A/N: I'm sorry that this story didn't start with Callie and Arizona being together but because it didn't I still have to write about Arizona and Julie being a couple. But now that Callie will be introduced I'll focus on her and Arizona too. Most of you aren't happy with that but I promise that they will end up together. It is a Calzona story after all. And I'm leaving for vacation on Saturday so this is the last update before I will. Thank you for the patience!


Arizona nervously checked the clock on the hospital wall. She was suppose to have a whole day off but of course tiny humans just had to get hurt on Friday. So she was paged at 5 in the morning and was hoping she would finish early enough to still get some sleep before meeting the woman that will change her life. But things never go the way you want them to so Arizona was waiting. It was now 6 in the morning and she was waiting for the ambulance. Because apparently it was an emergency at first but then the girl was stabilized in the ambulance and paramedics turned off the sirens so she was waiting. For her patient. She let out a long groan and slammed her hand against the desk.

Mark Sloan walked to Arizona with a smirk on his face. "Hey Robbins. You got issues here?"

Arizona gritted her teeth. "Yes. Because stupid staff here doesn't know what a stupid emergency means and page me at stupid 5 am for stupid nothing."

Mark's eyes went wide and he took a step away from Arizona. He never heard her swear or be mad like this before. As far as he was concerned Arizona was a perky child friendly surgeon. "So were you in the middle of something or why are you so upset?"

"Because I was suppose to have a day off. And I'm meeting somebody later. Somebody very important. And I wanna be well rested for... meeting." Arizona wanted to tell someone but beside April no one knew about her plan and she planned on keeping it that way for a little while longer.

"Well good luck with your meeting."

Mark's voice was far too amused and it didn't go unnoticed by Arizona. "Ran out of nurses to bang around here?"

"And I'm walking away."

Arizona laughed as Mark almost ran away. She grabbed a pen and clicked it against the desk. it was entertaining for a few minutes but then it became annoying even to her. So she settled for staring at the clock. Watching seconds pass. She saw Owen Hunt walk by and he was the one that paged her and was the trauma surgeon on call. "When is the kid getting here?" she snapped.

Owen chuckled nervously. "Didn't they tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

Scratching the back of his neck Owen thought of a nice way to tell Arizona. "The girl uhm had another seizure in the ambulance a while ago so they took her to Seattle Press instead."

"And no one bothered to tell me? I literally stood here for an hour. I didn't even get my morning coffee," Arizona whined. She was glad there was no surgery to do but a surgery would at least wake her up.

"I told an intern to find you and tell you. And I'm really sorry about your morning coffee."

Arizona huffed. "So much for a great day. So can I go back home? Or will you page me again for a patient that is not even here?"

Owen chuckled. "You can go home and I really am sorry for paging you. Hopefully it won't happen again."

"It better not," Arizona added quietly with an eye roll. She went in the changing room and changed her scrubs into her comfortable clothes. She almost came here in pajamas but managed to put on sweatpants and a hoodie. She grabbed her purse and dug for her car keys. She wanted nothing more than to go home and lay back in her warm bed. She walked across the cold, dark parking lot to her car. A yawn escaped her mouth just at the thought of going back to sleep. She drove down the street and back home. She parked her car in front of the garage as they would use it again anyway and quietly as possible opened the front door. The house was still quiet and dark. She checked the time and sighed. Almost 7. Arizona gazed the stairs and with a sigh she walked in the living room. She threw herself down on the slightly uncomfortable couch she pulled the blanket over herself and closed her eyes. Julie managed to sleep through her morning page so she knew she would be up around 7, maybe if she was lucky at 8. So she quickly tried to fall asleep.

The next thing she knew was the delicious smell of coffee and bacon spreading around the living room. She stretched her legs and arms and buried her face in the pillow. A sleepy smile came on her face. She was going to meet their surrogate mother today. She texted the woman two days ago and asked her to meet her in the coffee shop around lunch time. She didn't want them to introduce themselves with names yet so it was still a virtual stranger. Arizona yawned and raised her head. She was able to hear Julie talking on the phone. Out of curiosity she managed to get up and walk in the kitchen. "Morning."

Julie gave her a smile. "Morning," she whispered. "No, no that was just Arizona. She slept in."

Arizona looked at Julie in confusion. It wasn't that late was it? She checked her watch and her eyes widened. It was almost 9. "Who are you talking to?"

"Your dad."

"You told my father the former Colonel of the United States of America that I, his daughter, slept in?" Arizona asked, shocked.

Julie laughed. "Okay. Bye," she said in the phone and hung up. "Yes, but he's really funny. He laughed about it and everything. Now why did you sleep in and how did you end up on the couch dressed?"

