A/N: hey I'm back. I know it has been ages and for that i apologize.
Life has been kind of hard those last couple of months which prevented me from writing. However I'm back and regular updates should be back too.

I hope the story still interest you and you'll still be reading.

Thanks to jesswilldo1 for being the awesome friend that she is and proofreading my work.

Chapter 24:

That day after her talk with Callie, Arizona walked out of the hospital and into the city not knowing where she was going until she found a place that was overlooking the whole city. She sat there for hours. At first she cried and when the tears ran out she just sat there thinking about how her life could've gone so wrong. She wished she could restart it all again, where this time she would do things right. When she came back it was late and Teddy had been waiting all evening and night worried sick about her. Teddy lied to Barbara telling her that Arizona was ok. Teddy doesn't want a worried sick Mother on her hands.

After Teddy finished lecturing Arizona when she got back, she sat down next to her and asked her what happened. Arizona barely managed two words before she broke down in tears in her best friend's arms until she fell asleep, drained from the day's event.

The next day when she woke up she finally managed to explain everything that happened to her the day before to her friend and mother. Both were at the same time happy and sad for her and didn't know how to react.

They decided to focus on the positive, Arizona finally seeing her daughter after weeks of waiting and having a job at the hospital.

Arizona Robbins, December 6th 2015:

The day she had been waiting for had finally arrived and Arizona was nervous as hell.

She kept looking at herself in the mirror, never satisfied with her outfit. Teddy sat there on the blonde's bed, shaking her head. Arizona had asked her for help, but the blonde was never satisfied with what Teddy picked. If Arizona didn't make her mind anytime soon she would be late.

Teddy sighed from where she was sitting "Come on Arizona, you look great, stop stressing. You are just going to a birthday party not a gala."

Arizona turned to look at her friend. "It needs to be perfect not great!" She exclaimed throwing her hand in the air, a clear sign of exasperation.

"Oh come on, she already knows you and she loves you. She cares more about you showing up than wearing the perfect outfit." Teddy said, she then had a smirk on her face and added "Unless all this..." She said waving her hand up and down Arizona's body, "...Is for someone else and not little Sofia" She finished wiggling her eyebrows.

Arizona blushed before throwing the shirt that she had in her hands on. "Stop it, you know well good that she rejected me." Arizona said sadly.

"Well I don't believe what she said. That's total bullshit, I know damn well that she still loves you, she's just scared of admitting it to you and herself." The first time she saw her she didn't recognize the look Callie had on but now she does... She sees it every time she looks at herself in the mirror, it is the look of someone who lost the biggest part of themselves and didn't know how to live without it. She even saw it in Marks eyes. Add to it the time that Arizona was brought here and was unconscious, Teddy had seen how Callie would look at Arizona when she thought no one was looking.

Arizona smiled grateful for her friend. "Maybe but I don't want to complicate things. I just want to be a part of my daughter's life and whatever happens next happens."

"Fine, but if you change your mind and need help to come up with a plan to get your girl back you know where to find me." Teddy said teasingly.

"Shut up!" Arizona replied swatting Teddy on the arm before checking herself one last time in the mirror. "Ok I'm ready." She informed Teddy before they made their wait out of the bedroom and to the living room where Barbara was waiting for them.

"Took you long enough!" Barbara exclaimed once she saw them. She quickly stood up walking towards them. "Do you have everything you need?" She asked Arizona who rolled her eyes at her mother. "Do not roll your eyes at me young lady!"

"Yes I have everything mom, I'm not 6 anymore."

"Ok good, don't forget to take pictures of my granddaughter." Barbara instructed before practically shoving Arizona out of the apartment.

Callie Torres:

"Come on Sofia get come down, your friends are coming soon." She called the little girl for the umpteenth time.

Callie had everything ready while Sofia was upstairs getting herself ready. It was only a matter of minutes before the guts started coming and the little girl was still in her bedroom.

Callie was about to call Sofia another time when the bell rang signaling her the arrival of the first guest.

"Sofia hurry up, your grandparents are here!" Callie said supposing that it was her parents since they were always the first to come. She opened the door and she tried as hard as she could to hide the surprise on her face. The person behind the door wasn't at all who she expected to be but she shouldn't be surprised. "Arizona." she greeted and the blonde only waved with a small smile. Callie could see that she was nervous and uncomfortable. She invited the blonde inside.

"Am I too early?" Arizona asked once she settled the gift were Callie told her to.

"No, actually you are just in time." Callie said. It was awkward. She didn't know what to say and she was hoping that people would come soon. They haven't seen each other since two weeks ago at the hospital where Arizona poured her heart out to her and Callie rejected her. Thinking back to the look on Arizona's face when she told her that she had someone made Callie feel things she shouldn't. Especially if she loved someone else.

"You have a nice house." Arizona said trying to break the ice. She was still standing at the entrance not knowing where to go.

"Thanks. Do you want something to drink?"

"No thanks." Arizona started and paused looking around the house with a little frown on her face. "Where is Sofia?" She asked unsure.

