AN: Hey guys, here's a new chapter. I was too sick to write or think in English for the past almost two weeks, and I don't have any chapters written ahead so I couldn't post anything. So now, I am trying to get back into the swing of life and writing.


Bare feet slowly, patted over the hardwood floor towards the front door as Arizona sleepily tried to find her way around the silent, dark house. With her hands stretched out left and right when she didn't use one to rub her eyes, she tried not to bump into anything. It was still dark outside, which meant it was definitely before six in the morning and whoever chose to ring the doorbell at this ungodly time would have to live with the blonde's wrath – when she was finally awake. When the doorbell rang again, she grumbled, "Jesus, I'm on my way you impatient human being", and the next second, her left little toe collided with the corner of the small cabinet they had put next to the door for their keys and mail and the very loud "OW!", probably woke up her wife. "Stupid shit", she cursed, jumping around on her right foot, now wide awake. Switching on the light by the door, she flung the front door open and threatened, "I swear if this is unimpor-"

"SURPRISE!"

It was ear-ringing, loud and obnoxiously happy for this early time in the morning and even though Arizona wanted to be mad at first for waking her up and making her leave her wife and her warm, comfortable bed, she couldn't. Not when she was met with the faces and grins of their two best friends and yelped an 'Oh my God' before hugging first the redhead and then Teddy. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Bringing our presents for the baby!", Teddy cheered with a big smile and held up a big dark plastic bag identical to the one her girlfriend was holding. "And we wanted to see how our best friends are doing pretty close to becoming parents, so we thought we'd pay you a visit before your life starts to go crazy and you won't have time for us anymore."

Shaking her head, Arizona laughed at her wife's best friend's words. "This is ridiculous. We'll always have time for you when the baby sleeps", she joked, genuinely happy to see Addison and the other blonde standing at the front door, holding hands like the break up never ever happened. And then she noticed the smirk on her best friend's face and asked a confused, "What?"

Barely able to control her laughter, the redhead mused, "Either you're actually freezing – which, frankly, is no surprise because you've opened the door in a pair of night shorts and a tank top when it's about to snow outside – or you're really excited to see us."

"Don't look at her breasts!", Teddy exclaimed immediately, slapping her lover's right shoulder. She had noticed the stiff peaks poking through the white fabric as well, but didn't want her girlfriend looking at them. Because Addison was known to have a thing for blondes and Arizona was very much blonde.

"Shut up, you perv!", Arizona's words joined the skinnier blonde's and shoved her best friend's left shoulder before crossing her arms over her chest, hiding her hardened nipples. "I'll have you know that you literally rang me out of my very warm bed with my very hot wife in it. A wife and heat I have been wrapped around just moments ago until you decided to show up on our doorstep at the crack of dawn. She's hotter than hot and heat radiates of her body, day and night." Despite her slight shock about her best friend's comment on her boobs, she stepped aside to let the couple in. She watched as Addie helped Teddy out of her coat and vice versa and smiled to herself, thankful that the other couple seemed indeed happy again. "I'm gonna go upstairs and tell Callie that we have guests. Just make yourself comfortable in the living room", she announced.

"And put some clothes on!", Addie yelled after her, earning herself another smack from her girlfriend, this time, Teddy had aimed for the back of the red-haired woman's head. With success.

Upstairs, the blonde quietly opened the door to their bedroom and sneaked inside. Without the moon shining through the window, the room would have been pitch dark, but she and Callie chose to be woken up from the sunlight – or at least daylight – whenever they didn't have to be at the hospital early in the morning. "Calliope", she whispered softly after she had crawled back under the blanket to warm her cold skin. Her left hand slowly stroke over the Latina's back and around to her front to rest on the protruding belly. "Calliope, love, wake up", she breathed, kissing the brunette's ear when her words didn't evoke a reaction. When she heard a quiet groan she giggled and said, "We have guests downstairs."

