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"Sofia I am loving that dress."
"I bet you do Angelica. You helped me pick it out!"
"I asked my parents if I could go on the ski trip and they said yes. I can't wait to go. It is going to be so much fun. When are you going to pop the question to the Torres'?"
"Soon. I bought all of my ski equipment and clothing. I have it stashed away in Gavin's car until I talk to them. I must be the only student in this school that has over protective parents, so I have to ask them at the right time."
"They aren't over protective, they're caring. My parents are the same way. You should have seen the research they did on St. Mary's Academy before they enrolled me."
Sofia laughs. "You're right. I'm actually glad I have parents that care about what happens in my life."
Angelica nudges Sofia in the side. "You have a friend that cares too."
"I'm glad about that too." Sofia says and smiles. "My parents said you can come over after school. You're still coming?"
"Yeah. My mom is dropping me off and picking me up. She wants to make sure she knows what house I am at."
"Okay. I will see you around four?" Sofia walks toward the cafeteria.
"How about now for lunch?"
"Sorry. Gavin is waiting for me under the tree. We've sort of gotten attached to the spot." Sofia smiles.
"Oh, ok. Four o'clock it is." Angelica looks slightly disappointed. "Sofia, I know you have been with Gavin for a while now and this.." she moves her index finger back and forth between the two of them "..this is all new for you. I'll be patient, I'll wait and I won't rush you. You say 'when'." Angelica sends her a smile and joins their other friends at a nearby table that are also going on the ski trip.
Sofia is torn but she gets her lunch and meets Gavin at their new spot under the tree.
Robbins-Torres House
"Mami, Syan is hogging the Wii. She won't let anyone else get a chance." Salana cries. "She played the game three times and she won't give it up. Mamiiiii!"
"Syan, Usted tiene que compartir el juego. Usted sabe las reglas." You have to share the game. You know the rules.
"Mami, ella no quiso jugar al juego hasta ella me vio con el. Ella leia sus libros. Digale dejarme solo." She didn't want to play the game until she saw me with it. She was reading her books. Tell her to leave me alone.
"No, Mija. You have to share if she wants to play."
"But Mami! She only wants it because I have it." Syan continues to play her game and shoves Salana away.
"No. I wanted to play it for a long time. I was waiting my turn." Salana says.
"No you weren't!"
"Mija, give your sister the controller." Syan being mad, throws the controller at Salana and it hits her in the lip. Salana starts to cry and holds her mouth and Syan starts to cry as she stomps to the sofa and takes a seat with her knees held against her chest. "Syan! We do not throw things." Callie carries Salana into the bathroom and gets a wet cloth to wipe the blood that is now seeping from her lower lip. Salana is crying and repeating in Spanish that it hurts.
"Lastima Mami! Lastima!" she cries.
Arizona and Sanaa hear the commotion from the study and come out to investigate. "What is going on in here? Syan why are you crying?" Arizona asks as she sits next to her.
"I was playing the game and Salana made Mami take it from me." she coughs after choking over her sobs.
"Sanaa get me an ice cube out of the freezer please." Callie yells from the bathroom as Arizona steps in.
"What happened here? Salana!" she says stepping closer to examine her daughter's lip.
"Momma, Sy-Syan hit me with,with the con-control-ler." She cries out loudly.
"Arizona, she is going to be fine. It's a clean split and will be swollen for a while. The ice will help with the swelling." Callie thanks Sanaa for the ice and administers it to Salana's lip. "Do you want to tell Syan to come in and apologize?"
"Yeah, I'll get her." Arizona walks out into the game room and Syan is gone. "Syan, Syan?" Arizona walks throughout the house and Syan is nowhere to be found. She stands in the middle of the floor just below the staircase. "Syan Torres get your butt out here now. I am not going to search this house looking for you."
"What's going on in here?" Sofia asks as she enters the foyer. "What happened to Salana?"
"Syan hit her with the Wii remote." says Sanaa. "And now she's hiding from Momma."
