Several weeks went by. The adoption became final. Barbara left to go back home and things had started to settle down. Arizona was currently holding a crying Chloe who was not very happy at the moment. She was teething and Arizona was looking for the teething gel when the doorbell rang. "Sofia, I think your Mom is here." Arizona yelled down the hallway as she made her way to the door to answer it. Things have been weird between the two women since their argument. They really only spoke when it was about Sofia. It helps that Arizona hasn't returned to work yet. Of course that will change soon as Arizona really needed to get back to work. Her maternity leave was almost over. She opened the door to let Callie in and before she could say anything Chloe really let her presence known. "Is she okay? Callie asked.
Arizona replied "She's teething." Arizona nodded her head to invite Callie in while she walked back into the kitchen where she finally found the teething gel. She applied the gel and almost immediately the baby stopped crying. "Finally." Sofia said as she walked in carrying her backpack of things for her stay with her other mother and gave Callie a hug.
Arizona sighed "I'm sorry Bug, I know it's been hard, but you get to go spend some time with your Mom and hopefully get some rest." She hugged the girl goodbye and told Callie "She will probably go to bed early tonight, we didn't get much sleep last night."
Sofia said " Or the night before or the one before that"
Arizona teared up "I'm sorry Sofia. Hopefully it won't last much longer."
Sofia replied "I know Momma, she can't help it if she's hurting. I will catch up on my rest when I'm with Mommy"
Callie interjected "What about you?"
Arizona looked up "What?"
Callie repeated "What about you? When will you catch up on your rest? You need to take care of yourself too Arizona."
Arizona shrugged it off "I'm fine, I will be fine."
"Arizona." Callie said with disapproval in her tone.
"What Callie? What? I mean what am I supposed to do? It's just me. There isn't anyone else. I'm doing what I can." Arizona replied.
Callie sighed "When Sofia was teething, or when she went through that phase where she had her night and days mixed up, there were three of us and we were all fried. So I don't know how you are caring for a 7 year old and a 6 month old all by yourself. I'm just saying that it would be okay if you asked for help."
Arizona nodded and changed the subject "Sofia, you have a good weekend with your Mom and I will see you tomorrow at your soccer game okay?" She looked at Callie "I will see you tomorrow."
Callie wanted to to say more but knew that it wasn't her place. Her and Arizona were in a weird place right now and with Arizona being obviously exhausted she knew better than to try to upset her.
The next day at Sofia's soccer game, Callie was helping Meredith unload the stroller for Ellis and the snacks for the team when Arizona pulled up next to them. She rolled her window down as she was approached by the other women and the three players. She placed her finger to her lips to indicate they should be quiet. "Hey, she just fell asleep. I'm going to stay in the car with her and I will watch the game from here." She opened her door to give Sofia a quick hug and a good luck kiss. Both Callie and Meredith noticed that Arizona had thrown her hair up in a messy bun and was wearing an old sweatshirt and leggings, which Callie thought to be odd as she knew how self conscious Arizona was about her prosthetic leg showing in public and she wasn't even wearing her realistic looking one. After closer look, she could recognize how tired Arizona looked. Arizona climbed in the back seat with Chloe and the others made their way to the field.
Meredith looked to Callie "Is she okay?" Meredith was not used to seeing the blonde when she didn't have it all together. Callie replied "Well, Chloe is teething and according to Sofia she is up almost all night lately. I don't think Arizona is getting much sleep, which worries me because that usually causes her phantom limb pain to act up."
Meredith could see the concern on Callie's face. Callie continued "I tried to talk to her last night when I picked up Sofia, but I don't think she wanted to hear it coming from me. I don't know how to make things right with her Meredith."
After the game they made their way back to the parking lot and Meredith pointed to Arizona's car. The blonde was sound asleep in the back seat next to a still sleeping Chloe. Callie made a decision and she instructed Sofia to get in the backseat quietly. Callie leaned in and pulled the seatbelt around Arizona and buckled her in. She then climbed into the drivers seat. Luckily, Arizona still had the keys in the ignition. She drove them all the way to Arizona's house without a peep out of the back seat. She parked in the driveway and removed Chloe and her car seat and carried it into the living room. She had Sofia sit with the sleeping baby while she went out to get Arizona.
She didn't want to wake the other woman and take a chance of her getting upset. She knew from experience that if Arizona was tired enough, she wouldn't even know that she was being moved. She unbuckled Arizona and grabbed her hand "Come on, let's get you to bed." Arizona didn't budge. Callie turned Arizona's legs toward the door and placed her arms under Arizona's arms and helped the blonde to her feet. She then guided her in the house and walked her down the hallway to her bedroom. She sat Arizona down on the unmade bed and reached down to take off Arizona's shoes.
"Arizona," Callie whispered "You need to take off your leg." Arizona reached down and pulled it off. Callie then leaned her back and covered Arizona up. She turned off the baby monitor so she could rest uninterrupted as she shut the door behind her. She walked out and pulled Chloe from the car seat and placed her in the pack n play to continue her nap. She then looked around and noticed that there was a basket of clothes that needed to be folded. So she sat down and folded it up. She had Sofia put the clothes away. She then walked into the laundry room and decided she might as well do another load of laundry. She also unloaded the dishwasher and cleaned up the kitchen. She opened up the fridge to see what she had to work with and decided to make a lasagna. In the meantime Chloe woke up. Callie changed her diaper and fed her and between her and Sofia, they managed to keep the little one quiet so Arizona could rest. She was contemplating going to wake Arizona so she could eat when the bedroom door opened. "Hi Momma" Sofia said. Arizona looked confused, she didn't remember how she got home. She noticed the house was clean and she could smell something delicious cooking and she noticed Callie was holding Chloe who appeared to be in a good mood. "I uh, I don't understand." Arizona said.
Callie smiled "Well, you both were sleeping so well that I didn't want to wake you. I hope you don't mind."
Arizona smiled "No, no. Thank you. I guess I was more tired than I realized."
Callie smiled "We have about a half an hour before dinner, why don't you go relax and I will let you know when it's ready. I just need to finish cutting up the veggies for the salad."
Arizona was stunned and didn't know what to think, she was surprised that Callie had done all this for her. She took Chloe from Callie's arms and made her way to the family room with Sofia until Callie called to them that dinner was ready. Sofia occupied most of the conversation telling Arizona all that she missed at the soccer game. "I'm sorry I missed it." Arizona said and Sofia replied "No, you needed your rest." Arizona smiled and when dinner was finished she started to carry dishes to the kitchen and Callie stopped her. "Why don't you go take a bath while I clean up?"
Arizona shook her head "I couldn't, you've done so much already." Callie interrupted "Go, Sofia said you've been wearing that same sweatshirt for 3 days now."
Arizona looked guilty "Are you sure?"
Callie nodded and the blonde smiled. Callie realized that she made more headway today with her actions than she would have with months trying to talk to the other woman.