3 months passed by so quickly after Sophia's first test. Things seemed to have settled back to normal, Callie and Arizona were working, Sophia was back at school, even Alex had been discharged from the hospital and was due back at school, on crutches of course.

It was like the test results were just what they needed to pull themselves back down to earth, to stop all the unecessary worrying and sleepless nights. Though of course there was always that slight possibility that the results were a false negative, and as the day of Sophia's second test grew closer, this thought became more prominant in all of their minds.

As it so happened the day of Sophia's test was also her birthday, and as all three of her parents had to work that day, they decided to throw a party in the doctor's lounge. That way they could all be involved.

The residents had been tasked with setting everything up earlier that day, and Arizona had to hand it to them, she was impressed. They'd made banners and cards, blown up hundreds of balloons, Cristina had even attempted to bake cupcakes, although no one dared to eat them, it was still a nice gesture.

"Sophia honey! Your Father's here!" Arizona called out, as Mark appeared at the door clutching a present.

Sophia came bounding into view and ran at Mark, Throwing her arms around his neck as he lifted her up with ease.

"Hey kiddo! Happy Birthday! How old are you now, 21?"

Sophia giggled. "Dad, I'm 8!"

"Oh, right. Well I better cancel the dancing girls and take back all the beer then." He joked.

Placing Sophia firmly back on the ground he handed over the present which had been horribly wrapped in newspaper and stuck down with surgical tape. Though Sophia didn't seem to mind. Tearing off the paper, her eyes lit up.

"Whoa! LEGO!" She cried out, shaking the box making the pieces rattle around inside. "Thanks Dad!"

Callie shot Mark a disapproving look, but he simply shrugged and laughed as Sophia skipped away, the box of lego rattling in her little hands as she did so.

"So what time's her test?" Mark asked, dropping his voice so that only Callie and Arizona could hear him.

Only a few of the other doctors in the hospital knew about Sophia, and they wanted it to stay that way. Having their colleagues look at them with sympathtic eyes everytime they saw them would do nothing to help the situation.

"I'm taking her in a few minutes." Arizona replied just as her pager went off, Peering down to look at it, she amended her previous statement. "Scratch that, I have to go. Callie is taking her in a few minutes."

Callie looked at her, her eyes begging her not to go, but she knew she had to. Placing a soft quick kiss on her cheek, the Blonde swiftly made her way out the room.

"You ok?"

Callie looked a little lost. She'd taken Sophia for her test last time and didn't quite know if she had the strength to do it again. She needed Arizona for support.

"Callie?"

"I'm fine." Callie said simply, forcing a smile. "Sophia! We have to go honey."

Mark didn't look convinced, so Callie tried a little harder on her smile. Sophia too didn't look happy as she was torn away from her party.

"We won't be long sweetie, I promise." Callie took hold of the child's hand and led her out of the room and down the hall to an exam room.

"Mom, why do I have to do this again?" Sophia whined.

"Because Honey, you should always do things twice, just to make sure." Callie felt bad for not really trying to put the child at ease, but she wasn't in the mood. She just wanted to get this over and done with as quickly as possible. She hated this feeling of just waiting for something to happen.

Same as before Lexie came in and took Sophia's blood whilst Callie held her tight, and same as before Callie offered to take the blood to the lab.

"You can go back to the party now." Callie smiled, as Sophia hopped off the table. "I just have to take this to the lab, but I promise I'll come back in a bit, then we can have cake ok?"

Sophia nodded and gave Callie a quick hug before darting off back to the party.

As Callie got down to the lab she groaned seeing that it was the same arrogant guy as before. Not even bothering to argue she thrust the blood into his hands. "Run this." She instructed before taking a seat in the corridor.

She'd been relatively calm all week up to now, but the thought of all just being a false negative played on her mind, tormenting her. She'd been so happy to see that it was negative last time that she'd forgotten about the next test. She'd forgotten that they were only halfway there. They weren't in the clear and there was nothing to celebrate about yet.

Callie buried her face in her hands, enveloping herself in her own little world.

"Calliope?" A soft voice called out. It was so full of concern and love that Callie didn't even need to think about who it was. There was only one person in the world who could say her name like that and evoke so much emotion from it.

Callie lifted her head and her eyes met with a pair of familiar blue ones. She leant forward resting her forehead against Arizona's, savouring the closeness.

"I can't do this." Callie whispered softly. "I can't... What if it's positive? I can't stand to see our little girl be sick. I just can't."

Arizona shifted and sat next to Callie, placing an arm around her waist and pulling her into a hug. She comforted her, but said nothing, because deep down she was thinking the same things.

The thought of it just being a false negative tormented her too.

"Torres!" The lab guy called out, making them both jump apart from each other.

Callie mentally braced herself before grabbing the results off the guy. She looked up at Arizona who simply nodded then directed her gaze back down to the envelope.

Running her finger down the seal Callie opened the envelope and pulled out the sheet of paper. She held it inbetween her and Arizona so they both could read. Their eyes scanned the results, and then re-scanned them just to make sure they'd read it correctly.

Looking back up at her wife Callie couldn't help the smile that grew on her face. They both began to laugh and threw their arms around each other, jumping up and down with excitement.

Pulling apart Callie placed a kiss on Arizona's lips. "It's over." She said almost in disbelief as they broke apart. "It's over."

As Sophia got back to the party, she could hear her name being called. Spinning around she came face to face with Alex.

He was still on crutches until his leg fully healed, but he looked good.

"Alex! What are you doing here?"

"I had to come in to see Dr. Robbins about my meds, and she said you were having a party. Thought I'd come and give you your present." He smiled.

Digging in his pocket he pulled out a quarter. Flipping it into the air he said. "Heads or tails?" Before catching it again and covering it with his other hand.

Sophia looked at him confused, but played along. "Heads?"

Alex opened his hand to reveal the quarter.

"Heads it is." He smiled again.

THE END