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Arizona's POV
"Or I need to see an eye doctor or Arizona Robbins is here?" Teddy without thinking pulls me for a hug. "Come in, please, and if you could say, to what I owe this illustrious visit?"
"Teddy, I missed you so much, ah, you could not imagine the pineapples that Tim left for me to peel nine years later." Teddy relaxes the arms that were wrapped around me and we head to the couch. Teddy however raises the instant she thought to sit and goes to the kitchen. "Can I offer you some lemonade?" Teddy without waiting for my answer already picked up the glasses, lemons and started preparing everything while curiosity would not fit her anymore. "But then, as you were talking, what ails you?"
I stand up and bend myself on the counter in the kitchen "Remember that letter that arrived in the farm, saying that there was pendencies of a payment for Tim, and was from the Sloan Grey Memorial Hospital sperm bank?"
Teddy nods.
"So this arm was an excuse for me to go to the hospital, Tim told me that he had donated to their sperm bank, Tim needed money, our situation was not always as good as it is now and only the farm wasn't providing us enough money, we had to help in every possible way."
Teddy had freshly prepared lemonade and we headed back to the living room, each with a glass in hand. I continued
"You know, the day of the accident, I was trying to clear out a blockage from the mechanical picker and my arm got stuck, Tim saved my life. In the coldness that was necessary at the time, he cut my arm with a penknife, he saved me, Teddy. And instead of being here with me, no, he tried to recuperate my arm, but the fire was already taking over of everything because when the mechanical picker got blocked, the engine overheated and exploded. When the paramedics found my arm it was too damaged to be put back."
As a best friend and good listener, Teddy continued to listen carefully to my outburst and knew worse was to come, nothing made Arizona Robbins leaves the comfort of farm life to go to the city. Now I can tell this part of the story without tears in my eyes, unlike the months that followed after the accident.
"I went to the hospital only to get the Tim's payment, when I barely made it through a crowd of reporters and all the lights facing towards a brunette in the center, you can tell that I totally forgot the reason I had gone to the hospital."
We shared a laugh and Teddy completed "some things never change, huh?"
"Exactly, but most important, the brunette goddess exhibited with all pride robotic arms and robotic legs, I had to have that, my focus changed completely. After nine years knowing that my arm had no chance to be rebuilt, compatible transplants are impossible and prostheses hurt more than anything, that could be my solution."
"I'm so glad you're putting your life back on track." Teddy smiled at the thought. "I'm not finding any pineapple to be peeled in this story though."
"This brunette I told you..." In an attempt to continue the conversation, I was cut off by Teddy "I already felt that the story was going back to brunette."
"Shut up, Teddy. She has a son, is probably married and the worst: I did know Tim's life backwards and front to back, I would've known if the doctor's son was Tim's son too. The boy just look like him, if you saw the dimples, blue eyes, the tip of the nose moving when he laughs... the list is endless."
"You've been doing drugs, huh? If I get it right where you're going with this, the boy is the result of Tim's numerous sperm donations to the hospital? And a doctor who happens to work there used the Robbins' genes to get pregnant?" Teddy was amazed.
"THAT!" I exclaimed, someone finally understood me until I was cut off by Teddy again.
"You are really crazy, let's go out to eat something and continue this conversation?"
I check the time and I see that I should have been back to the hospital. "Many apologies, Teddy, I need to go back to the hospital, it's just that..."
"It's just that..." Teddy encourages me to finish the sentence.
"I didn't want to tell anyone because I'm not sure that it will work yet, but the day I went to the hospital for the first time, I got an appointment with the medical goddess." I completed.
"And it all comes back to the brunette that at my sight is conquering your poor little heart." Teddy loved teasing me. "See you later then, Arizona. And good luck with all that you're experiencing."
"See you, Teds."
Arriving at the hospital, I directed myself immediately to Callie's laboratory, where the brunette was waiting her patient number 1 who happens to be me.
