AN: Here is another chapter! Sorry it took so long to post! I would have done it earlier but I had the stomach bug :[ Well a big chapter is coming up soon so I am really excited about that, so only this chapter and then the next chapter and then the big chapter. Lol but I cant tell what its about yet! Ill tell you next time so that you can help me write it! Anyway keep reading and reviewing!
Chapter 14
"Cal, it's been three days sense you have even talked to her. You can't keep hiding in the room next door and walking by in the hall." "I know. That's why I came up with a plan. Not a very good plan but at least it's a plan." "What?" "I'm going to stay, even if she asks me to leave. Ill let her yell and scream at me all she wants. I am going to sleep on that super uncomfortable couch and be there for her 100 percent like I should have been this whole time." Mark takes a second to think this through. "I guess." He says unsure. "I will go over when she wakes up."
At nine o'clock Callie walks into Arizona's room just as April is leaving. "Hello, Dr. Kepner." April is shocked to see her walk in the room after three days. She had usually just asked for updates in private. "Hi, Dr. Torres." April leaves not wanting to get in the middle of what was about to go down. She had tried to keep her nose out of the couples business but she still knew a few major problems they were dealing with. Such as Callie promising to save the leg then breaking it and Arizona shutting Callie out.
Callie sits down on the couch remaining quite. "What are you doing here, Callie?" Arizona asks angrily. "I came to be with you, my wife. As your wife I gave you space and I gave you time to come to peace with this but sense it seems like you cant by yourself I came to be with you. I will not leave you to do this alone any longer." "But I don't want you here!" "I don't care! I am going to be here so you better get used to it." Callie changes to a softer tone of voice before saying. "Baby, we all need help. Even if we don't know it."
After sitting in silence for a few hours April, Alex and Richard walk into the room. "We are going to get you moving for a bit." April says as she walks up to the bed. "We will take it easy and slow. Don't worry." Richard says when he sees panic cross her face. What if she couldn't do it? What if she fell or passed out again? "Robbins we will make sure you are fine. I wont let you fall." Alex adds. Callie decides to just stay out of their way. "Ok now lets just sit you up. April takes the beds remote and makes her unwillingly sit up. Alex slowly lifts the covers off of her. "We want you to scoot to the edge of the bed and then swing your leg over the edge. Can you do that?" Hearing April say leg instead of legs makes her cringe. She nods yes. April moves away from the bed to let Alex through.
She had a weird feeling that they had rehearsed what they were going to be saying and doing. "We are only going to practice getting in and out of your bed and then in and out of the wheel chair. That's all. We know you can do it." Alex says. He slips his arm under her shoulder and wraps it around to the other side of her rib cage. "I'm here for you to lean on." Alex says only loud enough for her to hear. "Use him to lean on as you scooch. He will help." April says. Arizona uses her one free arm and Alex to life her body off of the bed slightly. Sure enough Alex's strong body supported her as she leaned most of her weight on him. "Great now push yourself towards Karev and do it again. That's perfect." Richard instructs. She does it again a few times. "Ok, I think you are close enough. Now pivot your body to face us and let your leg hang over the side." She slowly but steadily shifts her body so that it is facing the crowed and moves her right leg off of the side. When she sits at the edge of the bed waiting to start her first session of PT she gets nervous once again.
Richard pulls a wheel chair beside the bed for her to get in later. "Tell us once you are ready." He says. "I'm ready." Arizona says immeditly after him catching eberyone off guird and pushes herself off of the bed. She makes it most of the way up but then starts to totter. April and Alex both run to grab an arm to steady her. She is shocked at how little balance she has. "Well that was a surprise…but great job none the less." Richard says. "Ok now slowly lower yourself down to the wheelchair. I am going to let go so you have a free hand to hold on with." April says letting go of her arm. "I don't know if I can do this." She says in a frightened voice as she tries to reach for April again. "No just try. We know you can do it." April chimes in. Before they had come in here Richard had made them all have a meeting about what would go down is this session. He had them come up with different motivational statements such as "We all know you can do it" or "You doing great, lets try again". He would not let there be any room for mistake in this session.