"Oh right! She's upstairs. I'm gonna get her." Callie said and started running to the stairs before stopping and turning towards Arizona. "if anyone rings the bell could you open the door please?"

"Yeah… sure." With that Arizona was left alone standing awkwardly in her ex's house.

It wasn't long before the bell rang. Arizona hesitated before walking to the door and opening it.

There before her stood the Torres's, all three of them. At first they were all too surprised to react. Carlos was the first to snap out of it and immediately lunged at Arizona. He grabbed her by the collar and slammed her on the wall. It wasn't hard enough to hurt Arizona but it didn't stop her from being shocked and scared. She was looking at him with big wide eyes her breath suck in her throat.

"Give me one good reason I shouldn't kill you right now?" He said with rage in his eyes. Lucia and Aria were too shocked by Arizona's appearance and Carlos outburst to do anything but watch with their jaws on the floor.

"I… uh…"

"She's almost do- OH MY GOD? DAD!" Callie was just coming down the stairs and informing Arizona that Sofia was done and wouldn't be long when she saw her father practically chocking her. She ran to them and separated her father from Arizona. "What the hell dad?!" She said while rubbing the blonde's back.

Arizona bent at the waist taking deep breaths and coughing.

"What is she doing here?" Carlos asked his daughter. "How can you let her back after all she has done?"

"She is here because it is Sofia's birthday and she is her daughter! Everything that happened is between me and her!" Callie said yelling at her father. Lucia and Aria were still silent at Carlos side.

"But she hurt you!" Carlos replied dumfounded by his daughter behavior.

"Yes she hurt ME, not you. This is not the time nor the place to talk about this and it is certainly not a reason to attack her! What were you thinking?" She turned to Arizona looking the blonde over. "Are you ok?" She asked unconsciously bringing her hand to Arizona's neck to check if she had any injuries. She felt the blonde tense before she relaxed again and nodded her head signaling her that she was fine.

"I'm fine, more shaken up than injured." She said "It's nice to see you again Mr. Torres." She then added with a small smile.

Carlos was about to answer when they all heard little feet tumbling down the stairs. Sofia came running in with a big smile on her face. As soon as she saw Arizona she stopped dead in her tracks suddenly shy and unsure of what she should do.

Arizona had a big smile on her face and took a few steps closer to Sofia. "Hey." She simply said.

"Hello." Sofia answered making Arizona chuckle.

"Remember me?" Arizona asked crouching in front of Sofia.

Sofia nodded. "Yes, you are my friend I met at the hospital, Arizona."

"That's right and do you remember what you asked me at the hospital?"

Everyone was intently watching the interaction afraid that if they blocked they would miss something important.

"I asked if you could be my other mommy but you said no because you were broken and didn't remember." Sofia said sadly remembering.

Arizona had a sad smile on her face before she brought her hand to Sofia's cheek. "Well guess what?" she asked the little girl. "I'm all fixed now and I remember everything!" She told the little girl excitedly "I remember something very important."

"What?" Sofia asked impatiently.

"Well" Arizona chuckled. "I remember that I have a daughter. She is little like you…" Arizona stopped and laughed at the look on Sofia's face, clearly unhappy with being called little. "She has blond her like me and brown eyes like her other mommy." Arizona finished looking at Sofia and waiting for the realization to came across her face. When it does it is the most beautiful thing Arizona has ever seen in her entire life. The pure joy written all over Sofia's face was the purest thing Arizona ever had the change to cause and she couldn't have been happier if she tried.

"That's me!" Sofia yelled jumping up and down. Arizona nodded with a smile as big as Sofia's before the little girl couldn't contain her joy anymore and tackled Arizona in a strong hug.

The other people present in the room fondly watch the interaction. Even if the Torres's were mad at Arizona they couldn't help but feel grateful to Arizona for making Sofia's special day even more special.

Callie felt a tear run down her cheek and she quickly wiped it. Not wanting anyone to see how effected she was by the scene. In this moment she couldn't help but not regret her decision to allow Arizona in Sofia's life.

Soon after people started coming and the party could finally start. Even Kate came saying that even if she was mad at Callie she wouldn't deprive Sofia of a gift for her birthday.

Throughout the day Sofia kept introducing Arizona as her mother to all the people. At first Arizona was uncomfortable especially when the adults looked at her weirdly but then she got used to it. Sofia kept telling people that her mother was in the army saving people and that she came back especially for her.

Even if it wasn't the truth Arizona rolled with it and it allowed her to talk to people and not be secluded in a corner.

Arizona Robbins:

Arizona finally manage to escape the overly curious parents for a few moments of quiet. She was sat on a chair in Callie's backyard looking at Sofia playing with her friends.

"Finally manage to escape the gossipers?" Arizona heard a female voice on her left. Turning her head toward the woman she looked at the redhead and smiled.

"I think they found another prey." Arizona said tilting her head to the group of women around Mark making the redhead laugh.

The woman walked closer to Arizona and handed her one of the glasses she was holding before sitting next to Arizona. "Orange juice" She said matter of factly.

"Thanks even though I wish it was something stronger." Arizona joked.

