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'Isn't she lovely?
Isn't she wonderful?
Isn't she precious?
Less than one minute old,
I never thought through love we'd be
making one as lovely as she,
but isn't she lovely made from love?

Isn't she pretty? Truly the angels' best.
Boy, I'm so happy; we have been heaven blessed.
I can't believe what God has done,
through us he's given life to one,
but, isn't she lovely made from love?'

Isn't She Lovely? – Stevie Wonder

Chapter 36

October 16th 2018

Eliza's pregnancy hadn't been a very pleasant one. After the miscarriage scare, she was advised by her doctor to stay at home and rest since it was a high-risk pregnancy. She was bored, she was tired, she was bloated and she was cranky all of the time. Arizona and Sofia knew how to deal with her and get her out of her bad moods but everyone else started calling her 'momzilla'. They knew better than to take it personal, though. Jo was helping her working as a temporary head of ortho by her demand and visited constantly with stories about surgeries and cases to keep her mind out of her boredom and lack of freedom.

Her baby shower had been lovely. She finally had a chance to see all of her friends together, even Sadie and her brothers via skype. Her mother, who insisted on not retiring, was working so she couldn't come but Barbara had come as soon as she head Eliza's pregnancy was a difficult one. She opened a lot of presents, ate cake, drank ridiculous amounts of sweet tea and felt like herself again in what felt forever. The only reason why she hadn't gone crazy yet was because she knew that she had to do it for Taylor's sake. Only one more month 'til her due date. She kept telling herself. One more month and she'll get her reward. The best reward in the world. Her baby. Their baby.

Arizona was at work and Sofia was school that day. It was only her and Barbara. She was so thankful that her mother-in-law had decided to go help them. It made her life so much easier and would for sure make it even easier when Taylor arrived. Barbara planned on staying with them for Taylor's whole first month alive. The rest of the family would arrive on Eliza's birthday, a few days before her due date. She was resting, as she did all of the time, when she felt the urge to pee. Her belly was huge so, getting up of the bed wasn't super easy but she didn't feel like bothering Barbara. She was having a much-deserved nap and damn it, she could make it to the bathroom on her own.

After peeing, she felt hungry so she went to the kitchen to get something to eat. She was in the middle of making herself a sandwich when she suddenly felt it. Water going down her legs and onto the floor. Water everywhere, as if someone had popped a huge water balloon. No, no. This couldn't happen right now! Her due date was in a month. But if the excruciating pain and contractions were any indication (they were), she was going into labor in that very second.

"BARBARA!" she yelled. "BARBARA!" she yelled again and her mother-in-law came running into the kitchen.

"Eliza, honey, what's wrong?" she said when she saw the brunette. "Oh, boy!"

"Get the backpack ready and—" Eliza started.

"Sorry, dear. No time." Barbara said as she helped Eliza out of the door and into the car.

Arizona was in her office when her phone rang. It was her mother. Her heart raced a little bit. Why was her mother calling her in the middle of the day? Was everything okay? Eliza's pregnancy had been a complicated one and every single call from her mother terrified her. She felt like they were always one step away from either total bliss or from total devastation. She was trying not to listen to her fatalist side and believe that positive things could and would happen to them.

"Hello mom, is everything okay?" she asked.

"Dear! Eliza is in labor!"

"What?"

"Yes! We're almost there, have a wheelchair ready! Her water broke, your daughter is a few minutes away from coming into the world!" Barbara said.

Arizona hang up and ran as fast as she could to the Hospital's front door, paging Dahlia, their ob/gyn on her way. She got there, with a wheelchair, and her mother had already arrived. Helping her wife out of the car, she ran to find Dahlia and get her ready. From then on, everything happened super fast. Before she knew it, she was holding Eliza's hand, cutting the umbilical cord, hearing her baby girl cry for the very first time and holding her close to Eliza's face so that she could see her. Her arrival into the world was fast, like a little fish flipping its fins through the water.

Eliza fell asleep a little while after the baby was born. She was exhausted. She hadn't been able to sleep at all the night before and now everything that had happened made her even more tired. It gave Arizona some alone time with her daughter. She was so small and so pink, like a little piggy. She was lovely, beautiful and simply perfect. She wasn't what she had expected her to be, she was so much more. Arizona was instantly in love with the little bald baby.

