"Morning Dr. Torres" Stacy grumbled politely from the breakfast bar as she cradled a coffee in her hands as she tried to fend off the hangover she was suffering.
"Morning Stacy, but please call me Callie, we aren't in the hospital right now" Callie smiled cheerfully as she opened the fridge to grab the eggs and milk to start making pancakes for breakfast.
"Yum pancakes… mom please make me a coffee" Sofia begged as she dropped into the stool besides Stacy and cradled her head, smiling thankfully as she was handed a coffee, a glass of water and some pain killers.
"Sleep well baby?" Callie asked as she focused her attention on the pancakes.
"Yeah, apart from mama snoring in my ear and waking me up every ten minutes" Sofia frowned.
"She always snores when she's drunk. You need to roll her onto her left side and she will stop" Callie confided with a smile as she thought of all the drunken nights they had spent together and the many times she had rolled the blonde before spooning her and falling back asleep.
"Mmm pancakes…please tell me they are banana" Arizona hobbled to join them and sat beside her daughter and stole her coffee much to her daughters annoyance.
"Of course they are banana" Callie chastised as she poured another coffee and moved to hand it to Arizona before seeing the guilty look on her face as she cradled Sofia's coffee in her hands and so with a roll of her eyes she handed the fresh coffee to Sofia.
"You know, your mom makes THE BEST hangover pancakes ever" Arizona sighed as she rested her head on Sofia's shoulder and glanced at Callie with a teasing smile.
"What your mama means… is your mom is always the only one capable of getting up on a morning after drinking and being able to make breakfast, and that she thinks if she calls them 'the best' hangover pancakes I will be flattered" Callie smirked.
"Hey… that is only half true. They also taste delicious and help soak up the alcohol in my tummy… it's a win win!" Arizona laughed.
Sofia glanced at Stacy to see if she was witnessing the same thing as her and when she saw the smirk on her friends face, she knew she wasn't just imagining this moment. Stacy nodded her head, encouraging her to go on with the latest plan they had devised the night before as they watched Sofia's parents interact with each other.
"This is nice" Sofia interrupted and gaining the interest of both of her mothers. "just you know… all of us hanging out… and talking and laughing… it's nice, I don't remember us ever having this" Arizona pulled her daughter into a hug as Callie quickly approached from around the counter and kissed her daughter on the forehead.
"Baby I'm sorry… you know though, we used to have lots of moments like this, we actually used to have banana pancake dates every Sunday morning after you were born, your dad too, all four of us" Arizona soothed lovingly.
"Come on Sof. We can't change the past, but we're both really trying right now, we're really trying to be adults here so you get to have both of your mothers in the same state again" Callie offered guiltily.
"I know it's just… I feel like I missed out on so much with you both. I mean really all my memories of you both being together as a kid were from when we met up at the airport and then the other would jump back on a plane after you both had this awkward as hell exchange of pleasantries and that was it. This is just… really nice" Sofia sighed sadly causing Callie and Arizona glanced nervously at each other wondering what the hell they could do here and feeling so guilty for messing their daughter up.
"I just wish every Sunday could be like this… you know the three of us hanging out and having fun together like a family and making up for lost time" Sofia threw her head into her hands and lowered both her head and hands to the bar so it looked like she was fighting back the tears, but in fact she was hiding the smirk of victory from the look on both mothers faces and knowing that their plan to orchestrate Sunday date days so Sofia could work at showing her mothers how much they missed each other from each others lives was working so far.
"You know sweetie, I can't speak for your mom, but I would love to hang out with you every Sunday when we aren't working. To make this day our day and have fun with you. I feel like I missed out on so many memories from your life and would love the opportunity to make memories with you" Arizona soothed as she rubbed her daughters back lovingly. Sofia sat up instantly and smiled hopefully at her mama.
"Really? You really mean it?" Sofia asked trying her hardest to sound childlike, a tone which she knew neither mother could say no to.
"Of course I do baby. So from now on, every Sunday is family day, no excuses ok?" Arizona promised.
