WAJTS2- CHAPTER 24
I know that years ago, having children was the absolute last thing I ever planned on doing. Now, 3 children later, I still am amazed that I ever thought I could live my life without them. Marrying Callie was the best thing that ever happened to me. Hands down, it was the smartest thing I have ever done. And in result of that smart choice, I was blessed with 3 beautiful, intelligent, and exceptionally adorable children. And now, sitting here on this cold exam table, while Addison is in position between my legs, I have to keep telling myself that this is what I have to do in order to have a 4th, beautiful, intelligent and exceptionally adorable baby.
"I really appreciate you doing this Addison. I know it isn't easy with a newborn at home. And from the looks of Teddy, the past 4 weeks haven't been good to you guys in the sleep department." Arizona says, making small talk to try and keep her mind off how completely uncomfortable she was in this moment.
"It's really my pleasure Arizona. You know you guys are our very best friends, and I would have kicked your butt if I found out you went to someone else for this. And yes, the sleeping factor is about ready to break me, but every time I lay eyes on that squishy baby, I forget all about how zombie like Teddy and I have become. And I only have one, you guys survived 3, and soon 4, so my hat is off to the both of you." Addison says.
A few minutes later, Addison stands up, and removes her gloves, tossing them into the waste basket. "That should do it. Lay here for another 10 minutes or so, and then you can go. Are you sure you don't want to tell Callie about this? I mean, she might kill you when she finds out you did this alone."
"I am sure. I feel horrible about not telling Callie about this, but I know how she is. If she knew that I tried the insemination, she would be on pins and needles for weeks. And then if it didn't take, I would feel like a complete let down. She got pregnant so easily, and hell, look how long it took for me to even become fertile enough. I can't handle having to see the look on her face if the results come back negative." Arizona says.
"Arizona. You can't go into this thinking negatively. I know this has been a rough road for you thus far, but I'm sure you will do great. Hang in there. Now, I want to see you back in 5 weeks so we can do some blood work. No sense in you waiting for the 7 weeks to pass just so you can do a home pregnancy test, when we can confirm it with blood work. I will still be on maternity leave, but I will come in here so we can do your blood work. And if you decide to tell Callie, let me know. But until then, my lips are sealed." Addison says before leaving the room and allowing Arizona some time to get dressed.
Arizona felt terrible for not telling Callie about her appointment today. When they had decided to try for another baby, Arizona never pictured it going quite like this. Arizona had always thought that Callie would have been there, holding her hand, during the insemination. Or that they would be doing it at home, together, as they had with their other children. But, much to Arizona's dismay, they weren't doing anything the same way this time around. Arizona partially blamed herself for having such a hard time thus far, and she knew that Callie would be the sweet and supporting wife, assuring Arizona that none of this could be her fault. But this was something she needed to try and do, without any other watchful eyes, until she had a chance to give her wife good news. So the next 4 weeks were going to be rough, because she and Callie had always been completely open with each other. And keeping something from the other was very out of character for them.
The rest of Arizona's day went by pretty quickly. Callie came in to work a couple hours after Arizona's appointment, and was quickly paged into a surgery, so Arizona had not seen her yet. And as their luck would have it, just before Callie was finished, Arizona too was paged into a surgery. She had been hoping to catch her wife for coffee considering she had to be at work before Callie and the kids had even woken up this morning, but no such luck. Walking down the hall, Arizona caught sight of a face that she hadn't been expecting to see. One that she hadn't seen in longer than she could possibly remember. And honestly, it was one that she was hoping to never see again in her life. Arizona was tempted to push open the stairs, and make a quick escape, but just as she was going to disappear into the stairwell, she caught a glimpse of her wife. Her wife who was now, speaking to said person.
"Shit" Arizona mumbled to herself quietly, before picking up her pace towards her wife.
"There you are. I have been looking for you all morning." Callie says, before leaning over to place a soft kiss on Arizona's cheek. "Arizona, I wanted you to meet my new fellow. This is-" Callie began to say, but before she could finish her sentence, the woman cut in.
"Arizona." "Megan", the two women said simultaneously. Callie being thrown off, as her wife and this woman obviously knew each other.
"We have met." Megan says.
"Yeah." Arizona says, looking pale as ever.
"How did you two meet?" Callie asks, now very intrigued as to how these two know one another.
"We uh, knew each other in med school." Arizona explains.
"Oh come on, Arizona. That was years ago. I'm sure your girlfriend.."
"My wife. Dr. ROBBINS, is my WIFE." Arizona corrects her.
"Oh, I apologize. But still. That was years ago Arizona. So we had a little fling, no big deal. That is ancient. Besides, it's water under the bridge. I'm here to learn from the best orthopedic surgeon in the united states, nothing more and nothing less." Megan explains, even though she Callie was now staring more intently at the woman whom she had just found out had seen her wife NAKED.
"Exactly correct. The past. As in, it should stay there. In the past." Arizona says, before turning to face Callie better.
"I was coming to see if you wanted to go have coffee. I felt horrible for leaving you to get the kids ready on your own. And I don't have surgery for another 30 minutes." Arizona says with a smile.
"Yeah, that sounds great. And if we have time, we can stop by daycare so the twins can see you. They were really wanting you this morning." Callie explains.
"Excuse me, I'm sorry to interrupt, but did you just say you have twins?" Megan asks.
"We have an older son, and then our twins." Callie says, taking Arizonas hand into her own, before kindly excusing her and her wife from the awkward situation they had just been in.
