"Sofibug, we're here!" I shake the sleepy little girl next to me to keep her from dozing off just as our plane is touching down. Sofia and I are close to the last ones off the plane and sluggishly make our way to baggage claim. Sofia's grip on my hand which had been a steady comfort to me the entire flight is gone. I watch her take off running towards the woman standing waiting for us at the end of the baggage claim. If I thought what I felt when her text messages started to make me smile again was trouble, then what I feel actually seeing her again in person is a disaster. She looks good, really good. No, good does not do her justice, she looks like she has lost some weight to me she has always looked beautiful beyond words, but she seems more confident which gives her a glow that makes her more beautiful than ever.
I have to force my feet to slow down so I don't run into her arms right along with Sofia. I stand back for a minute, and let Callie and her reunite. "Come here I need both my girls'." Callie exclaims, moving with Sofia in her arms to wrap me in a hug. Everything feels right a rightness I haven't felt in so long maybe not since before the plane crash. "Let's get you two, home."
"Arizona, wake up we're here" Callie's soft voice stirs me awake. My eyes adjust to the early morning light streaming through the windshield of Callie's car. She has pulled into a space along the side of the street in front of an elegant red brick apartment building.
"This is a beautiful place." I note taking in the surroundings of the busy city that will now be my home. "There's an elevator in this building right?" I ask feeling the tiredness in my legs from sitting for so long and having my prosthetic on for that long isn't helping matters.
"Yes, of course there's an elevator. I wouldn't let you move into a building without an elevator. I wouldn't even move into a place you would have trouble getting into"
Her words flood me with warmth on the inside. It makes me happier than it should that she is still factoring me into the decisions she is making. I hate the giddy warmth inside me, and the smile I'm certain is on my face. I love that Callie moved into this building after she broke up with Penny, and that she let me know that there was availability on the same floor as her.
"Ready to go in?" Callie asks, turning her car off.
"Yes, I'm very ready" I agree opening the car door, and steeping onto the sidewalk. My leg muscles relax a little finally being able to be stretched out.
"I'll grab Sofia and carry her up so we don't have to wake her up?" Callie offers heading towards the backseat.
"Yeah, that's a good idea. She stayed up with me the whole flight because she said she didn't want me to be alone during it not to mention we had a long exciting day before the flight." The smile on Callie's face brings more warmth racing through my body.
"We're raising a beautiful loving girl Arizona."
"Yes, we are Calliope." Callie's smile brightens at my slip. I return the smile relaxed at how comfortably the slip seems to flow into our conversation.
On the elevator ride up to our floor the slips continue. Sofia is asleep in Callie's arms her head placed on Callie's shoulder. Callie moves closer to me our shoulders are touching, and she gently laces our fingers together.
"This could be a catastrophe Calliope." I smirk giving her hand a small squeeze.
"You're right it could be a catastrophe, or it could be awesome" Callie declares. Maybe it's not the worst thing in the world that she still makes me smile.
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