"Dr Robbins, this is for you" an intern announced as he placed a shoe box shaped parcel that was decorated pink with white spots and tied up with a white silk ribbon and bow. The five interns and the nurse who she was stood with looked at her expectantly with excitement, desperate to see what was in the box.
"Open it Dr. Robbins" Sofia prompted her, eager to find out who was sending her mother gifts and what it was. Arizona stepped closer and inspected the box for a card, finding none, she removed the bow and untied the ribbon, lifting the lid and beaming a smile that allowed her dimples to shine without even realizing. Sofia looked over her mothers shoulder and smirked when she saw a large slice of pizza.
"What is it?" Stacy asked with confusion, it smelt like pizza but why would someone send pizza.
"It's from my mom… I'll explain it later but this is a very good sign" Sofia whispered as she motioned for Stacy to look at the dreamy expression on her mamas face.
"Ok guys, go get on with your work and I'll be in my office if you need me" Arizona sang as she skipped away happily. After all the other residents had left Sofia guided Stacy somewhere private and began to tell her about last night and why the pizza was significant.
"Eating at your desk Dr. Robbins?" Arizona glanced up from her laptop with her slice of pizza in one hand and a smirk on her face as Callie stood smugly in her door hole.
"Would you like bite Dr. Torres?" Arizona asked playfully.
"You enjoy it. I have more in my office if your still hungry… anyway I was just passing and thought I would say good morning" Callie offered with a shy smile.
"I may have to come and pay you a visit… the pizza fairy only brought me one slice" Arizona laughed.
"The pizza fairy? Is that my new nickname" Callie grinned.
"Depends… is it going to get you in a pink tutu with a tiara and wand?" the blonde smirked.
"No…" Callie started but was interrupted by her pager, glancing at it and seeing a 911 she rolled her eyes at the timing.
"I've gotta run. Pizza's in the fridge in my office help yourself just make sure you leave me a slice" Callie called over her shoulder as she ran.
"Dude where did you get pizza from?" Alex asked a few minutes later as he strolled into Arizona's office and bounced onto her couch, his feet up on its arm as he lay back and relaxed.
"Callie sent it over" Arizona offered as she rolled her eyes at him making himself at home.
"Didn't you two go to the theater with Sof last night?" Alex asked with a grin.
"Its not like that, shes just being nice" Arizona offered.
"No way… shes wooing you! She so wants you back… why else would she buy you post posh date sex pizza" Alex smiled triumphantly.
"She is not, shes just being nice!" Arizona stated with a gulp.
"Right… hey, they were some really nice photos you took yesterday… very cozy" Alex smirked.
"How did you see them?" Arizona asked with shock.
"Little Sloan showed me after I commented on her new facebook profile picture over lunch" Alex laughed.
"Well Sof was upset that she had no family photos of the three of us since she was five so we decided to make the effort to take some photos on our family Sundays" Arizona defended.
"Right… that may be, but explain the loving glances you and Cal are throwing at each other in most of them"
"You're an ass… don't you have some work to do?" Arizona snapped.
"Don't get pissy with me because you know I'm right" Alex grinned successfully.
"Alex… unless you want to know what my foot feel like wedged up your ass… I would go and get back to work" Arizona warned.
"Sure thing… but I wanna be your best man at the re-wedding" Alex laughed as he dodged a stapler that flew his way. Throwing a cheeky wink at Arizona he walked out the door before he came back in and put an envelope on the desk.
"Forgot to give you that, see you later doc" Alex smirked, humming the wedding march loudly as he swaggered out of the office, smirking when he heard Arizona call him an arrogant douche bag.
-oOo-
"Hey girls" Arizona greeted happily as she approached her daughter and Stacy in a booth at Joe's, both girls greeted her warmly as she slid opposite them.
"I just wanted to find out if your free Friday the 20th of Jan?" both girl checked their calendars on their phones before nodding that they were free barring work commitments.
