A/N: Kinda a filler chapter but I hope you enjoy anyway. Next chapter will be a lot of Alex/Arizona alone time, so that is something to look forward to with the next update. I injured my knee in a race over the weekend and am pretty much confined to the couch/bed this week so that should be a lot of writing time when I'm not drugged out on pain killers. Thanks for all the reviews and comments. I look forward to them. Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Grey's Anatomy and its characters are owned by ABC and not me.
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Cristina didn't see Teddy for two days after she went through Abe's file. They had been working opposite shifts. When Cristina would be leaving work, Teddy would be getting ready to start her day and vice-versa. Cristina was tired of waiting to get Teddy alone to discuss their young cardiac patient. On the third day after Abe's surgery she knew she'd see her boss as they had their weekly department meeting that afternoon.
Cristina made a point to get to the meeting early in hopes of finding Teddy there alone. Cristina smiled as she entered the conference room and saw that she got what she wanted – Teddy was sitting in the room alone going over something on her computer.
"Dr. Altman," Cristina spoke as she entered the room to announce her presence and to not startle the woman who seemed engrossed in her work.
Teddy's head flung up from the computer. She wasn't expecting anyone to join her in the conference room for at least another fifteen minutes. "You're early Yang."
Cristina took a seat in the chair next to Teddy, "There's something I wanted to discuss with you." Teddy's eyebrows rose as if to tell Cristina to continue. "I wanted to talk to you about Abraham's case."
"What about it?" Teddy was unsure what Cristina would have to say about the young child's case.
"I was going through his file the other day and I noticed that Arizona signed the admittance paperwork in the parent and guardian signature space."
"And?" Teddy questioned her junior surgeon.
"I was just wondering why she signed it and not his parents."
Teddy didn't want to reveal her friend's secret so she just gave Cristina a simple answer. "Any questions you have about Abraham's parents you need to ask Arizona or Alex."
"But is that legal? For Arizona to sign for him"
"Cristina I can't answer any questions about his parents. Ask Alex or Arizona."
Cristina was getting annoyed by the run-around she kept getting from her boss. "Where are his parents anyway? Arizona and Alex keep telling me that they're here but I haven't seen them. Every time I go in on rounds I only see him with Alex or Arizona."
"His parents are here and they spend a lot of time with him. Ask Arizona or Alex if you have any questions about them. That's all I'm going to say about it." Teddy said sternly to Cristina before going back to her work on the computer.
Cristina was peeved that she still didn't have any answers about the boy's parents but she knew that Teddy probably wasn't going to give her any information. She had been tight lipped about the case since they arrived. Cristina took out her cell phone to play Angry Birds while she waited for the rest of the department to arrive and the meeting to begin.
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One week. Seven days. One hundred sixty eight hours had passed since Abraham's surgery had been scrapped. After three days in the PICU he was moved back to a regular room. The move made everyone happier. Abe was happy that he could watch television again; it helped make the days go by faster. Eli was happy that he could be with his brother again. Arizona and Alex were happier because it allowed their entire family to be together again. The past week had been hard on them. They were constantly juggling spending time with all of their children which left little time for them to take care of themselves. Arizona's parents were miracle workers. They spent their days taking over for Alex and Arizona when they were needed elsewhere. If they went to spend time with Della and Eli then the grandparents took over sitting with Abraham. Not once did Daniel and Barbara Robbins complain or ask for a break of their own. Their family came first.
It had also been one week since Eli's accident and broken arm. He needed it to be x-rayed again to make sure that it was healing properly. Arizona had been putting off getting the x-rays done all morning. For the past week she had been so busy taking care of her family that she hadn't seen the Latina orthopedic surgeon but she knew that today she would be forced into another meeting.
