The next morning Arizona wakes up and looks over at the sweet face of Bailey. He's lying there awake just staring at her. "Good morning sweet boy," Arizona says reaching over to smooth his hair.
"I'm hungry 'zona," he informs her.
"Okay, give me a minute and we'll get you some breakfast," she tells him.
He sits up and watches her slip on her socket, then snap her prosthetic into place.
"Does it hurt?" he asks.
"Not any more," she tells him as she stands up and walks around the bed and reaches out her hand to him.
He takes it and carefully climbs down from the bed and walks with her to the kitchen.
"Girls, are you up?" Arizona calls down the hall, she knows they stayed up after lights out.
"Yes Momma." Sofia replies.
"Okay, get dressed. Breakfast is in five minutes." She calls to them. Then turning back to Bailey, she fixes his bowl of cereal and helps him pour the milk. Then she pours herself a cup of coffee and waits for the girls to come down the hall.
While she's waiting her phone buzzes, it's Meredith checking on them. "Hey good morning!" Arizona answers.
"How is it going over there? Do you need any help?" Meredith asks.
"Bailey is eating breakfast and we're waiting for the girls to join us." Arizona replies.
"Okay, I just wanted to check. One child is so easy to get ready, I'm feeling guilty." She explains.
Laughing, Arizona agrees, "Here talk to Bailey. I've got to go motivate the girls," she says and hands him the phone.
Meredith's talk with Bailey is typically one-sided and at one point he starts pushing buttons and hangs up the phone.
When Arizona returns to the kitchen, she's surprised to see him staring at the phone and then she hears Kiaria's voice, "Good morning, I left him talking to Meredith. Did you call?" She asks confused.
"No, he called me and I switched it to Facetime to make sure everything was okay." She says relieved to see her girlfriend is fine.
"Sorry about that, I went to check on Sofia and Zola, they are moving slowly this morning and we're going to be late." Arizona explains.
"It's good to see you. I can't wait to start every morning with you." Kiaria replies. "Have a good day babe."
"Have a good day, love you." Arizona says before hanging up.
"Let's get you dressed Bailey." Arizona says picking him up and taking him into the bedroom as the girls finally head to the kitchen. "Girls I poured your cereal, just add the milk, not too much." She reminds them.
"Okay Momma." Sofia replies and she and Zola sit down at the table and take turns pouring the milk.
"Hey, let me help you." Callie says when Arizona pulls into her spot.
"Thanks, is everything okay?" The blonde asks concerned as to why Callie was waiting for her this morning.
"Everything's fine. I just ran into Meredith and she said that you had Bailey and Zola, so I thought that I'd see if you were here yet." She explains.
"So Meredith told you to come and help." Arizona replies.
"Yep." Callie says pulling Bailey out of his car seat.
"She didn't realize that I dropped the girls at school, since we were running late, so it's just me and Mr Bailey." Arizona says ruffling his hair.
"I'm jealous. You had a house full of kids and I had late night in the lab." Callie replies following her into the building.
"Good night in the lab?" Arizona asks hopefully.
"It was. Amelia and Jackson are in there right now going over the nerve graft process. We'll be ready to review again tomorrow." Callie informs her.
"Oh yay!" Arizona says as her phone rings. "Meredith, I'm standing in daycare right now with Bailey." Arizona says answering the phone. "And I dropped the girls at school on the way."
"Okay, sorry. I just, got out of class and wanted to make sure it went okay." She explains.
"It's fine. I know I don't do this very often, but it's good practice." She replies before hanging up.
"Practice?" Callie asks.
"Uh, well Kiaria and I are talking about it." Arizona replies as they walk out into the hall.
"Wow, everything is falling in place for you." Callie says smiling at her.
"It will for you too, Calliope." Arizona remarks, returning the smile.
"How did it go Momma?" Amelia asks when she runs into Arizona at the coffee cart that afternoon.
"It was good. I'm a little in love with Bailey," Arizona says leaning in and whispering behind her hand.
"Yeah, I'm afraid he's inherited his father's charm and disposition, he's going to be McDreamy 2.0." She whispers back.
"Ha!" Arizona laughs as she takes her coffee.
"Hey, do you have some time right now to come back to the lab with me?", she asks and the blonde nods.
As they enter the lab, Callie looks up surprised, she's making adjustments to the prototype based on Arizona's measurements and specifications. "Uh, I thought we said we'd wait until next week, Amelia."
"I want to show her now." Amelia says shrugging off Callie's concerns.
"Wait is this it?" Arizona asks confused.
"Arizona, I told Kiaria that we would wait and show you both at the same time." Callie explains.
"Ah, well I'm dying to see it. I'll tell her that I couldn't wait." Arizona replies turning to Amelia excitedly. "Is this it?"
"It is." Callie replies as Arizona joins her at the table and carefully begins to look it over.
"See the flex joint in the ankle?" Callie says demonstrating it. Then she shows her the knee joint and the new socket which attaches differently than her current one.
Amelia reviews the sensor receptors and explains how they interact with her brain sensors to help her lift and move the leg.
Beyond excited, Arizona can't wait to call Kiaria and tell her all about it.
"Do you have a minute?" She asks so excited that her girlfriend can barely understand what she asked.
"What?" Kiaria replies confused.
"I just left the lab, this prototype is amazing! I can't believe it. I can't believe that I am going to be able to do so many things again. I don't even know what I'll want to do first. I almost just want to go play tennis or go jogging on the beach."
"Whoa, whoa, slow down there. Callie said she was going to wait to show it to you." Kiaria says disappointed.
"Callie was working on it when I stopped by the lab today with Amelia. Oh my god, I hope this works. Do you think it will work? Arizona asks still talking rapidly.
"Slow down, babe. Yes, I think it will work. Mainly because Callie wouldn't offer it to you if she didn't think it would work." Kiaria points out to her.
"Since I have you on the phone, I'm coming tomorrow. I'm already packed and the pod is loaded, so I've changed my flight." She explains.
"What? That's awesome. Oh my god, you're moving here tomorrow." Arizona says suddenly.
"Uh is that a problem?" Kiaria asks a little worried by her response.
"No, not a problem. I'm just still, you know this is a first for me. You're moving across the country to be with me." Arizona explains.
"Well, you and Sofia." Kiaria teases.
"This is going to work right? We're going to work?" Arizona asks freaking out a bit.
"Arizona, yes. We are going to work, because we know each other and we already work. Stop freaking out, babe." Kiaria
Taking a deep breath, the blonde let's it out slowly and says, "Sorry, it's a lot sometimes to take in. I didn't think I'd have this again, I thought that you get one love in your life and I screwed it up. I just didn't think there would ever be another person that I'd feel this way about and then its you and it feels easy and comfortable, yet still new and exciting." Arizona tries to explain.