"Good I got tickets for the opening night of grease and wanted to invite you both and to dinner afterwards, my treat" Arizona asked hopefully. The girls glanced to each other nervously, having a secret conversation with their eyes and eyebrows which made Arizona smile at how cute they were.
"Sure we would love to go, is it just the three of us?" Sofia asked fishing for information.
"And your mom… I had to promise to let her dress as naughty Sandy this time before she agreed though" Arizona laughed, missing the knowing glance between them.
"Sure it sounds fun… let us know what we have to wear so we have time to organize it" Sofia asked.
"Just whatever, you know grease… go as pink ladies or something, your mom should still have her pink ladies jacket" Arizona offered before waving and leaving them to it as she headed for the bar.
"Did your mama just ask us out on a double date with them?" Stacy smirked playfully.
"I think she did without even realizing. Are you ok with that, I can get us out of it if you want" Sofia asked nervously.
"Nah it will be fun" Stacy mused.
"What are you doing on Christmas?" Sofia asked nervously.
"Not really sure, the rosters come out on Friday and then I will decide. It depends if I have enough days off in a row to fly home and see my folks" Stacy smiled sadly.
"Yeah of course… I get it. If not though, you know your welcome to do whatever we end up doing. I'm assuming the three of us will be doing something, I'll have to work my magic and make it happen" Sofia grinned confidently.
"With that smile you could convince anyone to do anything you wanted" Stacy announced as she leaned in and placed a sweet kiss to Sofia's cheek, Sofia smiled shyly at her.
"Hey smoochers" Callie smiled sweetly as she carried four drinks over and slid two of them to the two girls sat opposite her.
"You saw her kiss me so decided it was the perfect time to come join us?" Sofia asked with mock annoyance.
"I was already on my way over here, I have some news for you" Callie smirked.
"Don't tell me… the pizza worked and you and mama are hooking up" Sofia laughed.
"It was a slice of pizza… how cheap do you think I am" Arizona laughed as she slid into the booth next to Callie, sitting closer than she normally would, which was instantly noticed by Sofia who nudged Stacy and motioned her head subtly towards her mothers.
"So whats this news?" Sofia grinned.
"I'm moving out, which means you get your apartment back. Thank you for letting me stay by the way" Callie smiled at her daughter proudly.
"Nooo… who's going to tidy up after me… and cook… and clean… and pay the bills" Sofia smirked playfully.
"Sweet talk mama into getting you a maid seen as I bought you an apartment" Callie laughed when Arizona elbowed her with a glare.
"So where are you going to be living Callie?" Stacy asked excitedly for her girlfriend.
"I put in an offer on a house last week and it was accepted a few hours ago. I just need to sign the paperwork and email it to the bank tomorrow and by the end of the week I should have the keys. The guys already moved almost all of his stuff and he said whats left I can have or get rid of, he's moving abroad so doesn't need his furniture" Callie said excitedly.
"That's great mom, I'm really happy for you, but I'm really going to miss having you around the place" Sofia said sadly.
"Well we are a ten minute drive away so you can come whenever you want. And your mama is already talking about knocking down the fence and having one huge garden… by the way, did I tell you I bought a house next door to your mama's?" Callie grinned when she saw the shock and happiness on Sofia and Stacy's faces.
"So your going to be neighbors?" Sofia asked.
"Yep… I suggested she looked into the house so I could knock the fence down and use the pool… she was stupid enough to actually do it" Arizona laughed.
"Ok so when you two get back together and move in together does that mean I can move into the other house?" Sofia smirked.
"Sofia" Callie groaned.
"Ok, ok I'm just playing" Sofia winked.
"Anyway, I need you two to do me a favor and witness these forms for me" Callie asked.
"Why can't I do it?" Arizona pouted.
"Actually your signing it too, only you will be signing it as a part owner, so if anything happens to me the two houses and the land they are on remain as a package for when Sofia inherits them… if that's alright I mean" Callie asked hopefully.
"Is it alright if you buy a house and give me half of it for nothing… are you sure you don't want to throw a boat or a new car in there to sweeten the deal?" Arizona mocked.