Like the last few days, Abe's hospital room was full of visitors. Barbara Robbins sat in the corner chair working on her latest knitting project. It was pink so Arizona assumed it was some kind of baby clothing for her daughter. Daniel and Alex were engaged in yet another debate about the upcoming college football season and what team would win the championship. Arizona was busy entertaining her sons. She kept raiding the pediatric department toy collection so that they had a constant variety of toys and movies so that the boys would not get too bored being cooped up in a hospital room all day.
It was almost lunch time and Arizona took it upon herself to venture out to get it from the cafeteria. She needed a change of scenery and wanted some alone time with her daughter. Arizona mindlessly headed down to the cafeteria with Daniella strapped to her chest. She engaged Della in conversation as they made their way downstairs. Arizona found it comforting to use Della as a sounding board to work out her thoughts. Sometimes she thought that Della could actually understand her when she would respond with cries or giggles as if she was saying no or yes to her thoughts.
Arizona walked into the cafeteria and immediately noticed a table full of her friends. She wondered how their schedules would always mesh so that they could eat together. She smiled gracefully at the table full of her friends as she walked past them and toward the cashier. Arizona had called down and placed her order with the cafeteria manager so it should have been as simple as walking in and picking up the food but of course it wasn't ready yet. She eyed the table full of her friends and debated going to sit with them for the fifteen minutes that she was told her food would take to be ready. Her day had been going well so she decided to just go for it.
Arizona took the safe route and sat next to Teddy and Mark who she knew wouldn't badger her about her personal life. Over the last week Mark had actually been really kind to her family. He would come and visit Abe at night when Teddy was doing her final check up before heading home. Mark was great at talking with the boys about the latest cartoons that he no doubt had been watching with his own daughter.
Mark saw Arizona walking toward the table with her hands full of her daughter and took the opportunity to pull the chair next to Teddy out for her.
"Hey Blondie," he remarked as Arizona sat next to him.
Arizona smiled, "Hey Mark."
"Oh my goodness!" April exclaimed, "Is that Alex's baby? I haven't seen her yet. She's so beautiful. She does look just like him."
Arizona rolled her eyes, "Yes, this is Della."
"You stealing babies now?" Cristina asked from the other end of the table.
"It's not stealing when you have permission," Arizona directed toward Cristina.
Teddy decided to help her friend out and shifted the conversation back toward the little patient upstairs, "How is Abe doing today?"
"He's good. He's starting to get a little stir crazy though. Any chance we could maybe take him outside later today? Even just a walk would really help his spirits."
Teddy smiled, "We should be able to arrange that. We'll see how things look during afternoon rounds. But as long as there's a doctor with him I don't see why we couldn't let the little guy get some fresh air."
"Thanks Ted, you'll be his favorite person if you can make that happen."
"What? I'm not his favorite already?" Teddy mocked and the two old friends erupted in laughter.
Della was not a fan of the laughter coming from her mother's body and voiced her protest. Arizona quickly changed into soothing mother mode and started rubbing the baby's back through the carrier and whispering to her with her mouth on the top of the baby's still bald head. The rest of the table looked on and watched the blonde mother the child. She looked so at ease with the baby. She looked like the child's mother.
"You're really good with her," April stated.
Arizona smiled. It never got old hearing people comment on her relationship with her baby. However, she had to quickly figure out how to respond without letting the others in on the fact that the baby is her daughter. She went with the simple route, "Thanks. She's a good baby."
The lunch table got quiet. Arizona couldn't help but notice Callie at the end of the table who kept her eyes trained on her lunch tray. Seeing Callie reminded Arizona that Eli needed to see her for a checkup on his arm.
"Callie?" Arizona called out toward the end of the table.
Callie's eyes met the blonde's as soon as she heard that familiar voice call her name. "Yeah?"
"Eli needs to have his arm checked out. Do you have time to see him today?"
Callie nodded at the blonde's request. "Sure. What time is good for you?"
Arizona glanced at her watch and noticed her food should be ready, "He'll need a nap after lunch so anytime after three if that is okay?"
"Sounds good. I'll be in surgery off and on all afternoon but Eli won't take long so I can squeeze him in."
