A/N: If you read my other stories then you know that I've been away for a while, trying to get updates out as regularly as possible but now I have three multi chapters with another potentially in the pipeline (all my own doing, glutton for punishment me!) and two jobs to juggle they may be a bit wider apart, but I'll try my hardest! Anyway, onwards with the story. Bit of a time skip. And this chapter turned out a lot longer than I'd originally intended!

11 weeks pregnant

Arizona stood in her underwear staring into the mirror, her hands travelling along her swollen belly, her brow furrowed in slight confusion. Callie found Arizona in that position, a smile lighting up her face, seeing Arizona go through pregnancy was making her fall in love with her wife more and more each day; she was practically glowing. Now Mark, Teddy and Bailey knew, it seemed all the more real; all three very excited for the couple. Seeing the frown on Arizona's face she moved forwards, 'Everything ok babe?'

Arizona continued to look in the mirror, 'I'm too fat.'

Callie chuckled gently, 'You're pregnant sweetie, not fat.'

Arizona shook her head, 'No I'm fatter than I should be...I'm not trying to be melodramatic I'm being serious, I'm fatter than I should be for 11 weeks.'

Callie frowned slightly, Arizona seemed very calm but very serious at the same time, 'Maybe the dates are a bit out?'

'They can't be.' Arizona replied instantly, 'We know when we conceived...exactly...I think...we need another scan.'

'Zo, I'm sure everything's fine...' Callie began.

'I know...I don't think anything's wrong...per say...I just, I'm bigger than I should be Calliope.' Arizona said carefully, her teeth biting at her bottom lip as she looked at Callie with big eyes. The thought had hit her that morning when her favourite vest top wouldn't cover her baby bump, and now, stood in front of the mirror Arizona could see the answer staring her in the face.

Callie still wasn't catching on what Arizona was trying to say, 'I'm not following...'

Arizona rolled her eyes, 'I think, I'm not certain...I'm not an OB, but Callie there's kind of only one explanation here...'

Callie's eyes went wide as her brain finally caught up with Arizona's, 'Holy shit...are you saying what I think you're saying?'

Arizona nodded, 'I think so.'

Callie moved forwards, momentarily forgetting her ability to speak, 'Umm...so...shit...'

'Like good shit, or bad shit?' Arizona asked, unable to fully gage her wife's reaction.

Callie eyes met Arizona's, a smile forming on her face, 'Like seriously scary but seriously amazing at the same time shit?'

Arizona smiled whilst she felt relief wash over her that Callie wasn't totally freaking out, 'I mean, we should really check it out for certain...but...'

'Will they be able to tell on an ultrasound now?' Callie asked, it had been a very long time since she was doing OB rotation as an intern.

Arizona nodded, 'I think so...have you got time to come with me to see Grange before our shifts?'

'I'll push the consult I have.' Callie answered immediately.

'Oh you have a consult? It can wait till lunch?' Arizona said.

'Nope, baby first.' Callie replied, already pulling out her phone to ring the hospital and get someone to cover for her. 'That's sorted, I'll ring Dr. Grange as well...'

'She's going to be sick of us...' Arizona said as Callie dialled the number and rolled her eyes at Arizona. Few words were exchanged before Callie put the phone down.

'She says she can squeeze us in if we go now?' Callie replied.

'Is Jess ready to go?' Arizona asked, already pulling her top over her torso.

'She was just packing her bag so she should be.' Callie replied, moving forwards she took Arizona's hands in hers and reached forwards for a kiss, 'I love you.'

Arizona smiled, 'I love you too.'

'I'm going to need to remind you of that if you've got to push two babies out of your vagina aren't I?'

'Oh yes Calliope, and bring me donuts.' Arizona replied, kissing Callie back, 'Lots of donuts.'

X

After dropping Jess off at school, Arizona and Callie quickly made their way to the hospital and through to Dr. Grange's office.

'Sorry about this...again...' Arizona said as she entered the office first.

'It's fine Arizona, please, you know you can call me whenever you have a concern or worry.' Dr. Grange answered as she gestured for Arizona to sit on the bed.

