Cupids Helpers Chapter 24, a grey's anatomy fanfic

"What are the chances that we can come up with an excuse for this?" Callie grumbled much to Arizona's amusement.

"I would say there isnt a single excuse we could think up that would explain you sneaking out of my bedroom window so early in the morning… I think the cats out of the bag!" Arizona giggled.

"Considering it was you who wanted to do this whole secrecy thing your finding this very amusing" Callie glared at her girlfriend pointedly.

"Oh come on Calliope, it is pretty funny. Our daughter just caught you trying to sneak out and then pretty much our entire family and everyone we know witnessed it too… I did tell you to use the stairs" Arizona scoffed.

"Hilarious… care to explain to me what we are actually going to tell everyone?" Callie allowed herself a small smile at the amusement filling the beautiful blue eyes she could fall in love with every single day.

"That sofia caught mama kissing santa claus?" Arizona giggled as she sang the song title softly before pulling Callie into a hug.

"We are going to be getting enough ribbing from every single person in our house right now… do you really need to rib me too?" Callie whined.

"Oh poor baby" Arizona cooed as she nuzzled Callie's nose with her own.

"Stop it, im mad at you for being mean to me" Callie pouted.

-oOo-

As the trio made their way back to their guests they couldnt help but giggle as they heard Callie's mom whisper-yell 'Shit they are coming, everyone act normal'. Callie glanced at Arizona with a smirk and winked at her playfully. The three women entered the kitchen and moved to grab some breakfast and coffees and tried not to laugh at the awkward random conversations that were being had as everyone attempted to act normal and not give away that they had been eavesdropping the entire time.

"Dios Mija! Just tell us already!" Lucia finally shrieked causing Arizona and Callie to smirk at each other.

"Tell you what mami?" Callie asked innocently as she smiled sweetly at her mother.

"That you two idiots are finally back together" Barbara squeaked excitedly as she clapped her hands and bounced in her chair.

The two women glanced at the array of faces watching them both expectantly as they pulled up a chair each at the table and sipped at their coffees nonchantly.

"They're back together" Sofia grinned, finally not being able to take her mothers teasing. A huge beam spread across her face as everyone cheered and rushed to hug the two women excitedly.

"Merry christmas babe" Stacy grinned as she pulled Sofia into a hug and kissed her cheek.

"Best christmas ever! My moms are back together, my entire family is here and I get to spend it with my beautiful girlfriend" Sofia smiled as she nestled into the embrace.

"I'm so happy for you" Stacy whispered sweetly.

"Ok the party is here, lets open some presents" Bailey grinned as she entered the house with several other surgeons and Tuck. "What's going on in here?" she asked in confusion at the beaming faces around her.

"Oh Bailey you are going to love this… we were all woken up this morning to find Torres hanging out of Robbins bedroom window trying to sneak out" Yang grinned as she grabbed her phone to show her the photographic evidence.

"About time! You two idiots do know that my marital lisence is still valid right, I kept renewing it just incase" Bailey smirked at the two women.

"Whoa there, slow down, we just got back together lets not be rushing us down the aisle just yet" Arizona scoffed as she grabbed Callie's hand on top of the table and squeezed it tightly.

"Shotgun on best man!" Karev smirked.

"Why the hell would we let you be in our wedding douche" Callie scoffed, not forgetting his taunting from just an hour or so earlier.

"Umm hello… bustyblonde, rockstar!" Karev smirked proudly as he pointed at each woman and the hospital family erupted into laughter.

"Wait, that was your idea?" Callie screeched.

"I didnt name drop anyone else idiot" Sofia scoffed at her uncle who suddenly paled.

"Bustyblonde Arizona, really?" Barbara scoffed at her daughter who was blushing.

"If the cap fits mom" Callie smirked, not realizing that she had reverted back into not using barbara's name despite the smirks that were being passed around.

"Are we opening presents, or are we just going to sit here and gossip all day?" Sofia laughed as she tried to save her mom when she saw the embarrassment and horror enter her eyes. Everyone cheered before moving into the back garden where a giant christmas tree had been erected and decorated yesterday. An array of couches and chairs had been dotted around the area as several heaters had been dotted around to fight off the chill of the december cold.

Everyone made themselves comfortable as Carlos and Daniel began grabbing the presents from under the tree and handing them out to whoever they belonged to. Before too long the floor was covered in various discarded wrappings and laughter filled the air.

