Sorry for taking so long! Chapter 21 was intense, so this one needed a little bit more time. It´s process… be patient.

This Pandemic situation keeps going, reaching out to everyone. Stay healthy- stay safe!

Next Chapter is coming up soon and will hopefully take our minds off of this situation- even for just some minutes.

Chapter 22

As Sofia slowly opened her eyes she saw her mommy sitting beside her, but her head was resting on the bed. Blinking a couple of times, she finally recognized her momma sitting besides the blonde, brown hair was also laying on the bed, one arm was placed around Arizona´s sleeping form.

After the conversation with Carlos, the man went to a hotel to get some rest. Arizona and Callie decided to stay with their daughter, Bailey didn´t even try to fight the two woman.

The two agreed to postpone the talk about Penny and focus on Sofia. During the night they never left the little girls side.

"Momma" Sofia whispered with a tired voice and tears forming immediately in her eyes.

Callie´s head shot up, seeing her daughter awake.

"Hija. Hey baby girl. How do you feel"

"It hurts" the girl started sobbing.

Arizona was pulled out of her slumber from her daughters cries.

"Hey big girl, everything will be alright now. Your momma is here and will help to make all better."

"I´ll will go get Shepherd and Dr. Lincoln, maybe you talk to Lincoln about her wrist and have a quick look into her chart" the blonde leaned forward and placed a kiss on Sofia´s forehead before giving Callie a kiss on her lips.

The peds surgeon was obviously familiar with the hospital but she didn´t work here anymore and didn´t want to get in trouble...again, so she walked back to the nurse station asking if they could page someone to look after Sofia. It was hart for her to not just go into doctors mode again but just be there as a mom. She had to learn it pretty rough yesterday after arriving in the hospital, she got her ass handed by Bailey.

"Hey Boss!" Arizona heard and turned around, walking towards her was Alex.

"Karev! Where the hell have you been yesterday?"

"I´m sorry, I had the day off and was out of town. I´m here now right? Let´s go and check on the little munchkin. I´m pretty sure she missed me but she didn´t need to fall off a tree to see me, that´s a little extreme, don´t you think?" Alex was just trying to lighten the mood but it wasn´t working.

"Shut up and check on my daughter, Karev. You´ve been too busy to meet us while we were here so you better get going now."

After talking to all Doctors and arguing about the right treatment for the wrist. Sofia was send to get checked again for a CT of her head and an ultrasound to check if there was any sign for internal bleeding, which can sometime happen hours after the accident.

Before Sofia was back in her room, Carlos arrived to check on his girls.

Arizona was leaving the room walking straight to Carlos, who was about to open the door.

"OH. I´m sorry. Hello Mr. Torres." Arizona says respectful.

"Arizona, it´s Carlos. How are my girls today?"

"Fine, well Sofia still has pain but she should be back from her check up soon. I´m sure we can get her out of here tomorrow morning. Callie is inside, I was actually going to get a coffee, do you want one?"

"That would be nice, thanks. How are you?" Carlos questioned the blonde, he could sense that Arizona was holding back, she actually looked a little scared.

"I´m fine. It´s good to see you again, even though I would like it to be under different circumstances. Thank you, for bringing Callie here so fast, it means a lot to me, also what you do for her with the Penny situation."

"Let me tell you something, we sure had our up´s and down´s at the start. But we are very much alike, we fight for the people we love, we care and protect them with everything we have. Everybody makes mistakes but when you´re willing to make them up and work for it, that´s what strong people do. You did that and wanted your family back but my dearest daughter was too hurt and blinded. You can believe me, I wasn´t happy with her when she told me she lost custody of her own daughter. But you, you cared so much, you were strong enough and you still loved Callie enough to allow Sofia to move. I´ll never forget what you told me the first time we met. And I´m happy and proud that you and Callie found a way back together."

"Thank you Carlos. It´s still complicated sometimes but I´m willing to make it work. I won´t leave her side ever again."

