A/N spoilerish- If you haven't seen the finale, let me just say this. First, dear God Callie laying across that bed is an image that will not leave my brain. Second, Lexie is NEVER dead to me or my fics. Was one of my favorite. Loved her.

Thanks for the reviews. I have loved them.

Chapter 6

Arizona walked into the hotel lobby and quickly found the front desk. She was hoping to be so lucky with her friends. "May I help you?" The young man across the counter asked.

"Yes. I'm looking for some friends of mine that are staying here."

"The name, please." He turned to the computer monitor.

"Lexie Sloan."

"Yes, your friends are no longer a guest here."

"What!" Arizona felt her heart sink.

"They checked out earlier this morning."

"Did they have one of your drivers take them somewhere?"

"Yes. We got your friends a taxi to the airport." The man noticed the look of distress on Arizona's face. "Can I help you with something else?"

"No, thank you." Arizona said as she turned to walk out of the hotel. She wondered what to do now. Callie, like all the memories of Seattle, was in the past now. However, the thoughts of Sofia telling Callie that she had said she never thought about them, seemed to upset her deeply. She wondered if Sofia had told anyone about what happened during her visit to Arizona's office.

The plane landed in Seattle just after 11 a.m.. Callie waited anxiously until she saw her daughter walking out the doors of Sea-Tac Airport. This was the most time that she and her daughter had ever spent apart, except for the occasional summer trip to her Grandparents in Miami. Callie had always tried, no matter how hard, to give Sofia space without fearing the worst for her young daughter. Sofia had always proven herself responsible at such a young age, so Callie tried to reward her with a little freedom. She would often say, 'Don't get all Grandpa on me, Mom'.

Sofia, straight faced, with no sign of joy to be home, walked into her Mothers open arms. "Have you grown?" Callie said as she tightened her hug.

Sofia, with a half-hearted smile, drew herself back and looked at Callie. "More than you understand."

Callie watched her daughter back away, take hold of her luggage once again and walked around her before stepping in the waiting car. Callie slowly turned to Lexie, Cristina and Teddy. "What's up with her?"

"She's almost a teenager, Cal. She's just practicing. You know she has big shoes to fill with her Mom and aunts." Cristina said as she followed Sofia's watched as they followed behind Sofia.

"I know, but..." Suddenly Callie realized she was the only one standing outside the car. She looked at her car full of luggage and passengers that were trying to get comfortable, when Callie saw something. Lexie, leaning forward from the back seat, putting her hand on Sofia's shoulder and whispering something to her. "Well this is weird." Callie said out loud to no one.

Just before Callie opened the door, Lexie told her step daughter one last time. "I know Sof, but if you don't cheer up she is going to know that something is wrong."

The car fell quiet again as Callie stepped in. She never let on that she knew her daughter and friends had been through some kind of argument while away. She simply started the engine and knew that before long one of the four would break and let her in on their secret. So until then, she would just wait. Once home, Sofia walked in and went straight to her room. Callie had taken Teddy home, then Cristina and Lexie by the hospital to meet Mark. She still wanted to ask what was bothering Sofia, but didn't fearing that the young girl would just push her away. She knew that her daughter was enough like her, that if she wanted to talk she would and if she didn't forget it. Callie sat down on the couch trying to rest from a very busy week. With Teddy, Lexie and Cristina gone, Callie and April had their hands full at helping out in the ER. Not to mention that the end of the quarter was coming up and the chief was going over budgets with a fine tooth comb. Finally some peace and quiet. Callie had just laid her head back when she heard a awful bang coming from Sofia's room. "Sofia!" Callie yelled as she ran toward her daughters room. Callie opened the door to find Sofia standing in front of her desk. "Sof, what…." Callie looked at the mess in the floor.

Sofia looked at her mother as Callie was scanning the items now on the floor. Including Sofia's brand new laptop. "Alright, I thought that I would wait this one out, but if you're going to start breaking things, then I want to know."

"Know what?" Sofia said as she stood while placing her hands on her hips.

"Well for starters, get your hands off your hips like you wanna confront me. That isn't what you want I assure you, Sof."

"Sorry." The young girl removed her hands and dropped them to her sides.

"Thank you and secondly, what did that computer do to you so quickly?"