"Christina!" Arizona screetched as she unwrapped a parcel that was labelled 'Arizona – from secret santa' and contained a pair of raunchy lingerie.

"Hey! Why would you assume they are from me rollergirl?" Yang scoffed as she eyes the neglegie before winking at her friend.

"You're the only one I know who hands out secret santa gifts like this!" Arizona warned before tucking the item away and glancing at her mother in law with a blush.

"Not this time… maybe it was Mer!" Yang cackled at the blondes discomfort when her best friend pushed her off the arm of the couch and she fell to the floor with a thump causing an eruption of laughter.

Arizona glanced at Callie and noticed the guilty smile on her face before she blushed even further when she realized who her secret santa was.

"Go Torres" Jo scoffed as she noticed the blush and guilty look and couldnt resist the urge to bring everyone else in on her knowledge.

"Ha go Torres indeed" Yang smirked and sent a flirty wink at her ex-roommate.

"In my defence… she wasnt meant to open it infront of all of you, I dont even know how it got under the damn tree!" Callie laughed to cover her embarrassment.

"Guilty, I found it in a cupboard when I was looking for some sheets" Barbara laughed at the embarrassment on her daughters face. "you really need to find some better secret santa skills dear" Barbara winked at her daughter in law and caused rush of laughter at the deep blush that covered the latinas face.

"oh mom, open your secret santa" Sofia grinned excitingly, desperate to see the mortification on her moms face when she saw the christmas socks her mama had given her. Callie grabbed the parcel nervously before glancing around. "This is safe to open around the oldies right?" Callie asked and received several cat calls for her insult to both sets of parents.

She unwrapped the paper and glanced in the box and laughed before smirking at Arizona knowingly who just offered a wink in return. Sofia watched the exchange in confusion before telling her mom to show her what it was. Callie pulled out a bottle of Joy by Jean Patou her favorite perfume, one that could only be purchased at six stores in the world and cost almost a months salary. Then followed it by pulling out a pair of musical christmas socks that were decorated with dancing gingerbread men.

"Secret santa forgot there was a price limit!" Callie offered a pointed eyebrow at the blonde who smirked at the teasing.

"Did you know that twenty eight dozen roses were used to make that" Arizona offered with a playful smirk.

"Is that some secret code mama?" Sofia laughed at the absurd fact.

"No secret Sof, twenty eight years ago I bought your mom that same bottle of perfume for our first christmas after I accidentily broke her bottle and she flipped her lid at me for ruining an almost full bottle" Arizona winked at her girlfriend as everyone around them cooed.

"You did too… I cant believe you remembered that" Callie smiled softly.

"I remember everything Calliope, dont you forget it" Arizona grinned when Callie approached her and kissed her on the cheek softly.

"Thankyou baby, I love it" Callie grinned into cerulean eyes.

"Your welcome honey, how could I not buy it when I saw that little fact" Arizona beamed back.

"You know originally you were just getting the christmas socks right?" Karev guffawed as the two women glared at him before noticing the parcel in his hands and throwing each other a knowing grin. "Wait… who the hell bought me this! Was this you Torres!" Karev growled as he turned the book to show Callie its title and she couldnt contain her laughter any longer.

"Mija why would you buy him that book?" Lucia asked in confusion after reading 'The Art of Culliningus'.

"Arizona told me to mami" Callie shrugged before receiving a punch from her girlfriend. Glancing at the offender, she noticed the embarressed and mortified look in her girlfriends eyes before glancing the the elder Robbins who were looking at their daughter in shock.

"Oh this is the BEST christmas ever!" Yang giggled as she watched the exchange.

"Are you telling me that this young man has defiled my daughter?" The Colonel asked with horrified eyes as he glanced at Karev who was looking very uncomfortable.

"Calliope slept with him first!" Arizona offered nervously before her girlfriend shrieked her name in horror and glanced at her parents who were glaring at Karev aswel.

"Run baby… run and don't come back" Mer laughed as she noticed the glares being thrown at him by the two fathers.

"Seriously Karev run… he threw O'Malley and Sloan against the wall just for sleeping with her" Arizona warned her best friend as she watched Callie's father stand up menacigly and depsite being horrified at this moment, she couldn't help but bark in laughter as Karev jumped up and ran before dashing back for his book and hightailing it to the safety his camper.

