A/N: So this Chapter will be Saturday, Arizona getting up the morning after her 'date' and then the day of our 3 girls at the zoo.

A/N 2: Flashbacks are in italics

Arizona's POV

I can't believe I'm wide awake and lying here in bed staring at the ceiling at 8:30am. I was out a little later than I usually am, it was after midnight when I finally got home. It actually turned out to be a pretty fun night. Kelli seems like a good person. It was fun hanging out with her, once I stopped comparing her to Callie.

We meet at the restaurant and she even holds the door open for me. We get seated at our table (which as I learned later in the evening she had called ahead and made the reservation). We look over the menus when the waitress comes by to take our order. We place our order and we both order a white wine. I think 'okay, so she likes white wine where Callie prefers the red' WAIT …. Where did that come from? I'm not here to compare her to Callie or anyone I date to Callie for that matter. That would be so un-fair to everyone.

We get our meals and dig in. The food is actually pretty good here. We work our way through dinner making small talk; just getting to know one another. I've told her about Sofia and what I do for a living. She was surprised about both, but seemed okay with them. I know my job can be very demanding and of course my daughter will always come first! She works at the coffee shop part time while she finishes law school, no kids, never married, lives near the university and travels a bit to work.

We finish off our dinner and wine. When the check comes, I make a grab for it and she gets it first insisting that she asked me out so she will pay. Telling me I can pay next time. Oh, she's hoping for a next time? If the rest of the night goes this good, I would have to agree with her. I forgot how much fun it is to be out and about with someone else, other than friends of course.

We take our cars and go to my apartment building, it's not far from the bar she wants to go to. We then make our way to the local bar and have a few drinks and a little dancing. Around 11:30pm I know I have had enough for one night. (Not as young as I used to be) We make our way back to my apartment building, she looks over to me "do you mind if I leave my car here and call a cab. I can come get it tomorrow when I get up?" "Sure" I tell her. Standing outside, she takes out her phone and calls for a cab. Once the cab arrives she looks over to me and leans in for a goodnight kiss. We kiss good night and she tells me she will text me tomorrow when she gets up to come get her car.

I look over to my phone to check the time just as it 'dings'

Hey, it's me, are you up? – K

Yup – A

Do you mind if I come over for my car, I got to go to work soon? – K

Not at all, I'll meet you outside in 20 – A

Okay. – K

I get up, go to the washroom, brush my teeth and hair, and grab some yoga pants and a tee. Make a coffee and out the door I go to wait for Kelli. Once she gets here we greet each other.

"Thank you for last night I had fun!" I tell her

"I'm glad to hear it. I had a lot of fun as well, maybe we could get together again soon" and she winks at me.

"Oh, for sure."

"Okay, I really got to go so I can get to work. What are your plans for the day?"

"Ummm well, my ex-wife and I are taking our daughter to the zoo for the day."

"Oh, you still get along with your ex-wife?"

"Yes, we work at the hospital and we are raising a daughter so there's no point in not getting along to some degree, then our daughter gets hurts and neither of us want that."

"That makes sense. Okay so I will text you later"

"Okay, have a good day at work"

"You have a good day as well. Bye"

"Bye"

I make my way back into my apartment. I go to the kitchen and grab another cup of coffee, when I hear my phone 'ding'

Hey, it's us. Someone was excited to get to the zoo. Are you up yet? – C

Good Morning. Yes I've been up for a bit. – A

Okay, we will be there in about 30 mins or so – C

I make my way into the bedroom and finish getting ready for the day at the zoo. I really did have a good time last night with Kelli. I enjoyed spending time with her, she is funny, smart, seems she's got her 'life together'. She's a little taller than me; she's the same age as me, she's studying to become a lawyer. She works in the coffee shop, going to school and volunteering at a local law office. Yes, my job can be demanding, but it seems she doesn't have a lot of spare time either.

I hear a horn and know I better get a move on. I grab my purse, phone and keys and make my way down to the car. I notice Callie and Sof but no Zola and Bailey in the car. I open the passenger door and climb in.