'Callie said you think you're expecting to see double appear on the screen?'

Arizona nodded, her bottom lip once again slipping into her mouth, 'I'm not a hundred percent...but just...I have a feeling.'

'Ok, well let's have a look then.' Dr. Grange said, pushing Arizona's top up slightly as Callie resumed her usual position next to Arizona, their hands firmly clasped together. Dr. Grange moved the probe around for a minute or two before she smiled, turning the screen towards the couple she let the frozen image on the screen do the talking.

Both Arizona and Callie's face pretty much mirrored one another as they took in the image on the screen; neither were experts in the field but the picture was very clear. There, in a slightly pixelated form was the very definite picture of two Robbins-Torres babies. 'It seems your hunch was correct.' Dr. Grange said, quickly pressing print so that the couple had a picture to take home with them. 'Both heartbeats sound strong, yup, everything looks really good here.' Dr. Grange finished, 'Any questions?'

Arizona shook her head with a smile, turning she found Callie with her eyes still glued to the screen, not moving.

'I'll give you two a minute.' Dr. Grange said as she exited the room.

'Calliope?' Arizona asked softly, her wife still unmoving. 'Please tell me you're not completely freaking out?'

The slight fear and uncertainty in her wife's voice was enough to bring Callie out of the trance she had found herself in, 'What? No, not freaking out...much...I mean a bit...but majorly excited too.'

Arizona smiled, shuffling forwards on the bed she sat with her legs hanging off in between Callie's where she sat on the chair, 'I can't believe it...Cal...we're having twins...'

To say Callie's smile at those words lit up the room would be an understatement, 'We're having twins.'

Leaning forwards, Arizona kissed Callie, gentle and yet passionate at the same time; wanting to convey their love in the simple gesture. 'I'm kind of lost for words.' Arizona said.

Callie chuckled, running her hand up and down Arizona's arm, 'I never thought I'd see the day...my wife, Arizona Robbins; speechless.'

Sliding off the bed, Arizona ended up sat across Callie's lap, her hands linking behind her wife's neck.

'You ok?' Callie asked as she rubbed her hand up and down Arizona's back.

'Honestly?' Arizona asked as she rested her head on Callie's shoulder. Feeling Callie nod, Arizona continued, 'I'm totally terrified, totally unsure but so unbelievably happy I can't even put it into words.'

Callie smiled, kissing the top of Arizona's head, 'I'll agree with you there.'

Pulling out the picture that had been printed off, Arizona ran her fingers over it, tracing the shape of each of their baby's heads, a smile on her face, 'You think Jess will freak out?'

'I don't know,' Callie replied. 'She took it all very well the first time round, you're off tonight aren't you?'

Arizona nodded, 'Yeah, I promised Jess I'd take her to that ice cream bar after school though.'

'I'll work through lunch, finish early and come with you, tell her over ice cream to ease the moment.' Callie said, rising from the seat with Arizona.

'Sounds like a good idea.' Arizona replied, 'I don't want to go to work and find Karev interviews at other hospitals...I want to just go home and curl up in bed with you and our babies.'

Callie smirked, 'That sounds perfect...rain-check on that one later?'

'Most definitely.' Arizona replied, kissing Callie as she turned to leave for the peds ward, 'Love you Calliope.'

'Love you too.' Callie replied, smiling, she kissed Arizona, 'All three of you.'

Xx

'You're off early?'

Callie turned when she heard Mark entering the attending's lounge, 'Worked through lunch so I can get home.'

'Something kicking off?' Mark asked, not-so-subtly.

Callie turned, 'We had an appointment with Grange this morning .'

'Why?' Mark asked, concerned. 'Everything ok?'

Callie nodded, 'More than, we're having twins!'

'You're kidding!' Mark said, instantly embracing Callie in a hug. 'Seriously, congrats Cal.'

'Thanks Mark,' Callie replied. 'No one knows yet, well I think Arizona's told Teddy about the twins, but no one really knows about the pregnancy, so just keep it on the down low please Mark.'

