Chapter 61- Arizona

What a fucking roller coaster of a shit show this day has been. I'm pretty sure I've gone through every emotion possible today. I woke up happy, and excited to marry the love of my life, only to be left at the altar, leaving me heart broke. Ok she didn't leave me at the alter, and it wasn't her fault, but still. I take a deep breath, we were at the hospital in Faribault, I guess that was the closest one, I don't know. I couldn't handle being in the waiting room so I'm outside in the parking lot, pacing and smoking. "hey" I hear that sweet voice that makes my heart race. When I look up, she standing there, still in her muddy clothes and no shoes. "hi" I say blowing a puff of smoke into the air. "they took Aria into surgery, the bullet hit her shoulder" Callie says stepping closer to me "she's going to be ok"

"that's good" I say taking another drag off my cigarette, Callie takes a small tentative step toward me "how are you?"

"how am I?" I ask, I see her nod, I take a long pull off my cigarette, and let the smoke out slowly, something I do when I'm stressed. "I'm" I shake my head "I don't honestly know how to answer that" taking another drag, I flick the cherry off and put the butt in my pocket.

"I understand" Callie says moving closer to me, I meet her eyes, I can see the fear in them, taking a deep breath "I thought I lost you"

"you didn't"

"but I thought I did" I say my voice starting to crack

"you didn't" she says reaching out for me "I'm right here Arizona, I didn't run, I want nothing more than to be your wife"

"that's not happening now" I say shaking my head

"it will" she says pulling me into her, wrapping her arms around me, I feel the damn start to break and the tears slip out of my eyes. "I think I've gone through every emotion possible today"

"me too" she laughs

"when" I start to say but stop to sniffle "when I realized you weren't coming, I" I stopped again pulling back and turning around. I wasn't proud of my thoughts during that time, and if Alex hadn't found me when he did, I don't know what would have happened. "Arizona" Callie's voice cuts through my thoughts, I turn to look at her, my eyes locking with pools of brown. In them I saw nothing but the love she has for me. "I love you" she says

"I love you too" I mumble as our lips meet, this was supposed to be our wedding night, we were supposed to be making love right now, instead we are standing in a hospital parking lot. I was about to say more, when we hear "moms" coming from behind Callie, when we look, Sofia is walking towards us. "did she just call us moms?" Callie whispers, I can't help but smile.

"I did" Sofia says walking up to Callie she wraps her arms around her "I'm so glad you're safe"

"I am too" Callie says as she hugs our daughter, that was weird to think about, although not official yet, but it will be. "can we go home?" Sofia asked pulling back from Callie. Callie looks at me and I shrug, I honestly didn't know what to do, Aria was in surgery, I knew Alex wouldn't want to leave. I can't blame him there. "let's go see if there is any news on Aria" Callie says, I nod and take her hand, as Sofia takes her free hand we walk into the waiting room, Carlos was sitting next to my dad, and I can't help but smile when I see they are holding hands. I often wondered if there was a chance they might get back together or at least try dating as adults. Sofia leads us to them, "hey gramps can we go home?" he turns to look at Carlos, then across the room at Lucia and Alex. Addison had left with Mark, saying she needed to go home and shower, but to call with updates on Aria. "I'm stayin" Alex says standing and walking over to the window.

"me too" Lucia says

"how about I ride back to the house with them and I'll come back with a car, so you aren't stuck here" Carlos says, Lucia rolled her eyes, but agreed in the end. I could tell it killed her to need anything from him. I don't blame her, with how everything went down with them, but since he's been coming around he hasn't been an ass at all. The ride home was quiet, Sofia sat in the back, and Callie almost sat on my lap. It was late, almost 3 when we walked into the house, which of course was still full of wedding stuff. Sofia had fallen asleep on the drive so I carried her to her bed, Callie and I both kissing her goodnight before leaving her. Following Callie into the bedroom, I shut the door. I hear her let out a deep sigh "I need a shower" she says

"ok" I sat down on the bed, she walked over to me taking my head in her hands "I want to be your wife, and once Aria is better we'll figure something out" she says then kisses me.

"I don't know Cal" I shake my head "maybe this was a sign"

"a sign of what?" she asks, I could tell she was either scared or getting angry

"a sign that maybe we shouldn't be together"

"so one little bump in the road and you're ready to run" she says pulling away from me.

"Callie it's not that, it's"

"he's gone, after shooting Aria, with a police gun that he stole, he'll be put away for a long time, daddy will make sure of it" I roll my eyes and let out the breath I wasn't even aware I was holding. "I just"

"we are getting married even if we have to go to Vegas to do it" she says grabbing some clean clothes "now are you showering with me or am I going to have to wash myself" I almost told her to go wash herself, but changed my mind, standing I reach for my shorts and follow her out of the room. Once we are downstairs, I see Carlos is still there, him and dad were sitting at the kitchen table talking. "let me take you on a date" I hear Carlos say. Callie stops, and we listen in.

"oh I don't know"

"come on" Carlos's voice was soft "come on Danny, let me do this right this time"

"Carlos, it's not that, it's" my dad pauses "there's Zo and Callie"

"they won't mind, all Zo wants is for you to be happy" it was weird to hear my name come out of his mouth. "Carlos so much has changed, we aren't kids anymore"

"exactly why you should let me take you out, we never got a chance to go out on a real date" I wanted to know his answer but Callie pulled me into the bathroom and shut the door. "hey" I protest, she shook her head "we don't need to be eavesdropping he'll tell you when he's ready"

"fine" I pout and go over to start the water, when I turn around Callie had already undressed, I couldn't help but stop and stare "what?" she asks

"you're beautiful" I say and step closer

"even when I'm covered in mud" she asks we look down at her feet, which were covered. She hadn't had shoes on for so long, I'm surprised she wasn't complaining about her feet hurting. Maybe the time out here has been good for her. "yes" I smile "come on, let's get you cleaned up and get to bed, I'm exhausted" I say pulling my shirt over my head and tossing it on the floor quickly followed by my pants. "I love you Arizona" Callie says once we are under the water.

"I love you too" I say, leaning in to kiss her "I always will"

I am still on the fence about if I want Carlos and Daniel to be together, what do you guys think?