Epilogue
"Amelia! Damn it... pick up the phone!" - Arizona shouted at her own phone, frustrated about not being able to talk to the brunette.
With little Adam in her arms, she walked to the couch and started to play with her son.
"That's ok, sweetie. Mom will talk to you soon, ok?" - Arizona put up on her baby-voice and the boy was delighted, smiling at her.
The house looked like a hurricane-survivor. Lots of toys all over the place, a few boxes and disposable items piled up on the kitchen counter. Arizona couldn't remember the last time she felt so powerless, having to take care of a toddler and a house, besides her actual job. To be honest, Adam wasn't a toddler just yet, he was about to turn 1, but he sure felt like one. When Sofia was his age, Arizona lived in a way smaller apartment and had Mark across the hall, to help her and Callie. Things were quite different now. Besides that, Arizona had her both functional legs at that time, and even though she was now able to do anything with her prosthetic, her limb still gets sore after so much effort. She wasn't complaining, she chose it, she chose to adopt Adam. But sometimes she wished for a little break from her schedule and just be able to breathe without being worried if she's missing out on anything from her son.
Arizona's phone started to ring and woke up her from her thoughts.
"Amelia! Finally!" - Arizona exclaimed.
"I was in surgery, is everything ok?" - Amelia asked.
"He talked!" - Arizona exclaimed, happy.
"He what?" - Amelia shouted.
"He said his first word, Amy. He looked at your picture holding him on the adoption day, he pointed his little yummy finger at you and said 'mama'" - Arizona was thrilled.
"Are you freaking kidding me? Is this a joke?" - Amelia couldn't believe.
"Why would I joke about that? He knows you're his mama" - Arizona exclaimed.
"Did you record it? I can't believe I missed it" - Amelia was torn between happiness and sadness.
"How could I imagine he would talk, baby? I've tried to get him do it again, but he just won't. Maybe he needs to see you and do it live! Would you please come home already? I miss you like crazy" - Arizona asked, and both women were smiling.
"I miss you too, baby. I hate when we have different day offs! I'll be right there. Do we need anything else for his party on Sunday? I can get on my way home" - Amelia offered.
"No, we have everything we need. Except for mama, right Adam? Say mama again!" - Arizona tried to get her son to say it again on the phone, without success.
Amelia tried to get home as soon as she could, she knew Adam had an early bedtime, but she really needed to see her baby and hopefully get him talking again. After finishing her paperwork, she just grabbed her stuff and bumped into Meredith at the parking lot.
"Hey, heading home already?" - Meredith asked.
"Yes. I'm already late, actually. Adam talked, Mer!" - Amelia said, unable to contain her excitement.
"He did? Oh my God, Amelia, that's amazing! When was that?" - Meredith asked, smiling.
"A few hours ago, I haven't seen it yet, Arizona called me. He looked at my picture with him, pointed at me and said 'mama'. I'm his mama, Mer. I can't even explain how I'm feeling right now!" - Amelia exclaimed.
"You are his mama, Amelia. I'm so happy for you guys. I know the feeling. It's called being a mom. Congratulations!" - Meredith hugged her sister, proudly.
"Thanks. Please, don't get pulled on any emergencies on Sunday, ok? I need you in there full time. And I miss the kids, too" - Amelia said.
"We'll be there, don't worry. Now hurry up and go see your baby talking!" - Meredith said, and Amelia entered into her car to go home.
When she finally arrived, she could hear Adam's giggles before she opened the door. She was crazy about that boy, and she knew that boy was even crazier about Arizona. Amelia felt complete and happier than she has ever been. But if she was Adam's mama, she knew Arizona was Adam's hero. Every time the blonde was playing around with him, he would get tired due to the amount of laughing and fun. Amelia couldn't be happier to watch these scenes every day.
She opened the door and called for Arizona.
"Where's my beautiful family?" - Amelia asked.
"Looks who's here, Adam! Look who's home now" - Arizona said to the boy, who pointed at Amelia.
"Mama"
"Oh my God! He did it again!" - Arizona exclaimed and Amelia started to cry and smile at the same time.
"Oh, my precious baby, I'm your mama indeed. How I missed you today" - Amelia said, holding the boy and next kissing Arizona.
"I am trying not to be offended by the fact that he hasn't even tried to point at me and recognize me as his other mama, even though we had this hell of a fun day, haven't we, sweetie?" - Arizona commented and Amelia laughed.
"Arizona, he is your spitting image, nobody ever doubts about you being his mom. Let me have this first treat, please" - Amelia joked.
"I was kidding, baby. I'm really happy for us" - Arizona said, kissing her girlfriend passionately.
