AN: Okay so I wanted this to be set in the current time/season but obviously there has to be some changes to their past. Callie & Arizona have been together for 6 years. Callie is 32 & Arizona is 34 and they have two children Cruz who is 4 and Chloe who is 2…. Everything else is the same as the show, Meredith, Christina and co are still residents, Lexie and intern… blah, blah, blah…. xx
Greys Anatomy is the product of Shonda Rhimes and ABC…..
Oh… and please read and review… many thanks …. xx
HERE GOES:
"Callie, sweetheart, you need to wake up" Arizona said gently as she sat on the side of their bed where Callie was in a deep sleep.
"Callie" Arizona said a little louder as she shook her shoulder
Callie just grunted something and buried her head deeper into the pillow.
"Calliope! Wake up!" Arizona said getting impatient
"What?" Callie muttered annoyed
"I know you didn't get home until gone 3 but I need you to take the kids to school & day care" Arizona told her
"Where's Mrs Doubtfire?" Callie mumbled
"I told you not to call her that! Cruz called her that and she got mad!" Arizona said giggling "But she's sick and can't come in and I have to be at the hospital in 15mnutes so I need you to get up…." Arizona smiled
"Okay… I'm up" Callie said as she sat up
"Good. I'll call you later" Arizona smiled as she kissed Callie on the lips
"Where are the kids?" Callie questioned
"Downstairs and eating breakfast. Dressed and ready to go" Arizona smiled
As Arizona walked out of their room, Callie laid back in the bed and briefly closed her eyes.
"Get up Calliope!" Arizona called from the hallway
"ERGH!" Callie moaned as she got up and made her way to their children.
When Callie reached the kitchen she heard excessive laughing coming from her baby daughter which brought a huge smile to her face. She walked in to find her son spoon feeding Chloe with more food over the two of them than they had actually eaten.
"ERGH! Arizona!" Callie moaned loudly knowing her wife was aware of the destruction that had been caused before she left for work.
Callie cleaned the kids up, throwing them both back in the shower before rushing them out the door and strapping them into her Mercedes E350. Cruz rode in the front in his booster seat and instantly worked the music system which was linked to Callie's Ipod.
"Cruz, it's a little early for this" Callie groaned
"Nope… we have to have music" Cruz insisted as he put Black Eyed Peas on full blast causing Chloe to laugh and clap along.
Callie just smiled at how happy her kids were. They had a ritual whenever they were in her car that they would have music on full blast and all sing along. Arizona had shouted at Callie on more than one occasion that her taste in music was inappropriate for young children. Arizona's Range Rover consisted of DVD's and nursery rhymes to keep the kids entertained.
Once Callie had dropped the kids off she went straight to the hospital. She had a mountain of paperwork to catch up on and she knew she would never get back to sleep now.
A few hours later Arizona found Callie in a lounge slumped over files on her desk sound asleep.
"Hey…" Arizona said touching her shoulder
Callie woke with a startle, she looked up at Arizona and had a piece of paper stuck to her face.
Arizona just smiled as she removed it from her face.
"Are you intent of waking me up every time I fall asleep today?" Callie smiled at her wife
"Sorry… did the kids get off okay?"
"Yeah, after I had to re-wash and dress them!" Callie told her feigning annoyance
"Oh really, why?" Arizona questioned pretending she wasn't aware of what happened
"Like you don't know!"
"I may have noticed the bowl of cornflakes on Chloe's head" Arizona smirked
"Are you going to be able to pick them up?" Callie asked
"Yep, I'm finished in an hour. What time are you home?"
"About 10 I guess…" Callie sighed
An hour later Arizona was finished, she walked to the surgical admin area and saw her wife chatting animatedly to a pretty, blond intern.
"Who's that?" Arizona asked Lexie
"That's Sadie… She's Meredith's friend" Lexie told her
"And why exactly is she flirting with my wife?" Arizona mumbled
"Oh she's not" Lexie dismissed "Lexie flirts with everyone, she means no harm"
The comment brought no comfort to Arizona who watched as Callie seemed to be lapping up the attention thrown upon her from the young intern.