"Good. I got a room for you two at the hotel, so when we finish that coffee, I want you and Callie to head over and take a little rest. I´ll stay with my granddaughter."

"Don´t even try to argue" Carlos says before Arizona had the chance to protest.

"Thank you Carlos."

And the women did exactly what Carlos told them to do. After Sofia came back with all tests clear they finally started to relax a little, she got some more pain meds and fell asleep really fast. Because she suffered a concussion, the doctors agreed to watch her one more day, to make sure it won´t get worse.

So, Callie and Arizona were sitting in Carlos car, his driver was waiting for them already to take them to the hotel. The ride over to the hotel was spent in silence, Callie was sitting on the back seat on the far left and Arizona on the far right, it was uncomfortable for both of them.

Entering the hotel suit Arizona finally starts to speak up.

"Calliope, will you please say something."

Callie turned around to look at the blonde.

"So much happened in the last 24 hours….I don´t know what to say. I don´t know where to start. I can´t believe all this."

"Come on, let´s sit down and talk before taking a shower and a little sleep, then we can go back to the hospital."

"Now you wanna talk… but before you were ignoring me." Callie stated, still feeling upset about Arizona´s behavior.

"Really? You´re bringing this up now? You told me you want to raise another women´s baby, Penny´s baby to be exact. Everybody would need time to get their head around that! I needed to think, I needed to find a way to make us work even with this baby. Can´t you understand that?"

"Seriously? Because how you ended that call, made me feel like you gonna end us! But now you know the truth about Penny, you´re saying you never wanted to break up!"

"I never wanted to break up with you! I was hurt! And overwhelmed. I explained it already, I wished so much that I was Penny and be pregnant with your baby! But you can´t expect me to be all happy after you´re telling me you want to raise this baby!"

Callie just turned and walked towards the bedroom, she was tired and so sick of fighting.

"It´s supposed to be me!" Arizona shouted after her, so loud Callie jumped a little.

"What?" the brunette needed a little more explanation.

"It´s supposed to be me." Arizona says again, now in a low voice.

"You made me dream of having kids, Callie. You are the reason, I changed. You are the reason I want to be a mother. Not being able to give you another baby, not being able to feel that baby growing inside of me, not being able to look at you while you sing to our baby in my belly. Missing all these moments, hurts more than losing a damn leg." the blonde confessed.

"But I´m not responsible for that baby, we know that now. I won´t do anything, I´ll let my dad handle Penny."

"We know that now and I´m happy about it but you choose the baby Callie. That made me realize how much you deep down still want a baby, even if it´s not with me. I would have been the one to decide if we break up or not, just like you did when you told me about Sofia. You had your mind set on the baby and I could decide if I´m in or out." using the same words Callie did around nine years ago got the brunette thinking.

"I was upset because you didn´t let me in on your decision and process….again." Arizona continued. Callie was now sitting on the bed.

"It´s just nice to be a part of such an important decision and discuss it together as a couple we are, or try to be. But from the start, you left me out. To protect me and all, I can understand it but still. Callie, it´s supposed to be with me." Arizona finished, tears running down her cheeks.

"I´m so sorry Arizona. I was so focused on protecting you and scared how you react. I didn´t think…

Maybe… we...well..." Callie hesitated

"Maybe, when all this is sorted and alright again, we could talk how we feel about trying for another baby?...I mean… this obviously hurts us both still, so maybe we should talk about that? Even if we decide not to have another baby, but….you know… just see how we feel about it." Callie was rambling.

Arizona was speechless for a few seconds, trying to think for an answer.

"We will get our daughter back to New York, see how things go with Penny and what she was up to and then… yes, I would love to talk how you feel about it."

Arizona was closing the gab between them, taking Callie´s hand and leaning in to seal it with a loving kiss.

"How do you feel about a relaxing bath together?" the blonde asks with a wink.

"Oh I guess, that´s much needed. I have a lot of tension that needs to be relieved" the Latina says, pulling Arizona into the bathroom….

So?

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