A/N: If you're not open to MerZona, please don't read this. Just do us both a favor and read something else.
The rest of you, let me know what you think, besides that I'm crazy to start another fan fic right now!
"Where did you find that?" Meredith asks Arizona.
It's been a week since Meredith moved back into the house with the kids and she asked Arizona to stay, surprising them both.
"Find? Oh no, I've had this shirt since high school. Let me guess you have one too?" Arizona says laughing.
"Seriously, I never would have picked you for a Kinks fan in high school." Meredith remarks as the continue to pick up the kids toys and try to get the living room back under control.
"Wait, why are we picking this stuff up?" Meredith asks suddenly. "Zola, Sofia get down here!" She yells up the stairs.
Sitting down on the couch a moment to help Bailey untangle two of his toys, Arizona takes a moment to admire the other woman. They have more in common than she ever realized. They've always been colleagues and casual friends, but now living together they have found that they actually like each other.
Just then Arizona's phone buzzes. "I've got to take this, are you good?" She asks Meredith checking in before taking the call.
Meredith nods and watches the blonde head into the dining room. This is going better that she thought it would. The two women are fairly similar parents, so the kids are doing great with this new situation. The real test though will be when Meredith goes back to work on Monday and they then they both come home to a house full of kids. Arizona's been a part-time parent since she and Callie broke up, does she really understand that now she's basically going to be a full time parent to my three kids? Meredith wonders to herself. Maggie and Amelia have promised to help, but neither wanted to move in to the house with her, so it seemed wrong to ask Arizona to move out. And she did offer to stay and help until Meredith got used to single parenting.
"I'm sorry. I know we planned to take the kids to the park and have lunch today, but I've got to go to the hospital. A 28 week pregnancy, so I might be gone most of the day." Arizona says apologetically.
"No, it's fine. You're the fetal specialist, and the only one. we'll be fine." Meredith replies.
"Well I'll take Sofia in to the daycare and Callie can pick her up from there." Arizona says as she moves up the stairs.
"That's not necessary." Meredith calls out after her.
"Mom, can I go with Sofia?" Zola calls out a few minutes later.
"No, Zo, you need to stay and help me..." Meredith stops and looks around. "Tell you what, come down here and help clean this up and then you can go, if Arizona says it's okay."
"Arizona, Mom says I can go." Zola yells down the hall and then she and Sofia run downstairs and quickly start picking up the toys.
Smiling at their progress, Meredith hears Ellis stir, so she heads upstairs to get her.
"Hey look who's awake!" Arizona says turning around with the baby.
"Oh you didn't have to get her." Meredith says taking the baby from the blonde.
"Are you kidding, this is the happiest baby that I get to hold!" Arizona says smiling brightly and kissing the little one's head as she walks past.
Meredith reaches out and pats the blonde on the back as she walks past. "Go save a baby!" She calls out.
Flashing a bright smile, Arizona turns to leave. Hollering down the stairs she reminds the girls to get their things.
In the car, Arizona calls Callie to tell her that she's got both girls and dropping them at daycare.
"How is that going?" Callie asks.
"Oh it's good. I kind of love having them around." Arizona replies.
"Uh, but you and Meredith, you're getting along?" Callie asks.
"Yes, she's been great. But she goes back to work on Monday, so it we'll see how we do when we're both working." Arizona points out.
"Is Zola staying with me tonight then?" Callie asks, changing the subject, because it's still weird to her that her best friend and her ex-wife are living together.
"I'm not sure. Call and check with Meredith. Look, I'm pulling in now. So I've got to go." She says disconnecting the call and putting the car in park.
"Okay girls, let's go. Sofia, Mami will pick you both up in an hour or so, okay?" Arizona reminds her daughter as they both quickly get out of the car and hold hands to go into the hospital.
Callie pulls up to the house with Sofia and Zola. The girls have been crying the whole drive home, that they should get to be together tonight. But Meredith wanted Zola home tonight, so here they are dropping her off.
