AN : / Hey there!
Here is the sequel to "Nobody knows where it might end up" !
This work is a big adventure I'm taking with my friend Alina. We are thousand of miles away from each other. We met thanks to that first story where she's been helping me, being my Beta.
It's with a big pleasure we are proposing you that first chapter that Alina wrote.
We really hope you will enjoy the crazy adventure Callie, Arizona and their family are about to live!
Reviews are of course welcome. It always help us getting if we're going in the good direction or not.
We leave you here and wish you a pleasant reading!
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Arizona was having the most peaceful sleep ever when she felt something on her face. She twitched her nose to somehow get rid of whatever thing was disturbing her. And apparently she succeeded as the thing moved away. But before she could fall back into the peaceful slumber. She felt something land on her cheek. But being more awake, she realized what exactly it was and slowly opened up her eyes. She was met with the most beautiful set of brown soulful eyes staring at her with love and adoration. She couldn't help but smile at the beautiful woman.
"Hey." Callie whispered as her eyes met Arizona's. She felt her stomach fill with butterflies as she looked at the sleepy form of Arizona with her hair all messed up and looking adorable as ever.
"Good morning." Arizona said shyly, feeling herself blushing under the other woman's gaze. Callie always had that effect on her. She always made her feel like the most stunning woman ever no matter what state she was in.
"Not yet." Callie replied in all seriousness. The answer made Arizona wrinkle her forehead in confusion. But before she could ask any other question Callie moved forward and crashed her lips with Arizona's. The kiss quickly accelerated and had them both panting as they moved away and rested their foreheads together.
"Now it's a good morning." Callie said making Arizona smile like a fool. Yes she was totally smitten by this woman.
Arizona moved her hand and cupped Callie's cheek. "When did you get home last night? I missed you a lot."
Last night Callie had been called in the hospital because of an emergency and had to go. And Arizona was left alone, all by herself, spending almost half the night filled with anxiety about today's meeting in the court. She had finally fallen asleep waiting for Callie, in the early hours of the morning from exhaustion.
"I came back almost half an hour ago. It was a bad accident. A drunk driver T-boned another car. The patient's whole left side was damaged badly, all bones shattered or broken." Callie explained as Arizona listened intently. "But your amazing girlfriend managed to repair all damage." Callie added playfully.
That made Arizona smile. "Rock star with a scalpel." She said while giving Callie a wink.
"Yep." Callie replied. "You ready for today?" Callie asked as she got up from the bed and made her way towards the closet.
"Ummm. Yeah. Yeah. I'm... I'm totally ready." Arizona replied trying to cover up the anxious feeling that had returned with full force after the question was asked, but failing miserably.
Callie turned around as she heard the uncertainty in the blonde's tone. She slowly made her way back to the bed and proceeded to sit down next to the blonde facing her. She took Arizona's hands in her own and gently took in the apprehensive form of the woman in front of her.
"Hey what's the matter." Callie inquired softly.
The blonde lowered her head and stared at the floor for a few seconds before finally answering. "I'm just worried. It's just that I want everything to go smoothly. I don't want any more hurdles, no more lopes to jump. I just want it all to be done already so that we can move on with our lives and just be a big happy family. I just want it all to be perfect."
Callie couldn't help but hug the blonde. She was so in love with this caring and loving woman who had gone through so much. She was one of the good people but the universe had been very hard on her and she had to face so many problems in her life. She stayed there holding the blonde for a few minutes just trying to convey all her support, love and strength through that hug. She finally pulled back and looked at Arizona who was now again staring down at the floor. Callie moved her hand and hooked her finger under Arizona's chin and gently lifted her face so that she could look into those beautiful cerulean eyes.
"I know you are worried. But this is it. This is the last time. Today everything will be finalized on paper. You already know what the lawyer and social worker said. Everything has already been finalized. We, going there today, is just a formality. And after we come back we will all go out and celebrate as a 'family'." Callie finished smiling as she said the word family.
Arizona had tears of joy in her eyes after Callie's speech. The other woman had been so supportive throughout the whole process and Arizona fell more in love everyday with her if that was even possible.
"I love you." Arizona simply replied, her voice filled with passion."
"I love you too." Callie adoringly replied. And they both instinctively moved closer until their lips met again in a familiar passionate embrace.
But before they could get carried away their door flew open, making both of them jump apart.
"Mommy! Mama! Mommy! Mama!" a squealing and very excited Sofia came running in and jumped straight on the bed and then proceeded to hug both her mommies with the same excitement.
"Hey baby." Callie and Arizona replied in unison and kissed their baby girl on her check. "What has got you all exci…" before Callie could complete her question, a smiling Kerry rushed in the room; following Sofia's footsteps as she too got on the bed and gave both her mother's a hug.
"Morning mommies." She said, with a huge smile on her face, her eyes twinkling with happiness.
Again Callie and Arizona greeted their other daughter and gave her kisses. But before the four ladies could talk, they heard little Ethan crying and calling for his mommies.
"I will get go get my adorable son. You sit with the girls." Callie said as she saw Arizona trying to get up. Arizona still hadn't worn her prosthetic after getting up.