"If she is hiding, she's in the Sunroom under the lounger that has the blanket draped over it. You two really don't know your kids." Sofia teases.
Callie sits Salana on the chair with ice wrapped in a wet cloth. "Keep this on your lip Sweetie." She and Arizona, followed by Sofia, step into the Sunroom. Sofia points to the lounger on the right. Arizona lifts the blanket and they find Syan crying with her hands covering her face. Arizona pulls her from under the lounger and stands her up. Syan's entire body is convulsing from her sobbing.
"Syan stop crying." Callie says. "What you did was wrong and hiding isn't going to fix it. You are going to tell Salana you are sorry right now."
"I don't want tooooo." she cries.
"Well you are going to. Let's go." Arizona says. "When you finish apologizing, you can sit in your room and think about what you've done." As Syan is lead back to the game room, she begins to cry harder and louder. Sanaa is sitting in the chair beside Salana rocking her as she holds the ice to her lip.
"Syan?" Callie positions her so that she is standing in front of Salana and Sanaa.
"I'm sorry." she says.
"Sorry for what?" Callie asks.
"Sorry your stupid face got in the way of the controller."
Callie gives her a little pinch. "Try again."
"Ouch! I'm sorry I hit you in the face. I won't do it again." Callie tells her to go to her room and she stomps upstairs.
"Calliope, did you pinch her?"
"It wasn't hard. Just enough to get her attention."
"Wow, you Ladies have some unruly kids." Sofia smiles. She lifts her injured little sister onto the sofa beside her and gives a kiss to her forehead. "Mami what's for dinner? You do remember that Angelica will be here in a few minutes? Make enough for one more."
"I remember and we are having lasagna and salad." Callie walks into the kitchen with Arizona attached to her waist.
"Uhm. Sounds good, can't wait." Arizona whispers in her ear then turns to Sofia. "What are you girls doing this evening?"
"Just studying and then we are going to watch Black Swan. Angelica has it on DVD and I haven't see it yet….. I hear a car. That must be her parents dropping her off."
"Her parents?" Arizona asks rolling her eyes. Their last encounter wasn't so wonderful.
"Yeah, they want to make sure she is actually coming over here this time."
"What, Bette Porter doesn't trust her little Angel?" Arizona's comment is dripping with sarcasm.
The doorbell rings and Sanaa gets to the door before Sofia. Sanaa opens the door and greets their guest. "Hi Angelica. Hi Bette Porter."
Sofia pulls her little sister aside. "That's Mrs. Porter to you Sanaa. Where are your manners?" Sofia gives Bette an apologetic smile.
"Hello Sofia." Bette smiles back and is mesmerized by the beautiful little girl before her. "And what is your name again?"
"My name is Sanaa and my sisters are Syan and Salana. Salana is crying because Syan hit her with the controller."
"Oh no. I hope she is okay. Angelica said that there were three of you but she didn't say you were so gorgeous and talkative." Bette twirls her finger around one of Sanaa's bouncing curls.
"Angelica, Mrs. Porter please come in." Sofia has always been a polite and well mannered child. She is also quite the hostess. "Can I get you anything to drink?"
"No thank you Sofia. Good evening Callie, Arizona. It's good to see you on more pleasant terms." Bette says.
Callie smiles. "Yes it is. Good to see you also." Arizona doesn't speak but gives a half smile.
"Well I would stay but I have an Art Exhibit starting in twenty minutes. Tina will pick Angelica up at 10pm if that's acceptable."
"Perfect." Callie says. Angelica says goodbye to her mother and she and Sofia take a seat at the island in the kitchen.
"Well I guess the next time I see you all will be at the meeting about the Aspen trip." Bette says. Sofia turns to her mothers with a look of panic. Angelica sits with her mouth wide open.
Now Arizona wants to talk. "What meeting? What Aspen trip are you speaking of?"
"The kids have a ski trip planned to Aspen, Colorado. The meeting is next week. Every parent has to be there and sign paperwork if their child will be attending. We gave permission for Angelica to go. I assumed Sofia would be attending also." Bette looks at Callie and Arizona and realize they knew nothing about the trip. She finds it amusing.
