You guys are uh-MAZING! Some are saying I didn't have to take this story here, but if you've been reading the same story I've been writing... This needed to happen For Arizona and her family to have some closure on things.
That being said, it's not a good story, if it doesn't leaving you on the edge of your seat sometimes right? And I'd rather read one of them being injured than having to worry about the possibility of one of them cheating or something. It's been done too many times.
I don't have much medical knowledge, but I think its pretty accurate.
special thanks to my beta. ;)
Enjoy
Chapter 22
The rig finally came to a stop under the ambulance bay. The ride to the hospital seemed like an eternity to Arizona even though the clinic was only a quick five minute walk from Seattle Grace. The Ambulance doors were slung open by the head of trauma, revealing the familiar face of Owen Hunt, quickly followed by Derek Shepherd and Miranda Bailey. Locking eye with Owen, it seemed like everything went into slow motion for Arizona.
Callie was quickly rushed into a trauma room by Owen and Derek. Arizona paralyzed in her spot inside the ambulance, her body shaking uncontrollably, reliving the attack from moments ago. Noticing Arizona's state of shock, Miranda stayed with her while the others started accessing Callie's injuries. "Arizona?" Bailey questioned, quickly climbing into the rig. "What happened, honey." She said, wrapping her arm around Arizona's fragile form.
Being brought out of her thoughts, Arizona's eyes land on Baileys. "You.. You have got to help her, Miranda. Please." She cried, collapsing on Miranda's shoulder. "You have to be in there Bailey. You have to help her."
"Okay.. Okay I'll go assist. But she's in the best hands, Arizona. She'll be alright. You hear me?" Miranda soothed her friend. "Come on, honey let me page Sloan to get you cleaned up. That's a nasty cut you got." Bailey said, helping Arizona out of the rig.
Noticing Arizona by the entrance of the building Teddy rushed to her side. "Hey, sorry it took me a few minutes, I found your and Callie's purses on the ground. "How is she?" Teddy asks taking over for Bailey. Wrapping her arm around Arizona, leading them into the emergency room.
"We don't know, but I'm going to check. I'll have an intern page Sloan. You need to get that cut cleaned up sweetie." Bailey said, leaving the fragile blonde and walking towards the busy trauma room.
"Hey." Bailey yelled at an intern running by her. "Page Dr. Sloan 911 tell him it's Arizona." She told the out of breath intern.
"But he's not even back as an attending yet. He's only here signing papers." The intern rebuttaled.
"Did I ask for any comments. I said page Sloan and page him now." She huffed mumbling 'Damn Morons' as she opened the trauma room door seeing Derek and Owen working away assessing their injured friend.
"I need to be in there." Arizona said a few minutes later, walking in the direction Bailey just went. She had to be with Callie, she needed to be with her. "What if she wakes up and I'm not there Teddy? She'll be scared." She said, feeling Teddy's hand on her arm, just as she was about to open the door.
"No, Arizona you don't need to be in there. Callie wouldn't want you to see her like that, lets just let the doctors do their job." Teddy told her just as the trauma doors opened wheeling Callie out.
"Where are you taking her? Oh god... She needs surgery doesn't she?" Arizona asked, but before anyone had a chance to say anything she thought Callie let out a loud whimper. "Calliope?" She cried. "I'm here.. I'm here, baby." She said running to the bed. "You're going to be fine."
"We've sedated her Arizona, she's not awake. We're taking her to X-Ray and CT." Derek said pushing the head of the bed down the hall, running with Owen to the elevator doors.
"Wait.. I'm coming with her." She said running with Derek.
"No. You're not. You need to get that head stitched up." Bailey yelled. "You're not going to do her any good looking like that. Get yourself together Robbins." Bailey said, running to catch up with the men before the elevator door closed carrying the love of her life.
"Blondie. You paged?" Mark asked walking up to a distressed Arizona. Looking at her face, "What the hell happened to you? Where's Cal?" He said taking her face in his hands examining her cut.
"Mark." Arizona said, feeling the sob rise from her throat, engulfing him in a hug. "It's Calliope. She's been attacked." She cried.
Wrapping Arizona up in a hug, Mark looked at Teddy for confirmation. Seeing the sullen look she had, he led them to the room Callie just vacated. "What? What happened?" He asked, sitting Arizona down on the stool to inspect her head. Seeing the blonde sob uncontrollably he took her in his arms again.