"I was paged in the morning but then the patient never arrived because I'm that unlucky so I came back home and I thought that you'll be up any minute so I just crashed here," Arizona explained and grabbed a mug of coffee. "When did you get up?"

"Half an hour ago but I was being lazy," Julie confessed.

Arizona laughed. "I guess it's only fair we get sleep now because it's going to be impossible with a newborn."

"Perhaps. But I'm a very heavy sleeper."

Arizona hated that it was true. Julie could sleep through anything. Arizona used to have that ability but once she received a pager she was sleeping with one eye opened in case she would miss it. It turned out pages are pretty loud unless you're in a hospital full of people. "I envy you that. So we get ready and meet her at Bay Cafe at noon?"

Julie nodded and placed a plate in Arizona's hands. "That's our plan. Now eat."

Arizona jumped on the counter and ate there. She would care about manners some other day. She dug in the plate of bacon, scrambled eggs and toast. She moaned. "This is so good. I'm so hungry." Moving at 5 am really built up her appetite.

Julie playfully slapped her thigh. "Behave you big child."

"Some other day," Arizona mumbled with full mouth. She ate faster than she did when she was in the middle of the lunch while getting paged. After she ate the eggs and bacon she drank her glass of juice with one breath.

"I worry about your eating habits," Julie said and laughed. She tried before to get Arizona to sit at the dining table and eat a meal slowly but it never worked.

After Arizona was finished with breakfast she dropped the plate in the sink and ran upstairs. "I'm taking a shower and getting changed," she yelled over her shoulder to Julie. She took a quick refreshing shower and covered herself with a towel. She had no idea what to wear. She wanted to make a good first impression. She picked black jeans and dark blue knitted sweater that showed off one shoulder and the sleeves reached just under her elbows. Her hair was the biggest problem. She never knew what to do with them.

"Leave them down," Julie said with a smile.

Arizona looked at her reflection in the mirror. "You sure?"

"Yes. You look nice by the way. Very.. welcoming."

Arizona rolled her eyes. "I'm trying too hard aren't I? I just want this to go perfectly. I wanna seem professional but also that I'd be a good mother which is not very known for surgeons."

Julie rubbed Arizona's shoulder in comfort. "You look wonderful. Very mother-ish."

"Thank you. I guess." Arizona let out a shaky breath. "What if we blew this? What if I blew this? I'm probably gonna say something embarrassing or cry."

Julie didn't turn around but kept an eye contact with Arizona through the mirror as she put on her earrings. "Look, I know you're worried but you're not going to do anything wrong. You might say a few stupid things but that's you. She won't say no. We'll charm her."

"You're right. Tonight we're gonna meet our baby momma," she said to herself and then nodded. She used to give herself a lot of pep talks before going into surgeries but after a while she learned to just trust herself. At least when it came to work. Because personally Arizona barely knew what she was doing. What she knew was that she should spend more time with her girlfriend, that it was unusual for a healthy lesbian couple to get a surrogate. But unusual was a part of Arizona. "Do you think I should wear normal shoes or high heels?"

Julie moved to brushing her hair. "And by normal you mean your shaking shoes?"

"They are not shaking shoes. They're called Heelys. And they wheel. Or should I say heel." Arizona laughed at her own joke. "I'll wear them. Because we wanna be who we are right?" She didn't wait long enough in the bedroom to hear the answer as she ran downstairs to put on her shoes. She checked the clock. It was time. "We have to go."

"Will you relax? We still have time."

"But we should be there early you know. My dad always said better to go on the field earlier and surprise the enemy or be late and be the one surprised," Arizona said nervously.

Julie laughed. "We're meeting at a coffee house. This isn't war sweety. But I'm ready."

Arizona blushed. "Please stop me from saying something like that in front of her."

"You bet I will. I don't want her to think that my girlfriend's crazy," Julie said with a wink.

Arizona huffed and grabbed car keys. "I'm driving because you're rude." She grabbed the car keys before Julie could and headed for the car. Once they were both seated she drove to the coffee shop. They were 10 minutes early which gave them a head start to gather themselves. "Do you have questions planned?"

Julie smiled. "No, but I know you do."

"I do. Like why did she choose this and why she picked us. But don't you have questions on your own?" Before she could say more or hear Julie's respond her gaze stopped on the woman who just entered the Cafe. In relationship or not Arizona had to admit she was absolutely gorgeous. The long dark hair in wavy curls and her tan skin shining under rare Seattle sun. She could also tell she was searching for someone. "Is that her?" she asked barely audible.

"I think so," Julie replied just as quietly. She couldn't help but think at how this woman was exactly Arizona's type.

Arizona waved awkwardly once she realized that she indeed was looking for them. The woman walked closer. "Hi," Arizona stammered.