"Tell 'em to leave", she grunted and wiggled further under the blanket, enjoying the warmth and her wife's embrace too much to get up or move into another position. Before her wife's tender words had pulled her into consciousness, Callie had had an amazing dream, involving a backyard with a swing set on a sunny day, joyful laughter from a little girl with dark curly hair and her lover, who gave the swing a push, following the girl's wish of 'higher, mommy'. And she found herself desperately wanting to go back to this dream.

Chuckling anew, Arizona quietly replied, "I can't do that. I already let them in, love." When Callie scrunched her nose, the blonde kissed the spot below the Latina's ear and down to her neck. "And I promised to wake you so we could have breakfast together."

"Ugh", the brunette groaned and shifted onto her back. Slowly opening her eyes, the first thing she saw were pools of blue illuminated by the moon and it took her breath away. Momentarily overwhelmed, she even forgot that it was basically still night outside. "Why did you do that? Why didn't you just send our parents back home to come back later?" Trailing her right hand under the blonde's top and upwards to cup a perfect breast with a still very erect peak, she suggestively added, "Much later."

For a second, Arizona closed her eyes and wanted to cave and give in to the brunette's touch. Callie's hand on her skin felt so good and she really needed more of her touches, more caresses, more time with her lover right now. But they had guests, so she willed herself to open her eyes again. "What if I told you that it's not our parents but our best friends who wanted to see us and since they will be Melody's godparents, I think you should grace them with your present."

"Teddy and Addie are here?", Callie wondered and shot – as best as her belly allowed it – up into a sitting position. She had missed the other couple and had been mad when the last three planned visits had to be canceled because work had always gotten in the way – either over there in New York or here in Seattle. "Why didn't you say that before?" Now suddenly wide awake, the Latina got out of bed and slipped into a robe that she had put over the back of the chair before going to bed last night. She could still wear sweat pants and feel comfortable in them, but all of her hoodies were too tight to stretch over her round stomach now, so she had started to wear a robe in the morning a few weeks ago. "What are you waiting for? Get dressed!"

Laughing softly at the Latina's excitement, Arizona put on one of her wife's hoodies – one Callie also loved on her – and followed her better half down the stairs just in time to witness Teddy holding her at an arm's length and say how good she looked before the other blonde pulled her wife in for a bear hug. "Could you please try not to squish my baby?", she asked casually and walked past the other woman and into the kitchen, starting coffee for the three of them and boiling water for her lover's tea. "Lemon, berries or something else this morning, Calliope?"

"Lemon is fine, thank you, honey", the brunette called back from the living room, smiling from ear to ear as she talked to the other couple. "How long will you stay? Please tell me you're not leaving in a few hours", she voiced her wish, thinking that a few days with their best friends was exactly what she needed before the hustle and bustle of Christmas would break lose.

"We don't have a plan. We don't even have a ticket for the flight back to New York yet. We... kinda fled when we found out that Preston Burke and another unwanted cardio attending would be flying in today to do a very complicated open heart surgery on a three year old and we chose to face neither of them", Teddy explained with a shrug of her shoulder. She had lived through enough of Burke's bad moods, no repetition needed. "So I talked to our chief, showed him our stack of over hours and the days of leave we still have left and a couple of hours later, we boarded the red-eye to Seattle. Because, apparently, we're spontaneous people."

"Who's flying in?", Arizona wondered and placed the tray with four cups on it on the coffee table. Between the whistling of the kettle and the sounds coming from the coffee machine, she had only heard little bits and pieces of the conversation and wanted to be a part of it, curious to know what was happening in their best friends' lives.

Sipping some of the hot liquid and letting it run down her throat, Addison looked at the married couple, watching how Arizona instantly leaned closer to the Latina and put a hand on her abdomen. "Burke and Hahn", she eventually said, and for a second, everything seemed to freeze. Of course they knew about what happened with Hahn. The first time she had heard about the incident, she had walked in on a Skype call between her girlfriend and the brunette. And a couple of times after that, Arizona had talked to her on the phone and vent on and on about the cardio surgeon. "So, we chose to flee the state for a couple of days and here we are."