"Morning you two"

"Morning" they say.

"How are you this morning? No Zola and Bailey this morning?" I ask Callie

"I'm good thank you. No; Mer had plans with them today so it's just going to be us today. How are you today?"

"Good. Just the three of us sounds good for today. Thank you for keeping Sof last night"

"You don't have to thank me Arizona; it's an honor to get to spend so much time with her. I have loved these last few days so much. She's our daughter so I don't look at it like I'm babysitting her; she's awesome to have around."

"So how was it?"

"How was what?"

"Your date"

"Oh, I don't know if we're there yet to talk about our dating lives with each other, but let's just say I had fun and it may lead to more dates"

"Okay, that's fair, I'm not sure I really wanted to hear about it, but I had to ask"

"No problem"

Callie's POV

We sit in silence the rest of the way to the zoo. Once we find a parking spot in the 'penguin lot' near the West Entrance; Sofia starts to bounce in her seat, getting a little excited. We all get out and make our way to the gate. Sofia is bouncing on her heels anxious to get in to see all the different animals. We pay and off we go. We start with the Penguins which Sofia laughs and giggles at their antics. From there we make our way around to the butterfly garden. I'm not sure who loves this garden the most Sofia or Arizona. Both are surrounded by butterflies and loving it. I grab my phone and snap a picture of the two of them. We then move into the Lemurs, Colobus Monkeys, we stop along the tropical rain forest and jaguars. From there we stop at the Gorillas and then make our way back towards the Penguin exhibit and make a stop at the Rain Forest Food Pavilion for something to eat. We all make a trip to the bathroom after we eat and we're off again. I snap quite a few pictures along the way through all the animals.

We make our way around for a bit and we see tigers, lions, more monkeys, giraffes, hippos and zebras. We are almost ready to start to make our way out and Sofia wants to see the Snow Leopards and the Wolves. We get to those animals and on our way towards the parking lot Sofia sees the Historic Carousel and wants to go before we go. Arizona and I are getting tired trying to keep up with this little bundle of joy. We have taken our time with each animals and I made sure Arizona has sat down quite a few times to rest her leg; I knew Sofia would want to go for hours.

On the way out, we stop and buy Sof a stuffed Monkey she seen. Once we get out to the parking lot and get in the car and I look over to Arizona.

"How's your leg?"

"It's a little sore and swollen I think but not as bad as I thought it would be."

"Okay, so you want to go right home then?"

"Yes, but I need to stop and grab a few groceries first, if you don't mind"

"No I don't. How about this though. I'll take you home, that way you can relax, maybe have a hot bath and rest your leg, you do a list of what you need and I'll go get it and take Sofia with me so you can enjoy a bath?"

"Oh my god! Really? That would be amazing actually. Are you sure you don't mind?"

"Of course not, that's why I offered. I figure you could use a nice hot bath and if I have Sof with me, you can enjoy it longer"

We make our way into town and towards Arizona's place. We get to her building and we all go up to her apartment. I get her down on the couch, give her pen n paper and help her take her leg off. I make sure she has her crutches near her and step into the bedroom for a min to put her leg away by the bed. As I re-approach her she has her list done. I make sure she is settled for the time being, get Sofia and off we go.

Arizona's POV

Once Callie and Sofia head out for the grocery store for me I get up from the couch and make my way into my bathroom. The more Callie mentioned the hot bath and the more I thought about it, it defiantly sounds amazing. I get into the bathroom and turn the taps on and drop some vanilla bubble bath in the water. I get undressed and make my way into the water. I can feel the hot water working already. 'Wow this is just what I needed' I think to myself. I lie back a little and just relax and let the heat do its thing.

I hear the apartment door open and close and hear the pitter patter of little feet down the hall. I hear a light knock on my bathroom door and then

"Hey we're back, take your time, I'm going to put things away and get Sofia bathed and in jammies for you"

"Okay, thank you Callie."