"I'm not exactly sure." Teddy said, trying to keep herself calm for her best friend, even thought anger and sadness was filling her. "All I know is.. when I came outside, I saw Callie laying lifeless on the ground and Arizona was knelt down to her, screaming for help. She said it was the same bastard that killed her brother." She said, anger rising in her voice.
"Brother. You have a brother? How do you know it's the same guy?"
"Had."
"She said he admitted it."
"What? What did he say Arizona." He asked.
"It doesn't matter right now Mark. Just fucking stitch me up so I can go be with her. Calliope needs me now more than ever before. So please, please.. Just shut the hell up." She said getting up from her seat and walking to the door. She knew she was letting her emotions get the best of her, but she needed to hurry and get to Callie's side. Even though Derek said she had been sedated, Arizona would never forgive herself if Callie woke up without her there.
"Arizona, calm down." Teddy said, glaring at her friend. She knew this was very tough on Arizona, having to go through this again but this was a completely different situation than Tim's. "Callie is alive," she said, placing her hands on Arizona's upper arms. "..she's hurt, but she's alive. The man is in custody. Okay. She's going to be fine honey."
Tears streamed down Arizona's cheeks as she shook her head. "I can't lose her Teddy." Sobs of fear of what could have been took over her body once again, falling onto her best friend. The situation finally catching up with her. Seeing that man again, thinking Callie could have been raped or worse.. dead.
"Awe honey." Teddy said stroking her blonde hair. "You won't, Arizona. Do you hear me." she said, kissing her head and embracing her in a strong hug. "Callie is brave and.. and she's strong. She wouldn't let something like this take her away from you, okay?" Feeling Arizona nod against her shoulder, "So, we're going to let Mark stitch you up. And then we're going to take you to see your girl. So... Calm down, get yourself together, because when Callie wakes up, she's going to be upset and in pain. And seeing you upset will only make matters worse. She doesn't need to see you a wreck. She's going to need you to be her rock. You need to be strong for her, Arizona."
"I can. She's been my rock since the day I met her." She said, stepping out of the embrace. And retaking her seat on the stool, wiping her tears away. "I can be her rock. I'll be her good man in the storm." She sniffed.
Walking over to the surgical tray and putting on his gloves, Mark noticed something out of the corner of his eye. Smiling he knew this was the work of Derek. "Hey, I got something you might want Robbins." He said, picking up Callie's leather jacket and holding it out for Arizona to put on.
"What? Didn't they cut it off?"
"Ha. Are you kidding? Derek knows better. Callie loves her jacket more than anything and he knows if something was to happen to it under his watch, she wouldn't think twice about cutting his precious hair." he said, helping Arizona put it on. "Here, let me clean it up a bit." he said, wiping some blood off the collar of the jacket.
Putting her hands in the jacket pocket, Arizona felt a cool piece of metal. Taking it out of the jacket pocket, she noticed it was Callie's 'always and forever' heart necklace. Her heart dropper for the third, fourth, hell maybe twentieth time that night. Placing the necklace around her neck, she inhaled Callie's scent on her jacket. She wrapped it tightly around her body, as silent tears began to fall as Mark began examining her. "You have nice knot here Robbins, so I'd say you will have a gnarly bruise by morning. The cut's not too deep. So I'm just going to close it up with butterfly strips okay? How did you do this?"
"I uh.. I saw him over top of Calliope. He had her shirt ripped off and was trying to get her pants down." She said solemnly with tears still falling, seeing it play over again in her head as Mark went about cleaning and fixing her up. "So I attacked him. I hit him in the back of the head several times but then he countered and I hit the asphalt, then he punched me and tried to choke me." she sniffed, as they heard a knock on the door, and luckily for Mark and Teddy, because neither of them knew what to say. Wiping some stray tears from their eyes, Bailey's head poked into the room.
"Arizona, you can come see her now. Derek and Owen are waiting for you." she said quietly, taking Arizona by the hand and leading them to Callie's private room.
