Disclaimer: The characters in this story are not mine and belong to Grey's Anatomy.
AN: I'm sorry English is not my first language, so it was finish the story with all these mistakes or just leave it unfinished.
"Really? Wow!" Mark exclaimed as he heard his daughter's story smiling. He , Sofia and Callie were in the hospital cafeteria. He listened attentively to the journeys that the little girl told him after having spent a few days in the house of the Arizona's parents
"I was able to ride by myself," Sofia declared proudly.
"And you don't know how well she does it," her mother asserted, gently stroking her head.
"My little cowgirl," said Mark laughing. "It seems you enjoy a lot there" She told her daughter who nodded her head very confidently
"I love it!" She said opening her arms making it clear that her days in the field were to her liking
Her parents couldn't contain their laughter. "I see that it is a frequent destination for you two" This statement was directed to Callie
The brunette outlined a sad smile "Arizona needs to go there, she feels that it is the only thing she has left of her past ... and the truth is that when we are there I notice her, I don't know ... different ... I see her happy ..."
Mark took her hand in a way of support "Callie, Arizona is happy since she was reunited with you, I saw her all these years and I assure you, since she is with you she is another person"
Sofia was eating her hamburger, she seemed to have stopped paying attention to her parents' conversation. Callie turned her head and looked at her daughter for a few seconds before answering
"When we are there, I see her having fun with Sofia, I see her full… I don't know how to explain it to you, sometimes I wonder if that is her place in the world, it's not that here I see her sad, even since she was able to operate again, she's much better , but her countenance changes there ... "
"Is it mine too, mommy?" I also enjoy when we are there "asked Sofia with a frown. "If it's the Arizona place, can it be mine too?"
Mark began to tickle his daughter. "Your place in the world is with your father, isn't it?" she asked jokingly while Sofia tried to get away from her father who was squeezing her by giving her kisses and she couldn't help laughing
"Daddy! let go of me!" She shouted with laughter
Mark kept playing with his daughter pretending not to hear her "Callie, she in the middle of the field, of course she's going to be different, she's relaxed" he stopped his hands for a moment to allow the girl to breathe normally and reattached "So your place in the world huh …?"
Mark's phone began to ring "saved by the bell" he said looking at Sofia and answered the phone
"Hello? Baby, slowly, I don't understand you ... what? really? I'm going!" His face drew a smile from ear to ear "Lexy is in labor" exclaimed "I must go, by God ... your brother is going to be born! " he told his daughter excitedly
Sofia began to clap "Yes! I'm going to be a big sister! Can I go see him? " she asked thrilled
Callie started laughing, "Sure baby, but he has to be born first, now your daddy is going to go with Lexi to make that happen, right Mark? She asked looking at her friend who was still there without moving from emotion
"Damn! you're right! Goodbye princess" he kissed his daughter on the head and ran away
"Mark, we are in the hospital!" Callie yelled laughing as she enjoyed her friend's emotion, the situation brought back several memories of the day Sofia was born
"Mommy, if I can't see my little brother, can we go see Arizona?" asked the girl bringing Callie to reality
"No, sorry, she is operating now, and you must go to nursery until my shift is over."
"Phew" the girl complained
"Sof ... you know how things are" her mother warned "I promise you that when your brother is born, your father or I will take you to see him"
"Is there a long way to go?" she consulted anxiously
"Well, that depends, in each case it is different, but you are going to be playing with your friends so the time is going to pass super fast" said Callie trying to cheer up her daughter
Sofia sighed resigned "Ok ..."
"Dr. Robbins, Dr. Sloan asks you to go to room 3"
Without looking up from her patient, Arizona instructed the nurse to answer for her "Tell him that I'm working here, if it's for a case, try Dr. Thomas"
A few seconds later the nurse insisted again "I'm sorry doctor, it says it's urgent"
Arizona sighed "Tell him that as soon as I finish here I go, thank you" she replied to the nurse who through her mask could see that she was smiling at her kindly.
She continued to operate until five minutes later the door to the operating room opened and Mark was standing there. "Arizona" her friend's voice caught the attention of the blonde, who looked up from her patient and observed that Mark seemed stressed
"Mark, what is it? Callie and Sofia are okay? " Arizona asked worried
"Yes, they are fine, I need you to come with me urgently, it's Lexy, well, not her, she's about to give birth, things got complicated and they called pediatrics but I don't trust Thomas and ..."
Arizona saw Mark's tearful eyes, "Can you finish here?" she consulted Alex who was assisting her
"Sure, go, go ..." he answered confidently
"Anything happens you call me, understood?" She warned
"Sure, go easy, I can handle this" he assured her with his eyes on the patient
Arizona rushed out of the room and went with Mark, She just wished that her friend's concern was not for anything serious and was due to the simple fact that he was the father ...
