inside me, inside my head that doesn't belong to me…it belongs to him, and-and when I fall asleep it takes a hold of me…I don't want to burden you, I have so much I need to deal with…I don't want this for you, I need to get better before I can allow myself your comfort every night" She confessed, her eyes still with that same far away look.
"You won't burden me, you won't" Callie promised as she shook her head.
"You can get better, and you will…and I can be there every step of the way…I want to be…Let me be there for you Ari…you don't have to be alone, we can do this…together. Just-just trust me…please" She uttered as she cupped the blonde's face, forcing Arizona to make eye contact with her.
Arizona took a deep breath, a lone tear running down her cheek which Callie quickly wiped with her thumb. The blonde slowly nodded, letting herself finally believe she could give herself completely over to this woman without any fear or hesitation. Callie was being utterly honest with her. The younger woman wanted to be with her…for better or for worse…she was just asking Arizona to trust her and Arizona wanted to give in…she was so tired, tired of being scared, tired of feeling like her life wasn't her own anymore. All she wanted to do was to bury herself in the Latina's arms and rest.
Arizona kissed her girlfriend tenderly and then placed her head on Callie's chest, listening to the strong, steady heart beat under her ear. Her eyes closed as Callie protectively encircled her in her arms, placing a kiss on her golden hair. Arizona hadn't felt this peaceful or protected in a long time and it wasn't long before sleep took her. Callie smiled to herself as soon as she heard the beautiful woman's light snoring. She hugged her closer, kissing her forehead before closing her eyes. She too hadn't felt this peaceful or protected in a long time; sleep was not something she was worried about tonight. "Thank you" she whispered to no one in particular.
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The sound of a cell phone ringing woke the ped's surgeon up. She opened her eyes, annoyed with the god awful sound. Mark, eyes still glued to the television, grabbed his cell from the table in front of him, distractedly opening it without even checking who it was.
"Sloan" He greeted, not at all pleased with the interruption.
"Hey, Derek…You do know this is my day off…I was just watc-" Mark didn't get a chance to finish his statement, Derek had clearly interrupted him.
Arizona saw the transformation instantly. Mark's shoulders and back grew rigid, his eyes opening in worry, his jaw set as he quietly heard whatever the Chief was saying on the other end. Arizona sat up, not liking the look on Mark's face one bit. Liking it even less when he directed his gaze at her and quickly looked away, standing up and moving closer to the door.
Mark listened intently, not saying a word. Arizona stood up from the couch a knot forming in her stomach, her heart tightening inside her chest.
"I'll be right over" He said sternly before closing his phone. Lexie and Cristina had also noticed Mark's sudden change in mood and were staring expectantly at him as he grabbed his leather jacket from the back of a nearby chair.
"Mark, tell me what's wrong…" Arizona stated with unease.
"Arizona…" He said, his eyes looking at her with worry. Upon hearing her name, her stomach dropped. Cristina and Lexie stood from their seats, their hearts starting to flutter uneasily inside their chests.
"I need you to stay calm, okay?" He suddenly had a horrible flashback to the day he had uttered these same exact words to his best friend; it had been the day Arizona had gone missing.
"Tell me" she repeated as she inched closer to him, her breathing now labored.
"First if all, she's fine" Mark began trying to ease Arizona's worry. As soon as the words left his mouth, Arizona immediately went for the door, determined to get to the hospital. Something had happened to Callie and she had to get to her…now.
"Arizona, wait…Callie asked that you stay at home…The police are on their way over" Mark said as he placed his hands on her shoulders, trying to stop her from leaving.
Arizona looked at him, as understanding dawned on her, her worried face quickly turned to one of anger.
"I'm going to kill him" The words burst out of her mouth as she unceremoniously pushed passed the older attending and headed for the door.
"If he so much as laid a finger on her…" She practically yelled with rage as she opened the door and ran to the elevator, completely oblivious to Mark's attempt at stopping her. Cristina, Lexie and Mark went after the ped's surgeon. Once they got to the elevator and saw the enraged look on their friends face, they decided it was best to just let her go to Callie.