The closer they got to the room, the more Arizona's heart raced. She couldn't stand to see Callie so hurt. Putting on a brave face, she entered the room. Looking at the sedated Calliope Torres, her heart broke into a million pieces. "Oh Calliope." she whispered, taking Callie's scratched up hand into hers. "I'm right here baby and I'm not going anywhere. I promise." she said caressing her cheek.
"We're going to keep her sedated for the next day or so, because she's going to be in some pain." Derek said stepping behind Arizona and placing his hands on her shoulder to show his support. "Scans show she has a sever concussion. A Linear Skull Fracture due to blunt force trauma, but it should heal on its own. I'd like to keep her a few days so we can observe her and make sure there is not bleeding inside the skull or any other underlying brain injuries, and if all is good, a full recovery is expected." he said, stepping to the side so Owen could speak to her.
"She has a few cracked and bruised ribs." Owen said, coming up to Arizona, wrapping his arm over her shoulder. "Looks like it was caused from a… kick to her midsection." he said, as Arizona broke down for what it felt like the hundredth time that night. "She's okay, Arizona. We're just wanting to keep her sedated to keep her comfortable for a few days. But she's going to be fine." he said looking over to Teddy and motioning for her to take his place by Arizona.
"Come on honey, sit down." Teddy said, pulling a chair up to Callie's bed and helping her sit. "We're going to give you a few minutes okay?" Teddy said, walking out of the room with everyone, giving Arizona some time to be with Callie.
Walking down the hall, Mark was rattled. He had never seen his best friend in such a state. He had been with her through breakups and makeups and everything in between. He had thought he had seen her at her worst, but that was until today. Making his way up to the roof of the building to clear his mind, he passed a room with a police officer guarding the door. Curious to who it was, "Hey Randy, how's it been going man?" he asked, seeing a bloodied man laying on a hospital bed further in the room. He and Randy had shared a few drinks at Joe's after work. Joe's seemed to be the place everyone in town hung out after long shifts.
"Hey Sloan, pretty good. I've not seen your ugly mug around lately." he said, shaking hands with Mark.
"Ahh.. I've been in New York, but I'm back for good now. What's he's in for?" he asked, pointing towards the bed.
"He attacked two women in a dark alley, she put up a hell of a fight. He's got a broke nose and a few lacerations. I'm just waiting on someone to come set it so I can take him to the jail house."
"Ahh." Mark said nodding his head. "Yeah, it was Callie."
"Dr. Torres?"
"Yeah, and apparently, he killed a guy a year or so ago and got away with it."
"Yeah, the captain already been informed of that. I've been told to keep eyes on him at all times."
"Let me take care of him, I'll get ya outta here in no time." he said, winked, patting him on the back and walking past him into the room. Seeing the sleeping man on the bed, Mark kicked the foot board of the bed, causing the bed to bang loudly against the wall.
Darting up from his position, he looked around, confused, "Oh that.. god, doc. I'm in pain here. Can you please give me something dude." he asked pulling at his handcuffs that were attached to the bed.
"Oh, that's what I'm here for dude. I'll fix you right up." he said, taking a seat on the stool next to the bed. Pulling the surgical tray to him, "What did you do man? It took pulling teeth to come in here and check on you bro." he said snapping on his gloves.
"Some dumb bitch came on to me in the street and persuaded me to fuck her in the alley. You know how chicks are man, she wanted it, you know? But then she went all crazy and started yelling for help, saying I was attacking her. Man I wouldn't hurt a fly, you know?"
Mark only nodded his head. Who did this guy actually think he was fooling? "Ya know, I know the girl." he said as he began cleaning the gash on his cheek.
"You do? Well then you know what a damn tease she is then, goddamn whore."
Mark's anger kept building as the man talked. He tried to keep himself in check, but the more this man lied the worse Marks got. Deciding this man needed to be shown a little tough love, Mark began stitching the mans face roughly and without warning.
"Owww. Man, don't you have to numb it or something before you do that?"
Mark was always one to be precise with his work, but right now he could care less. If the patient moved, Mark's hands didn't, which made the line of stitches he just placed zigzagged at best. Ignoring his question at first, "That's the best I could do man, it's gonna be a terrible scar." He said placing the last stitch. "So, it's pain medicine you want huh?" Mark asked, standing from the stool to look at the guys bloodied nose.
"Yeah, please doc."
