Lauren Boswell was back. Callie knew that but was yet to see her around the hospital. She was probably doing the smart thing and avoiding the Latina. Arizona seemed to be doing the same thing. Although to be fair Callie was avoiding her too. The two of them hadn't spoken since their last argument in the apartment a few days previously. After what was said it felt right to let the dust settle. Perhaps some of the anger would dissipate too but that seemed unlikely, for both of them.
The problem Callie now had was that Sofia missed her Momma. That was why she was stood outside day care. She knew that Arizona spent every lunch time up here with their daughter. After a short time the blonde appeared in the corridor and stopped suddenly when she saw Callie.
"Hey." She never knew how they were supposed to greet each other now.
"I thought maybe you'd want Sofia tonight." Callie just wasn't going to bother saying hello anymore.
"I..." Arizona trailed off. Her expression made it look like she was trying to make a difficult calculation. "I can't." She eventually said.
"Why not?" The anger was back in Callie's voice.
"I just can't."
"Is that all I get?"
"I thought you said you trusted me." Arizona didn't have the same fight in her tone.
"As a parent. I don't think you refusing to look after your daughter is a parental decision!"
Arizona looked around and was grateful the hallway was empty. "What do you mean?"
"Boswell, the woman you screwed in an on call room."
"What does that have to do with tonight?"
"Well if you're choosing spending the night with her over Sofia; I don't know maybe go for round two!"
"I'm on pills!" Arizona finally yelled back.
"What?"
"Dr Haynes, my shrink, she prescribed me these anti-depressants. They've been making me feel tired and I'd rather wait till I've adjusted to them before I'm responsible for our daughter."
"Oh." Was all the brunette could say.
"Happy now?" Arizona lowered her head and tried to make herself as small as possible
"Why didn't you just tell me?"
"Because it's private Callie. Now I need to check on a patient."
"Yeah, sorry. Go."
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A few hours later when there was a break in her schedule Callie made her way up to Dr Haynes' office. She didn't really know why. Her and Arizona were over. Sofia. That's why she was there. To make sure Sofia was going to be okay.
After knocking a few times on the door she heard a voice on the other side telling her to come in. Inside she found a woman at a desk. She wore a white lab coat over her dress. Dr Haynes looked to be in her early thirties. She was attractive but her appearance was understated.
"Hi." Callie eventually found her voice. "I'm Dr. Torres."
"Calliope." Haynes replied.
"Um, Callie. I prefer Callie."
"Oh, Arizona always calls you Calliope."
"You know who I am?"
"Well, Arizona told me you were a doctor here and what your surname was so..."
"Oh, right."
"Did you want to come in or stay at the door?" Haynes asked when Callie made no movement further into the room. The Latina just nodded and sat down opposite the other woman.
"You've put her on anti-depressants."
"Yes well your wife..."
"Ex-wife." Callie interrupted.
"Sorry, your ex-wife has been resistant to that for a while. Considering the trauma she has been through and the delay in getting psychological help I wanted to prescribe them sooner."
"We had an argument."
"Yes, that is what changed things."
"Sorry, I know you can't tell me anything."
"Actually I can. It's highly unorthodox and goes against every rule in the book but Arizona has said that I should answer any question you have about her treatment. As long as Arizona and I have discussed it, I can tell you. I'd never normally agree to it but it seemed as though she wouldn't get any help unless I did."
"Why?"
"Well we haven't actually discussed that yet so I can't really say. However it is possible that she wants transparency because she doesn't want to hurt you anymore if she can help it but this recovery is a complicated process and she might not be able to give you all the information you need. So this argument..."
"Is this the part where I start talking about my problems?"
Dr. Haynes tilted her head slightly and smiled. "If you like? Or we could start with your point of view rather than a problem. I know from Arizona that something came to the surface; a possible cause of her infidelity." She prompted.
"She was getting back at me for breaking my promise. I asked her why she slept with Boswell and she kind of just screamed at me that she'd never broken her promise. Is that why you think she did it?"
The woman behind the desk leant forwards with her forearms on the wood.
"It's complicated. I suggested that was a factor. Arizona refused to believe it. She's disagreed with most of my suggestions actually. When the two of you were arguing though she probably wasn't thinking too much about why it happened. Through her frustration she revealed something that was buried in her unconscious. She revealed it to herself as much as she did to you."