A couple of days passed and Arizona seemed to notice more and more that Callie had a permanent shadow of Sadie.
She confronted Callie on it but Callie laughed in her face telling her she was mad. Sadie seemed to realise she was winding Arizona up which seemed to spur her on.
"I want you to stop teaching her!" Arizona ordered Callie
"Arizona, don't be ridiculous! She's an intern interested in Ortho. I can't not teach her, it's my job"
"And I'm your wife"
"I never had to you pegged as the jealous type. Especially after all these years" Callie told her
"I'm not jealous but I don't like you flirting with a 25 year old hot intern!"
"I'm not flirting!" Callie fired back getting annoyed at Arizona's accusations
A week passed and Arizona grew angrier at her wife's behaviour. She had even heard hospital gossip about the two of them. Arizona decided to confront Sadie over her behaviour since her concerns were falling on deaf ears to Callie.
Arizona walked into the doctor's lounge and was shocked as she saw Callie and Sadie spring apart.
"What the hell is going on?" Arizona screamed
"Uh, nothing!" Callie quickly answered
"Oh don't lie Calliope!"
"Arizona, Sadie had something in her eye, I was trying to get it out" Callie told her
"With your tongue?" Arizona fired back furious as she caught Sadie smirking at her
"Do you have something to say?" Arizona growled at Sadie
"Dr Robbins… it was just a one time thing…." Sadie smiled
"What?" Callie asked shocked turning to face Sadie
"Callie loves you but she really LIKES me…" Sadie continued
"Well you're welcome to her!" Arizona spat as she turned to leave
"Arizona wait!" Callie screamed running after her, before she reached the door she turned to face Sadie "I will kill you for this! I want you to tell her the truth!"
Callie ran out of the door and saw Arizona running out of the hospital doors.
"Arizona!" She screamed from the balcony but Arizona continued
Callie ran out of the hospital just at Arizona was backing her Range Rover from her parking spot. Callie banged on the bonnet.
"Arizona, open the door" Callie pleaded but Arizona just roared away clipping Callie with the corner of the car as she sped off.
"Arizona!" Callie screamed as she held her side in pain.
Callie ran back into the hospital to grab her car keys.
"Did Arizona just hit you with her car?" Mark questioned as Callie ran past him
"I'm fine!" Callie insisted as she ran to the locker room.
She grabbed her keys and quickly made her way to her Mercedes where she sped home desperate to get to Arizona.
Callie burst through the doors to their home and called out for Arizona. Her two children, the spitting image of Arizona, both came running over to her.
"Hey, where's your mother?" Callie asked as she knelt down to hug her kids.
"In the living room… she's crying" her 4 year old son told her
"Take your sister to the playroom" Callie smiled to her adorable son
Callie walked into the living room and froze at the door when saw Arizona sitting on the big soft couch sobbing her eyes out.
"Arizona…" Callie whispered
"Get out!" Arizona spat angrily
"Arizona… nothing happened… I swear" Callie pleaded as she came and sat on the couch
"Get out! Do not touch me! Just get out!" Arizona screamed pushing Callie away
"Why won't you hear me? Nothing happened!" Callie cried
"You haven't been all over her for the past two weeks? I haven't asked you to stay away from her?" Arizona questioned standing up
"No, I haven't been all over her… I was teaching her. Arizona, why would I cheat?"
"I don't know Calliope! I don't know why you do anything…" Arizona said as her voice trailed off
"The trust has gone. You have humiliated me!"
"Arizona… I love you" Callie pleaded with her voice breaking
"No! No! You don't get to do that. I want you gone!" Arizona screamed losing her temper
"I'm not leaving Arizona. I haven't done anything"
Arizona completely flipped and began pushing Callie "get out!" She screamed as she pushed Callie back through the living room.
"Arizona" Callie cried
Arizona wasn't hurting her, she was just letting out her anger.
"Arizona stop it!" Callie said grabbing her wrists
Arizona wriggled free and began hitting Callie in the chest. "I want you gone!"
