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Mainly a Callie Chapter, this was kinda needed to set up for the next Chapter.
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Chapter 14
To Callie's surprise, Arizona didn't hesitate to let Callie take care of her. Arizona was the top priority on her list. Anything and everything she wanted, Callie was there at her beckon call, and that was just fine with her. If she had it her way, she would do it as long as Arizona would let her. After their sexual cleanser Friday night, they spent Saturday and Sunday lounging around home. Enjoying the summer air out on Arizona's balcony, watching TV, cuddling and just enjoying each other's presence.
Getting paged in at four in the morning on Monday, on the other hand, was not on Callie's list of priorities, especially not after her nice relaxing weekend with her girlfriend, whom was just released from the hospital.
Walking up to her ward for rounds, she found her group of residents and other doctors that assisted in on patient surgeries. Sighing, she was already exhausted and her day was just getting started. Addressing the crowd, she commanded attention. "Okay people, listen up.. this is not general surgery in miniature, these are.. the tiny humans " Callie says, smiling at the use of Arizona's catch phrase.
"She's been around River Girl too long." Cristina mumbled to Meredith.
Ignoring her friend she continued with her little pep talk for the day. "These are children. They believe in magic, they play pretend that there is fairy dust in their IV bags, they hope and they cross their fingers and they make wishes and that makes them more resilient than adults. They recover faster, survive worse, they believe. In Peds we have miracles and.. magic... In Peds... Anything is possible." Callie says to Dr. Hunt, Dr. O'Malley and her residents that consisted of Cristina Yang, Meredith Grey and Lexie Grey, taking a few phrases from her amazingly talented girlfriend.
Following the group of Doctors in the first patients room of the morning rounds Callie hears, "Good morning Dr. Torres."
"Good Morning Dr. Wallace, I see you've already introduced yourself to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd." Callie said, addressing him.
"Yes, he reminds me of Hilary at that age, such an over achiever." Mrs. Boyd says to the group of doctors.
"Dr. Yang, why don't you present." Callie says to her friend and resident. She loved Cristina dearly, but she really needed to learn patient sensitivity.
Walking up to the bed with the case file in hand, "Yea.. excuse me little... Doctor boy." Cristina says, pushing the boy out of the way.
"Fifteen year old Hilary Boyd, fell off the roof of her house. Fifty-two acute fractures were diagnosed. When she was admitted last night. Surgery was performed by Dr. O'Malley, Dr. Hunt and Dr. Torres this morning.. Before rounds." Cristina says, the last part a bit peeved because she didn't get to assist on the surgery.
"Mmm.. Thank you Dr. Yang." Callie says to her friend as she feels her phone vibrate in her lab coat pocket, looking around to find her ex boyfriend George's gaze, also the resident Ortho surgeon on Hilary's case, she addresses him. "Dr. O'Malley?" She nodded to him, to inform Mr. and Mrs. Boyd on his follow up surgery tomorrow.
"If she fares well enough today, I'd like to go in and repair her Subtrochanteric fracture next." Dr. O'Malley spoke to the parents.
"Mmm.. can anyone tell me the proper dosage of Ceftriaxone for a pediatric patient?" Callie asks looking around the room at the group of Doctors that surrounded her.
"Fifty milligrams per kilogram per day." Dr. Lexie Grey said.
"Mm-hmm..." Callie said, looking back towards the patient. "..and Dr. Wallace, can you tell me the proper dosage for this patient if she were forty-two kilograms?" Wallace had a special place in Callie's heart. She had been treating him for short gut syndrome for a few years now, and she wanted him to keep up with his studies, so she liked to let him go on round and quiz him on math and science solvents.
Figuring out some math on his clip board, Wallace goes about solving the question for the patients dosage. With Cristina still hovering over his shoulder, looking up from his clip board he says "2.1 grams per day.. If you carry the decimal."
Nodding her head in agreement. Callie addresses the parents, "Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, with the amount of fractures we're dealing with, we'd like to keep Hilary here about a week or so just to make sure everything is healing correctly, but looks like she will be just fine barring any complications." She says, looking at her phone, seeing Arizona name flash on the screen, signaling she had sent a text. smiling at the parents she asked, "Do you have any questions?"