"Great. See you then."
Callie nodded her agreement as Arizona stood up to leave. "Better get lunch up to the starving family before they come hunting for it."
Once Arizona was out of earshot, the table went back to gossiping about her and Alex.
"That baby really does look just like Alex," April repeated her earlier comment. "Is it weird that Arizona is that close to the baby?"
"Where is the mom?" Cristina questioned. "We still haven't seen the wife yet."
"Can't you guys just leave them alone?" Teddy suggested to the group. She'd been begging her friends just to leave the poor family alone since they arrived.
"Just tell us what's going on with them and then we will," Cristina barked at her superior.
Teddy took her tray in her hands so that she could leave the table. She didn't want to be around the snooping table anymore. "If they wanted you all to know their business, they'd tell you themselves."
"She's right," Callie said quietly. "Just leave them alone."
Cristina's head whirled around to meet her friend's, "Aren't you the least bit curious?" Callie just glared at her friend and ducked her eyes. Cristina noticed that Callie wouldn't keep eye contact. "Wait – you know something."
Callie also made a move to leave the table, "No, I don't. I'm just not going to dwell on my ex-girlfriend and her new life. Instead, I'm focusing on my current girlfriend."
Once she noticed that Callie was out of the room Cristina leaned across the table, "She so knows something. Mark you need to get her to talk. You're the only one that she'll open up to about Arizona."
"No can do," Mark shook his head. "Callie will talk if and when she wants to do so. This is hard on her. It's brought back a lot of feelings for her. Remember she was in a really bad way when they broke up and now Callie's being reminded of all of that as well as, I think, some guilt in how she treated Arizona. We all need to give her a break. And give Arizona a break too."
"Your new girlfriend has you whipped, Sloan," Cristina snarked while watching Mark leave.
Realizing that lunch was over April and Cristina also headed to the trash to dump their lunch trays.
"We need to step it up," Cristina mused to April as they headed out of the cafeteria. "It's been over two weeks and we don't know anything yet. Can't you use your virgin powers for something?"
April pushed the doors open, "I'm not a virgin anymore and you know that."
"Until you have a kid, you will always remain a virgin to me."
"I have surgery so I can't help with the stalking today."
"Luckily, I am covering the pit all afternoon so hopefully it will be slow." Cristina smiled as she remembered part of the lunch conversation about how Callie and Arizona will be together later in the afternoon. The wheels spun in Cristina's head as to how she could be there for that appointment or at least be in the general vicinity.
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Cristina was twiddling her thumbs in the emergency room all afternoon. It was slow just like she wanted. She kept glancing at her watch. It was well past three in the afternoon. She kept waiting to see Callie and Arizona come down with the cardiac patient's twin brother. Time kept ticking by and there was still no sign of either woman or the child. She was about to give up when she saw Alex walk down into an exam room with the boy. Alex left the door to the room open which allowed Cristina to see inside. She watched as Alex picked the child up and put him on the exam table. He then said something to him and left the room and spoke quietly with a nurse before walking down the hall.
This was Cristina's chance. She had an opportunity to make a move. She quickly entered the room that Alex had just left. She didn't know how long he would be gone so she had to be quick.
"Who are you?" the little boy tilted his head at the doctor he didn't know.
A nurse was sitting in the room keeping the boy company.
"I'm Dr. Yang. Who are you?" Cristina hoped that his young age would help her and that he wouldn't question her since he was too young to know better. Cristina turned to the nurse and lied, "You don't have to stay. I'll wait with him. Dr. Karev asked me to help him out."
The nurse nodded her head and left the room.
"You're not Dr. Callie," Eli stated, ignoring Cristina's question.
"You're smart. No, I'm not. She'll be here in a minute. Can you tell me your name?"
"Eli," the child answered dutifully.
Cristina pulled the stool up so that she could sit next to the boy. "Where's your mom and dad, Eli?"
"With my brother. Daddy will be here soon."
