Back Together?- A Different Time Means Different Circumstances

Chapter Three- Wishing That I Was More Than Just A Friendly Face

Arizona's POV
"Goodnight Sofia" we both said in unison before kissing her forehead one by one and leaving the room smiling at eachother. I looked away from Callie because I didn't want to end up kissing her.

"We need to talk." She said, which immediately killed any mood for a little while. Thank God.

"Okay, about what?" I asked. She didn't respond until we were downstairs.

"I wasn't going to do this today, but take off your pants" she demanded calmly.

"What?! No!" I yelled. The last time I did that, it was with Lauren right after Eliza left. I didn't want to, she made me.

She sighed "No Arizona, not that. Take off your pants because I know it's bothering you, I'm just trying to help."

I sighed reluctantly and told her to turn around, before took off my pants and leg. I put a blanket on the uppermost part of my thigh before I old her she could turn around. She was right, it hurt badly.

She looked down at me sympathetically, so I changed my gaze to the blanket. She she kneeled down, I looked directly to the side behind my shoulder.

"I'm going to touch it now, okay?" She remarked, and waited until I nodded, still looking away from her. Over the years, I've improved a lot in terms of accepting the fact that I only have one leg and have to use an prosthetic, but I still can't look at someone while they are looking at and touching my stump.

As soon as she put her hand on my leg, I gasped in pain. She was barley touching it, but it was still excruciating. She looked at my leg, that was rubbed raw in some areas and was obviously irritated and started to massage where she could.

"I'm going to go get some cream for the rubs" she said. She looked absolutely shocked to see how bad I let it get.

She walked back with the supplies and looked at me. I started to look at her in the eyes and said, "I'm sorry Callie. I know that you worked hard to make sure my leg fit well, it still does. It's just that I don't have the time to take care of everything anymore since I've had Sofia full time." I said, trying to reassure her, but she looked angry.

"Arizona, you need to take care of yourself. If you had let this get infected, you could've died, and you have full custody of Sofia. What happens then? If you die and I don't have custody. It's going to be really difficult for Sofia because the court might decide not to give her to me. You have to take care of yourself for her. And if not for Sofia, then for me. I want you to be okay too Arizona." She said angrily and sadly.

She wants me to be okay.

The more I talk to her the more I want to fall back in love but can't.

"I know, but, I've never done the single parent thing without you around, and Sofia wasn't happy and she was being difficult, and I have work. I tried Callie, I did, but it was too much. I mean I was desperately searching for a girlfriend because I needed help, not because I wanted to love again after Eliza ghosted me and we got divorced. It was just too much" I said quickly.

She changed her glare to a determined one, and said "okay well you will be resting tomorrow, I'm taking Sofia, okay?" It wasn't a question, she was just being nice.

"Okay" I agreed. Me locked eyes for a moment, but in a friendship way. I wish that it wasn't. I wanted to kiss her so badly. We'll get there.

"Gosh I missed having you around." She said, emotionally, pulling my hurt soul into a hug. She doesn't know what I've been through since she left- with the beatings and all.

Lauren.

"I'm glad I'm here too" I said accepting her warm embrace and returning it. It felt good to be cared about instead of being used.