A/N: Congratulations! You made it to the end! Hope you enjoyed the ride. I had fun writing this. It was intended just to be a happy shiny fluff piece, nothing super-dramatic. I didn't want drama. I just wanted to give you a good time. Well, you know, at least in one sense of the word. I love Calzona, so I just wanted to see them happy for a bit - even just in fanfiction.
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"Snow! Snow! Snow!" Sofia exclaimed, clapping as she looked at the white powder falling outside. It rarely snowed in Seattle, but it seemed today was one of those times. The streets were laced with frost and a soft blanket of white. Callie looked out from her vantage point just above Sofia's head.
"That's right babygirl! And maybe later we can even build a snow girl!"
"Yay!" the little girl clapped. "Snow giwl!"
"But first, can you do me a big, big favor?"
The toddler nodded.
"Can you go get your mommy and tell her to please get down here?"
"Okay!" A tiny bullet took off up the stairs and down the hallway. The two and a half year old bounded onto her mommies' bed and began bouncing.
Arizona opened her eyes, visibly shaken. "Hey Sof!" She pulled her daughter down into a massive hug. "Good morning!"
"Mama downstairs! Pease come!"
"Mommy wants me downstairs?" Arizona repeated. "What if you and me just stay up here and snuggle and maybe Mama will come join us? Sound good?"
Sofia shook her head and Arizona frowned. "Snow!" the little voice exclaimed. "Snow giwl!"
"Snow girl? It's snowing?"
Sofia nodded excitedly. "Snow! Snow! Mama come!" Her little hand took hold of Arizona's and attempted to drag her out of the room. Reluctantly, the blonde got to her feet and followed the tiny Callie-clone down the stairs.
Immediately a distinct smell struck her nose and she found herself drifting toward the marble kitchen. "Are those waffles I smell?" she grinned.
"Indeed they are! Snow days are special days, so I thought I'd make your favorite breakfast."
"You're the best," Arizona said, leaning into for a quick kiss.
"Mamas play outside now?" Sofia asked. "Pease?"
"After Mommy's had some breakfast," Arizona replied. "Then we'll play outside in the snow all day!"
Sofia clapped and jumped around the room, causing both her mommies to burst out in laughter.
"Snow!" she screamed again.
Arizona took Callie's hand and whispered, "Why don't you take her out now and I'll come meet you guys in a minute? I'm almost done eating and I just need to change into some real clothes."
Callie nodded. "Sure, we'll see you outside in a minute." She walked over and grabbed the tiny hands, effectively putting an end to the circle Sofia was spinning in. "Come on munchkin. Let's go outside! Mommy's going to meet us in a couple minutes!"
Sofia ran for the door and Arizona heard her wife calling, "Not without a jacket!"
The blonde turned back to her food, gobbling up the last few bites and taking a sip of milk before heading upstairs. She grabbed a pair of fitted sweatpants and a cute blue t-shirt from her drawer and headed in the bathroom to fix herself up.
"Oh," Arizona said, suddenly straightening her back, "that felt weird." She shook her shoulders and grabbed the hairbrush off the counter.
"Ow!" she cried, feeling a sharp jolt through her lower back, as if everything in her was pulling apart...or together. She couldn't quite tell. The pain was too blinding to tell. When the pain began to subside, she steadied herself on the counter and took a deep breath, brushing her curly hair. She changed into her t-shirt but as soon as she tried to stand back up to change into her sweats, she was hit with another wave of pain.
"Oh crap. Crap. Now? Really baby?" She looked down at the wet floor. "Well at least you decided to break my water before I got these pants on," she sighed. "Now please just hurt me a little less? Please?"
Arizona cleaned herself up a little when the contraction subsided and pulled on her sweats. She moved over to her bed, grabbing at her cell phone with hopes she could call Callie, rather than having to make it down those stairs by herself.
No such luck. Of course her wife would've left her phone in the kitchen. She could hear it ringing from upstairs. Fantastic.
She closed her eyes and did her best to breathe through the pain, struggling like a beatle on its back to stand up. "Come on baby. Just let me get down the stairs, please?"
Luckily for her, the time between contractions was far enough apart that she made it without too much trouble. She quickly grabbed her coat and boots and made her way outside.
