A/N: I do not know spanish the spanish in the story comes to you via google translation.
Disclaimer: All characters from Grey's Anatomy belong to ABC and Shonda Rhimes
Cry
"Could you cry a little? Lie just a little?
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain?
I gave now I'm wanting something in return
So cry just a little for me"
Callie looked around her house making sure everything was perfect. She didn't want her mother to have any reason to complain it was a big deal her mom coming to visit she hadn't spoken to her much since the wedding she didn't want to be apart of. Callie was pacing nervously. Arizona was at the hospital until seven she would bring Sofia home with her. Callie wished they were here now she could use the distraction to keep her from over thinking.
Two Days Earlier
"Calliope this is your mother. Your father he is sick it's not good. He wants to go out there he said he wants to be treated in your hospital."
Callie could feel her world stop her father was one of the most important people in her life. They have had their ups and downs but in the end he was always there to support her. Her mother had not been speaking to her but her father stood by her and was wonderful to her wife and her daughter. She didn't even know how to respond. This was the first time she had spoken to her mother in three years she wished he had been the one to call her, she wished she could ask him for advise on how to forgive her mother for all the hateful things she had said the last they spoke.
"What?... um…. What's wrong with him?" Callie manages to ask still stunned at her mother's lack of feeling as they spoke.
"Its cancer. He has a tumor in his brain they are saying it is inoperable." Lucia responded she was cold she acted as if she was speaking to any person on the phone not the child she carried for nine months and raised.
"When will you be here?" Callie asked wondering how she could sound so calm when she was panicking.
"In two days, he wants to go to your new house he said he hasn't seen it yet he would like to. I will be going as well he requested I go. So I will." She said matter of factly
Callie and Arizona had recently bought a house it was a two-story house with four bedrooms, they had hoped to fill some of them, three bathrooms one in the master suite one downstairs and another upstairs, a large back yard with a swing set for Sofia to play, there was chickens in the back as well Arizona loved that she was able to get them.
"That's fine will you be staying here?" Callie asked knowing her mother would probably not want to stay in her house.
"I believe your father wants to he wants to be near you and his granddaughter."
"Okay I will get everything ready." Callie responded a little shocked her mother had agreed to stay in her house. Callie was not sure she wanted her mother staying in her house after the things her mother had said about her wife and daughter, but its what her father wanted so she would try, hoping Arizona would understand.
"Fine. We will get a car from the airport so don't worry about that. Goodbye." With that Lucia hung up.
Callie swung around hearing the front door open.
"Mommy!" Sofia ran to her mom and hugged her.
"Hey babe," Arizona greeted her wife will a small kiss, "I got off early I figured you could use some support today. And I know you said you were fine this morning I just thought we should be here for you because I know that you are nervous even if you wont admit it, but its okay we will be okay no matter how this week goes." Arizona was sorta rambling. Callie cut her off wrapping her arms around the blond and kissing her passionately.
"Thank you, I was just wishing my girls were home," Callie said as she pulled away, "And I am nervous I don't want what happened last time she was here to happen again, I want her to see how amazing you and Sofia are, and her to know what she is missing, but I'm trying not to get my hopes to high I know she is only coming because my father is dying and its his wish." Callie had trouble getting the last part out she didn't want to think about life with out her father.
"Hey," Arizona said as she lifted her hand to her wife's cheek, "we don't know that yet okay, we are going to have Derrick look at him and see if he can help. We have resources most people don't and we will use them all before we give up. Okay?" Arizona said knowing that she couldn't promise Callie it would be okay but she could promise to try as hard as they can to make it okay.
"I know, I know, I just wish this was easier I wish I didn't have to also worry about her, I wish I wasn't still so angry at her, you know?" Callie said not really sure how to express her stress to Arizona.
"I know babe, I really wish I could that easier for you, but when she gets here we will show her how wonderful of a family we are, and if she doesn't want to be apart of it she will be the one missing out. I am here for good and Sofia is as well and we will always love you unconditionally no matter what your mom says. Lets just try to focus on being pleasant with her and saving your father okay? We will take it one step at a time." Arizona said trying to reassure Callie she knew her wife was upset about her father but also very worried about how to act around her mother. It seemed like a no win situation.
"Okay your right, and it seems like she is interested in putting my father first and not wanting to upset him. Hopefully that means she will be nice well she is here." Callie said.
