Okay, so I'm feeling generous today. I started writing this and my fingers can't seem to stop moving. You have 3 chapters today, but I may not have 3 out every weekend. Gotta make some sort of life ya know! LoL

Arizona's POV

Once we get in line at the ice cream shop I look down to Sofia standing between us and ask her what kind of ice cream she wants.

"Can I order it mama; I know what everyone wants for ice cream?"

"Oh you do huh? And what do you think we all want for our ice cream?"

"Pffttt, that's easy … I'm gonna take chocolate cause that's my favorite, Mommy is gonna want vanilla cause that's her favorite and of course you always take Strawberry which is your favorite."

"Well, don't you think you should check with mommy and me to make sure we don't want to try something different?"

"Okay but you always say that and end up with the Vanilla and Strawberry" She looks up to Callie and asks "Mommy, what kind of ice cream would you like today?"

Callie looks down at her with a knowing smile on her face "You know I think you're right Sof, I think I'll just stick to my usual of Vanilla." She gently puts her fingers through Sofia's soft hair.

Sofia turns and looks up to me "See I told you mama." She sticks out her tongue at me to let me know she's just playing around. "What kind of ice cream would you like today?"

"Okay, smarty-pants I will also stick to the usual Strawberry please"

We move up in the line and once it's our turn the young girl behind the counter says "What I can get you today?"

Sofia standing on her tippy toes against the counter says "I will have a chocolate ice cream please and my Mommy will take a Vanilla and then my Mama will take a Strawberry please."

The young girl leans over the counter so she's more at Sofia's level and states "Sure thing little lady and what sizes would you like and will they be on a cone or in a bowl?"

Sofia looks up at her two mothers and Callie answers for her "The chocolate in a bowl please and just 1 scoop, and I think we will take the other two on a cone and two scoops."

Sofia looks up to me "Mama, can I have sprinkles on mine?"

"Sure Sof, but just a little bit okay?"

Sofia looks back to the young girl behind the counter and says "Excuse me miss, can you add some sprinkles to the chocolate please?"

"Well, you're very polite and of course I can add some sprinkles to yours for you."

Sofia takes her ice cream in a bowl and says "Thank You" to the lady and then starts putting a spoon full in her mouth. "Yummy" she says around the ice cream in her mouth. She knows she can't talk with her mouth full so she looks up to her mothers who are looking down at her "Sorry" she whispers after she has swallowed what's in her mouth.

The young girl behind the counter lets out a little giggle while passing Callie her ice cream and then passes me the Strawberry cone. We all take our ice cream and look for a seat, Callie looks over at me "Do you want to seat outside while we eat this?"

"Sure, Sofia can you grab us some napkins over there please?"

Sofia passes her ice cream to me to hold onto while she goes over to the side and grabs a handful of napkins for us. Once we are all sitting down I pass her ice cream back to her and she digs right in.

We are sitting outside eating our ice cream and it's still a nice day out. Not cloudy but not too hot either, which is rare for Seattle. It rains a lot here, and when the sun does come out, we try to soak it up the best we can.

"So when do you work again next?" Callie asks me out of the blue.

"Oh, I took a few days off so I could talk to you and work something out for Sofia and I wanted to spend some more time with her, as I wasn't sure when you would be ready to take off."

"Oh I see" Callie gets this faraway look on her face and I notice she's awful quiet.

"Why are you asking? Are you okay?" I ask her; curious as to why she asked me when I have to go back to work.

"No reason really, I was just wondering"

The silence then over takes us from there and we all enjoy our ice cream. I look over to Callie trying to figure out what is going on in that head of hers. I have never had a problem reading her before, but I guess we haven't really been around each other a lot lately and we certainly have 'drifted' apart to say the least.

"What are your plans for the rest of the day?" I ask her

"Oh, I'm not sure yet, I'll probably go home, call Penny and see if I can get a hold of her and see what's going on there. I may pack a little depending on how that conversation goes. Then I will probably just sit around the house watching TV and wait for everyone to get home from work." "And what are your plans for the remainder of the day?"

"Well I figured once we leave here, I would take Sofia home for a little bit since I figured you'd be busy with other stuff and not want to take her home tonight with you. I may try and cook something nice for dinner later and then bath time, jammie time, and we will probably watch a movie till bedtime comes around."

Sofia pipes up at that "Mama, can we have pizza for dinner? Please, Please, Please"

"Or I guess instead of cooking something, maybe we'll order pizza then" I laugh

Callie laughs along with me. Before Sofia speaks up again

"Can mommy come over and have pizza and watch a movie with us mama?"

"Oh, I don't know baby, mommy said she's got some stuff to do tonight." I really do want Callie to join us but I don't want to push my luck today. We have had a great day so far and I don't want to ruin that. This is the most time we've spent together in a long time and I have to admit I certainly have missed spending time with her.

Sofia and I both look to Callie for her answer and while she's finishing her ice cream cone, swallows, then clean her mouth with a napkin, she looks at Sofia and I both.

"Well I really don't have any pressing things to do the rest of the day, but I would like to call Penny and see if I can get a hold of her and talk a little."

"Okay, how about this …. Once we're done here, you go home and get that done and whatever else you need to do and then come by the apartment around say" looking down at my watch I notice it is only 3pm. "Say around 6pm and we can order pizza and watch a movie. That way I will have little missy here bathed and in her jammies and ready for when you get there."