April moves the wheel chair a little closer then puts on the brakes. "You don't have to worry, I have you. Just look back at where you are sitting." Alex instructs. Arizona firmly grips one of the armrests as she starts to lower herself. Everyone watches, even the Latina who has hidden herself in the corner. Half way down she feels her heel slip out from under her and braces for impact, clenching her eyes shut and tensing up all of her muscles. She obviously expected to be lying on the ground but when she opens her eyes she just sees that she is back on her feet. "That's ok just try again." April says like nothing had happened. She looks beside her to see Alex. "I said I wouldn't let you fall." He says in her ear. "Thanks." She says sheepishly turning red with a blush. She tries again making it to the chair with no falls or stumbles.
When PT is over they eat diner. Mark comes to join them. "Hey, I brought something for you." He says handing her a box with two pieces of pepperoni pizza in it. "Thanks." Mark thinks about saying something to Arizona but decides not to when he sees the sour look she is giving him. He converts his eyes back to Callie, a scared look on he's face. "Well, I'm just going to go…put Soph to bed. Text me." Mark holds Sophia out for Callie to kiss before nearly running out of the room.
In all of the silence Callie thinks. It didn't seem like she was the only one that the blond was made at. Why would she be mad at Mark? Maybe because he was on her side. Were there even sides? Was she being to mean or harsh to her wife? She decided she would be softer. "Would you like a piece of my pizza? I know you don't really like meatloaf, especially from the hospital." Arizona shakes her head not even looking up.
After picking at her food she hits the call button on the wall. April runs into the room. "What can I do for you Arizona?" "I was wondering if I could…go to the bathroom…in the bathroom?" She says it quietly converting her eyes away from the red head she was talking to. "If you are up to it then sure. Mark also said he brought you some nightgowns from your house. Would you like to put one on?" Arizona nods. April half carries her to her wheel chair.
"Ill grab the night gown and some of your bathroom stuff." Callie says. Arizona doesn't respond so she just does it anyway. April wheels Arizona into the bathroom. Callie cant help but think about how sick she looks. "How about you go to the bathroom first, then we get you a little washed up and in the new clothe." Arizona's mind races as she nods her head in approval. How will she do this? Will she get privacy? Will Callie be watching the whole thing? "Ok lets get started." April and Callie both grab an arm and pull her out of the chair. What if I slip? They probably wouldn't be able to hold me up like Alex had.
With an arm around each of the women's shoulders it felt like they were carrying her more then she was walking, correction more then she was hopping. It was uncomfortable because both of them were taller them her so she tried to go on her tippy toes as much as possible rather them make them bend down. Once she is seated April sees her face turn red. "We will be right over there talking. Just call us when you're done." Arizona relaxes a bit. At least they were not going to stand there and watch her pee.
Both Callie and April turn and walk to the door of the bathroom with their backs to Arizona. "So how long do you think she will have to stay?" Callie asks. "Well she has been here for six days already. She is making really great progress and if her infection seems to be going away when we get the blood test results I think we could let her go as early as tomorrow or the next day. As you know we usually keep amputees for nine to fourteen day but she will have two doctors with her, one of those an ortho surgeon. I know she will be in the best hands." "That's great! I am hoping that once we get her home she will cheer up a bit maybe…forgive me." "I bet she will." They hear a little bit of noise behind them and both look back just in time to see Arizona fall.
