I hope this chapter makes sense, I got stuck and it took me awhile. Thanks again for reading, and as always I do not own anything.
Chapter 14
Callie
It was Friday afternoon, I had a light workload today, which I did on purpose, we wanted to take Zola and Sofia out for dinner tonight to celebrate making it through their first week. Pending any massive accidents, I would be done by 6, the same time as our two interns. Meredith and I had planned this in the beginning of the week, I didn't tell my wife until the night before when we were laying in bed. We had wanted to surprise the girls and Arizona, although I love her dearly, when she's excited about something she couldn't keep a secret to save her life. I'm in my office, I wasn't in there much these days, just finishing up some notes on a surgery I had done earlier, I save my work and sit back in my chair. My eyes catch the picture I have on my desk of everyone from the girl's high school graduation. My mind wandering back to that day. I remember how excited Arizona was, she has always been an excited person, and having everyone here for it. I reach for the picture, smiling, a tear slips down my cheek, as I run my finger over my dads face. I miss him, he passed away about 3 years ago now. It was hard, Arizona, Sofia and I met my sister in Miami. My mom had passed on a few years before, and since then he went downhill. I know what losing the love of your life can do to you, although Arizona didn't die, for awhile there, after the plane crash, it felt like she did. I often wondered, back then, if it would have been better if she would have died that day, with Mark and Lexie, part of her did, part of me did. As much as it hurt our family, I know that walking out of the therapist office that day was the best thing I ever did. Arizona needed to heal, and the only way to do that was for me to walk away. I became a doctor for a reason, I wanted to save people, and that's exactly what I was trying to do for my wife, save her, but she was just too far gone, stuck in that hole of pain. I understand why she cheated, and to be honest for the longest time after we got back together I often wondered if it would happen again, but it didn't and Arizona proved to me that she was staying faithful this time, she is and always will be the love of my life.
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Arizona
I got paged to the ER, walking in I see April standing at the nurses station "you rang"
"oh good you're here" she clicks around on the iPad "I've got a 22 year old who's 20 weeks pregnant, was in a car accident" I nod reaching for the iPad, clicking through the file "ok" April shows me to the patient "Alice, this is Dr. Robbins, she's going to check you out"
"is my baby ok?"
"that's why I'm here" I give her a wink, turn to my interns, and run through a list of test I wanted done. "right away Dr. Robbins" Taylor says, after our talk in the elevator I liked her, maybe it was because she reminded me of myself. I hand the iPad to Sofia "page me when the results come in"
"ok momma" I laugh then hear her "shit sorry Dr. Robbins" we share a laugh I lean in and whisper "you're doing great baby" I squeeze her arm and walk away. I was surprised she didn't mess up calling me momma more. I'm making my way to the bathroom, which is where I was headed when my pager sounded, humming to myself as I always do. I loved my job, and the fact that my daughter was here working, and my wife, my life was amazing. As I was washing my hands I hear my phone beep with a message, tossing the towel in the trash, I pull it out seeing Calliope across the screen, a smile graces my face. 'just reminding you about the surprise dinner tonight' ~Cal
'I'm there' ~Mer
'ditto' ~Mag
'if I must be' ~Alex
Oh a group message I always love those, I laugh to myself and type out 'Alex you're an ass' ~Ari
'the evil spawn has spoke' ~Yang 'oh and I won't be able to make it'
'sorry Chris forgot to leave you out' ~ Cal
'no probs, wish I was there, give our girls my congrats, they'll be kicking ass in no time' ~Yang
'I'll be there' ~Ted
My phone kept blowing up with replies, everyone except April who I knew was busy in the pit 'you guys best be working and not standing around sending text messages all day' ~Bailey
'we're working Dr. Bailey' ~Yang
'not you Yang, you do, whatever it is you do' ~Bailey
'ok ?' ~Yang
'suck up' ~Alex
'Karev!' ~Bailey
'what? I'm in the bathroom, I have time to text' ~Alex
'Alex is pooooopin!' ~Yang
'pooopin Alex' ~Mer
'you guys kill me, I'm so glad I came back' ~Teddy
Reading the messages that were still coming through I could hardly contain my laugh, it was a good thing no one else was in the bathroom, they'd probably think I'm crazy. I hear my pager sound, I quickly lock my phone and reach for my pager, 911 to the pit. "shit" I say rushing out of the bathroom and into the ER, I see April calling out orders to the interns "Robbins she coded"
"ok we gotta get her in the OR now" I see April nod and turn to yell at an intern "book an OR, we're on our way" the intern I didn't know, I see Sofia standing there "hey will you find your mom and tell her I got pulled into surgery, and I'll find her when I'm done"
"ok momma" she said shaking her head, and I laugh
"Grey-Shepard you're scrubbing in"
"ok Dr. Robbins" Zola said, I see her turn to Sofia and let out a little happy sound I've heard from both girls so much over the years I knew it meant she was excited.