"Arizona I'm serious, this is purely a logical thing. If something happened to me tomorrow the two blocks would be treated separately. If its under both our names it's a joint asset and you will be in charge of it. I trust you to do what you think is right when it comes to our daughter. If you would rather we didn't do that its fine, I just thought it would make more sense" Callie stated hopefully.
"Calliope, if its what you want to do, then sure… but I feel weird about it" Arizona said honestly.
"Why? It doesn't mean anything other than a piece of paper. Its no different to the house you live in, it's the same deal, only I live in this one" Callie frowned.
"It is different because my house we bought together with joint funds, your house you bought separately with all your money" Arizona offered.
"Yes and from what I hear you have made several big alterations to the house which adds value to it, and you paid for all of it, which evens it out… Arizona stop being a dork, your not ripping me off here, you didn't know anything about me doing this till two minutes ago. Just sign the damn documents and if I die before you, say thank you" Callie laughed.
"Fine.. god your so bossy" Arizona smirked.
"Also this way you get to swim in my pool officially" Callie teased.
"Well actually that would be our pool" Arizona laughed with a wink. "right where am I signing?" Callie grabbed the paper from the envelope and grabbed a pen before signing on the first line.
"Oh Calliope, I think you made a mistake do you have any white out?" Arizona asked shyly.
Callie looked at her signature curiously. "no... that's my signature"
"But you wrote hyphen Robbins" Arizona pointed at the signature as if Callie was being blind by not seeing her mistake.
"Yeah, I umm… may still legally be Torres-Robbins despite the divorce, I didn't have it in me to lose the surname as well, plus its closer to Sofia's surname" Callie offered shyly with a blush.
Arizona grabbed the paper and added her signature to it with a smirk before sliding it back to Callie who looked at it with confusion. "I only use it on official paperwork these days, but yeah… I may have kept my surname too" Arizona grinned cheekily and winked at her ex-wife.
"So you got divorced, but neither of you dropped the others surname… that's so sweet" Sofia grinned, laughing when her parents glared at her. They spent the next few minutes taking it in turns to sign in all the appropriate places.
"Ok girls I will let you get on with your smooching…. Be good" Callie smirked winking at Sofia and enjoying getting some payback.
"Don't do anything we wouldn't do" Arizona added with a grin when she saw Sofia blush at Callie's comment.
"Well from what I've been hearing lately, that actually doesn't leave us much we cant do" Sofia said pointedly, frowning when her mothers laughed.
"She's got a valid point" Callie stated to Arizona who just nodded as they walked away to sit at the bar.
"You think she hates us yet?" Arizona laughed.
"Probably… oh well she wanted normal family memories… careful what you wish for" Callie smirked. "So are you ok about the house thing, be honest" Callie asked.
"As long as you have thought it through and know what your doing, then fine. You haven't screwed me over so far with the other house so I'm guessing I can trust you" Arizona scoffed.
"You can trust me. I just want to make sure when we are gone Sofia is looked after" Callie offered sadly.
"Your talking like your dying" Arizona asked worriedly.
"God no… I'm just getting old, and I think about things like that" Callie stated.
"Calliope, your not old, so stop thinking that you are" Arizona said seriously.
"I take it when you bought the house that you sorted things out with Penny" Arizona asked nervously.
"Hah, you've got to be joking. It blew up in my face big style. I've had to get the lawyers involved and we are awaiting a response from her lawyers. It's likely going to be a lengthy and expensive process… I may have dipped into the trust fund that I still don't use" Callie admitted bitterly.
"I'm sorry that shes being like this" Arizona sighed.
"She's convinced that we are together, and have been since the second I got back. Nothing I say will convince her otherwise. She's basically said shes going to take me for everything I have" Callie scoffed.
"Is that why you want my name on the house so its not just yours?" Arizona asked sadly.
"No my lawyer says she wont get shit. Your house was bought prior to me being with her and is in both our names. Sof's apartment was bought from a solo account and is in Sof's name so she cant touch that. This house was bought from a solo account so she shouldn't be able to touch it anyway. It's just the equity in the house we bought together when we found out Sof moved here, oh and the loft in New York" Callie sighed.
