Love Me Forever

Barbara was arriving any minute now and Callie nervously waited for her at the gate. Arizona had been sleeping, so Callie didn't want to disturb and just left her at home. She knew the blonde would probably be mad, but she needed her sleep and, to be honest, Callie really wanted to be able to talk to Barbara alone first.

"Callie!" the older woman called out as she came through the gate.

"Barbara, hello. I'm so glad you are here," Callie said being pulled into a hug.

"I'm glad to be here. Arizona didn't come?" she said looking around.

"She was sleeping and I didn't wake her, so she may be awake when we get home."

"Okay, that just gives us time to gossip. How has she been?"

"Well, you know most everything since we talk all the time, but lately she has been crabby. Beware, the smallest thing sets her off."

"Ah, not surprising. Pregnancy will do that to you."

"Yeah, plus our situation makes it even worse."

"I can imagine, I know it is very hard for both of you."

"I don't know how to act anymore. It is so impossible not to want to dote over her and show her how much I love her. Plus, I know that in a few weeks she's gone forever, so my naturally instinct is to grab on and hold tight so she can never leave me."

"Arizona is a complex woman. She stuffs her feelings and is stubborn beyond belief. I'm just hoping she comes around by the time the baby is here."

Callie sighed, "That's not going to happen. I held out hope for that for too long and pushed her so hard for it. I yelled at her, begged her, tried to show her what she would be missing, and pretty much anything else I could think of. She doesn't want a family and she never will."

"Don't give up hope yet. I know my daughter and I know that even if she is partially starting to want this, she would never tell you that until she was sure. She already did that to you once, so now she is more afraid to give you false hope."

"I hope you are right, but I'm done trying. Now my focus is on the baby. Arizona knows that I want to raise this baby with her and she knows that I would take her back in a second right now, but she hasn't even hinted that is an option. I have to let her go."

"Well Callie, at least we can spend some nice time together. I can deal with miss crabby pants and you can have more time to get ready for your bundle of joy."

"Thanks Barbara," Callie said looking over smiling.

They had most of that chat in the airport and were now on the way home. It was sort of quiet because Callie was lost in her thoughts, then she spoke.

"You know I have a ring. I was going to propose once we found out we were pregnant. Too bad we weren't together anymore when that finally happened."

"Then you should know something," Barbara responded.

"Know what?"

"Arizona had a ring long before that. She was ready to propose before you brought up babies."

"What? She really wanted to marry me?"

"Don't be so surprised. Even though she doesn't want kids, this is tearing her up inside. Whenever I talk to her all she can say is how much she hates herself for doing this to the woman she loves. I have never seen her care for someone the way she cares for you."

"I just wish I would have realized all of these things sooner. I feel like maybe we could have figured things out if we weren't in this situation."

"You can't spend your life thinking what if. You just have to move on and hope that if you are meant to be together, it will happen."

"Yeah, I know we are made for each other, but maybe it was just for a short time."

They continued home and found Arizona asleep on the couch. Callie's heart still soared when she saw the blonde. She was about to fall off the couch, so she walked over and attempted to move her sprawled out body from the edge. Arizona reached for her and tried to pull her onto the couch even though she was still asleep. Callie wanted to cuddle, but pulled away anyways and just brushed Arizona's hair behind her ear. I wish I didn't love you so much, she thought as she went into the kitchen.

Probably 20 minutes later, a disoriented Arizona stumbled into the kitchen.

"Calliope, we have to go get Mama," she mumbled.

"I'm already here dear," Barbara said as she wrapped her surprised daughter in a hug.

"What? You didn't wake me?" Arizona fired at Callie.

"I'm sorry, you seemed like you needed the sleep, so I just went."

"Well I told you to wake me, you should have done what I asked," Arizona huffed.

"Shush Arizona, she is just looking out for you. Stop being crabby over nothing."

"I am not crabby, did you tell her I have been crabby?" Arizona said looking to Callie again.

"Darling, I can tell by the way you are acting that you have been giving Callie a hard time these days. Chill out and come talk with us."

"Humm fine," Arizona said plopping down next to Callie.

"I'm really sorry that you were upset. If I realized how much you wanted to go, I would have woke you up," Callie apologized placing her hand on Arizona's knee for a squeeze.

Arizona could see she was sincere and knew she had been overreacting because of the pregnancy and everything else going on. "It's fine, I did need the sleep."

Callie smiled softly thankful that Arizona wasn't still mad at her. The last thing she wanted to do was have petty little arguments in their final days.

"Tell me how the nursery is coming along," Barbara interjected.

"It looks great, Arizona has been wonderful. The baby is going to love it."

"Yeah I helped a little, let's go look."

"She helped a LOT," Callie mouthed to Barbara as they moved towards the newly decorated room.

…

Arizona was due in about a week, so really the baby could come any day now. They had been through a rollercoaster ride and it was about to come to an end. With each passing day Arizona grew more and more depressed. Every minute was a countdown to losing Callie forever. She was starting to have dreams about raising this baby with Callie. At this point she realized that she did want this, she wanted to raise a family with Callie. She had talked to her mom about it some, but never told her the full extent of what she was starting to think and want.