"Okay, I'll leave for tonight…but I'm coming back tomorrow…you can't just shut me out Arizona" Callie said softly
"Just leave" Arizona whispered
Callie told the children that she had to work and to be good for their mother.
She left the house and headed back to the hospital.
"WHERE THE HELL IS SADIE?" Callie screamed as she walked back into the hospital.
"WHERE THE HELL IS SADIE?" She screamed again as everybody froze to watch her
"Is everything okay Callie?" Meredith asked concerned
"Just tell me where the hell that little bitch it" Callie ordered
"I saw her head to the cafeteria about 10 minutes ago"
Callie quickly ran up the stairs and made her way to the cafeteria. She saw Sadie sitting laughing with the other interns.
Callie saw red and quickly walked towards the blond, pulling her from her chair and throwing her against the wall.
She heard everybody in the cafeteria freeze and stare at them.
"You bitch! You have broken my family! You told a lie!" Callie screamed at her
"If your lesbian bitch is that insecure then you obviously didn't have a stable relationship to begin with!" Sadie fired back showing no remorse.
Callie pulled her from the wall and punched her in the face before throwing her to the floor. She was just about to begin another attack when Mark grabbed her.
"Stop it! Come on" Mark said guiding her away
Mark took her to an on-call room where she broke down in his arms. Telling him everything that had happened and how Arizona wouldn't forgive her.
"I didn't do anything Mark, I swear!" Callie pleaded with him
"I believe you"
"I love Arizona with everything inside of me. I've never been happier. Yeah, I was flattered by Sadie but I would never act upon it"
"I believe you"
"What should I do Mark?" Callie questioned
"Right now, I'm taking you back to my house and you're going to relax and sleep and tomorrow we'll figure everything out. I promise" Mark told her as he held her.
Callie went back to Mark & Lexie's house and slept on their couch. She spent most of the night awake thinking of Arizona and their children. Their adorable, cute kids:
Cruz was like her shadow, he did everything Callie did. He was funny and cool and unbelievably cute. He had thick blond hair, that was gradually going darker. Chloe was beautiful and Callie knew when she was a teenager she would be breaking hearts all over while Callie may have to break some bones of anyone who hurt her. She had blond hair that shone and the cutest face. She was 2 years old and incredible funny, she copied Cruz and between the two of them they caused chaos.
It had taken a lot of discussions and thinking when the baby subject came up 18 months into her relationship with Arizona. Callie desperately wanted kids but Arizona had reservations, she liked their life and didn't want anything to ruin that but Callie quickly convinced her that having children would just make them stronger.
They found a sperm donor and had mutually agreed that Arizona would birth their first child. Surprising them both, Arizona loved pregnancy. She hardly had morning sickness and stayed in great shape. She worked right into her 8month before Dr Webber forced her to stay at home.
During the pregnancy Callie had bought them a huge house in a gated community that Arizona loved. When they brought Cruz Torres-Robbins home Callie felt like her life was complete.
A year later Arizona brought up the subject of a second child. Callie was exhausted looking after Cruz and working but Arizona had insisted that a child should have a brother or sister.
"Two children will be hard work Arizona. We're struggling with Cruz"
"We'll get a nanny, just for when we're both working. Two children will be easier in the long run because they will have each other" Arizona convinced Callie.
"Okay, let's have another child" Callie smiled
"Okay, so we have the same sperm donor on freeze, are you going to have this one?" Arizona questioned
"Truthfully, I would prefer for you to do it. I want our children to be proper brother and sister…."
"Calliope, they are our children. Of course they will be brother and sister" Arizona said almost shocked at Callie's words
"No, I mean biologically. It's going to be hard for them when they are older, having two moms. I just think that if they look the same and have the same genes, life will be easier. Plus, how could I not want a mini Arizona…" Callie smiled.
"If you're sure…" Arizona smiled
When the morning came, Callie jumped in her car and went straight to their house. She was surprised to see Arizona's Range Rover not parked on their drive. She went inside but nobody was home.
Callie drove to the hospital and sighed in relief at Arizona's car parked in the car park.