"Lets not focus on her. Lets focus on trying to make her as comfortable as possible and spending time with your dad before he is admitted to the hospital next week okay?" Arizona told Callie. Truthfully Arizona was more nervous about Lucia coming than she was about Carlos' tumor. That was a surgical problem one that she could see and help fix, but Callie's mom was something she couldn't fix for her wife, she couldn't force this woman to accept her or their daughter, she couldn't make Lucia see things differently if she didn't want to.
"How are you? With her staying here, I realized I kind of agreed and never really asked you first, I mean if you're not okay with it they can stay at the apartment or a hotel, I would understand." Callie said suddenly realizing that her mom staying in their house could hurt her wife considering she has made her feelings toward Arizona very clear.
"No, they will stay here. Your father wants to be close to us and this time is important. I can live with her being here too. It will be okay Callie I know how to handle myself." Arizona gave Callie a smile dimples in full show.
"I love you, you know that?" Callie said as she kissed Arizona again.
"I love you too." Arizona said, "Now I'm going to go get our daughter ready her grandparents will be here shortly." Arizona moved out of Callie's embrace causing a frown of disapproval to cross the brunet's face.
Arizona walked into her daughter's room, Sofia was playing silently with her Barbie's, Arizona stood for a second watching her amazing daughter play she was so happy and loved and that's all Arizona needed to calm her nerves.
"Hey, Big girl let's get this cleaned up and get you dressed in the outfit your Abuelo got you for your birthday." Arizona said entering the room.
"Okay, why momma?" Sofia asked the four-year old had forgotten her grandparents were coming to visit.
"Because he will be here with your Abuela in a bit and I bet he wants to see you in your new outfit." Arizona answered with a smile.
Sofia jumped up and started quickly putting away all her toys. She loved visits from her Abuelo. He always played with her and took her fun places like the zoo. Arizona was getting the little girl dressed when Callie walked into the room. Callie stood at the doorway watching her girls, Arizona had finished putting the outfit on Sofia and the two were now engaged in a fierce tickle fight, Callie smiled at the sight. She knew it would be okay even if everything went the worst possible way she knew she had her wife and daughter to make her smile.
"Hey, you two I thought you were getting ready up here." Callie said making her way the rest of the way into the room and sitting on the floor beside the two giggling girls.
Arizona and Sofia shared a look silently coming to an agreement. Sofia jumped from her Momma's lap and begins her attack on Callie now, with the help of Arizona Callie was now rolling on the floor laughing.
"Mercy!" Callie yelled.
"Okay, Mommy," Sofia said as she backed off, "Mommy, why is Abuela coming?" Sofia questioned, "She never comes to see us." Sofia asked nothing but innocence in the question she just didn't understand why her Abuelo came to visit all the time but her Abuela was never with him.
"Because she wanted to see you big girl," Callie answered trying to keep her tone light; she could feel Arizona looking at her gauging how she was reacting. "Now let me comb your hair bug." Callie said as she pulled the little girl in her lap and begin to do her hair.
Arizona left the two girls to check and make sure the downstairs guest room was prepared. Once she finished she made her way into the living room looking around at the pictures of their family she was proud of the life she had built with Callie, she only hoped Callie's mother could grow to be proud of it as well. Just as she was about to make her way back upstairs to her girls the doorbell rang.
"Callie, Sofia, they are here." Arizona yelled up the stairs, making her way to answer the door.
She opened the door and greeted Lucia and Carlos, "Hi. Come in, how was your trip?" she asked as Carlos hugged her, she did not expect the same curtsey from Lucia and was correct in that assumption.
"It was fine, I should put our stuff down where should I take this?" Lucia asked keeping her distance from the blond as though Arizona might give her some disease.
"I'll take those to the guest room for you, Callie and Sofia should be right down." Arizona said as she moved to get the bags from the older Torres woman.
"No, I will take them just show me where." Lucia said moving away from Arizona.
"Lucia, bien educado," Carlos said not wanting his wife to cause problems so early in their stay.
Arizona understood the man, she had learned Spanish in order to keep up with her wife and daughter, just smiled and pointed toward the guest room not wanting to start a fight either. She turned her attention back to Carlos as his wife left the room.