"Hmm.. well.." he said, taking the mans nose between his forefinger and thumb, causing the man to whimper. "..was my best friend yelling for pain meds when you were bashing her skull in?" Mark asked, moving the mans nose around carelessly trying to feel the break, causing the perpetrator to scream out in pain, causing more blood to run from his nose. "Or was she yelling for pain medication when you ripped her shirt off her and pulled her pants down? Or how about my other friend? Was she screaming for meds when you punched her in the face?"
"What the fuck are you doing man, that hurts. She asked for everything she got." he said trying to shield his face from the doctor, but the handcuffs wouldn't allow it. "She put up a good fight though. A feisty one she was. I bet she would have been a wild animal in bed."
Hearing enough from the man, Mark quickly sat his nose, causing the man to yell out in pain again. He had to get out of that room and away from that man before he ended up being the one going to jail tonight. Taping the nose up quickly, "Hey Randy, this man's good to go." he said, patting the man roughly on his shoulder. "I gave him pain meds, but he's saying he's still in pain. I've gave the maximum amount, but between you and me, I just think he's looking for some kind of a fix." Mark said, making a few quick notes on the patient chart before leaving the room to go check on Callie.
Holding Callie's hand wasn't enough for her, she needed more contact. Moving Callie's IV's and wires to the side, Arizona crawled up on the bed with her girlfriend after everyone left. Making sure she wasn't causing her any discomfort, she laid her head down on the bed just above Callie's shoulder. "Oh baby." she cried silently. Cradling Callie's face with her right hand, letting her grief from the night take hold of her. "I'm here, Calliope… I'm here." She has not had time to herself to process what was really happening. With Callie and the attacker, the same man that she now knows as her brothers murderer. "You're going to be fine. And I know it hurts right now honey, but before you know it, you'll be out of here. Yeah.. and.. and I'll take you home... and I'll take such good care of you. It's funny.. you know." She said running her thumb over Callie's cheekbone. "I see exactly why you were so over protective and hell bent on taking care of me after my surgery." she laughed through her tears, thinking back to when Callie had waited on her hand and foot over a simple surgery. "Yeah, you'll probably be mad and sick of me because I'll hover, but I don't care..." She laid quietly for a few minutes before she spoke again. "You know, you have a right to be mad and angry, I am. This should have never happened to you, baby." She whimpered. "But I know we'll get through it, because as long as we have each other we can get through anything, right? Even our parents." She laughed. "Oh lord, Calliope. I can see them now, they'll probably try to brood over you when they find out what happened. They'll want to stay and make a fuss, but I won't let them... unless you want that. Anything you want or need, it's yours." she whispered, rambling to a sedated Callie. Just feeling the need to talk to her girlfriend. "And we'll eat.. sandwiches from our favorite deli or... Chinese or.. or oh or Pizza, I know how much you love our pizza nights in bed. I'll make that happen every night if that's what you want. Okay? You just have to get better, Calliope.. Please, get better.. for me." She said cuddling as close as she could to her girlfriend, exhaustion setting in.
A knock on the door, brought Arizona out from a light sleep minutes later. Raising her head she saw a grey headed man leaning on the door frame. "Hey Mark."
"How is she?" He asked, walking up to the other side of the bed.
"Same."
Nodding his head, "I'm going to take a look at these cuts." he said, noticing Arizona getting up from the bed. "Stay. You're fine, lay with her. I'm sure she needs to feel you there. Plus if she heard I made you get up to stitch her face, she'll have my balls on a silver platter." He chuckled.
"She would." Arizona laughed.
Checking Callie's cuts and abrasions, he pulled the surgical tray closer. "Looks about the same as yours. The cuts aren't so deep. I think butterfly strips will do just fine." He says, cleaning the dry blood off his best friends face. "I uh.. I did something a few minutes ago that I probably shouldn't have done."
"What?" She crinkled her brow line at him.
"I was upset after seeing Callie lying in the bed here. I just needed to get away for a few minutes, so I decided to go up to the roof to hit a few golf balls. But I came across a room with a cop guarding it." He said, placing some strips on Callie's forehead.
"He is here?" She was beginning to feel uneasy.
"Was. I just thought you should know." He said, with a smirk.
"Mark, what did you do?"
