Disclaimer: not mine just using the characters.
Chapter 1 Prologue
The birth of a child is a miraculous event. It signals a great change in the parent's life. So when Adriana Robbins-Torres was delivered into the world by Addison on the second of May it changed the life of Calliope Torres and Arizona Robbins.
If the change was for the better or for worse Addison didn't know but she did realise that this moment between Callie and Arizona was to change both of their lives.
A few hours before
Callie and Arizona were watching some terrible soap drama on the t.v. about who slept with whom. When the contractions started for Callie, she decided that she wanted to wait for the show to finish before mentioning that she was going into labour. And that's how they came to have their latest fight. The spat this time was over when to let someone know when you're having contractions.
"Where you going to wait until your water broke before letting me know about your contractions?"
"Jeez, Arizona anyone would think you were carrying our baby."
"Well perhaps I should have…"
"Don't even start I'm warning you" growled Callie. It was bad enough that the cheerful blonde had temporarily moved in for the two weeks to help out with the pregnancy. But the baby decided to wait an extra week to pop out. Her feet were swollen; she was fat and having the skinny blonde around reminding her of how big she was. Callie was always curvy but lately she was looking like a beached whale and everything was starting to piss her off.
"Can you waddle any slower to the elevator Callie?" Arizona said.
Ignoring the comment the expectant woman started to look for her overnight bag.
"Have you seen my bag?" Callie asked trying to be civil.
"Which bag Calliope?" Arizona snarled back.
"The bag that which has all my stuff in it. You know the one pink pastel one with butterflies on it. That one that you forced me to buy because you thought I needed to be perkier for the baby."
"Oh it's already in the car. I put it there a few days back. "
"In the car,"
"Callie"
"So I've been wasting the last five minutes,"
"Callie"
"Looking for it and you only just tell ME NOW!"
"CALLIOPE TORRES shut up you water just broke. Come on we need to get you to the hospital now."
"Huh oh ohhh, yes I'm coming now." Callie relented.
"Finally" Arizona mumbled under her breath.
On the car ride to the hospital was a quite one. The pair of them reflecting on how they had come to this fragment of their lives. Arizona was starting to panic underneath all of her bitchyness. What was she thinking nothing was going to plan at all. The whole situation was starting to get out of hand.
Callie was already in full-fledged freak out mode by the time they had arrived at the hospital. After phoning ahead to the hospital Addison was paged while she was busy with another case. Sighing she met the pair in the hospital lobby observing that both of them looked anxious.
"How far apart are the contractions now Callie?" Addison asked the frazzled brunette.
"About five minutes apart Addy." Callie replied.
"Come on let's get you to a room to have a look okay? Arizona can you go and get a wheelchair for Callie?"
As Arizona went to fetch the wheelchair Addy asked Callie "How are you? How is Arizona dealing with everything?"
"As fine as I can be when I'm about to have a baby Addison. She's annoying and perky as usual. I think she is coping fine." Huffed Callie as she replied to the other woman, just as Arizona was returning with her chair.
"How far apart am I dilated now?" Callie gasped between painful contractions.
"Six cm's Cal" Addison replied, "That's the fifth time you've asked me in the last hour. If you keep asking me the baby won't come out any faster you know."
"But we've been as this for seven hours already Addison. She is getting exhausted there must be something we could do? "
"Arizona as a doctor you know that other than a c- section we should just let nature take its course. I've already given her an epidural. The baby is already a week late it's not going to come out any faster. She's being stubborn like her mother. "
"Stop talking as if I'm not here. Argh fuck it hurts." Callie panted as she was hit by another contraction.
"Not much longer Cal you're at eight cm now." The neo natal doctor urged trying to calm the woman down. Callie was struggling to hold on to her temper, the epidural wasn't helping she was still feeling the pain of her labour.
"See babe just a few more pushes now." Arizona said to her.
Her temper cracking Callie shouted, "Shut up I don't want you in here any longer Arizona, just leave." Babe. Thatwas the last straw she wasn't Arizona's babe, honey or sweetie. She was sick of the blonde tormenting her by calling her pet names and acting like they were together when they weren't.
"You can't be serious Calliope?" The blonde surprised at what just came out of the brunette's mouth.
Callie didn't notice in her heighten emotional state and shouted "Of course I'm serious Arizona, this wasn't what you wanted remember and when you leave send Mark in. At least he wanted this baby."
"Fine if that's what you think Callie I'll leave" Arizona said and quickly left the birthing room.
Glancing around the room noting that the doctors and nurses were shocked at what happened. Addison cleared her throat and glared at Callie continuing to instruct the screaming brunette to push. "Sure that was such a good idea Callie sending her out like that?"
"Addison stop, I'm having a baby here I don't need her here distracting me" Interrupting her, Callie wanted to focus on her baby and forget about the blonde.
As Arizona was entering the corridor Mark came jogging up to her asking about the birth and how Callie was going. She leant against the wall trying to regain her composure lifting her head to speak to Mark. She tried to speak but her voice croaked. "Cal…" After clearing her throat she said "Callie is fine she wants you in there."
Mark was surprised at the words coming from the pale woman. He didn't know how to respond, he slapped her on the shoulder and replied "Blondie I know how close you and Cal are, thanks for this. She must want me to be the dad." Oblivious to her pain he left for the room. Arizona just stood there silently crying.
"Cals you wanted me?" Mark said gaining the attention of everyone. Addison glared at Callie then Mark deciding it wasn't the best time to confront her about the blonde outside.
"Mark can you hold my hand please I need you to hold me." Callie pleaded to the taller man. "Of course Callie." Mark grabbed her hand squeezing it too tight. The hand was too big, too manly, nothing like the soft hands the held her last night. Caressing her so she could get some sleep, whispering to the baby telling her about how great her Mama was going to be.
Regretting her decision she called out to one of the nurses to get Arizona. Screw her pride she wanted the woman with her. The smaller woman came rushing back into the room. "What is it, is the baby okay, is she breaching. Where do you need me?"
"I think Callie needs you to hold her hand Arizona. The baby is starting to crown." Addison mentioned casually and eyeing Mark to move out of the way. Callie started to scream with each painful contraction as the infant's head started to show.
"Sweetie you got to push now. Just a few more times and we can meet our baby." Arizona told Callie gently kissing her on the forehead, Callie looked in her eyes unable to read them. Arizona tenderly grabbed her hand and she relaxed. Breathing deeply and she started pushing again.
"It's a baby girl Callie" Addison said. A weary sigh escaped from the exhausted woman lips, she started to slightly tear up. Squeezing her hand again she smiled up to Arizona who had a look of wonder on her face. Releasing the blondes hand she received the crying new born from the red haired doctor. "She does have a set of lungs on her, must take after her Mama."
"We had a baby" whispered Arizona full of emotion to Callie. Looking at the surprising full head of hair that their baby had this time her tears were from joy. Arizona wrapped her arm around the mother and child hugging the pair them.
Still in the room Mark was trying to make sense of what was happening in front of him. Starting to feel angry he left the room slamming the door behind him.
AN: Hi guys this is my first attempt at fanfiction. Reviews and constructive criticism are highly appreciated thanks.