"Good afternoon, Arizona." The brunette greets me warmly when my eyes quickly focused on something else. The boy was there again, what did I do to deserve this? I was not sure of anything and what could I do, I thought to myself "Hey, Dr. Torres, do you know that your child can also be the son of my dead brother? Cool right, so let's take a DNA test just to prove and I get out of here because all that I want is to live with this boy for the rest of my life." Teddy was right, I was crazy having these thoughts.
As I traveled to a parallel planet, Dr. Torres got my attention by saying "Let's try again checking the impulses with the electrodes." She places all electrodes on my head and on my amputated limb. The boy came close to Callie asking about his toy that today was the complete skeleton of a hand.
Dr. Torres being polite as always introduces the boy to me "Mathew, Arizona, Arizona Mathew. Let's say this is the most important patient to your mom." We greeted with a relaxed handshake.
The smart boy soon shoots of his best questions "Mom, she comes here every day and you keep talking for hours" that's when the child redirected to me "are you dating my mother?"
Me and Dr. Torres looked to each other instantly and started laughing but after her intense gaze, a shock ran through my body and I stayed head down to hide my cheeks which should be more than blushed.
I didn't answer it, because maybe one day the answer to that question might be yes "you seem to be very smart to your age, how old are you big boy?"
"10" he says succinctly.
My brain quickly connects this new information to the accident, which occurred 9 years ago... my God, stop making up evidences, Arizona.
Callie wore a silly grin, seeing me saying great things about her little boy. I was happy to create these bonds with the doctor and her son. I proceed "So, Mr. mini doc, wouldn't Dr. Torres let you check my exams too? I noticed that day your interest with the column model, will you be a doctor one day too huh?"
The boy smiled at the thought of pretending to be a doctor for a few seconds, I smiled widely. I get a big yes from him, my eardrums almost burst.
I realized that Callie's eyes traveled from my pair of dimples to his son's, from my blue eyes to the boy's, from my nose that moved when I laughed and the boy's, which happened to do the same. Dr. Torres tried to shift her gaze to the monitor.
Mathew was in her lap watching intently when looks up and asks, "Mom, what's going on? The line must remain straight all the time?"
Arizona laughed at the boy's intelligence, already with a tear in her eyes, she knew it hadn't worked again.
"Um... I'll explain to you later, Mathew. Then, Arizona, I have good and bad news." Dr. Torres ruled. "The bad news is that again, tests show no communication of the nerves to the muscle and the good news is that we have a plastic surgeon who developed a technique that simply dissects the nerves and reattaches them where we want."
"But how is this possible?" My astonishment was visible in both my face and my cracked voice.
"Well... after my fight with Shepherd, he reported my insistence on wanting you to keep coming back here while nothing was working."
"'Insistence on me' Arizona, again, please stop." I gave a scolding to myself mentally. A force made me get up and hugged the doctor, as we embraced each other I said "if it's up to me, I will not disappoint you, this dead muscle here will be receiving impulses in seconds after the surgery is done." I played with the fact that it doesn't depend on anything further than the recovery of my body.
I loose around the brunette and she compels "But if you regain the movements, do not think that you're free of me, we will have more tests to make sure about sensitivity of the prosthesis, the strength and everything."
I called Mathew who was already across the room again playing with the artificial hand "Hey, big guy, you hear? It looks like I will need you to accompany me after the surgery."
He jumps from the chair and runs towards us "Mom, say I'll be able to stay in the gallery and watch please, no one will know."
Dr. Torres afraid that the boy had already settled in his mini medical function would be disappointed if something went wrong during surgery, "Look, I think it won't be possible, the gallery will be filled with doctors, but I promise that when she wakes up you will be there, okay?"
"OK, mom. And see you after the surgery, Arizona." He showed his dimples while smiling so much that his cheeks should be hurting. Then he got out from the room through the lab door.
"Great Arizona, you won't be free, more time watching that boy constantly which became for me the best medicine after what the accident took from me." My brain wouldn't leave me alone with that thought.
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