"Me too. So much" - Amelia said.
After spending a little family time together, Amelia put Adam down, since it was past his bedtime already. In their bedroom, she found a half-naked Arizona waiting for her in bed, with the sheet covering only her leg, smiling at the anticipation of waiting for Amelia in there.
"Is this my luckiest day ever?" - Amelia said, smiling, when she saw Arizona like that.
"I missed you so much, we've been so tired this week because of Adam's party. We're in need of an 'us' time, don't you think?" - Arizona said, provoking Amelia.
"I couldn't agree more" - Amelia said, giving in to the temptation.
Adam was turning one year old in a couple of days and, although it had been exhausting, their relationship only got better. Amelia was still going to AA meetings and decided to go to therapy once a week, just to make sure she wouldn't jeopardize in any way her son and girlfriend. Arizona couldn't be more satisfied with her impulsive decision, almost a year ago, when she decided she wanted to adopt Adam with Amelia. It's been an amazing experience for both of them and Arizona finally found that happiness she thought she once had it.
Sofia was thrilled about being a big sister, that's all she ever talks about on her daily FaceTime with Arizona. She was arriving in Seattle the next morning to attend her brother's party and Arizona was relieved that the outcome was better than expected to her daughter, who now was even more decided to come back to live in Seattle again. She wanted to be closer to her brother and mom, and even though she liked Penny very much, it was slightly different with Amelia, because she considered her a mom, too.
The only thing that didn't make much of a sense in Arizona's head was having to call Amelia 'girlfriend' when they shared a home and a baby together. They've tried to have conversations about marriage, but Amelia was terrified that changing anything right now would ruin them. She married Owen out of an impulse and that was terrible and she didn't want to risk it. Whenever Arizona brought the subject up, Amelia's answer was always the same: "baby, we don't need anything else". Arizona gave up on that and decided to live what they have to live and surely that was the most important thing in her life: Amelia and her kids. But what made Arizona always carry this feeling that something was missing, was to know that Amelia deserved to have a happy marriage. And she decided that maybe she needed to try again, soon.
After picking up Sofia at the airport in her first flight by herself - the girl insisted she was big enough to board alone carrying her backpack, and had the flight attendance giving her whatever she needs during this 6 hours and both Callie and Arizona decided to give her a vote of confidence on that -, Arizona took her daughter to her favorite breakfast place, since she knew how bad Sofia missed those waffles.
"Is Adam coming with Amy, mommy?" - the little girl asked.
"No, they're home and we will get there soon, but I wanted to bring you in here, I know how much you love this place" - Arizona said, hugging her daughter.
They had a nice breakfast and Sofia insisted that they should go home already, she couldn't wait to see little Adam.
Arizona would have a late start at the hospital, while Amelia asked for the whole weekend off so she could handle the birthday party and take care of Sofia while Arizona had to work.
"We're home!" - Arizona announced.
"Amy! Adam!" - Sofia squealed and Amelia ran off to hug her.
"My God, stop growing up so fast. Oh, I've missed you, Sof!" - Amelia said to Sofia while hugging her tight.
"Where's my brother?" - Sofia asked and Amelia pointed out to the living room's floor where the boy was playing.
Soon enough there were giggles all over the house and both women seemed in heaven. That was a picture of a dream.
"I need to go to work. Are you sure you'll be okay with these two? Sofia has more energy than the two of us together" - Arizona warned Amelia.
"I can handle them just fine, but I wish you come home soon because I am the one who has a lot of energy, today" - Amelia said, kissing Arizona's neck and leaving the blonde aroused.
"This is not fair, Amy. Not fair" - Arizona said, smiling and biting her bottom lip. Even though she really wanted to run to their bed, she really needed to work.
Sofia helped Amelia with lunch and while Adam was taking an afternoon nap, Amelia helped paint Sofia's nails, and even let the girl choose her favorite color, purple.
"Do you think my mom will let me live in here, Amy?" - Sofia asked and Amelia looked at her with a curious look on her face.
"Why wouldn't she? She's crazy about you, Sof!" - Amelia exclaimed.
"I meant my other mom" - the girl explained and Amelia felt her heart gets tighten by the girl's question.
"I am sure both of your moms will find a good agreement regarding the city you'll live in, don't you worry about that, ok?" - Amelia tried to calm her down.
"Would you let me live in here? Even though I'm not your daughter?" - Sofia asked and Amelia smiled immediately.
"There is nothing in the world that would make me happier than have you living in here, with us. You have two amazing moms, but I consider you my daughter as well, I love you just the same" - Amelia said and the girl changed her feature quickly, opening a huge smile to Amelia.