"It fell." Sofia said

"Just fell, huh?"

"Just fell."

"Either you can tell me or I will ask your Dad to find out from Lexie or Matthew. Now which one do you want?" Sofia thought about the question. She knew that Lexie would never say anything about what had happened, so Sofia wasn't either.

"I don't know what's wrong. Just in a bad mood I guess. I'm sorry about the computer." Sofia answered as her shoulder slumped slightly in a sign of weakness.

Callie studied her daughters body language and decided once again, to let Sofia come to her.

"Sweetheart, I'm a Doctor and when we see things like this, people acting different with anger, sometime we wonder if something happened. Do you understand what I am saying? Were you ever without anyone is Maryland?"

It took Sofia only a second to see the questions in Callie's eye. "NO. OH GOD MOM, NO! Nothing happend. No one hurt me. I just..."

"I thought that you and your brother would have fun together."

"We did." Sofia couldn't help but have a smile on her face thinking of how many times they had fooled the adults and ran off. "We had a blast. I'm just glad to be back home."

"Well, you have a funny way of showing it."

"Hey, I'm a Torres. What can I say?"

"Saying you're a Torres doesn't get you out of every temper tantrum, Sof."

"I know. I'm sorry ok? I'll pay for a new laptop out of my allowance money."

"I can't just let this go at that."

"I know." The girl dropped her head and awaited the punishment.

"Since you want tell me what is bothering you and you are breaking things, you're grounded for a week."

"Got it."

"No sleep overs with Zola, no TV or video games, and you are straight from school to the hospital after school center or here. Where ever I am."

"Ok."

"And when you're done clearing up this mess, you are going to call your Dad and tell him you broke your birthday gift from Lexie."

"Ok." The little girl still had her head down. She hated seeing the disappointed look in Callie's eyes. Now she would have to hear it in her dads voice too.

"Come on and I'll fix you something to eat." Callie walked out of the room as her daughter followed. As they headed for the kitchen the phone rang. "Grab that, Sofia. How about sandwiches?" Callie said as she continued toward the kitchen.

"Yeah, that's fine." Sofia said as she picked up the phone. "Hello."

"Sofia?"

The girl immediately noticed the voice. "I don't want to talk to you." Sofia whispered.

"I didn't know that was you. You didn't give me a chance..."

"It doesn't matter."

"Yes, it does." Arizona said quickly to Sofia's harsh comment. "It matters to me."

"I thought so too. It was a mistake."

"What's a mistake?" Sofia heard Callie say from behind her. She quickly hung up the phone and turned to Callie.

"Mistake...they made a mistake. It was a wrong number."

"Oh. Anyway, I thought that instead of us eating alone, maybe we could go see your dad for lunch."

"I thought you said I was grounded."

Callie was amazed at how quickly she'd forgotten that part. "Well then...we...we start tomorrow. You're dad really misses you."

"Ok." Sofia gave a geniue smile. Who was she kidding? She didn't need Arizona. She had an amazing family instead.

"Yeah. Hospital food. Yummmy." Callie returned her smile as she grabbed her purse.

"Yeah that sounds good." Sofia chuckled for the first time today. It was music to Callie's ears. She wrapped her arm around her daughter and they left.

They had only been gone minutes when the phone rang again. After a greeting that made Arizona's heart skip a beat, and short tone, then silence; Arizona spoke on the machine. "Callie, its Arizona. I really need to talk to you. Please return my call as soon as possible...its about Sofia." After leaving her number, Arizona hung up the phone and wondered if Callie would call.

Callie and Sofia had spent most of the day at the hospital. Sofia had always had an interest in medicine and loved to watch surgeries from the gallery. Later that evening, Sofia and her brother, Zola and Ethan Shepard, and Alex Jr. also known as A.J., were gathered in the daycare. Although, the kids where quickly out growing most of the toys in the play room, Richard had new video games brought in for the older kids that seemed to keep them occupied. But today there was only one thing that was being tossed around; Sofia's trip. As soon as AJ entered the room, the questions began. "So what happened?"

"With what?" Sofia said abruptly.

"With what?" AJ answered knowing she knew exactly what he was referring to.

"It was a waste of time. Matt and I could have been playing video games or anything. Not running after some stupid person that my family is nothing more than a nuisance to."