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Sofia
I decided to head to find my mom, heading to the ortho ward, to check her office first, wandering the hallways, like I've done so many times when I was younger. With our parents owning part of the hospital and being heads of their departments, Zola and I have always had free reign of the hospital. I remember coming to work with my momma and her giving me her extra white coat that had her name on it. It was before my mom had come back. I turn the corner and realize I'm right in front of her office, the door was open, I can see her staring at a picture, looking like she's about to cry. I stand there watching her for a few seconds. I can see the years catching up with her, the wrinkles on her forehead, and around her eyes. Although she was in good shape, both my mom's were, at least in my mom, the years were starting to show. I remember giving her shit a few years ago about having gray hair, the next time I saw her it was dyed. Smiling, I knock on the doorframe and see her perk up.
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Callie
I'm still lost in my thoughts, only brought out by a knock on the door and someone clearing their throat "um, mom, I mean Dr. Torres" I look up seeing my daughter, and smile "yes"
"Dr. Robbins told me to" she stopped what she was saying and walked farther into the office "eh fuck it" I hear her whisper "momma wanted me to come tell you she got called into a surgery"
"ok honey" I smile, not taking my eyes off her, I see her walk closer to the desk, eyeing the picture I had just set down. "that was a fun day"
"yes it was" I smile
"I miss abuelo" I can hear the sadness in her tone
"I do too" I reach out pulling my daughter in for a hug
"papa and nana too" she says sniffling, I wrap my arms tighter around her. Arizona's parents were both a live, but they were living in a rest home in Missouri, and we haven't seen them in a few years now. We tried to get them to move to Seattle, but The Colonel was addiment that they stay there, Arizona fought with him but then gave up, saying her father was too much of a stubborn ass and wouldn't change his mind. "maybe we should take a trip to see them" I say knowing Arizona would love that. "momma would love that" I hear her say
"your next weekend off"
"which will be in 2070" Sofia laughs
"seems that way now doesn't it" I laugh remembering my residency, at this very same hospital. I see her nod "it'll go quick"
"I hope so" she smiles
"I've gotta go check on some patients, you wanna come?"
"of course" I see the twinkle in her eyes 'yup ortho it was'
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Arizona
The surgery didn't take long, I was damn good at my job, scrubbing out I think about when Nichole approached me about doing the fellowship. She saw something in me all those years ago, and I've still got it. I was heartbroken when I found out she died a few years back. I didn't even get to say goodbye. Shaking my hands off I reach for a towel to dry my hands. Noting the clock, thank god I was done in time. I smile, making my way out of the scrub room. Reaching for my phone, I see I have a bunch of unread texts. Laughing to myself as I read the banter going on between our friends. I'm in the process of typing out something when I trip over a gurney wheel sticking out. I managed to catch myself with the gurney, looking around to see if anyone saw me "that would have been embarrassing" I say to myself and finish my journey to the attendings lounge to change. Catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror I see blood on my forehead. "what the fuck" I reach for a towel wiping off the blood, seeing the cut is in yet again the same spot I've been cutting open since Callie and I were in the car accident. Looking closer at it, I realize I needed to get it stitched up, yet again. "why does this keep happening" I say to myself almost crying, I hear a voice behind me "Arizona" I turn around, the tissue still in my hand "what happened?"