During her usual morning run, which actually had turned into short and slow walks now that she was so pregnant, she saw a cute little family on the playground. She stopped and sat on a bench to watch. The parents looked so in love and their adoration of the little child was so clear. Suddenly, it wasn't that family, it was her family. They were bringing their little girl to the park and everything was perfect. At this point, she was almost positive that she wanted that now. Looking down and rubbing her belly she spoke to the child, something she did quite regularly.

"Mommy is an idiot, isn't she? I should have seen this all along and I'm sorry I ever said I didn't want you. Don't you worry, I'm going to make this right and get your Mami back. You'll see, we are going to be a family."

Arizona walked back to the apartment running over and over her speech in her head. She was going to commit to a life time and a family. Her heart soared just thinking about it and she couldn't wait to make all of Callie's dreams come true. When she came back into the apartment, her mother was sitting at the breakfast bar.

"Hey sweetie, how was your walk? I really wish you would have let me come with you."

"I know, but I use my morning exercise to think. I needed to be alone because I had a lot to think about. Have you seen Callie?"

"Yes dear, you just missed her. She got called in to work."

"Oh damn," Arizona said looking at her shoes.

"What's going on Arizona? I can see it all over your face."

"I have to get her back. I want this, all of this," she said gesturing towards her stomach.

"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"

"Yes Mama, I want to be a family and raise our baby with her and live happily ever after. I have been such a fool, but I had to be sure. I couldn't give her hope and take it away."

"Are you sure about all this? That's a big commitment."

"I'm sure, I have never been more sure of anything in my entire life. I have been thinking that maybe I could do this for months, but didn't want to fool myself. It's a long time coming."

"You better be damn sure before you tell her. I have had enough conversation with that woman to know she couldn't handle another heartbreak. If you tell her you want to raise a family with her and then change your mind like before it would actually destroy her. I won't let that happen."

"I know and I could never do that to her again. I'm still scared out of my mind and I'm going to need her to help me with that, but this is it. This is what I was meant to do and we were made for each other. I love this baby so much already and I can't walk out on my own child."

"Okay, then go get your girl!"

"Thank you Mama, for everything."

"I'm so happy, I will be a grandmother finally. This is PERFECT!" Barbara said rejoicing that Arizona had come around like she hoped.

Arizona rushed to the hospital after rifling through her stuff to find something very important and searched everywhere for Callie. She came up empty, but then an intern said he thought he saw her headed to the roof. Arizona moved up there and found Callie staring out into the Seattle skyline.

"Hey," she started causing Callie to turn around.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you."

"Is everything okay? Is the baby okay?" Callie panicked rushing to her side.

"The baby is fine, everything is perfect actually."

"Um, okay," Callie said confused because these days nothing was perfect anymore.

"I have something to tell you and I need you to just hear me out and not interrupt, okay?"

"Okay."

"I didn't want this, any of this. When I first agreed to kids it was just selfish and I only did it to keep you. When I finally told you and let you go, it was the first unselfish thing I had done in a while. I wanted you to be happy and be able to get your dream. You were always my dream and that never included a baby. This whole pregnancy I have been saying that I don't want this and I'm out once the baby comes, but I kept something from you. I have been slowly falling in love with this baby, our baby. I couldn't tell you because I had to be 100% sure, but now I am. Calliope, I want to be with you and raise this baby with you. I want to be a family and make your dreams come true because you made my dreams come true, dreams that I didn't even know that I had. So please forgive me for putting us through this and let me take care of you and our baby."

Callie was already crying and stunned by Arizona's admission. Instead of saying anything, she crashed her lips into the blonde and let herself get lost. Finally, pulling back she looked into her eyes and said, "It took you long enough."

Arizona laughed and said, "I always was pretty stubborn. I bet this baby will get that and you are going to hate me for it. Sorry it took me so long to come to my senses."

"I don't care as long as you are here to stay."

"I am, I promise. I can't say I won't freak out a little and I know I'm going to be scared. You will just have to help me through that because I want all of this with you. I actually have something else to ask you."

"Anything," Callie responded.

"I know I have hurt you and screwed up so much. I am not always sure of myself and can't seem to ever get it right, but with you I did. With you I am so incredibly happy and I have to pinch myself to figure out if you are real. It doesn't seem possible to me that god created such a beautiful and amazing creature and allowed her to fall in love with me. I am so deeply, deeply, in love with you. So, Calliope Iphegenia Torres, mother of my child, will you marry me?"Arizona asked as she got down on one knee and held out the ring she bought so long ago.

"Yes! Yess, a thousand times yes!" Callie exclaimed and pulled Arizona up to kiss her with everything she had.

After making out and exchanging a handful of I love yous while Arizona placed the ring on Callie's finger, the two made their way off the roof. They were in Callie's office getting ready to go home and celebrate for real when Callie said something.

"I have a confession to make."

"Oh yeah, what?" Arizona asked.

"I didn't tell you the truth about the name. She isn't just Sophia Michelle Torres. She is Sophia Michelle Robbins Torres. I put it on everything. Her baby book, the honest nursery product orders, and anything else. To be honest, I probably would have put that on her birth certificate too. She was always a part of you and even if you didn't come around, she would always be your daughter too."

"I love you. I love you so much and I love our little Sophia Michelle Robbins Torres."

"So you are really in?"

"Yes, I am all in!"

A/N: I was thinking about waiting until right after the birth for this, but then I got too eager. I feel like either way it could have worked, but I went with this storyline instead. Hope you like it!