AN: So in my fanfic Lexie's mom did not die of the hiccups. Sorry I should have mentioned that in the last chapters AN but I forgot! Anyway here is another chapter. Sorry it took so long to update I had a busy week and a busy weekend! Also as you have probably noticed these are long chapters (Last on was over 3000 words!) so I cant just write it in an hour. Well I hope you are still enjoying and I would love to here if you have any pointers or idea you would like me to add to the story! Review!
Chapter 16 (part 2)
Everyone stands up as a group of men come forward to carry the casket, one of those men being Mark. Callie stands up and Arizona takes her outstretched hand. Once she is seated she is wheeled out behind the men and Lexie's parents. They make their way out the churches back doors and follow a wooden pathway till they come to a huge grassy field sprinkled with flowers of every color. "Baby I think this is as far as we can go." Callie says nervous that Arizona could flop right back into her prior mood and throw a fit. "That's ok, we can watch from here." Everyone passes them walking into the plush grass. They see a few girls looking to be Lexie's age taking off their high heels and walking barefoot. Jackson passes Sophia over to Callie as he passes. Once everyone stops they stand in a circle around the burial sight. The woman watch from where they are.
"She was such a strong and brave girl. She always thought of others before herself. When I would get the pleasure of having her on my service she was always the little kids favorite. One time we had a little kid who was scared to go in the CT scanner so she laid in it first and let him watch her from observation desk. Another time she let a twelve-year-old girl borrow her DVD's of Make It Or Break It and Friends after she was forced to get a surgery for severe spina bifida. Every time I went into that girl's room she was laughing while watching the tapes with popcorn and milkshakes. Even after Lexie was off of my service she would come to visit the patents she had taken care of to see how they were doing." Arizona says. Callie smiles at the memories. "She really was amazing. She used to be so good with Sophia too. Remember when we came back from our double shift to find her sitting at a tiny princess table with Soph? She had brought over her tea party and dress up set from when she was little." A large smile spreads across the blondes face matching her wife's. "How could I forget? Sophia was in the cutest little purple fairy dress and had on a crown. I think that was the biggest smile I have ever seen on her face." Arizona points to her little girl and puts her arms out to hold Sophia. Callie hands her their little girl. "Lexie even had on a tutu and crown." Arizona adds. "She was a wonderful girl." Callie's heart aches as she says the word "was" instead of "is". "She really was." Arizona says back.
Everyone starts to make there way off of the field. When Mark reaches them he wraps his arms around Callie. "I am so proud of you. You did the right thing by speaking." She says into his ear. "Your speech was beautiful, Mark. It was so touching." Mark looks shocked that she is being kind to him let alone even talking. "Thank you." He answers back. "We are all heading up to the Grey's house now." He says after a second. "That sounds great." Callie starts pushing her toward the car. "Mark I would just like to say that I'm sorry for how I have treated you. You had done nothing to deserve that. I know I will be needing a lot of assistance and I never should have turned you down when you were just trying to help." Mark stops walking. Did she really just say that or have I officially lost my mind? "Ah…no that's fine. I get it. This has been really hard for you; you have been through so much. I am always here to help both of you out." Sophia lets out a high-pitched squeal making everyone laugh. "Oh and I'm here for this girl too."
They get to the car the same time as most of the other doctors do. Alex volunteers to help Arizona into the car sense he seemed to be the only one that knew how to hold her minus a leg. Mean while Callie buckled Sophia into her car seat next to her. "Thanks." Arizona says. "No problem." Alex answers. Callie was so happy to hear this interaction because it meant that Arizona was actually accepting the help rather then denying that she needed it. About five minutes later they arrived to a nice sized house. Cars were parked bumper-to-bumper along both sides other the road. "You guys should get out here ill park and meet you." Callie nods and goes around the car to the trunk to grab the wheelchair.
