A/N Once again, thank you guys so much for your thoughts and kind words. (and thank you for sticking around this long)

I'm sorry for the delay but I wanted to go ahead and post these last two parts at the same time.

Happy reading :D


Later on, while Callie and Mark cooked the birthday girl's favorite (and requested) dinner of spaghetti and handmade meatballs with warm garlic bread on the side, Sofia kept her Mom and Aunt entertained in the living room with a fashion show of all her new clothes.

With each new piece the women clapped and made a fuss like they'd never seen such wonderful colors or brilliant patterns before. Sofia even brought out her small, pink radio for musical accompaniment, on which Lexie gladly pushed start and stop when she was asked to.

"Okay, Mommy!" was heard from around the hallway entrance.

"And now, ladies and...well...Mark." Arizona announced with a smile. "For the main event!"

"That stopped being funny after the first three times, Blondie." came from the kitchen.

"I don't know, I kinda like it." his bestfriend smirked.

"Shut up, Torres."

"Daddy! You're rune-ing my fashion show!" the birthday girl huffed, her dark eyes glaring from around the door frame.

"It's ru-IN-ing, Baby girl." the blonde corrected with a small smirk. "And hush Mark." she called over the back of the couch.

"You started it!"

"Calliope, sweetie?" the dimpled queen asked, her voice dripping with honey.

"On it." her wife replied, right before a loud 'Ow' sounded from beside her.

"Thank you." Arizona smiled brightly.

"You got it, babe."

"A-HEM." Sofia cleared her throat from the doorway as she crossed her arms and put on her most serious face.

"I'm sorry, please continue." her mom smiled as she nodded.

"No. You don't get ta do it anymore 'cuz you're being a bad example" the child frowned as both Mark and Callie beamed from their places in the kitchen, although admittedly for different reasons. "Aunt Lexie, will you please do it? The RIGHT way." she added, with a glance to the blonde who simply smiled as innocently as possible.

"Oh...Okay!" the youngest Grey exclaimed as she handed the small pink radio to the Peds surgeon. "And now, FOR THE MAIN EVENT!" she annouced, arms raised high in the air.

"Very nice." Arizona whispered to a very proud looking Little Grey before pushing the play button.

The apartment filled with cheers as Sofia made her last grand entrance of the night complete with a musical backdrop and strobe lighting as her mom grabbed a flashlight from the coffee table. Pulling her mother's oversized sunglasses down from her forehead, she proceeded to do a series of different poses showing off her new ensemble, making sure to use to incorporate the large purse she borrowed from her Aunt Lexie into her little show. Doing a last little twirl, the birthday girl gave a small curtsy towards her adoring audience before turning back towards her room, making sure to blow kisses on her way.

"She is so adorable!" Lexie exclaimed, turning towards the blonde. "Thank you guys so much for letting me be a part of this." she gestured around them. "Of your family I mean. Thanks for never treating me like the wicked step mother." she added, making a face.

"Of course, Sofia loves you!" Arizona smiled, padding the young woman's arm before getting up to go help their daughter change. "And we would never paint you as wicked, Lexie."

"You know, sometimes I do think about it..." Little Grey started, causing the blonde to turn back around. "Being a mom I mean." she smiled a little.

"I think you'd be a great mom." the Peds surgeon beamed. "Have you guys talked about it?" she nodded towards the kitchen, watching as the man in question inched his way closer to where her wife was stirring various concoctions.

"Well, I..."

Another cry of pain echoed throughout the cabinets as, once again, the Latina smacked her bestfriend's hand with a wooden spoon.

"Stay away from my sauce!" she growled.

"But I wanted to do the sauce!" Mark whined.

"No. You get to do the bread. Be happy I even let you do the bread!"

"Can't I just..."

"No."

"But I wanted to..."

"No!" they heard the brunette's voice rise slightly. "No sauce for you! Go stand over there!"

There was a huff and then the sound of feet being drug slowly to where they where told to be.

"Was waiting until your other half stops acting like a child themselves?" Arizona chuckled. "Yeah, there's no hope for those two." she smirked as she pulled the young woman with her towards Sofia's room to help with the mommy duites.


"So what do you want to now, Baby girl?" Arizona asked as she, Lexie and Sofia finished up the dinner dishes.

"I dunno, Mommy," Sofia shrugged. "I was gonna play with my new Justice Girl figures but I think I can wait my turn." she nodded towards where Callie and Mark were currently engrossed in an epic battle complete with action sounds on the back of the couch.

"I think that's very grown up of you." Lexie said, causing the child to beam as she dried the last dinner plate.

"You really think so?"

"Of course!"

"Oh, I agree." Arizona smiled. "More grown up than those two knuckleheads will ever be." she added as Mark's figure chokeslammed Callie's while the Latina went into pouty face.

"Some people just never grow up." Sofia sighed dramatically as she rolled her eyes.

