You are my light in the Darkness

Chapter 8 - Life Changes in an instant

November 11th 2012, 12am.

Callie's POV

Callie was sitting against their tree. James wasn't there because he was working. They used to have lunch at the same time but with their new schedule they couldn't have them have lunch at the same time. Instead of going into the kitchen where Sam probably was, Callie had decided to eat outside. She needed some time alone.

The last couple of days had been exhausting, and so hard. She had lost lots of patients due to a major trauma and the fact that they were low on surgeons. So she had to work more hours and nurses kept paging her in the middle of the time. She was glad to finally take a break.

But also, being on her own meant thinking about Arizona. She had thought that after a couple of days she would start to forget about the blonde and those beautiful blue eyes that she had. But that wasn't working out. Every single moment when she was alone her mind drifted off to Arizona. They say that right: "You don't realize what you have until it's gone." Well she finally understood that one.

"Thinking about her again?" Sam said as he walked up towards her. Callie raised her eyebrows at the sight of the young doctor here. She hadn't thought that anybody but James, herself and some nurses knew about the fact that she spent most of her free time here.

Sam smiled at her, understanding where the surprised look came from. "James told me." He said as he sat down next to her, holding a piece of bread. He grunted as his body made contact with the hard ground. "He told me to check on you." His blue eyes looked deep into Callie's dark ones.

"Look Torres, he didn't really tell what is going on but I think I have a clue, since you know, Arizona and you were practically having eye sex and now she is gone." He looked at her to see if he had gone too far, but she didn't really show any emotion so he went on "so.. you wanna talk about it?"

Callie shook her head no. The first day after Arizona left had been hard, but not too bad. But now, now that she was gone for almost a week, she became to realize that the blonde really was gone and Callie might not ever see her again.

"Okay then." Sam said somewhat awkward as he rested his head against the tree and closed his eyes. As Callie looked over him she realized that she actually didn't know a single thing about the man.

"I want to hear your story." Callie said, knowing that he would understand what story. They called it 'the story' when they asked someone why in the hell they decided to come to a freaking war zone.

He opened his eyes and sighed. "I was about ten when my dad left for the army." Callie knew these kind of stories and also knew where is what probably going to end. "No, I'm not going to tell you that he died, and that I wanted to honor him and stuff." Okay, that was a surprise.

"My dad got back, safe. But he never really got back. You know what I mean?" Callie nodded, she knew what it could be like, she had heard it from others, she had seen Owen go to trauma to the point where he strangled Cristina. Everybody deals with it in their own way, some very good and some bad. But no matter how you live your life after your time, it will always get to you someday. Everybody has their breaking point.

"First he was quiet all the time, scared too, scared of everything and anyone. We insisted that he'd take therapy but that didn't work. My mom and dad got a divorce when I was fifteen."

He looked at Callie who was paying full attention, so he went on. "I didn't see him for around seven years. Until one day, he just walked into the bar where I was working. He said he had been looking for me and wanted to talk to me. I was already in med-school by that time."