"That's what made her change her mind about the anti-depressants." Callie realised aloud.
"Correct. If it helps I don't believe she did what she did to hurt you intentionally."
"But deep down she hated me enough to cheat."
"As I said that is one factor."
"What were the others?"
"I can't tell you that."
"She hasn't discussed it with you yet?"
"Not yet."
Callie thought for a minute before speaking again. "So arguing helped?"
"In a way. It's more that you force her to face these things and to talk about them. She wants to get better for the sake of your daughter but also for you. She feels like she let herself get so self destructive that she hurt you in the process. I'd suggest maybe not confronting her the way you did before though. I know you want answers but..."
"What about a session with you?" Callie interrupted.
"That sounds like a good idea; I could schedule you in next week."
"No, I mean the both of us."
"You mean like couples therapy?"
"I guess; except that we aren't together now."
"Do you think she would agree to it?"
"Aren't you supposed to know that?" Callie asked.
"You know her better than I do."
"I'm not so sure anymore. The Arizona I knew wouldn't cheat. Ever. She'd do it for Sofia though." Callie reasoned.
"Callie, she'd do it for you." Haynes insisted.
"I'll talk to her."
"Okay; it was good to meet you." She offered her hand which the Latina shook before standing up.
"Yeah, you too."
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Arizona had fallen asleep on the sofa as soon as she got back from work. Her phone vibrated across the table but did nothing to rouse her. Alex happened to be walking past though and picked it up.
"Hello." He answered.
"Karev?" It was Callie; she sounded panicked.
"Yeah, Robbins is asleep. What's up?"
"It's Sofia."
"What's wrong with Sofia?" He asked before the phone was ripped out of his hand,
"What's wrong with Sofia?" Arizona repeated. She was suddenly awake.
"She's sick." The blonde could hear the distress in her tone. "She's got a fever and she's thrown up a few times."
"I'll be right there." Arizona said without thinking. For a second the Latina worried about Arizona being in the apartment again but with their little girl being ill, all of that soon faded away.
"Thank you." Was all she could say.
"Callie, it's probably just a bug." Arizona reassured her.
"I know but still..."
"I'll be right there." She repeated.
Not long after and the blonde was walking into Sofia's bedroom. Callie was holding a wet cloth to their daughter's forehead.
"Sorry, you don't mind do you? I let myself in." Arizona whispered in an attempt not to panic the toddler.
Callie just shook her head as Arizona sat on the other side of the bed. She stroked Sofia's hair.
"Hey big girl." She soothed. "Not feeling so good huh?"
"Momma." She strained herself to say.
"Hey, it's okay." Arizona looked to Callie. "What's her temperature?"
"102. It was 103 earlier."
"When was she last sick?"
"About ten minutes before I called you." The brunette finally looked up to meet her eye for a moment before Sofia got her attention again.
"Mommy."
"It's okay mija. Momma and I are here."
"You know even big girls need to rest when they're sick." Arizona said as she continued to stroke her dark hair. "And when you were a baby and you were sick your Mommy would sing to you and make it all better." She looked up again, this time meeting those deep brown eyes. "Isn't that right?"
"Yeah." Callie responded.
Sofia lay watching them intently. She nuzzled closer into Arizona's side as her other Mom started to sing. She sang the words to an old lullaby in Spanish. Arizona only knew it from hearing Callie sing it to their daughter. It didn't take long for Sofia to fall asleep and the blonde gently settled her in the bed.
Both women made their way into the kitchen. They closed the bedroom door a jar.
"Sorry for dragging you over here." Callie started. "I just got worried."
"It's okay. If she ever breaks her arm you'll have me screaming down the phone at you." That almost got a smile out of the Latina.
"How'd you get here anyway?"
"Alex drove me. I didn't exactly work out how to get home though. Guess I'll have to call a taxi."
"No, stay here. It's late and with Sofia sick I'll sleep better knowing we're both watching over her."
"Are you sure?" That was the last thing Arizona had been expecting.
"No and Dr. Haynes probably won't be very happy about it but right now we're parents first. I'll just go get the stuff to make up the couch. Or there is still Mark's place?"
"No. That would be too weird. The couch is good. Closer... to Sofia I mean."
"Yeah. I know what you meant. Thank you for coming Arizona."
"Parents first right?"
"Right."
