"Karev, wait up," I yell as I see him heading to the elevators.
"What's up Torres?" He asks as he is hitting the down button.
"What time is Arizona's flight getting in today?" I ask. "You're picking her up right?"
"Yeah, either me or Jo depending on our schedules later. Flight gets in around 4 I think why?
"Um well, I was just up at the daycare and Sof made Arizona a welcome home sign and she really missed her so I was thinking maybe we can pick her up instead." I say.
"You sure just Sof missed her?" He says with a smirk.
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"Come on Torres, you been walking around here for the past two months like you lost your best friend." He says.
"I have not...and so what if I missed her too. Is that so bad." I say.
"No but don't use your kid as an excuse to go pick her up just say you want to do it."
"I'm not Sofia really missed her"...I say as Alex just stares me down. "Fine I really missed her and want to pick her up ok...are you happy now."
"Yep, about time you admitted it. I"ll let Jo know you are going to pick Robbins up." He says."Can I go now?"
"Thanks Karev."
"Whatever"
The rest of the day goes by quickly and before I know it I am grabbing Sofia from daycare and we are heading to the airport. It's been 2 months since we've seen Arizona in the flesh. She went to Africa to check on her clinic. She face timed Sofia as much as she could but with the time difference it was hard. I never realized how much I took for granted seeing her everyday even though we weren't together. I guess I never really thought about a life without her in it but her being gone made me start thinking. I miss her, everything about her and I need to tell her this. I've wasted so much time already.
We arrive at the airport with not much time to spare so we head in and check the flight board to find out if her plane landed yet. It says it landed 5 minutes ago so Sof and I head over to the exit gate area and wait. Sof is holding her sign so proudly so I snap I quick picture of her with it. Sof starts jumping up and down and I look over my shoulder and I can see Arizona. She looks tired and I can see a slight limp but when she sees Sofia she get the biggest smile on her face. Sofia goes running toward her.
"Momma...momma..." She yells as she is running to her.
"Hey baby girl...I've missed you so much." Arizona says as she picks her up and props her on her hip. "What are you guys doing here, I thought Karev or Wilson were going to pick me up. Not that I'm complaining."
"Sof missed you and she made you a welcome home sign so I thought why not just pick you up ourselves." I say. " I hope you don't mind."
"Of course not, I so happy to see her." Arizona says.
"Momma see the pictures I made you." Sof says.
"I see it baby, it's beautiful just like you." Arizona says as she kisses her cheeks.
As I'm watching them interact I see I women hovering behind Arizona. "Can I help you?" I finally ask.
Arizona turns around to see who I'm speaking too. "Oh, Charlotte come here." Arizona says.
"Callie this is Charlotte ...Charlotte this Callie and this little one is Sofia."
"Nice to meet you, Charlotte" I say as I shake her hand.
"Oh you can call me Charley only Arizona calls me by me full name...it's nice to meet you.
And you to Sofia your momma has been talking none stop about you." She says as she tickles her tummy.
"Well we better head over to get your bags so we can get going you must be exhausted." I say wanting to get away from this Charley chick as fast as I can.
"Yeah, ok...Charlotte I will talk to you later." Arizona says.
"Yeah, call me...it was nice meeting you Callie and Sofia." Charley says as she leans in and hugs Arizona.
"Nice meeting you too." I say.
We get Arizona's bags and head to the car. Sofia has not let go of Arizona since she first saw her.
"So do you want to grab something to eat before I take you home." I ask.
"Can you just take me straight home...my leg is killing me and I just want to take it off." Arizona says.
"Oh yeah sure." I say a little disappointed.
"Maybe we can order pizza instead...what do you think Sof." Arizona asks her.
"Yeahhhhhhhh." Sof yells from the back seat.
"Ok I will just drop you off then and head out." I say.
"Callie ...I meant pizza for all of us." Arizona says.
"Oh...ok then...great..." I stutter.
We arrive at Arizona's place and I get her bags for her as I see she is really struggling now with her leg. I hand Sof one of the small bags to distract her so she doesn't pull or ask Arizona to pick her up. I know Arizona would do it no matter how much pain she is in just because it's Sofia and she can't say no to her.
I take the bags to her bedroom and I can't help but look around it. I have never been this far into her house before let alone in her bedroom. It's weird being in here and it not being our bedroom. I drop the bags on the floor and head back to the living room to find Arizona and Sofia snuggled together on the couch.
"Sof, let momma breath a little." I say chuckling.
"I missed her sooooooo much I don't want to let go." Sof tells us as she snuggles into her momma even more.
"And I missed you sooooooooo much." Arizona says as she peppers kisses all over her.
"Momma stop" Sofia says giggling. "Can we order pizza now I'm hungry."
"Sure, what kind do you guys want and I'll call it in." I say.
"I better just have plain cheese...I haven't eaten anything like that in two months and I don't want to take any chances with my stomach." Arizona explains.
"Ok I will order a large cheese." I say and head to the kitchen to place the order.
"Pizza will be here in about 30 minutes." I tell them.
"Ok great...I'm just going to go take this leg off and take a quick shower, I feel gross flying all day." Arizona says as she gets up and heads to her bedroom. "Help yourself to whatever you want in the kitchen it should be fully stocked . I asked Wilson to be sure I had stuff in it when I got home."