All four of them quietly stepped into the elevator, worry clearly evident in each of their faces. They practically ran down the street to the hospital. Once inside, Arizona quickly eyed the police officers talking to a young woman near the nurses' station, Arizona recognized her. She was a good and responsible nurse; she had assisted Callie on many surgeries and so they had talked from time to time when she had stopped to visit the ortho attending. Her name was Edna if memory served her. Arizona's breath hitched when she saw the young woman's face. She was crying profusely, her eyes were swollen and scared, her body was shivering. The blonde quickly made her way over to them.
"Where's Calliope?" She asked without preamble, her voice was tense with worry. She felt like she was going to split in two. She needed to see Calliope, she needed to see for herself that she was alright. Edna burst into tears as soon as she saw the ped's attending.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-I didn't know" Arizona glanced at the young woman quickly, before looking at the two police officer's that stood on either side of her. She had no time to listen to heart felt apologies right now.
"Excuse me… you are?" The youngest of the two men asked as he took in the sight of the small, infuriated pregnant woman in front of him.
"I'm Dr. Arizona Robbins…I'm Dr. Torres' partner. Can you please tell me where I can find her?" She asked, her voice curt and her impatience growing by the second. Mark and the two residents made their way over to Arizona, standing protectively beside her.
"Dr. Robbins, of course" The older policeman instantly recognized her name from the report.
"Arizona" Derek uttered in surprise. He had just come out of an exam room; he gave Arizona a worried look before turning his attention to Mark. Derek subtly shook his head, clearly displeased with his friend.
"Derek" Arizona said, her voice almost menacing. She was sick and tired of having to ask for Calliope. The chief nodded, understanding the ped's surgeon's urgency.
"She's inside" he informed her as he gestured to the door behind him.
Without saying a word, Arizona made her way over to the room.
"Dr. Robbins…try to stay as calm as possible" He advised the younger woman, looking meaningfully at her round belly.
"You don't want to cause any unnecessary stress to the baby" he finished before moving out of the way. Arizona clenched her jaw and nodded. She put her hand on the door knob and took a deep breath to steady her rattled nerves.
She slowly opened the door and stepped inside.
"Ow,ow,ow,ow" Was the first thing she heard once inside the small room. Her heart clenched when her eyes locked on her girlfriend's battered form. She was sitting on the examination bed. Her bottom lip was cut and it had not stopped bleeding. She had another cut on her temple, her left eye was swollen and Arizona could already make out the bruises forming on her arms even from across the room. Sergeant McKee was sitting in a nearby chair, scribbling something down in his notepad while Alex stood over Callie, a pair of tweezers in his hand. He was carefully removing small pieces of glass from the wound on her temple. Arizona's fists clenched tightly and she briefly leaned against the door, trying to control the anger that had started to rage through her body.
"Dude, would you hold still...there's still glass in there" Alex instructed the attending as he carefully examined the cut.
All three of them had been so concentrated with what they were doing that they hadn't heard the ped's surgeon enter the room. When Callie turned to the door and saw her girlfriends' livid gaze staring at her, her heart dropped.
"God damn it Mark" she cursed her friend under her breath. She hadn't wanted Arizona to find out this way. She had wanted Mark to come over and stitch her face up before having to face her girlfriend.
It was bad enough Seger had resurfaced; she didn't want Arizona to have to worry about her as well.
As soon as she heard her name, Arizona raced to her girlfriends' side. McKee quickly stood and without a word, Alex stepped back giving the attending room.
"Calliope, oh god…what did he do to you?" Arizona worriedly whispered as she placed her hand gently on Callie's neck, which was the only place that seemed to be unharmed.
Callie shook her head and opened her mouth to speak but before she could reassure her girlfriend she was fine, Arizona's hands quickly made their way to her wrists, noticing the bruises on them from when he had held her down. Arizona's eyes widened and she visibly shuddered.
"Did-did he touch you? Did that son of bitch touch you?" Arizona demanded to know, her eyes immediately watering over at the thought of somebody hurting Calliope that way.
