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Chapter Fourteen

We are now just one month away from returning to Seattle, I have arranged the hotel room for Sofia and I, Cristina took care of the jobs by talking with Owen. I have not told Arizona about work as of yet, we asked Owen to not say a word either. I have decided to email Owen myself to see if he would fly out here and drive back with Cristina. Sofia and I will fly back.

I had finished another successful surgery and was scrubbing out, I heard my phone start ringing so hurried my clean up. All cleaned up I headed to the attending lounge opening my phone as I went, it was another message from Arizona. I sat there smiling when I saw that she sent a photo of herself smiling plus a message.

Calliope, I wanted you to know how happy I was you called. I look forward to Skype with you later tonight when you get home, I can't wait to see you and Sofia. :) A.

As I walked into daycare I saw Sofia sitting by herself with a pout on her face, looking like she had just finished crying. I walked over to her to pick her up she immediately curled into my neck and hugged me, starting to cry again when the daycare worker walked over to me.

"Dr Torres, hi, Sofia had a hard day today, she's been crying on and off for most of the afternoon, I have tried to find out why without any luck. She is not running a fever or in any pain that I can ascertain."

"Sofia, why you crying sweetie? Tell Mommy."

"I want Momma."

"Alright Sof, lets grab your things so we can go home and call Momma, okay?"

"Oktay Mommy."

"Thanks for today Carol, I will see you guys later."

"Good night Dr Torres."

After Sofia and I got home she played for a little while, I started dinner for us. A short time later Sofia was pulling at my leg asking for Momma.

"Alright Sofia, let me see if we can get Momma on the computer for you." I quickly called Arizona to see if she was available to Skype with us.

"Hey Callie, I wasn't expecting you to call so soon."

"I know, I hope I am not catching you at a bad time but our daughter has had a hard day today and would love to be able to see you and talk, can you get on Skype now before we eat dinner."

"Sure I will, let me get to my office, give me a minute and I will be on."

I hung up from Arizona to pull up Skype waiting for Arizona to accept the call.

"Hey, how are my girls?" I heard Arizona's bubbly voice come through the speakers, Sofia yelled Momma while she started to cry.

"Sofia, baby girl, please stop crying so Momma can hear you sweetheart. Cal why is she crying so hard, is she sick?"

"Nope she wants you and that's it."

"Sof, Momma loves you, why don't you show me some of your toys. So Calliope, how long has she been like this?"

"Carol at daycare said almost all afternoon she has been fussy."

While watching Sofia play with her toys, I wanted to let Arizona in on my plan, "So, I have some additional information for you Arizona."

"Oh? What's that?"

"Well, Cristina has been talking with Owen, and we can get our jobs back if we want them. I would fly home with Sofia ahead of Cristina, then Owen will fly here to help her, they will drive back with my car and belongings."

"Calliope, I know we said we were going to buy a house together and meanwhile you and Sofia stay at the hotel, but I would like to run an idea I have by you. I found a few homes that I have been keeping an eye on for when you get back so we can go to look at them. So, umm, what I was thinking was, we could offer to sell the apartment to Cristina if she was interested. I know we have a lot to still work out but we

are getting there, or at least I feel like we are getting there. I feel like over the past month we have covered a lot of ground and I really, really want us to be in the same place Calliope. I don't want you guys in the hotel for a long time, I don't want to come visit you, I want to live with you. I need to."

"Are you done yet, Arizona?"

"Are you going to take your job back? I know we haven't really discussed that part yet, will you feel weird not being on the board?"

"Honey, are you going to let me talk at all?"

Arizona let out an embarrassed laugh, "I guess I am rambling again huh?"

"Umm, I don't know yet whether to take back the job, I expect people to stare, but what else is new with that? I have been giving some thought to a private practice and getting hospital privileges. This way I am not stuck at the hospital or putting up with the shit. For the board? No, I don't want to be on it or have anything to do with it now."

"Calliope, is that because of me and what I said to you?"

"Yes, but I am okay with it. I have enough to take care of without worrying about the politics too, because I am married to a board member that's enough, don't you think? Look at Sofia looking at you like she's thinking about saying something to you."