"Ok thanks." I say. "Sof you want something to drink?"
"Yes please, some juice."
"Ok come help me set the table." I tell her and we head to the kitchen.
We just finished setting the table when Arizona appears in the door way on her crutches. She looks beautiful. I always loved her fresh out of the shower look. "Here sit," I say as I pull out a chair for her. "you want a glass of wine?"
"Actually a cold beer would be great right now." She says.
"Momma we set the table" Sofia says so proudly.
"I see that, good job Sof and thank you." Arizona tells her.
"Sof after we eat we will need to head home." I tell her as I hand Arizona her beer.
"No mommy I want to stay with momma." She whines.
"Sof momma is really tired from her trip...you will see her tomorrow." I say.
"No I want to stay," Sof says with tears in her eyes. " don't you want me to stay momma."
"Callie it's fine she can stay the night." Arizona says.
"But your exhausted and your leg is bothering you and what if she gets up in the middle of the night." I say.
"I can take care of my own child Callie" she says a little harshly.
"I know you can ...I didn't mean it like that." I say. "I just meant you need your rest and she may not let you get it." This night is not going as I hoped. First that Charley chick now she thinks I'm insulting her parenting skills. Great Torres just great. Just then the doorbell rings and I excuse myself to go get thankful for the reprieve.
When I get back to the kitchen with the pizza I see Sof sitting in Arizona's lap and she is showing her pictures on her phone. "What are you looking at?" I ask.
"Momma showing me pictures of all the kids she saved in Africa." Sof says proudly.
"I would love to see them and hear all about the things you did over there." I say hoping to get some more info on what exactly happened over there. Particularly with Charley.
"Sure but right now am starving and that pizza smells like heaven." Arizona smiles at me.
"Sof hop down and sit in your own seat so momma can eat." I tell her.
"She's fine Callie if you could just plate us a few slices that would be great." Arizona says.
They both missed each other so much and I'm a little embarrassed to admit this but I am jealous of my own daughter at the moment getting so much of Arizona's attention. I plate a few slices and put it in front of them then plate myself some and sit down. Sofia fills the dinner time telling Arizona everything she's done in the last two months. She is talking so much I don't get a chance to ask Arizona anything about her trip.
"Momma can we watch a movie please." Sofia asks.
"Sof mommas really tired how about you go get you pjs on brush your teeth and we will see." I tell her. She hops off and runs to her bedroom to get ready for bed.
"Are you sure you want her to stay" I say with a little chuckle.
"She's just excited to have her momma home." Arizona says proudly.
"She's not the only one." I say under my breath.
"What was that?" She asks me.
"Nothing, so you want me to tell her no to the movie and just read her a book so you can get to bed." I ask.
"No that's ok, I was thinking maybe we could just watch it in my bedroom so if we both fall asleep we will be fine." Arizona says.
"Oh ...ok ...well I will just head out then I guess." I say just as Sof runs back into the kitchen.
"Mommy, momma I'm ready to watch my movie now." She says smiling at both of us.
"Ok Sof mommy is going to head out...you be good for momma." I say.
"Aren't you going to stay and watch the movie with us?" Sof asks.
"No not tonight...Momma's going to let you watch it in her room so you guys can snuggle." I tell her.
"But I want to snuggle with you too...please...mommy. Momma please can't mommy stay."
"Callie it's fine if you want to stay." Arizona says to me.
"Are you sure I don't want to impose on your time with her." I say.
"Really stay." She tells me.
"Ok then, Sof what movie are we watching." I ask.
"Yeahhhhhhh, I want Kung fu panda." Sof says as she runs to the living room.
I just look at Arizona and smile. " thank you for letting me stay."
"Thank you for the pizza." She says as she get up and we head to the living room. Arizona keeps going towards her bedroom.
"Where are you going?" I ask.
"I told you we are going to watch it in my bedroom." She says as she keeps walking.
"Oh...um ...um..."
"Callie we are two adults I think we can lay in a bed together with our daughter without it being awkward."
"Yeah...no...of course we can...I just thought you would want to watch it in here now that's all." I say.
"No I'm exhausted and will probably be asleep before the first scene." She says chuckling.
We head into her bedroom and she and Sof crawl under the covers. She still sleeps on her side of the bed. I go over and set the movie up then lie on the other side of the bed. Sof grabs my hand and pulls me close to her. This is all so familiar yet not. We use to do this when we were together. The movie starts and within 10 minutes both Sofia and Arizona are sound asleep. I really should get up and head out but part of me does not want this night to end. This is where I belong here with my family so I snuggle closer to Sof and close my eyes.
I wake to the sound of crutches hitting the floor and Arizona crawling back into bed.
"Hey, are you ok." I ask like its the most normal thing in the world us lying in bed together with our daughter then reality kicks in and I sit straight up. " crap I'm sorry I must have fell asleep I will just get going."
"Callie it 2 in the morning, just go back to sleep its fine." Arizona says.
"Are you sure?" I ask.
"Yes now go to sleep I'm tired." She says as she rolls back over.