"We can't think of anything at the moment. Thank you so much Dr. Torres."
"My pleasure, I'll be back later to check on you Hilary." Callie says, as they walk out of the room with the group of doctors. Owen and George leaves to round on their other patients in the hospital, Callie is left with her residents, consisting of the twisted sisters and little Grey.
"Wallace, we'll be in with you in just a second okay, buddy." Callie says, walking him to his hospital room.
Leaning up on the counter at the nurses station, Callie proceeds to write notes in Hilary Boyds chart. "So Lexie, heard anything from Mark?" Callie asks, signing off on the chart and handing it off to the nurse at the computer.
"Yeah, he's not really liking the move. He keeps telling me he needs to call the chief and ask if his slots still open, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up, you know him. He can never make up his mind. Typical man." Lexie says rolling her eyes at her long distance boyfriends antics.
"Typical Mark, always spontaneous never thinking things through. He told me he only signed a six month agreement with that practice in New York, said he just wasn't so sure about the move."
"Yeah, who knows with him. I think he's coming in to visit next week. I'm not sure though." Lexie replied.
"I hope, I've miss the big lush." Callie said, taking her forgotten phone out of her lab coat pocket, smiling as she opens up the text message that Arizona had sent several minutes
ago.
- I miss my baby! :( - XOXO Arizona -
- Your baby misses you more. - XOXO Your Calliope ;) -
- I'm going to stop by the clinic and pick up those resumes Teddy has for you. I'll pick
up for us some dinner on the way home. How does Chinese sound? - XOXO Callie -
- Sounds amazing, Thanks babe. I love you. - XOXO Arizona -
- I love you too honey. See you soon. - XOXO Callie -
"Okay guys, let's round on Wallace. The sooner we're done, the sooner we can cut, and the sooner we can cut the sooner I can go home." Callie says, slipping her phone back into her coat. Really wishing she was still at home in her girlfriends warm comfy bed.
Sighing, they walked into the room. Wallace's condition only seemed to be getting worse with each surgery he had, but he always kept his spirits up and in turn, it also kept her hopeful. "Okay, whose presenting?" Callie said.
"I am Doctor Torres." Wallace said, sitting up in his hospital bed.
"Proceed."
"Wallace Anderson, ten years old... almost 11." He emphasized, looking at the residents. "Been here for seven months, in and out over the past two years. Suffers from short gut syndrome, which meansI can't properly absorb nutrition."
"Exactly. Dr. Grey?"
"Fifteen Intestinal surgeries to date, plus a bowel lengthening procedure, which helped for a while, but recently, he's had to go back to being fed through T.P.N." Meredith Grey said addressing her attending.
"Yum." Wallace says shaking his Nutrition bag, that was hanging on an IV pole.
"How'd he do this morning?" Wallace's mom, Bethany asked, walking into the room with her husband.
"We covered some pretty advanced algebraic conversions." Callie said, addressing his mother as she went to stand beside her son.
"Dr. Torres helps me with my math and science homework by letting me go on rounds." He says to Cristina, who is standing beside the head of his bed.
"Fascinating." Cristina mumbles under her breath, turning towards Meredith.
"We're trying to keep his life as normal as we can. Even living in a hospital." Wallace's dad says to the resident doctors.
"But I can skip my homework on Friday right dad? Since it's my birthday?"
"Since it's your birthday." Wallace's mom says, helping her son get settled back in bed.
"Dr. Torres, will you still come right?", Wallace asked Callie.
"Yes, I can come celebrate with you like I promised." she says, motioning to the residents that it was time to continue on with rounds.
"Dr. Torres, we've requested a meeting with the head of the hospital board, and we'd like you there too." Paul, Wallace's dad says as she exit's the room.
"Oh, Okay." Callie says, exiting the room. Silently praying that the meeting wasn't to reprimand her. She's done everything that she can to save Wallace, but death is inevitable with his condition. She has been buying him a few months at a time for over two years but that time was quickly coming to an end. But Paul and Bethany weren't people to hear the word no. If they want surgery for their son, they will get surgery for their son. they had money and they would do everything possible to get the care he needed, but at the end of the day, money and power wouldn't save their little boy from certain death.