Callie quickly shook her head and responded "I'm fine Ari, It's nothing…I promise, he didn't touch me …it looks a lot worse than it really is." She assured the attending who had regained some composure at hearing her girlfriend. Arizona needed to block out the images that were bombarding her mind so she immediately went into doctor mode and started examining Callie thoroughly.
The surgeon turned to Alex and gave him a tight lip smile before stretching her hand out to him, wordlessly asking for the tweezers.
"Can you get Mark in here please…this cut looks pretty deep, it's going to need stitches" She asked the resident as she took the tweezers from him. Alex nodded and headed to the door,
"Dr. Robbins. How are you? I'm sorry we keep meeting under these circumstances" Sergeant McKee spoke for the first time since she entered.
"Well, we wouldn't be meeting under these circumstances if you would've done your job and caught the sick bastard months ago" She jabbed without taking her eyes from the cut on her girlfriends' previously flawless face, her usually melodic and up beat tone was eerily low and harsh.
"Arizona" Callie warned as she looked up at her girlfriend, her eyes showing surprise. She didn't think she had ever seen Arizona this livid before and she had certainly never heard her talk like this to anyone.
Arizona looked at her girlfriend and took a deep calming breath before taking a small cotton swab and alcohol from the examination table next to her.
Sergeant McKee gave the surgeon a few seconds of silence, completely understanding her outburst and not taking it to heart. Dr. Robbins was a kind and caring person, and she had always been respectful and gracious towards him even in the beginning when things had seemed impossible. But now it was her loved one that had been attacked, and that had seemed to have effected her differently. She was fuming and clearly scared for her partner, she was just being protective of her and rightfully so.
Arizona tenderly placed the swab over Callie's hurt lip, trying to clean the wound and stop the hemorrhaging. Callie's hands had made their way to the lithe woman's hips and she squeezed hard when she felt the sting of the alcohol on the cut, wincing in pain.
"I'm sorry" Arizona apologized softly, looking intently into her partner's eyes. All the worry, relief and love for the woman sitting in front of her evident in them.
She sighed heavily and looked down at the cut, not stopping her gentle ministrations.
"And I'm sorry for what I said Sergeant McKee. It was totally unnecessary and uncalled for, I know you've never stopped searching for him" She said, briefly turning her attention to the older man, her gaze remorseful.
"It's fine Dr. Robbins, I understand" He responded in all honesty.
Arizona heard the door open; she turned to see Mark's worried face. In that very moment though, he only had eyes for Callie. Arizona put down the swab and carefully cupped Callie's face. The brunette gave her a comforting smile before leaning in for a kiss. She waited for Arizona to meet her half way, her trademark pout appearing when the blonde briefly hesitated. She didn't want to hurt Callie. But, when she saw the pout and the pleading eyes, the ped's surgeon smiled despite herself and proceeded to gently place her lips over the ortho surgeon's, careful not to touch the cut. Then she stepped back, making room for the plastic surgeon.
Mark quickly walked over to his friend. Callie raised her eyebrow clearly expecting a cynical, inappropriate comment from the older attending, actually needing to hear him say something to lighten the mood inside the gloomy and claustrophobic room. To her surprise though he carefully enveloped her in his arms and gave her the most sincere and loving hug he had ever given her. She sat without moving for a couple of seconds, completely shocked with her friends' actions. Then she slowly wrapped her arms around him, tears unexpectedly escaping her eyes. She had been fine up until now; she had wanted to put on a brave front for everyone, especially Arizona. But now everything that had happened was finally catching up to her.
Arizona wiped her own tears from her face as she turned to the Sergeant who had turned his attention back to his notepad, wanting to give everyone in the room some privacy. The ped's surgeon cleared her throat.
"Did-did you catch him?" She tentatively asked.
Sergeant McKee turned to Arizona and simply shook his head. Arizona turned and covered her face with both her hands, completely frustrated with the situation. She rubbed her face and exhaled harshly before facing the Sergeant again.
