A/N: Next chapter will be posted on Monday...
"So how did it go? Is it bad that I'm kind of relieved that I wasn't there to tell Callie?" Melanie says when Arizona gets in the car that afternoon.
"Uh, no. And it didn't go well. She sort of asked me to leave." Arizona replies.
"I'm sorry, I kind of got the feeling this week that she was having a hard time with it. But you wanted me there, so I wanted to be there." Melanie explains.
"I think I knew she was having a hard time with me being pregnant, I just didn't realize that she's convinced herself that we should get back together." Arizona says looking upset herself.
Melanie reaches over and squeezes Arizona's hand. "Are you okay?" She asks sweetly.
"Yes. But I think that we should wait to tell Sofia, though. I'm afraid that she'll make it harder for Callie since she'll be excited about the wedding. Is that okay?" Arizona asks.
"It's fine, but I already told my sisters about Sunday and they were hoping to meet Sofia, do you think Callie will be okay with Sofia coming over to meet them?" Melanie asks.
"I hope so. I invited April and Jackson, Alex and Jo, Bailey and Ben, I had planned to invite Callie, but now I'm not sure." Arizona says nervously.
"It's only Thursday, let's just wait and see." Melanie suggests.
"Are you going over to Arizona's thing on Sunday?" Alex asks Meredith as he helps her load up the kids in her car.
"I don't know what you're talking about?" Meredith replies confused. "Is it a baby shower? I thought April was planning that here at the hospital."
"Not a baby shower, I think Melanie is moving in or something. Her sisters will be there, I think" He says trying to explain.
"Alex, you don't invite people over to tell them that your girlfriend is moving in." Meredith replies, "Maybe they're engaged, oh wow, what if it's an engagement party? I saw Callie this afternoon and she looked like someone ran over her dog."
"You're crazy, they wouldn't get engaged this soon. Would they?" He asks as he considers it.
"I better call Callie, if they're engaged, then she's probably freaking out." Meredith points out.
"Why would she be freaking out? She dumped Arizona two years ago. And how many people as she dated now? She sold their damn house too. She doesn't get to be freaked out. She needs to get a damn life and stop dating idiots." He grumbles.
"Hey, I didn't get a chance to talk to you today. What happened?" Meredith asks when Callie answers the phone.
"Meredith, it's not a good time. I just got home." Callie says tiredly.
"I know that we haven't been that close lately, but you looked upset. I just wanted to make sure that you're okay." Meredith says trying one more time. "If you want to come over and talk, I'm here."
"Thank you. I've been on the phone with Addison half the afternoon. I rescheduled a surgery, I am a mess right now. But I'll be fine. I just didn't expect that Arizona would get engaged this quickly. I assume that you heard about it?" Callie says weakly.
"No, no I hadn't heard. Wow, engaged?" Meredith repeats, "Wait I thought that you like Melanie and didn't you start a new trial with her?"
"Yes, I do like Melanie and I even like Melanie with Arizona. I just didn't think about them getting engaged, but then I never thought Arizona would have a baby either." Callie replies.
"You mean you didn't think she'd have a baby without you?" Meredith corrects her.
"Did you call to make me feel worse?" Callie asks sharply.
"Callie, why are you having a problem with this? Just a few months ago, you were all about a new girlfriend, who you said made you happier than you've ever been. Now I only bring that up because can you imagine how that made Arizona feel when you said that? And now you're upset that she's found someone and is happy for the first time since you broke up? I don't think you get to do that, it's not fair to her and it's not fair to you either." Meredith says calling her out.
"Meredith, did I really say that about Penny?" Callie asks.
"Yes, why else would I agree to let you bring her to that dinner party. We all wanted to meet her. Even Arizona." Meredith reminds her.
"God that was horrible, that whole night. I'm sorry that I had no idea who she was. And what was I thinking dating a resident?" Callie replies.
"You weren't thinking about dating a resident," Meredith replies. "I just don't understand why you didn't tell us that she was going to be a resident. Did you really think you could date her and we wouldn't know?"
"I-I, Meredith I don't know what I was thinking obviously. No one's made me as happy as I was with Arizona. I mean it didn't end well, but still we were happy, amazingly happy. I think that's why I'm so miserable now. I blew it. I shouldn't have let it go this long. I always thought that we'd get back together, but now she's engaged and in love with someone, someone who makes her really happy. She may be happier now with her than she ever was with me." Callie says sadly.
"But Callie you'll meet someone, your Melanie is out there." Meredith replies.
"Show me the ring." Jo says entering Arizona's office the next morning.
"What are you talking about?" Arizona asks, coyly.
"Don't even play that." Jo says taking her hands and looking at them, then she sees the necklace, "Ha!" She says pulling on it to reveal the ring. "Wow a sapphire that's as intensely blue as your eyes, great choice."
"How did you know?" Arizona asks.