"Mom?" Sofia turned to Callie and batted her eyelashes hopefully.
"Baby if you want to spend every Sunday hanging out with the two of us, then that's what we will do. You know I would do anything for you" Callie smiled softly before laying a kiss on her daughter's forehead.
"Ok I'm gonna get up and get ready for today then before breakfast, come on Stace… I'll get you some clothes to wear" Sofia said as she walked away before her mothers could see her triumphant smile and she entered her walk in robe.
"Well played my friend… they didn't stand a chance… and the Oscar goes to Torres-Sloan" Stacy giggled.
"Why do I feel like I have just been played" Callie asked as she eyed Arizona.
"I'm not sure Calliope, but I feel the same way" Arizona announced as she noticed a smirk on Callie's face.
"What?" Arizona asked confused.
"I think that's the first time in fifteen years you have called me Calliope when it hasn't been in anger" Callie smirked.
"Shut up… it just slipped out, you know I always loved the way your name rolled off my tongue, I can't help it" Arizona pouted.
"It's fine… I like the way you say it, I always have… do you reckon we just made a huge mistake agreeing to hang out with each other every single week?" Callie asked nervously.
"Our daughter asked us to… and who are we to turn her down.. we can do this Callie, we are grown ups now… well I am" Arizona smirked playfully.
"It's just… so many things have been said and done… so much time has passed… I'm not sure if I can do this thing for her, I try my hardest because I saw how upset she was when she caught us fighting in the ward that day… but it's awkward, and it's hard and I'm not sure if we are ready for this" Callie admitted.
"Calliope, we are hanging out with our daughter… we're not dating or making a commitment to each other... it's a commitment to her. And what happened with us, is ancient history now, I mean we have been split up almost treble the amount of time we were actually together. We're just going to hang out with our kid and have fun. There is no need for drama. No need for fights. No need for bitterness… nothing.. just low key and fun… we can do that, for our daughter, please tell me we can at least do that for her?" Arizona begged.
"Ok… we can try, but we need some ground rules… it's just the three of us, unless Sofia brings someone… we don't need things to get messy and even more awkward" Callie asked hopefully.
"Oh god yeah, no issue on my side, nothing gets anywhere near serious enough to be taking someone on a date with my ex-wife and daughter… and that's… exactly what you mean by awkward and weird isn't it?" Arizona asked when she realized what she was rambling about and saw the smirk on Callie's face. "I can't believe I just said that to you, Jesus what's wrong with me… let's just erase that entire response and replace it with 'sure… no tag alongs' alright? Good!" Arizona face palmed herself in annoyance.
"Rule number 2 we play nice and we be nice to each other. No dredging up the past, no snide remarks, no picking fights… we're doing this for Sof so we need to play nice for Sof" Callie moved on quickly in order to help Arizona save face, Arizona smiled thankfully and nodded her head in agreement.
"Rule 3… shit... I'm out of rules" Callie confessed.
"Rule 3… it's all about having fun. No holding back. No complaining. No having a stick up your ass. We're there to have fun so we have fun, for the sake of Sofia" Arizona smiled as Callie glared at her.
"What is that meant to mean? What are you trying to say?" Callie asked genuinely hurt.
"I'm saying that our daughter didn't know her mother ever drank tequila. Didn't know her mother danced. Didn't even know just how infectious your smile and laugh is. She wants to know these things about you, and I'm not sure what happened after you moved to New York, but Sof is sad that she never got to know that side of you, and I really, really want her to know that side of you because it's the most amazing and beautiful side there is of you.. so please, in the nicest possible way, and with the utmost respect to the mother of my beautiful daughter… take that stick out of your ass and lighten up… your all dark and twisty again even worse than last time I had to perk you up" Arizona smirked cheekily.
"Fine I will try but no promises… now shut up and eat" Callie stated as she threw a pancake at Arizona which hit her in the face much to Arizona's shock and amusement.
"Hey, where's mine?" Sofia asked as she returned to the kitchen to see her mama getting hit in the face before grabbing a flying pancake out of the air with her hand and looked to her mom questioningly.