"Well you know if things get too expensive and your struggling just let me know. I know you hate asking for help or hand outs… but just look at it in the sense that it's Sofia she's stealing from and I won't let anyone hurt my baby in anyway" Arizona offered and watched as Callie smirked.
"It amazes me sometimes how well you know me, even after all this time, you just know the right way to word things to get me to comply with whatever you want me to do" Callie scoffed.
"Maybe your just easy" Arizona winked.
"Maybe" Callie laughed.
"So this weekend hopefully you will be moving into our new house" Arizona teased.
"Hopefully, then I get to move… again! Did you know I absolutely hate moving" Callie sighed.
"Well I will help, and if the girls aren't working I'm sure they will help. And I'll talk to the gang and get them all to come help and promise them dinner afterwards… will you cook though?" Arizona laughed.
"We shouldn't need that much. Most of my furniture is in Penny's house and shes not for letting me get it back" Callie sighed.
"Oh awesome, does that mean we get to go shopping?" Arizona asked excitedly.
"You want to shop for MY house?" Callie asked with a smirk.
"Technically its my house too and I need to make sure your not turning it into a bat cave" Arizona smirked proudly.
"Fine you can help… but no Easter egg crap" Callie warned as she saw Penny enter with several nurses and doctors over Arizona's shoulder.
"Whats wrong?" Arizona asked seeing Callie tense up, looking over her shoulder she instantly saw the problem when a dozen people were glaring at them.
"Calliope, hold your head high, you have done nothing wrong and shouldn't be feeling guilty like this. Now come on, lets talk about something that will get your beautiful smile back" Arizona smiled softly.
"Thanks" she smiled.
"Hey mothers" Sofia smirked as she slipped between the two surgeons and wrapped an arm around each shoulder and Stacy slid into the seat next to Arizona.
"Just a heads up, Penny is on the war path and she looks like she is going to head over here any second and make a scene. Maybe the four of us should go for dinner somewhere different and celebrate the new house" Sofia suggested hopefully, she knew fine well the emotional gymnastics Penny had been putting her mom through.
"No… this is our bar and we will be staying here to celebrate" Arizona announced. "come on lets head back to the booth where it's a bit more private" Arizona stood up and grabbed her fresh drink and Callie's drink and started walking to the booth, the other three women following. Before they could get there, Penny intercepted Callie.
"I received your letter yesterday… my lawyer is confident that we can take you for everything you've got" Penny snarled quietly.
"Good luck Penny, I really don't care" Callie sighed.
"Really… well you will care when you and your brat are living on the street and your whore loses her house and ends up working the street… I'm sure there's a market out there for one legged whores" Penny growled with a smirk as she saw the fire ignite in her ex's eyes.
"Say whatever you want Penny, all your doing is making a fool of yourself in front of everyone in this bar, and everyone at work" Callie glared, biting down her urge to flatten the woman in front of her who was scoffing at her.
"How does it feel to know that you messed with the wrong person?" Penny asked smugly.
"Penny I didn't mess with anyone. You gave me an ultimatum, I chose. That's it, we really don't need to do this whole bitter twisted and vindictive thing. I'm not out to rob you, I just want back what's rightfully mine, in fact you can keep everything, all I want is my half of the house, you can buy me out. If you can't afford to buy me out we can work something out with our lawyers, I'm not trying to ruin you" Callie implored again.
"You know what Callie… fuck you… you think you can mess me around, break my heart, screw that whore, then fuck me over with the house… not happening. I am going to destroy you in the way you destroyed me, I wont stop till you have nothing left, that is a promise, I will take everything that you have ever touched" Penny spat as she noticed Arizona step closer to their conversation.
"Really Penny? Because it seems to me that your threatening a lot of things in a public place that your lawyer would probably advise you not to do, so perhaps you should go and enjoy your evening with your friends and let Calliope enjoy her night with her friends" Arizona said as evenly as she could, aware that Sofia had started recording the exchange the second she realized Penny had approached her mother, if Penny said anything the lawyer could use against her, Sofia wanted proof of it.