She lays on her back between the toilet and the chair. "Baby! Are you ok?" Callie says throwing herself to the ground beside her. April whips out her pager and pages 911 to Alex. Tears run down her pale cheeks. "I'm sorry, I-I just wanted to get into that chair by myself." Arizona weeps to April completely ignoring Callie. "No don't cry! You will be able to do that in no time. Are you hurt?" Arizona shakes her head no and reaches for Aprils outstretched hand. Callie sees blood drip down her arm. "No your elbow!" Callie says jumping up to grab cloths. Both girls look to see the cut. "I honestly didn't feel it." Callie whips away the blood and covers it with a band-aid. "There you go." Arizona just looks away.
*Knock Knock* They all look towards the door. "Hello?" April asks. "Hey, its Alex. Can I come in? Is everyone decent?" April is about to answer but Arizona beats her to it. "You can come in Alex. I fell." At the word 'fell' he dashes into the room. "Robbins, you ok?" He asks when he sees the blood soaked cloths beside her. "Yes." She says looking down to try to stop her tears. Enough people had seen her crying already. "Can you get her back into the chair?" April whispers. Alex simply nods his head. "Lets get you off of this floor." He says bending down to be at her eye level. He sees a look of utter sadness cover her face and then she looks away. He pushes the wheelchair out of the way and goes behind her. After thinking it through for a second he lifts her small body off of the filthy bathroom floor and sits her in the wheelchair. He had decided to not make her do it herself like he would have done with other patents to make them learn there lesion. "Alex and I will step out while you change." April grabs Alex's arm and drags him out of the room fast.
"Do you mind if I help you?" Callie asks. Arizona puts her hands over her face. This was exactly what she didn't want to happen. "Do I have a choice?" Arizona cringes at her own harshness. Callie feels the sudden urge to cry but holds it in. while Callie changes her she can't help the silent tears that slide down her cheeks. Once she is ready she is wheeled back into her room. "I got a page saying that they want us to see the blood test results to check if the meds are working." April says to Callie. "Oh yah. We will have to check those soon." "Ill stay with Robbins while you check?" "Oh thanks Alex. We will be right back." April and Callie walk out of the room talking to each other.
Arizona sits in her wheel chair looking at her lap. "What's wrong?" Alex knees down in front of her. "Nothing. I'm just tired. I had a hard and really hard day." She says in a small voice. "I know there is more. Why are you so upset with Callie?" At that the tears she was trying to suppress fell. "She promised. She said she wouldn't take it but she did." Cries shake her fragile body. Alex lifts her out of the wheelchair and carries her just like the night they had found her in the woods and puts her on the bed so that they could talk more comfortably. "She did it to save your life. You would have died. Trust me she waited as long as possible to give me the consent. You never would have survived with that leg." "I know...its just…I don't know." She stops herself before she can say anymore. Alex finally gets why she has been snapping so much at the innocent brunette.
"I get it. This is hard- She cuts him off. "No Alex! I expected hard. This is impossible! I can't go to the bathroom by myself or change my own cloth! It is past hard when you are 37 years old and you pretty much become as helpless as a baby!" "That's not true! I know it is really difficult right now but you have so many people willing to help you. You just need to let them in." "I try to but every time Callie tries to help me I shoot her this mean remark. I don't mean to its just…I don't want her to see me like this." She points to her stump. "Robbins, don't do this to yourself. You know this doesn't change how Callie feels or thinks of you." Arizona just rolls over in bed the best she can. "I know but it changes how I feel about myself. She deserves someone who can take care of not only themselves but her also. I cant do that."
AN: Ok for all of the calzona fans that freaked out when they read that last line don't worry. I am a huge calzona shipper and I am going to make it better soon. It is really hard writing these sad moments though. Just stay positive and remember that they where made for each other and will make there way back eventually. Second as far as PT goes for Arizona I am not positive what PT is like for an amputee but I know after a few day they get you moving in and out of your bed and then when the leg is a little more heeled they start with the prosthetics. Next I put in italics for what the characters where thinking and I was thinking about going back and doing it for past chapters. Finally I love Alex and Arizona and I would love to be able to have him help her through this tuff time until she lets Callie in. (She will give it time) Review Review Review!