"Good catch kiddo" Callie laughed before returning to her pancakes and missing the smirk between Arizona and Sofia.
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"Do we really have to do this?" Callie groaned.
"Calliope, rule number three" Arizona chastised with a smirk.
"But really… of all things, this has to be what we do today?" Callie grumbled.
"Hell yes, do you know how much fun this is going to be?" Sofia grinned from her spot between her two mothers.
"Rule number three Calliope" Arizona reminded as she tried to bite back her laughter.
"Rule number two" Callie glared.
"Hey I'm being nice… I didn't say anything wrong" Arizona glanced at the brunette with confusion.
"I was reminding myself so I don't hurt you, not chastising you" Callie smirked before returning her attention to fair ground in front of her.
"Hang on… what's all these rules?" Sofia asked as she glanced between the two women.
"Just some ground rules your mother and I set in order for this to work for you… I'm pretty sure us killing each other would ruin your idea of family fun time" Callie laughed.
"Stop stalling and lets go" Arizona chastised softly as she motioned the two latina's towards the fair ground.
"This is going to be so much fun" Sofia grinned as she skipped to the booth and paid for entrance for the three of them, grinning mischievously as she purchased the VIP package which entitled the three of them to unlimited rides for the remainder of the day. As her mothers approached she handed them the paper wristbands before pulling the backing from her own wristband and attaching the sticky part to the band in a way that would allow her to remove the wristband intact after they left as a reminder of the first time she ever got to remember having a fun family day with her mothers.
After agreeing to the family date, Arizona had left for her home to get ready for their day whilst Callie ducked away to get herself ready leaving Sofia and Stacy to celebrate their newest victory in their attempts to get the two surgeons back together, and brainstorming the next part of the plan.
"Oh, oh, dodgems… lets go" Arizona shrieked as she skipped towards the queue before glaring at the two latinas who were lagging behind.
"Has she always been like this?" Sofia smirked as she glanced at her mom who was watching Arizona with amusement.
"What… sickeningly perky? Yes… she is like an overgrown child on speed sometimes" Callie confessed which made Sofia laugh.
"You know… she used to wear those trainers that doubled up as roller skates to work… for years" Callie confided.
"Oh my god. Your joking… Heeleys? that's hilarious. You know it's hard to imagine you with someone like that" Sofia commented nonchalantly as she tried to feign disinterest.
"You know… I was young once you know" Callie laughed as she rolled her eyes.
"Your still young mom…" Sofia shoulder bumped the taller woman.
"Your sweet and I love you for it… but you have me here, you got what you wanted so you don't need to butter me up anymore" Callie winked as they finally caught up to the blonde.
"Jesus you two… could you walk any slower?" Arizona groaned in frustration causing Sofia to laugh.
"I'm sorry… I thought I was the child here" Sofia asked pointedly.
"You are… I'm just so much more fun than either of you, combined… in fact I'm willing to bet that I will bump both of you first before either of you can bump eachother" Arizona declared with a twinkle in her eye.
"Mama not everything is a competition" Sofia laughed as the queue began to move.
"Oh Sofia… everything is a competition… everything" Arizona declared passionately.
"Rule number 4… not everything is a competition" Callie smirked as she received the glare and pout she expected from her former lover.
"No deal" Arizona grinned as she ran into the enclosure and picked the pink car she had been eyeing up that was in a prime location to get going quickly.
"You know we need to tag team her right. We will never hear the end of it if she beats us at anything tonight" Callie whispered as her and Sofia selected cars next to each other.
"Oh this is going to be so much fun… we are so going to tag team her" Sofia agreed and winked at her mom before waving innocently at her mama who seemed to be studying the people around her and strategizing of how to get at the other two women first.
"Ok incase we can't get alone to conspire again.. we take it in turns to beat her, I will sabotage her so you can beat her, then we swap over and you sabotage for me… deal?" Callie grinned.
"Sure mom… I'll beat her at this one, ease her in to losing before you kick her ass" Sofia smirked.
