Wow, thank you all for your reviews on the last chapter. You blew me away.

Here's the next chapter. Mostly fluff. Also it ends the section VII that I am renaming "Calzona Courtship." So Part VIII to come soon.

Also thanks to the guest reviewer who corrected my medical error in the last chapter. I've revised it. I don't know what I was thinking-clearly I wasn't because I knew it was wrong as I was typing it. It just didn't occur to me to change it (told you, sleep deprived).

All mistakes are mine. I'm sleep deprived so don't be surprised if there are more than usual.


The blonde scrambled to turn and face him, still on the couch. "Dad! What are you…"

Colonel Robbins registered his daughter's tear streaked face and minimal clothing before recognizing the woman who stood beside her. He had seen pictures of Callie Torres. Images of her and his daughter together, smiling and in love. He had also been there for five months when Callie Torres had, in his mind, abandoned his daughter, leaving Arizona in her time of need. He felt his blood begin to boil as he looked at the woman, whose hand rested protectively on the blonde's shoulder. He growled, fixing her with an angry glare that came from years of practice before hissing out, "Get the hell away from my daughter."

In a flash, Arizona had on clean scrub pants and had replaced her prosthetic and was now moving rapidly towards her father. "Dad, don't!" She matched his glare as she stood between her father and her girlfriend. "Don't yell at her. Callie did nothing wrong."

"She wasn't there for you. You were miserable"

Arizona turned to look at the brunette, taking a step closer to her. She saw the guilt flash through Callie's brown eyes and cringed at the heartbroken look on her face. "I'm the one who left her in an airport dad. She was miserable too." She closed the gap between herself and the orthopedic surgeon, taking Callie's hand in hers. 'I love you.' She mouthed.

Callie gave her a small smile, squeezing her hand tightly, before looking towards the intimidating man. "Mr. Robbins, I love your daughter. I made a huge mistake by not picking up the phone when she called me and I regret it every day." Her eyes flashed back to Arizona's as they filled with tears. "I don't plan on ever letting her go again." The couple stared at each other, gathering strength from the other's presence until a gruff voice interrupted them.

"It's Colonel Robbins to you." Daniel still stood fixed in the doorway, staring down the orthopedic surgeon. Despite his daughter's words, he wasn't ready to change his opinion of her girlfriend. "And Dr. Torres, I do not trust you. So I…"

The hair on the back of Arizona's neck prickled as she heard the cool tone with which her father spoke. He may be an American hero, a Colonel in the Marine Corps, her father…but he could not speak to Callie that way. She spun back around to face her dad. "Stop! Give her a chance." She gestured behind herself to Callie. "We all make mistakes dad. I made a huge one which is what started this whole mess in the first place. I love her. Can't you see that? I am finally getting myself back." She laid a hand on her chest as she continued to talk to her father. "I'm finally starting to feel happy again. I'm finally starting to feel like I can maybe be something like the person I was before the plane crash. And Calliope is a huge part of that." She blinked back tears as she walked back over to her girlfriend, taking Callie's arm and wrapping it around her waist so that her back was pressed against the Latina's chest. She could feel Callie's warm breath on the back of her neck. "Don't you think I deserve to be happy dad? After all the crap I've been through this year?"

Daniel Robbins was not a man whose perception of people changed easily but his gaze softened as he registered his daughter's words. Before he could say anything the blonde continued rambling.

"All of that crap, the plane, the desert, the physical therapy. And you and mom have to come bring up a lawsuit?" She tightened her grip on Callie's arm. "I know. I know you think it's for my own good. And you and mom took care of me when I was…crazy. So I will hear you out. But so will Callie. It's not going to happen now though. Callie and I are still working. So, I'm going to finish getting changed and then I will take you and mom to my condo. I am staying with Callie tonight so you can use my place instead of getting a hotel. You can sit." She gestured to the break room table and walked over to the shelf to grab another scrub top which she threw on over her tank top. As she pulled her curly blonde hair back into a ponytail, she heard the water running and looked over to see Callie rinsing the blood off her shoes in the sink.

Callie could feel Daniel's eyes burning into her as she brought the shoes back to their owner. "Sit." She whispered gently. Once the blonde was seated, Callie kneeled down in front of her and helped her force her rubber foot back into the shoe.