"Alex said we were invited over to your parent's house on Sunday and he said he thought you guys were going to announce that you're moving in together. No one announces that they're moving in together." She explains, plus Callie was all weird and grumpy yesterday afternoon and cancelled a surgery."
"She cancelled a surgery?" Arizona asks.
"It was just a knee replacement, the guy had a cold, so it was probably best to reschedule it anyway." Jo admits.
"Have you seen her today?" The blonde asks.
"No, it's Friday. She doesn't come in until 10 am on Fridays," Jo replies.
"Really? I didn't know that. Okay, well let me know how she's doing today. She didn't take it well yesterday when I told her." Arizona asks carefully.
"Yeah, no. I'm not spying on her for you. She's my attending, I'm hoping to be her fellow next year, sorry. Not going to happen." Jo says backing out of the room, "Oh and I wasn't here." She adds winking.
"Okay, where is it? Show me, let's get this over with." Amelia says entering Arizona's office. Then spotting the necklace, she lifts the ring up and looks at it, "Wow, sapphire was an inspired choice."
"How do you know? I haven't told anyone yet?" Arizona asks.
"Apparently you told Callie, she told Addison and well, Addison told me." Amelia explains. "But don't worry, I haven't told anyone."
"Hey, I want to see the ring!" Maggie says entering Arizona's office and Amelia show her the necklace. "Oooh, what a gorgeous sapphire!"
"Okay, I told her." Amelia says laughing.
"Where's the ring?" Meredith asks entering the office and greeting Amelia and Maggie.
Arizona holds it up and Meredith admires it. "You told her too?" She asks looking over at Amelia.
"No Alex told me about Sunday and I figured it out, then I talked to Callie last night." Meredith explains.
"Okay, we're out. Maggie come on." Amelia says when she sees Arizona's face when Meredith said Callie's name.
"How is she?" Arizona asks when the others leave the room.
"At least you told her right before her therapy appointment," Meredith replies sarcastically.
"I didn't know that she had a therapy appointment, is that why she comes in late on Fridays?" Arizona asks.
"Yeah, sorry. I thought you knew." Meredith explains. "Look, she'll be fine. She just got it in her head that you guys would get back together and now she's got to accept that it's not going to happen."
"I still don't get why she would think that after all this time. Does she not remember telling everyone how happy she was with Penny a few month ago, 'Happier than she's ever been' I think she said." Arizona says using air quotes.
"I mentioned that to her last night," Meredith says. "Look, you know Callie. She's just really upset that you're pregnant without her."
"I know but there's nothing I can do about that. My getting pregnant wasn't an attempt to get her back or I'd have done it sooner, when I was still in love with her." Arizona says frustrated with the situation.
"I know, I told her how much you helped with Ellis when I first came home. She was surprised, she didn't know. I think she forgot how much you helped us with Bailey." Meredith replies. "Oh and thanks. Now Zola wants me to have twins. I told her it doesn't work that way."
"My mom told Sofia that she'd have to be twice the big sister since she'll have two brothers." Arizona says laughing, "She's a little stressed out about it."
"Well, I should get going, I left my residents in Recovery." Meredith says turning to leave.
"Hey, I did want to invite you over on Sunday I just wasn't sure about it since Callie's so upset. I don't want her to feel left out, but I also don't want to not invite her. I've got to talk to her about it today though because we want Sofia there to meet Melanie's sisters." Arizona explains.
"Well, let me know how it goes. I'd love to be there, but if you need me to distract Callie, I can do that too." Meredith replies. "Oh and congratulations Arizona." She says leaning in and giving her a hug, "I'm really happy for you."
"Hey, can I talk with you a minute?" Arizona asks as she stands at the door to Callie's office.
Taking a breath, Callie motions for her to enter, "I guess I should apologize for yesterday." Callie says flatly.
"No, you don't have to apologize for feeling what you were feeling. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I didn't realize that this was going to hurt you. You and Melanie had just spent so much time together, I just thought, I guess I thought we were past this, I thought you'd be happy for us." Arizona explains.
"I know and I am happy for you, but it's still hard for me. Thank you for telling Addison, she called me yesterday and it helped. But talking with Dr Dawson today is what really helped me get it into perspective." Callie admits.
"Good, I'm glad that you're seeing her. We are having a thing at Mom and Dad's on Sunday for family and friends and I understand if you wouldn't be comfortable, but you are invited, you are part of our family." Arizona says carefully.
"Thank you, I'll think about it, but I can't say right now. Do you want Sofia there? Because that's fine, I understand that you'd want her there. Uh, have you told her yet?" Callie asks looking up.
"No, we wanted to wait. I talked to her last week about Melanie moving in with us and she asked if we were getting married, so I didn't want to tell her until you were ready." Arizona explains.
"Thank you for that. Well, I'll keep in touch and if I decide not to go, I'll make sure she is there, okay?" Callie says looking her in the eye.