Callie didn't want to think about Hahn and her behavior. She was glad that the woman was out of their lives and would not be near them and their baby, at least not in the near future. "I think it's a great surprise", she said instead, choosing to ignore the little bit of information and pulled her wife involuntarily closer. "Right?" The blonde next to her nodded and kissed her lover's cheek.

"Oh, I almost forgot. We got something for our goddaughter", the redhead started and grabbed the bag next to her right leg while her girlfriend picked up the other one. "This one is basically full with cute romper suits, onesies and a few small toys for the first grabs of your daughter", she explained and pulled out her favorite piece of clothing. It was a light pink romper with butterflies covering the upper half and sleeves. Her best friend squealed and she chuckled, knowing that she had picked the right one.

"And I have this", Teddy announced and pulled out a big green sea turtle. It was probably as big as the baby and flat so in the future, it could be used as a pillow. "And I think this explains itself, but when I saw it, I just knew that it was perfect." And the smile that graced both of their best friends' faces was exactly what she had been hoping for. Brown eyes lit up and so did blue.

Lowering her face to her wife's belly, Arizona said, "You can't see this, Melody and you probably won't understand any of this until you're much older, but between your grandparents and your godparents, you'll be spoiled rotten." The married couple shared a laugh at the truthfulness of the blonde's words and almost missed Addie's question.

"Melody?"

"Mhmm" Callie hummed and interlocked her hand with her wife's that was still placed on her baby bump. "Melody Robbin Torres. That's your goddaughter's name, just in case you were wondering."

A-C-T

Two and a half hours later, Callie came back downstairs after taking an extensive hot shower. The four of them had enjoyed an early yet super healthy breakfast just when the first rays of sun started to lighten up the room and she had shared bits of her pregnancy experience when her wife took a quick shower. Arizona could take the quickest showers ever when she wanted or had to. But Callie had relished in the hot water running down her body and easing up the tension in her back, grateful that she didn't have to rush to the hospital, so she had taken her time. So now, with her hair dried and body dressed in comfortable clothes, she joined the redhead who was still sitting at the breakfast bar, playing with her cellphone. "Where are our better halves?", the Latina wanted to know.

"In the living room, gushing over the entertainment system you got your wife", Addie answered and rolled her eyes, before she further elaborated, "the one my girlfriend also wants and I am always telling her no, because it would probably shatter our windows and burst the walls of our apartment if she turned up the volume. So after her third attempt of giving me the puppy dog eyes, I left the room and chose to catch up on some medical journals I have saved on my phone." Looking up, the red-haired woman caught a glimpse of her friend and asked, "What's so funny?"

Stifling the giggles, the brunette replied, "Arizona had been eyeing the set whenever we walked by the store. She'd never buy something so expensive for herself, especially now with our baby on the way, she was more adamant than ever on spending money on more maternity clothes for me and things we needed for the baby. I think our house will have child proof door locks and stops before she'll actually be here." Sharing a laugh with her friend, she added with a smile, "It was honestly just me saying thank you for being an awesome wife and her wide dimpled smile was so worth it."

"I'm gonna ask Teddy to marry me", the redhead blurted out all of a sudden, surprising the Latina and herself with the outburst. Gray-blue eyes went wide at the realization and her mouth opened and closed a couple of times before she eventually said, "I mean, that's what I want to do. I have the ring for about a month already and I'm keeping it with me wherever I go so she won't stumble upon it on accident, but I don't have a plan. And I need your help."

A little stunned from the redhead's confession, Callie didn't know what to say at first. She didn't know whether to squeal or to scream in delight, but she knew that she had to close the door to the kitchen so no word could be heard in the living room. Doing this, the brunette pulled her friend into a bone-crushing hug, telling, "Oh my God, I am so happy for you! This is awesome news, Addie. Whenever you'll ask, she'll say yes", Callie stated when she sat back down across from the redhead and then asked, "But why do you need my help? Don't get me wrong, I'm down for any help you need, but isn't that something your best friend should help you with?" Not that it really made the difference. They were all friends. But usually, Arizona was Addie's person when either of them needed to talk to someone other than their significant other, and she was Teddy's. That's how it had been since college. And it had worked out perfectly so far.

