Chapter 6

Arizona woke up feeling like she'd finally gotten a full night's sleep for the first time in months. She felt better than she could remember feeling in a long time. It was only when she realized that Callie's arms were still around her that she knew why. She'd always slept better when the other woman shared her bed. It had never been like that with anyone else.

Not knowing when this might happen again, she curled back into the brunette and tried to go back to sleep. The feeling was short lived, however, when she heard a very awake, "Azona," come through over the monitor that now sat on her night stand.

Knowing how exhausted Callie must have been from the day before, she untangled herself as carefully as possible so as not to wake her lover up. She smiled at that thought. Callie was her lover, her love, and she always would be. But she knew they had a long ways to go before they got back on track, and most of that was her part.

"How you feeling, big guy?" Arizona asked the boy stuck on the bed, when she reached his room.

"It hurts, and I gotta potty," the two-year old whimpered.

"Okay, let's get you to the bathroom and then we'll get you some more medicine with breakfast." Lifting the boy as carefully as possible so she didn't bump his leg, she carried him into the bathroom. Helping him into a fresh pull-up, she decided to just leave him in his pajamas, knowing they weren't going anywhere today.

She thought about how hard the next few weeks were going to be on him as she carried him into the kitchen. He was too young to really get the hang of crutches, so he would have to rely on people to carry him, or crawl around when he wanted to get somewhere.

She poured him a bowl of his favorite cereal and sliced him up a banana, knowing he probably wouldn't want anything else. Then she began gathering things to make something for herself and Callie. In a way it was ironic to be doing such a small task, as Callie had done pretty much all the cooking in their relationship. It would be nice to return the favor.

"Good morning," a disheveled Callie told the two Robbins, when she entered the kitchen ten minutes later.

"Cawie!" TJ exclaimed, bouncing excitedly in his chair.

Walking over to him, she placed a kiss on his forehead, ruffling his hair slightly. "Well hello to you, too. Someone is hyper this morning."

"It's all that sugar in his cereal," Arizona responded with a smile.

Callie's eyes wandered past Arizona to the stove, which currently held a pan of what looked like eggs. "Are you cooking me breakfast?" The Latina smirked.

"Nope, this is all for me, figured you could starve," Arizona teased, turning back to the task at hand.

The sight of Arizona's back side bent over the stove did a number on Callie. A feeling she could enjoy for the rest of her life. "TJ, tell your aunt to share."

"Share wit Cawie, Ah Azona," TJ ordered with his most stern voice. Forcing the two women to hide their smiles.

"Alright, I guess I can share this once," Arizona conceded, watching the two pouting faces. Filling up two plates full once everything was cooked, the blonde handed one to Callie and walked over to join TJ, who was still slowly working his way through his bowl of Lucky Charms.

The three of them sat pleasantly together, just enjoying their time together as they chatted between bites of food. Not one of them could claim that it didn't make them very much feel like a real family, that somehow the whole thing was just very right for them.

Callie didn't want to leave this cocoon they had built around them, but she needed to get to the hospital soon. She was due in surgery in about an hour and a half, and she wanted to be there in time to talk to the patient beforehand. At least she'd never come and got her stuff when they broke up, it saved her a trip home.

"I'm gonna go shower, I need to leave for the hospital soon," she told the two blondes, as she put her dish in the sink and headed back into Arizona's room. Showering quickly, she thought about how it was going to be torture to smell like Arizona's shampoo all day, but it would be a bittersweet torture.

The two Robbins were seated on the couch watching cartoons when she walked back out, dressed and ready for the day. They both looked so cute and relaxed in their pajamas. She wished she could join them. Soon, she told herself, she'd be with them every day and there would be many moments like that.

She walked over to TJ first, running her fingers through his hair. "Be good for your aunt." The little boy just nodded his head. She knew he would though, other than being really hyper, he was a really good kid.

Then standing in front of Arizona, she leaned down a gave her a peck on the lips. "You be good too," she chastised teasingly. "Barring any emergency I should be off at eight tonight. So maybe after we put him to bed, you and I can have dinner together," she said hopefully.

"We can definitely do that," Arizona almost whispered as Callie leaned down to kiss her again with a little more passion this time. She was disappointed when the brunette pulled away and headed out the door.

"Cawie you girlfriend?" TJ interrupted her musings once the other woman was gone, curious as to what he'd just seen.

"Yes, sweetie, she's my girlfriend."

The little boy just shrugged his shoulders. "Cool."

Ah, the innocence of youth. The world's hatred of people who were different hadn't tainted him yet, and for that she was glad. "Yes it is cool."

~CA~

"Hey Torres!" Mark shouted down the hall, catching sight of his friend. "Where were you last night?"

"What do you mean?" the Ortho surgeon tried to play clueless.

"I came over last night, see if you wanted to hang out and Yang said you hadn't come home, but I knew you weren't here."

"I was at Arizona's," she answered like it wasn't a big deal.

Mark stopped, trying to figure it out in his head. "You two back together?"

"Not quite, but I'm working on it," Callie said with a smirk.

"You stayed the night, but you're still only working on it?" Mark couldn't help the confusion from appearing on his face. It's wasn't like the two women would just be having casual sex between them, they had too much history between them to do that.

Callie laughed as she watched Mark's brain try to figure it all out. "I stayed in case she needed help with TJ."

"Who's TJ?"

"You telling me there hasn't been gossip flying around this hospital after yesterday?" Callie knew there was no way people hadn't been talking about it, but how Mark didn't hear, she didn't know. He was a bigger gossip than just about anyone in the building. "TJ is her nephew, who she currently has custody of."

"Blondie has a nephew? One she's caring for? And after you two broke up?"

"Yeah I know, crazy isn't it? And that's why I'm working on it. Because we're not over and neither is the discussion on us having a kid someday. Well more kids."

