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Chapter 17 "The Little Spider"
Arizona had taken a day off, to spend time with her daughter who had no school. She planned a visit to the zoo, some ice cream and a Disney party, while waiting for Callie who, had to work and had a long day, during which she would go through the surgeries. So they decided to talk to Sofia together in the evening.
In the early morning, reluctantly, but in order not to disturb her daughter, Arizona had therefore decided to go back to her room before the child woke up.
While Callie was drinking her indispensable morning cup of coffee, dreaming of the delicious night she had just spent, But which however was going to impose on her many caffeinated drinks in order to arrive at the end of this day, she sees appear a little girl furrowed eyebrows, with a black gaze who had awoken particularly early and had apparently got off the wrong foot. She kisses her mother carelessly
-Hi Mama.
Callie is surprised, her daughter got this from Arizona. She always wakes up happy in a good mood, throwing herself into your arms for a hug, singing hoppingly, around the house and chatting all the time in the morning . She certainly didn't hold that from her who looked like a cranky, mute bear until she got her caffeine. Stroking her forehead to evaluate her temperature, she asks the child
- Hey, are you okay? Did you sleep well ? Are you sick?
-No I'm not sick, I want to see Mommy
-Mom is still sleeping, honey, she's not going to work today. If you want, I'll give you a very good breakfast and set you up in front of a DVD until she wakes up.
Her stubborn child retorts in a firm tone
- No, I have to see Mommy, and she never scolds me if I wake her up!
Knowing that she will not change her mind, and worried about the attitude of the little girl who doesn't capitulate even for "Frozen", Callie nods.
Arizona was sleeping when she feels a tiny human, climb into her bed and gently snuggle up to her. She opens her eyes and smiles at her daughter, who places her head on her shoulder in a cuddle position. She smoothly strokes her hair, she looks so much like Callie, they both love that she runs her hand in their thick hair, an intense happiness invaded her, she did not feel so, for years, filled with love her family reunited again, but Sofia especially likes to be cajoled in the evening, in the morning she's usually a tornado. Arizona surprised, knowing her daughter's dynamic awakenings, and while passing her hand over her forehead, asks worried
- Hey, baby, are you okay? You're not sick?
-Mama already asked me. No I'm not sick! Sofia answers rolling her eyes with an irritated look
-Okayy! You are delicious this morning, do you want to talk to me about it?
-Talk about what?
- About what makes you in a Tyrex mood!
Arizona tries to amuse her daughter, she punctuates her words with tickles, but all efforts made to improve her daughter's gloom turn out useless. Sofia remains silent. Worried about the child's attitude, she is determined to push a little to encourage the little girl to confide in herself.
-Sofia! I can see that you have a little spider that comes to annoy you, in that little head, and you know what I do when that happens to me?
The little girl shakes her head with a dubious pout
- Well to hunt this little spider, I talk about it with a friend or with you if it concerns you. And that, It's magical, because the spider when we talk about her, she becomes very, very shy, so she rewinds her cobweb, she hides and hides again and hop she disappears! Wouldn't you like to tell me about your little spider?
Sofia shrugging her shoulders
- Mommy I'm not a baby, I can't believe that! Euh... Who's your friend you're talking to?
Arizona smiling at her daughter's desire to always be great, strong and willing
- It depends, sometimes it's Alex, or Richard, or Miranda or Teddy and often April
- But they're all in Seattle! I love Seattle She says with a sorry ton and a voice barely audible
Arizona is frightened but doesn't let go of her good mood, she exclaims laughing
- Are you kidding me? You hated Seattle, you wanted to come back to New York!
-I didn't hate Seattle, I hated that Mama wasn't in Seattle, and I hated New York because you weren't there. But now you've come with me and you don't have friends anymore.
Arizona understands sorrowfully, what's going on, in this little mind with particularly frowning eyebrows showing a very big concern, really too much big worry,for a little girl of her age who should only think about playing, eating ice cream, singing... She hugs her daughter tighter, she raises her chin, to cross her gaze to be as persuasive as she can be
-Sofia, I love you. When you were far from me, I missed you terribly. I know it was the same for you, but in Seattle you missed Mama too and you weren't well either. So listen to me, this, will not ever happen again. Never, do you hear me? Because I'm going to stay in New York with you.
A little smile illuminates the child's face
- But yesterday on the phone, you told April that you missed her.
- April is my friend and I miss her, but no one will ever miss me like you can miss me. You're the most important person in my life. I don't like anywhere you're not, and I can assure you, that from today I'll always go where you're going! Promised
- You promise? I love it so much when the three of us are
- I promise.
Tickling her daughter thinking she was going to finish this conversation for this morning, since it was supposed to be back at night with Callie she adds
- You know what? I also love it when the three of us are!
-Stop Mommy, stop
Sofia screams, trying to free herself from her mother's grip who teases her, she wanted all the answers
-Can Mama be your friend too, the one you talk to when there's the spider?
-Of course sweety, my best friend
- So why didn't you talk to Mama before? You weren't very good friends.
Arizona takes a few minutes to digest her daughter's question, she takes a deep breath, her answer having to live up to the intelligence and maturity of her baby who is certainly growing up too fast.
-Remember the stupid things you used to do when you were in Seattle?
Sofia lowers her head already regretting having pushed the discussion further and expecting a reprimand
-Yes mom I'm sorry, I was sad and ...
Arizona caresses her cheek and interrupts her to reassure her immediately
"I know, honey, I know I'm not scolding you, baby. I just want you to remember that moment. You were sad and you did stupid things, some really big things. The little girl nods shyly . Well, adults also sometimes do stupid things when they are sad. Mama and I were very sad, and we made mistakes that made us even sadder. So we decided to stop talking to each other for a while.
-Like when you send me to my room, to calm me down and think about my bad deed
Arizona can't help but marvel at her little girl's lucidity with a laugh she replies
-Exactly, we needed to calm down and think about our bad deeds. But now it's over, no more nonsense for the Robbins Sloan Torres family. Deal?
-Deal!
Approved Sofia, clapping in her mother's hand, the happiness invading her face
Callie had followed the exchange from outside the room, she had listened to the two most important people of her life with an immense emotion, appreciating this unfailing tie that united them, which she had undermined by keeping them away for months.
She pulled herself together to take a playful tone, throw herself on the bed and exclaim
-Deal too!
Sofia takes a serious, authoritarian look to lecture her.
- Mama, listening at doors! it's not nice.
- Hey, I wasn't. I was bored alone, in front of my excellent breakfast with pancakes and lots of chocolate chips!
Sofia doesn't let her finish, gets up, runs to the kitchen screaming letting her mothers laughing
- I'm hungry!
-Woaw you have always the right arguments up in your sleeve, the tornado is back pointed out Arizona by getting up to find her daughter I'm also extremely interested in this promise of pancakes with lots of chocolate chips.
Callie blocks her passage way, hugs her, and whispers in her ear
- Did I ever tell you I love you?
-Not recently smiles the blonde
- So, I love you. She kisses her in the neck. I want you as best friend she kisses her on the cheek, but also as sexy mistress she kisses her lips and I would have so, so much loved having a mother like you.
Seeing Callie's eyes turn bright at evoking relationships to her own mother, Arizona kisses her in turn and changes conversation.
-I just said it, you have always the right arguments. Let's join our daughter before she devours all the pancakes and makes herself sick.
Thanks for reading. It was a little quiet before the storm. Next chapters the roller coaster returns to finish this part chapter 20