"Hello, Miss Taylor; I'm your mommy. How are you today?" She told the little baby as she kissed her forehead. "Quite a way to make an entrance to the world huh? Something tells me you're going to be quite the drama queen, just like your mama. But it's okay, I'll love you anyway." She said chuckling. "You a lucky tiny human, Taylor. You have two moms who would die for you, two genius grandfathers, a very sweet grandmother and a grandmother who's completely insane but adorable. You also have a beautiful big sister who is so very excited to meet you and show you all of her anime collection." She said smiling while thinking of Sofia, who should be arriving at any moment. "And you have more aunts and uncles than you'll know what to do with. But, most importantly…you are so, so, so loved. We've been waiting for you for our entire lives. I love you. Now and always."

"You forgot to tell her she was named after an 80s pop-star." Eliza said, waking up.

"Hello darling. Taylor and I were just having a little chat." Arizona said smiling.

"I know. I heard most of it. And you're right. I would die for her, no question. And you…and Sofia. Our perfect little family." Eliza said as the door opened and a little wide-eyed brunette entered the room.

"Hello, Sof. Wanna meet your little sister?" Arizona asked as she sat on the bed.

"Oh my god. She's so little! Can I hold her mom? Please." She asked.

"Of course, but go wash your hands first." Eliza said.

Sofia got back and they placed the baby on her arms. "She's so beautiful" Sofia said smiling. "Can I kiss her?"

"Sure. You don't have to ask. She's your sister." Eliza said as the little brunette leaned down and gently kissed the baby's forehead.

"I love her so much already." Sofia said smiling. "She's so small! She's like a little bit of a person."

"She is like a little bit of a person, you are right." Barbara said, entering the room.

"Hello, Little Bit. I'm Sofia, your older sister." She said looking at the baby. "I can't wait until you're older so that we can watch movies together and play with our cousins. You're going to love being a part of this family. It's big and loud but amazing." She said giving her sister another kiss.

"Okay, Sof. Don't be greedy. Time for grandma to hold the little bit of a person." Barbara said, walking up to them and picking up her granddaughter.

"Aw, she's bald just like you were, Arizona. I think she's going to be blonde." She said looking at the baby. "No, I know she's blonde."

"She's less than a day old, mom. How can you know?"

"I gave birth to two blonde babies, trust me, I know."

October 16th 2019

It was the day of Taylor's first birthday. To think that one years ago Eliza went into labor, a month before her due date seemed crazy to Arizona. She felt that only yesterday she was carrying a little bald newborn and now she had a happy, bubbly little girl that loved music, grapes and every single person in her family, especially her sister Sofia. At 12 months old, Taylor looked exactly like Eliza, just like Arizona had pictured, but had very pale skin and blonde hair, courtesy of their donor. She really did look like a combination of the two, with her green eyes, Minnick smile and overall fairness. She was perfect when she was born and, a year later, she was still perfect.

Her whole house looked like a Sanrio store. While Sofia was still pretty much into Sailor Moon and Hayao Miyazaki, Hello Kitty, Pochacco and Badtz Maru were her new favorite characters. The little brunette had claimed that her little sister had specifically asked for a Hello Kitty party. Hard to believe, since Taylor only said a few words but the two women played along with it. Sofia was so enamored with Taylor that it brought tears to her eyes. She was such a good and gentle big sister to her. And soon, she would have two more siblings. Penny was pregnant with twins and she and Callie had decided to move back to Seattle a few months after the boys were born.

"Mom! What are you doing?!"

Arizona heard her wife say. She sounded surprised and even a little bit angry. Eliza's family and Arizona's parents had come to Seattle for Taylor's birthday. Lena and Elisa, now three years old, were running around the house with Sofia while the adults finished getting everything ready for the guests to arrive. The guests were just their friends from the hospital, their kids and a few mothers from Taylor's daycare and yoga.

"This baby is hungry!" Ludwika said nonchalantly.

"And you are giving her a hot dog with ketchup? Of all things?" Eliza asked. "We were trying not to give her junk food until she's older. Do you know how unhealthy that is?"

"Don't talk to me like that, Eliza Robbins-Minnick. I raised you and your three brothers, and you ate all kinds of crap all the time and look at you! All four are alive and healthy! A little junk food never killed anybody I know." Ludwika said as she kept feeding the little girl her hot dog and whispered sweet little nothings in polish into her grand-daughter's ear. "Off you go child." she said gesturing with her hand for Eliza to leave.

