The Lieutenant's Love

Sweet Surrender

I was on Arizona's service. I was walking down the hallway with Bailey and Arizona.

"Meeting Callie's dad was so not on the agenda for today. I mean, he seems like the kind of man who needs a little preparation before meeting his daughter's girlfriend. But you should've seen the look on his face when I ..." Arizona was cut off by Bailey.

"Okay, can you stop doing that thing?" Bailey asked.

"What thing?" Arizona asked.

"That "telling me your business" thing. It's my day off. I'm just here to watch you do the fundoplication," Bailey said.

"You know what? I checked your schedule. You worked a 90-hour week. You should be at home sleeping or playing with your kid," Arizona said.

"Okay, you can stop doing that thing, too," Bailey said.

"It's just that peds can be tough. And it can be hard on a family," Arizona said.

"Not mine. my husband is very supportive. He is ... can't wait for me to start my fellowship," Bailey said.

"He doesn't know, does he?" Arizona asked.

"No," Bailey said.

"Why?" Arizona said.

"Dr. Robbins, it's Jessica. She just had a seizure. She can't breathe," A patient's father said. We rushed into the patient's room.

"She's got tay-sachs. We need to get a mask on her," Robbins told me. "Crank it up to 15 litres," Arizona began comforting Jessica.

Timeskip

Bailey, Arizona and I stood outside Jessica's room.

"Tay-sachs is always fatal in children, usually by the age of 4 or 5. She's 6," Arizona explained. Matt, Jessica's dad walked out of the room.

"I spoke to my friend who's doing the fund-raising for Jessica, and he told me about this place in Mexico. And they do experimental stem cell therapy. In a couple of weeks, we'll have enough money to..." Matt said. Arizona cut him off.

"Matt, Jessica doesn't have a couple of weeks. I think it's quite possible she only has a couple of hours. We've talked about this. We've talked about this a lot. And now it's here. And I know it's hard. I know it's impossible. But we've done everything that we can. And you have done everything that you can," Arizona said.

"No. No. Listen. All we need is a little more time. Look, okay, if you read about these treatments ..." Matt dropped the papers. We picked them up.

"I don't mean to insult you. I-I know you've done everything. I just need a few more days, okay? I just need a little more time. She's a fighter. You know that she'll fight. I just need to get her there," Matt said.

"Matt, she's not gonna make it to Mexico. And I am so sorry. But the best thing that you can do for her now is to be here," Arizona said.

"No! you don't tell me what's best. You don't tell me. I will find a way. I will get her to Mexico tonight. Shame on you for giving up on her. Shame on you, Dr. Robbins," Matt said walking off.

Timeskip

Addison and I walked down to daycare to get the boys. Harry was playing with his friends. Charlie was sitting at a table with Tuck playing with a truck.

"What are you two watching?" Dr Bailey asked walking over.

"Charlie's playing with Tuck," Addison said.

"Dr Montgomery-Sloan, can I have a word?" One of the workers, Daisy asked.

"Sure," Addison said grabbing my hand.

"Is everything okay?" I asked.

"Charlie seems to be going through a non-verbal phase. He seems okay other than the fact he's not talking," Daisy said.

"Okay. We'll keep an eye on that," Addison said. We walked into the room. Harry ran over to Addison as I made my way over to Charlie.

"Hey, little man. Shall we go home?" I asked. Charlie gave me a thumbs-up before opening his arms. I picked him up into my arms. He buried his head into my neck and we went home.