"Why would you say that?" Ethan asked.

"Because she is. You're too young to understand."

"Why do you always say that to people who are the same age as you?" Matthew snapped. "He was just asking. This is all you have talked about and now they are somehow suppose to know what happened?"

"Fine then. You tell them." Sofia marched out of the room after the comment.

"What's up with her?" Zola questioned.

"I think Dr. Robbins just wasn't at all what she imagined."

Arizona's alarm went off at five thirty, just as it did every morning. She rubbed her half opened eyes as she realized there was no call from Seattle and quickly thought that maybe Callie had gotten in late and just didn't want to bother her. That was it. That was what Arizona hoped as she climbed out of bed and began her morning routine. A half hour on the treadmill, a nice eye opening shower, then a quick breakfast as she read the morning newspaper. As she sat at the table, the newspaper in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. When the phone rang at six forty-five it was not at all odd. She placed her cup on the table, not letting her eyes leave the paper, and answered the phone.

"Hello." There was silence. "Hello?" She said again. Arizona then heard a soft sigh and someone clearing their throat, so she waited.

A quiet whispering voice spoke, "I saw that you called last night."

"Yes I did. I wanted to check on…." Arizona was interrupted.

"I came in before Mom and heard the message. She doesn't know that you've called. I don't want her knowing I saw you. She can't know."

"I just wanted to make sure that..…"

"That what? I understood?"

"Sofia, you aren't being fair."

"I understand how you feel and I'm back home where I belong. I promise not to bother you again. Now please don't call back. My mom can never know that I came to see you. Now please just leave us alone."

With that, Arizona heard the line go dead. "Sofia?" There was no answer. "Sofia? "Arizona knew that Sofia had called while Callie was still sleeping, so now wasn't the time to call back. There was so many things that she wanted to tell Sofia, but now wasn't the time to call. If she called she would surely wake Callie and Arizona decided to wait until later hoping to speak to Sofia later. She smiled to herself at how much Sofia was like Callie. Strong, stubborn and protective. All the things she loved in Callie.

Arizona did the only thing she could right and that was starting her morning. She walked into one business meeting after another. Everyone seemed to be trying to play catch up as the new quarter was quickly approaching. This was definitely a busy time for the owner and CFO of her practice. She needed to talk to Sofia and normally she liked to stay busy, but nothing about Arizona's personal life was normal today. She worked quickly with the CFO, cutting out any kidding around. She really needed to give this her full attention so that she could wrap things up today. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon and she really wanted to try and catch Callie before she left for the day. She remember what Sofia said, but she had to tell Callie. No matter what that meant. She knew that if she waited until Callie was home, Sofia may keep her from talking to her mother. Arizona didn't want to talk to Callie about this at work so she did the only thing she knew to and picked up the phone and dialed the number. After three rings someone answered. She explained who she needed to speak to and the call was transferred.

"Hello."

Arizona immediately smiled at hearing her friends voice. "Teddy?"

"Yes."

"Its Arizona." It had been so long since anyone heard from Arizona, Teddy didn't realize who she was talking to at first.

"Well, you were the last person that I thought would be calling here."

"I take it that Sofia told you what happened?"

"She really didn't say much. I think for the first time in months, she hasn't mentioned the name Arizona at all.

"Teddy, I didn't realize who she was. She had came to my office several times in the days leading up to the meeting we had. She used some fake name to get into see me. She said that she was writing a school paper on woman in the medical and business world, and she asked me all these questions. Questions that I didn't know how to answer to a child. So I made things up. How was I to know that she was asking for herself?"

"Well that explains a lot. We really didn't know what happened. She told us that you said you never thought of her or Callie. That was hard for her to hear considering you were the reason she came to Maryland with us. We almost had to hire armed guards to keep around her. Every time she visited you was a time that she out smarted her nanny."

"She did all that just to see me?"

"She just wanted to meet you. She overheard a conversation once and heard the name Arizona. She insisted that we tell her who you were. We refused at first, then she told us that she would just ask Callie. That's when we spilled."

"So, she has never mentioned me to Sofia?" Arizona said sounding hurt.

"Arizona, she doesn't mention your name to anyone. I don't think that she can."