"I tripped over a gurney wheel" Callie moves closer, examining my head "did you hit your head?"
"no" I say trying not to cry, "I didn't even fall" I sniffle
"oh baby" she pulls me in, "come on, lets get someone to stitch you up" she says ushering me out of the room and towards the ER. "you know who I think should do it?"
"who?"
"Sofia" I see my wife smile
"um, you want an intern to stitch me up?"
"not just any intern" she hits the button to the elevator "Mark Sloan's daughter" I laugh "and we both know she's been practicing since she was little"
"right" I say as the doors open and we move inside. I watch as Callie pulls out her phone, as the doors open again and she ushers me to the ER, where Sofia is standing "you paged?" she asked
"right" Callie says looking down at me
"momma what happened?"
"she tripped and well" Callie says "you're going to do her sutures"
"you want me to" she looks at me as Callie says "yes"
"um ok"
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Sofia
My mom wants me to stitch up my momma, to say I was nervous was an understatement. Taking a deep breath I begin, it only takes 4 stitches. Which didn't take long, I'm now putting a bandage on my momma's forehead. "so you tripped?" I ask
"over a gurney wheel that was sticking out"
"and you hit your head" I ask my momma was so clumsy, I remember a story about how she fell after forgetting she had a prosthetic, and putting weight on it.
"no I didn't" she says her blue eyes meeting mine
"how did you?"
"that seems to happen with her" my mom says I can tell she's trying not to laugh she leans in kissing my momma on the cheek "I love you" I hear her whisper
"I love you too" she smiles
"you know" I say clearing my throat "I may say that you two are disgusting but I love how you are with each other" I look up into my mom's eyes. They both wrap their arms around me kissing my cheek "by the way" mom says pulling back "we are taking you and Zola out for dinner"
"oh" I look around "would you mind if Lauren came with?"
"no not at all" my mom smiles, I see her give my momma a wink
"we um" I pause looking at the floor "we were going to"
"invite her, you two can, do whatever you were going to do after dinner" she says
"yeah" my momma says "everyone is going to be there"
"oh joy our cheering squad" I roll my eyes but smile.
"are you done?" momma asks, I nod, and she climbs off the bed. I follow my parents out of the ER. "so go get out of those scrubs and we'll meet you in the lobby in 15" I nod and make my way to the intern locker room where I find Zola and Lauren already changed "so I just stitched up my momma's forehead"
"again?" Zola laughs
"yeah" I say taking off my shirt, I see out the corner of my eye that Lauren is watching me. I give her a wink and see her face turn red. "so um" I say pulling on my shirt "our parents are wanting to take us out for dinner tonight"
"yeah my mom found me earlier telling me about it" Zola smiled "you know they're proud of us right"
"trust me, my moms wont let me forget" I smile quickly changing my pants. I look over at Lauren who had a disappointed look on her face "don't worry you're coming with" I wink at her. We had planned to go for drinks after work "then after we can get that drink"
"are you two?" Zola smiled
"well" I smile at my bestie "come on our cheering squad is waiting" I loop my arm through hers and put my other arm around Lauren "we should probably warn you"
"warn me of what?" she asks
"remember on Monday?" Zola says "the cheering and clapping?"