Arizona simply nodded at Callie as she left the room. Arizona and the two little girls got comfortable in the bed and were talking about some new animated movie as Callie came in the room holding Ethan. As soon as he saw his mama and sisters he started squirming in Callie's hands trying to get to them. As soon as Callie placed him on the bed he moved to Arizona.
"Hey little man." Arizona said as she held him and kissed his forehead. Soon the five of them were cuddling in the bed together while the girls decided where to go for their celebratory lunch today.
"Mommy, Kerry would finally be my sister right? I love to play with her and draw with her." Sofia asked innocently.
It was finally happening. Today was the day they that they were officially going to adopt Kerry. All the ground work had been done and it had taken considerable time and they had to go through loads of processes and stops. But today the judge was finally going to give the orders. And they couldn't be happier about it. Their family was finally going to be complete. No more worrying about Kerry being taken away. She would be their daughter on paper.
As the question was asked, Kerry looked at both of women whom she considered her mothers no matter what the legal system said.
"I will be your daughter today right?" she asked with vulnerability in her voice. She loved both of the women, Sofia and Ethan and she loved being a part of this family. For the first time in her life, these people had given her a sense of belonging.
"Sweetheart you are already our daughter. You know we love you just as much as we love Sofia and Ethan." Arizona said as she looked at her daughter.
"And yes today it will all be signed legally on paper and the adoption will be finalized. But never think that we need that paper to tell us that you are our daughter. We love you and you are as much a part of this family as any one of us is." Callie added making tears appear in Kerry's blue eyes.
"Yay." Sofia added as she showed her enthusiasm at the news and hugged her sister holding her tightly. Callie and Arizona also joined in the hug and Ethan got dragged in as well. All four ladies had tears in their eyes, tears of joy. Their emotional moment was broken up as Ethan started to squirm getting tired of being engulfed in the hug and started making weird baby noises and then blew a raspberry that made all of them laugh.
Arizona smiled as she looked at her happy and laughing family. Life couldn't be any better, she had Callie and 3 beautiful children. She was back working in the hospital and her career had started to pick up again after the accusations made by Roney that had caused her bad publicity. Her friends were always around helping and caring. Her parents and Carlos were always busy spoiling the kids. She had finally gotten over the emotional damage caused by the whole Roney ordeal. Yes, life was as perfect as it could get.
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Soon the Robbins Torres house was filled with buzz and energy as Sofia and Kerry were rushing around to get reading for school while Callie and Arizona were busy making breakfast and getting Ethan and themselves ready for the hospital.
"Mama we are ready." Sofia announced as she and Kerry sat on the breakfast counter. They all had breakfast as a family and then filled in the car to get to their destinations. Callie was driving the car as Arizona sat next to her. Arizona usually avoided driving the car. She had expressed this concern immediately after driving the car the first time after being discharged from the hospital. The epilepsic attacks still occurred sometimes then and so she avoided driving and Callie gladly took over that job. Though she had recovered fully now but they were so used to their routine now that it was usually Callie who drove.
"So mommy will pick you up from school. And then would take you all to the court." Arizona informed the children.
"Wouldn't you be in the court mama?" Kerry asked while avoiding any sort of eye contact. She thought that they would all be there as a family.
At sensing Kerry's discomfort Sofia immediately held her hand to show support. Kerry looked up and smiled at her sister. The action didn't go unnoticed by both women who shared a knowing smile and looked proud. Sofia and Kerry had formed a really strong bond.
"I would be there honey. It's just that I have a surgery and will meet you directly at the court. We will all be there. I won't miss this special day for anything." Arizona assured her daughter with a gentle smile.
After dropping the girls both women made their way to the hospital. They made their way to the daycare and said goodbye to their son who happily babbled in response.
"Okay so I need to tell you something." Callie guiltily said, stopping them form walking any further, in the middle of the corridor.
"Well tell me already." Arizona asked after Callie didn't say anything for a few minutes. She kept looking at Callie expectantly with raised eyebrows.
"welllllll." Callie drawled. "Well Barbara, colonel and papa are gonna be there at the court today." Callie said as fast as she could making Arizona scrunch her eyebrows in confusion. But when her brain finally caught up with what Callie had said she just stared at Callie.
"How did they know the hearing was today?" Arizona asked. She hadn't told her parents about the exact date because she knew they would leave everything and fly over here. She just wanted to have a day with her family to celebrate before other people joined in.
"I might have, kind of, maybe, sort of mentioned it when I was talking to them a few days ago." She guiltily replied.
Seeing the guilty and sheepish expression on Callie's face; Arizona couldn't help but smile. The woman who proclaimed to be badass looked absolutely adorable right now.
"It's okay; them being here would definitely make Kerry and the kids more happy. And that's all that matters." She replied. Callie finally gave a relieved sigh. She noticed the blonde staring at her and when the blonde didn't stop she asked "what? Why are you staring at me?"
"You are amazing" Arizona simply replied still staring, captivated by Callie's beauty.
The answer caused Callie to blush and a huge smile take over her face.