"Well just so happened, Randy my buddy, was the cop guarding his room. He was waiting on someone to come and set the mans broke nose. Good job by the way, you and Torres gave him a hell of a fight. So I told Randy that I'd fix him up in a jiffy." he said leaving it at that, not wanting to get in the specifics of what happened. He would do anything for those two girls.
Arizona knew Mark wasn't going to tell her the details of his encounter with the murderer, and to be honest she didn't want to hear them. At that moment she was very grateful for Mark being in her life. She didn't want to hear about that man. Not right now, she would come across that bridge soon enough. "Thank you, Mark." she said with a small smile.
Pulling up the stool, Mark took a seat beside the bed. "Listen Arizona, I know I'm an ass sometimes and I'll admit I do tend to take things too far most of the time, but that's just my nature. I don't mean no harm, you are perfect for Callie." He said taking Callie's and Arizona's hand into his. "I've known her for many years and no one has ever made her this happy. She's like a sister to me and now.. so are you. I protect the people I love, Arizona." he said. "I want you to promise me something."
"Okay?" she said, wiping a few stray tears that fell from her eyes at Mark's words.
"If at any time you or Callie feel scared.. if it's leaving work, at home or anywhere else, call me. Day or night, I'll be there Robbins. I don't care if I have to leave work, or get out of bed at four o'clock in the morning. You're my family, and I'll do anything to keep you safe."
"Thank you, Mark. I will.. I promise." she said squeezing his hand as Teddy's head popped into the door.
"Hey." Teddy said walking quietly into the room and sat down on the couch in the corner.
"I'm going to let ya'll talk. I'm going to find an on call room and get some rest. I'll be back in a little bit okay?" he said, getting up from his stool and placed a kiss on Callie's and Arizona's forehead.
"Hey Mark?" Arizona said as he walked to the door.
"Yeah?"
"You're our family too."
Smiling, he nodded and headed off into the direction of the nearest on call room, leaving Teddy and Arizona alone.
"Hey Zo?" Teddy said, getting up from her seat and taking the stool Mark just vacated.
Teddy hadn't called her that since Tim's death. "Hmm." she hummed, her head resting on Callie's shoulder. She knew this wasn't just affecting her, this was going to affect Teddy too.
Teddy could hear the sadness in her small response. She knew they were going to be in for a rough few months, no doubt this arrest was going to lead to a long heartbreaking trial. "Do you want me to call Callie's mom or dad? Or.. your parents?" Teddy asked quietly, rubbing Callie's hand as she looked up at Arizona, seeing a lone tear slip out from closed eyes.
Shaking her head, "No.. no.. I'm not ready to deal with them right now. I only want to focus on Callie. I want to wait until she wakes up. I'll call them then. Please Teddy... Don't call my parents yet. If they're here, I wont be able to think about anything but that man and what will happen to him and right now Callie needs my focus." She knew her parents deserved to know what was going on, but right now Arizona could only worry about one thing, and that was Callie.
"Okay." she said, rubbing Arizona's head. "Whatever you want."
"Thanks, Teds."
"Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I have a headache, but its nothing."
"You need to take care of yourself too. I'll find Bailey and see if she can give you something, Okay." seeing Arizona nod, "Henry's meeting me downstairs in a few minutes, I'm going to stay with him tonight. He just lives down the street, so don't hesitate if you need anything, okay? I'll be back early in the morning."
Nodding, "I love you, Teddy." she said, hearing her friend get up from her seat.
Walking over to Arizona, Teddy leaned in and kissed her on her cheek. "I love you too, Zo. Get some sleep, okay?" she said walking out of the room to find Dr. Bailey.
Walking into the room a few minutes later, Bailey sees Arizona laying beside Callie on her bed. "You know you shouldn't be up there." Bailey said, laying some pain meds and a drink on the table for Arizona to take. "Take these." she said, as she looked over Callie's vitals. "Everythings looking good. We'll start lowering her sedation in a day or so. So you need to get plenty of rest before then. I'll get you a cot, and set it up in here for you." she said, walking to the door.
"No use." she said, keeping her eyes shut. "You'll set it up and make me get in it, but as soon as you leave, I'll just climb back up here."
"Honey, Callie's going to be fine." Bailey said, walking up to the opposite side of Callie's bed.
