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Thursday night had rolled around quickly and the Torres-Robbins household was falling into their nightly routine. Arizona was finishing up giving Sofia a bath while Callie was getting the little girl's pajamas from her bedroom. Callie was picking up a few of her daughter's toys when she heard her wife scream, it wasn't an alarming screaming but it still sent panic through Callie as she rushed to the bathroom. Callie bit her lip to keep from laughing as she took in the sight in front of her; Arizona was wet and covered in bubbles and Sofia was clapping her hands while laughing.
"Did you just splash momma?" Arizona asked in a playful tone which earned more laughter and a nod from the almost two year old. "Well then I'll just have to get you back for that." She said with a smile as she scooped up a pile of bubbles placing them on Sofia's head.
Sofia's eyes lighted up as she reached up and felt her head. "Crown!" She giggled. "I'm a princess!"
"You are indeed sweetheart" Her momma said as she beamed at her daughter.
Callie couldn't stand the cuteness anymore and whipped out her phone for a picture. "Say cheese princess and my queen"
Both Sofia and Arizona gave Callie their best smile, looking happier than she'd ever seen them and it warmed her heart. Even though she and Arizona were doing their best to fix things Callie often felt like their family was still a little broken but in this moment she knew it wasn't. Her family was right there in front of her and they were happy, that's all she needed.
"Should we get mommy Sof?" Arizona asked and she lowered her hands into the water.
"Get mommy!" The little girl excitedly screamed.
Callie was pulled out of her daze when she noticed her wife moving towards her. "You wouldn't."
"Wouldn't I?" She laughed mischievously and moved closer.
"Arizona don-" Before Callie could finish her sentence Arizona threw the bubbles on her, they land on her head but half of them slipped down and covered her right eye and the tip of her nose which caused the blonde to burst out in laughter.
"Now that's a picture moment." She laughed.
"You're lucky you're cute." Callie teased before turning to Sofia was laughing just as hard as her momma. "You too missy." Callie opened the camera on her phone once again and they took a bubbles selfie.
"Okay, bath time is over princess" Arizona said looking at a yawning Sofia. The little girl stood and lifted her arms up so that she could be lifted out of the tub. "Um, Cal can you get her?" Arizona asked sheepishly.
"Of course. You okay?" Callie picked Sofia out of the tub and wrapped her in a towel drying her off."
"Yeah, my leg is just a bit sore…I'll meet you in her room." She slowly turned and walked out of the bathroom for Sofia's room trying to hide the limp.
"Okay baby girl, let's get you dressed so that we can have cuddles with momma." Callie noticed Arizona limping but didn't want to make her wife feel insecure by making it a big deal so she focused on getting her daughter ready for bed.
"And book" The toddler demand.
"Yes, cuddles and bedtime story." Callie giggled, she loved how much her daughter loved books and stories. She hoped Sofia would be an avid reader when she's older. "Which story do you want tonight?"
"Hungry caterpillar"
"Of course. Silly question" Callie said to herself as she finished helping Sofia into her pajamas and carrying the little girl into her room. Her daughter had been obsessed with all of Eric Carle's book ever since her grandfather bought her the collection of books during his last visit. Callie was happy her father had accepted Arizona and Sofia, it meant that Sofia would have somewhat of a father figure in her life even though no one could replace Mark in either of their lives. Before she could let herself miss Mark too much she kissed her daughter's chubby cheek and remembered how lucky she is.
"There you are!" Arizona said happily. "I'm ready for my cuddles."
Callie hurried to bed and climb in putting Sofia in the middle of her mothers. Arizona wrapper her arms around the little girl and moved closer to Callie. Sofia was already half asleep so without bothering with the actual book Callie wrapped her arms around her girls and recited the story by memory. When she was done with the story Sofia was sound asleep. Callie and Arizona laid there for a while quietly starring into each other's eyes and watching their daughter sleep.
"We should go to sleep also, we have a long day tomorrow." Arizona whispered and Callie nodded in agreement. Callie got out of bed and went around to Arizona's side to help her up.
"Thank you Callie" Arizona was handing on to Callie as they walked to their room so that she wouldn't put too much pressure on her left leg.
"You don't have to thank me baby." Callie smiled at her.
"I appreciate it, I appreciate everything you do for me." She turned her head as Callie lowered her onto their bed and began removing her prosthetic. "You don't have to do this."
"Stop making it sound like a chore. I love you and I'm honored to take care of you, okay?" Callie had begun massaging Arizona's sore limb and looked up at her wife with a smile.
"Okay." Arizona let herself relax and enjoy the sensations Callie was giving her. "I love you too."
"How are you feeling about seeing Dr. Warren tomorrow?" The brunette asked and she continued kneading her wife's wife limb.
"I'm not sure, I haven't been thinking about it." She answered with an anxious sigh.
"Yeah, I haven't thought about it much either."
"I don't want to do this, I know that I have to but I really don't want to go through that again." Arizona was now crying.
"Oh honey," Callie moved back and took her wife in her arms, holding her protectively. "I know you don't." Callie was at a loss of words, she wanted to comfort her wife but didn't know what to say. They had never talked about what happened during those days in detail. Every discussion they had on it before now had been from a medical perspective.
"I couldn't stop screaming, I was in shock and in so much pain. I think the screaming told me I was still alive" Arizona shook in wife's arms, clinging to her. "I didn't stop screaming until Cristina yelled at me to shut up, that's when I noticed my leg." Callie continued holding her wife and listening to all the horrific details she told her. Callie never could have imagined going through something like that and she was in awe of her wife for surviving such an ordeal. Callie comforted her and soothed her fears until she fell asleep. Callie held her wife closer as she drifted off to sleep.
