A/N: This chapter's a bit shorter, but the next one should be longer. This one just seemed better when it was short.

It had been two weeks since Callie had gone through the IUI procedure. This morning she had had a blood test done and now all they had to do was wait on the results from the lab. To them – especially to Callie – this was just a formality. She was absolutely sure she was pregnant. Even when their friends tried to warn them that their feelings didn't mean much, they couldn't help it.

Perhaps they were getting a little ahead of themselves, but they were already thinking about baby names.

"I thought of one I really like," Arizona said.

"For…?"

"A boy."

"What is it?"

"Sebastian."

"Oh."

"Oh?"

"No."

"What's wrong with Sebastian?"

"It's too…crab."

"Just because –"

"That's just the association I have."

"Fine."

"Maybe we should wait to see if there even is a baby before we argue over its name," Arizona laughed.

"There is," Callie said.

"I think so, too."


Unfortunately they were wrong. Her blood work didn't show any sign of a pregnancy.

"You okay?" Arizona asked her.

"Fine," she smiled. "Can't miss what we didn't have."

"Calliope…"

"We'll try again," she replied. "I mean, it's not like I have actual fertility problems. We just don't have a whole lot of options in terms of how to do this. So it's gonna work eventually. It just wasn't this time."

"It's okay to be upset."

"I'm fine."


Mark found them later that afternoon. "Audrey's here," he said, showing off the baby girl's picture on his phone. "Meredith had a really, really quick labour. She was born ten minutes after they got here. But she's perfect. Seven pounds, one ounce."

Arizona shook her head, trying to warn him that today probably wasn't the day to say anything else. She understood his excitement and she was happy for Meredith and Derek, but she would be lying if she said she wasn't a little disappointed that the round of IUI hadn't been a success. It had to be even more bittersweet for Callie.

"Oh my God," Mark realized. "I forgot today was –"

"Well, it didn't work. So whatever," Callie told him.

"Sorry."

"We can try again next month. No big deal. It just didn't happen the first time."

"Yeah."

"I'm fine," Callie said. "Stop looking at me like that."

"Like what?"

"All sad."

"I'm not."

"You are." Her pager went off and she walked away after giving Arizona a quick kiss.

"She's so not okay," Mark said.

"Nope," Arizona replied. "But she's right that this doesn't mean anything. It's not like she has fertility issues."

"Yeah."


Even though they were disappointed that they weren't going to have their own baby just yet, both Callie and Arizona couldn't help but stop in and meet Miss Audrey Cristina Shepherd at separate times throughout the day.

"Callie and I bought you this," Arizona said, holding up a little pink bear. "What little girl doesn't love a pink bear, huh?"

"Say 'thank you, Arizona!'" Derek smiled. "Hopefully soon Callie and Arizona have a playmate for you!"

"Well, not yet."

"Oh."

"How does the whole hospital know we're trying anyways?"

"You told Mark."

"Very true."

"He's just excited for you," Meredith said.

"I know," she nodded, taking the baby from Derek. "Your uncle Mark doesn't know how to keep something to himself! Nope!"

"That's okay," Derek said. "That's just Mark. He's basically a grown six-year-old."

"And that's coming from his best friend," Arizona told Audrey, with a little laugh.

"He's gotten better," Meredith said. "Since Lexie."

"True. He's still the world's biggest gossip, though," Derek said.


At the end of her shift – which ended after Callie's – Arizona found her wife across the street at Joe's.

"At least I can still drink," she said. "That's a plus, right?"

"I know that the timing sucked," Arizona replied, taking a seat beside her. "With Audrey coming today."

"Yeah," Callie replied. "But it'll happen."

"I know."

"She's cute," Callie said. "Did you see her?"

"Yep," she smiled. "She looks just like Derek."

"Even Cristina admitted she's cute," Callie replied.

Arizona laughed. "Seriously?"

"Clearly she's a little biased."

"Well, yeah."

"I just can't wait for our turn," she said.

"I know."

"It must be the best feeling in the world."

"Yeah."

"Hopefully it works next month."

"Hopefully," Arizona replied.

"I'm sure it will."