Once she helps Arizona into it they get out of the road so that they wouldn't hold up traffic. She pushes her wife towards the house but stops when she gets to a high curb. "Do you see a ramp to the sidewalk?" Callie asks tuning her head left in right scanning the street. Arizona points to a break in the curb being blocked by a car. "Are you serious? I think that's illegal!" Callie says enraged. "Babe don't worry we will figure something out. There has to be another one somewhere." Arizona says trying to calm her down. Callie looks but cant find another. "Hold on we are popping a wheelie." "I don't know if - " Callie pushes the wheelchair forward before quickly bringing it back and leaning down on the handles. The brunette quickly pushes it to the cube putting the front wheels onto the sidewalk and lifting the back up and over. "Not so bad right?" Callie asks proud of her solution. Arizona opens her eyes relived that she made it up un harmed. "I guess. I mean I could have gotten up and hopped over the curb and then you wheelie the chair, but I guess that was faster." Callie smiles knowing that Arizona found that at least a little bit fun.
"Are you serous right now! This place is 100% not handicap excisable!" Arizona looks up to see a stone staircase leading to the house. "Um…we'll figure it out?" She says with a little too much uncertainty. "Yes we will." Callie says completely confident. "I could carry you up… but then how will you stay balanced at the top while I carry up the chair?" Callie says thinking out loud. "No, I wouldn't want you to have to do that anyway." "Hey I thought you guy would already be in there." They see Mark walking up the sidewalk pushing Sophia in her stroller. "Stairs." Callie says simply. "We were making a plan. Arizona adds. She can't help the feeling that she is a huge inconvenience. "How about you balance between both of us then Callie stays with you at the top and I bring up the chair?" "That sounds great." She responds happily. With an arm around either of their necks she slowly hops her way up the stairs.
When they are half way up they hear a familiar voice. Arizona cant help but feel like every time she is struggling to do something someone interrupts them. "Good lord! What are you doing?" It's Miranda. "There was no ramp." Arizona says getting distracted for the task at hand. She is lifted before she has a chance to jump the step. "Sorry, tell me when to jump. I lost track of the pattern." She says blushing. "Just hang on, we have got it." Bailey turns to go find help. She comes back a minute later with Jackson. "Ill grab the wheel chair." Once they have everyone and everything to the top of the stairs they walk into the crowded house. Leaving the stroller by the door, Callie carries Sophia while Mark pushes Arizona. He has to say, "excuse me" about a million times to even get to the living room.
"There you are. We thought you guys ditched us. What took you so long?" Mer says standing up for the couch. Callie looks at her in shock. Is that Meredith Grey? It looks likes she's a walking toothpick. So fragile she could break at any second. She pulls Cristina along behind her. "We had some trouble getting here. There were a lot of stairs and someone parked in front of the handicap ramp so we had to go over the curb. "I'm so sorry! I can ask my dad if he knows who's car it is so that they can movie it." "Thanks, that would be great. Hey Cristina." The dazed woman doesn't even look her way. Meredith pulls her closer to herself. "She's been a little quiet lately. It…its been a hard month but we are getting there. Arizona I never got to tell you that your dress is so pretty." Arizona looks up at Callie smiling. "Thank you. I borrowed it."
Mer looks back to the group of doctors sitting on long couches. "Would you guys like to come join us over there? There are snacks and drinks." "Yes that would be great." They follow her over to the group. After talking for a while Callie gets up to grab them some food. Meredith moves closer towards the edge of the couch so that she can talk to Arizona while Callie is gone. She stretches her arm out behind her so that she is still holding Cristina's hand. "So how have you been doing sense…" She lets her sentence trail off before beginning again. "We have both had a tuff time. I'm sorry I didn't visit you." Mer says. "It has been hard. It is definitely a lifestyle change because I can't walk but I am adjusting more and more everyday. Its ok that you didn't visit, I probably would have acted rude anyway. I have been pretty nasty." "No I should have. You need someone to talk to that understands what happened. You need someone to talk to that understands all of that not just someone that says they get it but doesn't. I want you to know that you can talk to me." Arizona feels relief wash over herself. She also feels like Meredith needs someone to talk also. Callie returns and Meredith slides to Cristina who sits mute.
