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We ended with the unexpected guest at the door…

ARIZONA

She tried to grab her crutch, but missed it and lost her balance. She landed in the seat and the world was turned over ninety degrees.
Callie turned around to see her falling down and when she moved her arm, Arizona recognised the person the voice was coming from. Although his skin was pale, his eyes were bloodshot and his cheeks were more hollow than she could remember, she still smiled.

"Phoenix," he said, smiling widely.

"Nick!" she yelled enthusiastically.

He walked in, and laughed: "Do I look that bad I make people fall down spontaneously? I mean, I know I have been prettier, but come on, it isn't that bad?"

Arizona's smile slowly disappeared and her eyes flashed towards the place her leg should be. When she looked up, she found Nick staring at it too.
"Oh…" he said silently.

CALLIOPE

She helped Nick sit down into one of their seats and asked him if he wanted anything to drink. Arizona smiled and answered in his place: "Probably tea or something; right?"

Nick smiled: "Almost right Flagstaff, chamomile tea, please."

Callie walked towards the cupboard. In the few seconds she had seen him, he didn't look healthy at all. She kept staring at the inside of the cupboard, caught in her thoughts, realising after half a minute they never had any tea at all.
"We don't have any tea," she muttered.

Nick looked up and said water was fine too. While Callie took a glass from another cupboard she heard Arizona ask: "I thought you were in Belize?"

The Latina heard the slight tremble in her voice and her eyes flashed towards her wife's friend.

"Yeah, the beach was nice, but there's no fun in dying alone, Tucson…"
The room went silent for a couple of seconds except for the soft noise the water made when it landed in the glass.

"You haven't said anything to your sister?" Arizona asked, her voice becoming slightly worried.

Callie brought him the water and sank into the chair in front of them. Nick thanked her and Callie could see he was trying to avoid his wife's gaze.
He took a couple of sips and answered calmly: "You haven't said anything about your leg either, Prescott."

"Of course I haven't, you are…" she started, but couldn't get the word over her lips. She took a big breath and looked at him: "You are dying, Nick. You were in Belize, so there was no use telling you…"

He looked at her: "Of course there is, Phoenix. I made a promise to your brother, remember?"

Arizona rolled her eyes: "You are dying, Nick, I am really sure Tim didn't want you to…"

He raised his voice: "When you're brother was dying in the middle of that chaos, his only thoughts didn't go to his girlfriend or his mother, they went to you, Arizona. Most men scream for their mothers, but your brother didn't scream. He looked at his ravaged body and crawled towards me. I was terrified, while I was fine, but he, he wasn't frightened even though he…"

Arizona looked at him and how he stopped in the middle of his story and thought back at the moment she had accidentally caught a glimpse of her brothers dead body. Her father had asked to see him and she and her mother had to stay outside, but she wanted to see her brother for one last time and walked in. When she saw his injuries, she slowed down and let her drag out of the room by two soldiers. Until now she hadn't seen any injuries that were worse than his.

"… he crawled towards me and asked me to take care for you, Arizona. So yes, you should have told me about the leg. Your brother was in a far more worse condition than me and he still wanted to protect you. So, what happened to your leg?"

Arizona sighed: "I was in a plane crash and a had an open fracture and… it took the rescue services ages to find us, so it was infected by the time I was brought to a hospital."

Nick's eyes quickly flashed towards Callie before resting on Arizona again.
"So they amputated," he muttered.

Arizona looked at her wife: "There was no other option. It was either the leg or me…"

Callie gave her wife a thankful smile before Arizona continued: "I got my prosthetic yesterday and I'm hoping to work again soon."

Nick raised his eyebrows: "So were both bound to crutches?"

Arizona laughed, when the door opened and Addison walked in, still in her clothes from the funeral, her eyes still wet. She gave Callie a questioning gaze after seeing the two old friends in the seat.

CALLIOPE

They were standing in Mark's apartment.

"Who is that?" Addison asked, sinking down into a chair.

Callie walked to the coffee maker, and listened to her wife's laughing that was coming from their flat.

"Nick. He's a friend from Arizona's brother, but he's…"

"He doesn't look healthy…" Addison interrupted. Callie sighed and stared at the coffee that was pouring into the cups: "That's because he isn't healthy… He's dying. Cancer…"

She sat down next to Addison and stared to the damp that came from the hot coffee. "I don't know if she could handle him dying… He was her rock when her brother died. Losing your leg isn't easy, but losing your best friend too…" her voice went silent and Addison rubbed her back and said: "Arizona's strong when it comes to other people. She flees for her own fears, but when it comes to others, she's incredibly strong. I've seen her after the car-accident; she saved Sofia, while you were coding right next to her. She is strong..."

Callie smiled: "A good man in a storm."