"What do we have here?" asked Arizona firmly when she entered the room
"Dr. Robbins? What is she doing here? I can take care of it, it's not .. "
Mark cut the surgeon "I'm sorry Thomas, Robbins is staying, you can go see the rest of your patients" The situation made Arizona uncomfortable, it was not usual for colleagues to remove cases in the middle of the procedure, but this time I felt that she must be on her friend's side
"Can you explain to me what happens?" Arizona asked in a serious tone. She turned her head looking at the surgeon who was in the room "I'm sorry, but I'll take care of it"
"Please, I'd rather Arizona stay," Lexy asked in a broken voice and Mark went to his wife's side to encourage her.
"Everything will be fine darling, whatever happens, Arizona will take care of it" She looked at her friend, almost imploring his words to be true.
The doctor turned his head in disagreement, opened his mouth to reply but chose to leave the room in silence.
Then they brought Arizona up to speed on why they needed a pediatric surgeon in the room. Mark had put a lot of pressure on her, but he couldn't let him down after everything he had done for her all these years, she just wished she could rise to the occasion.
It was always difficult when it came to the lives of children, no matter how many years you exercise, each life that is lost is a mark on the soul that is carried forever, but even more when it was the life of your friend's son.
The procedure lasted about four hours, when neonatology requested the presence of a surgeon in the room, he was not mistaken, the signals had been correct and Arizona had to act quickly to try to save the child who presented an obstruction that required an intervention
Now Arizona was in the break room, she was so exhausted she did not hear the door open.
"You're good?" heard Callie ask her sweetly as she began to stroke her head, she hadn't noticed that her girlfriend had entered the room, Between the fatigue and the pleasure of Callie's hands playing with her hair, she chose not to open her eyes and only nodded.
Callie watched her girlfriend's features, she could see the weariness drawn on her face. "I found out what happened, Mark told me" She outlined a smile "he told me you are amazing"
Arizona opened her eyes and stared at Callie "I was very afraid of failing them ..." she confessed with a trembling voice.
Callie grabbed her chin "But you didn't, because you are an incredible surgeon Arizona, and if something had gone wrong, it would not have been your fault either and you know it ... in our work no matter how well we do things, there are times that the result is not what we expected ... But Noah is in excellent condition "
"Noah?" Arizona asked with a smile
"That's right, they decided to call him Noah Sloan Grey" stated Callie
Arizona thought for a few seconds "I like it" she commented smiling and rested her head on the brunette's shoulder
"Your schedule already ends right? You must go to rest Arizona" said Callie who couldn't help but worry, she didn't like it when Arizona went overworked.
"I have to finish seeing some patients first. Sofia is in kindergarten? Do you want me to take her home? "
Callie adored the way Arizona always cared about Sofia "I'd rather you go to rest, if you take Sofia I know you won't be able to do it, you already know her ..." Callie knew perfectly well that her daughter being with Arizona would end up tiring blonde even more.
"Sure? Look, it doesn't bother me, "Arizona insisted
"Absolutely" She said gently kissing her girlfriend's lips
As the days went by, Noah had made a full recovery and was discharged. The operation had been a success and everything indicated that the child's health would not present sequelae and could have a normal life without complications associated with the incident at birth
Sofia had been able to meet her brother through a glass, so today she was very excited to finally be able to see her little brother at home.
Lexy and Mark had organized a dinner at their house which Callie, Arizona and Sofia attended, to celebrate that little Noah was at home with his parents.
"Sofia, if you want to take him, you must sit on the sofa" Lexy indicated to the girl who asked to be able to lift her little brother in her arms.
The girl ran to the sofa excited "I'm ready!" exclaimed happily
"With care, Sof" Lexy said to her as she posed her son in the little girl's arms, always on the lookout that she held him correctly and had his head well supported.
"My princess and my prince" declared Mark proudly watching his children
"I must admit that you make cute babies" said Callie laughing and looked at her friend knowingly
Mark smiled "I know, I'm a Sloan, but come on!, don't say it, the blonde will be jealous" he said mockingly looking at Arizona
"Why? If it's true "replied in a serious tone Arizona "I must admit that both are beautiful, however, Sofia is the copy of Callie "
"Hers will be beautiful too, I'm sure" Callie declared looking completely in love at her girlfriend. She could not deny it, on more than one occasion the idea of having more children with Arizona and being able to enjoy all the stages that with Sofia she had not been able to, with the love of her life had crossed her mind.