"Thank you, Amy, I love you" - Sofia said and hugged Amelia.
Arizona managed to end her surgeries earlier than expected and rushed to the mall. She wanted to buy a ring so she could ask Amelia to marry her, and the longer she postpones that, the quicker she would lose her courage. She needed to have the ring in her hands and just wait for the right time to make the proposal.
When she arrived home, Amelia was finishing setting up some of the stuff for Adam's party on the next day, and both Sofia and Adam were still awake.
"Hey, I'm here" - Arizona announced, receiving a huge smile from Amelia.
"Thank God! It's late, busy day?" - Amelia asked.
"Yeah, my last surgery was a little complicated. What are they doing still awake?" - Arizona asked, kissing Amelia on the lips softly.
"It seems they can't get enough of each other" - Amelia said, laughing.
"Guys, come on, it's bedtime! Sof, brush your teeth!" - Arizona shouted and the girl started to weep and protest.
"No, Mommy, just a little more, please!" - Sofia insisted.
"Sofia, it's too late, you both need to sleep, tomorrow you'll have all day together again" - Arizona tried to explain, but the girl was outcrying.
"Baby, let them get 15 minutes more, it's ok" - Amelia tried to convince Arizona.
"It's way past Sofia's bedtime in New York, not to mention that Adam must be exhausted" - Arizona said and Adam giggled right after.
"Does he look tired to you? Come on, baby, they're thrilled about each other, 15 minutes more won't do them harm. Let them be, come kiss me in the kitchen because I missed you all day" - Amelia said, dragging Arizona to the kitchen and slowly kissing her.
The next morning was quite easy for both women, the kids have slept the whole night due to the late bedtime and they were still asleep while they were setting up the breakfast. Adam's party wouldn't start until 3 pm, so they would have plenty of time to get everything set up before the guests start to arrive.
After breakfast, Maggie arrived at the house to help them prep the party and allowed Amelia to go take a shower and get dressed since Arizona was about to come out of her shower, too.
When Amelia entered their bedroom, she caught Arizona wearing just a robe and with her hair still wet, sitting in bed and staring at what looked like an open jewelry box. Immediately Amelia's heart raced and she kind of gaped.
"What is it?" - Amelia asked and Arizona jumped, scared.
"My god, you scared me!" - Arizona complained, closing the box.
"What is it?" - Amelia repeated the question and Arizona took a deep breath before she started to explain.
"Amy, come here. Sit in here" - Arizona said, tapping the bed.
"What is happening, Arizona?" - Amelia sounded scared.
"Nothing is happening, baby, but I want something to happen. Can you just take a moment to realize how lucky we are? Look at us, at our family" - Arizona said, smiling and squeezing Amelia's hand.
"I know that. I wake up in an awe every day because I realize how lucky we are. But what is it, in your hands?" - Amelia insisted.
"This is my way to say that I want to marry you, my love. Because it doesn't make sense call you my girlfriend anymore. I already feel like you're my wife, my partner, the one I want to grow old with, the woman I share my whole life with. So why don't make it official?" - Arizona said, opening the box and showing Amelia the beautiful wedding ring she got.
"No, Arizona. No! Why would you do that? And why would you do that today? In our son's birthday?" - Amelia shouted.
"Well, I wasn't going to do that exactly today, but you caught me staring at it, it didn't make sense to just put in in the drawer!" - Arizona explained, still confused about Amelia's reaction.
"But why? Isn't it enough what we have? Our life? Our kids? I mean, Sofia wants to live in here with us. Isn't that great?" - Amelia said, pulling Arizona's hand closer to her chest.
"Of course it is great, but my daughter moving into our house doesn't change what I feel, Amy. I want to marry you and it isn't about being enough, it's about how grateful I am that I've found you and I want to show you that" - Arizona said, a little harshly.
"Why do we need marriage to show anything to each other? I love you and you love me. Isn't that enough?" - Amelia insisted.
"Amelia, why the hell is it so awful for me to ask you to marry me? Why are you treating me like I'm asking you to cut off both of your arms for me?" - Arizona asked, angrily.
"Because you know I don't want to change us. We already had this conversation. I don't believe in marriage, that's all" - Amelia said.
"You don't have to believe in marriage, but it would be good if you have a little faith on us" - Arizona said, standing up and walking away from Amelia.
"Don't do this, please. Can we, please, not get into a fight today? It's our baby first birthday party. Can we wait until tomorrow?" - Amelia asked, following Arizona and taking both of her hands and squeezing them.