Sofia knows that it is time for her to speak up. "I was waiting for the right time to bring it up. I was going to tell you before the meeting. I mean, ask you about it."
Arizona gives Sofia a knowing look. "We'll discuss it later." She doesn't like Bette and she does not want to have an argument in front of her. She decides to drop the subject and come back to it when it is just the family. "Bette it was nice seeing you again. We don't want you to be late for your Art show or whatever you call it." she says as she ushers her to the door. Callie is biting her lip trying not to laugh at her wife. She loves it when Arizona gets jealous or mad. She is just so cute when she's being mean. They show Bette out and return to the kitchen where the girls are.
Angelica gets up from her seat and walks over to Arizona who is taking the lasagna out of the oven. "Mrs. Torres, I am sorry for how I spoke to you on the telephone a few weeks ago. I was rude and disrespectful and it was uncalled for. I was angry and had no right to speak to you in that manner. I apologize and I will work hard to regain your respect." Angelica is sincere in what she said and Arizona can see it.
"I accept your apology and thank you for offering it. It's good that you learned from your mistake. How about we start over." They both smile and hug. "Now, Everyone go wash up because dinner is ready."
They sit and have a very enjoyable dinner. The triplets had a million questions for Angelica. They wanted to know all about living in LA. They knew that their Aunt Addison lived their but they had never been. Sofia and Angelica almost seem to be a couple. They finish each others sentences, share random glances and are wonderful with the girls. Callie is oblivious to the sparks flying across the table between the two. She thinks they have a wonderful 'best friend' relationship and Sofia is possibly infatuated with Angelica. She doesn't think it will go any further than that. Arizona on the other hand, can sense the connection. Sofia is her normal nice self but there is something sensual in her actions toward Angelica. This isn't a faze or an experiment. The triplets go to bed shortly after dinner and Callie and Arizona decide to watch the movie with the girls. The movie ends at 9:15 and Sofia and Angelica are left alone downstairs to wait for Tina to arrive.
"Your moms are the best Sofia. They are so down to Earth and easy to talk to. I love your whole family."
"Thanks. They are pretty cool. My dad is cool too. I can't believe you haven't met him yet."
"Is it weird having a Dad around with two Moms?"
"Not for me. It was, for my Mom at first. She and my Dad argued a lot. Dad wanted to be THE other parent and Mom wanted the same. They had to compromise and try to get along. Everyone thought that Mami had it the easiest but that was farthest from true. She was trapped between two people that meant a lot to her. Dad was her best friend and he was my Dad. He had two other women take the chance to raise a child away from him and my Mami understood his pain over it. Then on the other hand, my Mom is the love of her life and Mom accepted me as her own after not wanting kids and my Mami and Dad sleeping together."
"Damn, talk about drama!" they both laugh. "So you get your attitude from Callie honestly."
"My attitude?"
"Wanting to play for both teams and not seeing a problem with it."
"I don't know if I should be insulted or not. And what makes you think I actually want to bat for your team?"
"You!" Angelica slides closer and kisses Sofia. Sofia leans into the kiss and deepens it.
Callie and Arizona were curious so they had been listening and watching since they went upstairs. They felt bad about it but it didn't stop them. Arizona moves to leave their room and Callie grabs her by the arm. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to stop them and break it up."
"Why? They're just kissing. She's trying to figure this all out. Give her a little space."
Arizona is blown away yet again by Callie's remarks. "Are you fucking serious? God knows I love you but some of the stuff that comes out of your mouth just blows me! If that was Gavin downstairs, you would have him in a headlock by now. Same rules apply here. She is our daughter down there with a foreign object in her mouth and God knows where else by now."
"You're right, you're right. No, no you're wrong. Do you remember when she was making out with Gavin in the driveway? Neither of us stopped it. You need to stop being so hard on Angelica because she's a girl."
"No. I wanted to interject but we were discussing it and she walked in before I had a chance to do anything."