Cris walked in just as the timer went off for dinner. "I've always had perfect timing," she said. She stopped by the computer and smiled when she saw Arizona on the screen watching Sofia. I watched her walk over to sit in front and she started talking to Arizona.

"Hey, Robbins how are you?"

"I am doing great, how are you doing?"

"I am okay I guess."

"You ready to come back to Seattle?"

"I guess, I just hope I don't feel too weird about it. "

"You will be fine, I know Meredith is very excited to have you come home, where you ladies belong. She has become a great friend to me, like you and Callie have for each other, so thank you Cristina for everything, for taking care of my girls when I didn't"

"You're welcome, but I have to go eat, I am starving."

"Calliope, feed Sofia and do her bath time, I will be back in about an hour, I have an idea."

"Sofia, Momma has to go to work, I will be back when you've finished your bath, now be a good girl for Mommy and Godmother Cristina. Momma has a surprise for you, now go eat and I will be back, I love you baby girl. Callie I will see you in about an hour."

"Alright I will just leave this on."

I finished with Sofia's bath and changed into comfy clothes, as we were headed back to the living room I heard Arizona say, "You're back, I have been waiting for you Sofia."

"What is Sofia's surprise, Momma?"

"I am going to read Sofia Goodnight Moon tonight for her bedtime story. So when you're ready to put her to bed take the laptop in there and I will read her bedtime story."

"Arizona, are you sure? I know you are at work and you're very busy."

"Calliope, yes I am sure and I can tell you I am never or never will be ever again too busy for my family. I have made arrangements to have my time covered so don't worry, let me do the worrying for now. It's about time I took my share of the work load here, okay?"

I suddenly felt so emotional listening to Arizona stepping up to the plate. God do I miss her, I just want to be held by her, I want, no I need, to feel safe. I curled up to Sofia in bed when Arizona started reading, I looked at Sofia as her eye lids got heavy, I closed my eyes and just listened to her voice until the end of the story, Sofia was slightly snoring, Arizona must have thought I had fallen asleep because I heard her saying, "Oh Calliope, I miss you my love, I am so sorry I have hurt you, that I screwed everything up, but I promise you that you will never be sorry for giving me this third chance. I cannot wait for you to come home, I need to hold you, I want to fall asleep in those safe arms, I need you Calliope, I want you. Good night to my favorite girls, sleep tight."

I continued to lay next to Sofia, drawing comfort from her proximity, trying to cry as silently as possible so I did not wake her.

"She loves you Torres, there is, and never will be, any doubt about that. Maybe you can go back earlier than we planned, NYP has already hired another ortho person to cover you, maybe they will release you without a penalty."

I gently climbed out of bed so I didn't disturb Sofia, this was one of the first nights since our arrival that it was this easy for her to fall asleep. "I don't know, Cris, you really think they would let me go early on the contract?"

"It doesn't hurt to ask Cal, leave two weeks early, that will give you time to pack all your stuff up, I can pack too, get most of it in the car, Owen can fly out a few days ahead of time then he and I can close down the apartment. I just have to find a place to live."

"I might be able to help you there, too. Arizona wants to know if you're interested in buying our apartment."

"Really, why what are you guys doing?"

"I told her Sofia and I would stay at the Archfield first, because I just don't think the apartment feels like home anymore. I asked her to buy a house so we could start over, make new memories and get away from everything negative. Arizona was more than happy, she already told me that she's found a few homes that haven't sold yet, so we could do this together."

"I will let her know about the apartment when she calls tomorrow, so things with the two you are going well?"

"They have been going very well, I don't think we have had to talk about so much since we first met. We have discussed everything, including her infidelity. She let me know about her therapy and asked if I would join her for a few sessions and I agreed to. We both have shed a lot of tears over all this, but I still need to see if it will work. How do I know if I feel like my skin will crawl when she touches me? So yeah I am scared. What if I don't get butterflies in my stomach when I see her?"

"Look Callie, I think staying at the Archfield is a very good idea and to give yourself time to get re-acquainted, I know you guys have been talking daily and I think that is really helping. I will buy the apartment once I know you two are okay, and I know when you're buying a house, how does that sound?"

"Good, look I am tired, I will talk to you tomorrow morning," I headed to bed feeling just a little lighter than I have in awhile.