"Oh god, that was so much fun" Arizona giggled before noticing her fathers glare. "oh come on daddy, I'm forty-six, I've been married and have a daughter, you didn't actually think I was a virgin did you?" Arizona scoffed as she positioned herself behind Callie for protection.

"Way to put me in the firing line!" Callie muttered over her shoulder.

"I prefer to not know any of the details of my daughters sex life thank you!" Daniel glared as he grabbed his coffee from the sideboard beside him and took a sip of the hot java to calm himself down.

"Oh pop you really don't want to get any closer to that sideboard then" Sofia added helpfully, giggling as both of her mothers glared at her in horror. "oh payback is a bitch mothers" Sofia grinned as the group, minus the parents, guffawed at her.

"Your so grounded" Arizona glared at her daughter who winked in return.

"You may want to stay away from that couch too, it's from mama's house so it's probably not safe either!" Sofia grinned as her pop sat back down.

"Sofia Robbin Sloan-Torres!" Carlos glared at his granddaughter in horror.

"Sorry Abuelo" Sofia smiled sheepishly at her grandfather.

"Youre so not mad at me, you love me" Arizona grinned as she placed a sweet kiss to Callie's lips.

"So?" Callie asked nervously.

"So, what?" Arizona asked as she ran her fingers over the caramel neck she had missed so much.

"So what are we going to tell the two dozen or so people who are sitting and waiting to find out what lame excuse we are going to give them when every single one of them already knows exactly what they just witnessed" Callie scoffed.

"We tell them that I caught you trying to creep into my room… pervert" Arizona grinned cheekily.

"No way! If im going down, im taking you with me" Callie laughed.

"Baby, when your going down, I will happily go down with you" Arizona winked playfully.

"Not the time for turning me on Arizona" Callie laughed despite herself.

"Then we maybe just tell them happy christmas, you all got what you wanted" Arizona shrugged as if she didnt care, but Callie knew better.

"Come on honey, you werent ready for anyone to know, and not that it's anyones business but ours, but they are going to want answers" Callie sighed.

"I wasnt ready for everyone to know, but even if we lie to them… they all know. Lets be real, the fact that we even thought we could hide this, was ridiculous"

"So we are telling people?"

"I guess we are telling people… should we pull Sof aside and tell her first?"

"I think she may already know baby" Arizona laughed.

"Well ok smartass… should we pull Sof aside and confirm it to her first" Callie pecked Arizona as she nodded her agreement. "we are really doing this, we are really about to tell our daughter that her every christmas wish has come true?"

"It's not just her every christmas wish" Arizona admitted bashfully.

"Merry Christmas baby" Callie grinned as she pulled her phone from her pocket and texted Sof to come over to her mamas house alone for a minute.

"Best christmas present ever Calliope" Arizona smiled lovingly.

-oOo-

"Oh god I just got a text summoning me over there!" Sofia glanced at her phone nervously.

"Want me to come with?" Stacy asked seeing the worry etched on her girlfriends face.

"Yes… but they specifically told me to come alone… wish me luck everyone!" Sofia grimaced as she made her way towards her mothers and fretted over how the conversation was going to go. Her heart pounding in her chest in equal measures of excitement and fear that she was about to be told the one thing she had always wanted for her mothers to tell her.

"Hello?" Sofia called out as she entered through the side door, not seeing her mothers sat side by side on the couch watching her with grim faces, her heart dropped. This did not look like it was going to go how she wanted it to. "Everything ok? You umm… you wanted to see me?"

"Sofia, sit down" Callie ordered with a straight face, forcing herself to hide her smile as she saw the devastation and worry written all over a face that was so similar to her own face at that age.

"Sof, we know what that looked like… but i'm sorry sweetheart it wasnt" Arizona offered as she bit the inside of her lip hard. Callie had decided it would be more fun to toy with their daughter first, and despite the crestfallen look on their little girls face, she knew when they finally let her off the hook, it would be so worth it.

"So your not umm… not getting back together?" Sofia tried to keep the whining tone out of her voice, but knew she had failed when her own voice hit her ears.

"No sweetheart. Last night was a one time thing for old times sake that you were never, ever meant to find out about… we're so sorry that you did" Callie offered a sad smile as she saw the tears brimming in her daughters eyes.

"Are you ok Sof?" Arizona asked as she glanced at Callie nervously, perhaps winding her up one last time hadnt been such a great idea.