She quickly went looking for Arizona only for Arizona to find her in the lounge.
When Arizona walked in and saw Callie she threw the sports bag she was holding at Callie.
"Your stuff" She said before turning to leave
"Arizona, you said we would talk" Callie said confused, holding the heavy bag
"We're done! I want nothing to do with you"
"Arizona! You can't do this! I didn't do anything. I swear!" Callie pleaded as she felt tears spring to her eyes again.
"Why should I believe you?"
"Because I've never given you a reason to doubt me. I love you and our children. I cant live without you and them" Callie sobbed
"Well get used to it! You're not seeing them" Arizona scolded
"What?" Callie asked confused
"I don't want my children around a liar and a cheat" Arizona said coldly
"You can't stop me seeing them! I'm their mother as well Arizona. We have legal papers" Callie said getting annoyed
"Take me to court" Arizona deadpanned
"I will take you to ever f***ing court in the land. I don't care how much this costs Arizona, you won't stop me seeing my children"
"I will do as I please" Arizona said walking away
"I swear to God Arizona, I'll do whatever it takes to see them…" Callie screamed as she walked into the hall.
Mark quickly grabbed her and pushed her back into the lounge
"Don't you think you have aired enough dirty laundry in this hospital?"
Callie's day went from bad to worse. She was called to Chief Webber's office who informed her that her behaviour in the cafeteria meant she was on a strict probation for the foreseeable future and she was lucky that she hadn't been suspended. She was to stay clear of Sadie at all times who was also on probation.
Callie spent the day calling the top lawyers in the country trying to get the best advice.
Two days passed and Callie had checked into a hotel. She was sick of sleeping on Mark's couch. She was tired, upset and angry and not being able to see Cruz and Chloe.
Arizona was also struggling. As angry as she was at Callie she also deeply missed her. She missed waking up next to her and sharing the parenting duties that they managed so well as a team. The children had picked up on Callie's absence and the mood their mother was in so were being extra naughty and hard work.
"I want my mama!" Cruz screamed as Arizona tried to get him to put his trainers on.
"Well she isn't here" Arizona sighed
"I want to speak to her. Phone her at the hospital" Cruz demanded
As Arizona tried to coax Cruz around, Chloe was pulling toys all over the floor.
"God this is hard work" Arizona muttered ready to curl up and die
Mark saw Arizona at the admit desk and approached her.
"You look like hell" He commented
"I'm not in the mood for a lecture Mark. I know you would have taken Callie's side and that's fine but just don't lecture me" Arizona told him
"I wasn't going to lecture you and I haven't taken sides. Callie is my best friend but over the years I like to think that we have grown very close…. I don't think Callie did anything with Sadie but you obviously have your reasons…. I will say that I think you are being unfair not letting her see the children. You know how much she loves them and how much they love her… she will fight you over this and you know she has money on her side. She'll do whatever it takes and then it could turn nasty" Mark simply stated
Arizona took Mark's words onboard. Over the years they had grown close and he was first choice when it came to picking a Godparent for both children.
Arizona saw Callie in the ER filling in a chart. Arizona lightly winced when she caught sight of her. Callie looked like she hadn't slept or eaten in days.
"You can see the kids" Arizona said quickly
"Really?"
"Yeah, they miss you… Come and pick them up after work and I'll have stuff ready for them" Arizona said
"Thank you" Callie said sincerely desperate to spend time with them.
"Oh, hold on! Where are you staying? I don't want them spending the night on a sofa" Arizona informed Callie
"I'm in a hotel. They'll be fine" Callie promised
When Callie's shift was over she rushed straight to the house. She rang the doorbell and Arizona answered.
"Cruz, Chloe – mama is here" She called
Callie was hurt that Arizona didn't even see fit for her to come in the house but she was so happy to be seeing her children.
"Mama!" Cruz screamed as he came running into view in the huge hallway.
He jumped into her arms and few seconds later, Chloe followed rambling something nobody could understand.
Arizona felt tears springing to her eyes as she watch the three so happy to be reunited.