"Why don't you piss off back to your table and mind your business, this has nothing to do with you… whore" Penny snarled
"Wow, so much anger. I fail to see why your so angry with me? Callie introduced you to me, I made the effort and was nice and friendly to you. You took my family away from me. I missed so much of the seventeen years of my daughters life… yet I'm not hating on you… there really is no need for any hostility" Arizona offered.
"Here we go again… Arizona she isn't your daughter, your just the idiot who happened to hang around after your girlfriend got fed up of you and went back to dick again then was stupid enough to get herself knocked up… your not her mother" Penny snapped.
"Sorry Penny but that's where your wrong, not only am I her mother, I love her like a mother does, I treat her like a mother does, I protect her like a mother does, we may not share the same DNA, but I am her mother, and as I legally adopted her, I'm legally her mother too regardless of what you may think, I am her mother in every single way… I couldn't be more of her mother if I had pushed her out of my own vagina" Arizona claimed smugly.
"Protect her like a mother? Is that why you cheated on your family Arizona? Standing there looking like your so fantastic, your nothing but an adulteress bitch" Penny scoffed at the blondes audacity.
"Your absolutely right, I can't argue with that, I was an adulteress bitch. I cheated on my family for half an hour of meaningless sex because I had PTSD and was too afraid to get help, so instead I shat all over my wife, our marriage and the vows I promised her, and I have spent every single minute regretting it and praying I could go back and stop it from happening, hoping that if I could it would rewrite the past then my wife and daughter would have grown older with me and not you. But there is a huge difference between me hurting my wife and my daughter, and anybody else doing it, and I will not let anybody else hurt my wife and my daughter, so I suggest you go back to your table and enjoy your night before we have a big problem here" Arizona warned, her voice lower and more menacing than Callie had ever heard it before.
"One thing… shes not your wife and shes not your daughter" Penny scoffed in her face.
"One thing, I believe in the sanctity of marriage, and when I said my vows, it wasn't until they became inconvenient anymore, it was for the rest of my life. And I may have had that one slip where I fucked up my entire life, but I stand by my vows even till this day, so by law she may not be my wife anymore, but in my heart and soul and even in the eyes of god, who our marriage was officiated by, she is and always will be… just a little something for you to remember, all those years… yeah you were shacked up with my wife, so fuck off Penny, before you find out how scrappy I am under this perky persona" Arizona snarled and Penny could only glance between the blonde and the brunette before stomping away. "See ya Carrie ya fucking psycho" Arizona muttered as she turned to leave before Callie grabbed her by the arm and dragged her into the toilets. She let her arm go and checked the stalls to make sure they were alone before she returned to the blonde and they just stood looking at each other silently as they explored each others eyes.
Callie stepped forward and kissed the blonde, their lips sealing together as they both gasped in shock at the fact their lips were connected. After several moments Callie stepped back shyly.
"I umm… thank you… for everything you just said" Callie offered as she looked at the floor in embarrassment.
"Your welcome… anytime… no one hurts my family Callie, no one" Arizona smiled softly.
"You shouldn't need to stand up for me though" Callie sighed.
"I shouldn't… but I would every single time… for you and Sofia…. Did you just kiss me?" Arizona asked with a playful smirk.
"I kinda got swept up in the moment, sorry" Callie blushed.
"Don't apologize, I just wasn't expecting it" Arizona laughed softly.
"Whats so funny?" Callie asked with a grimace.
"Why are our first kisses always right here" Arizona motioned around them with a smirk.
"Sorry I shouldn't have kissed you, that was wrong of me… can we just forget I did it and go back outside and celebrate? We've been doing so well at being friends lately I really don't want to screw it up" Callie asked sadly.
Arizona nodded with a soft smile. "come on then Ms Torres-Robbins you can buy me a nice drink for being your hero" Arizona held the door for Callie, her stomach sinking as she forced a smile on her face.