Arizona simply laughed and walked over to see her wife and mother in law. She agreed with Eliza about the healthy eating and teaching Taylor good habits when it came to food but Ludwika was right, a little junk food wasn't that bad. She reached the kitchen and smiled at what she saw.

Her little twin nieces were running around with her daughter, playing a mild version of tag while sipping on juice boxes. 'Careful, girls. Don't drink while you run.' she heard her beautiful and pregnant sister-in-law say while she chatted with Barbara. Her father was laughing his butt off talking to Brandon. It was nice and refreshing to see him this relaxed and lose. It was something she never thought she'd see again after Tim died. Alec's fiancée, Macarena, was making Spanish sangria 'the real one' in her own words, and tapas while James teased Alec about her name again and danced the Macarena. And then there was her wife. Looking at her own mother and daughter with a combination of adoration and annoyance. The typical look Eliza gave Ludwika.

Charles was standing on his own in a corner of the kitchen. Sipping on some sangria and taking in the view in front of him. She walked over to him.

"What are you doing here all by yourself, Charles?" she asked him, grabbing a u cup of sangria on her way to him.

"Probably the same thing as you as you, darling." He said raising his cup to her.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Admiring the view." He said smiling. "It's a beautiful one, don't you think?"

"It most certainly is." She said while looking again at her family. Her big, loud, incredible family.

"I don't think I've ever seen everyone this happy. Not even mi wife. And you know her, she's a happy go lucky kind of lady." He said chuckling. "She loves being a grandmother."

"And she's a great one too. Just like you are an amazing grandfather as well, Charles. Thank you for loving Sofia as if she was your own granddaughter." She said looking at him.

"She IS my granddaughter, dear." He said squeezing her arm. "You are a good woman, Arizona. I'm glad Eliza chose you as a life partner."

A couple of hours later, the guests were finally at their house. Everyone was chatting and happy. At this age, birthday parties are more for the adults than the little kids themselves since the birthday girl had no idea of what was really going on. Zola, Bailey, Ellis and Harriet had now joined the other three girls and were playing around the house, clearly on a sugar rush. April, who has now engaged to Tom, had stolen Taylor away from her grandmother and was now hogging the baby. She seemed happier than ever.

Judging by the birthday girl's face, she was soon going to fall into a deep slumber and not wake up until many, many hours later so they decided to sing happy birthday to her. The little girl clapped the entire time and giggled at her mothers' cooing. She was a beautiful, flirty little girl. After they, and Sofia, helped blow the candles, she started yawning and getting a little cranky they put the baby on her crib so that she could sleep. Little by little the guests left the house, even Sofia who convinced them to allow her to stay over at Zola's house.

Arizona was already in bed when Eliza came from the bathroom, wearing her matching pajamas, as always, and got inside of the bed. "Mmm…it's been a long day." She said, getting closer to the blonde and wrapping an arm around her.

"Oh yes." She agreed yawning. "And a tiring one."

"But also, a happy one." Eliza said, looking at her wife. "I can't believe she's one already. Seems like just yesterday we held her for the first time."

"I know, right?" Arizona said, leaning in to kiss her wife softly. "But she's gotten beautiful. She looks so much like you, I love that."

"She does look like a blonde, paler version of me." Eliza said while nodding. "I love this. I love us. This is perfect."

"It is. For sure." The blonde said as the brunette yawned again. "You're tired, aren't you?"

"Exhausted."

"Let's go to sleep, my love." Arizona said giving Eliza one last kiss. "I love you.

"I love you more."

December 2028

Sofia parked up her car right outside of her little sister's school; her old school. The following year, Taylor would join her at Lakeside School and at least for her last year of high school and Taylor's first year of middle school they would go to school together. Even though their age difference was significant, the girls were as close as they could be. Taylor absolutely idolized Sofia and the brunette was absolutely crazy about the little blonde. Not that she didn't love her brothers, the ones her Mama C and Mommy P gave her, but, Taylor was her secret favorite.

She got out of the car, looking for her little sister. She finally found the small blonde surrounded by a group of girls. At first, she thought they were her friends but she knew her sister well enough to notice, from her body language, that she was actually upset and about to punch these girls. She wanted to intervene, but she also wanted her sister to be able to solve her own problems and fight her own battles. She decided to stand close enough to intervene if things got ugly but far enough to give Taylor some much needed independence.