"Why? That was years ago. I didn't think that I would be a daily conversation, but I did think that I would have been mentioned at least once."

"Imagine the biggest regret that you ever made."

"I don't have to imagine. It happened. I lived it." Arizona huffed.

"I really believe that it haunts her. I don't think that she has ever forgiven herself for not going to Maryland and chasing you down. Even though there was something that kept her here, she still believes that had she gone, things would have been different."

"What about the time that she spent with that girl from Oncology? Nothing seemed to be bothering her then."

Teddy chuckled mockingly. "Really? YOU are going THERE? Plus it was nothing. They were just friends. Nothing has changed. They are still very close, but that's all. And Arizona you getting married kinda put a damper on that."

"Well I'm not now." Arizona's voices saddened and Teddy didn't miss the quiet huff.

"Speaking of. Arizona I am really sorry that I couldn't..."

"Different subject, different time, Altman. This is about Sofia, not Becca."

Arizona heard someone in the background as Teddy stopped talking. Arizona could just barely make out the question that was asked. "Teddy, who is that?" Arizona listened for Teddy's answer, but the woman said nothing. "Teddy. I asked who you are talking to?"

Teddy finally spoke. "I'm sorry, can you hold one moment please." Arizona answered 'yes' and heard Teddy continue to talk. "Let me see the x-ray. Yep. I'll met you in the OR in 10 minutes, Torres."

Arizona swallowed hard as she heard Callie's voice. She heard her ask Teddy. "Hey, can I talk to you about Sof?"

"Um, sure why?"

"She has been acting really weird. She completely destroyed her laptop last night. Did she say anything to you in Maryland? Seem upset?"

"Don't tell her it's me." Arizona plead. "Please, Teddy."

"Alright, then. I will call you back sometime. Thanks for calling Dr. Williams. Glad to hear that San Francisco is doing well."

"Thanks Teddy."

"No problem. Hope to talk to you again soon." After they exchanged good-byes, Teddy turned to Callie.

"Sorry that was a consult."

"That's alright. What's wrong with my daughter?"

Teddy smiling slowly faded. "I…I don't know what you are talking about."

"You….you do." Callie mocked.

"Callie, Sof is at a weird age. We were like that remember?"

"I don't ever remember clearing my desk onto the floor."

"What?"

"Yep, computer and all. On the floor. It was right after she came home, actually the minute she came through the door. I need to know what happened."

"Nothing, but I'll talk to her if you want. Maybe she will tell me what she won't tell you."

"Would you do that, please?"

"Are you kidding me. I would love to."

The conversation stopped as Sofia and Matthew walked into the room. "Hi, sweetheart." Callie said as she stood and walked over to kiss Sofia on the cheek. "How was your first day of school?"

"Oh it was a blast."

Callie saw the opportunity for Teddy and Sofia to talk, so she decided to leave them alone. "I gotta run baby, surgery calls. Matt why don't you come with me. Your dad's office is on my way. I'll walk you. Teddy I will have OR 2 ready in 15."

"See you there."

Callie was leaving the room, when she turned behind her daughters back and mouthed the words 'Thank you.' to Teddy. After Callie had left the room Teddy started to speak, but was interrupted. "So what's it that you're talking to me about?"

"What?" Sofia laughed. "I just saw her in the window. She told you thank you about something."

Teddy turned around and looked at the window, noticing that she could see their reflections perfectly, she smiled at Sofia. "Just don't tell Callie."

"You want to talk about what happened in Maryland?"

"Nope. Don't you have a surgery you need to get to?"

"Sof, you got it all wrong."

"No I didn't. That was what she said."

"Maybe what she said, but not what she meant. You got in to see her under a fake name."

Callie, who was listening around the corner, was now extremely confused. Teddy hadn't even asked what the problem was; she already knew. Callie wondered why she just didn't tell her.

"I did get in under a fake name, but that doesn't change the things that she said to me."

Callie was really beginning to wonder who 'she' was. No one is mean to her daughter.

"You asked her question that she couldn't answer."

Callie wondered who her daughter would be asking questions of.

"She seemed to answer them just fine to me. I'm done talking about this. Besides who needs Arizona Robbins anyways?"

Callie was still in shock when she rounded the corner. "How do you know about Arizona?"