"yeah" Lauren says
"it'll be like that" Zola laughs
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Callie
Standing in the lobby waiting for the girls, the elevator opens and three of them step out "I didn't know we were inviting all the interns" Karev says
"we aren't" Arizona smiles
"then why is Taylor here?" he asks confused
"they are um" Arizona clears her throat "they had a date planned, so we invited her too"
"wait so Sofia is?" god he was so dumb
"yes Sofia is bi just like her mom" I say in a tone that made him cringe
"can we just go? I'm starving" he says turning and walking towards the door. Leaving me shaking my head, Karev will never change. Meredith had made reservations at an Italian restaurant not far from the hospital. We decided to just walk, since it was not raining for once. Walking out of the hospital, Arizona's hand in mine, liked we've done so many times. I smile, life couldn't get better than this, Arizona squeezes my hand. Looking over at her I can see how happy she is. I wink at her and see her blush, after all this time I still had that effect on her. Who am I kidding, she has the same effect on me, I feel her squeeze my hand again "mind out of the gutter Calliope" I hear her whisper
"what?" I look over at her "I wasn't even" I stop shaking my head, hearing her laugh.
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Arizona
When Callie winked at me, I felt the butterflies in my stomach, all these years and she still makes me feel like this. Hearing the girls giggling behind us, I turn to see the three of them laughing about something. Shaking my head I lean into Callie as we walk. It didn't take us long to make the walk, Teddy was already there waiting along with Maggie. I watch as Meredith goes up to the hostess stand, and we are soon led to a table. I watch as Callie pulls the chair out for me, I kiss her cheek before I sit down. Meredith had ordered some bottles of wine, once everyone's glass was full, she speaks up. "so, we've all been through so much shit in the past, but here we are" she looks around the table. "where's Amelia?" she asks.
"I'm right here" she says sitting down in an empty chair "sorry got held up"
"ok" Meredith rolls her eyes "as I was saying we've all been through enough shit in our lives, now it's time for a new chapter" she looks at Sofia and Zola "you two are just starting out, you've got a long way to go, but"
"hey sorry" she was interrupted, I turn to see Richard and Bailey "the old man got lost"
"hey now" Richard laughed "just because I'm in my 80's doesn't mean I'm not of sound mind"
"sit" Meredith says pointing to the two spots left open "now I think everyone is here?" I look around the table, every spot is filled "I think we're good" I hear Callie say, I feel her hand on my leg "alright" Meredith clears her throat "as I was saying" she paused "what was I saying?" she looks at Callie they share a laugh.
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Callie
With Meredith getting interrupted she had forgot what she was going to say. She had that happen a lot lately, she kept saying it was early onset Alzheimer's, but I knew different, we are in our 60's and live pretty hectic lives. Meredith had given up on her speech, squeezing Arizona's thigh I picked up my glass of wine, "to Sofia and Zola, or should I say Dr. Sloan and Dr. Grey-Shepard" I smile "man that's a mouthful"
"that's why I went with one name" Sofia laughed
"I think I can speak for everyone at this table when I say, we are so proud of both of you"
"remember that time they had that stuffed animal on the kitchen table and Zola was cutting the stomach open while Sofia was wrapping up the legs?" Karev says laughing
"oh my god" Sofia said covering her eyes "uncle Alex don't"
"no that was funny" Zola laughs "I remember doing that, many times" she smiles
"my cousins and I used to build forts and pretend we were camping in the mountains and one time my older cousin cut open one of my huge teddy bears, saying we needed to eat" Lauren says
"that's great" Zola said laughing,
"what about the time I caught them trying to cut open Bailey" Maggie says
"wait what?" Meredith says "how do I not know about this?"
"you were what? 9 or 10?" Maggie laughs
"10" Sofia says looking down
"yeah" Zola laughs "we even made him put a gown on and everything, you guys had gotten us that cool doctor kit"
"I remember buying those" Arizona laughs "but why did you"
"he said he had a stomach ache" Sofia said "so we were cutting him open to see what was wrong"
"good thing the knife was plastic" Zola laughed
"so girls, I know it's the end of your first week, but do you have any idea what you want to go into yet?" Richard asks
"well" Sofia looks at Arizona, then at me "I'm leaning towards ortho" she says "sorry momma" I smile, and do a dance in my head, I saw the way her eyes lite up.