"Thank you." Arizona took her other shoe and slid it on before standing up, pulling the brunette back to her feet as well. Maintaining her hold on Callie's hand, Arizona turned back to her father. "Come on. We're leaving." She looked back up at her girlfriend, releasing the hold on her arm. "My next surgery isn't until 4:00. You?"

"4:30."

Arizona smiled, her blue eyes twinkling. "What do you say to picking up Sofia from daycare and coming to get me from my condo then taking me out to lunch?" Her hand came up and played with a lock of the Latina's hair. She lightly twirled it around her finger, watching it spring back up as she released it.

Despite the tension in the room and the glare that was still being thrown her way by her girlfriend's father, Callie couldn't help but smile too. "It's a date." She pressed a light kiss to Arizona's lips before nervously side stepping around Daniel and walking out the door.

The blonde sighed and frowned when Callie left, already missing the contact, and turned to face her father. "Come on." She led him out of the room, rapidly pacing down the hall towards the exit. "Tell mom to meet us at the car." She walked in front of him as he made the call before feeling his presence beside her after he'd hung up.

"Arizona…"

She sighed again. "We're not talking about the lawsuit. Not until I can talk to Callie. Because if I have to go through this, I'm going to need her. You have no idea what happened to me out there dad." She felt her father's strong hand on her arm, gently slowing down her rapid pace.

"Then talk to us Arizona."

She stopped walking and turned to face him. "I can't. Don't you get that? It's too hard for me. I'm happy now and all that talking about it will do is ruin any progress I've made." Her blue eyes looked pleadingly up at her father, begging for him to understand. She held his gaze briefly before turning back around and walking towards the exit.

Jogging a few steps to catch up with her, Daniel looked down at his daughter. "I get it Arizona. I do." As a Vietnam and Gulf War veteran he could understand her reluctance to talk about her traumatic experience. He rested a hand lightly on her back as they walked outside. "But shoving it all under a rug can come back to bite you later." He issued a gentle warning as he unlocked the car and held open the back door for her.

Arizona slid into the back seat of the sedan, grasping her prosthetic with both hands in order to maneuver it into the cramped space.

Daniel frowned as he watched the blonde buckle her seatbelt. "Do you want to sit in the front?"

"I'm fine. Where's mom." Arizona just wanted to get her parents home so that she could see Callie and Sofia.

The elder Robbins pointed back towards the building and Arizona turned to see her mother walking towards them as her father got in the car.

"Hello Sweetheart." Barbara leaned in the back seat and gave Arizona a kiss on the forehead before getting in the seat in front of her. She buckled in and both women shut their doors before Daniel started driving. Once they were on the right road, Barbara turned in her seat to look at her daughter. "Arizona, I'm sorry we upset you earlier. We just…"

The younger blonde held up her hand. "It's fine." She said tiredly. "We'll talk about it later. Turn here dad." She sat back and watched the houses go by as her father drove towards her neighborhood. She knew that she shouldn't be moody with her parents, especially after everything that they had done for her. But after fighting with them in her office, losing a kid in her OR, and having her dad yell at her girlfriend Arizona felt like the funk she was in was justified. They drove for several more minutes in silence before, "Turn right here. Second parking spot on the left." She unbuckled the seatbelt when the car stopped. Opening the door, she extended her right leg first before dragging her prosthetic behind her, holding onto the roof of the car as she pulled herself out. Digging her keys out of her pocket she led her parents up the stairs to her condo and opened the door. She followed them in, turning to shut the door just in time to see Callie's SUV pull into the adjacent spot.

Now there was something that could pull her out of her bad mood! She left the door open, going back down the stairs to the black SUV. Opening the driver's door, she wordlessly pressed a kiss to Callie's cheek before opening the back door and lifting Sofia out of her car seat. "Hi baby." She grinned at the little raven haired girl, bringing her up so she could kiss her head before cradling her in her arms. "I missed you." She started to walk back to her condo, Callie trailing after her with the diaper bag. The brunette's gorgeous laugh echoed behind her.