"Taylor is a science experiment. Her mothers bought her from a lab." A little girl with black hair and boxer braids said. "My mom told me so."

"Your mom is wrong!" Taylor said, getting a little angry. "My moms made me."

"Two girls can't make a baby, haven't you payed attention in science class?" the same girl argued. Other kids were looking but none of them intervened.

"So? They're still my mommies."

"No. You have one mom, the brunette one. The other one is not really your mom."

"She is!"

"No, she's not. That's not how biology and NATURE work."

"Say that one more time, Hayley and I'll kick you!" Taylor said, raising her fist and that was Sofia's cue to intervene.

"Hello, guys. Is there a problem here?" Sofia asked as she approached the group of fourth graders. At seventeen she was super tall and very lean; her chocolate eyes were still as big and deep as ever and her dark hair now reached her waist. While she did have Callie's eye color and smile, the rest was all Mark.

"Sof!" Taylor said, almost jumping into her sister's arms. The kids looked at the 5'11 tall teenager and suddenly didn't feel so clever anymore.

"Hey, Tay Tay." She said hugging the little girl's back. "Is everything okay? I thought I heard something going on here…" she said defiantly, feeling horrible for trying to intimidate 10-year-olds, but damn it they were being assholes to her sister.

"My mommy says that Taylor is a science experiment and that her family is artificial, unlike ours." Hayley said with a stupid little smirk. That little 10-year-old bitch.

"Well, unlike ours, your mommy is an asshole." Sofia said as she picked up Taylor's black Badtz Maru backpack. "And you're on the same path." She said, taking her sister's hand and walking away from the group of kids who burst into laughter. She felt a little bad for cursing at a child and calling her and her mother assholes but, not really.

They walked, hand in hand, quietly until they reached Sofia's car. They placed the backpack and lunchbox in the car's trunk and right before climbing into the car, Taylor grabbed Sofia's hands and looked at her.

"Thank you for that, Sof." The little blonde said as her beautiful but teary green eyes met those of her older sister.

"Hey, no need to thank me, Little Bit. If anyone bothers you, just let me know and I'll smack them down." Sofia said, winking.

Taylor just gave her a sad smile and asked "Can I go on the front?"

"Sorry, Little Bit. Can't. Moms' others." She said, opening the back door for the smaller girl to get in.

Sofia got in a front seat and saw her sister through her mirror. She was usually a happy, bubbly kid and now she was acting very unlike herself.

"Hey, Taylor. Are you okay?" Sofia asked, turning around so that she could face her.

"Yeah. I guess. I just…" the little girl said as her eyes filled with tears.

"Just what? You can tell me." The teenager asked, concern obvious in her voice.

"Hayley is just always really mean to me." She said as a few tears rolled down her cheek. "She always says I'm a science experiment and not a person. She also says that our moms bought me from a lab and you're not really my sister and that mommy is not really my mom because of how biology works and it's against nature." She continued, wiping away her tears. "If I argue her, she says I'm stupid and know nothing about biology and science and nature…but I do, I do know. She's the stupid one."

Sofia's heart broke for her little sister. Was she allowed to kick a 10-year-old's ass?

"Sofia?" Taylor asked.

"Yes, Little Bit?"

"Am I really a science experiment? Did mama and mommy really buy me from a lab?"

The teenager thought for a while about what she should say to her little sister. Her moms' had explained to her how they got her and the whole process in a child friendly manner many times. Unlike herself, who was made in the traditional manner, Taylor did come from a 'test tube' like the kids said and she wanted her to know that there was nothing wrong with that.

"Well, yes. Of course you are a science experiment." Sofia said. The little girl seemed shocked by her direct and no-bullshit kind of answer. "You were made on a test tube and implanted on Mama E's womb. I remember when they selected the donor. He looked like a blond cabbage patch kid, which explains your huge cheeks and chubbiness as a baby."

"Hey! I didn't have huge cheeks!"

"You so did, but it was cute. Anyway, our moms' wanted you so much that they went through all of that trouble to have you. Don't you think it's awesome?" Sofia said, still looking at her sister with her car parked.

"I guess. I still don't like being called a science experiment, though."