They spend there time together sharing memories about the beloved Lexie Grey until her dad brings over a portfolio of pictures spanning from when she was first born to her senior prom. After a few hours everyone starts to leave. Arizona had been feeling exhausted sense about nine and now it was twelve. She couldn't even keep her eyes open. "It looks like we should head out before you fall asleep." Callie says when she sees her wife's eyes flutter closed. "No…I'm sorry." "Its fine. It's getting pretty late anyway." Callie gets up to push Arizona while Mark carries there sleeping baby. She was exhausted after a day of trying to keep up with Zola. "Do you think we could get some help for the stairs? We have a lot to carry." He says pointing from Sophia to Arizona, who's head was now resting on her shoulder. "I will" Jackson and Alex both say." On the way out they all thank both of Lexie's parents.
Alex carries the stroller down and Jackson grabs the handles of the wheel chair ready to carry it once his friend was out of it. Callie goes to help the blonde stand but sees that her eyes are closed. "I could pull your car around if you would like?" Richard asks wanting to help out in any way. "Thanks that would be great." Mark says handing him the keys. Callie leans down planting a kiss on Arizona's nose waking her up. "Sorry I must have dosed a bit." Arizona says blinking an abnormal amount to try to keep herself awake. "That's ok. You have had a long day. Do you mind if I stand you up so that we can get down the stairs?" Arizona looks around noticing the small crowd she was holding up and pushes herself up with the help of Callie's strong arms. Arizona sways a little even with the help of her wife as she squeezes her eyes shut and opens them again trying to stay conscious. Mark sees this and knows that they won't be able to get her down the way they had gotten she up. They also can't carry her down in the wheelchair because it is too dark and they could miss a step.
Arizona closes her eyes just for a second to rest them and feels herself loose her sense of balance completely wobbling to the side. Bailey grabs onto her and pushes her back to Callie who holds her tighter. "Babe I know you are really tired but you just need to stay awake for one more minute." Arizona nods drowsily. "Can someone get this girl down the stairs before she collapses?" Miranda says in her sassy voice she is famous for. "Cal, take Soph ill get her down." Mark and Callie switch. Mark sees the fierce look Bailey is giving him and panics. He bends down and drapes Arizona over his shoulder. Once Bailey reaches the bottom of the stairs she looks up to see a horrifying sight. "Mark Sloan! What are you doing to that poor woman?" "I'm getting her down the stairs. I don't know how to carry her the normal way. Ill have Alex teach me soon." "Mark? What are you doing! Please don't drop me!" Arizona says waking up just a tiny bit. "Don't worry we are almost down."
Once he is down the stairs he puts her in the car. "Dude what was that?" Alex says laughing. "I cant carry her the normal way, I'm not really sure how. Callie doesn't know either. Do you think you could show us some time?" "Yah sure. Call me and we can set something up, it's pretty easy." Every one gets in there cars and heads home. Arizona sleeps the whole way. She had been so exhausted lately that she would fall asleep almost anywhere. It seemed like everything she did took double the effort it did before. They roll into the parking lot around one in the morning. A man walks up to them. "The elevator is fixed." The man says as he gets into his truck. "Thank you, that will be very helpful." They ride up in the new elevator and fall into bed. For the first night in almost a month Callie gets to sleep in the same bed as her wife.
AN: I hoped you enjoyed the chapter! Please tell me what you thought! Just to fill you in not all chapters will be this long. The funeral ones were really long because there was so much I wanted to touch upon during them. Anyway if you were wondering about the wheelie thing I learned that while I had to be in a wheel chair with a broken leg and it freaked my mom out! That's what made it even more fun!