A quick note to my opinionated guest, Meredith wasn't angry at Arizona because she was upset. Meredith was hurt because her intentions were true and she meant well. She had planned on speaking with her about her decision to take the stand. Life as a surgeon is busy and its not like it would be a thing you would write in a text message - "hey btw, I've told Callie I'll take the stand - all g though, I'm doing it for Sofia"... I don't think that would have been received well, or it appropriate.

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So this is number 4 of 7 - enjoy :)

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

Arizona hadn't told Meredith what she had intended to do. Even though she knew that her girlfriend would support her, would understand what she had hoped to do, she still felt that she needed to do it on her own.

The truth of the matter was, it had hurt her to see Callie so broken. Penny had left and headed across the country while Callie had decided to stay in Seattle to be able to have visitation rights to Sofia. Even though Arizona was quite happy to share custody of Sofia with Callie again, Sofia had been noticing how sad her Mamma was and had mentioned it often.

Despite Bailey telling her that she didn't need to do anything to help Callie, she knew that she had to. It wasn't fair that Arizona got to still be with the person she now loved, while the person that Callie supposedly loved, was on the other side of the country.

Taking a deep breath, Arizona thought carefully over her current plan. She knew that she would be the one to hurt the most, but she felt the need to ease Callie's pain more.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Callie had been shocked to say the least when Arizona arrived on their doorstep with Sofia in tow. "What's going on?" She asked, unsure of what to think. Sofia looked happy, her small back pack ready as she rushed forward and hugged her mother.

"Plane tickets" Arizona responded and held them out to Callie. Callie felt uncertainty shift inside of her. Surely this was not happening.

"Bring her back next weekend. And I want all summer and every other school year." Arizona advised her.

Callie was sure that she was hearing her ex-wife wrong. Yet Arizona continued on.

"I want Christmas this time, but you can get the next one. We'll figure the rest out as we go."

Callie's voice quivered in response, "What are you saying?" After everything they had been through, the heart break she felt after letting Penny go, everything she let the lawyer say about Arizona… How was this woman being the bigger person?

"We did this wrong." Arizona said. "We had the chance to do it right and we missed it." She took a deep breath as she watched Arizona tilt her head. "Sofia deserves to have two happy moms. Meredith makes me happy…"

Callie considered what Arizona was saying. It hurt to hear about Arizona and Meredith, but she was trying to read between the lines of everything else that Arizona had just thrown at her.

"I'm saying, let's both be happy."

With that, Callie moved forward, wrapping her arms around Arizona and allowing herself to finally cry in front of the other woman. She had previously begged, tried to manipulate times so she could have her daughter longer. She had let Penny leave without her and now Arizona was letting them both go. She was in a state of utter disbelief.

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Meredith had just finished putting the kids to bed when Arizona arrived. She could see that something was bothering her girlfriend, but she wasn't sure what. There had been a lot going on around them lately. A tension had built at the hospital due to the custody case and sometimes they didn't get a chance to see each other due to the developing schedule for Sofia.

Meredith moved towards her girlfriend and wrapped her arms around her. It wasn't until she held her and felt the woman's body tremble that she realised that Arizona had started to cry. Not knowing what had happened, or the moments leading up to the tears, Meredith pulled back with concern.

"I just gave Sofia to Callie." Arizona sobbed. "I told her to go be happy."

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

Arizona hadn't meant to tell Meredith of her decision through a mess of tears, but she needed her girlfriend to console her and tell her that she had made the right decision. She knew that Meredith may not exactly say those words, but she would support her either way.

The woman had guided her in to the lounge room and sat her on the large sofa. She had then proceeded to pour them each a glass of wine before returning to hand her a glass.

"Go back to the start and explain." Meredith suggested. She then took her place beside Arizona, wrapping an arm around her, holding her while she began to process the events that had unfolded earlier.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Meredith could understand why her girlfriend had done what she had. It was hard to see a loved one hurting, even more so when there were kids involved. She had been a child from a broken home and didn't like the idea of having other children go through it either.

Still Meredith had found it hard to comprehend.

Here was her girlfriend who was so besotted by her daughter, who had fought tooth and nail to have her, only to now give her back. She knew that once Arizona calmed down, the woman would find a better way to explain her thinking.

