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Arizona stared at her bestfriend as she waited
for the blonde to tell her. Why was it taking so
long for her to tell her how Aaron was? It’s not
like she asked about her whole entire
squad or anything like that. It was just one guy.

She watched as Teddy said he was dead.
Arizona opened her mouth and closed it,
not knowing what to say. She  cleared
her throat lightly before shaking her head
no, it wasn’t right. She looked up tearfully
to Teddy. “What about the rest of my
squad. are they…?”.

“They’re fine,” Teddy reassured, though she
knew  better  than anyone that  there  was no
way to make up for the loss of someone she
looked  upon  as  family. It didn’t matter how
many living souls stood for the one who had
d i e d  — the grief would never fail to weigh
heavily upon their hearts.

“I don’t know what I’d have done if I had  lost
you,” Teddy whispered. Though she  grieved
the  loss  of  a  brother in arms,  a  part of her
counted  herself  l u c k y  to  still   have   the
friend   she  loved  still  safe beside her. She
hated herself for it,  but  those thoughts were
only human  — and no person could ever be
so truly selfless.