Callie had been paged into the pit for a consult on a four year old girl whom got hit by a speeding car, as soon as she exited Wallace Andersons room. She found herself scrubbing out of the seven hour surgery, just in time to see that her day was over. Deciding to go check on one of her favorite patients before she leaves for the day.
Walking into Wallace's room she see's he is wore down and tired. Smiling at the little boy as she walked up to the bed he told her, "Give me just a minute, and I'll be ready to go on rounds."
Looking towards Wallace's mom, Callie sees her shake her head, knowing he wasn't up for evening rounds. "That's okay buddy, I'm not going on rounds this evening. You just stay here in bed and rest with mommy okay?" Callie says trying to appease the weakened boy.
"He's not been sleeping very well." Bethany said as Callie covered him up with his blanket. "How about you close your eyes, and let me do what mommies do okay?"
Bethany said to her frail son. Seeing him nod his head and close his eyes, she started. "Bad dreams bad dreams go away, good dreams good dreams here to stay." She said waving her arms over his body. "Bad dreams bad dreams go away, good dreams good dreams here to stay." She repeated, pausing when she saw Doctor Yang walk into the room.
"You have to say it three times for it to work mommy." Wallace sleepily says as his mom repeats it one last time.
"I'll be back in the morning to check on him. Get some rest." Callie says, laying her hand on Bethany's arm.
Walking into Arizona's apartment with Resumes and dinner in hand, Callie sets the food down on the counter and lays the resumes on the side table next to the sofa.
"Arizona?" Callie raised her voice slightly. "Honey?" She said, walking further into the apartment. Not finding her girlfriend anywhere. "Where are you?" she said, walking into the bedroom, sighing at the sight of her girlfriend laying down on the bed. "What are you doing in bed?" she questioned, sitting beside her girlfriend on the bed.
"I've done absolutely nothing today, and my back is killing me." She said, adjusting the heating pad that was placed under her back. "I guess it's just from lying around all day. I'm going to go insane Callie."
"Well, I say.. how about after dinner, we look at those resumes and then I'll give you a back massage? How does that sound?" Callie asked, "I've not had a moment to myself today, its been so hectic. I'm starved, I didn't get lunch." she said, lying down with her girlfriend, with her arm draped over her stomach. "..and I've missed you." Callie said, moving her head so it laid on Arizona's chest.
"I've missed you too babe." Arizona said, stroking Callie's head. Hearing a hint of sadness in her girlfriends voice when she said she missed her. "You alright Calliope?"
"Yeah…" Callie sighed. "…I'm.. I.. I don't know" she replied, rubbing small circles with her thumb over her girlfriends hip bone. Thinking about the day, and about Wallace. She would give anything to change his state. She knew Wallace would be lucky to make it to his birthday.
Shifting herself, so she could sit up and rest her back on the headboard of the bed, Arizona gestured for Callie to lay her head down on her lap. "Talk to me Calliope. What's going on with you today?" she asked, running her fingers through Callie's hair.
"It's nothing.. I'm just feeling a little down today that's all." Callie said, wiping a stray tear that fell from her eye, looking up at the ceiling. She wasn't sure when her mood had gotten so low, she did have kind of a shitty day, but she knew it also had something to do with seeing Wallace before she left work. She was a doctor for fuck sake and she couldn't help the boy and that broke her heart.
"You know you can tell me anything right? If some things bothering you, I want to know about it." Arizona said, trying her best to comfort Callie.
"I know." she said, then paused for a moment to collect her thoughts. "Paul and Bethany requested a meeting with the Head of the Board and the chief today. They also wanted me present."
"That's Anderson kids parents right." Arizona questioned, remembering Callie had spoken about them before. From what she remembered Callie saying it was only a matter of time for the child.
"Yeah, they are donating twenty-five million dollars. Half to the hospital and half to research. They want me to find a cure for Wallace, but I can't.. I can't." Callie said, with tears starting to fall.