After both women had finished their glasses of wine, Meredith took Arizona's hand and led her upstairs where she hoped she could hold the woman and try and ease her sorrows.

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

Arizona woke in the early morning to the secure arms of her girlfriend. They were still clothed in last nights clothes, only there was also another body in the bed. Arizona looked down at the little blonde haired boy who had ventured into the room. He had obviously came in during the night and decided to snuggle up into the front of her.

While the kids had been told that Arizona was now their Mommies girlfriend, they hadn't really been intimate in front of them. They had however explained that sometime she would have sleepovers and share mommies bed. However, Arizona had never woken up to find one of the children in bed with them before.

Feeling Meredith snuggle further into her, spooning her. Arizona relaxed a little. She felt Bailey shift too, snuggling in towards her chest, much like how his mother would do if she had rolled over to face her during the night (it had happened a couple of times).

Closing her eyes, Arizona willed sleep to return and tried not to remember what had brought her here the night before.

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

Meredith had woken to the sound of her alarm. She had been surprised to find that Bailey had somehow managed to worm his way into bed with herself and Arizona, and more so when it seemed that he had further found his way in between them.

She smiled at the way Arizona seemed to cradle him between them. Bailey was far from being a baby, but was still a tender age. He was definitely the little man of the house. It hurt her to think of how great Arizona was with her kids, especially knowing that she had just sacrificed the time she was going to have with her own.

Leaning across the blonde-haired boy, Meredith kissed Arizona before evacuating the bed. She needed to go prepare breakfast for the house, especially knowing that they would all be rising soon.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

"Thank you" Arizona sounded later that morning as she entered Meredith's office.

They had a busy morning after waking and getting ready to head in to the hospital. They hadn't really had a chance to discuss what had happened the night before.

Meredith had been very comforting and listened carefully to her explanation for her actions. It had helped Arizona with making her decision, in knowing that she had a supportive girlfriend. She had sensed that Meredith didn't necessarily agree with her decision but it still helped knowing that the woman would support her.

"For what?" Meredith asked and Arizona could see the confusion on her face.

"For holding me" she explained, "For not telling me that I am an idiot for letting my daughter go with her mother to the other side of the country."

Meredith got up and walked towards Arizona. She stopped in front of her. Arizona was waiting to see what she would do or say next.

"I wont pretend to understand your choice." Meredith said carefully. "However, I do know that it wasn't my choice to make."

Arizona shifted. She was unsure whether now that she had calmed down and wasn't a blubbering mess, that Meredith would expect her to defend her decision.

Meredith surprised her by taking her hand and threading their fingers together. "I will say, that what you did was very selfless. I don't think I could have done it."

Meredith then pulled Arizona towards her, wrapping herself around her girlfriend. Arizona let herself burrow in, holding her in return.

"I'm going to miss her so much." She uttered.

"I know" Meredith sounded.

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

"What have you guys arranged?" Meredith asked, once she felt it was safe to discuss Sofia. Callie had called to let her know that they had landed in New York. The phone called had allowed Arizona to speak to Sofia. The phone conversation was going to be the first of many.

"Callie is bringing her back next weekend. After that we are going to need to make a better plan. I don't want this to last too long." Arizona said, feeling slightly better after hearing Sofia's voice.

"How about we get the things she will need to help you guys stay in touch a little better." Meredith suggested. She knew that an Ipad could do wonders for a long- distance relationship. While she didn't consider what she had with Derek, when he was working in DC, a long distance relationship. She knew that her regular face time sessions with Christina had allowed for them to stay in touch and very much in tune with each others lives.

Arizona smiled at her girlfriend, Meredith simply winked back. "Besides, how else are Zola and Sofia going to stay as best friends."

Arizona chuckled softly.

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

Later that night, while wrapped up in Meredith, Arizona started to second guess her decision to let Sofia go. She could only hope that she had really made the right decision. The best decision for her daughter.

She knew that her decision had come down to guilt. She felt guilty that Callie was experiencing the pain of losing a partner and a child, while she was happy building a relationship with Meredith. She just had to hope that everything would work out in the end.

She got her girl, Callie was supposedly getting hers back… and their little girl… well she was on the other side of the country. "I'll see her this weekend." Arizona reminded herself and she hung onto the thought as she drifted off to sleep, wrapped up securely in Meredith's arms.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?