A/N: Okay I'm going to apologize for mentioning Miami for Thanksgiving; I just wanted to show that they were planning a future, but it's only June in this story and Miami was going to be a sequel... so now I'm conflicted, should I time hop and move the story along faster? Of course, no one but me knew it was June, so I could just say it's late August, that would make more sense... Oh and of course I started another story that is going to slow down this one a little...
"Hey Mom & Dad!" Arizona says when the call connects.
"Hello dear, how are you? We were expecting Callie to call us." Barbara says confused that Arizona has called them on Callie's Skype account.
"Is everything alright?" Daniel asks from off camera.
"Everything is fine," Callie says beaming a smile as she enters the camera range.
Daniel and Barbara exchange a knowing look, "Okay girls, spill it. What's up?" Barbara demands.
"Mom, Calliope and I have been seeing a lot of each other lately and we think it's time for you both to know that we, are, uh working on getting back together." Arizona explains.
"Have you moved back in to the house, is that why you're all there now?" Daniel asks his daughter.
"No, she hasn't Daniel, in fact, Arizona is moving in with a friend for a while, we're just taking this slowly." Callie explains.
"But I don't understand she already lives with friends, why are you moving?" Barbara asks her daughter.
"Alex's house isn't very easy for me to get around, you both have pointed that out many times and well, Amelia Shepherd, you met her last time you were here, Amelia is getting a place and she offered to let me move in." Arizona begins to explain.
"Momma broke her leg in the park." Sofia adds.
"Arizona! What happened? Are you alright? Which leg was it?" Barbara and Daniel shoot questions rapidly at the camera.
"She's fine. She broke her prosthetic leg and it's since been repaired." Callie interjects, "She stayed here and I fixed it."
"Wait so she broke her prosthetic and now you're back together?" Barbara asks confused and concerned that they are rushing into this again.
"Mom, we've been seeing each other for several weeks. But yes, I did stay here a few days this week. We've been talking and its good, really good between us." Arizona adds.
"We're not rushing this." Callie adds. "But we are hopeful and we're planning a future together again. Which, ah, brings us to why we're calling."
"Mom, Dad, we're going to spend Thanksgiving at the beach house in Miami and we're hoping that you'll join us. I'll send you all the details so you can begin looking at flights, I know its a few months away, but we were afraid that you'd already began planning for Thanksgiving here in Seattle like we did last year." Arizona replies.
"Wow, this seems awfully fast." Barbara begins to say.
"But we're really happy for you both and so proud that you're not giving up." Daniel interjects. "We'd love to join you in Miami."
"Calliope, will Aria be joining us?" Barbara asks.
"That is the plan, oh and her baby is due at the first of November!" Callie adds excitedly.
"What are you doing today?" Amelia asks the blonde when she enters the kitchen for coffee.
Looking up confused, Arizona replies, "I didn't know you were here. Are you off today?"
"I'm taking the day off. Owen left yesterday. I just need some time to think about this." She explains.
"I thought he wasn't leaving until next week. Did April leave too?" Arizona asks reaching for her phone to check messages.
"Yes, something happened yesterday and they shipped out a week early. It's probably for the best, but still it's I don't know how I fell exactly." Amelia replies.
It's only been a week that they moved in together, but this may be the most time that they've spent together since the move.
"I need to do something, go for a hike with me?" Amelia asks turning to the blonde.
"No mountains or anything?" The blonde says negotiating.
"We'll go to Discovery Park and you can pick the trail." Amelia replies. "Okay? Say what, we leave in 30 minutes?"
Nodding, Arizona agrees and heads off down the hall to change clothes.
"I'm going to the park with Amelia, gonna finally take this out for a test drive." Arizona texts Callie.
A few minutes later, her phone rings and a photo of Callie let's her know the Latina got her message.
"Calliope, what a surprise." Arizona answers playfully.
"Where are you guys going?" Callie asks concerned.
"Discovery Park, it's no big deal. I'm picking the trail, don't worry." Arizona replies confidently.
"I'm not worried, but a little concerned. I wish I was going with you, I'd love to see how it goes. Take the lighthouse path and see how it feels on the beach." Callie suggests.
"The sand here is nothing like the sand in Miami, Cal." Arizona points out, knowing that she's already thinking of their upcoming vacation.
"I know, but it wouldn't hurt for you to walk on the beach and get a feel for it. You used to love that trail." Callie reminds her.
"I do love that trail, but I love hiking that trail with you. Maybe we can find some time to hike that trail next week." Arizona suggests.
"Oh, I like that idea." Callie says, then curses as her pager goes off. "Damn, I have to go. Have fun, be careful. Love you." She blurts out before ending the call abruptly.
Taking the phone from her ear, Arizona quickly texts, "ILY2" and then tosses the phone on to the bed so that she can change clothes.