Cristina was about to ask another question when Callie walked into the room.
"Dr. Callie!" Eli greeted. He liked Callie. She was nice and gave him candy after she fixed him last week.
"Hi Eli. Where's your mom and dad?" Callie asked then turned to Cristina, "What are you doing here?"
Eli just shrugged his shoulders and Callie looked back to the other doctor in the room.
"I'm on duty down here and I heard him crying so I came to check on him and found him all alone," Cristina lied.
Eli was offended that she said he had been crying. He was not a baby and only babies cry. "I no cry," Eli whined.
Cristina didn't want Callie to figure out she was fibbing and took her leave from the room.
Callie decided to try again with finding out where his parents were, "Where are your parents, bud?"
"Daddy be right back," Eli said. "Check out my pictures," Eli pointed to his cast.
Eli showed Callie his cast that was covered in different pictures. He tried to explain them as best he could to the doctor. He had a dog, turtle, butterfly and what appeared to be a game of tic-tac-toe on his cast. While he was telling Callie about how he beat his grandpa in tic-tac-toe, Alex had returned to the room.
"Nice of you to join us, Karev," Callie said as she noticed him enter the room.
Alex shrugged his shoulders, "I had to go get some candy for him. Someone didn't take their nap and is now a Mr. Crankypants who refused to come with me unless he got some Reeses Pieces. It wasn't worth fighting over."
Callie nodded in understanding. Some parents might deny it but everyone is guilty of offering bribes to get what they want from their kids every once in awhile. When used sparingly, bribes were extremely useful.
"So," Callie turned to the boy on the bed. "We need to go take some more pictures of your arm."
"Can my daddy come?" Eli asked with watery eyes. The x-ray room was a scary place and it always made him feel better if one of his parents was with him since his stuffed doggy wasn't allowed.
"Sure," Callie said as she watched Alex lift the boy off the table and take his good hand to walk him down to radiology.
Callie watched as Alex tried to get Eli to lie still on the x-ray table. It was a similar scene to the one she had a week ago when she watched Arizona try to calm the boy and get him to be okay with being alone in the room. Alex was successful and headed to join her. Callie didn't think things could get more awkward than they did when she was alone in the imaging room with Arizona, but being alone with Arizona's husband – that was way more awkward.
"Where's Arizona?" Callie asked as she kept her eyes on the little boy through the glass window. "I thought she'd want to be here."
"She fell asleep during nap time. She never sleeps anymore so I figured it was best to let her be," Alex answered while keeping his eyes trained on his son as well. "If she wakes up soon I'm sure she'll come down here."
"Alex, I'm really sorry about your son."
"He's going to be okay," Alex let the words hang in the air before broaching a subject he had wanted to with Callie since she found out about his family. "We didn't plan any of this." Alex kept his eyes trained on his son even when he felt Callie's eyes on him. "We went to Africa to escape our shitty lives here in Seattle. We didn't plan on adopting any kids. We didn't plan on falling in love with each other. You don't get to be angry with her for how our lives have changed. You broke up with her. You took her daughter away from her. You don't get to be angry."
"I'm not –," Callie started to defend herself.
Alex finally shifted his gaze from Eli to Callie. "I can see it every time you look at her. You look disgusted with her. You have no right."
Callie agreed, "I know I don't. I just don't get how she ended up with you. That's not a knock against you personally it has more to do with your gender than anything else."
"Maybe you should let her explain that… once Abraham is out of danger."
Callie glanced at the images that were appearing on the computer screen, "I don't think she wants to talk to me."
"She might not want to," Alex looked over her shoulder, "but she needs to and I think you need it too." Alex paused and switched the subject back to his son, "Everything look good?"
"Yeah," Callie said. "It's healing perfectly. I'll check again next week, if that is okay?"
Alex held the door open for Callie as they headed to get Eli, "Sure. We can't take Abe home until next week at the earliest anyway so we'll still be here."
