I forgot to mention: I own nothing, but Catalina, Miguel, Rico, and their dad. Possible more (named) characters may come into view. Everything else is Shonda's.

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This is a shorter chapter. It's a little rough. I may come back to fix it. I'm trying not to skip straight to where I want to skip to so, I'm making an effort. If I get too detaily remind me to speed up a bit though. I tend to get a little too detaily and then a little too vague. Let it be known some parts are meant to be vague. I feel like I'm rambling so go ahead and read.

next chapter: Callie comes home. Debating on whether or not to let you in on their Dad's job next chapter or the one after. You'll get to see the different ways Callie relates to each kid soon.

RIVISION: Ok, so I revised it a bit so that it's not as choppy as it sounded before. If you didn't read it already, then it won't make a difference. If you did, It's very minor changes and shouldn't make too much of a difference. Just the second half with the dinner.

Chapter 2

The car ride over was filled with light, cheery conversation. The blonde seemed to be making an effort to make friends with them and not pry. But Catalina knew that there was no way that the woman could 'not' be wondering what was going on, and none of the kids were going to tell her a thing until they got the ok from their aunt.

Miguel seemed to like Arizona, which was a huge plus. He rarely spoke openly with adults, especially women since the thing with their mom. But with Arizona he seemed ok. He did, however, correct her when she called him Mickey. Her eyebrows rose slightly with question, but she didn't push it.

"He's only ever let Aunt Callie call him that since the day he learned to say no." Catalina explained with an apologetic smile. Arizona only smiled and nodded in understanding.

"So, you guys are close to Calliope huh?" she asked. Catalina's eyes widened a bit with the mention of her aunt's full name. Before she could say anything, however, Rico had to put his part in.

"Yea" Rico answered. "It's been like that since before I was born. Back when Lina and Miguel first lived with Aunt Callie and Daddy had got his first as—" Rico was cut off by Miguel's hand on his mouth and a warning glare from Catalina.

At the sudden silence Arizona looked back and Miguel quickly snatched his hand from his brother's mouth. Arizona looked forward again, but Catalina knew a lot of questions had definitely been raised.

"What he meant was that about six years back, when Aunt Callie was still in school we went and stayed with her for a while, because of…complications… with our dad's job." Catalina said, trying to patch things up.

"Uh…huh" said Arizona with a slightly confused nod of her head.

Changing the subject, Catalina asked, "So what are we going to eat?"

"Well we could get some pizza or spaghetti or anything really." Arizona said.

The rest of the trip to the apartment was filled with conversation of food.

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In the end, it had been decided that they would eat spaghetti, and the conversation at dinner was normal chit chat. There was a drink spill or two, courtesy of Rico, and a close call with a plate from Miguel. And by the time they were done the two younger kids were pretty drowsy. Catalina didn't want to admit it, but she was pretty tired herself. She let out a big yawn alerting Arizona.

"Why don't you guys get changed for bed and I'll set up a place for you." She said with a slight smile.

Catalina smiled and headed into the back with the boys to change. By the time they came out, the pullout couch had already been set up and the other, normal, couch had sheets and blankets as well.

"I wasn't sure if you wanted to sleep with the boys or not. The couch can get a little uncomfortable. Sorry I don't have anything else for you." Arizona said with an apologetic smile.

"It's fine." Catalina said. "I'm just glad to have a place to sleep. The first day we went to Aunt Callie's the first time, we had to sleep with her in her bed, because she already had someone sleeping on her couch." She laughed slightly.

The boy's had already gotten in the bed by the time the doctor and teen's conversation ended.

"Ok, well I should be heading to bed myself" Arizona said as she stretched and got up.

"Wait. What about Aunt Callie? How's she going to get in?" Catalina asked.

Arizona smiled and called back to her as she went towards her room. "She already has a key. She'll be fine."

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Back in her bedroom, showered and dressed for bed, Arizona stayed up to wait for Callie. As she lay there she wondered why the sudden appearance of Callie's niece and nephews. There was no email, call, no plans, nothing. And why was Callie so ok with it? What in the world did these kids' father do that they would have to stay with Callie for long periods of time, with no plans? Her thoughts drifted as her eyes began to close and she fell asleep.