"I haven't decided yet, but I'm enjoying working with" Zola paused "auntie Arizona" she smiled
"you, you're actually enjoying it?" Arizona stutters
"I am" Zola smiles
"you hear that" my wife says looking at me "someone likes fetal" I could tell she was excited, I lean over kissing her cheek.
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Arizona
Having dinner with a bunch of doctors, is always a treat, I often wonder what the people sitting around us think with our talk of blood and bowels. I didn't have to wonder for long, as we are sitting there enjoying our meal, our conversation shifts to a story about a man who had got his arm caught in a meat grinder. I remember Callie and Meredith having this case right before Meredith took her boards, it was Callie's way of testing her to see if she was good enough for the Torres Method. Sitting there listening to my wife and our friend talk about how the hand looked once they pulled the machine apart, I hear a scuff from the table next to us. I turn and look, seeing a lady, dressed in a fancy black dress, and what looked to me to be diamond earrings that hung down to her chin. I tried to pay no attention to it, but when she did it a second time I turned to her, making eye contact, I stare her down, not saying anything, just met her eyes, realizing she must be in her mid-forties and an attitude to go with it. After about a minute she turned away, and my attention went back to my wife, who was now talking about another patient that had come in, she was living in a tree, trying to save it from becoming a parking lot or strip mall, or something, I couldn't remember exactly, but when the company decided they had enough they bulldozed the tree, with the woman still in it. I hear Callie go into detail about her injuries, I smile at how excited she was, I hear the woman behind me say something. I turn again, meeting her eyes "is there a problem here?" I try not to laugh, I've asked that question a million times in my career. I see her roll her eyes, and turn to face me "yes there is a problem" we stare at each other for a few seconds before I speak up "well what is YOUR problem then?" I ask making sure to put emphasis on your.
"you people are disgusting"
"disgusting?" I repeat the word, and move in my chair so I'm facing her "I'll have you know MAM, that these people sitting here at this table a world class doctors" my movement got Callie's attention, and I know when she heard me talk she knew I was getting mad. I hear her whisper "Arizona"
"what?" I almost growl turning my focus on my wife meeting her eyes, she gives me that look, but I shake it off and turn back to the lady who is saying something about how she didn't care who we were. "well mam, I'm sorry our conversation is interrupting your dinner"
"Arizona" I hear someone say from across the table, turning back towards my party "what? This woman is being completely rude"
"not everyone enjoys conversations about blood and bowels at the dinner table" Richard says
"yeah, I get that, but you don't have to be rude about it" I say loud enough that I knew the woman heard me.
"baby" Callie says, I happen to glance at the lady hearing Callie call me baby "great their lesbians too" Callie had heard her this time.
"excuse me" she turns to face her
"you people are disgusting" she spits out "all your talk about" she started to shake "and" she didn't finish her statement, as the shaking got worse, not hesitating we all jump into action, calling out orders like it was second nature.
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Callie
I wasn't sure what happened one minute Arizona is in a verbal fight with the lady sitting behind us, and the next we are trying to save her life. She was now being put in the 19 aid car, and being taken to Grey Sloan, where I know she'll be taken care of. We are now home, sitting on the couch with a glass of wine. Sofia and Lauren had gone out after we left the restaurant, so we had the house to ourselves. Arizona was cuddled up against me as we flipped through the tv to find something to watch. Settling on reruns of some show that came out in the 90's I wasn't sure what it was but I remembered watching it when I was a teenager. I think it's called Boy Meets World or something, I remembered enjoying it back then, so that's what I left it on. Tossing the remote back on the coffee table I sit back so Arizona can get more comfortable. "Callie"
"hmm" I hum
"I just wanted to say I love you" I look down where my eyes met the blue ones of my wife, the way she was looking at me was the same way she looked at me the night she first told me she loved me. "I love you too" I smile, as she lays her head back down, I reach up and run my hand through her hair. "Callie" she says softly
"yes"
"where do you think we'd be if I would have let Alex go to Boise?"