The lack of nap and lying down in a quiet room made Eli sleepy and he refused to walk preferring to be carried by his father instead.
"I really am sorry about your other son," Callie said again as they said their goodbyes. "I'll be praying for your family."
Alex nodded and waved goodbye, carrying a half asleep toddler over his shoulder. Cristina who had failed to notice Alex return to the exam room and then leave again to go to radiology didn't miss overhearing Callie tell Alex that she would be praying for his family. She still hadn't put together that Abe was his true family and not just a close family friend. She wanted to harass Callie about the interaction but as soon as Callie saw Cristina walking toward her, she rolled her eyes at the younger surgeon, signaling that she was not going to talk about it, and walked away.
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Alex and The Colonel trailed behind the women who were walking toward the hospital playground. It had taken a year for The Colonel to allow Alex to call him Daniel and not by his military rank. It had taken another year for Alex to feel comfortable calling him 'dad' and not by his first name. Alex had always been intimidated by his father-in-law. For the first six months of his marriage to Arizona their relationship was only through brief phone conversations when Alex would answer Arizona's cell phone for her. Every time The Colonel put the fear of God into Alex that he better be treating his oldest child right. It wasn't until Alex saw Daniel rolling on the grass playing soccer with the boys did Alex see that the Colonel was just a big teddy bear who was a pushover for his grandchildren.
As the men trailed behind, Teddy, Arizona and Barbara were laughing as they watched Eli and Abe try not to run toward the playground. Abe had strict rules for getting to leave his hospital room and rule number one was no running.
"I never thought I'd see this," Daniel said to Alex as he caressed the head of the baby girl in his arms. Daniel loved his grandsons but there was something special about having a granddaughter. Every time she looked at him with her bright blue eyes it melted his heart.
"See what?" Alex said distractedly as he focused on his wife's ass, walking in a pair of very tight jeans, twenty feet in front of him.
"This," Daniel repeated. "My daughter with a family. When she first told me she was gay one of the first things that I thought was that my dreams for her – marriage and kids weren't going to happen. Then I pulled my head out of my ass and realized that being gay doesn't mean she can't have all that. Until she informed us that she had no intention of ever having kids." Daniel paused before continuing, "Arizona has always been surprising though. Being the first born, she's always found the need to keep us on our toes. Like when she called home to say she was marrying you – a man."
Arizona sat in her office chair biting her fingernails. She had been putting off making this phone call for almost a week. She didn't know how to tell her parents the news. News that most parents would love to hear. That she was marrying a great guy who treated her right. Most parents would love to hear that their daughter was settling down. However, she wasn't so sure that her parents wouldn't take the news that well. She was more nervous to tell them that she was marrying Alex than she was to come out to them at seventeen.
"Suck it up, Arizona," she told herself. "You're a strong, confident woman. You can tell your parents you're getting married."
Arizona nodded to herself and picked up her office phone. She dialed their number from memory. It was seven o'clock in the evening and her parents would be finished with dinner and sitting down to watch Jeopardy. Her parents were nothing if not predictable. She blamed her father's military career for instilling a sense of schedule and routine into every member of her family.
"Hi mom," Arizona greeted her mother as she answered the phone.
Arizona could hear her mother smile through the telephone, "Hi dear. Is everything okay? We normally only talk to you on Sunday afternoons. Not on Thursday nights." Arizona smirked as she realized just how right she was about her family and their military precision.
"Can't I just call to say hi?" Arizona asked stalling the conversation.
Barbara could tell by the tone of her daughter's voice that Arizona was nervous about something. She knew her daughter well enough to know that Arizona couldn't be pushed into talking about something. "Of course you can, dear. How are the boys?" Barbara had been overjoyed when Arizona called a few months ago and told them all about these two precious boys that Arizona wanted to adopt. She was happy to have grandchildren but also worried for her daughter's heart as she knew that the boys' health was precarious.
"They're doing really well. Eli smiled the other day. A real smile. And they've recovered really well from their surgeries last week. They should actually be able to leave the hospital soon."