"Hey, now. Just don't get into too big of a hurry, please." Arizona said, her face becoming somewhat solemn. "I still need my Baby girl."

"Mommy, Imma always be your Baby girl!" the girl smiled brightly as she clung to her mom's waist, burying her face in the blonde's shirt.

A sudden chorus of 'Awwww.' rushed towards them and looking up Arizona could see both of the couch children's heads as they peeked over the back of the furniture and grinned. The blonde quickly shot them both a smile before leaning down and kissing her daughter's head as she squeezed her tighter.

"Thank you, Baby." she whispered into the long, dark hair.

Suddenly, there was a quick flash. Glancing over, the Peds surgeon saw Lexie's own smile coming back into view as she lowered the device from her eye.

'Thank you.' Arizona mouthed over the birthday girl's head, smiling as the youngest Grey nodded. Pulling back slightly, she kissed the child's forehead gently before quickly reaching up to wipe her eyes, her grin growing as she watched the girl's other parents do the same.

As their embrace ended, Sofia's brows fused. Her mom was crying and she wondered what happened. Everything was just fine a minute ago.

"What's wrong, Mommy?" she asked, grabbing a hold of the blonde's shirt and pulling her down to face level.

"Nothing, Sweetie. They're happy tears I promise." Her mom smiled as their eyes met. "Always happy tears for you, Baby girl."

"How 'bout no tears and more hugs and kisses?" the girl smiled her best Torres smile before reattaching herself and kissing the woman's cheek.

Another round of 'Awwww's' filled the room as the couch children turned their head slightly away from each other and pretended they weren't getting a little misty eyed themselves.

"Okay, enough of this." Callie stated, wiping her eyes roughly before scrambling over the back of the couch. She barely allowed herself to land before she took off towards the kitchen, her sock covered feet sliding slightly as she rounded the corner of the countertop. "I want in on the love too!" she announced as she dropped to her knees and hugged their daughter, her arms coming around to rest on her wife's back.

"Me too!" Mark said, coming around the other side of the kitchen island. "I want some of the love!"

"GROUP HUG!" Sofia cheered happily as her father joined in. "You too, Aunt Lexie!"

"No that's okay, I'll just..."

"Oh, get over here, Little Grey!" the tallest brunette said, reaching back and pulling the young woman down into the pile.

As they cuddled together, the small family gladly shared the happiness of such a moment with one another, like a giant flower whose pedals would never wilt as long as they had each other. And at their very core, a lone child who bathed them all in love, equally and without end.


Some time afterwards, after all the hugs had been shared and the resulting tickle fest had come to it's giggling, out of breath, conclusion, they each happily helped one another back up. Or rather, they all happily helped until Mark was the only one left on the floor. And just as Arizona, Lexie and Sofia got him half way to his feet, a laughing Latina came out of no where to push him back down before raising her arms into the air and cheering as she spun around in a small circle. A short lived triumph indeed, as she was quickly taken down by the remaining three.

"Help! I'm being attacked!" Callie laughed as she tried her best to curl into the smallest ball possible as the tickle assault began anew.

"It's too late, Torres!" her bestfriend laughed along with the others as he tried to pull her arms away from their current blocking position. "You probably should have seen this coming." he added smugly.

"Oh, who asked you, Mark?" she shot back, sticking out her tongue as she reached over and pulled the bottom of his shirt up and over his head.

"Hey, hold on. I can't see!" he cried, waving his arms about.

Leaning over, Arizona whispered into the birthday girl's ear before laying half over her still wiggling wife to hold the large man's right leg in place, smiling as Lexie moved around the Latina to grab the other one.

"Here, Daddy, let me help you." Sofia said sweetly, just before making her move. Jumping forward slighty, she giggled as she tickled the big man's side.

"Hey, no fair!" he protested, even as his whole body shook with mirth.

Peeking out from between her fingers, Callie chuckled as she watched her bestfriend half heartedly try to protect himself from the tickling fury that was the small child, before he simply reached out and picked her up. Growling playfully he rolled them to the side and made hungry bear noises as Sofia squealed happily.

Rolling to her knees, the former crime fighting side kick smirked as out of the corner of her eye she saw the look that had overrun the face of Mark's girlfriend. Nudging her wife gently, she waited for questioning blue eyes to meet her own before nodding towards the younger woman. Glancing past the brunette's magnificent mane for a second, the Peds surgeon turned back to meet dark eyes as they shared a knowing smile.

Turning back to the fun at hand, Arizona went back to laughing as their daughter gained the upper hand, climbing onto her father's back like a monkey.

"I am the winner!" Sofia exclaimed as she raised her arm that was not currently around the large man's neck into the air in celebration.

"She gets that from you." Arizona, Lexie and Mark all laughed simultaneously while pointing at the smirking Ortho goddess.