When she woke up the very next morning, she found an empty space next to her. Callie watched the clock and decided she wanted to know why her wife wasn't sleeping. When she walked into the kitchen she stared surprised at the breakfast they were preparing.
"You're up early…" she muttered, thinking they had to be in the kitchen for about half an hour.

"Nick and I used to wake up at this time and then we would go jog a couple of kilometres…" Arizona started, when Nick took over: "But since Phoenix and I are only capable of holding a wheelchair race, we decided we should try something else, such as trying to make breakfast…"

Arizona giggled: "And Nick was scared he would lose the wheelchair races too, so he decided cooking is safer" she said grabbing the butter.

He grabbed the milk and laughed: "You were always the one who lost, Flagstaff…"

Arizona gave a small push against his crutches: "That is so not true, Nickolas!"

Callie stared at them both, when Addison walked in, asking: "What's with the noise, it's 6 in the morning…"

"Good morning!" Arizona said happily.
Addison answered with a cold gaze and went back to bed. Callie sighed and watched the two friends playing like two small children.

ARIZONA

She watched him playing with Sofia and smiled. He still had that same careless smile.
"You should tell your sister," the paediatrician said, when he came siting at the table and poured some freshly squeezed orange in his glass.

"She is busy," he muttered.

Arizona met Addison's gaze, who still seemed upset by their early noise. Callie cleared her throat and watched Nick: "I'm sure your sister wants to see you."

He looked up: "She has her own life and you know how busy she is, Arizona. Besides, I haven't seen her in ten years… I've never even sent a Christmas card back from Tibet…"

Arizona recognised the look on his face and knew arguing had no use at all.

"If my sister was in your condition," Callie said, "I would still want to see her. She still is my sister after all, even though she…" she looked at Arizona, "…she doesn't acknowledge my marriage or my daughter. But if Aria was in your situation, I would still want to see her," she pushed her phone in his hands, "So stop making excuses. You are making that phone call, right now."

He stared at her for a couple of seconds, looked at Arizona, who was staring in total surprise to her wife. When Callie found her gaze, she added: "You wished you could have said goodbye to Tim, so tell him he has to call his sister."

He looked at Arizona, whose gaze was almost as determined as her wife's.

Addison rolled her eyes: "Oh, just make the damn phone call…"

The blonde reached forward to take the phone. Nick quickly withdrew his hand. Callie was surprised by his reflexes in his condition. Her wife was leaning forward on the table, leaning dangerously on one leg: "If you won't, I will… I owe her that…" she gritted through her teeth.
Addison's eyes narrowed and Callie had to admit she had a very odd feeling about Nick's sister.
Nick tried to get up, but Arizona had grabbed his crutches before he could reach them. He looked at the three woman and sighed: "Maybe you do, Arizona. But I can't ask her, you should understand that..."

Arizona sighed and stood up, using his crutches, because he had grabbed hers: "You were drunk, Nick. You were drunk and didn't mean to. I know that. Your sister knows that. At least give her the chance to see you before you…"

He stared at the phone and shook his head, while Addison and Callie were trying to understand what happened between Nick and his sister.
Arizona sighed loudly and grabbed the phone out of his hands and dialled the number blindly. Callie raised her eyebrows, because she knew how bad her wife was at remembering phone numbers. They all stared at the blonde paediatrician that had walked towards the window and stared at the skyline of Seattle, leaning on one way too big crutch. After a couple of seconds they heard a "Hello?"

Arizona's blue eyes found Nick's: "Hi, Joanne, this is Arizona."

Callie's eyes narrowed, when she heard the name Joanne. She had already heard that name earlier, but when?

"Arizona?" the other woman said quite loudly, obviously surprised, "Arizona Robbins?"

"Do you know any other Arizona's?" her wife asked, smiling.

"I'm sorry, I just… I can't believe it's you… It has been so long…" the other voice said, "How did you get my number?"

Arizona let her hand go through her hair: "I remembered," she said shyly, avoiding Callie's frown.

"You did?" the other woman asked and after a small pause she continued, "That's quite funny, because I also still know yours now I start to think of it."

Arizona smiled and bit her bottom lip.
Addison stared from Arizona to Callie, thinking this would surely end in a complete interrogation for Arizona.
When Arizona's eyes met Nick, she seemed to remember why she actually called and cleared her throat. "I'm actually calling for your brother."

It remained silent at the other side for a couple of seconds and Nick had buried his head in his arms.
"… Oh…"

Arizona came sitting next to her friend and held the phone between them, so he could hear the conversation better.
"He's here in Seattle," Arizona continued, "and he has cancer and it's spread."
It remained silent and they listened carefully to their breathing.
"How bad?" echoed through the room.
"Really bad," Nick answered.

