"Are you having fun?" Addison laughed.
She had been hesitant to head to Seattle for the week this time. This trip was different than before. Not only was she taking time off from her job, but she was leaving Jake and Henry. She knew that everything would be fine, but she still didn't exactly enjoy it.
However, Faith Evelyn was doing a pretty good job of making sure that she had a good time. She had been snooping around – something that her three-year-old self was great at – and she had found a pair of Addison's shoes. Now she was wearing them while she tried, and failed, to walk around the room.
"Yeah, Addie," she smiled.
"Are those too big for you?" Arizona asked.
"Nope," she denied. "Good."
Dr. Brady arrived a few minutes later. They were meeting at the house this time, since Addison had just gotten there and they wanted her to feel as though she was settling in. Plus Teddy was just finishing up a long shift and she needed a break from the hospital for a few hours.
"Well, I didn't realize this thing was so formal," he joked when he saw Faith with the heels. "Austin Brady," he introduced himself.
"Addison Montgomery," she replied, shaking his hand. "Hi."
"Docker?" Faith asked.
"Say 'doctor', Faith," Sofia insisted. "Doctor!"
"No, docker."
"He's not here to see you," Callie assured her.
"Hi," she waved.
"Hi," he smiled. "I like the pyjamas and the heels. It's a good look."
It was almost bedtime. In fact, it was past Faith's bedtime, but the little lady was determined to stay up. For one, Addison was there. That was exciting for the girls. To top it off, Auntie Teddy was coming soon. Therefore, the mommies had agreed that the girls could stay up just long enough to say hi to her.
"Tank you," she replied.
"Sofia, if there's anything you want to bring to Daddy's tomorrow, can you pack it up now?" Callie asked. "While you wait for Auntie Teddy?"
"I'll do it tomorrow."
"He's picking you up in the morning," Arizona explained.
"Oh."
"You'll know when Auntie Teddy gets here," Callie said. "Go, please."
"Okay, okay..."
"Thank you."
Just as Sofia was heading up the stairs to her room, Teddy showed up. Of course, Sofia turned right back around. Her sister was just as excited, probably because she thought that she was there to play.
"Teddy!" she exclaimed. "Hi!"
"Hi!" she said, picking her up and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Are you all ready for bed?"
"No."
"Yes," Callie said. "That was the deal."
"Ten more minutes," Sofia negotiated.
"Auntie Teddy's here to work," Arizona said.
"Because baby hearts gotta get fixed," Sofia replied. "I know. Baby hearts make you busy, Mommy."
"I know they do," she said. "When you get back from Daddy's, we'll do something fun."
"Like make cookies?" she suggested. "With Addison?"
"Sounds good," Addison replied. "Henry'll be jealous."
"Well, you could keep it a secret," she said. "Sometimes when I'm at my dad and Lexie's house, I get to watch a movie after my brother's bedtime. He doesn't even know!"
"Fun," she smiled.
"Alright," Arizona said. "Come give me bedtime kisses and then head up to bed."
"Cuddles?" Faith asked.
"Not tonight," Callie told her. "It's a big girl bed night."
"It's official," Arizona smiled four days later.
It had been a long four days. In fact, there had been a lot of coffee and very little sleep. Between mommy duties, surgeries, and working on trial things while she had her dream fetal surgeon in the city, Arizona was exhausted. Yet, she had such a good feeling. She didn't even care that she was tired.
"What is?" Lexie asked as a group of them walked into the conference room.
She had paged many of them because she was simply excited to spread the news. They hadn't had any true success yet, but she hadn't felt this optimistic in months. This was good. She could feel it.
"Addison Montgomery is amazing," she said.
"Isn't it Montgomery-Reilly now?" Bailey smiled.
"Nope," Addison said. "Just Montgomery. That's Henry's last name, so I just kept it."
"Speaking of that little man, you do know that you could send some pictures once in a blue moon," she replied.
"I will," she smiled.
"Anyways, why is Addison amazing?" Alex asked.
"You have to ask that, Karev?" Addison joked. "Really?"
"Besides the obvious," Mark replied.
"She has found what she thinks is a way to operate on the tiniest of the tiny humans," Arizona announced. "While they are still in the womb. Owen's been able to give us the green light."
"So you're staying in Seattle?" Callie asked.
"She's coming back in June," Arizona said. "It's going to kill me to wait so long, but Henry'll be out of school for the summer, so..."
It would also give them time to do more research and make sure that they had everything all set. Time with Addison on their team was precious. They just didn't have anyone quite as skilled as her and Arizona wasn't about to settle for somebody who wasn't the best she could get.
"Good," Derek said. "So you're bringing Henry?"
"For a few weeks," she answered. "We don't know what Jake will do, so he might stay home with Dad for a few, too."
"Either way, it's great," Arizona said.
"Welcome back, Addie," Mark smiled.
"I'm not back," she protested.
"You're basically back," Derek agreed.
"Yum!" Faith smiled as she reached out and grabbed a French fry off of Madre's plate.
They were out for a dinner to celebrate what they hoped would be a great victory. Sure, they were very excited, very soon, but they had reason to be. Faith had come with them since she clearly needed some Mommy time and Arizona just didn't want to leave her with a babysitter. Sofia was still at Mark and Lexie's, so she hadn't joined them this time. Therefore, Faith loved the extra attention she was getting.
"You don't eat what's on your plate, but you steal from me?" Callie asked.
"Yeah."
"Faith, do you know why we're here?" she asked.
"We's hungry," she smiled.
"Well, we are hungry, but we're here because Mom and Addison had a really good day at work."
"Yay!"
"Yay!" Arizona replied. "Did you have a good day?"
"Yep."
"What did you do?"
"Cut on paper," she said.
"You practiced cutting with scissors?"
"Yes," she said, making scissor-like motions with her hands. "Mouth open...mouth close..."
Her teacher had told the children to pretend like their scissors were an alligator trying to "eat" their paper. They had to guide their "alligators" along the paper and try to cut as well as they could until the paper was all cut up and the alligator was all finished chomping.
"Can you teach Henry that? He still thinks scissors are weapons," Addison said.
"Noooo," she replied, shaking her head. "Careful!"
"Could you imagine us with a rambunctious little boy?" Arizona asked her wife. "Dress-up is so much easier."
Addison laughed.
It was then that Arizona's phone rang. When she saw that it was the hospital, she had to go answer it.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Dr. Robbins," one of the nurse's replied. "I'm sorry to bother you, but Dr. Karev is in surgery and yours appears to be the only other name in the patient's history."
"Okay."
"He was discharged last month following a heart transplant. His name is Sebas-"
"I'll be right there," she said. "What happened?"
"He's been running a fever for the last four hours, according to Mom. She couldn't get it to go down."
"Which could be a sign of rejection," she agreed. "Tell the Wren and Darren not to panic yet. Kids get fevers. This might not be the worst thing ever. It might, but he's keeping that heart if I have any say."