"well" I say moving uncomfortably, I wasn't expecting this conversation, let alone 20 years later "you would still have your leg" I say
"do you think we would have" she stops and I feel her take a deep breath "would have gotten a divorce"
"that's hard to say" I say running my hand through her hair, my mind wanders back to after the plane crash, and how bad everything had gotten. I'm brought of my thoughts hearing her say "we were happy, and healthy, and I had to go and fuck everything up by getting pissed at Alex and pulling him off the case"
"yeah" I let out in a sigh "but you can't think like that, yeah we've gone through a bunch of shit, but in the end we are here, and none of that matters"
"I've just been thinking about it a lot" she says moving so she could look at me "if I could change one thing in my life, I would not get on that plane"
"I would make it so no one got on that plane" I say quietly not sure if she heard me
"I miss Mark" she says looking away
"I'm so happy Sofia decided to go with his name"
"I am too" she smiles leaning in placing her lips on mine, it was just supposed to be a peck, but I reached up pulling her in closer running my tongue over her bottom lip. When our tongues touched we both let out a moan, and I feel the familiar tingling between my legs. Outside of the heavy make out session in the on-call room in the beginning of the week we hadn't touched each other like this in months. I let out a moan as Arizona grinds herself down on me, then positioned herself so her thigh was putting pressure on my now throbbing center. "oh god" I call out as she moves again so my thigh is putting pressure on her, our lips never breaking apart. The one thing we have always done right was sex, we have always had amazing sex together. Something I missed so much when I was with Penny, even after all these years, and losing a leg, Arizona still knew how to please me. "oh god" the sensation of Arizona's thigh rubbing my clit is getting the better of me. She moves her lips away from my mouth kissing her way to my neck "Calliope, you taste amazing" she whispers just above my ear, her breath causing me to put more pressure on her thigh. All the sudden she stops her movement and pulls her thigh away "wait what"
"be patient my love" she says moving down my body, unbuttoning my jeans and sliding them down along with my panties, that are completely soaked, tossing the offending items over the side of the couch. Kissing up my right leg, nibbling on my thigh knowing that would make me want it even more. "Arizona" my words are pleading, I was about to explode. "patience" she smiles "trust me it'll be worth it" she says then goes back to kissing her way to where I needed her most. "god Calliope, you're so wet"
"I need you Arizona"
"I can tell" she smiles, when I feel her tongue lap at my clit I almost exploded, reaching down I put my hands in her hair. "oh god Arizona" I moan as she slips a finger inside of me, quickly followed by a second. She pumps in and out of me in pace with her lapping tongue. I feel my muscles began to tense, as that amazing feeling starts to rip through me. She stops her lapping and begins sucking on my clit and bends her fingers to find that spot. "oh my god, fuck, Arizona" I call out as I hit the peak of my climax. I feel her pull her fingers out of me and climb up my body. "I love you Calliope" she says before she kisses me. I can taste myself on her. Causing me to let out a moan as her tongue invades my mouth. She reaches for the blanket we have on the back of the couch covering us up and lays down on top of me. Smiling I run my hands through her hair "I love you too Arizona" I say kissing the top of her head. "we'll need to make sure we clean this couch good" I say with a smile as we both fall asleep.
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Sofia
After dinner Lauren and I went to Joe's. Zola headed to the hospital with the lady, saying she can learn from it. Sitting in this bar, I hadn't been here that many times before, just a few times since I turned 21. I look around, thinking about my moms "is this the bar your moms met in?" Lauren asked
"technically yes" I smile, remembering the story I've heard a million times "they had their first kiss in the bathroom" I say nodding towards the bathroom "twice" I hold two fingers up
"huh?" she looked at me confused, I laugh realizing she wasn't from here and didn't know their story. "they were a part for a few years, mom and I moved to New York, or mom did, I traveled between here and there for a year. It sucked, but I thank god now I hardly remember it"
"crazy" she smiled, I like that smile, and getting to know her. "so" I sat back in my chair "tell me more about yourself, you know" I take a drink of my beer, "since you learned so much about me tonight" she laughs "yeah I sure did, didn't I?"
