A/N: Yeah sorry for not getting this story updated frequently and I greatly appreciate the support and kind words from many of you concerning these stories.

Chapter 34

Arizona POV

This week has been crazy! I officially started my position as Chief of Surgery this week and I feel like I have been on the go since day one. The week was spent meeting with the Board, then I set up a team meeting with department heads, where Alex, Lucy, and Jo were all announced and welcomed at the meeting as new heads of their respective departments. Addison was officially done last week and this was Calliope's last official week. The opening of the clinic was right around the corner as was the arrival of Addison and Coop's little girl. Speaking of Coop she wanted to meet with me before I left for the night, not sure about what as that she wasn't very specific when she requested the meeting. Just as I finish my last email of the day I hear a knock on my door.

"Come in." I call out. I look up as my dear friend Nicole Cooper walks in and sits in a chair in front of my desk.

"Damn Battleship couldn't you spring for a bit more comfortable chairs?! I mean you are the chief and all, these are uncomfortable." Coop tells me as she settles into her seat.

"It was on purpose, this way people won't feel the need to stay long." I reply with a smirk.

"Good thinking." Coop replied with a smile back. I could tell she was a bit anxious so I started the ball rolling.

"So what can I help you with today Dr. Cooper?" I ask with a smile.

"Well I wanted to talk about transitioning April as the Head of Trauma." Coop says to me.

"Are you giving me your resignation Coop?!" I ask her with concern and shock. Did not envision that this was what she wanted to talk about.

"I don't want to necessarily resign per say, I just think it's time for me to do something else and quite honestly April more than deserves the position. She essentially runs the E.R. as it is." Coop says.

She is correct in the fact that April Kepner has become an amazing trauma surgeon, especially when it came to triage of the E.R. but I still didn't quite understand what Coop was intending to do.

"Was there something in mind that you had for something different?" I ask her.

"Well you know how we have been doing those teaching seminar rotations at UW for 4th year med students? I was kind of offered a part time teaching job with the college. 3 days of the week I would be teaching trauma triage and E.R. management. But I would like to keep my surgical rights here and I was thinking maybe I could take over teaching the residents. I would be able to spend time with them in the practical labs, plus offer one on one mentorship to them." Coop explains. I sit for a minute processing all that she has said and quite honestly I love the idea. What Coop was asking to do was very similar to what Dr. Richard Webber did in the last few years of his time here and the residents that had him as a mentor were better doctors because of it.

"I'm willing to sit down with you further and work out some of the details but I think it's a great idea if it's really what you want to do. How does Addison feel about it?" I ask her.

"Actually I haven't talked to her yet, I wanted to talk to you first before I made any decisions. Honestly I'm glad that I can still work here but even if it wasn't possible I would still be taking the teaching job and I will tell you why. Don't get me wrong for the last 15 years of my life I thrived being in the E.R. and O.R. rooms. I mean I love cutting as much as the next surgeon, but I'm ready to slow down some. Being a trauma surgeon means that you are always on call, we get paged in more than any other surgeon, and for a long time that was okay by me. Now that I have Addison and our kids, plus one more on the way, I want more time with them. The other night I was in the middle of helping Noah with his homework, feeding Dylan, while helping Liam tie his shoes. Addison was resting in our bed and it was chaotic with all the kiddos needing something and I loved it. And in the middle of all that my pager went off and instead of my first thought being excited about having some awesome trauma coming in, my first thought was to be upset and annoyed that I had to leave the chaos of my family. So I'm ready to make professional changes in order to give more in my personal one." Coop finish saying to me.

"I understand that Coop, it is a big reason for Calliope and Addison opening the clinic, a big part of me accepting this position. Even though we will be busy, we have flexibility to our schedules now that allow more time with each other and the kids. Let me write up a proposal for your position as the resident mentor and present it to the board, which I think they will be okay with. We can meet with April early next week to offer her the department head position. When do you start the teaching job?" I ask.

"I told them I wouldn't be available until the spring quarter as that we had a baby coming and I needed time to transition my replacement." Coop explains to me.

"Alright you should probably go home and talk to your wife about this and please know that I'm 100% supportive of this move Coop, you are going to be an excellent teacher my friend." I say to my friend.

"Thanks Phoenix it means a lot coming from you. Alright like you said I have a conversation to have with my wife. I will see you tomorrow right?" Coop asked as she stands to leave.

