Callie's POV
My hands are sweating, my breath held, waiting on the edge of my seat to hear the judge's verdict. I glance over to my ex-wife, she's looking at the floor with tears already falling down her face. This custody battle has taken it out of us, I can see it in her eyes and my own reflection every time I look in a mirror. I never wanted any of this to happen, not in my lifetime, now it's slowly started to settle the past few nights that it's all my doing. As always. I can't lose my daughter, even if it is to a woman I trust with my life, I just can't have "holiday access" and pre-arranged visits. Oh God, this is it.
"After much consideration and taking into account both parent's arguments, I hereby grant sole custody from this moment on to Miss Arizona Robbins"
Oh no. No, no, no, NO! "NO please!" I say a bit loudly and desperately, sinking my head into my hands.
"Miss Torres I know this is difficult but under the circumstances I am judging on what is best for your child. This temporary move to New York seems to be a straight forward move for yourself and your partner, you can adjust to such changes with ease. When it comes to a child of Sofia's age, a change of this magnitude could do more damage than what you have considered. You would be uprooting her youth, her learning, her social bearings, her friends and her family. It is clear to see from the turnout of Grey Sloan members present today that Sofia's family isn't just yourself and Miss Robbins. She has a whole army here for her. If she went to New York, she would be heavily reliant upon you and Miss Blake. As we've heard from Miss Blake herself on stand, she would be working anything from a minimum of 70 hours per week, leaving very little time for both the two of you as a couple and especially with you and Sofia as a unit. So in my eyes, Sofia staying in Seattle was the clear option and for that I am sorry. Visitation plans will be drawn up between Miss Robbins and yourself tomorrow afternoon with both lawyers present." explained Judge Jones "Court dismissed".
I look to my lawyer with daggers who is quick to apologise. I see Penny approaching me cautiously.
"Callie I'm so sorry! Is there anything I can do?" She asks me, I can't even speak right now.
"Callie come on let's get some fresh air" says Meredith who has come up to see me with Owen. I get up to follow them and watch Webber, Bailey, Karev and DeLuca walk up to Arizona who was crying in her hands, I can't even go over there, I need some air.
Arizona's POV
Holy crap. What the hell. They granted me full custody, not her biological mother, me...her mama. I feel my lawyer pat me on the back with congratulations, Sofia stays in Seattle! As excited and happy as I should be, I can't help but breakdown, after quickly glancing at Callie and seeing her destroyed, that threw me over the edge. I've taken her baby away from her, things will never be the same between us again, she'll never forgive me for this, I cry more over the fact I've just put the nail in the coffin for her. I don't know how she'll move past this and that kills me. I can't stop crying, not with happy tears, I feel awful!
"Robbins congrats!" Says Karev.
"You got your baby!" Says DeLuca.
I look over to Callie's table to see she's gone...probably for good. I then look to the people around me, Bailey and Webber look at me and they know how I'm feeling, not in the mood for celebrations. Richard leans down and hugs me whilst Miranda holds my hand.
"What the hell have I just done?" I ask them sorrowfully.
"You did what's best for your daughter so just think of that. You didn't do this for you, or for Torres, you did this for the welfare of your beautiful daughter" justifies Richard and he's right, I didn't do this for anyone apart from Sofia.
"Do you need anything?" Bailey asks me.
"No thanks, I'm just going to sit here a while and process everything. I know it's short notice, but, could I get tomorrow off?" I ask her.
"Of course you can, Karev can do your rounds and let's hope there's no emergency births!" she tells me and nods at Alex who nods at me with a small smile.
"Thanks Alex!" I tell him sincerely and they all leave me alone in the empty court room.
As soon as everyone has gone, my walls break again and the tears flow freely, I can't stop them so I do t even try. This is it, my link to Callie officially gone, that's the end of us indefinitely. I'm not going to make this harder for her than it has to be so I'm not putting any restrictions in for her visits, she can see her baby whenever she wants to, heck I'll even fly her myself to New York every weekend if it gives her a bit of happiness out of all this, this thought alone is enough to make me sob out loud. She's going to New York. I'll never be the one to make her happy. It's Penny, perfect Penny of course, who won't even be there that much so I don't know how their relationship will develop! Stop it Arizona, this is what Callie wanted, I cry some more.
I don't even know how long I've been sat at this table but I think my tear ducts have dried up. I'm just staring into a blank space at the front of the room when I hear the door behind me open and close. I don't even have the energy to move and look who it is. That is, until they sit in the chair next to me and I hear the last voice I expected say a strained "Hey" to me.
I turn my head and look into the saddest deep brown eyes.
"Calliope..."