"Calliope?" she called, looking for the tall brunette. "Calliope? Sofia?"
The little girl came running up to her and she smiled. "Hey sweetheart, can you please grab mommy for me? It's very, very, ooh," she cringed, another contraction beginning, "very important. Tell her I'm in labor."
Sofia's nose crinkled, not sure exactly what that meant, but ran off to get Callie anyway.
"Mama! Mama in labor!" she called, running up to her other mommy, who was currently making a snow angel.
The Latina shot up. "What? What did you just say?"
"Mama said tell you she's in labor. What's 'at mean?"
Callie's face spread into a smile, then turned to concern. "It means the baby is coming, sweetheart. Come on." She stood and took Sofia's hand. "We've got to get to the hospital!"
"Snow?"
"No baby, no more snow. Your little brother or sister is about to be born!"
Callie found Arizona sitting on the front steps, bent over in an awkward position. "Babe?" she whispered, running a hand up and down Arizona's back. "You okay?"
Arizona shook her head. "The baby's coming," she replied, wincing.
Callie smiled. "I heard. Think you can make it to the car if I help you?" she asked.
The blonde nodded.
"Okay, I'm going to buckle Sofia in then I'll be right back to get you."
"Okay."
Callie did just as she said and was back only moments later to retrieve her wife, who still had her head buried in her hands. "Come on, beautiful. We're going to have a baby!"
-o-o-o-
In case anyone was ever wondering how many doctors could fit in a room at once, they would have gotten their answer just by looking into Arizona's room. That is, if they could count everyone at once. The only word for it was chaos.
Sofia was down in the daycare and was periodically checked on by Mark, Lexie and Callie.
Arizona, meanwhile, was not left alone for a second. In fact, alone was the farthest thing from where she was. She scanned the room, but Callie must have gone to check on their daughter.
She groaned and slammed her head against the pillow. It had been hours - more than she could count. She thought she was going to go out of her mind with pain and all of these people around trying to distract her, just made her want to scream and burst into tears.
"Doesn't anyone have a surgery?" she mumbled. No one heard.
Callie pushed her way back to Arizona's side only to have her hand snatched and pulled toward her.
"Get them out of here!" she hissed. "I'm about to have my ankles up in stirrups and push a tiny human, who, by the way, doesn't feel so tiny right now, out of a very small hole. You were unconscious. You don't know, but this is very, very painful. So, please. Get. Them. Out. Of. Here!" She was sure to punctuate for emphasis.
"Everyone," Callie called. "Everyone!" she tried a bit louder. "People!" she yelled. Suddenly the room was silent. "Thank you. We're going to have to ask some of you to leave. Only the ones essential to this process - in other words, me, Lucy and Karev - can stay. We'll let you all know as soon as the baby is born, but right now, this is too much. Thank you."
A couple of people tried to protest, but Callie and Alex herded them all out.
"Thank you," Arizona signed. "Although it's your fault they were in here to begin with."
"Hey, it's not like I invited them," Callie said defensively.
The blonde glared at her. "And? You still let them in!"
"I didn't so much let them in as they just pushed-"
"Ow! Ow, ow, ow!" Arizona squealed, squeezing Callie's hand so tight it nearly lost circulation. She let go once the contraction was over and Callie snapped back, stretching out her hand.
"Do you really need to do that every time? I'm a surgeon. I need my hand to cut things and fix things."
Arizona snapped her head to glare at her. "Are you kidding me?" she exclaimed. "Then give me your other hand or something! I'm having your child!"
"By your own-never mind. I'm sorry." She realized this would probably not be the best time to point out that she'd warned Arizona ahead of time and that, being a paeds surgeon, she should have realized she was not going to be invincible to the pain of labor.
"Now where are my drugs?" she screamed. Feeling bad for the outburst she immediately burst into tears. "Please? I know I said no earlier, but I changed my mind. I want the drugs. And it's not too late. I know that it's not too late. So please, please, give them to me before it is too late!"
"The nurse is getting them," Callie told her.
"Andy?" she asked.
"Yeah."
The blonde nodded. "Okay. Okay." She tried to calm herself.