"That's really great, Arizona."
Arizona felt like it was now or never in telling her parents her big news. "Can you get Dad on the other line? There's some news about the boys that I want to share with you both."
Barbara got up to find her husband in the other room, "Is everything okay?" she asked as she handed Daniel the cordless phone.
"Everything is fine, Mom. Great even," Arizona took deep breaths as she heard her father pick up the other phone.
"Hey. How's my baby girl?" Daniel greeted his daughter.
"I'm good, Dad. I have some news for you guys. Good news. Or I hope you guys think it is, at least. It's good. It is. I hope you're okay with it…"
"Arizona!" Daniel stressed trying to get his daughter's attention and stop her rambling. "There's nothing you can say that will make us love you any less."
Arizona took a deep breath, "I'm getting married."
"You're what?" Barbara asked, shocked at her daughter's confession.
"I'm getting married," Arizona mumbled. After another deep breath she said it again, this time more confidently, "I'm getting married. To Alex. Tomorrow."
"Okay, sweetie. You're marrying Alex tomorrow?" Daniel asked trying to understand what his daughter was telling him. "Please explain this to your mother and me."
Arizona paused, "They said we can't adopt the boys because we aren't married. They don't allow single people to adopt. So we're going to get married tomorrow."
"Are you sure that's the answer?" Barbara asked as she looked at her husband who sat with his mouth gaping open on the other cordless phone.
Arizona looked up to see Alex enter her office and sit in the chair opposite her desk. He knew she was finally calling to tell her parents and wanted to offer his support. This was one time in his life that he was almost grateful he didn't have parents so that he didn't have to go through this. Alex gave Arizona a smile and the courage to continue her conversation., "Mom, if we don't get married they're going to take them to an orphanage. We both love them so much and we can't lose them. They won't survive an orphanage. Their bodies are too fragile to live with that many germs and not enough attention."
Daniel was still shocked but managed to find his voice, "And there's no other way? Marriage is serious business, baby girl."
Even though her parents couldn't see her Arizona nodded her head, "This is the only way to get our sons home where they belong. We've both agreed. We'll get married, get the boys and then divorce once we move back to the U.S. – it's simple enough."
"Marriage," Daniel started lecturing his daughter, "even a business arrangement marriage is anything but simple. I just don't want to see you hurt. This Alex, does he treat you well?"
"Daddy," Arizona sighed, "he's a great friend. A great doctor. A great father."
"How will this work when you two move back to the States?" Barbara interrupted curious as to how the two planned their future.
"We've decided that no matter what we'll move to the same city and live near each other so that we can co-parent easier. We've discussed a whole lot of rules and things and everything will be put into writing before we divorce."
Daniel had been quietly thinking over what his daughter had told him. He was shocked but knew that there was no changing his daughter's mind. She was stubborn. She got that from him. "Are you happy?" Daniel asked simply.
"Yes."
"Then okay. I do expect this young man to ask for permission to marry my baby girl…" Daniel huffed at his daughter.
"Dad, we're going to the courthouse tomorrow. When do you expect him to ask permission?"
"Now?" he questioned.
"Hold on," Arizona spoke. She covered the receiver of the phone and pointed it to Alex. "He wants to talk to you. He wants you to ask permission to marry me."
"What?" Alex whisper-yelled. "He wants me to ask permission?"
Arizona shrugged her shoulders, "He's old fashioned." Arizona shoved the phone at Alex and smirked. She enjoyed seeing him nervous. She knew he had every reason to be nervous. Her father was a very intimidating man, even over the phone.
"Hello, Mr. Robbins," Alex spoke into the phone.
The voice on the other end yelled through the phone, "That's Colonel Robbins to you young man."
Daniel looked back down at the baby in his arms and smiled. He had no idea that that phone conversation so many years ago would lead to his daughter falling in love with a man and having a family with him. "I thought you had passed out after I yelled at you. You didn't say anything for five whole minutes."
