After grabbing a pizza on the way home and finally getting Sofia out of the bath tub, Arizona sat with her daughter in the nursery.
"Are the babies going to look the same? Alexander and Michael look the same, except Alexander is nicer than Michael" Sofia questioned referencing the twins in her class at school.
"They won't look exactly the same like Alexander and Michael. They are a different kind of twins" Arizona replied rubbing her belly as Sofia helped pull baby toys out of a large shopping bag and divide them up.
"What kind are they?" the 8 year old questioned.
"They are fraternal twins. All that means is that" Arizona thought how to explain how fraternal twins are developed to a curious 8 year old, "It means the one is a boy and the other is a girl" she decided to keep it simple.
"Oh" Sofia said placing the pink bunny is the basket.
"Are you excited to have a little brother and a little sister?" Arizona asked.
Sofia shrugged her shoulders as she played with the soft toys.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Arizona asked.
"I don't know if I want a brother" she said quietly. "Zola said that Bailey is always taking her toys and he cries a lot."
Arizona giggled as she listened to her daughter's concern. "The babies will cry a lot but they probably won't try to take your toys honey. You will be much older than them so they probably won't want to play with your things. But if they do, I'm sure you will do your very best to share."
"I will" Sofia replied.
"Come on sweetie. It's time for bed" Arizona said pushing herself out of the rocking chair.
"But Mad's not home yet" Sofia protested, "you promised I could stay up"
"I thought she would be home by now Sofia. It's 9:00 and way past your bed time. Mom would be so mad if she knew I let you stay up so late" Arizona said waving her hand for Sofia to follow her.
"I won't tell" Sofia bargained.
"How about we both wait in my bed. I've had a very long day honey and I need to lie down" Arizona countered.
"Okay" Sofia accepted happily. She loved laying in either of her mommy's bed.
"How about you go to your room and pick out a book and you can practice reading it to me." Arizona instructed.
Sofia smiled and ran quickly in the direction of her room as Arizona quickly went down stairs to turn off the lights in the living room and kitchen leaving only a lamp on for Madison to come home to.
After heading back upstairs, Arizona was trying to find a comfortable position in her bed as Sofia ran and tried to jump on her mom's bed. She didn't make it and landed half way on and half way off before trying to crawl her way on top.
"You're a silly girl" Arizona teased as she watched Sofia climb. "What book did you pick?" she asked as Sofia inserted herself under the covers right next to her mama. Sofia held the book up with a huge smile on her face.
"Of course" Arizona sighed. "Soccer Cats" she said reading the title for the 400th time. It was Sofia's favorite book from the day that Madison had given it to her and read it to her as she fell asleep for countless nights.
"Are you going to come to my game this Saturday?" Sofia asked looking up at Arizona with Callie's dark brown eyes.
"I plan on it honey" Arizona replied pulling the girl into her side. "I'm ready" she said softly prompting Sofia to begin reading the book.
xxxxxx
After several tequila shots and two beers Callie leaned into Dan. "I miss her a lot" she admitted.
"You should tell her" Dan replied after pulling from his beer bottle.
"I can't. She is so happy and sooo pregnant" Callie emphasized. "That is really all I wanted for her."
"But didn't you want to be happy too?" Dan asked.
Callie rolled her eyes at her friend's question. "Of course. It just doesn't seem like it is meant to be with Arizona" she said sadly. "Plus Madison is a great person and Sofia loves her so much. I couldn't have asked for a better person to be with Arizona" she said putting the beer bottle to her lips.
"Except for you" Dan objected.
"It's been like 4 years Dan. If we were going to get back together it would have happened by now."
"Have you even tried?" he asked.
"I was too busy trying to convince myself that we couldn't be together that I missed so many opportunities to tell her how I feel. Then the hospital took the partnership with the Seattle Reign and with US Women's Soccer and then she met Madison Collins and then they feel in love and it was too late." Callie said sadly.
"You really are an amazing person Callie. I think anyone would be lucky to be with you" Dan said softly.