"You may be a science experiment, little one, but you certainly are the best science experiment I've ever witnessed. And, for sure, the best purchase mama E and mommy ever did." Sofia said, caressing her sisters knee while the little girl smiled for the first time.

"Is it really possible to have two mommies even if one is not your mommy by blood? Are you really my sister, then?"

"Are you seriously asking ME that? The girl with four mothers and a dead father?" Sofia asked, opening her eyes wide. The little blonde just chuckled. "There's nothing 'unnatural' about our family, Taylor; don't let anyone tell you that. Biology means nothing, it's love that matters and I love you so, yes. I am your sister. Always have been, always will be. Even if you are one annoying little bit of a person."

"I love you too, Sof." Taylor seat, leaning in to hug the older girl. "Am I gonna be as tall as you are when I grow up?"

"That's not how biology works, Taylor. I'm sorry." The teenager said laughing, kissing her sister's forehead and getting back in her seat. "But, I can buy you some ice cream."

"Mommy and Mama said no ice cream on weekdays. Specially not before dinner."

"Don't worry about it, I'll take the blame." The brunette said as she turned on the engine and got out of the elementary school's parking lot.

"Where are they? The should've been here almost an hour ago. I'm gonna call the police." Arizona said, pacing around the house.

"Phoenix, would you relax? They're fine. They probably just stopped to get something to drink or got caught up talking about something. Sofia is a very responsible girl and driver, especially when she's got Taylor with her so, calm down." Eliza said, trying to reason with her wife. "Besides, you can call the police after an hour of them not coming home."

"They're not answering their phones." Arizona said, ignoring her wife.

"Because Sofia's driving and Taylor always forgets to charge it. Calm down. They'll be here soon." Eliza said.

"If they're not here or don't call us in fifteen minutes I'm gonna call the cops."

"Relax, mama bear." Eliza said hugging her wife and placing a soft kiss on her temple. "They'll be here soon."

As if on cue, Sofia's car parked on their driveway.

"Oh, thank God!" Arizona said, getting out of her wife's embrace and running to the door. "What took you girls so long? And why weren't you answering your phones?" she asked.

"We were having sister time!" The little blonde said excitedly, running to hug her mother as her older sister got her stuff from the trunk. "Hello, mommy." She said as Arizona leaned down for a kiss.

"Uh, Little Bit, aren't you forgetting something?" Sofia asked, a questioning look on her face as she raised her sister's backpack and lunchbox.

"Oh shoot, sorry." She said running to get her stuff.

"Your mother was going crazy, she almost called the cops!" Eliza said, waking out of the house to greet her daughters, Taylor running over to her to give her an equally warm hug and kiss.

"Why?" Sofia asked, confused and then rolled her eyes. "Mom, you can't call the police every time we're 10 minutes late. If something happens for real they're not going to believe you."

"Don't you roll your eyes at me, Sofia Robbin Sloan Torres." Arizona said pretending to be mad and kissing her much taller daughter on the cheek. "I just love you both so much, I want you to always be safe."

"We are safe, Arizona. We were just having a little chat, that's all." Sofia said. Then, she lowered her voice. "Tay had a little bit of a hard day at school today, but it's all solved now."

"Don't call me Arizona." The blonde said, gently smacking her oldest daughter's arm. "What happened?"

"Not much. Just kids being assholes."

"Hey, watch your mouth young lady!"

"It's true." The teenager said entering the house and giving Eliza a kiss on the cheek.

"Now, girls. Go wash your hands and Tay Tay, it's your turn to set the table for dinner." Eliza said as both girls ran up the stairs to get ready.

"Stop trying to make Tay Tay happen, Eliza. It's not going to happen."

"Oh, baby. It already happened." Eliza said, winking her eye at Arizona and placing a soft kiss on her lips. "Now, go wash your hands as well. Dinner will be served in 10." She said walking away to the kitchen.

Arizona just smiled while she looked at her wife and heard all the noise coming from upstairs. She had been through many horrible, heart breaking times in her life…but if this right now, being married to the love of her life and raising two beautiful girls together was her reward for that, then she was grateful for all the crap she had to go through in order to get to this. To her happily ever after with Eliza. The love of her life, mother of her daughters (bonus mom to one, but those are just technicalities), her great love story. Her first, her last and her forever.

THE END

Thank you for following this story. This is the last chapter, but there will be an epilogue. I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I loved writing it!