"I've packed some water and stuff. Are you ready?" Amelia asks, sticking her head in to check on the blonde.
"Yeah, let's go." Arizona says grabbing her phone off the bed.
"What do you have Karev?" Meredith asks, responding to his page.
"Torres is in surgery and Robbins is off today, can you help me set this compound femur fracture?" He asks her.
"Of course," she replies walking over to look at the x-rays. "So you're just going to put her in traction until Torres is available, right?"
"Yeah, circulation is compromised, so we just need to get in there and relieve that pressure, then Torres can come in and repair it." He replies as they scrub in together.
"This is nice, how long has it been since we've been in the OR together, Alex?" Meredith asks him, looking up from the patient.
"Too long." He says and she can hear the smile behind the mask. "Okay, almost done here. How's the bp in the leg now?"
"It's almost normal." Meredith replies checking the readout.
"Good, now we just need to get her to recovery."
"Karev, why didn't you wait for me? I told you I'd be done in an hour." Callie asks entering the OR.
"Torres, she's stable and I'm perfectly capable of installing the traction cage. You taught me how, remember?" Alex reminds her.
"That was ages ago," she says stepping in to review the set up. "Oh, hey Meredith, I didn't realize you were in here or I wouldn't have bothered. Good job, I'll go back to my OR and close." Callie says leaving the room.
Shaking her head, Meredith has to laugh, Alex did everything, all she did was assist. Leave it to Callie Torres to take the time to keep Alex in check.
"Okay, spill it. How did you manage to piss Torres off?" Meredith asks as they go to scrub out.
"I have no idea. It could just be collateral damage, Robbins pisses her off, I get it by proxy." He explains.
"Hmm," Meredith considers that and continues scrubbing.
Leaving the recovery room, Alex sees a missed call from Arizona and a text. Pulling up the text he sees a photo of her standing in front of a lighthouse on the beach.
Putting the phone up to his ear to call her, he waits for her to answer. "Your girlfriend is busting my balls and you're at the beach?" He says annoyed.
"Alex! Hey, I went hiking today. This leg is amazing! Wait, Callie's busting your balls?" Arizona replies, she and Amelia are currently laying in the sun on a blanket on the beach. They both stripped down to their sports bras and they're just soaking up some sun.
"Get off the phone Robbins, you're screwing up my meditation." Shepherd grumbles at her.
Ignoring the brunette, Arizona chews on her lip as Alex informs her that Callie has been short with people all day.
"Maybe I shouldn't have sent her the photos of my hike." Arizona replies.
"You think?" Alex replies sarcastically.
"I knew she was worried about me, so I thought sending her photos would help. She could see that I was alright." She explains.
"Or she'd just turn be annoyed that her girlfriend is out hiking without her and take it out on me." Alex suggests.
"Oh crap, well then I better figure something out or my night off is going to suck as much as your day has." Arizona says before ending the call.
"You've been sending Callie photos of our hike and you didn't think that would piss her off?" Amelia asks, still not opening up her eyes.
"No, why would it?" Arizona asks confused.
Raising up on an elbow, Amelia takes out her phone and takes a photo of the blonde. "Look at yourself, wouldn't you be upset if you were at work and not spending the day with her?" Amelia asks handing her the phone.
"Funny, now delete that picture, it's terrible." Arizona says fiddling with the phone. "Why don't you have an iPhone like a normal person, delete it Shepherd." She says handing the phone back to her.
"Maybe I should send it to Torres so she can see exactly what she's missing out on today." Amelia says playfully.
"Don't. Please don't." Arizona says seriously.
"I was joking, but wait, does Torres have a problem with us spending time together?" Amelia asks carefully.
"You have to understand that I've cheated on her, so she gets to be a little insecure about me living with another woman." Arizona explains.
"Okay, but hello, it's me. It's not some young hot intern." Amelia replies, still not getting it.
Silently, Arizona resumes laying back down on the blanket. Then reaching over she grabs her phone and takes a selfie and sends it to Callie, "Wish you were here." She adds.
A few minutes later her phone beeps and she has a message from the Latina, it's a selfie of her laying on the couch in her office, "me too."
"Let's stop at the store on the way home, I want to cook tonight. Maybe we should invite some people over and throw ourselves a little house warming? Arizona suggests.
Sitting up surprised at the suggestion, Amelia asks, "Seriously? I kind of figured that you'd head over to Callie's tonight."
"You're probably right, but she's going to be wound up and she loves a party. She's off tomorrow and so are you, so let's just have a small bar-b-que and invite a Meredith and Callie and Bailey and Ben, the kids can all run around the deck. It'll be fun and low key." Arizona replies.
"Okay, it will get Meredith off my back, so I don't hate it." Amelia agrees.