"How the hell did he get in here?...How-How did he get out without anyone noticing him…I-I don't understand!" She angrily asked as she started to pace like a caged animal. Callie held Marks' hand which was presently stitching up her cut. He stopped his movements and stepped back for a second. Callie looked at McKee and raised her hand when she saw him about to answer. He quickly closed his mouth, watching the ortho surgeon stand up and purposefully make her way over to the ped's surgeon, placing her hands on the blonde's shoulders to stop her frantic pacing.
"Sweetie, you need to stop with the pacing cause I'm kinda dizzy and you're going to make me hurl okay?" She affirmed, trying to calm the attending down.
"Seger was wearing a police uniform…it was a stupid costume, but no one was paying attention, no one noticed" She stated matter-of-factly.
Arizona ran a hand through her tousled hair, shaking her head in disbelief. "Tell me what happened, what did he want with you?" Her demeanor softening instantly as she directed her question at her girlfriend, not wanting Callie to have to relive what had just happened to her but needing to know just the same.
Callie dropped her hands from her girlfriend's shoulders, her whole body feeling heavy and tired all of a sudden. She sighed deeply before opening her mouth to speak.
Callie stood from her chair, stretching her tired muscles as she headed over to the water cooler for a much needed drink. She had been immersed in paperwork for the last couple of hours and now she had to get ready for a tough surgery she had in about thirty minutes. She greedily drank the water from her plastic cup and filled it again when she had finished. She heard someone softly open the door to the attendings' lounge, not thinking too much of it until she heard an unfamiliar voice call her name.
"Dr. Torres?" She heard a man ask. She carefully placed the cup on a nearby table, saving it for later. Her back still turned to whoever was looking for her. She sighed, not really in the mood for any visitors.
"Yeah, that's me…Can I hel-" She stopped speaking as soon as she turned around. She instantly recognized the man locking the door. She had his face burned into her brain, not a day went by where she would not evoke him, imaging what she would do to him if they were ever face to face. Ignoring her initial fear, Callie allowed the rage she felt for this man to take over her, she grabbed a paperweight on the table where she had left her glass and made her way towards him
"You son of a bitch" She practically barked as she marched over to him, paperweight ready to attack. Patrick's eyes widened in surprise, clearly not expecting this reaction from the young doctor. But, he quickly recovered and dodged her lethal blow. He grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth with his hand, holding her wrist with his other hand he squeezed tightly, wanting to make her let go of the paperweight.
She groaned in pain "shhh…Dr. Torres, I don't want to hurt you…I just want to talk to you, that's all…You see the gun on my hip?...You see it?" He repeated more forcefully as he shook her roughly, Callie's eyes looked down and sure enough, he had a gun holstered. She nodded vehemently, making his grip loosen a bit. "The uniform might be a fake but the gun is most certainly not…so I'm going to let go of you now, you're going to put down the paperweight and you're going to stay perfectly quiet…got it?" he said, shaking her yet again for emphasis. Callie simply nodded, wanting to get away from him as much as possible. He slowly removed his right hand from her mouth, immediately moving it to his holstered gun. Then he let go of her wrist, carefully eyeing the Latina as he moved back, ready to pounce on her if she tried to attack him again.
Callie's mind went straight to Arizona, even though she wanted to kill the prick, the most likely outcome of that would be that she would end up getting hurt, or worse…and Arizona would not be pleased one bit…not at all. So she gulped loudly, trying to suppress her fear and anger as best she could, taking a step forward and leaving the heavy paperweight on the low glass table in the middle of the room. Then she slowly turned to look at her aggressor.
Patrick had not unsheathed his gun, he simply stood there, watching her closely, as if she were an exotic animal in a zoo. After a few seconds he cleared his throat.
"I don't think we've been properly introduced, I'm Patrick Seger…although judging by your reaction, I guess you already knew that" He said with a slight smirk, Callie's mouth contorted in disgust. She stayed silent, not wanting to play any games with the sick man in front of her.
"You, on the other hand—I had no idea who you were until just recently…So Dr. Robbins has a beautiful girlfriend…and a baby on the way" He said as he took a step closer to her, eyeing the young woman's reaction, pleased when he finally saw fear in her eyes at the mention of the ped's surgeon and the unborn infant.