'Course, my lips are sealed.' Mark replied, 'You both cool with the whole two for the price of one thing?'

'Mark!' Callie scolded him, swatting him on the arm. 'And yeah, we're both cool with it...I think we were both a bit freaked out...surprised...and I'm scared...I'm scared that two babies is going to be too much for us too soon, I'm scared that Jess is going to freak out...but...above all of that I'm so thrilled Mark...'

Mark smiled, 'Honestly, I've never seen you as happy as you are right now Cal...I'm glad that things have finally worked out for you two.'

'Me too Mark, me too.' Callie replied, 'Right I've got to run otherwise I'm going to miss out on ice cream with my girls.'

'You'll be moving now won't you?' Mark said as Callie had her hand on the door.

'Huh?' Callie asked.

'You'll be moving from the apartment now, won't you?' Mark asked again.

Callie's brow furrowed, 'I suppose so, we probably would've had to with just the one baby...now there's going to be two, yes we will have to...we won't move a million miles away Mark, not with the hospital...you won't get rid of us all that easily.' Callie added, recognising the things that Mark wasn't actually saying, knowing that he would miss having the family across from him and Lexie.

Mark smiled sheepishly, 'I know...I just...I'll miss living across from you Cal, but I'm just being sappy now, go and get your ice cream.'

Callie smiled, hugging Mark once more, 'Catch you later Marcus.'

XX

'Mama's meeting us here?' Jess asked once she was settled with her peanut butter ice cream.

'Yup she is sweetie,' Arizona replied. 'She didn't want to miss out on ice cream with you!'

Jess smiled, her attention returning back to her ice cream just as Callie entered the bar, her eyes instantly finding Arizona's. 'Sorry I'm late, Mark caught me just as I was leaving.' Arizona nodded in understanding at what the conversation would've been about . 'You ok mija?' Jess just nodded, her mouth full of ice cream. Sitting opposite Arizona and next to Jess, Callie instantly reached her left hand across the table, Arizona's fitting instantly into hers. 'And how are you Mommy?'

Arizona smiled, 'I'm good thanks, I told Teddy about, you know.'

Callie nodded, 'Like I said, Mark caught me before I left so he knows too...actually made me think of something...but we'll talk about that later?' Callie said gesturing towards Jess with her eyes.

Arizona nodded, unsure of what Callie could want to talk about, 'Did you hear that it looks like Grey's leaving?'

'Seriously?' Callie asked, 'I thought she'd be a dead cert to stay?'

Arizona shook her head, 'I was in the OR today with Bailey and apparently not...her and Derek are all up for moving to Boston.'

'Woah...the hospital would be weird without them...Mark can't know otherwise he would have said something earlier, I think Yang's heading away as well.'

Arizona nodded, 'I heard that too...Teddy said something about Mayo but she was trying to sway her into staying...I just hope Karev doesn't get wooed.'

'You think he will?' Callie asked, understanding the soft spot her wife had for the young resident.

'I think so, he's guaranteed a good career here...I suppose it depends what other offers he gets.' Arizona said, 'But enough about him, shall we?' She asked, nodding towards Jess. 'Ice-cream good kiddo?'

Jess nodded, 'Super good.'

'Mija, you know how Mommy is pregnant right?' Callie asked.

Jess nodded, 'With my baby sister or brother.'

Callie smiled, 'Yeah, well, Mommy went for a scan today...do you want to see the picture?'

Jess replied with an enthusiastic nod as she shifted closer to Callie, leaning on her Mama's lap. Callie let Jess look at the picture properly for a minute before she spoke again, 'When the Doctor showed us this picture you know what she also told us?' Jess looked up at her Mama expectantly, 'Well, Mommy doesn't just have one baby in her tummy, she has two.' Jess' brow instantly furrowed as she looked back at the picture on the table.

Arizona saw the confusion on her daughters face so she reached forwards, 'See look, here is one baby,' Arizona traced the shape of the small shape, 'And here is the other.' Jess still didn't say anything, Arizona looking to Callie as they both shared concerned expressions. Neither could tell how Jess was really feeling and when she replaced the picture back on the table and went back to silently eating the rest of her ice cream, the couples concern only increased.

