À/N: just a quick update. Thanks to everyone who's still reading, reviewing, following and favoritingthis story.

Jesswilldo1 you da boss!

Chapter 26 :

Arizona Robbins, December 12th 2015:

"Come on Teddy help me!" Arizona called when she felt the box slowly slipping out of under her arm.

A few days later Arizona started her plans to finally move on and be the best parental figure Sofia could have. Of course that started with her having a place of her own. So she first started by looking for apartments not far from the hospital, Callie's house and Sofia's school. The best apartment she found was just a few minutes from the hospital. Since the hospital was in the center of everything, she wasn't far from Sofia's school and Callie's house.

She was in such a hurry to finally have her own place and move out from Teddy's that she forgot how difficult it would be with only one functioning arm. She was about to drop the box when she felt someone catching it before it was too late. Looking up her eyes met with the grinning face of Mark.

"Hey there blond- euh Arizona." He said correcting himself when he saw the glare Arizona sent him.

"Hey Mark..." Arizona sighed "What are you doing here?"

"Can't I help my new neighbor?" He asked rhetorically before setting the box on the kitchen counter. He turned around and saw Arizona looking at him with shock written all over her face. "Teddy didn't tell you? I live just across the hall!" He said excitedly.

Arizona didn't know how she should take the new information. It wasn't that she didn't like Mark, he was ok and she could tolerate him, especially if he was Callie's best friend and Sofia's uncle. There was just something about him that reminded her of her brother and she couldn't help but think about him every time she looked at Mark.

"Teddy?" She asked curiously, his words finally registering.

"Yeah she told me you'll be moving in today so I came to see if you needed help. Which clearly you did." He said laughing. "Where's Teddy by the way?" He added looking around him.

Arizona looked at him curiously. She could feel that something was happening between the pair but didn't know what. "She probably went down to get some more boxes." Arizona replied. "Thanks by the way." She said mentioning to the box sitting on the kitchen counter.

"Pfft don't mention it, that's what neighbors are for." He said winking at Arizona before moving to help her with another box.

Maybe Mark wasn't so bad Arizona thought while Mark was rambling about how awesome it will be to live next to each other.

Arizona hung up before putting her phone in her pocket and plopping on the couch.

"So?" Barbara who was sitting next to her prompted.

"She said yes to next weekend." Arizona said with a big smile on her face. As soon as the words left her mouth, Barbara jumped on her daughter taking her in her arms. Arizona had just called Callie, asking about Sofia and if she was ok with her meeting Barbara and taking them to the ice skate park. It has started snowing a few days ago with a big drop of temperature and Arizona thought that taking Sofia ice skating would be a could activity to do together. Thankfully Callie accepted, but that she would prefer if she was with them especially since it will be the first time that Sofia would be ice skating.

Once Barbara release Arizona, the blonde could see how her mother was happy to finally meet her granddaughter. She had been bugging Arizona about it for a while now and she was glad that Callie said yes so her mother could stop asking about it.

It had been a long day for the blonde. She forgot how moving in was so tiring. She spent the whole day going up and down and lifting boxes. She unboxed a few, only the necessities and would be doing the rest another day. She only had a couch in her living room with no table, no TV. Thankfully she was working at the hospital and spent a lot of time at work, otherwise she would've been bored out of her mind.

Not long after her call with Callie ended, Teddy called it a night and left saying that she had an early morning the day after. Barbara retired to the guest bedroom where she would be staying until it would be safe for her to go back to her house. Arizona insisted that she stays living with her but the older woman was as stubborn as her daughter. Barbara told her that she wanted to go back to her house in her neighborhood where she had all her friends and habits.

Arizona found herself alone in her new living room. She stood up and went to the window. Looking out she could see the whole city including the hospital and the space needle. She stood there admiring the view for a while thinking about what her new life reserved her.

Going in her bedroom that night, Arizona found a box that had been shipped from Germany. She immediately recognized it as being her brother and her's belonging. As soon as she realized what the box contained her heart stopped and she rushed to it, hastily opening it.

On top of everything she found pictures of her, her brother and Teddy. They were all smiling, she looked through them and found one that definitely belonged to her brother. It was of him with an arm over Teddy's shoulder, he was looking at the camera with a smirk while the dirty blonde haired woman was pressing a kiss to his cheek.

Looking at the picture, Arizona could see how her brother was happy. How his eyes were sparkling. She felt that he wouldn't be here to see his child grow up, he had a long and happy life ahead of him and it was brutally taken away from him. She then felt water on her face, wiping it away she realized that silent tears had been falling down her cheeks.

