Hello again. Here is the start of the promised one shots to the Loves Lost, Hope Gained epilogue. You don't need to read the whole story, all you need to know is Callie and Arizona are happy, have Sofia and twin boys Timmy and Charlie. It will be mostly fluff which I'm sure we're all going to need after the next 24 hours and the season premier. I wrote a quick one shot called "Bomb's Away" to get all my angst out so I could write the feel good stuff here. I don't know if I'll continue "Bomb's Away", depends on how the show goes. Enough with my rant, on with the story. Tigersforever.
Callie rolled over and felt for her wife and was met with a cold side of the bed. She listened closely and instantly knew where Arizona was. Callie pulled back the covers, slipped on a robe and walked across the hall to the nursery. There she found her wife holding Timmy, gently stroking his little tufts of hair and whispering words of comfort as he clenched his little fists, the last of his cries echoing in the room as he started to settle down. Callie looked at her watch and noticed it was just before 6am.
"Shh. It's okay little man."
Arizona sighed as she continued to rock him gently until he fell asleep in her arms. Arizona put Timmy back in his crib and turned to the door, finally aware of her wife's presence behind her. Arizona found Callie leaning against the door frame, her arms crossed and a goofy smile on her face.
"Hey. How long have you been standing there?"
Callie walked into the room and slid her arms around Arizona's waist and placed a sweet kiss to her lips. Arizona wrapped hers around Callie's waist as well as they swayed together.
"Only a minute. Timmy okay?"
"Yeah, he just wanted to be held I guess. He seems to be asleep again."
Callie nodded and continued to sway them. "Is Charlie okay?"
Arizona chuckled lightly. "He really is your son. He didn't even stir, just like you didn't when Timmy started crying."
Callie smiled and kissed her wife again. "What can I say, we like our sleep. Come on, let's go back to bed and get some shut-eye while we can. Sofia will probably wake up anytime now and I know they'll be up in an hour for their feeding. You could just about set a watch to these two."
Arizona smiled and laughed at Callie's comment as the two of them shared one last look at their new-born sons before walking back into their bedroom. Callie tossed her robe to the side and laid back in the bed, waiting patiently for Arizona to remove her leg and slide in beside her. Callie laid on her back while Arizona drapped herself over her wife, snuggling her head under Callie's chin. Callie gently stroked her hair and sighed.
"You know something?"
Arizona giggled before she answered. "I know a lot of things. Which would you like to know first?"
Callie gently slapped Arizona's arm that was slung across her body. "Smart ass. I was just going to say I can't believe across that hall is our three-week old sons. It feels like a dream sometimes. Like I'll wake up and it won't be real."
Arizona sat up, straddled Callie's waist and played with her wife's hands when they came up to steady her, admiring the ring that sat on her wife's left hand, the one that matched hers.
"I didn't tell you but when Addison said we were having twins, I doubted myself."
Callie sat up and leveled herself with Arizona, her hands around her wife's waist while Arizona's circled Callie's neck and played with the strands of her hair poking out of her pony tail.
"You did? Is that why you were so quiet that afternoon? I just thought you were in shock like I was."
"Well I was in a little bit of shock but mostly I worried how I was gonna keep up with two more kids when sometimes I can't keep up with Sofia."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Arizona laughed and place her forehead against Callie's. "Because I doubted myself for all of five minutes. While we sat through lunch my mind wandered to how we were gonna handle three kids. And then I remembered, what I can't do you will and all my fears disappeared."
Callie leaned up the short distance and kissed her wife. "And that will always be true. You and me, we're a team."
"Yes we are."
Arizona kissed Callie, smiling into it as they deepened the kiss simultaneously. Their moans echoed in the room as Callie started to unbutton Arizona's pajama shirt. As Callie undid the third button a noise distracted them and they pulled away from each other and turned to the still open door. Sofia stood there, rubbing her eyes and dragging a teddy bear.
"Mommy, I'm hungry."
Callie sighed as she leaned her head into Arizona's chest but helped her wife re-button her shirt and lifted her off her lap. Callie pulled back the covers before picking up Sofia and balancing her mini me on her hip.
"Come on then. What do you feel like this morning Princess Sofia?"
"Hmm... how about French toast?"
"Okay, let's get cookin'." Callie gave her daughter a kiss to the cheek, put Sofia back on the ground with a little pat on the tush and turned back to Arizona as Sofia ran out of the room.
"Do you want toast too or something else?"
Sofia came skidding back along the hallway and to the doorway of her mommies bedroom. "Good morning Mama." She did a road runner impression and headed back to the stairs.
Callie and Arizona laughed at their daughters antics while Arizona finished pulling on her prosthetic and walked around the bed to her wife. She placed her arms around her wife's neck as Callie's circled her waist again.
"By the way, I would love some French toast. I'll be down in a minute to help you."
"Okay. What was happening before, so to be continued later."
Arizona gave Callie a dimple popping smile. "You know it."
Callie smiled and placed a quick kiss to her wife's lips before heading down to the kitchen.
Arizona looked around her bedroom and stared at the pictures covering every available surface on their side tables, their set of draws and the walls. Family and friends smiled back at her as Arizona left the room and walked down the stairs to join her wife, daughter and by the sounds coming from the kitchen, her father. Arizona entered the kitchen and was greeted by her family.
"Good morning Zonie."
"Morning Dad." Arizona placed a kiss to her father's cheek.
Sofia grinned at her Mama as Arizona walked over to the stove. "Look Mama, I helping."
Arizona smiled at her growing daughter standing on a stool helping Callie stir the egg and milk mixture. Arizona kissed the top of her little girl's head.
"I can see that big girl. How about you help set the table while I help your mommy finish cooking."
"Okay."
Sofia, with a little help from Daniel, placed everything on the table as a cry came through the baby monitor as their sons started to stir. Daniel walked over to Callie and took over finishing their breakfast.
"Go. Don't make my grandsons wait."
Callie looked at her watch and then over at Arizona. "Yep, right on time."
Callie and Arizona chuckled to themselves as they headed up the stairs and went to a cot each. Callie cooed with Timmy while Arizona picked up Charlie and they quickly changed diapers and dressed their sons in adorable onesies for the day. Ready to go, they each carried one of their sons down the stairs for their morning feeding.
As Arizona fed Charlie while Callie held Timmy, she couldn't help the smile that was permanently etched on her face. Her daughter laughing as her Pop Pop tickled her and her wife holding her other son, his happy gurgles matching his brothers. At one point in her life Arizona came close to losing it all because she didn't want to admit she needed help but she was eternally grateful she didn't.
After all, who would want to miss little moments like these?