A/N: Previous chapters have been updated for continuity, Sofia was a baby in S8, so she wouldn't have been talking yet and Wilson wasn't here yet, so she's been replaced with Kepner...
"Derek, you said this would work, I trusted you," Callie says angrily with tears streaming down her face.
"Callie, it will work, just give it a little more time. She'll wake up when she's ready," Derek says reaching out to squeeze her arm.
"Everything else has healed Callie, she's doing better than expected," Meredith reminds her.
Going back to her office, Callie sits down heavily. It's been six weeks since the accident and three weeks since Derek put Arizona into a medically induced coma, which was only supposed to last for a week.
"Any change?" Alex asks stopping by Callie's office.
"No, Alex what if she doesn't wake up?" Callie asks tearfully.
"She'll wake up, she has to," he replies entering the office and sitting on the desk.
"Look, I have an idea. Meet me up there in 15 minutes," Alex replies, heading out the door. "Callie, don't give up on her, okay?"
Nodding, Callie wipes her tears and takes a few deep breaths. She doesn't know what Alex is thinking, but she's really willing to try anything.
Walking back into the room, Callie is a bit surprised to see Alex sitting there with his guitar. "Serenading her?" she asks. "That's your big idea?"
"Remember how much fun we had at Derek and Meredith's barbeque last summer sitting around and singing, she loved it," he points out.
"Uh, okay, but what song are you going to sing to her?" She asks curiously.
"I'm playing, you're singing." He says beginning to strum the guitar and then she recognizes the song and begins to sing.
"I took my love, I took it down. Climbed a mountain and I turned around…" her voice get stronger, "And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills, til the landslide brought it down…" she continues.
Alex notices her eyelids flutter, so he stands up to play louder. Callie moves to her side and takes her hand and sings the next line, "What is love?" she waits but there's no further response, so she continues, "Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life?"
In the bed, Arizona moves her hand and Callie gasps, then motions for Alex to keep playing.
There's a small crowd in the hall now, they all came down when they heard the singing.
"Well, I've been afraid of changin', "Cause I built my whole life around you…" Callie sings, her voice wavering a little with emotion.
The blonde's eyes flutter again, then open.
"Arizona?" Callie says loudly, "Arizona, we're here, honey wake up!"
Her lips move but the tube in her throat makes it impossible for her to talk, she strains against it. Callie puts her hand on her chest, "Hold on, don't, there's an intubation tube," she says nervously as she carefully peels the tape off. Meredith comes over as Callie's hands are shaking too much.
"Callie, let me," she says taking over. "Arizona, I'm going to pull the tube out on the count of three, okay?" she asks and the blonde moves her thumb up, letting her know that she understands.
"One, two, three," Meredith says pulling the tube out.
The blonde splutters and coughs, takes a few breaths on her own and then opens her eyes again and slowly looks around the room.
Derek gives her a little wave, Alex leans in so she can see him, "Welcome back," he says beaming a smile at her.
"Cal-l-i-ope?" Arizona struggles to say the brunette's name.
"I'm right here," Callie says slipping in front of Meredith and leaning in and kissing her lightly on the lips. "Welcome back, I love you and I missed you," She says tearfully.
"You do?" Arizona asks confused.
"Yes, of course I do and we all missed you Arizona," Callie replies about to say more, when Derek interrupts.
"Okay, everyone step out, I need to examine her," he says pulling lightly at Callie's arm and looking for Meredith to help.
Meredith comes forward and pulls Callie back gently, whispering to her, "Cal, let Derek examine her, then you can come back in."
Callie nods, she understands, but now that her wife is awake, she wants to talk to her.
Alex pulls Callie out into the hall. "Oh my god, Alex it worked! You're a genius!" She says excitedly, "Oh I should call her parents, they can bring the baby!"
"Torres, just wait until the neuro exam is over," he says, "Let Shepherd do his thing, okay?"