She put the picture aside and kept looking through the box when she found a little sqare box. She had completely forgot about it. She picked it up and remembered that she gave it to her brother for safe keeping when she went on her first mission.

Opening it she found the ring she bought a long time ago when things weren't as complicated and everything seemed clear. She smiled at the small ring being the only thing she could afford when she still was anmed student. She looked inside the ring and remembered that she had engraved something inside wanting to make the ring unique.

She had this all planned, but she soon learned that things never go as planned. That the more you plan the more things go to shit. She closed the small box and put it back in to the bigger box.

With all these things reminding her of Callie, her resolve to move on was getting harder to keep.

That night she went to bed with the word engraved in the ring replaying over and over in her head.

'When you know, you know.'

Arizona Robbins, December 16th 2015:

Today was Arizona's weekly checkup. She was sitting on the exam table waiting for Derek Shepherd to come and check her arm before she could go to work. She felt her phone beep signaling her that she received a text message.

Taking it from her pocket she was surprised to see that it was a text from Callie. She quickly unlocked it and found out that it was picture of Sofia waving at the camera. She smiled at the adorableness of her daughter before looking at the text following the picture.

'Hey, Sofia wanted to say hi before going to school.:)'

Arizona couldn't stop looking at the picture and reading the text over and over. She felt all warm and fuzzy inside. It was still unreal for her that this perfect little creature was her daughter that she made with the only person she ever loved.

She stayed on her phone until Derek came in and examined her arm. It was healing nicely even though she still couldn't use it. He told her that he was confident that she would soon be able to have a perfectly functioning arm as if nothing ever happened.

Everything was fine until Derek started talking again and Arizona was left confused.

"Sorry we couldn't make it to Sofia's birthday, Zola caught a cold and we didn't want to risk any of the other kids catching it." Derek said while Arizona looked at him trying to think about what he was talking about. Derek soon noticed the frown on Arizona's face and chuckled. "You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?"

"Not a clue." Arizona answered awkwardly "I'm sorry."

"Don't be, I shouldn't have assumed." Derek reassured the blonde. "Zola, Meredith and I's daughter is one of Sofia's close friend, she fell sick just before Sofia's birthday which is why we couldn't make it." Derek clarified for Arizona.

At this moment, Arizona didn't know what she felt but it wasn't good. She felt like she was a bad parent for not knowing who her daughter's friends were. Thinking about it she realized that she practically knew nothing about her daughter. She was sad and hoped that things would hopefully quickly change. She was hoping that when she'll see Sofia this weekend she will learn a lot more about her little girl.

She stood up from the exam table and thanked Derek. "I'm sorry, I gotta run, but I hope Zola is doing better." She added before leaving the exam room.

On her way to Peds, Arizona realized something about how Derek talked to her. He talked to her as if she has always been a part of Sofia's life and not like a stranger who came out of nowhere. He didn't question her about why she was back now or anything he just talked to her like she was Sofia's mother.

Just thinking about being Sofia's mother brought a smile to Arizona's face that didn't leave all day.

Arizona Robbins,December 18th 2015:

Arizona was waiting with her mother near the ice rink in the freezing cold. Callie and Sofia were late and she was starting to regret coming this early. Her mother was making her head turn asking her every two seconds when they would arrive. This day looks to be disastrous.

"Arizona!" Arizona smiled when she saw the little girl running her way and Callie trying to keep up with her and telling her to be careful running in the snow.

Arizona could see that the little girl wasn't about to stop and without thinking she crouched down in the snow and opened her arms readying the receive the small cannonball.

"Hey sweetie! I missed you." Arizona said kissing the little girl's forehead.

"I missed you too." Sofia answered making Arizona's heart swell with love.

The blonde stood up and quickly greeted Callie when she saw in the corner of her eyes her mother waiting to be introduced to her granddaughter.

"Hey Sofi?" Arizona said catching the attention of the little blonde haired girl who was busy watching people ice skating. "There's someone I want you to meet." She said bringing Sofia closer to Barbara. Sofia only looked at her curiously waiting for the older woman to be introduced. "This is my mother Barbara." Arizona started "Your grandmother." She finished with a reassuring smile. She then turned to her mother who she could see already had tear in her eyes. "Mom, this is Sofia, your granddaughter."

Barbara smile and quickly wiped her eyes before crouching down in front of Sofia. "Hello Sofia, it is very nice to meet you." She said with a big smile.