"Oh honey." Arizona said, wiping tears off Callie's face, only to be replaced with more.
"It would be a miracle… if he made it to h.. his birthday on Friday." she cried, rolling over on her right side, burying her face in Arizona's stomach, careful not to put pressure on her surgical scar.
"Hey.. hey... you've did everything you can, you gave that little boy two extra years that he wouldn't have had. You did that, no one else Callie." she said, bending down, kissing her on the temple. "Shh.. it's okay babe. Let it out." Arizona said, stroking her girlfriend back. Knowing if Callie would just cry it out she would feel better in the end.
Releasing all her pent up emotions, the crying, the exhaustion from the long day along with Arizona rubbing her back softly had relaxed Callie enough to let her mind drift off to a light sleep.
The tingling sensation in her hand woke Callie up from her light slumber about thirty minutes later. Realizing her hand was asleep from the position she was in she shifted on her back, looking up at Arizona, who was engrossed in one of her medical journals.
"Hey you. Feeling better?" Arizona asked, setting the magazine down on her night stand.
"Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to fall asleep on you, but you're just so comfy." Callie said, hearing Arizona's stomach growl, letting out a small laugh as she sat up from her position. "Come on. Lets get you some food, before you turn into a grizzly bear."
"Wait.. are.. you okay?" Arizona asked, with a bit of worry.
"Yeah, I'm fine now. Thanks." Callie said, placing a kiss on her girlfriends lips. "Lets go eat, I'm starved." she said, walking into the kitchen to plate their dinner.
Arizona could still see the sadness in Callie's eyes, but she decided not to press her about it.
"Hey, let me do that babe, you've had a long day and it's the least I can do. Sit." Arizona said grabbing the box of takeout from Callie.
Reheating the General Tso's chicken and fried rice in the containers, Arizona placed the boxes back on the breakfast bar, she poured Callie some wine and sat beside her girlfriend.
"I figured we could just eat right out of the containers today. What do you say." Arizona said, unwrapping the chop sticks.
"Sounds good, thanks. " Callie said leaning her head on Arizona's shoulder, as Arizona took a few bites of her dinner. Noticing Callie was just picking at the food.
"Callie honey, you need to eat."
"I'm not that hungry anymore." Callie said, putting her utensils down.
"For me.. Please?" Arizona said, holding some food in front of Callie's mouth for her to take.
Accepting the offered food to appease her girlfriend. "You don't have to feed me Arizona."
"Um. Yeah, evidently I do." she said laughing, trying to lighten Callie's mood a little.
"Come on now, eat… then we'll take a long hot bath" Arizona said, wiggling her eyebrows, "..and I'll let you give me that back rub you promised." she finished, kissing her girlfriend on the forehead.
"Deal."
The work week past by more or less the same as Monday, with easy banter between the two, Callie would go to work, come home to check on Arizona during her lunch break if time allowed between her everyday patients and a worsening Wallace Anderson. They went over the résumé's Callie picked at the clinic on Monday evening.
It was finally Friday, Wallace's 11th birthday, also Arizona's first checkup with Bailey. Callie found herself getting ready for work that morning, silently praying to god that Wallace would make it through the day.
"I'm going to work babe. Don't be late for your checkup with Bailey today. Call me when you get there. I'll come with you."
"Okay babe, have a good day. I'll see ya soon. Love you." Arizona yelled from the bathroom.
"Love you too."
A few hours later, Callie found herself wondering around the peds wing. She'd been to check on Wallace, and he wasn't looking to good, she had Cristina take him up to run a few tests to see what was going on with him. Feeling her phone vibrate in her lab coat, she looked at the screen seeing Arizona had texted her the room number she was in, waiting on Bailey's consult. Making her way into Arizona's room, Callie entered seeing her girlfriend sitting on the bed, swinging her legs like a small child.
"Hey." Callie said, making her presence known. Taking a seat on the stool, maneuvering herself to sit in front of Arizona until Bailey got there.
"Hey, how's Wallace?" Arizona asked, seeing the worry still evident in her lovers eyes.