"No… no I'm not ok. You are both fucking idiots. You are in love with each other for gods sake. You have been sneaking around on tinder for days now pretending that you werent together and now your sitting here and lying to my face… either that or worse you got caught out and chickened out again. My entire life all I have heard is you..." Sofia pointed a finger angrily at her mom "telling me that I have to fight for the things I want in life, that I should never give up if something feels too hard… and you mama, all that crap about being a good man in a storm and your both sat here telling me this crap, your both hippocrites. For gods sake how can you not see that your both meant to be here, I mean seriously if you dont love each other then what the hell is with all the flirting and reminising and sexting each other at all times of night and day! I'm over this… I am leaving and I dont want anything to do with either of you until you get your acts together and grow the hell up!" Sofia rose from the couch and began to storm away before she heard the stern 'Sofia' that only her mom could ever say that brought feear to her.

"How exactly do you know what your mother and I have been messaging to each other?" Callie asked with a pointed eyebrow as her daughter turned to look at her with eyes full of guilt.

"I… I… I umm… shit" Sofia whispered as she realized just how much trouble she was in right now.

"It was you wasnt it… you did something to connect us together… I should have known!" Callie scoffed.

"Wait, your not mad?" Sofia asked in confusion.

"Sit your ass down" Arizona pointed to the seat their daughter had just vacated as she glanced at Callie and tried not to smirk.

"Sofia, if your mother and I were to try again, there is no gaurentee that it would work. We have been apart for almost two decades, and barely spoken for the majority of that.." Arizona started but was cut off by Sofia before she silenced herself at the glare she received from both mothers.

"However" Callie picked up as she subtly moved her hand into Arizona's and linked their fingers. "We have both decided that we are willing to take that risk with eachother again, but we didnt want you to know anything until we were more certain that we were strong together, we dont want to hurt you anymore than we already have over the years by this not working out"

Sofia snapped her head up as she looked uncertainly between her mothers who were smiling sheepishly back at her. "Wait… are you telling me?" Sofia didnt dare say the words incase it was ripped away from her again, but a grin engulfed her face what she saw her mothers nod at her before ginning at eachother.

"We are going to try one more time… but there are no promises and no gaurentees Sof" Arizona smiled softly to their daughter who shrieked before jumping from her seat and launching herself onto her mothers and wrapping them in tight hugs.

"pinch me" Sofia announced and giggled when both mothers pinched her, laughing at her antics. "this is really happening, im not dreaming right?"

"Not unless i'm dreaming too" Callie grinned as she pulled their little girl tighter into a hug and kissed her forehead, smiling lovingly at Arizona who was doing the same on the opposite side.

"Im sorry for shouting at you both" Sofia said shyly after a few moments of basking in the embrace.

"We're sorry for thinking it would be funny to wind you up one more time before putting you out of your misery, if it helps it was your moms idea" Arizona laughed as Callie glared at her.

"How was I to know that she was going to go all Arizona temper on us" Callie scoffed.

"Hey, I do not have a temper!" Arizona shrieked as she glanced between the two faces looking at her incredilously. "I dont!"

"Ok baby, you dont have a temper" Callie scoffed as Arizona nudged her with her elbow.

"wait… we are still going to do our funday sunday right?" Sofia asked worriedly.

"Why wouldnt we?" Arizona asked curiously.

"Oh Umm..."

"Sofia Robbin" Callie warned.

"Umm they may have been a ploy to get you two back together" Sofia offered sheepishly.

"Wait… we set those up weeks ago like days after your mom came back" Arizona stared at her daughter incrediously.

"Oh you two have no idea the lengths we have gone to, to get you two back together!" Sofia admitted with a cheeky grin.

"Who is we exactly?" Callie asked in amusement.

"Umm… dont be mad! Pretty much the entire hospital" Sofia grinned.

"Why do I feel like you were the ring leader in all of this?" Arizona scoffed as her daughter shrugged almost proudly.

"and what exactly would you have done if all of your plotting and conspiring didnt work out how you wanted it to?" Callie smirked.

"Kept trying until you idiots got your shit together?" Sofia offered with a grin.

"It;s a good job we love you Sofia!" Arizona warned.

"It really is… you interferring little shit!… thank you" Callie whispered the last part so only her daughter could hear before kissing her cheek softly.