"Great" Callie laughed as the siren sounded to announce the start of the 'ride'. "just keep her away from anything softball related cause there is no way we will beat her" Callie declared as she moved off slowly in her car and awaited Arizona to catch her up so she could start herding her away from their daughter, who sped off to attempt to lap the blonde.
"That was so much fun" Sofia grinned triumphantly five minutes later after she subtly high fived Callie.
"Meh it was ok" Arizona said as she glanced around for what could be their next activity.
"Oh come on mama… don't be a sore loser, I'm sure you'll win in the next competition" Sofia cooed lovingly.
"I didn't lose… if your mom actually learned to drive properly then she wouldn't have ruined my ability to maneuver properly" Arizona complained again.
"My driving… you were glued to my side the whole time Arizona… I mean seriously, were you scared someone was going to side swipe you so you stayed close so I could protect you?" Callie asked as she swallowed her smirk at the incredulous look on the blondes face.
"Yeah because I need protecting… we both know out of the two of us I am far stronger" Arizona mocked.
"Arizona… I break bones for a living… you play with tiny humans for a living… let's not kid ourselves about who is stronger" Callie laughed.
"Calliope, we have had this conversation before, and I proved you wrong then and I will prove you wrong right now too… put your money where your mouth is" Arizona smirked as she pointed at the big hammer game only to find Callie motion for her to lead the way with an amused smile.
"I don't know how to distract her on this one" Sofia whispered as Arizona was a few steps ahead.
"Wait till she has the hammer in the air, and in a straight voice, ask me something about sex… she will freak" Callie winked before walking off and shuddering at the thought of discussing sex with her daughter but knowing it would be for a good cause.
Sofia waited patiently as her mom told her to and at the right moment she turned to her mom with a smile. "hey mom… so I was wondering how you knew you wanted to try women… I mean sexually… I've been having feelings for a woman and I don't know if it's just best friendship feelings or like… I want to have sex with you feelings"
Arizona dropped the mallet on the floor in horror as she spun around with her jaw hanging. Callie's expression wasn't all that different. Sofia just shrugged at her mom apologetically with a subtle nod.
"Umm… lets get these turns out of the way and we can discuss this in private" Arizona announced as she picked the mallet back up and tried to put all of her energy into hitting the pad and getting as many lights up the tower lit up, completely missing the fist bump between the other two women.
"Callie hurry up and lose so we can go and have THAT TALK with our daughter" Arizona ordered anxiously after only getting her turn two thirds up the tower.
"Sure thing bossy" Callie smiled softly as she took the mallet and raised it before throwing a wink over her shoulder at Arizona and smashing the mallet down. The lights ran straight up the pole to the top where a huge light flashed and sirens began to sound attracting attention from anyone who was walking near. Callie smirked triumphantly as she handed the mallet back to the attendant and tried to not laugh as she heard the not too quiet 'motherfucker' from behind her.
Callie pointed to a giant Panda which was her prize, and when it was handed to her she sat it on her shoulders like a child and turned around triumphantly and walked back towards the two women.
"Seriously mom… could you win a bigger prize?" Sofia laughed and tried to ignore her mamas pout.
"This… oh this is Robbin… he's my mascot for the night… you know Robbin the Poor Loser Panda" Callie laughed as Arizona threw her a glare.
"That wasn't really fair… I mean seriously, our daughter just announced that she's thinking about having sex with women as well as men and you expect me to perform still?" Arizona accused.
"Umm hello… mama I can hear you, and so can all these other people who are now really interested in this conversation… so I'm just gonna go get us drinks and you two chat this out.. but please don't be telling everyone about my sex life" Sofia chastised before she stormed away.
"Smooth Arizona.. seriously. What's the issue? Who cares if she wants to experiment with women… god knows both of us did enough experimenting with women… and men… well not the men for you, Mrs gold star lesbian" Callie smiled softly trying to calm the other woman down.
