Title: Good Man In A Storm
Author: Gina
Pairing: Callie/ Arizona, Callie/George
Rating: NC17 (later chapters).
Summary: AU Calzona . George breaks Callie's heart and leaves her alone and broken. Can Arizona restore her faith in love and be her good man in a storm .Set somewhere around season4.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fiction, nor do I have any rights in regards to them. All characters belong to ABC and Shonda Rhimes.
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Arizona's POV
It sounded as though there were sirens everywhere as I came back from the bait shop. I saw an ambulance roar past me as I walked to the swimming hole and it gave me an odd feeling but I pushed it aside. When I got to the swimming hole I found Aiden running up and down on the river bank crying hysterically and waving his arms in the direction of the river.
"Oh my god….." I felt my whole body tremble as I ran to him. Aiden was calling DJ's name and as soon as he saw me he ran to me. I held him close for a minute and then pulled away. "What happened? Aiden, tell me what happened." I shook him gently trying to calm him down so he would understand but he could only wave in the direction where an ambulance was standing.
I frantically ran towards the spot and as I reached people from the rafts were shouting something and I noticed the rangers grab a small body out of the water and with great horror I realized it was DJ. They laid him on ground unconscious and blue, checked his breathing and one of the paramedics begun CPR on him. People stared in horror as I pushed past them and dropped on my knees next to DJ.
"Please….oh god….please….do something." All I could think of was my baby who I so dearly loved….I had promised my brother I would protect them and I had failed. As I watched him suddenly there was a terrible splutter and a cough and an explosion of water. He was still gray, but he moved and a moment later he opened his eyes and looked at me. He seemed a little dazed at first and then he began to cry as I took him in my arms. "Oh …..DJ….my little munchkin…I love you so much I sobbed."
Once I was convinced he was breathing on his own I asked aloud "Where is Callie?" I hadn't seen her anywhere and it was worrying me. I looked around everywhere and then I saw them lift her limp form out of the water.
"Watch him." I said to one of the paramedics as I rushed to Callie's side but it did not look good. She was pale gray, and there was a terrible gash on one arm and one leg. It reminded me of an accident victim and I closed my eyes in fear. "Let me help. I am a doctor." I told the paramedics begging them to let me help but they didn't respond. They were focused on resuscitating her and so far she wasn't responding.
"She saved the boy." One of the men explained to me. "He would have gone over the rocks in another minute. She kept him near the surface till we could get to him but she hit her head in the process." There was blood gushing from the gash on her arm. There was blood everywhere as I watched in horror.
There were four people bent over her body trying to revive her and tears rolled down my cheeks as I watched. She had died trying to save my nephew….she had saved him and they were trying to resuscitate her, but nothing was happening. Then suddenly the siren was on again and two of the men shouted to the driver "We've got a heartbeat."
Callie gave a small gasp then but she still looked terrible as they continued to give her artificial respiration and then they looked victoriously at me. "She's breathing on her own again. We're going to take her to the hospital. Do you want to ride with us?"
"Yes. Will she be alright?"
"We don't know yet. We don't know what kind of head injury she has and she's lost a lot of blood from the gash on her arm. It's right near an artery so it's going to be close." He told me honestly as he put a tourniquet on Callie's arm. Aiden was still crying and clinging to me. The paramedics lifted DJ into the ambulance on a stretcher and I hopped in after him. I wrapped Aiden in a blanket and helped him in and then two of the paramedics lifted Callie in. She was still deathly pale and there was an oxygen mask on her face. I knelt down beside her and gently stroked her hair.
"Is she dead?"Aiden asked in a voice full of grief. DJ blankly stared at her.
I shook my head in answer to Aiden's question. She wasn't dead but she was barely breathing. We reached the hospital in 15 minutes with me praying like I had never prayed before as I stroked her hair and watched her.
As soon as we were in the hospital building a nurse approached me. "I'll stay with the boys so you can be with your friend. They'll be fine. I'll get them into some warm clothes and they want to keep an eye on the little guy anyway." I thanked her and ran through the doors to where Callie had been taken.
I found myself inside a high tech ER with a dozen green scrub clad figures working on her still form. Inside I just felt numb. I still couldn't understand what had happened. All I knew was that something terrible had happened to DJ and she had saved him….but at what price, and if she lived I would be forever grateful. But at the moment everything was so scary…..the girl who I was starting to know…the girl I had fallen in love with was lying there like someone in a rotten sci fi movie.
"What's happening?" I asked the doctors repeatedly but they were too busy to answer me. I saw them sew up her arm, start a blood transfusion, an IV and administer an EKG. I couldn't even get near her….there were too many of them and they had much to do to try and save her.
Finally one of the doctors took me aside and asked me to come outside for a few minutes.
"What's happening?" I asked again and this time thankfully I got some answers.
"As you obviously know, your friend almost drowned. She's taken a lot of water into her lungs, and she lost a lot of blood from the cut on her arm. She hit an artery and that alone could have been fatal. In addition, she sustained a hard blow to the head. We were fearing a fracture but thankfully it's more likely a concussion. And of course things are further complicated by her condition."
"What condition?" I felt horrified and confused. I had no idea of her medical history and all I could think of was diabetes or something like that. "Will she be alright?"
"We don't know yet." He looked even more serious."Given the extent of her injuries it is a distinct possibility she could lose the baby."
I stared at him in stupefaction as he said it. "The baby?" I felt totally confused and like a complete fool.
"Of course. She must be around three, three and a half months pregnant."
"I…of course….I'm just upset." I mumbled. Why in God's name didn't she tell me? I felt as though I had yet another shock as the doctor asked me to stay where I was. He was going to check on Callie and would tell me if there was any change in her condition.
I sat there alone for a long time, trying to absorb what had just happened and what I had just heard but for a long moment I couldn't. It was impossible to understand what had gone on, until suddenly the little pieces of the puzzle began to fit in place…..the fact that she was pale and tired and had gained a little weight….but also George leaving her…but why if she was having his baby? He had to be the worst kind of man to do that. And that was also why she kept thinking George might come back and she still wore her wedding ring and why she didn't want to get involved with me. Suddenly it all made sense. Except now she might lose the baby…second trimester was serious….or she might die herself. I felt as if my heart was being ripped out as another doctor approached me.
"We've done everything we can for her. She's breathing on her own, she's had a unit of blood. The concussion is severe but not necessarily fatal, there is no fracture of the skull but we are just going to have to wait. She's still unconscious. There's no reason to expect permanent damage if she survives but the big question is will she? We just have to hope and wait."
"And the baby?" I felt a responsibility to the baby now too. To both of them. I wanted both of them to live. I wanted both of them in my life.
"The pregnancy is still viable. We have a monitor on her and so far everything looks fine. We're still getting a fetal heartbeat."
"Thank god." I stood waiting for more but he didn't have more. Only time would tell what would happen. "Can I see her?"
I needed to be with her.
"Sure. This way." He led me to her cubicle in the ICU.
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