"He's hanging in there. I've sent Cristina to do tests. I'm still hoping by some miracle that he'll pull though you know.. Its possible. Time will only tell." Callie says, as Bailey walks into the room.
"Hey Arizona, how are you feeling today?" Bailey asks, as she makes her way to her patient.
"I'm good Bailey, I'm feeling really good. Please tell me you will release me back to work now. I can't take sitting at home much longer." Arizona said, with pleading eyes to the short doctor.
"Well, everything looks good from the outside, I just need to do some blood work on you to see how you're immune system is holding up, and if all goes right, you will be well on your way." Bailey says, after doing a series of small tests, checking the incision site, and palpitating Arizona's abdomen.
"It will be about thirty minutes or so before I know the results" Bailey said, while drawing Arizona's blood. "..so why don't you and Callie go down to the cafeteria and have some lunch while you wait, otherwise you can just sit in this dull room and stare at four walls. I'll come find you when I'm done" Bailey said, leaving the room.
Walking hand in hand, Callie and Arizona took their time going to the Cafeteria. Callie stopped Cristina, who was walking by, to see if Wallace's tests had come back yet, getting a quick no in response, she told Cristina to page her with the results.
Making their way into the Cafeteria, Callie walks Arizona to a quiet table near the corner of the room away from the crowds of people. "Wait here babe, and I'll get us something."
"Ooo.. No salad." Arizona said, scrunching her face up. "I feel like something cheese…"
"Gotcha." Callie replied, laughing.
Returning with two plates of lasagna for them both and a banana milkshake for Arizona, she sat down beside her girlfriend. "I hope this is okay, it was the only cheesy thing they had… AND.. a special sweet treat... for my sweet." Callie said placing the milkshake down in front of Arizona.
"Mmm.. You read my mind. Thank you." she said, taking a drink of the shake. "Oh god, Banana…" she said, taking another drink. "…damn that's good." she said, setting it down.
Finishing up their meal, they spot Bailey coming their way. "Well, please tell me its good news Bailey." Arizona said, holding Callie's hand.
"I'm afraid not Arizona, the tests show that your immune system is sill low. Its higher than last time, but still low. So, same as last week, we will revisit this again next Friday, just go home and relax, no working you hear me. Just because you are feeling great doesn't mean your body really is. Enjoy your time off girl." Miranda says, patting Arizona on the back before leaving the room.
"Nooo." Arizona said, smacking her head onto the hard table.
"That's really gonna help, huh." Callie said laughing at Arizona. Hearing her pager go off, Callie looks down and see's she is needed up in the NICU. "I've gotta go babe, 911 in the NICU. I'm sorry…I'll see you later." she said, kissing her girlfriend goodbye and running up to the NICU.
"Dr. Torres.." Cristina says, walking into the NICU room.
"Not Right now…" Callie huffs, as she worked with Meredith to save a new born baby.
"I think you're going to want to see this, it's the X-rays of Wallace Anderson. See? He has dilated loops of bowel."
"Show me." Callie says, looking up at the X-rays. "Flip.. Flip.. Damn it. Damn it. He has another bowel obstruction, and he's not compensating."
"I got this, go." Meredith says taking over the new born baby.
After catching Wallace's parents up on his condition, she heads to see the little boy. Walking into his room, Callie see's him holding his stuffed animal "Hey there, you ready to go?"
"I've been here for a while now Dr. Torres, and I've seen kids go home… and go away. Like Evan, the kid from down the hall with asthma last month. He died the day before her was suppose to be discharged."
"You're not Evan." Callie said, trying to ease Wallace's concern.
"And Chloe, the heart girl. She was here for three weeks before she died."
"No one says you're going to die."
"I've been here for seven month. I've been here the longest of anyone on the floor, by double." Wallace said, fettling with his stuffed animal he had clutched in his hands.
"Wallace, I.." Callie didn't know what to say, he was breaking her heart. He needed this surgery to live another day, but she wasn't sure he would make it off her table alive.
"They say its like going to sleep. Maybe it is, but what if I go to sleep, and I have nightmares?" he asked, as the nurses came in to take Wallace to the OR. Callie was at a loss for words.