"Hi. I'm Callie Torres. And assuming you're the only two females hanging out with each other you're the couple I'm meeting," she said nervously.

"Julie Cartez," Julie introduced herself.

Arizona reached for a firm handshake like her father taught her. "Arizona Robbins." Callie smiled a little shyly and sat down. "So do you wanna order something before we go in the conversation?"

Callie nodded. "Sure thank you."

Arizona rubbed her sweaty palms against her pants. Her heart was going hundred miles per minute. She was so nervous. And excited. And slightly amazed by the woman. Or Callie. The waitress came. "Diet coke please." It was too hot outside for coffee or tea but apparently she was the only one thinking that.

"Coffee with cream please," Julie ordered.

Callie skipped through the menu with her eyes. "Same here please."

"So two coffees with cream and one diet coke? Got it."

Arizona bit her lip. "So uhm Callie? Is that short for something?" She wanted to go through some basic questions first before jumping right in asking her to carry a baby.

"Usually I don't tell this before fourth date but I guess I can skip that rule now," Callie tried to joke to lighten the mood. "It's actually short for Calliope." Even she cringed as she said it. "It means music or something like that. My mom was obsessed with Homer during the time she was pregnant with me and Calliope was supposed to be his muse," she ranted.

"I like it," Arizona said. "It's unique."

"And I assume Arizona is after the state?"

Arizona gasped. "Nu-uh. It's after the battle. USS Arizona. My dad named me that to honor my grandfather who lost his life there."

"Oh I'm sorry."

They got their drinks and Julie decided to be the one asking the question because Arizona kept dodging it. "What made you decide to do this?"

"And why us?" Arizona quickly added before she would lose courage.

Callie took a sip of her coffee. "A couple of years ago something happened to me and it took me a while to get over it but I signed up at the clinic a while a go you know to help somebody and I got a call from Frank saying there's a lovely couple and I said yes."

Arizona squinted at the brunette. There was more to the story, she could tell. "What do you do? I mean what's your job."

Callie laughed. "I am a surgeon. Or rather was one."

"I'm a surgeon too," Arizona excitedly said.

"Best pediatric surgeon in the country," Julie proudly added.

Callie smiled. They were quite a cute couple. "Frank mentioned something about different living arrangements than usually so what does that really mean?"

"We would want you to move in with us," Arizona explained. "During the pregnancy of course. We just feel like we'd be missing out too much if we would just go to appointments. You know crazy surgical schedules and she's a writer so she travels a lot."

Callie couldn't help but smile. Arizona's word diarrhea seemed as bad as her own. "I understand really. How would that exactly work?"

"I assume you'd move in once we get the whole baby making thing started," Arizona answered. It was most logically. They could get to know each other over the phone but once they would begin the process and get a positive pregnancy test Arizona would prefer to have Callie as close as possible.

"I don't have a problem with that," Callie replied.

Julie finished her cup of coffee. "What about your family?"

Callie let out a shaky breath. "I don't have one. Well I'm single. And no children. Frank and I talked about it because usually women that choose to be surrogate mothers already have families on their own and he said it's not really a problem as long as I'm really sure."

"So this would be your first time giving birth?"

"Yeah."

"Well I'm a pediatric surgeon so I'll make sure they'll have you drugged up nicely so you won't feel a thing," Arizona promised.

Callie and Julie both laughed. "I guess we have a deal," Callie said. They seemed like nice people. "Can I ask you something though?"

"Sure," Julie answered with a smile.

"Not that it's any of my business but why did you pick surrogacy? I mean a sperm donor would work just fine." Callie was nervous about the question. She didn't want to look like she was judging because she wasn't really. She was curious.

Arizona shrugged. "I guess it's fair if we answer that. It felt like it just fits you know? Julie travels a lot and pregnancy would compromise with that and I work with radiations and diseases and illnesses that could harm the fetus. It wouldn't be fair."

"That is true," Callie replied quietly. "So when do we start?"

Julie took her phone out of the pocket to check her schedule. "I have to leave next weekend for a few days but after that I'm home for months."

"We have to see Frank before we start though right?" Arizona asked. She barely remembered the conversation she had at the clinic. She was so nervous then.

Callie nodded. "I guess we have a plan."

Arizona had to bit the inside of her cheek to prevent herself from squealing. Her knees however bounced excitedly and she was trying hard to stay in her seat and not jump up and squeeze Callie. "Thank you so much for doing this. We're never gonna be able to thank you enough."

"Well you will be the one going to the store at midnight because of my cravings so let's call it even," Callie joked. She was happy to help them. And in a way she was helping herself too.


A/N2: So yes there's a story behind Callie's decision to be a surrogate mother that you will learn soon. Hope you enjoyed it and I hope I did the justice.