CHAPTER THREE
Arizona is sitting on the plane staring out the window while they get closer to Logan International Airport, she can just barley make out the city below her. It's a familiar place, where she spent her last two years of high school, college, med school, once her father retired from the Marines the family settled in Massachusetts in a suburb just outside of Boston. Arizona liked here, her parents were happy and they had some other family on the east coast so they weren't all alone over here. Moving away to Seattle and away from her family was not an easy call for the young Doctor but when she was offered the Head of Peds position she just couldn't turn it down. She tries to make it back a few times a year but it had been the longest break between visits. Arizona could admit that it was probably because there was now more of a reason to not run off to Boston every break she got, and that reason was her Calliope. She smiled at the thought, she never expected to move across the country and meet the women of her dreams but she did, Callie was her world now and she was SO happy. While daydreaming about her amazing girlfriend Arizona doesn't even notice that they are landing until she feel the thud of the plane hitting the ground. Once the flight attendant announced that they are able to turn on their phones again Arizona sent out a few texts
'hi babe- just landed. Have a good day and I'll call you tonight. Love you' to Callie
'Just landed! I'll meet you out front' to her mom
Once Arizona got off the plane and grabbed her luggage she went out to the pick up area looking for her Mom, looking around she heard
"Arizona dear! Over here!" Arizona turned around to see her Mom standing outside the car waving her hands around at her. She gave a small laugh and waved back at the older blonde women to let her know she saw her. As she got closer to the car her Dad get out of the car too and came around to greet his daughter. A round of hugs and I missed you was shared before the all got into the car and drove off.
"Have you been going to her appointments with her mom?"
"No, she didn't even really tell me what was going on until she had been to all the doctors. I watched Emma most of the time when she needed to go. But we have talked about it now, I don't know Arizona it doesn't look good and I just "
Cutting her off " MOM! Why didn't you call me the moment you knew something! I can help I'm a DOCTOR!"
"Arizona- don't yell at your mother. It was not her business to tell." Her dad quickly responded
"I wanted to dear, I kept saying to Jenny that we should call you, that you might be able to at lest help her understand everything the doctors were saying but she wanted to wait until she got all the results."
Arizona sighed "Well lets just get one thing clear- if either of you are having a problem and don't tell me until this point I'm going to loose it! Its hard enough being so far away from you, I can't not know when something is going on"
"Don't worry dear we are in perfectly good health"
"good" Arizona slumped back in her seat.
"Do you want to go straight to Jenny's or would you like to get something to eat first?"
"Can we going to Jenny's? I want to go thru all this with her- maybe you guys can take Emma to lunch so we can have some time?"
"Okay sounds like a plan" Barbara reached her hand back behind the seat to her daughter and just like when she was a kid Arizona took the offered hand and held on until they pulled up to Jenny and Emma's house.
Arizona was barely out of the car when Emma came running full speed out of the house
"AUNT ZONA AUNT ZONA! YOU HERE!" she jumped right into the open arms of her aunt and held on tight
"HI Munchkin! Gosh you are getting so big!"
"I three Aunt Zona! Member you called me on my birftdday and you sent me presents!"
"I do remember!"
Pulling back slightly Emma placed her little hands on Arizona's cheeks "How did you get here so fast I just saw you on the puter yederday"
Giggling at how cute her niece was "I flew on an airplane! They go super fast"
"Mommy said that we can go on an airoplane to come visit you but we didn't come yet cuz airoplanes are spenive"
"they are, but now I'm here to see you so you don't have to come to me!"
"are you going to stay forever this time?"
"not forever, I have to go back to work in Seattle but I'll be here for a few days and we can play a lot!"
"kay"
"okay- lets get inside and say Hi to your mommy"
Putting Emma down. The little girl grabbed her Aunts hand and puled her into the house. Entering the door "MOMMY! ANUT ZONA IS HERE! LOOK!"
Jenny came around from the kitchen "I see love!" She smiled at her sister in law and walked over to greet her. Arizona pulled her into a hug and held on.
"You didn't have to run here so fast Zona"
"I wanted to. I needed to." Pulling back and but keeping her hands on Jenny's shoulders "How are you doing?" Jenny gave her a small half smile and shrugged her shoulders and Arizona pulled her back into a hug. After a few moments they pulled apart and Arizona turned to her Niece. "Emma how would you like to go out for a special lunch with Grandma and Grandpa?"
"and you?" the young blue eyes looked up at her
"not me this time. Your mommy and I need to have to grown up chats and they will be super boring. Lunch with Grandma and Grandpa will be A LOT more fun."
"But but but I wanna stay with you! You said we can play!"
Arizona knelt down "I know and we will, I'm even going to stay here with you and your Mommy so we can play lots but right now we need to have a big people conversation and we need you to keep Grandma and Grandpa company- Can you do that for me? "
Giving her a small pout "ok but we play when I get back!?"
"Promise!"
Emma and the older Robbins went off to lunch while Jenny and Arizona sat down at the kitchen table. Arizona looked over all the files, scans, and lab results she asked question after questions to her sister in law and even called some of her doctors to get more info. Then she made some calls to her colleagues in Seattle to get their opinion on Jenny's case. It wasn't good but there were things they could try, Arizona just had to get Jenny to flight and it wasn't going well….
