AN: New story that I have been working on. This is not connected to my other story Happily Ever After, I just used the same kids...
I hope that you all enjoy it and I'd love to know your thoughts... Thanks Janice :-) x
At 11.58PM Arizona pulled into her driveway utterly exhausted. She had been working for 24 hours straight and was completely drained. She pulled herself from her car and made her way into her house. She quickly shut off the foyer lights that had been left on for her and made her way up one side of the huge duelling staircases. She quietly opened the bedroom door and frowned when she saw the bed was empty, clearly not been slept in at all. She tiptoed across the hall to find the exact same scene in the opposite room. She continued down the hall to the double doors and quietly pushed one open. She couldn't help but smile as she saw Callie fast asleep with their adorable children snuggled into her. Cruz was practically sprawled across Callie as Chloe laid demurely on her own with just her arm reached across to feel Callie's hair.
Arizona took a deep breath and quietly walked over and lifted her little girl into her arms, she began to stir but Arizona quickly coaxed her back to sleep as she carried her to her own bed.
When she came back, she scooped up Cruz who put up more resistance at being moved.
"No" He moaned sleepily
"Yes baby, you need to go to your own bed" Arizona whispered softly and soothingly
"Like it here" He groaned as Arizona carried him back to bed.
When Arizona came back to her room child free she smiled at the coma like sleep Callie was in. She quickly used the bathroom to get ready for bed before shedding her clothes and climbing into the warm covers. She rolled over and kissed Callie lightly on the forehead before snuggling in next to her. She felt Callie stir slightly and pat around the bed.
"Arizona – that you?" She mumbled without opening her eyes
"Yes baby"
"Someone stole the kids – left them here" She grumbled again
"We'll get new tomorrow" Arizona teased
"Okay…I'll pick" Callie said before turning and encompassing Arizona into a hug as she drifted back to sleep.
"Mama, I'm hungry"
Callie opened one eye and saw her son sitting on top of her whispering that he was hungry and he wanted her to get up. Callie hated when this happened, she wanted to send him back to bed, but the dirty blond hair and blue eyes just suckered her right in and she couldn't say no.
"It's a little early" Callie groaned as she turned to look at the clock showing 7:05AM
"I'm so hungry" Cruz moaned again this time a little louder causing Callie to 'shush' him so that he didn't wake Arizona.
"Okay, let's be quiet. We don't want to wake mommy. She's like a big old bear when we wake her" Callie smiled as she climbed from the bed, grabbed her robe and followed her son.
"Chloe's awake too" Cruz smiled enthusiastically as he bounded into his twin sisters room.
"Morning gorgeous" Callie said brightly as she saw her daughter sitting up in bed, still groggy from having just woken. Her bright blond hair was dishevelled and her blue eyes were half closed with sleep but Callie found her adorable.
"Are you hungry too Baby?" Callie asked as she sat on her bed and pulled her in for a morning cuddle and felt Chloe just nod.
As the three of them made their way down the hall and then down the stairs to the kitchen, Callie couldn't help but smile at the difference in her twin children. Cruz was so bubbly and happy from the moment he woke up, to the minute he fell asleep whereas Chloe took her time to wake up and didn't like to be sociable until she was fully awake.
"Okay, what do you want for breakfast?" Callie asked them both as they sat at the table as she started the coffee pot
"Coco Puffs" Cruz called out
"Just juice please Mama" Chloe smiled
Callie sat down everything the kids needed before pouring her coffee and joining them at the table.
"Are you going to work today Mama?" Chloe asked as she sipped her juice box
"Not today baby, I have the whole day here with you guys and mommy"
"Can we go to the zoo?" Cruz asked enthusiastically
Callie just sighed
"Can we go to Bouncin' Bananas?" Chloe asked just as enthusiastically
"Why don't we have a day here?" Callie suggested "We can hang out, go swimming in the pool, watch films…"
"No Mama! Please let's go to see the monkey's in the zoo" Cruz pleaded with a mouth full of cereal….
