Back Together?- A Different Time Means Different Circumstances

Chapter 27- The End of the Suspense

Continuation of Arizona's POV

"Arizona, I'm home!" She yelled. I had been responding to her every time that she got home for a while, so when I didn't I knew it surprised her. I heard her walk up the stairs.

"Arizona?" She asked nervously. I didn't respond because another contraction came. Instead, I whimpered and inhaled sharply, she came running into the room, and ran to my side when she heard me. She helped me sit up and wrapped me in a hug. I immediately welcomed her embrace and leaned on her.

"Arizona, we need to get you to the hospital right now!" She said quietly in panic.

"No" I responded, tired. She looked aggravated.

"Why?" She asked immediately, panicking more. I didn't respond.

"Why, Arizona??" She asked again, impatiently, but sympathetic at the same time. I sighed.

"I- I can't open my legs for them." I said back nervously, unable to look at her. My voice small and quiet.

"Arizona, please we need to go" She tried to argue, but now she seemed more sympathetic.

"No!" I replied forcefully, changing the tone. She sighed.

"Okay, fine" She said finally giving in while looking down a little.

She picked me up, which made me wince in pain, and put me on the bed. She helped me take off my pants, leg, and underwear, and my shirt because I was sweating.

She sat on the bed with me and looked at my sadly in the eyes.

"I need to check you" she said, waiting for my approval before she did anything. I sighed and looked away. I wondered why I had been chosen for that situation before I nodded hesitantly while still looking away. She nodded and comfortingly put her hand on my bare knee.

I lied down, and spread my legs apart, looking away with tears in my eyes. Unexperienced in this specialty, she touched me to get a better view. Still looking away, I eyed her closely, and then her face changed. I couldn't help myself but to break my attitude. "What is it Callie?" I asked nervously, looking straight at her. She looked at me sadly. "Zona, you're eight and a half centimeters, you could've called me. You could've texted me, or reached out some way.

I looked away again "I- im sorry Callie, I should've told you." I apologized.

"No, Arizona. I don't mind that you didn't call me for any reason except knowing that you went through so much pain on a hard floor without my comfort." She quickly answered. I couldn't help but smile at her, and she quickly kissed me before she got up and grabbed her phone.

"Callie who are you calling, it can only be you and me, you know this...." I said panicking.

"Relax, Zona. I'm calling someone to pick up Sofia from school who will let her sleep over." She said back with a little smile.

"Oh.... Ok...." I responded, not long before another contraction came.

I gasped in pain and curled my body over. Callie rushed to my side and got me to sit up, knowing it would help the pain even if my body was just following its instinct. She wrapped her warm arms around me while kissing my cheek. I'll admit, it made it a lot better.

When it was over, she sat on the bed holding my hand and called one her co-workers who had a child in the same school and grade as Sofia. The doctor happily agreed to take Sofia, wanting to give her daughter a play date. Callie delivered the news to me and then stood up and started walking away. I was having somewhat intense contractions and I was almost fully dilated.

"Callie where are you going? I need you here, stay here, please stay here" I said in absolute panic. She turned around and walked over, taking my hand, and bending down.

"I'm just going to run a bath and find some clean towels, Arizona. And I'm going to get you a water while I'm downstairs too, okay?" She asked me. I nodded, and she said "okay" in reassurance before quickly kissing my forehead and walking away.

Callies POV

When I got to her, she was laying in a pool of her own amniotic fluid and blood on our bedroom floor. The damage that it may do to my floor was the least of my concerns. She was whimpering in pain, and she looked exhausted- probably from stress. I tried comforting her, but it didn't seem to help matters too much. Luckily, my co-worker was able to take Sofia for the night so I can have all of my focus on Arizona and our baby. As I walked down the stairs to get clean towels and a bottle of water after starting a bath, I heard Arizona gasp in pain again. I just wanted to run to her side and engulf her in the warmest hug, but I knew that she needed more than that. She was about to give birth to a baby, just a hug wouldn't cut it. When I got back up the stairs, Arizona was trying to lay in fetal position on our bed, but her belly was in the way. I helped her sit up before handing her the bottle of water and finding a bikini bottom that I could wear in the tub with her if she wanted me to get in. I walked into the bathroom and closed to door before I turned off the water to the tub and changed from pants to bikini bottoms. When I walked out, I could feel my eyes well up with tears from the sight of Arizona in so much pain. I wanted more than everything to make it all go away for her.

"Arizona, I ran a bath for you, I think we should get you into the tub," I said softly as I walked towards her. She looked into my eyes sadly and asked "can you carry me?"

I wanted to, but at the same time, I knew that I was not strong enough to lower her into a bath tub without dropping her.

"It's not safe, Zona, but I'll help you walk there, okay?" I asked. She nodded in reluctant agreement.

I helped her sit up in the bed, and then stand up. I watched the tears form in her eyes as she slowly stood while relying on me for balance. The pain was more than physical pain for her; it was psychological too.

Slowly, we walked to the bath tub together. I helped her get into the tub and sat on the ground by the edge of the tub with her. She contacted as soon as she hit the water, groaning in pain and grasping my hand. I let our foreheads push together as she continued to moan in pain.

Arizona's POV

I just wanted to scream endlessly until the pain that overwhelmed my body minimized completely. Everything hurt. Everything. It hurt to walk, it hurt to sit, it hurt to move. A man did that to me, I never wanted it. After 10 minutes in the tub I thought I felt the urge to push with my next contraction. I gasped and then began moaning more loudly.
"A Ah- mmmm"

Callies POV

With every contraction, Arizona squeezed my hand tighter. One had just finished. "Callie I think I have to push" she told me.

"Just wait a minute and see" I responded. I didn't want to invalidate her because it could really be time, but if it's not I don't want her to waste energy and get hurt trying.

Another contraction came. "Oh my God Calliope, it's time, I have to push... oh my God, I have to" she whimpered, continuing to panic.

"Okay, okay, okay sweetie, it's okay." I responded while getting into the tub. Despite watching my love in pain, I couldn't help but gleam. We were having a baby.