Keeping her gaze on her cellphone, Addison admitted, "Because you already did it. You popped the question and had that whole speech prepared. Originally, you even had a plan and just because Arizona's actions of insecurity made it blow up in your face, doesn't mean it wasn't a good plan. But I just don't know what I should do. Maybe it's too soon anyway. We just got back together a few months ago, maybe Teddy will think it's too soon and-"

"I'm gonna stop you right there", the Latina said, holding her left hand in the air, effectively cutting her friend off before the redhead would have a panic attack over nothing. "She'll say yes. Do you wanna know how I know?" Addison nodded. "Because when you were broken up, she was miserable. She knew she made a mistake and regretted it. You may fight and argue because you see things differently, but in the end, you're ateam. You're better together than apart, and she knows that."

"You sure?" God, she was so nervous about this, but she also knew what she wanted. "I want all of this, too, Callie", she motioned around with her hand and then gazed at the brunette's tummy. "I want a house that I can call our home. With two or more kids running around in the future and Teddy, my wife, standing beside me, watching them chasing each other with super soakers in the summer and making a snowman and snow angels in the winter. I want to know what it feels like to be pregnant and I want to see Teddy pregnant. She's going to look so stunning and I can't wait for that."

The love-stricken smile on the redhead's face didn't go unnoticed by the Latina and Callie couldn't help but smile herself. Over the last years, Addison's behavior had changed, matured a lot. From the party girl she had been during college and part of medical school to someone who was finally ready to settle down and talk about kids. "You'll have that. And I am sure you'll have that with Teddy. You just gotta pop the question", she teased.

"But how do I do that?", Addie groaned, frustration evident behind her words. Romance wasn't exactly her strongest character trait. She could look up nice restaurants and make reservations and have a nice dinner with her girlfriend. She could take Teddy to see the fireworks at the fair and she even went ice-skating with her lover a couple of times. But she had always imagined she would plan something big, unforgettably special for the proposal.

"We'll come up with something. Right now though, I think we should get back to our better halves, or they might figure out that we've been gone for too long and get suspicious", Callie suggested and stood up, stopping when the baby kicked. "Damn", she hissed.

Addie, instantly worried, relaxed when she figured the baby had kicked its mother. "Can I feel it?", she asked and walked towards the brunette when she got a nod in response. Letting her hand guide by her friend's, she spread her fingers over the Latina's lower stomach, feeling the next kick against her palm. It was like magic. "I know she's in there, I've been around pregnant women a lot, but this is an indescribable sensation", she declared, the experience only strengthening her wish for a family of her own. Before this feeling could overpower her emotion, she said, "We really should get back."

Leaving the kitchen, the two women heard laughter coming from the living room and when they got the first glance, they found Arizona and Teddy sitting on the floor, the latter playing a jump and run game on the shorter blonde's ps4 while Arizona encouraged her friend to go faster. "Are you really sure you know what you got yourself into?", the redhead asked and both, she and Callie laughed.

"Probably not. But as long as she's happy, I am happy too", the Latina replied. Arizona loved her new entertainment station and that was what mattered to the brunette. "Plus, when I go on maternity leave, I have something to pass the time until my wife gets back home", she winked and sat down in the loveseat, watching her wife's face light up like a kid's on Christmas Eve when Teddy's character was game overand she could take the controller.

"Oh God, these two", Addison laughed and joined Callie. "What did you do?"

Sometimes, Arizona truly acted like a child. But the brunette was glad she bought the whole set, flat screen, blu-ray player, speakers and the game station. The look on her lover's face was definitely worth it.


So, Addison wants to pop the question! Too soon? Maybe? Maybe it depends on how she does it. We shall see.

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