I went home that night feeling better than I have in years. I never realized how much not truly forgiving Arizona has weighed on me. The following day my morning surgery went longer than I planned so I was late getting to her therapy session.
"Hey, sorry I'm late surgery ran long"I say as I rush into the room.
"I wasn't sure if you planned on being here today so I had Arizona go through some motion tests. Everything seems to be working as planned" David says.
"Hi, Callie." Arizona says smiling at me.
"So did you try walking again yet." I ask
"No not yet, I was kind of waiting to see if you came. I was hoping you could help me again today." She tells me.
"Sure, I would love to." I say as I go over to her and help her up.
As she stands she kind of stumbled forward a little and I caught her in my arms. Our faces were inches from each other. In that moment I wanted to kiss her so bad but I resisted and just help her to straighten up. I really thought I was over her. That whatever we had was in the past, but this past week since the accident I have to admit those feelings are still there. I'm not sure if it's been my talks with Barbara or just the fact of almost losing her that is making me revisit my feelings but whatever it is I'm grateful for it. Being around her this week has been easy, nothing seems forced like it had been.
"Callie you ready for this, watch the magic happen" I hear her says as it breaks me from me thoughts.
"Ok, let's see what you got." I say to her as I step back and watch.
Arizona takes her first step and I see her smile. It's the biggest smile I have seen from her in years. Her dimples are on full display. I can't help but smile.
"So what do think, are the adjustments we made yesterday ok?" I ask.
"Yeah, it's feels really good. I never thought I would say this but I really can't tell the difference between my right and left leg." She tells me.
"Good, that was the plan, a seamless prosthetic. So you think you can take a lap around the bars" I ask her.
"Forget the bars Callie, I can take a lap around the park." She says.
"Slow down ok I don't want you to over do anything, let's just stay with the bars for now. You're still a little weak from the surgery." I tell her.
"Ok, but only because you asked and I don't want you worrying" she says as she winks at me.
"Thank you" I say.
Just then Sofia came bounding in the room with Arizona's parents closely following.
"Mama you're walking does that mean we can have our dance party now" she asks so excitedly.
"No baby not yet, mama still needs to get her strength back first ok," I tell her.
"What dance party?" Barbara asks as she smiles at Arizona and I.
"Mama said that we can have a dance party when she gets home" Sofia tells her.
"Oh, so you and mama." Barbara asks.
"And mommy too, like we use to right mommy." Sofia says smiling up at me.
"Yeah baby just like we use to." I tell her as I bend down and give her a kiss.
I look up and see Arizona smiling at us both then I look over and Barbara's got the biggest smirk on her face.
"Ok well if we want to have this dance party then I need to get moving so mom and dad can you take Sofia to the park for a little while so we can finish up here." Arizona asks her parents.
"Of course dear, how long do you think you will be, we will grab you lunch on our way back." Barbara asks.
"About an hour or so I guess, how about we meet back in my room around two" she tells them.
"Perfect, Callie will you be joining us? " Barbara asks me.
"Barbie" Daniel says
"What I just want to be sure we bring back enough food." Barbara says smiling at him.
"Can you mommy please?" Sof asks.
I look at Arizona to see if it is ok with her and she just smiles at me a shrugs her shoulders.
"I'll try baby ok but I have some patients I need to see first " I tell her.
"Ok, can we go to the park now, please." Sofia asks her grandparents.
"Of course, kiss your parents goodbye then we will head out." Daniel says to her.
"Bye mommy, bye mama" Sof says as she kisses us both.
"Bye baby you be good for your grandparents ok" Arizona tells her.
"I'm always good" Sofia says as she grabs Daniel's hand and pulls him out of the room.
We all just laugh at her antics as Barbara says goodbye and follows them out.
"Ok let's get back to this, you still feel ok. Can you go a few more" I ask her.
"Callie honestly it feels like I can stand on this forever. I never would of believed a prosthetic could be this comfortable. "
"I'm glad you like it but we need to be careful ok, after you get your stitches out we can be more aggressive." I say.
"Yeah you're right, I don't want any set backs. I want to go home tomorrow." She tells me.
We finished up therapy and I headed back to my floor to do my rounds. It was about two o'clock so I headed down to Arizona's room. When I got there, Daniel was just setting up the food.
"Wow this looks amazing, I'm going to miss this when you go home tomorrow " I say laughing.
"Sofia couldn't decide so we got a little bit of everything." Daniel tells me.
"You should've just gotten her chicken nuggets, she never turns them down do you Sof." I say as I tickle her.
"Stop mommy please stop, I'm going to pee my pants." Sof says as she is laughing.
" oh, we can't have that can we." I say as I stop. " why don't you go to the bathroom and be sure to wash your hands then we can eat."
"Ok" Sof says as she heads in Arizona's bathroom.
"Thank you for taking her to the park" I tell them.
"It was our pleasure dear, we wish the circumstances where different but we have enjoyed spending so much time with her this week." Barbara says.
"She's loved being with you guys too. She's so happy." I say.
"I don't think being with her grandparents is the only reason she is happy." Barbara says with a little smirk.
"Barbie, don't start, let it be." Daniel says to her knowingly.
I look at Arizona to see if she understands what her mother is talking about and she just smiles at me and shrugs.
We enjoy our lunch with small talk and Sofia telling us about her week in school.
Arizona went home on Saturday as Bailey promised. She has been doing really good with her new leg also. She won't be running or dancing anytime soon since she still has stitches in but she will get there. I can't wait to see her dancing again. We use to love to dance with Sofia on nights when we had a bad day. The three of us would just jump around the living room, if any body ever saw us they would have thought we lost our minds. I hope our dance party happens soon.