"Yeah everyone should be over around 1 for Max's birthday." I reply as we hug. Calliope had offered our house for Max's 5th birthday party as that Jake and Aria's house was still in transition from the move. As I drive home I can't help but reflect how similar Coop and I are at times. Both of us were driven by our careers for a very long time, being surgeons gave us a purpose. As we both fell in love with our soul mates and started families, we both have new purposes. I was honest when I said that a big part of taking the promotion was because I would no longer be tied to a pager. Most times I could be home for dinner and help with the morning routines. I smile as I walk into the scene that greets me at my house. Sofia and the twins are sitting at the table, Sofia doing her homework and the twins doing their "homework", which was some coloring. Then I see my beautiful wife with our baby Oliver on her chest snuggled up trying not to go to sleep as she comes out of the kitchen and notices me and give me one of her gorgeous smiles. Yeah I totally understand why Coop wants more time for this.

Coop POV

It was a huge relief that Arizona was so receptive to the changes I wanted to make professionally. For some time now I have been giving April more and more responsibility of the department and she has continued to excel and deserved a chance at being in charge of the department. I also had come to truly enjoy the few teaching opportunities that I was given so when I was approached by the head of the medical program after one of my lectures with the offer of teaching 3 days of the week I felt like it was a sign. I have been struggling for some time with how much I missed out on the kids because I would be paged away and it seems like it was meant to be when the offer was made. I didn't want to talk to Addison until I spoke with Arizona because I wasn't sure if I was going to be telling her I was resigning or that Arizona had agreed to the mentoring position. Plus I wanted to make sure everything was somewhat in order before adding any more change to our already hectic lives right now. With a baby coming and getting ready to open a major clinic, my poor wife was managing a lot of changes. I smile at the thought of how soon we were going to meet our baby girl. Everyone in the house was excited and we were ready for our newest member to join us. I walk into a fairly quiet house the only noise I hear is the t.v. in the living room. Liam and Dylan would both be in bed by now and I figured it was probably Noah in the living room. My smile grows bigger as I rounded the couch at the sight I see. Addison with her large baby bump was stretched out on the length of the couch with her legs stretched over Noah's thighs, and my sweet baby brother is giving my wife a foot rub while they zone out on a movie. Addison and Noah adore each other and it warms my heart that he is such a caretaker to her.

"Well don't the 2 of you look comfy." I say as I ruffle Noah hair, bend over and kiss my wife and then say hello to my daughter in her belly.

"Hi honey. How was your day?" Addison asks me as I straighten back up from the couch.

"It was good, the usual. How about you guys?" I ask back.

"We had a good day. Dylan and I dropped Noah at school and took Liam to daycare and then we had a mommy daughter day. That consisted of going to the store to buy stuff for dinner and dessert, which both are waiting for you in the kitchen. Then we came home made brownies and then went and picked up our boys." Addison tells me as she slowly gets herself into a sitting position on the couch. Noah decides he wants to go play video games in his room and I go grab my dinner and come back and sit with my wife.

"So I have something I need to talk to you about." I tell Addison as I finish eating.

"Everything okay love?" She asks. I explain everything is good and then proceed to fill her in on everything. When I finish I sit back and give my wife time to process everything.

"Okay." Addison says after a minute.

"Okay?! That's it?" I ask with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, I mean you have put a lot of thought in to this and I agree with all your reasons, in fact I love you so much for wanting to make these changes for our family. Not to mention I find it all kinds of sexy that you are going to be a college teacher!" Addison teases me.

"I love you so much woman you know that!" I tell her as I lean in and nibble her ear. We talk about the plans a bit more and then Addison lets out a huge yawn and we head to bed.

"So are you still standing by the not telling me the name you picked for our girl?" Addison asks, like she has every night for the last month. I smile as I spoon her and lovingly caress her belly.

"If you really want to know I will tell you." I give my standard answer, knowing that she doesn't really want to know and wants to be surprised.

"You know that I really don't but I do have an idea for a middle name if you haven't decided on one yet but I'm not sure it will work with what you have picked out." Addison says to me.

"Well I haven't settled on a middle name as of yet so why don't you tell me what you were thinking and I will let you know if it will work with her first name." I softly say to her.

"I was thinking Calliope for a middle name. I know Callie hates her full name but I have always thought it was beautiful and she is such an important person to both you and I that I thought our daughter should carry her name." Addison says.

I smile because not only will Calliope work just fine as a middle name but the words my wife spoke of our best friend.

"I think Calliope is a perfect middle name and our daughter will be lucky to carry such a name." I whisper as sleep takes over both of us.