"yeah, my moms are pretty embarrassing"
"I think they are amazing and they raised a beautiful, talented, sweet, funny, and sexy daughter"
"wow" I could fell my face getting red "um thank you"
"I mean it Sofia" she reached up touching my cheek "you're beautiful" she runs her thumb over my cheek, and all the sudden we were the only two people in the bar. The next thing I know, I see her leaning closer, I can feel the butterflies in my stomach as our lips meet. My mom always talked about how she felt the first time my momma kissed her, it wasn't until now I knew what she meant. When we pull back from the kiss, I could still feel her lips on mine "wow" she whispered, I couldn't find any words so I just smiled, not able to make eye contact "um" she clears her throat "was that not ok?"
"what?" I look at her, I can see the panic set in "oh" I laugh "sorry" I reach out pulling her back in for another kiss. This time after we break, "its perfectly ok" I smile
"do you want to get out of here?" she asks,
"yes" I smile,
"so I don't live too far away, we could go there, or we could take a walk, and talk" she says
"a walk sounds amazing" I smile and reach for her hand as we make our way down the sidewalk. "where are you from?"
"you're mom didn't tell you?" she asks
"no" I shake my head
"oh" she laughs "I just thought that since she knew we were going on a date she would tell you about our talk in the elevator"
"you talked with her in the elevator? About me?" I asked, it was so like my momma to do that
"yes, but it wasn't about you, it turns out she and I are both from Missouri" she smiles
"ok" I say calming down "did she tell her my nana and papa still live there?"
"she did" she laughs "I love how you still call them nana and papa"
"well" I smile
"my grandma still live there" she goes on about her life and what it was like growing up in a small town. I grew up pretty privileged although I like to think I didn't act spoilt, but I probably did. We walked in silence for a bit "I often wonder what my life would be like if my dad were still alive" I say
"oh?" she says "you knew your dad?"
"for the first year of my life I did, but of course I don't remember that"
"wow, I guess, I just assumed they'd done it the artificial way" she says
"no" I laugh "I'm surprised you didn't hear the story"
"I guess I do remember you saying the hospital was named after him and that you used his last name, I'm sorry I forgot" she stops I had a feeling she was thinking she was messing everything up. "it's ok" I smile "he died due to injuries from the plane crash"
"the same on that took Dr. Robbins leg?" she asked
"yes the same one that took my mommas leg" I say "like I said I don't remember him, but there's a few videos of him with my moms and I and I can tell he loved me"
"what's there not to love?" she says, meeting her eyes, even with the lack of light I could see the twinkle in them. "we should head back" I say
"ok" I could hear the sadness in her voice
"I'm having a really good time, but I have an early day tomorrow"
"I know, I do too, I'm just sad this night has to end" she says leaning into me as we walk
"how about we have dinner just the two of us tomorrow?"
"I'd like that" I see her smile as she stops "this is me" I look up at the building, and couldn't help but laugh "what's so funny?"
"we used to live here" I laugh
"which apartment?"
"502" I smile "I only remember because I found some mail"
"that's hilarious" she laughs
"why?"
"come on" she nods towards the door, we enter the building and she hits the elevator button, once inside she hits the 5 button, and when the doors opened again on the fifth floor, she takes my hand, and leads me to an apartment door, I look up seeing the number 502 on the door, she pulls out her keys and unlocks it "you live in my mom's old apartment"
"how crazy is that" she opens the door and pulls me inside. Looking around, some flash backs hit me. "I can't wait to tell my mom's" she smiles at me, those blue eyes make the butterflies fly around in my stomach. She leans in and when our lips met, we both let out a moan. My mind was telling me to pull away before something more happened, but I couldn't. The next thing I knew she was leading me to her bedroom.