"That sounds really good, expect would it be alright if you hold off on the bath time as I would like to help, I have missed bath time so much"

"Yeah I want mommy to help with bath time" Sofia says from beside us.

"Okay, okay you two win" I hold up my hands in defence "we will hold off on bath time until mommy gets there. You and I will go home and play a little then tidy up before mommy comes over later okay?

"Otay" Sofia shrieks

"Do you mind if I take Sofia into the washroom with me to get her cleaned up and some of that chocolate off her face?" Callie smiles at me

I look up into her eyes for a moment and nod my head "No of course not".

As they get up to leave, I am sitting here by myself and I start to play this day over in my head. It has defiantly gone well so far. It most certainly could've gone worse, that's for sure. I'm not sure what the rest of the day or evening will hold for us but I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I know I have very much missed hanging out with Callie, just the 3 of us like this. It makes me think back to happy times when the three of us would cook dinner, sit together at the table and eat, then it was time for bath before we would all snuggle into the couch to watch a movie with Sofia before it was bedtime. We would put her to bed with a bedtime story and sometimes 2 stories as our daughter would fight against how tired she was. Then Callie and I would walk around the house and make sure all the windows and doors were locked up before we'd head into our own room and either lie in bed and cuddle or we would each be on our own side of the bed reading either a book or a medical journal. Those were happy times for us, that's for sure. I'm so lost in my own little world I don't even notice the girls are back until Sofia wraps her little arms around me and asks me if I'm ready to go home yet. I jump as she's scares me a little.

"Oh, sorry yes baby, I'm ready to head home. What do you say we walk mommy back to Aunt Meredith's house as we left the car there; remember we walked to the park?"

"Okay, that sounds good mama. Mommy is it okay if we walk you back?"

"Oh that sounds lovely my little angel, I would be honored if you would walk me back to make sure I get home safe n sound" She giggles down at Sofia

Sofia just shakes her head at her mommy "mommy you're so silly, you're a grown up you always get home safe n sound"

"I know munchkin but I would still like it very much if you and mama would walk me home"

"Okay then let's 'blow this popsicle stand'" Sofia says and Callie and I both look at each other, wondering where on earth she has ever heard that phrase. At the same time we both burst out laughing and at the same time

"KAREV"

The three of them walk hand in hand the same way they did when they left for the park, Sofia in the middle with both her mothers on either side, holding her little hands and swinging her up in the air every few steps. And just like on the way here Sofia is still full of giggles every time they swing her up in the air. To anyone outside looking in on the three of them, you'd think it was a happily married couple and their daughter just out enjoying their day in the sun.

Once they round the corner and come to the house, they get up to the porch and Sofia lets go of her mama's hand and wraps her arms around her mommy's legs. "We will see you soon mommy, we will have yummy pizza, watch a movie and maybe some snacks too."

Callie bends down to Sofia's height and wraps her in a big hug "You sure will baby, I will see you in a couple of hours"

Callie stands up and looks into my eyes and asks "Is there anything I can bring with me later?"

"No I think we got it covered, I will have to stop at the store on the way home though and pick up some wine for later, if you want some."

"Oh, that sounds perfect, but please, let me pick up the wine okay?"

"Okay" I am really nervous all of a sudden, I want to lean in and hug Callie, but I'm not sure how she will feel about that, so instead I just stand there for a minute and stare down at my feet.

I can feel her fingers on my chin, lifting my head up "Hey what's wrong?" She can still tell when something is bothering me.

"Nothing is wrong, I'm just nervous"

"Nervous? Why are you nervous all of a sudden?"

"B-B" Swallowing the lump in my throat I look up to her "Because I want to give you a hug and thank you for the day so far, but I wasn't sure how you'd feel about that."

Callie gets one of her megawatt smiles on her face and opens her arms "Of course you can hug me silly, you are still the mother of my daughter and we will always be in each other's lives and beside; friends hug don't they?"

"I know, I just wasn't sure where we stood yet in that department"

"Well I don't know about you, but I would very much like to be friends with you and be more than just co-parents to our daughter."

I look into her eyes and see the seriousness in them and the next thing I know I am wrapped up in her arms and it feels so good to be here again. I never thought I would be here again and I know there's no place in the world I would rather be. Callie leans down and places a gentle kiss on the top of my head and I exhale a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Come on mama, we gotta get home so we can tidy up before mommy gets there." Sofia says well pushing herself between the two of us, causing us to split apart. I step back and look to Callie and see she's still wearing her smile and I send her a small smile in return, making sure to pop my dimples I know she used to love and hope she still does.

"Okay little miss, let's roll" Looking to Callie I send her a wink and say "I guess we will see you in about 2 hours or so"

"You most certainly will, and I'll bring the wine and maybe some snacks, if you want to look after the pizza and movie"

"Okay, sounds good, see you then" I turn and walk to the car with Sofia at my side, when I get her buckled in to her car seat and close the door and walk to the driver's side door I take one last look up to the porch and see Callie still standing there. She waves at me and I give her a small wave back before I climb into the car and start it up and pull out of the driveway heading home.

WoW ! So what do you all think so far? What do you think will happen with the conversation Callie has with Penny if she can get a hold of her? And what will take place once they are all at Arizona's place for pizza and movie?

Next chapter may be a shorter one and will be Callie and Penny, but I promise we will get to the pizza / movie night

You all know what to do!