Title: As Time Goes By 9
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Callie's promotion brings a man from Arizona's past back into her life. This is my first venture into an AU fiction. There are small things that do come from the show, but nothing is spoilery.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I do not intend to profit in any way, shape or form by posting this story. It's for fun, nothing more, and nothing less. Please don't sue me.
A/N 1: I was hoping to get to the birth this chapter, but I had way to much fun writing this and it ended up longer than I anticipated. Hopefully we'll have three babies in the next chapter (but I wouldn't bet on it)! Just to reiterate, I know nothing about pregnancy or being a doctor, so none of this stuff may have any medical truth what-so-ever, it's just to make the story funny. :D
A/N 2: JJ Is awesome with planning and helping getting this stuff put together. Also want to say thanks to my LJ person greys_ajunkie cause seriously, who doesn't want to thank the most awesome person ever? :D I don't know why this story doesn't get many comments, I like to think it hilarious and fun, but I really do enjoy getting comments and knowing what people think, so thank you to everyone that does take the time to comment. I truly appreciate it. :D
Hour Thirty Seven (3am – Day Three)
Arizona was crying softly to herself and moaning quietly. She didn't want to wake Callie up again. Poor Callie hadn't gotten much sleep since they've been in the hospital and right now, she had finally fallen asleep after making a bed of two uncomfortable chairs. Arizona was so proud to have Callie as a partner. She was loving, attentive and did nothing but ensure Arizona was safe, secure and happy. Callie made her deliriously happy, which is why Arizona didn't want to wake her again. She'd just get this freak out through her system and then go back to sleep. Only, she'd been saying that to herself for the past hour and a half and she still hadn't slept and she was still freaking out.
Alex, the unfortunate resident on Arizona's case, had chosen that moment to walk into the room. He had been outside chatting with Lexie and Cristina. They were both poking fun at him for having to take care of demon Arizona and he just shrugged and murmured that Robbins was his friend and he didn't mind. She was his mentor and trusted in him, the least he could do was help her through the birth of her kids. Besides, he wanted to be there when those kids entered the world, but he didn't need the rest of the staff to know how much he respected Dr. Robbins.
He glanced at Arizona and blinked once. She looked as though she were distress. She was sweating and her hair was matted down against her forehead. Her eyes were wide and her hands were gripping the blanket which had pooled around her waist. Well, just below her huge belly. Her lips were moving, but he only could make out short whispers. He grinned at the sight, because honestly, he had no idea how Torres ever talked Robbins into housing any babies. He stepped closer to her and waited until she turned her wide eyes to him. They were bright blue and easily seen in the darkened room. He saw Callie on the other side of the room. She was lying across two of the uncomfortable chairs the hospital made available to patients. Apparently, they weren't able to find her one of the reclining semi-comfortable ones earlier.
"Should I wake her?" He nodded over toward Callie.
Arizona shook her head violently which caused her wet matted hair to whip around her head and the deer-in-headlights look never left her eyes as they met Alex's. "I can't do this. Why am I doing this? There are three tiny humans inside me and soon they are going to pop out. They are going to pop out and it's going to be so scary and I'm already in pain and it's going to get worse. They're going to pop out and cry and want attention, all of my attention, Alex!" She was whispering so to not wake Callie and Alex raised a concern brow toward his mentor. "They are going to be bloody and look like aliens and I'm going to have to take care of them. Forever, Alex." She leaned closer to him, "Foreeeeeeever, Alex."
"Yeah, well, you got Torres so just make her do most of the work." She shrugged slightly and opened her chart to look through the notes.
"Earlier, when we went for a walk, I put my slippers on the wrong feet. I was so embarrassed, I can't even see my feet anymore, unless I'm lying down and I lift my leg up. But anyway, I was so embarrassed and I didn't want to make Callie lean down to switch them, so I took the entire walk with my slippers on the wrong feet and now my pinky toes hurt. They hurt so bad Alex, like… like as bad as my back is hurting right now. And then there's the sweating? I mean, I know it's called labor, but really, does it have to be painful and make me sweaty and tired. I'm lying in bed and barely moving and I feel like I've swam across the ocean because I'm so sweaty I feel like I just got out of a pool or the beach, only I'm not in Fiji and I'm not in a bikini and I can't even drink a sangria, even if I wanted too, because I have three leeches sucking everything out of me!" Arizona's eyes were even wider as she continued her ramble and Alex had to force a lump down in his throat. That's it, he's never having kids.