'Jess? Can you talk to us for a sec?' Callie asked carefully, the concern evident in her voice, she didn't want to push her, but at the same time, they needed to know that she was ok.

'Why do you have to have two?' Jess asked, her eyes firmly on her ice cream.

'It's not something we can decide...just like we can't decide if babies are boys or girls, we can't decide how many we have...sometimes there's one baby, sometimes two, or sometimes more.' Arizona explained. Jess just nodded in response, eating the last spoon of ice cream and proceeding to sit once more in silence. Looking to Callie, Arizona just shook her head, 'Shall we go home?' Callie nodded in response, the couple deciding to give Jess some time rather than push the issue too much. Callie had walked to the ice cream bar, so they climbed into the SUV that was predominantly Arizona's and headed back to the apartment.

The journey proceeded in silence, Callie trying to start up a conversation with Jess about her day but only receiving one word answers in response. Eventually she settled on just checking in the rear-view mirror every-so-often to check on Jess; each time finding the small blonde head turned to look out of the window. Once they reached their apartment block, Jess made her way up the apartment in front of Callie and Arizona, waiting until they'd opened the front door before she disappeared into her room.

'Well that didn't go as well as I'd hoped.' Callie said as she shut the door behind them.

'Should we go and talk to her?' Arizona asked.

'Let's give her a minute, she'll come back out when she's ready.' Callie replied, 'She's like you and me; give her a chance to process things and hopefully she'll see that it's not a bad thing.'

'I thought after how well she reacted to the news first time around, she'd just take this in her stride...' Arizona said, sitting down heavily onto the sofa.

'It's a lot to take in,' Callie answered, sitting next to Arizona and looping her arm around the blonde's shoulders. 'She's a smart kid...I mean look at it from her point of view, if it was just one baby, that would mean one of us had the baby, the other has Jess...two babies means...'

'Each of us has a baby.' Arizona finished.

'In basic terms, yeah, that's how Jess might see it anyway.' Callie replied.

'Do you think she has a point?' Arizona asked, suddenly seeing the situation in a harsher light.

'No,' Callie said instantly. 'Well...yes, it's obviously going to be more work than we were expecting when we first started planning, but I honestly think we can do this Zo...we just need to make sure that Jess is included every step of the way...'

Arizona nodded, snuggling into Callie's side, 'I feel all deflated now...like I'm a bad Mom to Jess for being excited about having twins.'

Callie kissed the top of Arizona's head, 'Try not to think of it like that babe...Jess will come round, and it's ok to be excited about babies...actually, this may not be the right time, but I may as well get it out there...'

'What?' Arizona asked, shifting so she was laid on the sofa with her head rested on Callie's lap facing upwards.

'When I was talking to Mark he said that he guessed we'd be moving pretty soon,' Callie explained. 'I hadn't really thought about it before, but we are going to have to think about moving somewhere bigger.'

Arizona was stunned momentarily before she nodded, 'I hadn't even thought about that.'

Callie smiled, her hand tracing down Arizona's body until it was rested on her belly, 'Me neither until Mark said it...I'm not saying right away, but we should start looking sooner rather than later.'

'Let things with Jess settle first.' Arizona offered, 'I don't want to uproot her from the first place she's called home since she was in hospital...not whilst she's obviously upset...but it won't do any harm to start looking...this apartment really won't be big enough for five of us.'

Callie smiled softly, 'It sounds so strange when you say it like that...the five of us.'

Arizona placed her hand over Callie's, 'It sounds amazing.' Hearing the padding of small feet, Arizona and Callie looked over and saw Jess had appeared from her room, tightly clutching her toy giraffe that she carried around with her. Sitting up, Arizona looked towards her daughter, her heart constricting at the sight of the tiny tear tracks down her face, 'Jess sweetie, come here.' Obviously undecided momentarily, Jess shifted from one foot to another before she ran round the coffee table and jumped on the sofa between her Moms, instantly burying her face into Arizona's side. Arizona ran her hand up and down Jess' back, 'You think you could talk to us now sweetie?'