"Sofia, we're just dropping Zola off then we are going home. Do you understand?" Callie says turning around to look her daughter in the eyes, so she knows that she's serious about this.
"Yes." Sofia says a little annoyed.
"You do not get to stay over here every night just because Momma lives with Zola. Okay?" Callie reminds her daughter.
"But why can't we all live here. It's a really big house?" Sofia asks.
"Sofia, that's not how this works. We have a house to live in already. Now, come on. Zola do you have everything?" Callie asks the little girl.
Getting out of the driver's side, Callie quickly moves around the car and opens the back door for the two girls to get out.
They run to the front door ahead of Callie and Zola opens the door and starts yelling.
"Mom! Mom, I'm home. Can Sofia stay over?" She yells.
"Zola, stop yelling. I'm in the kitchen." Meredith says turning around to see the two girls entering into the room.
"I'm sorry. They took off as soon as the car door was open." Callie says entering the kitchen behind them.
"No it's fine." Meredith says from the stove.
"Oh it smells good in here. What are you making?" Callie asks.
"Arizona loaned me the cookbook that Barbara made her after you broke up, so she could cook for Sofia. I'm trying to make her lasagna." Meredith explains.
"I've never seen this." Callie says coming over to look at the book. "These are all Sofia's favorites. I wondered how Arizona managed to to cook so many of them for her." Callie says paging through the book.
"I've been working my way through it and so far the kids have loved every recipe." Meredith replies.
"Have you, um, met her yet? Barbara?" Callie asks. This is really weird, she thinks.
"Of course, I met both of Arizona's parents at your wedding reception." She reminds her. "But now I've gotten to know her by Skype. She's wonderful and they're planning to visit. She wants to meet all the kids now that she's met them on Skype." Meredith says laughing about it.
"Oh, well they can stay with me in the guest room. Have her call me." Callie says, still feeling really weird about this whole conversation with Meredith.
"I'll let Arizona know. I don't always get to talk with her when she calls." Meredith says casually.
"Okay, well let me get Sofia. We're going home to make dinner together. She's been over here so much, it seems like I haven't seen her in a week." Callie explains.
"Oh, sorry. I told her she could stay." Meredith apologizes.
"Well, she can't. I told her that she couldn't in the car on the way over." Callie says annoyed. "Sofia, get your things. We're leaving." She calls out. Not getting any response, she rolls her eyes and turns to leave.
Spotting the baby she stops to ask her "Where did they go, baby girl?" Then she picks up Ellis and carries her along to look for the girls.
Meredith's phone rings and she reaches over to answer and puts it on speaker phone. "Hey, how did it go?
"I'm almost done. I can't remember did we need anything from the store, I can stop on the way home." Arizona asks.
"Oh, let me check." Meredith says glancing over at the list on the fridge. "Nothing that can't wait. Dinner's almost ready do you want us to wait or should I just put a plate aside for you?"
"Go ahead and eat. I'll be home to join you." Arizona replies, "Oh did Callie drop off Zola?"
"Yes, she's here now. Sofia wants to stay and Callie isn't having it." Meredith explains.
"Oh, well she never used to want to stay here." Arizona remarks. "Okay, well. I'm going to finish here and I'll be home soon."
Disconnecting the call, Meredith looks up to see Callie standing at the doorway with an odd look on her face.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong. Oh god, what did they do?" She asks starting to freak out.
"No, nothing. They're fine. It's just, well if I didn't know any better, I'd think you two were seeing each other." Callie says trying to joke about it.
"She's totally saving my ass right now; she's pretty amazing." Meredith replies honestly.
"Uh, yeah. She can be." Callie mumbles, then Sofia comes into the room pouting.
"Can we wait for Momma to get home?" She asks.
"No honey, they are getting ready to eat dinner and we need to go home. Remember, we're making empanadas tonight, mija." Callie says addressing her in Spanish. Then to Meredith she says, "Thank you Mer, I'll see you on Monday."
"Bye Callie, good night Sofia." Meredith calls out and then Sofia darts over and gives her a quick hug.
"Bye, I'll see you soon." Sofia says to Meredith.