"Callie I don't care who our baby falls in love with… what I have a problem with is the thought that my little girl is thinking about sex… with anyone… that's just… I can't even think about it, its wrong" Arizona whined.
"Arizona… she's in her twenties… she's not our little girl anymore… come on, she just reached out to both of us for help for the first time since she was a toddler… to both of us, together.. for advice… this is huge, please don't spoil this moment by freaking out" Callie begged softly as she waited for the blonde to relent.
"Fine but I don't like it" Arizona pouted.
"Trust me… me neither! But let's look at it this way… at least if she is sleeping with girls she's not going to get knocked up… I don't know about you but I don't feel like I'm old enough to be a grandmother yet" Callie laughed.
"Oh god… I think I just threw up in my mouth a little" Arizona joked.
"Here, drinks" Sofia offered when she returned, eyeing her parents at the way they were smirking and laughing at a private joke.
"Ok listen up Sof… I'm going to say this once… then never again because I don't want to ever think about my little girl having sex… and despite what your mom says, you are my little girl and you always will be. If you wanna shag a woman, do it, you wont regret it because honestly… it fucking rocks… we will both love you whoever you end up with" the blonde rambled before downing her sprite and looking anywhere at her daughter until she heard Callie explode into laughter.
"Good pep talk Arizona" Callie laughed as she held her sides with one hand and wiped at her tears with the other.
"You think you can do better… go ahead" the blonde threw a mock glare that hid a look of begging for the brunette to fix what she just did, it was a look that Callie noticed instantly.
"What your mama was trying to say in her own eloquent way Sof… is we love you for who you are, it doesn't matter to us who you are, what you do, who you love… just as long as your true to yourself and you look after yourself. You're an adult now, and I don't want or need to know about what your sexual history is… but I would hope that you are being wise, and safe, and not being stupid… or exploring your sexual being too frequently with too many different people. If you think there is a woman who you may want to explore your sexuality with, you absolutely should go for it, because honestly… you have no idea where it will lead you, I mean I was so straight … like so, so very straight.. and if I hadn't have taken that leap and allowed myself to explore, I would never have fallen in love with my soulmate and I would never have had this gorgeous, incredible daughter… you have to take chances at life, and if it falls apart… your mama and I will be right here to help you pick up the pieces. Just don't label yourself because it doesn't matter… when you look at me you see your mum… you don't see a bisexual… when you look at your mama you don't see a gold star lesbian… so just… explore yourself… find out who you are and what feels right to you… and know that your mama and me will love you and support you whatever that looks like" Callie smiled softly as she wiped the tears that were beginning to escape Sofia's eyes.
"That's exactly what I said… just my version was shorter" Arizona smirked as she pulled her daughter into a hug before grabbing Callie's arm and pulling her into the family hug. Callie stiffened at first, unused to being so close to Arizona after so many years, but after a few seconds she relaxed into the embrace and pecked the top of her daughters head.
"Ok… let's get back to having fun" Sofia smiled self consciously and began to walk off.
"Thank you" Arizona smiled once Sofia was a few steps ahead.
"Of course… although you did so well by telling our daughter that shagging a women fucking rocks" Callie teased.
"Well I'm not exactly wrong am I?" Arizona laughed with a shrug.
"No your not wrong… but perhaps… maybe…. She doesn't really need to know that much detail about how much better sleeping with a woman is to sleeping with a man from her parents" Callie suggested with a smirk.
"Oh I'm right with you sister…" Arizona grinned. "hey just between us… and I know this is probably a little bit too much information… and well considering how awkward it is saying this, it will be awkward for you hearing it… but you kinda just told our daughter I'm a gold star lesbian" Arizona sighed.
"And?… your not ashamed of that now are you?" Callie asked curiously, it used to be something Arizona prided herself on.
"What.. no of course not… I'd just rather not lie to Sofia and now I'm kind of in an awkward position that I either have to keep up with the lie you accidentally told her or have this really awkward conversation with her.. it's not a huge deal, I would just rather maybe you double check some things with me first before telling Sof stuff… a lot has happened in fifteen years" Arizona smiled sadly.
