Chap 25 I own nothing.
Callie could not believe her dad had come up to Seattle and she was even more shocked that her mom and sister were on their way. Callie, Arizona and Carlos all three got into Callie's car. As they pulled out of the parking lot of their apartment Callie reached over and grabbed Arizona's hand giving it a little squeaze and then held on as if holding on for dear life. She could tell that even though she was holding up a good front on the inside, her gorgeous blue eyes told here a different story. She knew that Arizona was freaking out on the inside.
"So Calliope where is this place we are going?" Her father was sitting in the back seat watching the two women have their silent conversation.
"Oh It's just up here… we could have walked really but it's cold so I figured I would drive… we'll be there in just a minute." Callie replied. She glanced at Arizona who was biting her lip. "Here we are! Dad you go and get us a table and we'll be right behind you ok?"
Carlos stepped out of the car eyeing the two women as they stepped out of the car as well and Callie walked around to Arizona's said of the car. Carlos walked into the restaurant to get a table for the three of them.
"Ok Arizona, what's wrong?"
"Callie, nothing is wrong… I just, your father just kinda came and it surprised me and made me nervous… I can tell he still is weird about the two of us." Arizona said rubbing her forehead.
"So what… so what if he is we are together and we are getting married or whatever you would like to call it and we are talking about making a family… Arizona, if you haven't noticed I am far from worried about what my father. I love you and him being here changes nothing." Callie told Arizona. She took Arizona's face in her hands and gently pushed her up against the car smiling at her slyly Callie leaned in to capture Arizona's lips with her own. She pulled away and Arizona grinned at Callie. Callie stepped back and grabbed Arizona's hand and the pair headed towards the restaurant.
Once inside they found Mr. Torres and sat down at the table with him.
"Is everything alright? I'm sorry if me being here caused a tiff." Carlos said as the women sat down.
"No, Mr. Torres, everything is fine." Arizona answered before Callie could say anything. Callie gave her a sideways glance and then put her had under the table to give her leg right above her knee a loving squeeze. "We are both so glad that you are here."
"So dad why on earth did you decide to come up to see us? We had talked about us coming down for a weekend after in just over a month between New Years and Christmas… it was just suprising to see you here right now." Callie explained to her dad.
"I understand. So why are the two of you not at work today or tonight? I went there first and they said ya'll had taken off the past two weeks… how come is something wrong?"
"Oh no no Daddy. We took off to go see Arizona's parents. Kate hadn't seen them in… well in quite sometime and she thought that it was just time for her to go see them."
"Why had she not seen them in a while? She has a baby…"
"Mr. Torres, my brother died in Iraq… Kathrine and Daniel were really close and when he died it hit her hard but she is doing great now. She wanted to see them so we went." Arizona answered.
"I see… So is she married?"
"Dad… drop it ok?" stopped him.
"No Callie… it's ok… no, Kate is not married. She was, but her husband was really abusive and she left them. She's is with a doctor that works at the hospital and she is a CEO at the hospital… she does amazing work and she is one of the hospital's CEOs that cares about the doctors and she is an amazing mother. If you can't tell I am so proud of her." Arizona almost snapped. She knew that Carlos was curious but she felt as if he was almost looking down upon her once more. "When my brother died, Kate ran… she couldn't stand it and she left and I had not seen her or talked to her in well over 5 years until a few months ago she called me, scared and homeless and she needed her family and Callie and I took her in and gave her a home."
"I'm sorry, I can tell I hit a nerve. I didn't mean to keep going like I did." Carlos said taking Arizona's hand and giving it a squeeze. "I would like to meet her and actually talk to her… your family is my family Arizona."
"Thank you Mr. Torres."
The wiator came up and took their order and left. Behind them the door dinged and Callie looked behind them.
"Hey Kate! I thought you guys went to eat with Lexie and April." Callie said as she walked up to the table.
"Well we did, but we went and ate at The Melting Pot and you only get so much and I am starving! And I figured that while Daniel was asleep I might as well get some food… and I am craving one of their hamburgers and oh the onion rings… YUM!" Kate said pulling up a seat to put Daniel's car seat in and then she sat down next to Mr. Torres. "Hi, we didn't get to formally meet, I'm Kathrine, Arizona's sister."
"I'm Carlos Torres, Calliope's father." Kate put her hand out and Carlos took it. "So you work at the hospital?"
"Oh yeah but I don't really do anything real special… I just handle the money…" Kate grinned.
"It sounds like you are doing great things at the hospital." Carlos smiled.
"Well Arizona and Callie are family so they talk me up a little more then should be aloud." Kate took off her jacket and the waitor walked back over and Kate ordered her food. Carlos looked at Callie who was looking over Arizona's shoulder as the pair were watching Daniel as he made faces in his sleep.
"So when are you two getting married so that I can have a blonde haired grandbaby like your nephew there Arizona?" Carlos asked watching the two women.
"Well, Dad, I actually asked Arizona to marry me, and she's done the same so… but we won't be getting married, married. We've been discussing having a commitment ceremony which is like a wedding, and then we were going to get all the right paper work done. We'll need your help with that." Callie explained and her father smiled.
"So it's like a wedding? How so?" Carlos asked.
"Well, when you get married you make the same commitment that you do when you get married… we didn't want to get married until it was legal for us to… but we figured we could do all the right paperwork and everything that way…" Callie explained.
"I think that is a wonderful idea." Carlos said.
The small talk around the table continued and the food was brought out and finished. After they were done, Arizona and Callie passed Daniel around and Carlos watchted the pair with the baby.
"Kate what are you going to do tomorrow since Avery is at work?" Arizona asked.
"Probably nothing… hang around the apartment, clean, oh laundry… I've got to get some laundry done." Kate said laughing.
"Oh, laundry!" Arizona laughed. "You don't have that much more maternity leave left do you?"
"A week. I must say, I'm excited to go back. I have a lot of work to do." Kate said.
"So have you thought anymore about how you are going to figure out how you are going to talk the rest of the CEOs into ya'lls pay cuts so that the departments have more money?" Callie asked.
"Well, I have no idea, I mean you guys know how greedy Frankfort is. He is the main one I am worried about convincing." Kate said taking a sip of her water. "I mean, he is a jerk. He is the only one who wasn't going to let me go on maternity leave when I got Daniel back… I mean he is the king jerk."
"Well what if everyone else agrees?" Carlos chimed in.
"Well if everyone else does then I mean, it could work, but I really would like for everyone to agree… I mean I'm only asking for an 8% cut… We make enough. I want to make a difference for you all, make your jobs easier…" Kate answered.
"What if I made a donation?" Carlos asked.
"No need to do that…" Kate smiled at the older man's generosity.
"I insist… I will go by tomorrow and make a donation to your cause…" Carlos smiled.
Callie and Arizona both stared at the pair. Callie let out a laugh as Daniel kicked the table as if to say that they needed to pay more attention to him.
"I think someone is ready to get home…" Kate said smiling.
"I think he just likes for his aunts to pay more attention to him. We have too much fun with him, why have our own kids when we can just kidnap him whenever we want." Callie laughed rubbing Arizona on the back. "So, when is Daniel going to come spend the night with his aunts."
"How about one night when Jackson is home." Kate laughed.
The rest of their evening tey sat and talked until the restaurant closed, then the three women and Daniel headed back to their apartment and Carlos to his hotel.