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"Excuse me. Did you just say you're pregnant?"

Lydia's cheeks immediately flushed. "I know. I know. What can I say though? It's too late now. Plus, I think this baby is a sign. It's my chance to start anew and treat this baby right from the start."

Callie mentally prepared herself to not roll her eyes at the woman. Unfortunately, Callie did not believe that Lydia would ever get her children back permanently. "Well that's great, Lydia. We can't just assume that Arizona can take this baby though. There is a lot more than just seeing if she would be willing to take the baby, too. Let me talk to Mark and we will figure something out."

"Thank you, Callie. I have to catch my bus. Call me when you know anything."

Callie watched as the woman ran out of the building. She couldn't believe this was happening. Exiting the room, she saw the kids playing with blocks with Arizona. "Well, guys, I hope you liked seeing your mother. Why don't you play with our secretary, Ms. Julie while I talk with Arizona?"

Arizona could instantly tell that Callie was nervous. "Is everything alright?"

"Oh yeah. That's what I wanted to ask you, though. How do you think today went?"

"Honestly? Better than expected."

"Great. Me too. It could have gone sour there for a second but you handled it really well. Good job."

"Thanks, Calliope. I think Kendall will be alright too."

"I think so. The whole birthday card thing seemed to have brightened her day."

Interrupting their conversation, Bryce ran up to Arizona and tugged on her pants. "Ice cream?"

Arizona laughed at the boy and picked him up. "Sure. We can get some ice cream."

Bryce then pointed to Callie. "Ms. Callie comes too?"

Looking to Callie for an answer, Arizona raised an eyebrow in question.

"That would be wonderful," Callie replied, giving in and smiling at the little boy.

The group said goodbye to Julie as they left the office and began to walk down the street to Dairy Queen. Arizona couldn't help but wonder why Callie decided to go with them. Was she going just for the kids or did she want to see Arizona too? She didn't get to think about this for long though because Kendall began screaming once she saw Dairy Queen. "Let's go, Zoa!"

Laughing, Callie looked to Arizona and grabbed her hand. "Yeah. Let's go, Zoa," she responded as she dragged the woman towards the ice cream shop.


"They're okay over there, right?" a nervous Arizona asked for what Callie felt was the millionth time in a span of five minutes.

Callie glanced at Bryce and Kendall, who were happily playing in the grass directly in front of her and Arizona, who was still working on her ice cream. "They are five feet away from us. I promise if something happens, I take full responsibility," Callie reassured a final time, winking at the overly anxious foster mom.

Taking a deep breathe, Arizona sighed. "Right. You're right. I mean, I wouldn't make you take responsibility. I mean...I...I'm shutting up now."

Callie snorted. "Arizona, do me a favor and breathe, okay? You're doing great with the kids. I legally cannot lie to you." Laying a hand on the other woman's arm, she gave it a gentle squeeze. "Okay?"

"Okay. Thank you." Smiling at Callie, Arizona took a last bite of her Oreo Brownie Earthquake and slid the empty bowl into the pile in the middle of the table.

"Good?" Callie asked, holding in a laugh as Arizona puffed out her stomach and groaned.

"Extremely. But now I look like I'm growing a baby in here," Arizona joked, poking her own stomach and smiling when Callie laughed at her. "Do you have to get back to work soon?"

Glancing at her watch as her laughter subsided at the mention of the word baby, Callie reluctantly nodded. "Unfortunately. Thanks for the invite. I had a lot of fun. It's always great to see my kids in a good environment when I'm not technically supposed to be observing or anything. And you are doing wonderfully with them. Really. I'm going to head back. Why don't you stay and let the kids play a little more so they can work off all the energy from the sugar they just consumed in eager and large mouthfuls."

Arizona busted out laughing and then yelled at herself in her head to shut up. Callie would not be impressed with her giggling like an idiot over something that wasn't even really funny. Smooth move, moron. "Yeah, that's a good idea. Thanks," she ended up spitting out, fumbling over her own words when Callie continued to smile at her. "Um..."

Sensing Arizona's nerves, Callie decided to alleviate her companion's awkward pain a little. "I actually need to talk to you about something, preferably without the kids around. How does dinner tomorrow night sound? Do you have anyone that can keep an eye on Kendall and Bryce? If not, I can set something up."

"Dinner? I...oh. Sure. I can have my best friend watch them. Her name is Teddy and she's exceptionally awesome with them, I promise."

Chuckling as she stood up, Callie nodded. "I trust you, goof. See you tomorrow at seven? I'll swing by and pick you up."