"Yeah, well, once you pop those suckers out, I'm sure Torres can make you a hell of a sangria." Alex said nonchalantly as he made a note in the chart.
"I'm hungry. Like, really super hungry, but I don't want to bother Callie and I've been sitting here and all I want are some pickles and peanut butter. Callie hates it when I dip the pickles in the peanut butter, did you know that? She made a sandwich before work and bit into it and then yelled at me because her peanut butter sandwich tasted like it was covered in pickle juice, but it's so good and for some reason it's all the babies want me to eat. Oh my god, Alex, I'm having three babies! Three babies are going to push their way out of my vagina. Oh no! They're going to ruin my vagina. What if Callie never wants to have sex with me again, Alex? Do you think if I vajazzle she won't notice that I've been stretched all to hell down there?" She stared at Alex without blinking.
Alex coughed and scratched a phantom itch next to his temple, "You're hot, Dr. Robbins and if for some strange reason Callie doesn't want to play with your vagina, well, you've got hot boobs, right? Just let her play double time with them." He shrugged slightly again.
"Stop. Staring. At. Them. Before I have to go in search of some bricks to hurl at you." Arizona ground her teeth together and clenched her fists in the blanket at her sides.
"Dude, seriously? Do you want me to go get Altman or someone so that you can talk to about vaginas, unicorns and other lesbian crap?"
"This is all Callie's fault." Arizona's crazy eyes landed on the sleeping figure in the corner of the room in front of her. "Why did I let her talk me into this? Really, she just needed her 'mini-Arizona', "Arizona made it a point to mock Callie when she said mini-Arizona, "and then she went into how awesome it was to carry Sofia and how she wanted me to experience it and she wanted to be the one to smother me with love and protection and me, the idiot that I am, wanted to give all of that to her, so of course, I just had to agree and then Addison and that fertility specialist! I should have known that Callie implanting those things would cause something crazy like triplets to happen." She brought her eyes back to Alex and leaned toward him conspiratorially, "She has this obsession with babies, you know, the smell of them and their chubby arms, she just really can't get enough. And seriously, I love Sofia, she's amazing and I wanted another one, but not another three! What am I going to do with four kids, when will I have time to work? What about all the tiny humans in the world that need my help, Alex!"
"Do you want me to get a brick?" Alex nodded toward Callie and then grinned when he saw Arizona was contemplating his question. It only lasted a minute, because soon Arizona was doubled over in pain. She hissed sharply and grabbed her stomach. Alex moved the blanket away and noticed a small amount of blood on the bed coming from Arizona. "I'm going to go page Dr. Montgomery. Sit tight, Arizona." And he walked out of the room.
Not even ten minutes later, Addison runs into the room wearing her pajamas with her white lab coat. She runs into Arizona's bed while panting, Alex runs in right after her and drops her chart, which causes Callie to twitch in her make-shift bed, the chairs suddenly slide apart and a second later she crashed onto the floor with a groan. "I'm uuu~p!"
"Oh really, Calliope, thank you so much for finally joining me since your kids have been keeping me up for hours!" She grabbed a pillow from behind her back and threw it at Callie. Arizona had impeccable aim and the pillow hit Callie in the side of her head before it flopped down next to her.
"Ouch…" Callie decided to ignore the comment, besides, she saw something much more funny. "Nice slippers, Addie."
Everyone looked down and saw that Addison's feet were tucked into a pair of Monty Python Killer Rabbit plush slippers. Addison glanced at everyone and then shrugged. "Hey, give me a break, I got paged 911 in the middle of the night about Arizona, I thought she was dying or the babies might been dying or trying to come out, I didn't think I'd walk in here and everyone would be staring at my feet!"
"Really, Dr. Montgomery? Smurf pajamas?" Alex raised a brow before laughing and Callie and Arizona couldn't help but chuckle also.