"I know that, I do.. but what if she's scared, Bailey? What if she can hear or.. or feel and I'm not beside her. I need her to know she's not alone. So no, I'm staying here beside her."
"She knows you're here Arizona. Don't ever doubt that.. try to get some rest." she said, giving into the blonde. She was one to never bend the rules. It could have been Arizona's perkiness or her big heart. Maybe it was because she had never seen her Callie so happy, she wasn't sure. But from day one Arizona always held a special place in her heart.
Morning had come and gone. Arizona had not left Callie side unless it was to use the restroom. Nurses were in and out of Callie's room every five minutes throughout the night, or so it seemed. There had been no change in Callie condition, which was a good sign. The police had came to talk to Arizona and take her statement on the incident. They had asked her what made her believe that the guy was her brothers murderer. Telling them every detail the man had said to her, they assured her that he wouldn't be able to make bail anytime soon, especially if the forensic evidence came back matching DNA from the murder that had happened almost two years ago. Teddy and Mark both had came first thing this morning, to check on Arizona and Callie. Teddy had tried to get Arizona to eat something, but she insisted she wasn't hungry.
Derek had came into Callie's room about mid afternoon to access her conditions. "Everything is looking fantastic, Arizona. I'm going to lower her sedation first thing in the morning." he said looking at Arizona, who was sitting in a chair next to the bed still wearing Callie's leather jacket. "So, you need to go home. Take care of yourself, eat, shower, get sleep. You can't take care of her, if you don't take care of yourself. Go home and get some rest tonight."
"No, I'm fine. I'm good." she said, not wanting to leave her girlfriends side.
"No, Arizona. I wont let you stay here tonight." Derek stated firmly. He had already talked to Teddy and Mark, and they all feel this was the best thing. Derek seen exhaustion written all over her face. Knowing she was not going to be any good for Callie when she woke up if she didn't get rest, "So, go home." he demanded.
"How am I suppose to go home.. to OUR home without her Derek?" Arizona's voice raised as she began to cry. "I can't stay there by myself. I wont."
"Hey.. hey.." Teddy said, stepping into the room with Mark, hearing Arizona's and Derek's conversation. "I'm here okay, I'm going to take you home, and Mark will stay with Callie tonight, right Mark?" She asked looking at him.
"Right. She wont be alone Arizona. I promise. Go home, eat, take a hot bath and get some sleep okay? I wont leave her side." Mark said, crossing the room and taking Arizona in his arms. "Before you know it, morning will be here and you'll be back in this room staring at those brown eyes. Okay?"
Nodding into his chest, "You'll stay all night? I don't want her to be alone?" she said, feeling Mark kiss the top of her head.
"I'll stay. I promise."
"And you'll stay with me, Teddy?"
"All night."
Letting out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. "..okay.. okay.."
Returning to her home for the first time in over thirty-six hours, Arizona immediately sat down on the couch letting the exhaustion take over her body.
"I'll order something to eat, then you can have a bath or shower and sleep. Sound good?"
"Yeah, thanks Teddy."
"Anything you want in particular?"
"I could go for a sandwich from the deli."
"I'm on it." Teddy said, walking into the kitchen to place their delivery order.
Two hours later, Arizona had managed to eat half of her sandwich and relaxed in a nice hot bath. Now her and Teddy were laying in her bed, falling asleep to the sound of the TV.
Tossing and turning half the night, Arizona got frustrated that she couldn't sleep in her bed without Callie's arms wrapped around her. Sighing, she quietly got out of her bed and headed downstairs to the kitchen. Pouring herself a glass of wine, in hopes of it relaxing her a bit. Hopping up on the kitchen island, she stared out into their back yard lost in thought. Not hearing Teddy walk into the room.
"Wanna talk about it?" Teddy said hopping up on the counter next to her friend.
"Jesus, Teddy you scared the shit out of me."
"Sorry, I thought you heard me coming down the stairs. So.. Want to tell me what's on that mind?"
"No.. yea.. I don't know." She said confused. "I was just thinking about Tim."
"About that night?"
"Yeah." Arizona said, knowing she and Teddy needed to have this conversation. "I think we need to talk."
"Yeah. I think it's about time I get some answers." she said sadly.
"What do you know about that night? I mean.. I know I've not talked to you about the events that happened. But I'm pretty sure mom and dads said things to you." She said taking a sip of her wine before getting off the counter to get a wine glass for Teddy.