"We don't need to go to the zoo to see the monkey's, we have two little monkeys right here!"
Three heads snapped round to see Arizona standing in the doorway of their huge kitchen.
"Mommy!" Cruz and Chloe screamed as they came running up to her
"What are you doing up? Go back to bed" Callie smiled as she stood to make her wife coffee
"I couldn't sleep without you beside me" Arizona grinned as she walked over to her wife and wrapped her arms around her from behind and began kissing her neck.
"Mmm" Callie said in appreciation as she turned and pulled Arizona in for a lingering kiss
"Eww!" Cruz groaned as he went back to his cereal
"I've missed you the last couple of days" Arizona mumbled as she hugged Callie close.
"Me too baby. Hopefully our schedule will sync up a little better in the next couple of weeks"
"If they don't I'm quitting" Arizona deadpanned before pecking her wife one more time and heading to the table.
"So you guys want to go to the zoo?" Arizona asked
"And then Bouncin' Bananas" Chloe added
"What do you think?" Arizona asked a frowning Callie
"I hate the zoo! We went less than three weeks ago" Callie whined
"Mama, I love it. Please can we go? I'll love you forever…" Cruz said using his cuteness to his advantage causing a laugh from Arizona
"I knew that we shouldn't have had your kids!" Callie groaned as she sat on the chair
"You're just a soft touch sweetheart" Arizona smirked
"Are you going to make it worth my while?" Callie asked Arizona, raising her eyebrow with hidden innuendo.
"I promise Mama. I'll be really, really, really good all day" Cruz said wide eyed and happy
"Not quite what I meant…. But okay, yes, we can go to the damn zoo!" Callie smiled
"And Bouncing Bananas…." Chloe added not wanting to be left out
"Argh!" Callie said throwing her head on the table in a dramatic fashion
"Look Mama, a lion!" Chloe screamed as she ran towards the glass with her brother
"The kids are growing up so fast. I miss them being babies" Arizona said as she held Callie's hand and strolled through the zoo
"Darling, they just turned 3 last week. They are babies"
"I know, but not tiny little babies that we can just hold all day. They have their own minds and personalities. It's scary. Maybe we should…"
"Don't even say it Arizona" Callie said cutting her off
"What?" Arizona asked with a smirk
"No more babies. These two are enough to send anyone crazy"
"What if we didn't have twins? Just one"
"We didn't exactly plan for twins last time! I thought this was enough for you?"
"It is, of course it is. Sometimes I just wish that we had 3 – one that looks like you" Arizona said
"Two that look like you are more than enough. Baby, if this is something that you really want, then of course we can discuss it but right now we have our hands full. We barely have any time for each other as it is. My residency is kicking my arse, you're department is totally time consuming. The kids are just at that age that gives us a little more time for one another…"
"It's okay Calliope, you don't have to convince me. I know you're right. I just get broody sometimes" Arizona smiled as she kissed her on the cheek.
"You guys having fun?" Callie asked the kids as they caught up with them, both having their faces pressed up to the glass of the lion sanctuary.
"Can we get one for home Mama?" Cruz asked
"I think he might eat us"
"No, he'll be my friend"
"Please Mama…" Chloe added with a smile, flashing her baby dimples
"Lions have to live in the zoo, where they can be properly looked after. They don't live in houses with humans" Arizona stated matter of factly before Callie got sucked in. The children had recently guilt tripped her into a puppy after a trip to the zoo.
"Can we get another animal then?" Cruz questioned, thinking of his choices
"No. We just got Simba, he needs lots of looking after" Arizona told them sternly, the Husky puppy was enough hard work without adding more animals into the mix
"Told you we should have waited for Mommy to go to work" Chloe said to Cruz as they walked off with their heads down
"Dr Torres, can I have a minute?"
Callie looked up from her chart at the nurse's station as she heard Chief Webber call her name.