"It's nice to meet you too mam'." Sofia politely said, reciprocating Barbara's smile.

"You can call me Barbara sweetie."

Sofia looked at her strangely with a frown etched on her face before asking something neither of the three women were expecting.

"Can I call you grandma instead?" She shyly asked.

"Of course you can!" Barbara replied with a small laugh. "Oh, can I hug you?" Sofia only nodded before she had her grandmother's arms wrapped around her small figure.

Soon after all four of them went to pay for their ice skate. To say Callie and Arizona were surprised about how quickly Sofia bonded with Barbara was an understatement. Especially for Callie who knew how her daughter was usually shy around new people and took quite some time to warm up to them.

As soon as Barbara and Callie put on their ice skates, they went to the ice rink wanting to leave Arizona and Sofia a moment alone.

Arizona looked at Sofia who was still sitting on the bench long after she had put on her ice skate. She could see that the little girl was looking at the ice rink with apprehension and seeing her daughter not having fun was the last thing she wanted to see.

"Sofia?" Arizona called. "Are you ready to go?" She asked and she received a weak shake of the head from Sofia. "Are you afraid of going on the rink?" She asked and Sofia looked at her ashamed before looking down at the floor. "Hey." She called again, getting down to be at eye level with the little girl. "Do you want to know a secret?" Sofia didn't answer she only nodded yes, looking at Arizona with sad eyes. "The first time I went ice skating I was scared too." Arizona confessed which made Sofia looked at her with wide surprised eyes. "Yeah and I was a little older than you." Arizona added and laughed at Sofia's facial expression. "But guess what? Your mom helped me get pass that fear. She promised that she'll stay by my side the whole time. Once I completely let go and forgot why I was scared it was the best day of my life." Arizona finished with a smile on her face at the fond memory.

She could see that Sofia was thinking about what she told her and gave the little girl time to sort her thoughts out.

"Will you hold my hand?" She shyly asked making Arizona's heart melt at the cuteness.

"I will hold your hand and I promise I won't let go until you want me too. I won't let you down." She promised putting a lock of blonde hair behind Sofia's ear and giving her a reassuring smile.

"Ok." Sofia said before she abruptly stood up and held her hand for Arizona to take it. Arizona lifted herself from the ground and took Sofia's hand before they both made their way to the ice rink.

It turned out to also be Sofia's best day.

"Come on Arizona! Don't be a wimp!" A twelve years old Callie called from the ice rink where she was skating in circles.

They were on a school break for the holiday and Carlos decided to take his family to New York for the weekend. Since the girls were practically inseparable, he had invited Arizona to join them. They were at the central park ice rink but Arizona who was usually fearless found herself too scared to follow Callie.

She found herself frozen on the side of the rink holding tightly to the railing. She was too scare to hear Callie calling her. She was regretting agreeing to come with Callie. She closed her eyes trying to get over it but instead of helping it only made things worse. She could feel herself starting to have a panic attack when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Arizona?" She heard the concern voice calling her. She opened her eyes and was met with the brown orbs of Callie full of concern. "Are you ok?" The brunette asked and Arizona quickly shook her head.

"I'm- s-scared…" She managed to stutter out her eyes still locked on Callie's. She felt Callie's hand on her shoulder slide down her arm and reach her hand before grabbing it and intertwining their fingers.

"Do you trust me?" The brunette asked and Arizona only nodded her head. Callie smile before moving her other hand to grab Arizona's that was still holding the railing in a death grip. Arizona resisted a little before letting go and letting Callie lead her away.

"Just trust me." Callie said in a soothing voice when she felt Arizona starting to panic again. "I got you, ok?" She said moving away from the railing. "I won't let you fall ok? You don't have to be scared Arizona. The worse that can happen is you falling on your butt but I won't let that happen." Callie said reassuring her friend and taking more speed.

Callie could see that her words were getting through Arizona and the blonde seemed the relaxed the more they were skating.

"Ok now I will let go of one of your hands and you will try to slide your feet like mine." Callie said after a while, when she felt that Arizona was ready for the next step.

They stayed like that for a while, skating while holding hands, until Arizona was comfortable enough to completely let go of Callie. However, the brunette never left her side, reassuring her every step of the way.

In the end what looked to be an awful experience ended as the best experience Arizona ever had the chance to share with Callie. She was glade that Callie was her best friend, she could have asked for a better one. She was the only person able to calm and reassure her.

She knew that she would remember this day for the rest of her life.

À/N: thoughts? :)