Calzona Recovery

A/N: Thank you all for the positive comments, they really mean a lot. Also, thanks to everyone who gave medical notes, I fixed most of the mistakes that were pointed out.

A/N 2.0: I’m still taking any Calzona AU story suggestions so PM me any ideas!

Arizona was slowly opening her eyes. She felt her whole body hurting and her throat was feeling dry. She looked around and saw the monitors and IV fluids. Suddenly she began to feel a migraine starting to form in her head.

“Hey, you’re awake." She heard.  Once her eye sight adjusted clearly she saw April standing by the doorway.

“C-can you give me some water?” she managed to ask hoarsely.

April walked up to the stand by Arizona’s bed and poured her some water. She put a straw into the cup and handed it to the blonde.

They sat in silence for a while since April didn’t want to pressure Arizona into speaking too soon. It was normal for patients to take a couple minutes to adjust to everything that was going on. It took longer for the ones who couldn’t remember what had happened to them.   

After she finished her water, Arizona handed the empty cup back to her friend. She took a deep breath, “What happened?” she asked confused.

“You were um... in an accident.” April began, “In a car accident.” She stared at Arizona curiously, trying to get any hint that the blonde remembers anything. She got nothing from Arizona’s facial expression. “Do you… remember anything?” she asked.

Arizona shook her head slowly, “The last thing I remember was getting my things ready for work.” She explained. “But, I don’t remember getting in the car.”

“Okay…” April said, “It’ll take some time for you to remember certain details... Do you need anything else? Are you comfortable enough?”

Arizona motioned her hand around her body, “No, I’m not comfortable, April. I’m in pain.”

“Right.” April quickly nodded, “That’s definitely understandable…” she said beginning to walk slowly towards the door. “Well, I should tell Callie that you’re awake.”

“Callie?” Arizona scrunched her eyebrows and quickly looked up, “Callie’s here?”

April’s eyes widened, “Um, yeah.” she answered nervously, still walking backwards towards the door. “Yeah, she’s your doctor. I should… I should go get her.” She said pointing towards the door.

Arizona noticed April’s urge to get away, “April.” She dared. “What’s with you?”

“Nothing?” April lied, “I just think that your doctor should be advised that you’re awake, you know? And your doctor should be the one to fill you in on what’s been going on… you know… with you—your injuries.”

“April, why is Callie my doctor? Where’s that new guy?” Arizona asked.

April stayed quiet for a moment, while Arizona kept giving her a demanding look.

April looked at the door, “I really shouldn’t—“

“April, I have no idea what’s going on. I don’t remember the accident. I don’t know why Callie’s here and why I’m her patient when we already have an ortho doctor at this hospital. But, I do know that you’re not leaving this room until you tell me what’s going on.” As much as she tried to sound demanding, she was still weak.

“Okay, okay.” Kepner gave in anyways, “So, the night of the accident Alex called Callie and told her what had happened, and Callie was here the next morning.” She paused letting Arizona take in the details. “Okay, so she had been in here for a good two hours before the chief came and explained all your injuries to her.” She stopped.

“And… then?” Arizona asked willing her to continue.

April took a deep breath, “Then, Hunt came in and told her about how Dr. Hale—you know Dr. Hale, the new ortho guy—well, that he had mentioned that one of your injuries could possibly lead to amputation and Callie got so angry—like super angry, I had never seen her that angry before—and she went up to Hale and began telling him all these things. One thing led to another and she took him off your case and she became your doctor.” April stopped to breath before she continued, “She’s usually here all day. She only leaves to check on Sofia, that’s probably where she is right now.”

April had spoken too fast and it was taking Arizona a while to process everything.

“W-wait, what?” she asked in shock.

“Hey, you’re awake!” Alex Karev said walking into the room. He stopped short when he noticed the shocking look on Arizona’s face and looked over to Kepner, “What did you do?”

April stayed quiet.

Alex walked closer to April, “Don’t tell me you told her about her arm…” he whispered.

April placed a guilty look on her face.

“Kepner, it was the only thing Torres asked us not to do.”

“I know but she started—”

“Um hello?” they heard at the door entrance, “Why didn’t anybody page me?” Callie said walking towards Arizona’s bed.

She stopped when she noticed something was wrong. “Oh, what did you two do?” she asked looking at Alex and April.

“I just got here.” Alex said checking his watch, “But now, I have a surgery to get to.” He said as he was walking out.

April started walking behind him, “I may have spoken too soon about a couple things…” she said. Sorry, she mouthed so only Callie could read her lips.

Callie went and sat next to Arizona’s side, “Hey, hey. What is it? What did April say?” She asked.

“Callie…” Arizona quavered, “My arm… I can’t—“

“Arizona, you’re gonna be okay. Your arm had an infection but it wasn’t that bad, it’s just about all gone.”

“I can’t lose my arm. How the hell is this happening to me again?” the blonde cried.

“Hey, you’re not listening to me.” Callie put both of her hands on Arizona’s cheeks, “You. Are. Not. Losing. Your. Arm.” she said slower so Arizona could understand. “I’m taking you into surgery really soon.”

Arizona began to calm down and Callie released her. The blonde took a deep breath, “But April said that Dr. Hale—“

“Yeah I know what Hale said, that’s why I took over your case.” Callie said standing up from the bed.

Arizona was still so confused, “But then why would April say that… w-why didn’t she tell me that it wasn’t that bad?”

Callie opened Arizona’s chart, “Because she didn’t know that the infection was gone, no one knew. I didn’t want to say anything until I knew it was for sure.”

Arizona took slow breaths, “I don’t understand… if the infection wasn’t that bad then why did they make you come all the way from New York?”

Callie shook her head, “No one made me come. I came on my own when I heard about your accident.” She paused, “I may have freaked out when I heard that this new doctor mentioned amputation.” She admitted.

“So my arm’s going to be fine?” Arizona asked unsure.

Callie nodded, “Yes,” she softly placed her hand on Arizona’s shoulder, “You’re not going to lose your arm.” She looked down to the ground and retrieved her hand, “Um… it is still going to be a long recovery, but we can talk about that after your surgery.”

“I’m sorry—can we take a step back—so if you didn’t become my doctor because my injuries were really critical then why did you…?”

Callie pursed her lips, “I wanted to make sure you had the best doctors on your case. Hale seemed like… I just wanted to make sure everything was done right.”

Arizona nodded. There were so many thoughts going through her head and so much she wanted to say. “Thank you… Callie…” was all she managed to let slip out.

“Why do you seem so surprised?” Callie asked, “Do you really think I would let just anyone be your doctor? I mean, especially when it’s something in my specialty.”

“No. I mean… I don’t know?” Arizona answered laying her head back. Her migraine was getting worse, obviously it had escalated faster than usual because of all the things she tried to process in a such short amount of time.

“Arizona, you need to rest.” Callie demanded when she saw the blonde squint.

Arizona shook her head and sat up, “I’m fine.” she lied.

They were both quiet for a minute.

“Hey, um… is Sofia here?” Arizona finally asked.

Callie smiled softly, “Yeah, she’s at Mer’s place right now… I’ll bring her by to see you soon, okay?”

Arizona nodded, finally feeling something other than ache or confusion. She would get to see her daughter sooner than she thought.

“But you really do need to rest.” Callie demanded.

Arizona’s head was pounding; she knew that the brunette was right. She nodded and laid back in bed, closing her eyes.