"So, my son likes the Smurfs, give me a break." She rolled her eyes and picked up the chart from the floor and then started to read over Alex's notes. "Is there a reason I was paged?" Alex began to explain why and Addison quickly examined Arizona. "Some blood is nothing really to worry about. Everything is going okay. We'll have a nurse come in and change your sheets. Things are still moving really slowly." Addison sighed and glanced at Alex. "I know Dr. Robbins is your friend, but honestly, Dr. Karev, you know better than to page me over nothing, especially at three in the morning."
"Hey, she was freaking out, I though the blood meant things were rolling along and it would be best to have you here." He grabbed the chart and stormed out of the room.
Addison smiled to Arizona and patted her arm. "I'm going to give you something to help sleep and when I come in, later this afternoon, we'll do a more thorough exam, alright?" Callie and Arizona nodded and thanked Addison for coming.
Callie got up and tugged Addison into a hug, "You are a goddess from heaven if you can get my monster to go to sleep."
"I heard that." Arizona grabbed the other pillow behind her and swatted at Callie again, just grazing her arm before she moved it back behind her. Addison and Callie laughed before Addison left the room to write the order in the chart and scold Alex again.
Hour Forty Five (11am – Third Day)
Nix, Alice, Emily (Nix's daughter) and Sofia were all sitting with Callie and Arizona in their hospital room. Alice and Nix had taken the girls to a petting zoo that morning and they decided to all come and visit Arizona and Callie to tell them how much fun they had.
"We sawed cows!" Emily gushed from Nix's lap.
Sofia was sitting on Arizona's bed, holding her Mama's hand. "Cow mooo!"
"That's right, big girl!" Sofia giggled as Arizona reached out and pulled her into a hug. Callie came over and picked Sofia up and kissed her cheek.
"Did you have fun, Sofia?"
"Yes! Yay!" Sofia giggled.
"We sawed sheeps!" Emily giggled and leaned against her father.
"Sheep baaaa!" Sofia clapped and all the adults clapped with her.
Emily jumped on Nix's lap and one of her shoes fell off and dropped to the floor. "Utoh, crap!"
Sofia giggled and pointed at Emily, "Yay crap!"
Nix sighed as he grabbed the shoe and put it back on Emily's foot. "Aaaand thank you for that, Arizona. Greg is going to be so thrilled at Emily's new favorite word."
"Crap!" Emily giggled and danced by herself on her father's lap. "We sawed ducks!"
"Dup Quaps!" Sofia giggled and Arizona couldn't hold a straight face, she nearly doubled over in giggles. Callie just shook her head slightly.
Emily gasped, "Din a camzel spitted at us!"
Nix laughed, "A camel, honey. And yeah, it was icky and spit at you."
Sofia spit at Callie and then opened her mouth wide as though she were surprised. "Crap!" Arizona watched Callie wipe the spit off her cheek and stare at her daughter in shock. She just started laughing and grabbed Sofia from her Mommy. "Sofia, you're not a camel. No spitting, it's not nice."
"Sowwy." Sofia pouted and looked at Callie with her dark chocolate eyes and Callie reached out and caressed her cheek. "It's okay, princess, but no more spitting, okay?"
"'kay!" Callie grabbed Sofia from Arizona and tickled her before dropping her to the floor. Nix dropped Emily to the floor and she grabbed Sofia's hand and they started to run around Arizona's bed.
Emily screamed and soon after Sofia did. Arizona and Callie both glared at Nix. Nix swallowed the lump in his throat. "Emily, we need to use our inside voices, okay?" Emily nodded and then she and Sofia ran to the cabinet in the room and opened it. Emily pulled out a bunch of medical supplies, all which were wrapped in plastic. She handed two to Sofia who started to clap them together and squealed in delight. Arizona looked at Callie in a panic. The girls were marching around her bed while using the medical supplies as cymbals.
"Moooo!" Sofia giggled and hopped up and down before following Emily on their march through the room.
"Baaa!" Emily was laughing and she started to run around the bed again, holding out her arm and letting the bed pan she was holding hit the metal bars which were on the bottom of the bed Arizona was in.