"Arizona's done alright for herself" He mused as he took another step closer.
"Look, if you came here to kill me then just do it already you son of a bitch, but do not speak of her in front of me" She finally spoke out, her girlfriend's name coming out of his lips propelling a new wave of anger from deep within her.
He stared at her, a sincerely confused look crossing his features as he shook his head, he liked this woman, she was brave…not very smart it appeared…but definitely brave.
"Kill you? Why would I want to kill you?" he asked her incredulously. "I don't want to do that…I don't want to hurt you, I'm not a bad guy-" Callie snickered quietly at that last statement despite her situation, he looked at her and smiled, choosing to ignore her lack of faith in him.
"-What you felt just now? When you attacked me? That uncontrollable hatred...Well that's what I feel every single time I think of Doctor Robbins'…and I think of her every second, of everyday!" His tone rose as he finished speaking. He took a deep breath, trying to control his rage before he continued.
"Would you have killed me just now, without a second thought?... I'm betting you would've…in fact, I think given the chance, you' would love to see me suffer…watch me writhe in pain, scream for mercy?... Stop me if I'm completely off base here" He spoke to her calmly a small, amicable smile on his face, like they were old acquaintances who had casually bumped into each other at the supermarket. Callie looked away, knowing for a fact that in that brief second she had lost control of herself, she would've killed the man standing before her without hesitation.
"Well, guess what…you at least have her…you got her back…imagine if I had…accidently killed her" He offered up the horrible image to Callie, waiting for her reaction. The surgeons eyes shut tightly.
"What do you want?" She whispered softly, not wanting to speak to him anymore, not wanting to acknowledge to herself how similar her feelings were to those of the man who had shattered her life. He had taken something precious from her…and in his sick, twisted mind, Arizona had taken something of equal value from him…She understood his feelings…even though she knew Arizona had nothing to do with the young girls fate…He needed to blame someone…he needed to hate someone, feel anger in order to keep living …she knew that feeling perfectly well… and the thought of it sickened her to her very core. Despite it all, he was right…she still had Arizona, if she made it out of here alive…they had a whole future together. Seger was all alone, all he had to keep him company was his hatred for the ped's attending, but Callie would not stand idly by and let him take her future with Arizona from her. She shifted, waiting impatiently for an answer.
"I want a second chance" He said with an elated smile on his face. Callie looked at him in confusion, surprised to see his eyes watering over.
"The baby is mine…that baby is my chance to redeem myself" He said, his eyes glazed over, not paying attention to the young attending. Callie took a cautious step back, eyeing the paperweight on the glass table.
"She is not yours" Callie lied, not liking where this conversation was heading.
Patrick focused his gaze on the surgeon again, and chuckled lightly. "I'm having a girl?" He wondered out loud, the joy in his face making the brunette's stomach churn. She silently cursed herself for providing more information, biting her lip and closing her eyes…damn, why did she have to always put her foot in her mouth.
"See? It's perfect…Sophe is going to have a baby sister" He stated proudly.
"Arizona isn't keeping her, she already has parents" Callie explained, trying to inch herself closer to the table without him noticing.
He simply shook his head, it appeared that nothing was going to crush his good mood today. "Doesn't matter, I'm her real father, I'll find her…sooner or later…and…I'll make sure Dr. Robbins' finds out…how heart broken do you think she'll be?" He asked, his eyes glinting with hope.
"-I'm going to leave this hospital now…not one person noticed me coming in, I doubt they'll be paying any attention on my way out…everyone has forgotten about me…no one cares…I'll just disappear …'til everyone forgets again, then one day I'll come back, I promise…and you know what the best part is?... the waiting is going to be the most horrible thing Dr. Robbins is ever going to experience in her life. Every time she goes out with her friends, her children, you…she's going to see me…she won't be able to live with herself" He breathed in deeply, as if basking in fresh, mountain air after a long hike.