Arizona was the first one to wake up. She was still in Callie's arms which made her happy, she snuggled closer to her sleeping wife and place a soft kiss on her neck. Arizona loved waking up first because she got to watch Callie or sometimes she'd go cuddle with Sofia. Watching her girls sleep gave her a sense of calm she couldn't explain, she knew everything was right with the world then. She thought back to everything she told Callie about the plane crash last night and sighed knowing that she'd have to tell the same tale again to Dr. Warren. Since telling Callie everything the task of telling Dr. Warren did seem easier but Arizona still wanted this to be over with now. She felt that she had done her best to deal with the crash and losing her leg, she knew those things influenced her cheating but she didn't think they were the source so she was annoyed with Dr. Warren for bringing this up again. The scent of vanilla and honey calmed her down as she breathed in the familiar scent of her wife. I can do this with Callie, I can do this for her. She thought to herself as she closed her eyes taking advantage of the peace and quiet. Once Callie was awakened by a sweet kiss the Torres-Robbins family got ready for their day in unison and were promptly on their way to the hospital by 7. Callie dropped Sofia off at the nursery and head to the ortho wing.
"Torres, wait up." April called from behind her.
Callie turned around to face her. "What's up?"
"I have a kid who just came into to OR with multiple broken ribs and her right arm looks pretty bad." April handed Callie the chart for her to see herself.
"Did she say what happened?" Callie had a bad feeling about her injuries but didn't want to jump to any conclusions.
"She said she fell off of her bike but…" April looked just as worried as Callie felt.
"But what Kepner?"
"Her father won't leave her side and whenever I ask her a question he answers first and she follows his lead."
"Okay, we need to talk to her alone. Tell her father that these scan didn't come out clear so we'll have to take them again and meet me in Room 3"
"Shouldn't she be in peds?"
"No. If this is child abuse and her father comes looking for her he'll head straight to peds. We need time to examine her properly and get the truth out of her. I page Arizona, try not to alert her father."
"Alright" Callie felt sick to her stomach as she watched April walk away. She prayed that this wasn't child abuse and if it was that they could save this little girl. Callie quickly paged Arizona as she head to room 3 to wait.
Arizona was the first to arrive. "Callie, are you okay?"
"We have a possible child abuse case. April is bring her up from the ER now."
"I see." Arizona sighed as she made her way over to her wife, taking her hand. "This is not our daughter Callie and we're going to do our best for this little girl."
"I know, I just don't understand how anyone could purposefully harm a child."
"Neither can I and we never will." Before Arizona could finished April arrived with the patient.
"HI, I'm Dr. Robbins. I work with all the children here and this is Dr. Torres" Arizona pause motioning to her wife who was standing on the other side of the girl. "She fixes bones." The peds surgeon laughed when she saw the girls eye's go wide.
"That's so cool!" The girl stated before smiling. "I'm Emma."
Now it was Callie's turn to laugh. "It's very cool."
"Can you tell us how you broke so many bones today?" Arizona asked cautiously as she started Emma's exam.
Emma bit her lip while she thought for a moment. "Okay but please don't tell my mom." That gave the doctors more concern but they just nodded to keep from discouraging Emma to tell them the truth. "Daddy and I were home alone so that means no rules for me. Daddy and I were playing hide and seek, we started off downstairs but I hid upstairs. When Daddy came upstairs her went to my room first but I was in the hall closet so I ran out to go back downstairs but I slipped on the rug and fell down the stairs. I started to scream because of my arm and daddy brought me straight her."
"If that's the truth, why did you tell Dr. Kepner that you feel off your bike?" Callie asked.
"Because my mom will be very mad at daddy and daddy will have to leave us." The little girl stated as her eyes filled with tears. "Please don't tell her. It was my fault not my dad's."
"It's okay sweetheart, we won't tell her" Callie was kneeling in front of her now trying to make eye contact. "But running in the house isn't safe, you could have been hurt a lot worse then you were."
After having Emma promise not to run in the house anymore Callie went to work on fitting her for a cast as Arizona had a word with her father. Once they were finished with Emma they went about their day as usual, neither of them had any big surgeries. As they worked thoughts of their session with Dr. Warren flooded their minds. Callie couldn't comprehend how to put into words what she felt and experienced those four days that Arizona and Mark were missing. Even though time didn't stop her life somehow did, it was as if she was moving and thinking in slow motion, there was no sound or color just fuzzy pixels of what her life was supposed to be. During those days she spent a lot of time with Owen trying to figure out what happen and how it happened. She spent all her time at the hospital but couldn't work, she couldn't seem to do anything until she knew they were rescued, safe, and coming home. She knew she was letting every one down but without Arizona it was all meaningless. The beeping from her pager snapped her out of her thoughts and she headed to meet Arizona. It's now or never. She thought as she walked hand in hand with her wife out of the hospital.
Okay so this chapter was getting to long so Chapter 3 will open up the therapy session. This chapter was most fluff just to keep things light and show the fear and anxiety they both have around their next session. (Also so that I can organize my thoughts more on how to write the session.) I'm going to try to get the next chapter out by Sunday because next week I'll be super busy. Anyways, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Please tell me what you want from this story and any feedback you have.
Love and peace to all.