"Don't we all?" the redhead said before taking a sip of her own glass. "I'm Kate by the way."

"Arizona, I'm So-"

"Sofia's mother, yeah I know." Kate interrupted her.

Arizona frowned before nodding "Right." She said before looking back to Sofia playing. "Which one is yours?" She asked Kate tilting her head to the playing children.

"Oh uh… I don't have kids." Kate said looking down making Arizona look her confused.

"Oh, you're a friend of Callie then?" Arizona asked trying to found out how the woman found herself in Sofia's birthday if she didn't have any kids. Looking as the woman stuttered trying to find her words, Arizona couldn't help but have a bad feeling about the woman's answer.

"Uh, kinda… well I work as a nurse at Seattle grace but uhm… didn't Callie tell you?"

Arizona looked at Kate with a questioning eyebrow clearly unaware of what the woman was talking about.

"Um…well that's awkward… I'm uh Callie's girlfriend."

Callie Torres:

"I can't believe you let her waltz back in your life just like that." Carlos said to his daughter trying but failing to keep his voice down.

Callie was in the kitchen getting Sofia's cake ready so the little girl could blow her candles. She rolled her eyes at her father who was chastising her as if she was still two and played with something she shouldn't.

"Dad please." Callie said putting the candles on the cake.

"I'm sorry I just don't understand after all she put you through-"

"Look I didn't just let her come back." Callie sighed. "Can we just talk about it later, today is Sofia's birthday, let's focus on that, ok?" Callie asked after ignoring her father's attempts at making her talk.

She lifted up her head and looked out of the window. Her eyes widened at the sight. "Shit." She cursed under her breath. However, it was loud enough for her father to hear and follow where she was looking making him scoff.

"Well good luck with that." He said before exiting the kitchen and going out to join the rest of the people.

Callie stood there frozen and unaware of her father's departure. She was too focused on the scene in front of her. She squinted her eyes trying to make out what the woman were talking about.

She didn't even notice that Kate was here. She thought that after what happened between them the woman wouldn't have come but surprisingly she did and she was talking to Arizona saying god knows what to her.

Getting out of her daze she quickly took the cake in her hands and hurried outside hoping to stop whatever conversation they were having. Luckily as soon as she stepped out in the backyard, children and adults started reuniting around Sofia where she was standing in front of a large table waiting for her mother to bring the cake.

Looking over to where the women were talking Callie released a sigh of relieve when she saw that the spot was empty. They were no longer were talking but instead where focused on Sofia blowing her candles and opening her gifts.

The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. When it started getting late parents took their kids and left thanking Callie for inviting them and wishing Sofia happy birthday one last time.

Practically all of the guests left only leaving the people close to Callie like her family, Mark, Kate and Arizona. However, it wasn't long before her family bid their goodbye with Carlos giving Callie a prompted look and telling her to call him later.

Mark and Kate were somewhere in the house probably helping Callie clean. She put the last plastic cup that she found in the garbage bag that she was holding. She went to the backyard to see if there was anything to throw away when she sees Arizona sitting on a chair with Sofia on her lap.

Callie stopped and rested her back against the wall behind her and looked at her daughter laughing with Arizona. She stood there watching them interact for how long before She felt someone coming next to her. she didn't need to turn her head because she recognized the woman's perfume.

"She's nice." The redhead said to which Callie only hummed still looking at her daughter and Arizona. "Very pretty too." Kate added making Callie turn her head toward her fast.

"Ka-"

"I'm just saying that's all." Kate shrugged. "You just never told me about her and from the little bits I knew I didn't imagine her like that, kinda makes it hard to hate her." She said with a humorless laugh.

Callie just looked at her not knowing what to say, what was she even supposed to say? She never told her about Arizona because it hurt too much to talk about her, and she just wanted to move on not live in the past.

"I'm sorry." She finally said.

"Don't be." Kate said shaking her head. "You had yourreasons." She shrugged once again before sighing. "Sofia looks happier than ever." She then commented tilting her head to the duo laughing in front of them. "I'm glad." she lifted herself from the wall before standing in front of Callie . "I'm gonna go it's getting late." She said turning away and making her way inside the house.

"Wait." Callie called grabbing Kate's wrist with her hand preventing her from leaving. "Thank you for coming." She wanted to ask her to stay but she knew that it would only be a waste of time for Kate, because she would say no and leave anyway. She knew the redhead still needed time before they had another conversation about their relationship. She could only hope that she would give her another chance.

She was surprised when Kate gave her a small smile before getting closer. Callie breath hitch when she felt the redhead's hand on her cheek and saw her face getting closer and closer. Brown eyes drifted to Kate's red plump lips. She waited for Kates' lips to meet her own but frown when she felt then on her other cheek.

Opening her eyes, she saw Kate looking at her with a smirk. "Goodnight Callie." She said before leaving.

This time Callie didn't stop her and only smiled and then looked down trying to hide the blush on her face.

What she didn't see was Arizona looking at their interaction, and her heart breaking even more than it was before.

A/N: thanks again for still reading the story. Let me know what you thought of this chapter :)