"Now that we are all together, Lexy and I wanted to tell you something" said Mark looking at Arizona who frowned in surprise
"Yes, it's true," said Lexy, taking her son in her arms to address the group of adults. "It's something really important to us."
Mark looked at Callie "I hope you don't mind"
"Ok, there is a lot of suspense, if you weren't married to Lexy I would be worrying that you would try to ask her out" joked the brunette
"Arizona, we want you to be Noah's godmother," told Mark
The blonde looked surprised and turned her gaze to Lexy who nodded with a smile on her face indicating that what her husband was saying was the desire of both "That's right, we are very grateful for what you did, and we believe it is the best choice what could we do "
"Come on!, What do you say?" Mark asked anxiously
Arizona didn't know what to say "Are you sure?" she looked at Callie uncomfortably because she always assumed that the godmothers would be either Callie or Meredith
"Are you kidding? of course!" affirmed sure Mark "Who better than you to take care of my little boy"
"Wow, I wasn't really expecting it," Arizona commented with a smile. "I'm flattered, of course I am," she said, taking the little one in her arms. "Come with your godmother baby." She began to tell the child in a funny voice
Callie watched her daughter's face change, she no longer had the smile on her face that she had minutes before. "Sof, is everything okay?" she asked although she suspected the reason for her change in mood
"Yes" she replied short without taking his eyes off Arizona who was with Noah
Callie approached the sofa with her daughter "Come on, tell me what is bothers you honey" the girl only responded by raising her shoulders
Callie chose not to insist, she knew it might not be the time, but when they returned home she would have a conversation with her daughter.
And that's how it happened, after a pleasant dinner, in which the baby's cries were present, anecdotes from when Sofia was born, advice that Callie shared with Lexy about raising the tree of them, Arizona, Callie and Sofia, who had been quiet most of the night, returned at the apartment.
The silent of the child was something very strange about her, and for Arizona did not go unnoticed
"Are you feeling good Sof? Arizona asked the girl who just nodded "Do you want us to read a bedtime story?" Arizona knew that Sofia loved her bedtime stories, it was her little ritual the nights the blonde stayed to sleep there, but Sofia shook her head.
Arizona looked at Callie trying to find the answer to Sofia's behavior
Callie sighed "Sof, if there is something that bothers you you should say it, if you keep it for yourself we will not be able to help you"
Sofia's eyes instantly filled with tears "Arizona is not going to love me like she used to" the girl said between sobs.
"What?" Arizona asked, surprised, she didn't understand what had been wrong that Sofia thought that "Where do you get that from?"
"Now you are Noah's godmother and you are going to prefer him" at that moment she broke down in disconsolate tears and Arizona rushed to hug her while Callie watched them interact, she already suspected the reason for Sofia's attitude
"Sof, that's not like that ..."
"Yes it is!" she responded annoyed without letting Arizona finish talking
"Of course not, how do you think I'm going to prefer anyone but you? Sofia, I love you, I adore you, you are my little girl and you know it… "Arizona's voice was full of emotion
"But now you are his godmother" replied the girl
Arizona closed her eyes for a second trying to find the right words to make Sofia understand that she was wrong, "Yes, it's true and I'm going to love him, the same way I would if I wasn't his godmother, because he's the son of your father whom I love very much ... "
"You see ..." Sofia interrupted again
"Let me finish" said Arizona sweetly "but what you and I have is special, and I'm not going to have it with anyone ... you are very special to me Sofia ... you and your mother are my whole life ..." she said looking at Callie who was drying herself the tears on her cheeks "and there is nothing or no one who makes me feel otherwise, I love you as if you were my daughter, and I can have 10 godchildren that you will always be my Sofia ..." she took the girl's face to look at her eyes and can understand that her words were sincere
"For real?" the girl asked, still doubtful
Arizona smiled lovingly at her "Really. You know that the heart is a muscle, right? "
Sofia nodded, despite being young was always surrounded by doctors, so some terms were very familiar to her.
"That means that it can be enlarged ... you can love many people at the same time, it does not mean that if I love you I can no longer love others, the heart is enlarging like a balloon the more people we love in life ..." explained Arizona
"Does that mean that if I love many people can the heart explode?" the girl asked concerned causing the adults to not be able to contain their laughter
"Well, maybe It was a wrong metaphor, no, the heart does not explode if you love many people, let's say it's a magic balloon ..." Arizona stared at Sofia "But what I want to make it clear to you Sof, is that no one ever It will replace you in my life, because you are ... "
"Your Sofia!" exclaimed the girl throwing herself into Arizona's arms "I love you" she said in her ear
"I love you too baby" At that moment Callie joined the family hug
After a boring day at work, which meant that luckily for her patients there had been no need for complex interventions, Callie entered her apartment with the idea of enjoying a dinner with her daughter and her girlfriend, who were surely entertaining with the games they used to share until she came
As it was Friday, she decided that nothing better than buying a pizza on the way home, if there was one thing the three of them shared, it was their love for pizza and ice cream.