Leaving the hospital after her long day, Callie checked her phone to see if Arizona had replied to any of her texts she had sent earlier in the day after Wallace's surgery. Seeing there wasn't any messages or calls, she decided to head to Arizona's clinic to pick up her wallet she had left there earlier in the week, not having the time to pick it up sooner. Pulling out her phone to call her girlfriend, Callie only gets a voice mail. Sighing she placed her phone back in her pocket and made her way to the clinic. Hearing Arizona's ring tone on her phone go off, she answered the call.
"Hey, sorry I didn't make it to the phone when you called." Arizona said.
"I left you messages." Callie said, hearing papers shuffling through the other end of the phone.
"I'm sorry I was.."
"..Look ok, I don't care, I operated on Wallace this afternoon, even when I knew better. I keep retracing every step, every suture and I keep going over it and over it.." Callie said, letting her emotions take control of her actions.
"He didn't make it?"
"He did, he's in recovery, but that's not the point." Callie said hearing someone in the background speak in hushed tones. Where are you?"
"Ahh.. I'm.. uh I'm home." Arizona rattled.
"I've called and texted you several times today… Look, what I needed from you tonight was a little support and you weren't there." Callie said, near tears.
"Ooo.. okay.. you're scared, and so you're picking a fight. You get that, yeah?" Arizona said, confused as to why Callie was being so agitated with her.
"Yeah. Yeah. Fine. Whatever. But I've helped you through crisis after crisis lately and for once I thought I could come home tonight and get some support fro..."
"..Callie.." Arizona sighed, knowing Callie was having a rough time, she was just taking the brunt of her pent up frustrations. "I'm sorry honey.. I promise, I've not ignored your calls, where are you? I'll come to you right now."
"No.. no.. I'm sorry.. I'm just upset and I shouldn't be taking it out on you." Callie sighed, settings down on a bench on the street. "I'm leaving the hospital now, I just.. I gotta run an errands and I'll be home. Okay?"
"Okay babe.. how about we have some pizza for dinner and just have a relaxing night on the couch.. Sound good?"
"Yeah, okay." Callie said, getting up from the bench as she continued her way to the clinic. "I gotta go." Callie said, hanging up the phone before Arizona could reply.
Walking into the back alley of the clinic, Callie silently hopes Teddy's still there working because she didn't have a key to get in. Trying the door, seeing that it was unlocked Callie made her way into the clinic to Arizona's office where she last remembered having her wallet.
Walking into the office, noticing the picture in the frame sitting on Arizona's desk of the day they were at the park, smiling thinking back to that day, she moved to grab her wallet in Arizona's desk but it wasn't there. Turning around to exit, thinking Teddy may have moved it.
Walking through the building she ran into Teddy at the nurses desk. "Umm Teddy did you move my wallet from Arizona's office?"
Looking up from her file in her hands. "Oh hey Callie, yea I placed it in the desk here." Teddy said, pulling the wallet from the drawer and handing it to it's owner.
"Thanks Teds. Have you talked to Arizona today?" Callie asked her girlfriends best friend. Knowing she would be carrying the load with Arizona's extended absence at work.
Being caught off guard with the question Teddy didn't know what to say. "Umm yea.. Ahh.." She mumbled, as Arizona walked into the nurses station, unaware of Callie's presence.
"Who you talking to Teds?" Arizona asked looking up from the papers in her hands.
"Calliope." She said surprised. "Wha.. What are you.. doing here." She asked, swallowing hard, knowing Callie was going to be pissed at her for being at the clinic when she should be home resting.
"Me?.. ME?.." Callie huffed, in surprise. "What the hell are you doing here Arizona?
"Callie, I need to get these interviews out of they way and hire a doctor. Especially now that I'm off at least another week." Arizona said, trying to make her girlfriend understand.
"Your immune system is low, do you get that? You're putting yourself in danger just being here. Do you know what that means.. What this could do to your recovery.. Being here around all these sick kids?" Callie's voice rises slightly trying not to cause too much commotion in the middle of the clinic.