Callie gave Alice a pointed look and then glanced at Sofia, who was clapping the plastic in her hands together. Alice laughed and nodded slightly.
"Okay, it's time for the party girls to go," Arizona said through her teeth at Nix, who shook his head and laughed.
"Just wait, Nona girl, soon you'll have three more. Very soon!" Nix laughed as he stood up and stretched his legs. A moment later he was clobbered with a pillow. "Ouch…" Two little girls were in hysterics, Alice and Callie were chuckling as well and Arizona fluffed the pillow before putting it back behind her. Sofia hugged her mommies and then the wild bunch left Callie to pick up the frazzled pieces of Arizona.
Hour Forty Nine (3pm – Third Day)
Addison walks into Arizona's room with a huge smile on her face, but it's quickly wiped away when she looks at Arizona. She was clearly in pain, tears have welled up in her eyes and her face was contorted into a sharp grimace. Callie was sitting next to her and singing softly into her ear. Addison felt her smile return to her face because Callie was singing "A Moment Like This" and Addison remembers Callie and Arizona dancing their first dance at their wedding reception to that song. Arizona had a small smile on her face, despite the obvious pain she was in and she was leaning slightly against Callie. Addison loved her friends and she couldn't help but be happy and seeing the close connection they had. She hoped one day she would find someone and share something half as great as what they had; she could be content with that.
"I'm sorry to interrupt this little impromptu concert, but I believe I have some babies to check out." Addison smiled as she walked closer to the bed and placed Arizona's chart on top of the empty tray.
"More like three monsters to take out already," Arizona grunted.
Callie laughed and kissed Arizona softly on the cheek. "Mrs. Grumpypants is eagerly awaiting the arrival of," Callie lifts her fingers for some good, old-fashioned air quotes, "…'my spawn' and she's been watching the door for you all day. After the visit from the three year olds earlier it would be safe to say her nerves are a little frazzled."
Arizona rolled her eyes as Addison and Callie laughed, "I want my body back! I'm never doing this again, Callie. And honestly, four kids are enough. I know at one point I may have said ten, but I was obviously in shock or in desperate need of a lobotomy. So really, really, REALLY SUPER think hard before you come to me and tell me you want another one, because even if you are carrying it, it will take more than your sexy voice and 'that look' to wear me down and make me even consider it."
Callie laughed and kissed Arizona on the cheek again and slipped her hand into hers and intertwined their fingers, "Okay, babe, no worries, let's vacate your womb before we start talking about another one, okay?"
"No more, Calliope, I'm serious. And you don't want to mess with me, especially when I'm pregnant and your spawn don't want to move out of the property!" Arizona turned to Addison, her blue eyes were teary and she had on the best pout she could muster and she started to whine to Addison, "Take them oooout! Please… Pretty please, take them out, take them out…"
Addison's eyes widened and she did her best to hold back the chuckle in her throat, but failed miserably. Of course, she started to giggle uncontrollably after that and Callie soon joined in while Arizona sat in the bed, pouting. "Oh my god, Callie, how do you put up with this? I mean, it's bad enough she's cute, but then she starts with the ten year old tactics and I mean, I have this sudden desire to say yes to anything she asks. If any of these kids are her doppelganger, you are in so much trouble."
"Oh, talk about the crazy pregnant lady like she's not even here…" Arizona mumbled and rolled her eyes again.
Callie patted her hand and laughed, "Trust me, babe, we know you're here."
"Is that another fat joke, Calliope? Really?" Arizona jutted her chin out and looked at Callie from the corner of her eye.
"N-no..! And now you're acting petulant, come on, give me a little break, please? I haven't slept in days." Callie sighed and laid her forehead against Arizona's shoulder.
Arizona leaned over and kissed the top of Callie's head. "Alright, I'm sorry."
Addison laughed and lowered the blanket covering Arizona's belly. Arizona shifted slightly and Callie sat back up and gripped Arizona's hand in her own. Addison started her exam and Alex walked in with an ultrasound machine. They worked diligently for several minutes and Callie and Arizona just sat in an awkward silence.
"I can't wait to hold our babies, Arizona. And as much as it means trouble for me, I hope they're all blonde, blue-eyed beauties, just like you." She leaned in and kissed Arizona's lips softly.