"Good luck, Torres. I'm happy for you," Mark told her sincerely, giving her a hug.

~CA~

TJ had Arizona rolling in laughter at his antics. The little boy amazed her with just how smart and full of character he was. After growing tired of coloring and watching cartoons, Arizona had suggested building a fort between the couches in the living room and the toe-head boy had eaten up the idea.

Arizona had pulled some chairs in from the kitchen, and they had thrown blankets around, to make the most perfect little fort for the two of them to share. TJ was now sitting on the floor in front of the "door" making her convince him, why she should be allowed into the castle.

Getting him to settle down enough to eat lunch was a chore. But she was just happy he'd been able to have a good day, even with his limited mobility. She made him a peanut butter and honey sandwich, having learned the early on, he didn't like jelly, he liked honey, and cut up some apple slices.

After he was finished, she carried him into his room and tucked him into his Cars bedding for his nap. When she could, she liked to sit with him until he fell asleep, just running her hands through his hair soothingly. Just when she thought he was asleep, she heard a whispered. "Azona, you marry Cawie, I like her."

Arizona just smiled at first at the sleeping ramblings coming from her nephew. But then she processed what he said, and she had a take a deep breath at what those words suddenly did to her.

She walked out and into her own room, laying down, lost in thought. Her and Callie married? It all came back to the idea of was she ready for a life with Callie, and ready to have kids. The idea wasn't far off though, she technically already had a kid.

For his sake, she was hoping Amber came back with a clean bill of health. She knew the possibility of that was pretty slim, though. Which meant for at least the next sixteen years, she'd be raising the little boy asleep in the other room. And it wasn't as scary as she'd first thought. Maybe she could do it.

There was one thing she needed to do first, something she had meant to do the night before but never had the chance to do when TJ got hurt. Grabbing her phone, she smiled at the picture of her and Callie that still sat as her wallpaper, before dialing a familiar number.

"Hey, Mom, is Dad around?" Arizona asked when her mother picked up on the other end. When her dad had picked up a phone in the other room, she began, "I have some news for you guys. You're grandparents."

"What do you mean? Are you and Callie having a baby?" Barbara Robbins asked. Arizona had never gotten around to telling her parents of their breakup. Secretly hoping she wouldn't have to and now she didn't.

"No, he's uh, he's Timothy's." She heard both her parents let out a gasp, and after giving them a minute to process the news, she went on to tell them the whole story of how she'd come to find out about him, and how he was now living with her.

After being chastised for not having told them sooner, she managed to convince them she was just trying to do what was best for TJ, and they seemed to accept that. She also had a hard time convincing them not to get on the first plane out. Telling them it would be better if they came on the weekend. She had it off, and so she could be there and help get him used to his grandparents, since they planned to stay at least a week and watch him while she was at work.

Besides, she had plans with Callie that night and hopefully the day afterward, and she didn't want her parents to interrupt them. And as soon as TJ woke up, she'd have him help her get everything ready.

~CA~

Callie walked into the apartment to find all the lights off, the room lit only by the few candles on the table. Arizona was standing next to it, looking absolutely stunning in a casual, but sexy black blouse and short white skirt. She wanted them to have dinner together and really talk, but she had no idea the blonde was going to go to this extreme.

"Welcome home," Arizona said sweetly, walking over and kissing the stunned brunette on the lips. "Dinner is ready, so if you want to wash up. We can eat whenever you're ready."

Callie just nodded numbly, this was not the same Arizona she'd left this morning, and she wasn't sure what to think about this one. She walked into the bedroom, kicking her shoes off and under the bed, before heading into the bathroom to wash her hands.

The two spent their meal chatting about the surgeries Callie had done that day. Then they talked about what Arizona and TJ did all day, keeping the conversation light.

"I'm ready," Arizona finally just spit out, wanting to get to the conversation she planned to have with Callie.

"You're ready for what?" Callie asked, not sure what the blonde was getting at.

"I never wanted kids, mostly because they scare the shit out me. All the things I see every day that could go wrong, scares me. What if my kid was hurt? I couldn't help them. It was always something I convinced myself was just easier to live without." She paused walking around the table to pull Callie out of her chair and lead her over to the couch, wanting to have her within reach while she finished this conversation. "But these last few weeks with TJ have been amazing. And I want that with you. I want us to adopt him, together someday."

Callie knew why she said, someday and not now. They both were praying for the woman that had given birth to him. But if the day came, where he truly was an orphan, then they would.

"I am also ready for us to start making plans to have a baby of our own."

"Are you sure?" Callie had to ask. This was all too much to hope for. It was what she wanted, but she thought it would take Arizona longer to get to this point.

"I love you, and I want everything with you." Arizona reached into the small pocket on her blouse and pulled something out of it. Grabbing Callie's hand, "Calliope Iphengenia Torres, marry me," she requested, slipping the ring she'd bought earlier onto the brunette's finger.

"Yes, of course I'll marry you," Callie answered before pulling Arizona to her and kissing her deeply. And just like that, they were back to where they should have been all along as hands wandered everywhere.

Before either of them could lose an article of clothing, Arizona pulled back. "I know he can't move around really, but we probably still better take this to the bedroom."

"Couldn't agree more," Callie told her, holding her hand out for Arizona to help her up. "Now take me to bed, future Mrs. Torres."

"Who said I'm taking your name? I asked you. Doesn't that mean you'll be taking mine, future Mrs. Robbins?" Arizona asked teasingly.

"So long as you call me yours I don't care what our names are," Callie answered honestly.

They took the short walk into the bedroom hand in hand. Knowing that tonight, would be the first night of the rest of their lives.

A/N: Alright well this here is the end my friends... There is an epilogue that will hopefully be up soon.