ARIZONA

She was reading when Callie came out of the shower. Arizona saw it in the way she moved and combed her hair; Callie was curious.
"If you want to know what happened between Nick and his sister…" she started, but Callie smiled nervously and quickly said: "Oh, no, no… It's none of my business…"
Arizona laughed, recognising her wife's curiosity and her left right mouth corner curled up: "Good, because I wasn't planning on telling you," she teased. Callie turned around and Arizona laughed when she saw her wife's face. When the Latina saw her smile, she raised her eyebrows: "Oh, but I would find it out anyway," she said, walking across the bedroom.

The blonde laughed: "Sure you would."

The other woman raised an eyebrow and answered with a husky voice: "Oh, but I can be very persuasive."

The blonde stared at her wife: "Is that so?"

The Latina smiled and removed her night gown and felt Arizona's eyes on her body: "Are you doubting me, miss Robbins?"

The blonde's eyes were locked on her wife's new lingerie. "I wouldn't dare…" she whispered.

Callie got into bed and softly started kissing Arizona's neck. She could feel her wife's body shivering.

"Did I hear some sarcasm in that sentence?" Callie whispered against her soft skin. Arizona rolled over and looked in her wife's eyes: "Only a little," she said before kissing the Latina softly. Callie's hands slipped underneath Arizona's pyjamas and softly stroked the skin underneath. The Latina traced her tongue against Arizona's bottom lip, before kissing her more intensely. When Callie broke the contact, she whispered against Arizona's clavicle: "Then I should prove you how persuasive I can be."

She came sitting on top of the blonde without breaking contact with her skin. Her hands travelled down and reached the red panty her wife was wearing, when Arizona suddenly said: "Stop!" and grabbed her wrists, "I am so sorry, Callie, but I can't…"

The Latina removed her hands and leant backwards. "Why?"

When she saw Arizona's blue eyes she saw her crying soflty: "It's just too soon, Callie…"

"It has been five months, Arizona. Five months!" Callie was surprised by her own hard tone.

"I just don't feel… This body doesn't feel like mine without my leg," Arizona cried softly. Callie dried her wife's tears: "Don't cry. There's no need to cry. You can take your time. I'll wait."

Arizona dried the tears from her own watery eyes and smiled, before placing a quick kiss on Callie's forehead and whispered: "Thank you."

Callie smiled and rolled over on her side of the bed: "But next time, it would be nice if you would warn me before I get turned on, because I was really looking forward..." she said, without any trace of accusation in her voice.

"The wait will be worth it," Arizona said, turning the lights off.

"Not helping!" Callie said.

Arizona laughed. "But I still haven't told you about Nick's sister."

Callie rolled over to see her wife's face: "What exactly happened between those two? They seem even worse than me and Aria…"

Arizona sighed: "Have I ever told you about Joanne?"

Callie frowned: "I think you've mentioned her once, but I can't really remember that."

The paediatrician leant on her left arm and said: "She was my first real girlfriend."

The Latina held her head a bit to the right: "That explains the phone number," she muttered.

"I sort of had this crush for her since junior year, but we only got together during my first year of med school, because I didn't dare to tell her about my feelings and I thought she was straight. It was Tim who brought us together. Joanne and I've been together for almost three years when I broke up with her."

"What happened?" Callie asked.

"Tim died."

When she found Callie staring accusatory, she said: "I can't blame her. I was a mess, back then. I was horrible. She almost made it through my constant weeping and sadness, except for the last two months. She left me. But I can't blame her."

"What happened then?" Callie asked, still wondering what this had to do with Nick.

"I had a couple of small relationships and then we got back together."

"You got back together?"

Arizona nodded, "For another four years, but she… she cheated on me."

"She cheated on you?!" Callie whispered, thinking about George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens.

Arizona took a big breath: "Yeah, she did, with her best friend."

Callie started to understand why Arizona had this huge fear of Mark Sloan when they first met.

"Anyway, Nick and I were still good friends back then and the night she broke up with me, we both got really drunk and he volunteered to pick up my stuff at Joanne's place. And there he found Eleanor, the best friend with who she cheated on me, for who Nick had feelings for over a year, who was pretty drunk too. Joanne was looking for me to apologise and break up in a decent way and when she returned home she found Nick and Eleanor…"

Callie stared at her: "I start to understand why he didn't want to call her…"

Arizona continued: "Nick really didn't mean to. He was very drunk and I'm really sure Eleanor seduced him. She had quite a reputation… Nick still regrets what he has done."

Callie listened captivated and asked: "When does she arrive?"

Arizona laughed bitterly: "The big happy family reunion is planned for the day after tomorrow…"

I hope you all liked this chapter… Please let me know about the idea of putting Nick in this story. Oh and I would also love to hear your thoughts on the family reunion…

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