'You're mad?' Jess asked, her words lost into Arizona's shirt.

'Jess, me and Mommy aren't mad...we're just worried about you, we just want to make sure you're ok.' Callie said, her right arm looping back around Arizona's shoulders as her left hand rested on Jess' leg, 'Just talk to us mija, we won't get mad I promise.'

Jess turned her face slightly, her death grip still present on her giraffe and Arizona's shirt, 'I don't want to be a big sister to two babies.' Arizona glanced to Callie, trying to hold in the tears that threatened, she knew that her hormones were only exaggerating the situation but it was tearing her heart to see someone she loved so much hate something she was looking forward to more than anything.

'Jess you'll be the best big sister ever...to both the babies...' Callie began, giving Arizona's shoulder a squeeze.

'But with two babies, you won't have any time to take me to school or play Barbies or watch Nemo and they'll have to be there for snuggle time too...' Jess said, tears streaking down her face.

Callie looked over to Arizona, both slightly lost at how to answer that statement from Jess, combing her hair out of Jess' face, Arizona spoke, 'You know me and Mama will still have time for all those things Jess...maybe not all the time, but there'll be time, especially for snuggle time, and you can have that just with me and Mama, the babies don't have to be there.'

'But where will they sleep?' Jess asked. 'Will I have to share my bed?'

'No sweetie.' Callie replied, looking to Arizona she received a nod, a silent understanding between them to share the information they weren't planning on, 'We'll have to find a bigger house.'

Jess' eyes went wide momentarily, obviously torn between excitement and fear at the prospect of leaving the apartment that she called home. 'Where?'

'We don't know yet bub, it will still be in Seattle, somewhere with a nice big backyard for you to play in.' Arizona said.

Jess nodded, 'Ok.'

'Mija, me and your Mommy love you so much, you know that right?' Callie said, 'Having two new babies doesn't mean we will ever love you any less.'

'But how do you know you'll have enough love for the three of us?' Jess asked honestly.

Both Arizona and Callie were taken aback by that question, how did they answer that? The honest answer would be that they just knew, but that wouldn't be good enough for an upset six year old.

'Love doesn't have a limit Jess.' Arizona began, choosing her words carefully. 'You know before I met your Mama I just had Granny and Pops and my brother who I loved, and I didn't think I could love anyone like I love your Mama...but I do. Then you came along and sweetie I love you so much...but just because I love you, it doesn't mean that I've stopped loving your Mama or that I love her any less, in fact I love her more because I get to see her being your Mama...does that make sense?'

All Callie wanted to do was jump over and kiss Arizona for what she'd just said, but she reigned it in, that would have to come later. Jess nodded with a smile, 'I think so...so when I become a big sister you'll love me even more?'

Arizona smiled, 'If it's even possible to love you more than I do sweetie then yes.'

Callie smiled, 'We'll always love you mija, even when you're a rebellious teenager and you don't want snuggle time anymore.'

Jess looked both shocked and offended at that statement, 'I always want snuggle time Mami!'

Callie smiled gently, 'I'll remind you of that when you're older ok?'

Jess nodded eagerly, the sentiment behind Callie's words lost on her, all she knew was that she would never want to give up snuggle time with her Mommies. Never.

'So you're ok now mija?' Callie asked, wanting to make sure that the issues weren't just brushed under the carpet. That was one trait of her Mommies that Callie really did not want Jess to inherit.

Jess nodded, 'I'm just scared.'

'Oh Jess, so are me and Mama.' Arizona said, 'But it's ok to be scared as long as you talk to us ok?' Jess nodded again, obviously more relaxed about the situation now. 'Good, we love you so much babe.'

Jess nodded, 'I love you both too.'

Callie smiled, it was so simple, but Jess saying those words was enough to make her happier than she'd ever been before. Sure, having the twins wasn't going to be easy, but as long as they stuck together, they'd make it through. They were the Robbins-Torres' and nothing would destroy that.

Would it?