Alex rolled his eyes and looked at Addison while sticking a finger toward his mouth and pretending to barf.
"I saw that." Arizona and Callie both said at the same time and then grinned at each other. Alex just shook his head. He pretended not to care about how lovey-dovey the couple was, but inside, he was happy for both of them. He was around when Callie went through all her drama with George and Erica, so she deserved a happy ending. And then there was Arizona, his mentor and probably the reason he's going to stick with peds. He's already filled out the paperwork for the fellowship. He just needs to talk to Arizona when she's not crazy with pregnancy hormones so they can plan out whom to get to write recommendations for him and get him in. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he was excited about his future.
Addison sighed as she started packing things up. She left the equipment for Alex to finish and she grabbed the chart and started writing. "Well, here's the news. Things are still moving slow. Painfully slow…"
"You got that right," Arizona cut in and Callie snickered softly.
Addison laughed before continuing, "I really don't want to have to do a c-section unless it's completely necessary. I know we talked about that before, Arizona, and you were pretty adamant about trying naturally because you wanted to breast feed, which is insane, but I want to try and make that happen for you. If we do have to do a c-section, breastfeeding will be really uncomfortable and I wouldn't recommend it." Callie looked at Arizona and saw the slight disappointment in her eyes. She patted Arizona's hand gently. Arizona nodded at Addison to continue.
"To be honest," Addison shook her head and laughed for moment as she finished jotting a note in the chart, "I think the problem is that your kids are fighting to see who will be the first to come out. They're all trying to get to the birth canal and it ends up with them locked in a three way tie. I'm hoping someone will get tired or bored and finally let someone slip in there and get the party started." Addison was laughing and even Alex was grinning at the explanation.
"Oh my god, Calliope, this is all your fault!" Arizona slapped Callie's shoulder. "Why did you talk me into getting pregnant with your spawn who obviously have your highly competitive spirit! It's like, they're letting you know they already have your stubborn badass attitude and they they're going to fight to the death before backing down and letting one of their siblings win!"
"Oh yeah, babe, I'm the only one of us that is highly competitive." Callie deadpanned with a roll of her eyes. "It's too late to change your mind and just think about the awesome story we have to tell them when they're older."
Addison laughed, "Callie says awesome way too much since you've been married."
"Dude, Dr. Montgomery has a point."
There was a 'fwoosh' sound and Alex yelped in surprise as a pillow collided with the side of his head. "Shit, ouch…" He rubbed the spot that was just hit while he bent over and picked up the pillow, tossing it at a chair behind him. He wasn't about to give her the ammunition back.
"Next time it'll be a brick." Arizona narrowed her gaze at him. Callie and Addison cracked up as Alex left with the ultrasound equipment and a wounded look on his face.
"Okay, try and get some rest and I'll be back first thing in the morning. We'll see how things are moving along and if it's still this slow, then we might have to do this surgically." Addison patted Arizona's shoulder and then left with the chart.
Arizona pouted and leaned against Callie. Callie kissed her on the temple. "Don't worry, babe, it doesn't matter how they get here, as long as they get here. We've waiting so long for them. And I know you wanted to breastfeed for the bonding, but trust me, you'll bond with them just fine. Look at how awesome you and Sofia are, right? And you didn't breastfeed her, I did!"
Arizona snickered and held on tightly to Callie.
"Hey, why are you laughing at me? I'm trying to embark words of wisdom upon you and you're laughing at me." Callie pouted.
"I'm sorry, Calliope, but Karev was right, you say awesome so much now and that's, well, awesome!" Arizona leaned in and kissed Callie with as much passion as she could muster. It was full of tongue and hope for their future. As she pulled away she stared into Callie's eyes, "I love you so much and I know I've been really super crazy, but you are awesome and I can't wait until you can meet and hold these little monsters because you are not only the most super awesome wife ever, but you're also the most amazing mom."
Callie smiled her super magic smile at Arizona and kissed her softly again. "I love you too, babe. We have the best family ever." They snuggled together and turned on the television to some random soap opera that Callie enjoyed and Arizona made it a point to make fun of it as they watched together.