"Well would you like to come in we can go to the living room Callie and Sofia should be down any second." Come on Callie hurry up. The blond didn't know how long she could last alone with the two elder Torres' she could tell Lucia was not about to make anything easy for her.
"Yes, I would love to see the rest of this house it is kind of big for only the three of you don't you think." Carlos asked as his wife reappeared at his side.
"Well I'll take you on the tour then," Arizona replied, "It is a bit but we want more kids one maybe two so the extra rooms will be nice, and its nice that when family is in town they can just stay here, Sofia loves it, the back yard is a good size and she likes being able to play in it." Arizona spoke as she walked around the house with her wife's parents.
"Abuelo!" Sofia came running down the hall toward her grandfather taking a flying leap into his outstretched arms. "I missed you!" She said as she nuzzled into his chest.
"Sofia! Slow down!" Callie yelled after her daughter trying to catch her, looking up she realized her parents were standing there, "Hi! Sorry she got away from me." Callie said as she moved to hug her father.
"Its okay mija I love an enthusiastic greeting." He smiled down at his granddaughter, "Arizona was just taking us on a tour of the house." He said
Callie looked over to her mother who at this point still had said noting.
"Hi mom," Callie said to her mother not exactly sure how to great her mom, do I hug her? No that's to personal I mean we barely speak, and she still hasn't said a word to Sofia. Her daughter brought Callie out of her thoughts.
"Are you my Abuela?" Sofia asked directing her attention to the woman standing next to her Abuelo.
There was an awkward pause for what felt to Callie like an eternity before Carlos answered for his wife. "Yes she is and we came to visit you, we are gonna stay for a whole week." He spoke to his granddaughter.
Callie and Arizona shared a look; Callie knew Arizona was also worried about what a rejection from this woman would do to Sofia.
"Come on I'll show you my room, then the back yard." Sofia spoke excitedly, "We have Chickens! I also have swings in the back yard I don't even need to go to the park I have my own at home." Sofia pulled her Abuelo to follow her still chatting about how awesome the new house is. Lucia isn't exactly sure what she should do if she should follow or stay, she doesn't really want to stay and talk to Arizona and Callie but she knows she will be staying in their home she needs to try.
"How have you been Calliope?" Lucia asks trying to break the ice.
"You mean this week or in the last four years where you have barely spoken to me?" Callie responded refusing to make it easy for her mother.
"I'm not doing this Calliope. I'm not here to do this with you I'm here for your father, I'm here because he asked me to be." Lucia answered coldly. Completely abandoning any ideas of being civil.
Arizona reached out and rubbed her wife's lower back silently letting her know she is there for her. Callie was unsure how to respond, she knew her mother was only there to appease her father not to fix things with her but it didn't mean the words didn't still hurt even though she had been prepared for them.
"So what are you going to do then? Not speak to me? Not speak to my wife?" Callie questioned, Lucia noticeably flinched at Callie's use of the words, "my wife," "Are you not going to talk to your granddaughter? Because I need to know mother I need to know if I don't care how you treat me I really don't but if you are going to disrespect my wife or you are going to cause my daughter pain you need to leave now because I am not letting that happen in our home." Callie finished trying to keep the emotion out of her voice.
Lucia was not sure how to respond she still felt the same about her daughter's lifestyle she still felt it was wrong. She did realize that it was not Sofia's fault maybe she could be her Abulea. She was thinking about how to respond to Callie just as Sofia burst back through the door.
"Abuela are you coming? Don't you want to see my chickens?" The little girl asked completely unaware of the tension in the room. Without a word Lucia followed the little girl down the hall and through the back door.
Arizona looked at Callie, Callie looked like she was about to cry Arizona couldn't tell if it was from anger or sadness either way she didn't want it to happen in the open. Arizona put her arms around Callie and lead her toward their bedroom she knew her daughter could keep the grandparents busy for hours in the backyard if allowed to. As soon as the door closed behind them Callie allowed the tears to fall. She was crying for her dad and for the mom she wouldn't have ever have again, she was crying for her daughter who would probably never be loved by her Abuela, and she was crying for her wife who did not deserve to be disrespected in her house; she was sad for her father and angry with her mother and with herself so she sat in her wife's arms and cried.
A/N: I am not sure that I will continue this story if I do updates will be slow because I have not written anymore for this story. So thank you for reading.
A/N2: Cry is a song by Faith Hill those are the lyrics in the beginning of the story.