"I just don't get it Jenny! There IS a chance that you can beat this!"
"a SMALL chance – 5%, 10% at best! Those are not good odds Zona"
"But they are not ZERO! Jenny look- I know that when the doctor tells you 5% chance you hear 95% of no chance and that number seems crazy more likely to happen. But that is out of thousands of cases every year. 5% is a lot of people. I've treated kids with less of a chance then that and they are alive and healthy and going to live a long life. But they only get to do that because they fought."
Jenny dropped her head down as tears started to fall from her eyes, Arizona stops seeing Jenny breaking down. She sits in the chair next to her and moves it so she it right in front of a crying Jenny. Arizona places her hands on Jenny's arms and takes hold of her hands.
"I'm so sorry this is happening Jenny and I don't want to get you more upset then you already are but I need you to see that there are options. If you still decided that you don't want any treatment I will respect that but I can't not explain this to you and show you that there is a way. It might not work but it's a chance"
Jenny looked up and wiped her tears away "I know you are just looking out for me and trying to protect me and Emma, I know that. You have always been so amazing to me, welcoming me into your family and even when we lost Tim I thought I might loose you all but the opposite happened. Arizona, you and your parents have been my lifeline and I can't thank you enough for that. But I DO know what the risks are, what the options are. I've done this before with my mom, I may have been young when she got sick but I was there, every doctor's appointment, every chemo, every surgery. Arizona she suffered so much her last years on this earth and I don't want that. I don't want Emma to remember me like that. "
They both have tears running down there face at this point.
"I love you Jenny, you are my sister and I don't want to loose you when I feel like I can help! Can you try for a little while? For me? For Emma? For Tim? Just six months that is all my asking for and if it is not working and you want to stop we stop no questions asked."
"You are not going to give up are you?"
"nope"
"Ugh! You are so much like your brother sometimes I could just punch you!"
"Well that wouldn't be a nice thing to do to a lady that is trying to save your life!"
They laugh for a few moments and finally Jenny sighs and looks up at the Blonde
"6 months. That's it"
Arizona gives her a huge smile "6 months. Promise." Jenny nods her head in agreement and Arizona squeal and pulls her into a hug.
About a half an hour later Barbara, Daniel and Emma came home and Emma spent the rest of her day glued to her Aunts side which Arizona didn't mind a bit. Later that night after her parents had gone home, Emma was tucked into bed and Jenny had also retired to bed Arizona finally had a moment to touch base with Callie. Texting her to be sure she wouldn't wake her with the time change.
'still awake?' a few moments later and her phone was ringing. Smiling at the image of her girlfriend coming up on the screen Arizona answered the call
"Hi Babe, why are you still up?"
"I was waiting for you to call"
"awe you're sweet, you didn't have to do that"
"I know but I wanted to hear how your day went. So tell me, how is Jenny doing?"
"She is okay- when I got here she was basically refusing to get treatment but I convinced her to try for 6 months. It's not ideal but I'll take it. I just feel like she can beat this, she has too. I mean is there really no such thing as karma! Jenny is an amazing person who has just been dealt such a shitty hand at every turn. Its just not fair!" Arizona rambled
"I know its not babe, it never is. But that's great that you got her to try! That's the first step, and hopefully her body will start responding quickly and she will have some hope."
"yea, I hope so- she doesn't seem convinced it is going to work. I need to her to really fight! I think I'm going to stay here a few more days then planned and go with her to get her treatment plan worked out. I don't want to leave her to do that alone"
"That sounds like a good idea, I'm sure she would love your help and you'll be able to make sure the doctors she has are the best."
"I just need to help her Calliope. She needs to be okay" Callie could hear the tears starting to swell in Arizona's eyes even over the phone
"I know you do baby and you are doing an amazing job of helping her already. Just keep doing what you are doing- she needs love and support more then anything right now"
"yea"
"Do you want me to talk to the Chief for you- about getting more days off?"
"no its okay. I'm going to call him tomorrow anyway, I want to ask his option on some things. He used to work with one of Jenny's Doctors and I want to ask him about her. But thank you"
"is there anything I can do for you?"
"You're doing it. Just this, knowing you are there for me is all I need. I love you"
"I love you too Arizona. Now tell me how that adorable niece of yours is?!"
Arizona smiled thinking about little Emma "she is awesome! Callie she is just the sweetest, smartest, cutest, bestest kid ever!"
Callie laughed at her girlfriend's excitement over the little blonde "well you might be a little biased but I'm glad you are having a good time with her. I kinda can't wait to finally meet that mimi Arizona"
"hmmm I want you to meet them all too. Soon, maybe you can come with me one time when I come back to check on Jenny. I'm sure I'll be making more frequent trips back here."
"you say the word and I'm there babe"
"I know. You're the bestest, pettiest girlfriend ever"
"you know it!"
"and so modest! All my favorite qualities in a lady"
Arizona and Callie spent the a few more minutes chatting before both going to bed.