"Shit sorry I didn't think, of course I'll discuss things with you in future I really never meant to put you in a tight spot" Callie frowned feeling terrible before her eyes widened. "no fucking way… you fucked a guy?" Callie stopped dead in her tracks as Arizona blushed deeply at how loud Callie just spoke, thankfully their daughter was checking out a game several meters away and was oblivious to her moms loud outburst.
"Calliope!" Arizona snapped in annoyance as she glanced around at the few people giving her peculiar looks.
"Don't 'Calliope' me… you let a man get inside you…. Oh my god this is gold… who?" Callie grinned excitedly.
"Why exactly is it gold?" Arizona smarted as she folded her arms and double checked Sofia was still out of hearing distance, when she glanced back she was shocked to find Callie inches away from her.
"Because you were oh so proud of how… 'tight'.. you were and were adamant that it would never happen because you didn't want to ruin your vagina… so what the hell changed?" Callie whispered with a smirk.
"I changed. You used to go on about how different it was and blah blah blah… then you left… and weeks turned into years and I went on a date with this woman from work and I felt like I was cheating on you, and Yang suggested I tried a different flavor to see if it felt better… so I did" Arizona confessed sadly.
"And did it?" Callie asked.
"Did it what?" Arizona asked confused. Checking on Sofia again and seeing her stood watching them but sensing they needed a moment alone without her interrupting them.
"Feel better" Callie smirked as she watched the blonde watch their daughter.
"God no… it always feels like I'm cheating on you which is why I just don't bother anymore" Arizona sighed absentmindedly before realizing what she had just said and who she had said it to and snapped her attention back to Callie.
"I umm… I meant… you know… like did having sex with a man feel better… than you always imagined it would be" Callie frowned as her cheeks began to color at Arizona's accidental confession.
"Oh… well... this is embarrassing!" Arizona frowned.
"Hey… no it's not. Arizona this is me… we've been through a lot of shit together, we have a lot of history… and what I said to Sof just now about having fallen in love with my soulmate... I have always felt like that and I always will. Just because we couldn't make it work and ended up in different states living different lives and drifting away from each other completely… you're still my soulmate and I understand everything that you just said, more than you can imagine considering my life for the past fifteen years… just don't be ashamed of who you are now and why you have done the things you've done… I promise not to judge you and to respect you because you're the mother of my child and that means whether I like it or not… whether you're driving me insane… whatever the scenario… I will always love you and you will always be a part of me because of our little girl" Callie sighed and waited for Arizona to show some sign of understanding.
"Thank you… I needed to hear that.. maybe we should get back to Sof" Arizona suggested and Callie turned and waited for Arizona to fall into step with her.
"Oh and FYI… it was over in about two minutes... without me having anything that even resembled the beginnings of an orgasm… and then he fell asleep and snored.. and farted in his sleep… and I ended up sleeping on my own couch, my own damn couch Callie… how the hell could you like that shit" Arizona glared at Callie who was smirking and laughing.
"I didn't… why do you think I ended up with a hot nympho wife" Callie guffawed.
"I am NOT a nympho" Arizona glared.
"Do I even want to know the context of that comment?" Sofia smirked. She could see her plan working more and more as each second passed.
"Oh your mama was just telling me that your not the only Robbins that decided to experiment with her sexuality" Callie grinned.
"Eww… no! that's way too much information! Jesus… why would you even share that information with me" Sofia paled.
"For two reasons darling daughter… the first was to see your reaction, which was so, so worth it. and the second was to see your mama's face look like this again… cause the first time over at the hammer thing was so funny I just needed to see it again" Callie laughed as she pointed at Arizona who had paled and had her jaw open in shock and horror at being outed to her daughter so breezily as if they were discussing which flavor ice cream to buy.
"Calliope, you suck and I will get you back for that. Rule number two was just broken" Arizona finally glared but it was only half in annoyance. In truth she was enjoying the banter amongst the three of them.
"Bring it Blondie… now what's next?" Callie grinned.