A few minutes later Bailey walks up, "Is it true? Is she awake?" she asks.
Callie nods, unable to talk through her tears of relief.
Bailey pushes her way into the room and takes her hand, Arizona looks over at her and smiles, "Welcome back," she says. "You had us really worried, but I knew you'd come out of this," she says moving a strand of hair out of the blonde's face.
"Bailey, can you tell me when did Callie and I get back together? I don't want to ask her," Arizona says softly.
"Uh, well when you came back from Africa," Bailey says distractedly as Derek is motioning to her to stop talking.
"Africa? Why did I go to Africa?" Arizona asks confused.
"Why did you go to Africa?" Bailey asks alarmed.
"Bailey, she has some gaps in her memory right now," Derek explains.
"Derek, wait, did I win the Carter-Madison grant that I applied for in med school?" Arizona asks.
"Yes, you did get the grant and that's why you went to Africa, see it's coming back," he reminds her.
"Where's Callie" she asks softly and Bailey turns towards the door.
"Get Torres back in here," she calls out to the hall.
"Hi," Callie says coming around Derek to the other side of the bed.
"Thank you for coming," she says softly.
"Of course, I'm here Arizona, you're my…" Callie begins to say when Derek cuts her off.
"Callie, come with me a second. Arizona, we'll be right back," he says flashing her a smile.
"Derek, what's going on? Why do you keep interrupting me?" Callie asks angrily.
"Callie, there's a lot that she doesn't know right now," he explains, "She doesn't remember anything about the accident."
"It's only been a few weeks and-and she was fine before that…" Callie stammers.
"Look Callie just be careful with her, she doesn't remember going to Africa, so it's possible that she doesn't remember that you guys are married or even that you have Sofia right now," he explains carefully.
"But it's temporary, right?" Callie asks.
"Probably, but we won't know for a few days. Now I think it will be okay to have her parents visit, but she needs time to adjust, so just go slow with her and don't give her a lot of information, we need to let her remember on her own," he advises.
Callie nods and then pulls her phone out to call Arizona's parents to tell them the good news.
Derek clears the room and he and Meredith leave Callie alone with her. Alex has gone down to the lobby to wait for her parents, he's going to take Sofia so that they can come see her.
"Your parents are on their way," Callie informs her. Nervously making small talk.
"My parents are here? And you're here," Arizona says slowly and haltingly. "How long have I been in the hospital?"
"Arizona, you were in an accident, six weeks ago" Callie says trying not to give too much detail.
"Okay," she nods. "And we're still together?"
"Yes, we are. Arizona what do you remember about us?" Callie asks.
"Bits and pieces. I remember you slamming your apartment door in my face and not wanting to see me, but I don't know why that happened. Callie what happened to us?" she asks worriedly and getting upset.
"Arizona, none of that matters right now. You'll remember everything soon, so let's not dwell on this right now." Callie replies.
"Well, then how long have my parents been here?" she asks.
"They got here the day after the accident," Callie replies.
"Oh, are they staying at my place?"
Callie pauses, unsure how to respond.
"We live together," Arizona answers her own question. "I'm sorry that I didn't remember."
"It will come back to you," Callie says reassuringly.
"Arizona?" Her parents are at the door, Derek has met them at the elevator and told them what he had already told Callie.
"Mom? Dad?" she replies tearfully, "It's so good to see you."
Derek stops back by a hour later to examine her again and when he's done he pulls Callie out to the hall.
"Derek we have to tell her what happened," Callie insists. "She thinks that this was her fault, she keeps apologizing to me for not remembering things."
"Okay, I'll see what I can find out. You guys go home and get some rest and I'll stay with her," he says looking over at April who is holding a very squirmy baby. "Your daughter needs you."
April brings the baby over and Callie takes her. "Hey little miss, I have good news for you. Your Momma is awake and you'll be able to see her soon, what do you think of that?" Callie asks the little girl.