"I'll grab their stuff"
"Mama, come play with my Wii" Cruz said pulling her hand as Callie stood from her knees.
"Sweetie, I cant now. We have to go. Maybe another time" Callie told him aware that she wasn't welcome in the house
"Oh…" He said sadly
"They haven't eaten. Can you take care of that?" Arizona questioned as she handed Callie a Louis Vuitton holdall.
"Yeah of course. I'll take them straight to school and day care in the morning"
"If you want to pick them up you can otherwise I'll have Lisa do it" Arizona offered
"Eh, I would but my shift doesn't end until 10PM tomorrow and there's no way that I can get out with the probation" Callie muttered
Arizona had heard that Callie had been put on probation following her attack on Sadie in the cafeteria.
"Okay, that's fine" Arizona offered
The children kissed Arizona goodbye and Callie strapped them into her car.
Callie took the kids for dinner and they had a blast. Cruz kept asking why Callie wasn't at their house anymore but other than that they enjoyed every moment. Once dinner was done Callie took them back to her hotel room and they all snuggled in bed watching Cruz's favourite film of CARS.
As Callie laid in bed with her two children sound asleep next to her she felt tears spring to her eyes. This wasn't how this was supposed to be. She and Arizona had pledged to spend their lives together, they couldn't technically 'marry' but they had legal papers drawn up committing to each other and dividing their assets. And when the children were born they had papers drawn stating Arizona and Callie were both legal parents and in the event of anything happening to Arizona, Callie would gain full custody.
The next morning, Callie ordered room service which the kids loved and got them bathed and dressed before dropping them to school and day care and heading to the hospital.
"Was everything okay last night?" Arizona asked Callie as she approached her at the surgical board.
"Yeah, they were fine" Callie softly smiled
Arizona just turned to leave
"Arizona…" Callie called
"What?"
"Does it have to be like this?"
Arizona just stared at her not knowing how to respond.
"I still love you… that hasn't changed" Callie said firmly
"It changed the minute you slept with Sadie"
"I didn't even touch her!" Callie said frustrated
"I don't want to hear it!" Arizona snapped before walking away
Weeks passed and Callie and Arizona weren't able to resolve their differences. Callie saw the children one night during the week and on the weekends she wasn't working.
Callie and Arizona were at the point where they couldn't even talk to each other without arguing.
Arizona was in her kitchen with Teddy when she heard Callie's car pull onto the drive.
"Is that the kids?" Teddy questioned
"Yeah, I'll be right back" Arizona said as she went to open the door.
When she opened the door Cruz ran straight to her with a new Nintendo DS in his hand.
"Look mommy, I got a new one" He beamed
Arizona was furious. Cruz had broken his third DS in as many months and she refused to keep replacing them until he learnt to value his things. However, Callie had clearly had other ideas and taken the kids on a shopping spree which was evident as Chloe came running to her with two new dolls. Arizona greeted the children as Callie pulled the kids holdall out of the trunk of her car.
"Go inside kids" Arizona said as Callie walked towards her.
"Hey…" Callie offered handing her the Louis Vuitton holdall
"What do you think you're doing? I told Cruz that he couldn't have a new DS" Arizona spat
"Why? The last one broke" Callie said confused
"Because he threw it against the wall in temper. I want him to learn to value things and not think that he can demand whatever he wants. And what do you do go just throw money at the situation" Arizona shouted
"Jesus Arizona, it's a $100 computer game that he loves. You're being unfair"
"And you're being irresponsible! I'm sick of this care-free attitude you have when it comes to bringing up m… our children" Arizona shouted
"Your kids? That's what you were going to say" Callie questioned shocked
"They are our children but when you started screwing around and putting dirty little interns before your family it becomes questionable" Arizona deadpanned
"You know what I don't need this!"
"Run away Callie! You do that really well" Arizona shouted as Callie got back in her car and drove down the street like a maniac.
"Why were you and mama arguing?" Cruz questioned when Arizona walked back in.
"We weren't arguing sweetheart" Arizona lied smiling at him.