"That's ok, Amy, we're not fighting. I just... we don't need to postpone this. You don't want to get married, so there's nothing much to discuss. Let's get past this, ok? I need to go back downstairs and help Maggie" - Arizona said with kind eyes and kissed Amelia on the cheek.
While Amelia was in the shower, she couldn't help but cry.
Idiot! I'm an idiot! Why am I turning down the proposal of the woman I love? I'm such an idiot! - Amelia kept repeating that to herself.
The party started and the guests were arriving quickly. Meredith arrived with Zola, Bailey, and Ellis and the kids were excited to see Arizona, Amelia, and their cousins. Sofia and Zola were playing together, while Bailey, Ellis, and Adam were having a blast at the inflatable bounce house Arizona rented for the party. Arizona was keeping a close eye on them since Adam was too small yet and could get hurt easily. Meredith stopped beside the blonde and tapped her back.
"He's such a joy. You guys seem so happy" - Meredith said and Arizona smiled, nodding.
"Yes, we are. Adam just loves when the kids come in here. He feels like a toddler around them" - Arizona commented.
"He is just like you. Have you noticed that? He looks exactly like you, he even has the same dimples as you. But he's also perky and shiny. He is entirely you" - Meredith said and laughed.
"I think the features will change within the next two years, but he does look like me, right? My parents called me one day and asked me to tell them the truth, like 'are you sure you weren't pregnant with him and just didn't want to tell us?'" - Arizona laughed.
"I'm sorry they couldn't make it, Amelia tells me how wonderful they are with Sofia and Adam" - Meredith said.
"Yeah, well, my dad had a surgery recently, he's doing great but still can't be that much time sitting on a plane, but I will take a week off next month and we'll visit them, so they will have a second party all set up for Adam, I'm sure. My mom considered leaving my dad alone, I had to convince her to stay" - Arizona said.
They kept talking and although things were fine between Amelia and Arizona, they often exchange looks from a distance and Amelia could tell Arizona's eyes showed that she was sad. Amelia knew her eyes better than anyone else. She could still feel like the first time when she got lost in those pair of blue eyes.
It was time to cut the cake and everyone gathered around the table and started to sing happy birthday. Amelia was carrying him in her arms while Arizona was beside her, helping the boy to blow the candles. Both of them kissed the boy incessantly. They started to serve the cake to the guests, but before everyone started to walk away from the table, Amelia shouted.
"Everyone. Wait, please. Before the party continues, I just wanted to enjoy this moment to share something with you, since you're part of our family, too" - Amelia announced and everyone was paying attention. Arizona was even more surprised than the guests.
"Are you pregnant?" - Sofia exclaimed, making everyone laughs.
"No, honey, I'm not. I'm not pregnant. But come here, Sof. I want to do that with you by my side, would you?" - Amelia asked and the girl immediately obeyed, sitting on Amelia's lap.
"Amy, what's going on?" - Arizona whispered, confused.
"Hang on" - Amelia answered and looked at Sofia - "Sof, are you ready?" - Amelia asked.
"For what?" - the little girl squealed.
"The thing is, Sof, I really, REALLY love your Mommy, you know? I really do. And I think everyone in here knows that, too. They've watched me grow as an adult because of this love that I feel for her. And Sof, although I really love her, and I know she loves me back, I still can be quite an idiot" - Amelia said and Arizona was blushing.
"We're not supposed to say this word, it's a bad word" - Sofia pointed.
"Oh yes, it is. You're definitely not supposed to say it. But I have to say because it's what I am. I did so many wrong things in the past, that I'm still afraid I'll do everything wrong again. That's it, Sof. I'm scared, all the time" - Amelia said, looking at Sofia only.
"My Mommy says that it's ok to be scared sometimes because she will always be there to protect me. She can protect you, too" - Sofia said and that made Amelia's eyes fill with tears. That was the exact answer Amelia needed to hear.
"She will, right?" - Amelia asked, crying, and the girl nodded yes - "That's why, Sof, I wanted to ask you if you think it's ok for me to ask your mom to marry me?" - Amelia said and everyone had a unison "aweeeee".
"Yes!" - Sofia squealed and Amelia put her down on the floor, stood up and looked at Arizona, who was crying softly too.
"So, I'm done being scared. You were right, we should get married not because what we had isn't enough, but because it is too much, so we need more, we need everything we can have. And I need you, desperately. I need you and Adam and Sofia. I need our family. I need you as my wife. So, Arizona Robbins, would you marry me?" - Amelia said and everyone clapped.
"I would certainly do" - Arizona answered to the love her life.
THE END