"I just need to check you out, see how far along you are," Lucy instructed, inspecting Arizona for a moment. "Alright, you're almost there." She turned to Alex. "Tell Andy to hurry with the epidural! We can't wait much longer."
Arizona opened her mouth to say something, but thankfully Andy walked in only seconds later. "Thank God," she sighed.
-o-o-o-
"A girl," Arizona cooed, looking down at the baby in her arms. "Calliope, we've got another girl!"
Callie laughed. "I know, I was there, remember?" She looked at the little head, at the blue eyes. "She's beautiful. Just like her mommy."
Arizona laughed. "You think she looks like me?" she asked. "I'm just curious."
Callie studied the baby. "Yeah, just like you!"
"I think so too," she smiled. "Not that it matters, but it's kind of cool, right?"
"Very cool."
"So now we've got a mini-you and a mini-me! The hospital won't know what hit them."
"Mind if I hold her?" Callie asked. "I know you're enjoying your time, but I had to put up with you for 9 months, didn't I?"
Arizona feigned offense. "Hey!"
Callie gave her the best puppy look she could muster. "Please? Please can I hold our daughter?"
The blonde wiggled her nose, thinking for a moment. "Okay, I guess." She moved to allow her wife better access to the baby. Callie held out her arms and they made the exchange. Even though her arms suddenly felt empty without the baby, she couldn't help but admire the sight before her. She wondered if this was what Callie felt like when she held Sofia for the first time.
"I can't wait for Sofia to meet her new baby sister," Arizona mused. "It's a shame it's so late, but she needs her sleep."
"We could wake her, you know," Callie suggested.
"I know, but I feel bad. She had a long day."
"I guess. First thing in the morning?"
"Yeah, first thing in the morning."
-o-o-o-
Sofia sat on Mark's lap, waiting for Callie to return to her wife's room with the baby. She only really semi-grasped the concept of being a big sister during the pregnancy. Baby in the belly is a lot different from baby in the arms.
"Hey sweetheart," Arizona said, looking over to Sofia. "Why don't you come cuddle here with me?" She wanted to make sure Sofia didn't feel left out or replaced or anything. Mark nodded that it was okay and helped her climb up next to her mommy.
"Did you have fun in the daycare yesterday?" she asked.
'Yeah but no snow," the toddler pouted.
"I know. I'm sorry about that. But there will still be snow on the ground tonight. Maybe your mommy or daddy can take you out to play in it!"
"Not you?" Sofia asked.
"Not me. I'm not feeling too great." She ran her fingers through the girl's hair. "Maybe when I get out of here. We'll leave mommy with the baby and you and me will have a special day just the two of us. How does that sound?"
Sofia smiled. "Pomise?"
"Promise." She kissed the top of her daughter's head just as Callie walked in holding the baby.
"So, Robbins, Torres, did you pick a name yet?" Mark asked.
"We decided on it last night," Arizona grinned.
"Do you want to tell them or me?" Callie asked.
"You do it."
"Guys, this is Dakota Danielle Robbins-Torres."
"Why Dakota Danielle?" Mark inquired.
"Well, a few reasons. Firstly, Callie pointed out that even though I was named after a battleship, both of our names are states. We thought it might be fun to carry on the tradition. Second, the South Dakota was also a battleship on which many of the men my grandfather helped to save served after the USS Arizona went down. Third," Arizona grinned, "when we were on our honeymoon, we got stranded on a layover in Dakota. We got a hotel for the night and besides our actual wedding and the births of these two angels," she broke to smile at Sofia, "it was one of the best nights of our lives."
"It just seemed like the perfect name," Callie agreed.
"Oh and Danielle is after my brother, Danny. I wanted to honor him in some way," the blonde added.
Callie moved over to hand Arizona the baby. She placed her in her arms and snuggled in tight so Sofia could see her baby sister.
"Cute 'Kota!" Sofia grinned.
"Well, I'll let you guys have a moment. I'll be back to get Sofia." Mark waved goodbye to his daughter as he left the room, shutting the door behind him.
"Scoot over!" Callie instructed. "I want in on this!"
Arizona laughed and did her best to make room for her wife. She laid her head against Callie's shoulder and smiled, wishing she could capture this moment forever. The two of them with their two beautiful children for the rest of time.
