A/N: Thanks so much to everyone who is reading this story. I started writing it because I was growing tired of not seeing Arizona have her chance at happiness on the show. That being said, I have always loved Calzona and wanted them to end up together but it doesn't look like the Greys writing staff share my opinion. I have had several PMs and reviews hoping for Callie and Arizona to end up together in this story and just as many hoping that Arizona and Madison stay together. I honestly don't know where this story will go, I think it is way to soon for me to decide. That being said ... good things and bad things will happen and we will see what will happen to our favorite Greys ladies. As always, your comments/opinions/reviews are welcome. Enjoy!
"Thanks so much" Arizona said politely to the delivery men who just finished placing the cribs in the nursery. After walking them out of the home and returning to the nursery to admire the beautiful cribs, Arizona unlocked her phone hoping from a message from her wife. It has been several hours since their fight in the baby store and worry was starting to set in even though she made it clear to her wife that she shouldn't return until she was calm. Arizona instinctively placed a hand on the side of her belly feeling the movement from inside and moved to have a seat in the rocking chair. "Sshhhh" she whispered as she caressed the side of her belly, "Mama will be home soon."
Before she realized she had fallen asleep, Arizona was awoken to the feeling of eyes on her.
"I'm sorry to wake you" Madison said from the door frame.
"Is that all your sorry for?" Arizona asked.
Madison took a deep breath and walked toward her wife dropping to her knees and placing her head on Arizona's lap. "I'm sorry for speaking to you like that. I'm scared and I don't know what to do but I realized I can't do it without you" she said picking her head up to meet their eyes.
"The babies were kicking earlier" Arizona replied softly running her hands through her wife's dark hair. "Do you remember when we first met?" she asked gently pushing her wife's head back down on her lap.
"Yes" Madison replied.
"I was dropping Sofia off with Callie and you followed me out of the locker room and into the parking lot" Arizona closed her eyes remembering their encounter. "You said as soon as you saw me you knew you needed to know everything about me" she huffed remembering the pickup line. "It was a good line Mad" she teased.
"It wasn't a line Arizona, it was true." Madison rebutted, "It doesn't matter anyway because it didn't work. You left me standing in the parking lot all alone."
"And then you came to the hospital 3 days later to inform me I that I would eventually go out with you. I said there is no way I would ever go out with an athlete. 5 dates later you told me that you would marry me and I told you that you were crazy and that I would never get married again. On our first anniversary you said that we would have lots of babies and I said we can adopt but that I didn't want to carry" Arizona finished the small recap of their life together. After a few moments of silence she spoke again, "I feel like you are approaching this surgery situation the same way." She could feel Madison's body tense at a verbal reminder of the surgery topic. "It's a viable option babe and I don't want you to dismiss it just because Callie said if you didn't have it you wouldn't play much longer. She's not challenging you or telling you can't do something just to make you try to prove her wrong honey." Arizona said quietly stroking her wife's hair.
They sat in silence as Arizona let her wife think about all of her options until Arizona remembered something her wife said in the baby store. "I married you for many different reasons Madison not because of what you do."
At the sound of her name she looked up to face her wife again.
"I married you because I fell in love with the way you look at me. I married you because you made anything seem possible. I married you because you challenged me in the best of ways and you never looked at me as broken and you never once tried to fix me. That day in the parking lot when you said you needed to know everything about me and I said the only thing you need to know was that I wasn't interested was a lie. As soon as I saw you in that locker room all I wanted to do was leave as fast as possible because I felt it. I felt the butterflies. I was so nervous and I couldn't get away from you fast enough because I didn't think I was ready for what I saw in your eyes." Arizona said softly.
Years of post-crash therapy allowed her to share her feelings easier now than any other time in her life. "I married you because you promised to love and protect me at all costs through the good times and the worst times" Arizona said softly as a tear streamed from her eye. "I promise to love and protect you at all costs through the good times and the bad times baby. You can do whatever you put your mind too, whether that be finding a way to make me fall in love with you and want to do something I never thought I would do again or find a way to play without the surgery or have the surgery and rehab in time to play. I don't know what you are going to do but I will be with you every step of the way. The three of us will always be cheering the loudest for you. No matter what" she said wiping the tear from her face.