"Cal, how is she?" Mark asks rushing into the waiting room.
"She's awake. But uh, really confused. Derek went back in, so we just need to wait," she explains looking up to see Arizona's parents entering the waiting room.
Arizona is resting again when Derek enters the room. He sits beside the bed and observes her. Her eyelids flutter and then the monitors begin to flash, her heart rate has increased and her blood pressure increased. He reaches out for her hand and begins talk softly to her, "Arizona, it's Derek Shepherd can you wake up for me?"
She moves her lips, then slowly opens her eyes. He can see that she's confused, so he waits a few minutes until she can focus.
"Derek?" she asks. "What's going on?"
"You were in an accident, do you know where you are?" he asks.
"Seattle, Seattle Grace," she replies. "But how did I get here?"
"We brought you here after the accident, do you remember that?" he asks.
She shakes her head no.
"Arizona let's try something, can you tell me, what is the last thing that you remember?" Derek asks her.
"I was in a plane or a helicopter, it was raining. I think it crashed. I was hurt, I broke my femur," she says reaching down to touch her leg. Then she panics, "Derek, what's going on?" she asks frantically trying to pull the covers back.
He looks at her confused, but reaches down and pulls the covers back for her. She looks down and then back to his face, "I don't understand. Derek, my leg was amputated and now it's back..." she screams pounding on her legs.
"Arizona! Arizona, calm down, take a breath," he says calmly, "You've been in a coma for a month. But you didn't lose a leg. Your hip was dislocated in the fall and you fractured your pelvis, but there was no amputation," he explains.
"No amputation?" she repeats. "Derek, it was so real. How is your hand?" she asks suddenly.
"My hands are fine, why?" He asks.
"You were with me and we crashed in a wooded area. Lexie was trapped and died. Mark, Mark was so sick, he almost didn't make it," she explains to him, "how is he? Did he survive?".
Derek looks up and sees Mark in the hallway so he excuses himself and intercepts him.
"Mark, you can't go in there," he says pushing him back. "She thinks you're dead. If you go in there, you'll scare her. Lexie too. Make sure you and Lexie do not go near her yet," Derek explains.
"Derek, what's going on?" Callie asks rushing over to the two men.
"She thinks I'm dead Cal." Mark says flatly, "She thinks Lexie and I are dead."
"Is that true Derek? Why would she think that?" Callie asks worriedly.
"She seems to think that we were all in a plane crash," Derek explains.
"You have to tell her the truth," Callie tells him, "Derek tell her the truth!"
"Callie, she also thinks that she lost a leg in the crash, so I need to go back in there and talk to her, you guys stay out here, please," he pleads with them.
"Sorry Arizona," he says returning to her bedside.
"Derek, what happened to me. If we weren't in a plane crash, why am I here? What happened to me?" she repeats.
"You went on an organ retrieval and the helicopter was struck by lightening and it fell from the sky into the woods. Do you remember anything about that?" He asks carefully.
"I remember laying on my back looking up at trees and rain falling down into my face," she replies, "Did that happen?"
"It did," he replies.
"But it wasn't a plane crash?" she questions again.
"Not a plane crash," he repeats. "What else do you remember?" he asks.
"I begged Callie to save my leg, but she couldn't do it. And I was angry. Derek I was terrible to her, how can she still be here for me?" Arizona asks.
"Arizona, your leg is still here so I think it's safe to say that this is a dream that you had when you were in the coma," he suggests carefully.
"I don't understand, how long has it been? When was the accident?" She asks rapidly.
"It was six weeks ago," he replies watching her face.
"I've been in a coma for six weeks?" she blurts out.
"No, you've only been in a coma for four weeks. Do you have any memory of being in the hospital right after the accident?" He asks.
"No," she says tearfully. "Oh my god, six weeks," she says crying.
"Look, you need to rest. We'll need to run some tests tomorrow, but you need to just relax and let your brain catch up. Most of this will come back to you in time," he promises.