"Yes sir"
"Dr Torres, this is Erica Hahn, our new head of orthopaedic surgery. Erica this is Callie Torres, a third year resident, who has shown a lot of promise in Ortho" Chief Webber smiled
"It's great to meet you. I look forward to working closely together" Erica smiled
"Yeah me too" Callie said smiling at her new boss as the Chief led her away.
"Who was that?" Arizona asked as she came up to Callie eating an apple
"Erica Hahn, the new head of Ortho. Have you ever heard of her?" Callie asked her wife
"It rings a bell. I think she's published some stuff and I think she was speaking at that conference I went to last year in New York. I think she's pretty good. She'll be a good teacher for you" Arizona said happily
"Yeah, anything is better than Dr Chang" Callie said pleased that he was gone
"Shame he had to die though" Arizona said casually "Are you sure you can't get somebody to cover you tonight? I really want to go home, order takeout, grab a bottle of wine and get you naked and then do very dirty things to you"
Callie's eyes darkened a little, as she bit her lip, trying to control herself in a public place.
"Why would you tease me like that?" Callie pouted as she leaned a little closer to Arizona "You know I promised to cover Karev's shift. He covered me last week when we went out"
"Screw Karev. I'll talk him round; I'll promise him a great surgery"
"No Arizona, I can't do that. I made a deal with the guy and it's only fair. I don't want special treatment because my wife is a PEDS attending"
"Ergh! You suck!" Arizona whinged at she wheeled off
"Kiss the kid's goodnight from me" Callie called out with a smile
A week passed and Callie found that she worked extremely well with Erica Hahn. The woman was hard and demanding, but Callie appreciated that.
"I'm sorry baby, I know that I promised you a story but I have to work late tonight. Mommy will read you a great story and I'll be home when you wake up in the morning. I promise" Callie said into the phone to her son who was upset on the other end
"Of course I still love you" Callie said sadly as she stood in the resident's lounge "I just have to work a lot lately, but I promise that I'll be home soon and we'll do everything you want to okay. Go to sleep and I'll be there in the morning. I love you" Callie said before hanging up.
She took a deep breath and turned around to head back to work but was startled to see Erica in the lounge.
"Sorry Dr Hahn, I didn't see you there"
"That's okay, I didn't mean to introduce. I didn't realise you had a child" Erica said
"Children actually, a boy and a girl, twins" Callie smiled proudly
"You're young to be a mother. You must find it difficult balancing your residency and a family"
"It can be tough but I try to make it work. The kids find it a little difficult at times but we get through it"
"Well you show excellent promise as a surgeon so I hope that the two work out for you"
"Thank you Dr Hahn" Callie smiled
"Look, when we're not on the floor, in private, then you can call me Erica"
"Erm, okay, thank you" Callie smiled as they headed out of the door into the ER.
It was 5AM when Callie crawled into bed and collapsed next to Arizona.
"You're late" Arizona groaned
"I'm sorry"
"Kids were upset"
"I know. I'm sorry"
"I'm upset"
"I'll make it up to you" Callie promised as she leaned over and kissed Arizona deeply before settling back in behind her and falling asleep.
"Mama! You're here!" Chloe screamed as she jumped on top of her sleeping mother
"Ergh! Go away" Callie grunted
"Mama, you promised us fun today" Cruz said equally as happy
"Arizona, please take them away" Callie said opening one eye and looking at her wife
"Calliope, they've missed you. They just want to spend some time with you"
"I have a headache and I'm exhausted. Please just an hour or so" Callie practically begged
"Fine. Come on kids, let go and play with the puppy" Arizona ordered, annoyed at her wife.
"But Mommy, that's not fair. We want to stay and play with Mama" Cruz said annoyed
"She's tired. We'll let her get some sleep and then we'll all do something fun" Arizona promised
"Did we make Mama mad at us?" Chloe asked as they closed the door to the bedroom where Callie slept.
"No darling of course you didn't. Mama has just been very busy with her job and her new boss so she is very tired. She's really upset that she hasn't been able to hang out with you guys.