"I get that Callio..."
"..No, no apparently you don't." Callie interrupted. "You have been complaining and whining all week about how you have to get back to work as quick as possible and now you're here risking that?
Taken aback from how Callie was talking to her, Arizona was in sort of a shock. She knew Callie had, had a bad week at work, quickly realizing she was only adding into her stress and anxiety of the whole situation, just by being here. She didn't want Callie to have that added on stress, she knew she was having it hard enough emotionally.
"I.. I'm sorry.." Arizona said, stepping closer to Callie. "I don't mean to make you worry babe, I just needed to get all this sorted out... the sooner the better.. and.."
"Please.. Just.. don't, Arizona." Callie sighed, cutting her off. Exhaustion setting in from the horrible week she had.
"Calliope.."
"I just.. I can't.. I can't take anymore today Arizona. If you want to walk around here like nothing is wrong with you then by all means, have at it. I won't stick around here and watch you put yourself in this situation." Callie says turning around and walking out of the clinic exasperated.
Walking back home, she let's herself into Arizona's apartment long enough to grab her pajamas and a few of her necessities, that have all slowly accumulated from her place to her girlfriends home.
She enters her apartment, locked the door and entered her bedroom and also locked that door. Stripping her Clothes off, she decided to soak in the hot tub.
Sinking into the water, it only made her miss Arizona and wish she was there with her. Thinking maybe she was too harsh on her, but then again, Arizona was setting herself up for a setback. And she didn't want to see Arizona risk that.
Sinking further, until he whole body was submerged in hot water, letting the heat try to easy her built up tension in her tired body. Hearing a low thud in the water, she finally sat up when she couldn't hold her breath any longer.
Hearing another thud, Callie turned the water off to see where the noise was coming from. Hearing it again and recognizing the voice that was carrying from her bedroom door.
Going into her apartment, expecting to see Callie there, she entered her bedroom seeing some of Callie's things missing including her pajamas. Going through her apartment in search of her missing girlfriend Arizona came up empty. "Callie." Arizona yelled through her apartment.
Thinking there was only one other place she could be, she made her way across the hall to Callie's apartment. They hadn't spent the night away from each other since their first date and she wasn't about to start now.
Knocking on the blue door to apartment 502, "Callie?" Arizona waited for an answer. Knocking a second time "Calliope?" still no answer, she decided to use her key that Callie gave her not long after moving next door. Walking into the apartment she didn't see Callie anywhere. Her eyes roaming to the bedroom door she notices a light shining underneath the door. She goes to open the door but it was locked. Knocking on the door Arizona pleads. "Calliope please, let me in." She said knocking again. "Callie, please answer me." Arizona pleaded, sinking to the floor with her back against the door. She would wait Callie out if she had to.
About fifteen minutes later, Hearing a shuffling of feet through the door Arizona rose from the floor. "Callie... please, can we talk?" Arizona asked through the shut door, knowing Callie could hear her. "Callie I'm not leaving until you talk to me." She said banging on the door.
"Please just... go home, Arizona. I can't do this right now." Callie said, from her seated position on her bed, sighing when she heard pager go off right after. Seeing it was a 911 for Wallace, Callie quickly dressed and rushed out of her room.
"Wh.. Wait.. You're leaving? Where you going?" Arizona said, standing up from her seated position at the bedroom door.
"Yes. I have a patient." Callie said slamming the front door on her way out.
Walking to the front door Arizona slumped down against it. She couldn't handle Callie being upset, and it was eating away at her. Bringing here knees up to her chest and resting her head on them. Silently crying to herself.
A knock on the front door roused Arizona from her slumber. Seeing it was morning,
Arizona rose silently hoping Callie had forgot her keys in her rush out the door last night.
"Babe." Arizona said, swinging the door open quickly.
"Ohh, you're not Callie." She said with puffy red eyes, as she looked at the balding man that stood in front of her in an expensive Armani suit.
"Carlos Torres." He says. Holding his hand out to greet her. "..and you must be Cristina?"
Thoughts? Carlos going to accept Callie and Arizona or not?