"I won't ever let you get close to them" Callie swore, a deadly glint in her eyes. She took a final step back and, taking advantage of Seger's day dreaming, quickly lunged for the paperweight yet again. If she had to die making sure someone noticed this son of a bitch was in here, then she would gladly do it. She threw the paperweight at him, hitting him squarely on his right shoulder before running up to him and pushing him back against the door. He quickly took control of the situation, his weight and strength overpowering her with ease. He pushed her back and backhanded her with all his might across the face, propelling her back and causing her to fall on the glass table, shattering it and causing deep cuts across her face and upper body. Patrick heard someone knock frantically, and thanked whoever was out there that he was on the first floor. He crouched over the semi-conscious form on the floor, gently tucking a strand of dark hair behind the Latina's ear.
"Why did you do that?…I told you I didn't want to hurt you" he whispered "-I just wanted to make sure Arizona hadn't forgotten me like everybody else…tell her I'll see her soon okay?" He went over to a window and easily opened it, climbing out and expertly disappearing from view.
During her last seconds' of consciousness, Callie heard someone break through the door, then a loud gasp. The last thing she saw was Derek Shepherds kind eyes looking worriedly down at her.
"You're going to be alright Callie" She heard him state softly, placing a gentle hand on her head, checking for any sign of serious injuries. Then her whole world went black.
Arizona visibly whitened; she couldn't believe he was back and not only that, he had gone after the one person she couldn't live without. Callie took a step closer to Arizona, taking a hold of her elbow.
"Ari?...They'll catch him, he couldn't have gone far" Callie assured her girlfriend, concerned with the blonde's sickly pale complexion.
"I-I need to sit down for a minute" she stated, looking around for a chair. Callie wrapped an arm around her waist, and Arizona leaned into her, grateful for the support. Sergeant McKee quickly grabbed the chair he had been sitting in and placed it near the women.
"Here you go" He offered.
Callie helped Arizona down and crouched in front of her taking her right hand in both her own.
"Thank you" The blonde said without looking at the older man. Her sides were aching uncontrollably and the room was spinning almost out of control. She guessed it was another anxiety attack, she hadn't gone through one of those in quite a while now. She tried to control her breathing, but images of Seger kept popping uninvited into her head. Seger kissing her bare shoulder, caressing Callie's beautiful jet black hair, him carrying a beautiful baby girl…away from her. She tried using the breathing techniques Dr. Gibson had showed her but they were failing miserably. She felt a warm hand on her forehead. She closed her eyes, concentrating on the way it caressed her, moving softly from her forehead to her cheek, making soft inconsequential patterns on her cold and clammy cheek.
She slowly opened her eyes, a pair of dark chocolate orbs were staring anxiously back at her. She saw Callie's mouth moving, but all she could hear was her uneven breathing. Then she saw it, the cut on the brunette's lip had started to bleed again. She then moved her eyes over to the half stitched wound on her girlfriends' temple. She slowly lifted her arm and carefully placed her fingers near the deep cut, concentrating on it. Callie had been hurt, this was no time to let her fears take over her. She had to make sure the younger woman was safe and comfortable, then she could go and have her panic attacks wherever she pleased.
"Mark, can you finish up suturing Callie please…be careful, you know what I'll do to you if I see a scar " She said, her tone light despite the worried look she was giving her girlfriend.
Mark nodded, "No scars, done…that's why they pay me the big bucks" He said as he guided his friend to her feet. Callie gave little resistance, knowing that this was calming the beautiful blonde down. She sat on the examination table again and let Mark work his magic, her attention never wavering from Arizona's silent form. She noticed how she clutched at her stomach and the almost imperceptible wince that crossed her features. Arizona was clearly in pain. Callie took a deep, shuttering breath, knowing without a shadow of a doubt what was happening. She looked at Mark, who wore a look of absolute calm and professionalism even when his eyes met her own fearful ones.
"What is it?" He asked still absorbed with the task at hand, his brow creasing slightly with concern.
"Arizona is going into labor" Callie whispered back, her eyes widening in fear with the realization of what was about to come.
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TBC Thank you guys for reading!