Two hours later and Callie emerged from her sleep and headed to the indoor swimming pool where Arizona was playing with the kids.
"Mama, you're awake!" Cruz shouted as he tried to swim over with his floating wings.
"Yeah buddy"
"Are you happy with us now Mama?"
Callie knelt down on the edge of the pool and felt like the worst mother on the planet.
"Cruz, I'm always happy with you guys. I'm sorry that I've been away a lot but I'm here now okay. You're not mad at me are you?"
"No Mama" Cruz smiled as Callie pulled him up on the ledge and cuddled his wet body.
"How about you Chloe? Can I get a hug?" Callie asked as she saw her daughter hanging onto Arizona
Chloe just held onto Arizona tighter as Arizona swam them over to Callie and Cruz.
"She's a little upset" Arizona whispered
"Chloe, Mama is really sorry and she loves you a whole lot" Callie said softly "Please give me a big kiss otherwise I'm going to have to throw your brother back in the pool"
Callie smiled when she heard Chloe giggling into Arizona's shoulder.
"I'm going to need that kiss soon Chloe, otherwise Cruz gets wet!"
"Give her a hug Chloe!" Cruz screamed excited
"Nope, okay, he's going in… 1…2…"
"Okay Mama, I love you!" Chloe screamed as she jumped into Callie's arms.
"I love you too baby girl!" Callie said as she breathed in the beautiful scent of her daughter "I still think Cruz should go back in" Callie whispered as she softly nudged her son so that he fell back into the water causing her daughter to laugh wildly before Callie gently 'threw' her back in.
"You know, I've missed you a lot too" Arizona smiled as she looked up at her wife
"You want a cuddle too?"
"I want more than a cuddle…."
Callie pulled Arizona out of the water and kissed her passionately.
"I'm sorry that work has been hectic. But Erica has given me some great cases and a lot of opportunities for surgery; it's been difficult to turn them down"
"I know what residency is like Callie, we just all miss you" Arizona said kissing her again.
"I have two whole days off so I'm at your beck and call…. As soon as I have gotten rid of this headache" Callie whispered
"Erm, I have a cure for a headache…" Arizona moaned into her ear before pulling Callie fully clothed into the pool.
"YEAH!" Chloe and Cruz screamed as they begun splashing their mothers.
Arizona stood in the Attending's Lounge and yawned as she poured her third cup of coffee of the morning. Callie had kept her up most of the night making love insisting that they 'reconnected'
"Oh hi, I don't think we've met" Erica Hahn smiled as she approached Arizona and held out her hand "Erica Hahn"
"Arizona Robbins. It's great to finally catch up with you" Arizona smiled
"PEDS Attending right?"
"That's correct. You know Callie loves working with you. You've put a real spring back in her step" Arizona nodded pleased
"She's a great resident. She'll make an excellent orthopaedic surgeon. The two of you are friends?"
Arizona frowned slightly.
"A little more than that. She's my wife"
"Oh" Erica said slightly shocked "I'm sorry, I didn't realise. She never mentioned that she was g…. that she was married to you"
"Yeah 4 years in a few weeks" Arizona said flashing her famous dimples
"Well that's just great" Erica smiled a little too forcefully
"Yeah. We're thinking of getting away to celebrate. Somewhere hot and exotic but then we have to figure the kids into it. If they had their way then we're end up in Disneyland every vacation, which would be okay because we could drive down and see Callie's family in Mia-"
"I'm sorry Dr Robbins, I have to go. Have patients to tend to" Erica said cutting Arizona off from her ramble.
Arizona looked a little annoyed at the attitude of Callie's new boss. Callie had done nothing but rave about Erica and how wonderful she was.
"You met Erica Hahn I see" Teddy said raising her eyebrows as she entered the lounge
"I expected her to be… different"
"She's a complete bitch. Everybody hates her…. Except your wife" Teddy teased causing a deeper frown from Arizona