"No. we are amazing." She said as she looked into the blue ocean like eyes of her lover. They both smiled at each other and stole a quick kiss.
"I love you." Callie said as she moved towards the elevators.
"I love you too. See you in the court." Arizona replied, as she headed in the opposite direction.
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A figure stood outside the Robbins Torres residence, hidden by the trees across the house. The figure was wearing a black hoody that covered their face completely, making sure that even if somebody managed to see them behind the trees they won't be recognizable because of the material covering them. They were holding a pair of binoculars and a camera was slung on their shoulder. The figure was trying its best to clearly see the insides of the house using the binoculars and spy on the unaware residents.
It wasn't the first time that the person had found themselves at this place. No. every day like clockwork the person came to this exact spot at 5:00 am. And then proceeded to spy on the family. The person followed them as they dropped their kids and then went to the hospital. In the beginning the person used to sit outside in the parking lot in their car waiting for the women to come out. But with time their confidence grew and they started following them inside the hospital too. They already knew the hospital layout but with every visit they learned more and more about the maze of corridors that was the hospital. Now, they knew all the hiding places, locations of all the cameras and the positions and routines of the security guards roaming through the hospital. The person finally left the house at 1:00 am and again came back at 5, to start the whole process again.
The person now knew the complete routine of all the occupants of the house. They had recorded several videos, took numerous pictures and had various sound recordings of the people in the house as they went by their days. They had watched day after day, the happiness and joy of the family. They had heard the laughs and the fun that took place in that house. They had witnessed how in love and happy both women were. They had first-hand knowledge of how happy the family was and it made them sick. The stranger hated their smiles, their laughs burned the stranger's ears. Every time that the family smiled the stranger cried and every time they had a crisis no matter how small the stranger enjoyed it and laughed. This person wanted this happiness to end. They wanted to ruin the family so badly that at the end there would be no survivors.
And today was the day. Today was they day they had been waiting for. Today was the day that their revenge would finally start. The stalker knew how happy Callie and Arizona were for today. They knew that today was the day that the family finally would move forward together and officially be one. But, this vile human had other plans. They promised themselves that they would make sure that they ruin the family before it even starts. They were hell bent on turning the happiest day of the family's life into their worst day ever. The thought of bringing pain to the family brought a huge wicked smile on their face.
"This would be so much fun and oh so satisfying." the person thought.
They were finally brought out of their thoughts as they saw Arizona and Callie enter the kitchen and place Ethan in his high chair. The couple had huge smiles on their faces.
"Those smiles will disappear soon." The stranger said out loud.
They waited patiently for the family to come out and followed them closely as they continued their journey finally reaching the hospital. They saw the couple, holding their son make their way to the hospital. But they didn't follow them. Today's plan didn't need that. They just had to wait now.
...
Callie felt like the happiest woman on earth as she made her way to the peads floor to say bye to her girlfriend before she left to pick the kids. She was humming as she made her way to the nurses' station.
"Hey Emily. Do you know where Doctor Robbins is?" she asked the nurse.
'Oh hello doctor Torres. Yes, Doctor Robbins is in OR3." The nurse replied, a bit startled by the sudden appearance of Callie out of nowhere.
Callie thanked the nurse and made her way to the gallery of the OR. She looked down at her Arizona wearing her pink scrub cap as she worked expertly. Her hands moving with purpose and precision.
Arizona felt the familiar flutter that she got in Callie's presence and looked up to indeed see Callie standing in the gallery, looking at her fondly.
"Hello Dr. Torres. To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you here?" she asked with a smile hidden behind her mask.
Callie smiled even bigger at the sweet greeting. She then turned on the intercom, "well I am off and was about to go get the kids. So I thought I would just see your pretty face once before I leave." Callie replied cheekily.
This earned a laugh from Arizona. "A very good thought. Now go get our kids before you get late." Arizona replied still smiling.
"Okay. Bye." Callie replied but before she could turn she remembered something. "Hey Arizona, what about your car? We came in together and your car is still at home." Callie asked worried.
"Oh calliope don't worry. I sent an intern to get my car and it is now in the parking lot. You go get the kids and reach the court on time. I will already be there waiting for you. Drive safe." Arizona reassured Callie and said goodbye.
Callie picked up her baby boy from the daycare and then left the hospital singing loudly with the happy baby.
...
Unbeknownst to Callie she was being watched the instant she stepped out of the hospital. Her loud singing and her smiling face was irritating the stalker, her voice ringing in their ears like a wails of a tortured soul. It was becoming all too much for them. They clenched their hands into fists trying to stop themselves from doing something impulsive.
"I have to stick with the plan." They reminded themselves, taking a few deep breaths to calm themselves down.
They smiled as they realized it was almost time to put their plan in action. Soon the world of Arizona Robbins and Callie Torres will be crushed and turn into nothingness. Yes today all hell was going to break loose.
"Best of luck love birds." The hooded figure sitting in the car slowly muttered with a wicked grin on their face. They watched as Callie placed Ethan in the car seat and then got herself situated in the car.
"Because the end is near." The person stated as Callie started the engine of her car.