"Oh, so you're excited to see her and not me? I see how it is." She caught up to Arizona, a teasing smile on her face.

The blonde turned at the foot of the stairs and grinned at her. "I am always excited to see you Calliope. But I haven't seen little miss here since before I got sick." She looked up to see her parents staring at them from the doorway. Rolling her eyes as she turned back to Callie, she frowned at the nervous look on her girlfriend's face. "They will have to love you. Because I do." She shifted the drowsy baby into one arm and linked her free hand with Callie's as they started to ascend the stairs. Once they were inside, she lead the three adults to the living room, gesturing for everyone to have a seat. "Dad, you already met her, but mom, this is Calliope. My girlfriend." She smiled lovingly up at the brunette as she cradled Sofia in her arms.

They sat side by side, their hips pressed against each other, Callie's hand resting on the small of Arizona's back. Barbara could see the happiness on her daughter's face when she talked about the Latina. A happiness that had been missing ever since last December when her daughter's plane fell out of the sky. She had hated the brunette too when Callie never answered Arizona's calls when the blonde was recovering. But now, seeing the way the other woman looked so lovingly at her daughter, she felt all that hate dissipate. Arizona did not make commitments lightly and if she was sitting here, saying that she was in love with this woman, then Barbara loved her too. The elder blonde offered the nervous orthopedic surgeon a smile. "It's nice to finally meet you Callie." She heard her husband grumble beside her and swatted his leg. "Daniel, Callie is part of the family now. So you can drop the whole big bad Marine thing." She reprimanded the man as Callie's eyebrows shot up in surprise and Arizona snickered, lowering her head to press another kiss into Sofia's hair to hide her grin.

Daniel sighed and leaned forward, studying the trio in front of him carefully. "Okay then. Who is the little one?" Judging by the fact that the raven haired child looked just like the brunette that sat across from him he had no doubt that Callie was the baby's mother.

Arizona smiled and turned the baby so that Sofia could gaze sleepily at the older couple. "Mom, dad, this is Callie's daughter." She caught her father open his mouth, about to speak. "And, before you say anything. We were broken up. I broke up with her actually. So you can't get mad at her. This is between me and Callie. So don't say anything okay?"

Callie stared at her girlfriend in awe. She was touched by her girlfriend's adamant defense of her to her parents. She knew that neither of them were faultless in the relationship and like Arizona said, they'd had that discussion. They'd made their peace with the situation and they were in a stronger relationship for it. But she was amazed by Arizona's deflection of blame from Callie onto herself. The blonde wasn't going to let anyone say anything negative about her girlfriend and Callie had never felt so loved or protected in her life.

Ignoring her husband's grumpy demeanor, Barbara had a bright smile on her face that rivaled her daughter's signature dimpled grin. She stood and made her way over to the two women and the infant. "What is this cutie pie's name?" She asked, sticking her arms out. "Can I hold her?"

"Of course." Callie lifted Sofia from Arizona's arms and held her out to Barbara so that the younger blonde could stay seated. "Her name is Sofia Robbin Sloan Torres." She smiled when she heard Arizona's surprised intake of breath. Turning she saw blue eyes staring up at her in surprise.

'Robbin?' Arizona mouthed. That hadn't been on the birth certificate she'd signed.

"You saved her life Arizona. You started her heart. Mark asked if we could add the name when you started helping me with physical therapy. Other than me and Mark, nobody has been more involved in Sofia's life than you. It's only right that she shares her name with someone so special.


A lot of you asked for Sofia to still have Robbin as her middle name. Considering Meredith named her son Bailey after Dr. Bailey saved her life, I feel like this is also fitting for this story and allows it to match up with cannon.

Like I said, this is the end of part VII. Arizona is clearly in love with Callie and Callie is clearly in love with her. The only problem is we don't know if Arizona loves herself. How will the lawsuit affect things? How will the challenges of playing softball affect things? Will she play?

I am suffering from some major writer's block right now so advice, encouragement, ideas, insane ramblings, whatever you want, would be very helpful. I want to get a new chapter out in the next few days so I need some serious help because my brain stopped working.

Please let me know what you think. I appreciate all of you who have followed the story thus far. More to come!

-MaybeIShouldGetACat