When she was entering she thought she heard Sofia crying. Once inside she finished confirming it, which began to worry her, Sofia was not a girl who cried for whims
"Sofia? Arizona? She called them out since they weren't in sight, put the pizza on the table and went to where the sound was coming from.
Sofia was standing looking at the bathroom door crying "Sofia, what's wrong baby?" asked worriedly. At the time Sofia heard her mother's voice, she turned and showed his shirt stained with blood
Callie ran to her daughter, her heart seeming to leap out of her chest. As a surgeon she was used to seeing blood, but nothing prepares you to see your child with blood "God, what do you have, are you okay? what happened?" she asked frantically trying to find the source of the bleeding
"Arizona" the girl said in the middle of tears. At that moment, Callie's heart stopped for a second and she understood. Sofia was pointing to the bathroom door calling the blonde
Callie ran into the bathroom. Arizona was in the sink, her face almost covered in blood and you could tell she was struggling to stop the bleeding that was flowing from her nose.
"God, Arizona ..." she said and hurried to her girlfriend's side, automatically going into doctor mode. She lifted her head and took the towel that Arizona had in her hands to strain it, trying to stop the bleeding.
She could feel her girlfriend trembling. "Everything is going to be fine, do you hear me? everything is going to be fine" The brunette told her girlfriend trying to calm her down and sat her on the small chair located in the corner.
"I'm scared," she murmured almost imperceptibly looking at the woman next to her
Callie took her cellphone and started calling 911, she couldn't risk taking her in that state to the hospital in a car, she knew she might need instruments that she didn't have.
"Arizona, can you tell me what happened? she asked in a calm tone although inside she was terrified. She needed to know what was the problem
"I don't know… we were reading on the couch… my head ached and suddenly my nose started to bleed and I couldn't stop it…" Her voice was cracking due to fear and pain. "Sofia…" murmured
Callie kept trying to stop the bleeding, "The ambulance is coming and everything will be fine" seemed like a mantra she repeated to convince herself
"Sofia" Arizona repeated again.
"Sofia is in the hall, love, she is fine, let's go to the living room to wait for the ambulance" she said as she helped Arizona get up
"I need to vomit" said the blonde and leaned over the toilet while Callie stroked her back
When she calmed down, Callie led her to the couch. "Stained at Sofia," Arizona said weakly. At that time Callie remembered the girl's shirt, that was what was bothering Arizona.
"It's okay ..." Callie frantically searched the house for Arizona's papers and seemed not to hear her daughter's cries.
"Bring a shirt for Sof," Arizona demanded softly, "Don't leave her like that."
Callie looked at her girlfriend, trying to make sure she was going to be okay and ran to hug her daughter.
"Shhh, Sof, everything will be fine, calm down ... let's change your clothes, now the doctors will come and we will take Arizona to the Hospital ok? " the girl nodded, while continuing to cry.
"Damn, what are you waiting for? If they don't come in 5 minutes, we're leaving" the brunette declared furiously. The reality is that only a few minutes had passed, but in that situation it seemed an eternity.
"Sofia, enough!" she yelled at her daughter who burst into tears even deeper. Callie closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, she didn't want to yell at her daughter, she shouldn't yell at her in that situation, the little girl was anguished and terrified, she was supposed to console the child, but Callie wasn't able to control herself, the fear was eating her and couldn't contain the frustration of fell so useless even being a surgeon
"I'm really, really sorry, Sofia, I didn't want yell at you, mami is a little nervous because the doctor are not coming, ok? " she said trying to calm herself and started to dial again
Arizona looked at Callie reproaching her for her attitude with the little girl and walked a few steps to where Sofia was
"Sof, baby, don't cry, I'll be fine, ok? The doctors are coming. Mom is a little nervous because you know that she is very anxious" She tried to joke to calm the situation and took the little girl's hands to try to calm her down
"Arizona, can you please go back to the couch?" Callie protested
"See, now she is telling of to me" She said winking at the girl, making Sofia draw a weak smile on her face while calming her crying
Arizona took two steps to return to the place where her girlfriend told her to wait. Suddenly she stopped and grabbed her head as a stabbing pain shot through her.
Callie's eyes filled with terror was the last she saw until everything went black.
AN2: I want to thank everyone who still reads the story and go to the trouble to comment, encouraging me to finish it.