"Not much actually. I know you were upset at JoAnn and you left your place and called Tim to meet you in the park. Your dad said some kind of altercation had happened with some man and Tim had been killed." She said pouring herself a glass of wine.
"Yeah, long story short." She said taking a sip of her cool beverage. "I've not talked to anyone about it, but Callie since that night Teddy. I've wanted to talk to you. I really did." She said letting a tear slip out.
"You can always talk to me Arizona. I thought you knew that, but then after Tim died, you pulled away from me for a while. That hurt so much. I needed you as much as you needed me. But you closed yourself off to everybody for the longest time. I just don't understand why you felt you couldn't talk to me about this."
"I know. And I'm sorry. But I felt so guilty, Teddy." She said, wiping the tears away. "I couldn't look you in the face without wanting to crumble to the floor in defeat. It was me.. I felt like I was the reason for your tears, your pain, my parents pain. I caused it. It felt so much like it was my fault Tim died." She cried, putting her head in her hands and bawled. Feeling Teddy scoot closer, wrapping her up in a hug. "I called him to meet me at our.. our park bench overlooking the c-city. And just about the time I got to the bench that man attacked me, he.." She sniffed, trying to catch her breath. "..he tried to rape me. He.. he slid his hands into my jeans... and cupped my sex and about that time, Tim came and knocked him off me. Come to find out, he had heard my cries for help and had already called the police." Feeling Teddy's body shake. She knew she was now sobbing at her confessions. She pulled back to look her in the face. Both women's eyes were red and tearstained. Feeling the need to comfort Teddy, she pulled her in for an embrace. "He and Tim both struggled for dominance for a few minutes... I just sat there on the ground, Teddy. I didn't try to help." She cried. "Tim.. he was over top of the man when we heard the police cars pull up. Next thing I know... Tim's body went... It went limp.. and.. and he fell to the ground, and the guy vanished. I rushed to his side, his throat was.. slashed." She said closing her eyes tight, trying to drown the image out of her head. "..there was just too so much blood.. His eyes... pleaded with m.. me to help him Teddy and there was nothing I could do." She said, holding Teddy's head to her chest as she cried. "I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry, Teddy." She whimpered, stroking Teddy's hair.
Teddy couldn't believe the events that lead to the love of her life's death. She didn't know how Arizona had kept this to herself and managed to put up a brave front for so long. "Listen to me Arizona Robbins." Teddy said pulling out of her friends embrace. Wiping her face, "That wasn't your fault. Do you hear me. You did nothing wrong. Tim's death is solely on that man and that man alone. And now.. that son of a bitch will pay for his crime. And we will finally get closure. This isn't your fault."
Nodding her head. Breathing a small sigh of relief. It felt good to finally get that off her chest, she had been holding it in for far too long. "I know that now." She said, getting her emotions under control.
Sitting in silence for a few minutes, Teddy, wiped at her tearstained cheeks. "Thank you for telling me. I get it now."
"Get what?" Arizona asked.
"Why you didn't talk to me about it. I can't imagine what you went through, Zo. I'm sorry you had to see that. No one should have to see their loved one be killed." She said picking up her glass of wine. "You'll probably have to relive that a lot in the future, if the case goes to trail." She said taking a drink of wine. "But I need you to promise me something, Zo."
"Anything."
"Don't do that again." She said, taking Arizona's hand in hers. "Don't build that wall up, you have to talk to me.. to Callie. Callie needs you. I'm going to need you. Your parents are going to need you. And you're going to need us. So please, Zo. Don't close us off again."
"I promise. I won't Teds. I feel so much relief finally telling you." She said finishing her wine and climbing off the kitchen island.
"I feel some weight off my shoulders myself. Kinda like some closure you know." Teddy said, pulling Arizona in for a hug.
"Yeah, I know." She said with a big yawn.
"Come on, let's go cuddle." She said winking at her best friend. "The sooner we get to sleep, the sooner I can take you to see Cal."
"Thanks, Teds. Sounds good." she said following Teddy back upstairs to bed.
Arizona felt a renewed since as she crawled in bed that night. She knew she could handle what was to come because she had received nothing but love and support from her group of friends she calls her family.