"Fine Arizona. Sofia!" Callie yells.
They were so involved in their argument that they didn't notice Angelica leave and Sofia make her way up the stairs. She is standing directly in front of them. "You yelled Mother."
"Oh, where did you come from?"
"Tina came while you two were arguing about the foreign objects that were and were not somewhere in my body. While I have your attentions, can we talk about the Aspen trip?"
They both look at their daughter and decide there is no changing what just happened and they leave it alone. Sofia explains the trip that is planned and about the meeting next week. They agree to go to the meeting and at least hear the conditions of the trip. Sofia has been praying every night that they allow her to go.
One week later….
The meeting starts in half an hour. Karev volunteers to pick up the triplets and watch them for a few hours. Sofia stays at school and Callie and Arizona meet her there. The whole scene is ironic. Callie and Arizona are seated with Gavin's parents to their right and Angelica's to their left.
"This is just peachy. How the hell did we get in the middle of this?" Callie is confused by what Arizona just said. "Look to our left then look to our right." Callie looks in both directions and finally understands what she is getting at. "Well it won't become a problem until they all know what is going on." Callie says. Arizona rolls her eyes at Callie and focuses her attention on the presentation.
For the first time, Sofia is feeling uncomfortable. For the last week, she has been with Gavin everyday at school and has spent most evenings with Angelica at the library and twice at Sofia's home. She is now sitting with Angelica at her right side and Gavin at her other. As she sits there, she thinks of how wonderful they both are. Gavin has no idea of the feelings she have for Angelica and how they have been with each other. He doesn't deserve to be treated this way or to be hurt. Angelica is aware of the situation and it is unfair for her to sit back and settle for what Sofia is willing to give to her. 'How did I get in this situation' she wonders. She turns around and meets Arizona's eyes. "Are you okay Sweetie?" Arizona asks her, knowing what's going through her mind. Sofia shakes her head No and turns around.
The meeting lasted about two hours. On the ride home, Sofia pleaded her case as to why they should let her go. She basically begged. They entered the house still discussing the pros and cons of letting her go on the trip.
"How were the girls?" Callie asks Karev as she kicks him to awake him.
"Freakin' comfortable." he says smiling. All three girls are sprawled across him fast asleep. His nails are painted and his hair has been styled into a spike atop of his head. "I love these girls." Callie grabs Syan, Arizona grabs Sanaa and Karev grabs Salana. They take the girls upstairs to each of their rooms and say their goodnights. Arizona and Callie thank Karev and he leaves.
Sofia is in her room. Callie and Arizona are against her going on the trip and it has her bummed. They don't think it is wise to send her so far away with both Gavin and Angelica. She has created a mess and a romantic vacation with a bunch of competitive teenagers is equivalent to adding gas to a flame.
Callie and Arizona are in their room trying to figure out the easiest way to tell her No without her hating them for the rest of her teenage life. They come to an agreement and enter Sofia's room.
"Baby doll can we talk to you?" They walk over to her bed and take a seat. "Mom and I know how much you want to go with your friends but you do understand the reservations we have." Callie lifts Sofia's face so that she can see her eyes. "You know every decision we make is made to protect you because we love you so much." Sofia begins to tear up because she knows what's coming next.
Arizona places a stray piece of hair behind Sofia's ear. "Baby don't cry. You can't always get what you want in life. When you get older you will understand why we made this decision." Arizona and Callie get up and begin to walk out of her room. Sofia stands up and asks "What have you decided?"
They stand outside of her door and say together "You can go!"
Sofia is shocked. Did she just hear them right? "What? I can go?"
"Yes." they say again.
Sofia jumps up and down and runs to hug her Mothers. "I love you two so much. I love you, I love you, I love you!" she wipes the happy tears from her face. "What made you say Yes?"
"We signed up as Chaperones! We're going too! Yay!"
Oh My Gosh… What a way to rain on someone's parade! This is going to be an interesting Ski trip… Lots of lustful scenes in the next chapter. Aspen Colorado here we come! Please review.