Alex chuckled, "Arizona might have had to kick me and force me to say something."
Daniel stopped walking and looked toward his son-in-law, "You've taken good care of my baby girl. I know that whatever happens that she'll be okay because she has you."
"Arizona's strong," Alex started to describe how his wife would be okay without him.
Daniel interrupted, "After Tim died, Arizona, she went away. Not physically but emotionally. She withdrew from every thing and everyone. She wouldn't do that today because she has you to lean on and support her. And I know you wouldn't let her do that."
"No," Alex shook his head. "I wouldn't. But nothing's going to happen to Abe."
Daniel clapped his hand around Alex's shoulder and gave him a small smile. It wasn't something that anyone in the family wanted to think about – losing Abraham but they all were. They just wouldn't vocalize it. Out loud they were all steadfast that Abe would survive while deep down they weren't so sure.
Daniel and Alex continued to walk and trail behind their wives. "Barb and I want you two to take the night off."
"What?" Alex looked confused.
"You two haven't had a night to yourselves in a long time. I'm going to sit with Abe tonight and Barb will take care of the Eli and Della. You both need a break. Now I don't want to know what you'll do with your night off but just take some time to be with each other. We don't want to see you two until after breakfast tomorrow."
"Dad, I don't think Arizona would go for this," Alex sighed. He knew it would take brute force to drag Arizona away from Abe for the night.
Daniel laughed at his son-in-law, "Don't you worry. Barb and Teddy are both working on her right now."
The family reached the playground and even though Abe knew before they left the hospital room that he wouldn't be allowed to play he still tried to push his limits and take off toward the slides. He was quickly stopped by Arizona who threatened him with returning directly to his room and not getting to enjoy being outdoors a bit longer. Luckily for Abe, he didn't have to deal with watching his brother play and have fun without him. Eli chose to sit and play with Abe in the sand instead of going to the slides.
"Your parents want us to have sex tonight," Alex whispered into Arizona's ear as he sat down on the bench next to her.
Arizona leaned her head against his shoulder, "Do not mention my parents and sex in the same sentence ever again. And they don't want us to have sex. They just want us to have a night off."
Alex laughed and leaned over to kiss the top of her head, "Night off is code word for sex, baby."
Arizona entangled her hand with her husband's, "What if something happens while we're gone."
"Nothing will happen and in the very, highly unlikely event that something does – we have cell phones."
Arizona took a deep breath. She still wasn't sure about leaving Abe for the night but she knew that she wasn't going to win the fight, "Okay."
Alex leaned down and tilted Arizona's face towards his. He let his lips graze lightly over hers briefly before pressing in harder and opening his mouth to let his tongue snake out and taste her lips. He would never get over kissing Arizona. They momentarily forgot that they were at a children's park with their children, parents and best friend nearby. They lost themselves in the kiss until Alex felt a tiny pair of hands pulling on his leg. Alex broke the kiss and looked down to see Abe giving him a disgusted look.
"Daddy, no kissing," Abe declared.
Alex gently lifted the small child into his lap, "I'm allowed to kiss your mother whenever I want."
"No," Abe defied.
"Yep," Alex leaned over and kissed Arizona again just to prove his point.
Abe covered up his eyes, "Ewww."
Teddy joined in with Abe, "Ewww is right, Abe."
Arizona stuck her tongue out at her best friend.
Daniel and Barbara had also walked back to the bench and joined their family. "Time for you two to get out of here," Daniel announced to his daughter.
"You said tonight!" Arizona protested. "It's only four in the afternoon."
Daniel reached down and took Abe from Alex's lap. "Arizona. Go."
Arizona started to protest again when she felt Alex tug her up from the bench. She could tell by the look in his eyes that she wasn't going to win this battle. Instead she quietly gave in and said goodbye to her family before letting her husband lead her back to the hospital to grab their things before they were banned from being near Seattle Grace-Mercy West for the next eighteen hours.
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