Inside the cafeteria, Arizona ordered her wife's and her usual coffee, before walking over to the table that Callie had gotten for the couple. Once Arizona was sitting next to her, Callie pulled out her famous "Torres glare". Her arms crossed over her chest, she glared at her wife until Arizona couldn't avoid it any longer. Looking up, blue eyes locked with brown, but not in the typical way they would stare at one another.
"Ok Calliope. On with it. I know you're dying to grill me. So, what are you waiting for?" Arizona asks, already knowing what was coming.
"Just how "popular" were you in med school honey?" Callie asks in a sarcastic tone.
"Calliope." Arizona began, but Callie raised her hand to stop her from trying to pull herself out of this one.
"We were assigned to clinicals at the same hospital. We would basically talk to each other, because the doctors and nurses all looked at us like a bunch of pains in their asses. It started out just having lunch together here and there, and then one night a group of us got together for drinks. One too many and I woke up in Megan's bed the next morning. A pounding headache, and naked. I can't even tell you if the sex was good, because like I said, I don't remember much of it." Arizona asks.
"Is that really ALL there is to that story? Because I have to work with this woman for the next 7 days and I do not want to spend a huge chunk of my day with someone who is thinking very dirty thoughts about my very married wife. Considering I do enough of that thinking on my own." Callie plays.
"Yes babe. That is ALL there is to that story. Megan tried to re-create our night a few times, but I always shut that down. I wasn't interested."
"And you're still not interested right? Because I would hate to leave our children without their mothers." Callie asks and states.
"How would they lose BOTH of their mothers? I mean, hypothetically speaking, if I left.. Which I will never do, they would still have you." Arizona says, confusion written across her face.
"Because if I found out you were cheating, I would murder you, and thus be sent off to prison. So, like I previously mentioned… they would be motherless." Callie says, matter of factly.
"You're crazy. But I love it when you get all jealous and possessed. It's kinda hot." Arizona says, leaning over to kiss her wife on the cheek.
"Oh this isn't jealous. I am NOT jealous of that woman." Callie says, trying her best to play it off as hardcore and badass.
"Sure. Sure. Ok. You're not jealous, not even a little bit." Arizona says, only agreeing with her wife to satisfy her.
"Fine, she's ridiculously hot. And now when I'm around her I'm going to wish I was one of those guys from the movie Men in Black. So I could have a laser, light thingy so I could zap her ass and make it so that she couldn't be lucky enough to have the image of you naked in her mind." Callie says, picking at the lid on her coffee cup.
"I wish it were that easy babe. Believe me, because I wish the same thing EVERY time I saw Mark freakin' Sloan. I swear, the guy STILL would at you as if he wants to eat you for dinner."
"Arizona. He did NOT look at me that way. You're over exaggerating." Callie argues.
"Oh really? I bet that if you asked him, he would not have the slightest clue what color my eyes are. Because he never seemed to make his eyes travel past my boobs."
"Well, they are good boobs." Callie says, leaning over and placing a kiss on Arizona's pink lips.
Callie looked down at the time, realizing that she had a surgery in a little less than 10 minutes.
"Shit. I have to go babe. I have another surgery. Text me after so we can go see the twins together. As long as I don't get pulled into another surgery that is. In which case, go see them on your own. They really missed you this morning." Callie says, standing up to toss her now empty coffee cup.
"Ok babe. Go be a rockstar. I'll page you once I'm done with my rounds and my appy. And try not to think about the whole Megan thing. Trust me, it's nothing worth even thinking about. I mean it." Arizona tells her wife before shooting her a dimpled grin. Little did Arizona know, her "not worth thinking about" one night stand had just heard the exchange of words between Arizona and her wife. And that made Megan furious. She left the cafeteria behind Callie, making sure to go unnoticed by Arizona. A quick jog down the hallway was enough to catch up to the Ortho surgeon and call out her name.
"Dr. Torres.. I mean, Dr. Robbins. Do you have a spare minute?" Megan asks, and Callie rolled her eyes when she was certain the young Dr. couldn't see."
"What is it Megan? I'm on my way to surgery." Callie says, making things clear that she wasn't interested in talking to the woman about anything other than orthopedic surgery.
"Actually, I was hoping that there was a way that I could scrub in. Not to assist of course, but to get a closer look at you in action. I have been dying to watch you operate for years."The young doctor explains.
Callie might not like this woman, but she, like any other surgeon, loved to have someone stroke their ego. So when Megan pulled out the big guns, in regards to being a huge fan of her work, she pretty much turned to putty in her hands.
"Uh, well typically we don't allow our fellows into the OR until they have completed their hospital training. You know, the safety guidelines, and the do's and don'ts of this hospital. But I guess I could make an exception. Just this once. Go ahead and walk with me. We can scrub in together and I can show you around the OR before I begin. But once I start, you have to be at least 5 feet away from the table. I don't need to get in trouble with my chief over this." Callie explained.
The woman looked as if she was going to jump up and down from excitement before a 'yes ma'am' came from her lips. She fell into step with Callie as they headed towards the OR. While they were scrubbing in, Megan began making small talk with Callie, and even though Callie wanted to do nothing more than ignore her, she kicked herself for the fact that the woman was intelligent, and did have some very good questions. So, Callie began to answer them. Callie wasn't sure when the conversation went from Orthopedics, to her personal, married life, but that's where the conversation had landed.
"I'm sorry if I have asked you too many questions. I just… I can't believe I'm standing in the same OR as you. You have been my idol for a long as I could remember. And that piece you did on bone degeneration… I have to say.. Magnificent." Megan said, once again, causing Callie to eat out of the palm of her hand.
Megan smiled an evil, mischievous smile behind her surgical mask. One that she was glad nobody else could see. This was going to be easier than she though it would… she said to herself. If she could get to Arizona… then she would get to Arizona through her wife..