By the time I re-emerge from the bathroom dressed in my jammies, Sofia and Callie are sitting on the couch; Sofia is all bathed and in her jammies as well. I use my crutches and make my way over to the couch as well. When I sit down, Callie stands up and goes to the chair to grab my purse.

"Here you go; I heard your phone dinging while you were in the bath"

"Thank you"

I search through my purse and find my phone and open it up. It's a message from Kelli asking what I'm up to. I respond to her and let her know I just got out of the tub and now I'm on the couch watching a movie with Sofia, just chilling for the evening. (She doesn't need to know Callie is here too)

Callie waits till I set my phone aside and then looks over to me "Is everything okay? That wasn't work wanting you to go in was it?"

"No, it was a friend of mine"

"Oh"

I see the look of hurt in her eyes as she tries to turn her head away so I don't see it, but I caught it. I don't know how I feel about discussing this with her but we did agree to start being more honest with each other and if I want her to be, then I guess I also have to 'step up'

"It was Kelli. She was who I went on a date with last night"

"It's okay Arizona; we don't have to talk about this"

"Callie if you're okay with the topic, then I'm okay talking about it. We did agree to start being honest with each other"

"We did" Callie replies and moves over towards me patting her lap for me to put my legs up. I'm assuming she wants to look at my stump and see how swollen it is. Callie goes about massaging my 'leg' which feels amazing; this plus the hot bath was just what I needed tonight.

"Look Callie, we both agreed neither of us is ready to jump back into a relationship together, we did agree to be friends and as my friend I would like to talk about it. I have to tell someone"

"I know Arizona and I know I don't have ANY right to be but I feel a little 'jealous' that you're dating someone. Don't get me wrong I do want you to be happy; whether that's with me or someone else. And I know I'm just getting out of a relationship with Penny and I can't even fathom how that made you feel. I can start to understand it a little more though. Am I happy about it? If I'm honest, then no I'm not. However I also don't expect you to 'wait around for me' you're gorgeous, smart, funny, adorable, and amazing as a mother, a surgeon and just an amazing woman. I know people are probably lining up for you. I will try my best to be more open about it for sure. I can't lose you from my life. As a friend or anything that may happen in the future between us"

"Okay, that sounds really good. Thank you Callie for the last few days, today, this evening, the massage, the hot bath idea. It was what I needed. I would like to talk about Kelli a little bit, I'm still not sure if it will go anywhere, it's only been one date but I do think I will see where it goes from here. I just hope it doesn't change anything between you and me. I really do enjoy spending time with you and Sofia as a 'family' again"

"Arizona, this may take me a little bit to get used to, but I can promise you nothing will change between us going forward. I really like where we are going together and as a 'family' as well. Okay, I'm going to get going, get some sleep, got a busy day tomorrow before work Monday. Do you want or need anything before I go?"

"Would you mind hanging around for a little bit longer, I'll order pizza and we can watch a movie with Sof and then can you get her all tucked in?"

"Sure no problem"

I go about ordering the pizza, once we have eaten and watched some of the movie; the munchkin has fallen asleep on the couch. Guess she got too much fresh air today at the zoo. I watch Callie pick her up and lean her over towards me so I can give her a good night kiss. I watch them make their way down the hall and a few minutes later Callie comes back out to the living room. She goes about cleaning up after our dinner, putting the left overs in the fridge.

"Okay everything is all done, is there anything else you need before I head out?"

"No, I'm good thank you. I'm just going to head to bed as well, it's been a long day for me and I'd rather fall asleep in bed then on the couch."

"Okay so I'll talk to you tomorrow. Maybe if we're not busy, I can take you to see the house, if you're up for it."

"Yeah, that sounds good; just send me a text when you're done your running around"

"Okay. Lockup behind me and go get some sleep" She says and leans over giving me a hug. I return the hug and lock the door once she's gone down the hall. I turn out all the lights and make my way to my bedroom and drop down on my bed 'Ahhh that feels so good' I think to myself as I turn over and get comfy for a good night's sleep.

A/N: For the zoo info I did google the Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo located 5500 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103). You can pull up a map of the zoo.