"Give it a rest Dan. It's not going to happen" Callie winked. "Your too boring" she teased, "And what would your girlfriend say?"
"She would totally understand. She told me several times how hot you are" he teased.
"She's right" Callie replied.
"Come on Dr. Torres" Dan teased, "We should call it a night. It's late" he said throwing some money down on the bar.
"See. Boring" Callie teased standing from the bar.
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Walking into the dark house, Madison turned to close the door quietly behind her. She thought Arizona might be home but wasn't sure. She remembered that today was the day Arizona would lead the team to separate the 17 month old conjoined twins and if it didn't go well she would probably still be at the hospital. Hoping that wasn't the case and that her 7 and a half month pregnant wife was sleeping in their bed, Madison smiled as she pushed the bedroom door open slowly to see just that. Madison walked quietly toward the bathroom and pushed the door open before placing her bag on the floor. She flipped on the light and walked toward her closet to find a change of clothes before getting into bed with her wife. After changing into a t-shirt and sweatpants Madison left her closet only to find an 8 year old standing in the door way of the bathroom.
Madison's eyes lit up with excitement as Sofia ran the short distance and wrapped herself around Madison's leg. Madison bent down and kissed dark hair. "Hi sweetie" Madison whispered.
"Mama is asleep" Sofia said looking up at the soccer star.
"I know. She is probably very tired" Madison said running her hand over Sofia's hair. "Come on. Let's get you to bed sweetie."
Sofia walked back into her mama's bedroom to retrieve her book and placed a soft kiss on Arizona's forehead and bent down to whisper "good night babies" to Arizona's belly before turning back to grab Madison's hand.
15 minutes later Sofia was tucked soundly into bed and Madison was slowly crawling next to Arizona. She placed a soft kiss on Arizona's temple hoping not to disturb the beautiful woman. "Good night baby" Madison whispered reaching down to place her hand on top of Arizona's hand that was resting on her large belly.
The next morning Madison was awoken by the sound of cartoons and the smell of coffee. She opened her eyes to see the cover's that lay on top of Arizona were now empty. Hearing the laughing coming from downstairs she willed her tired body out of bed. As she swung her legs over the side of the bed she could feel the throbbing coming from her right knee. She took a deep breath before placing her feet on the floor and walking gingerly into the living room.
"Mad" Sofia greeted loudly, "We made you breakfast!" she announced before turning her focus back to the TV.
Madison turned the corner for the kitchen and finally found who she was looking for. For the first time in 3 days crystal blue eyes met dark green and a dimpled smile appeared on Arizona's face. "Hi" she whispered.
"Hi" Madison returned as she finally came toe to toe with the blonde. "I missed you so much" she said wrapping her arms around the pregnant woman.
"We missed you too" Arizona replied leaning her head on Madison's shoulder and leaning into the taller woman's body.
"How are you feeling?" Madison asked. "How did your surgery go?"
"I'm better today. I slept good last night and the surgery went great. I called the hospital this morning and Alex said the babies are stable and doing well" Arizona confirmed.
"You're amazing" Madison replied as she pulled back and placed her lips on Arizona's. The kiss started slow but grew quickly as each woman took turns leading the exchange. Madison's tongue slowly entered Arizona's mouth and briefly massaged the doctor's tongue.
"Umm" Arizona moaned.
Madison pushed her forehead on Arizona's as she held her eyes closed and enjoyed the feeling of her wife in her arms. "I love you" she said sweetly
"Do you want some coffee?" Arizona asked softly.
"Yes" Madison replied.
"And some breakfast?" Sofia asked from the living room.
"Yes" Madison answered loudly for Sofia to hear.
Arizona walked back from the cabinet with a coffee mug in her hand and filled it to the top with steaming hot coffee. "Here baby" she said holding the mug out for Madison to take. "I love you too" Arizona smiled.
A/N: I hope you are enjoying this story! Thanks for reading...comments/reviews are welcome.