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"Mum, I'm fine" Sofia snapped as she sat on the edge of a hospital bed, drinking a glass of water that one of the nurses gave her. "I just haven't eaten that much and I got a little light headed"
"You fainted" Callie emphasised. "I was worried about you" she put the back of her hand against Sofia's head. "And you're burning up too" she quickly removed her hand.
"Mmm" Sofia uttered in response, taking more and more sips of water to distract herself and stop Callie from asking any more questions. Sofia couldn't get the image of Meredith out of her mind when she popped by to see if Sofia was okay. Something in her heart told her Meredith knew what was going on.
"You should eat properly" Callie gently scolded her daughter, sitting beside her on the hospital bed. "You know with all these exams coming up and the amount of stress you're under already" she paused.
"I know it was stupid" Sofia smiled sheepishly up at her mother before resting her head on Callie's shoulder. Callie felt herself relax and her heart rate finally returning back to normal. Her phone began to ring.
"I'll be back in a minute sweetheart" Callie murmured, kissing the top of her daughter's head. "Sergeant Torres" she answered the phone as she left the room.
Sofia watched her mother leave, before rubbing her stomach. Meredith entered the room.
"I was wondering when I'd be able to talk to you on your own" Meredith began.
"You know, don't you?" Sofia asked, her heart feeling like it had dropped to the floor.
"You're pregnant" Meredith said, the words hanging in the air. Sofia placed her head in her hands. "I had my suspicions, fainting is a common sign in early pregnancy and when they checked your blood it confirmed what I already thought I knew"
"Please don't tell my mum" Sofia begged.
"You can't keep this hidden away Sofia. You're going to get sick, your entire body will begin to change, your hormones are going to be screwed up" Meredith listed. "You're mum will help"
"She'll be angry at me and at Casey too" Sofia glanced up at Meredith with tears in her eyes. "She'll say we can't be together"
"I think you need to give your mum a little more credit" Meredith told her. "She was about your age when she had you, you know"
"I know" Sofia told her.
"Then you know she can help you with this. I'm not going to say it will all be easy, first she'll be pissed and upset but I know your mum and she will support you whatever decision you make"
Sofia nodded, wiping away tears from her eyes. Callie re-entered the room.
"What's wrong?" She asked, going to Sofia's side and wrapping her arms around her. "Mer?" Callie questioned.
"I think the three of us need to have a little discussion"
"So it's true then?" Casey questioned entering the living room where Arizona was sat with a glass of wine in hand. "Tim's been arrested?"
"Uh huh" Arizona nodded, staring blankly at the TV.
"For assaulting Angelo?" Casey asked. "I can't believe he did that"
"Trust me, it's not that hard to believe the things he is capable of" Arizona sighed. "I turned him in" she revealed, watching her younger brother's eyes widen.
"Are you mad?" Casey raised his voice. "What if he comes back and does the same thing he did to Angelo to us?"
"We're his family, he won't" Arizona spoke firmly, trying to make herself believe that Tim wouldn't do anything to hurt his own family. "I had to do it, he walks around thinking he can steal and sell drugs and beat people up without consequences…sometimes there has to be consequences" she drank the rest of the wine in her glass in one.
"Have you told mum yet?" Casey asked. Arizona shook her head.
"I'm really dreading that part" she replied. "Tim was the one who stepped up when we were kids"
"That doesn't mean he should live this sort of life and get away with it" Casey pointed out. "I think you did the right thing, but I hope he doesn't try to get revenge on you"
"If that happens…" Arizona began. "I can handle him. But it won't so stop worrying"
"Okay" Casey grinned. "I'll try anyway"
"You not seeing Sofia tonight?" Arizona questioned.
"Nah, I think she's pissed at me or something" Casey shrugged. "She rang me earlier and then just hung up and when I tried to call her back I didn't get any answer"
"What did you do?" Arizona asked.
"God knows" Casey rolled his eyes. "Women" he shook his head.
"You should go talk to her" Arizona offered him advice as her mind went to Callie. She knew at some point she had to go and face Callie too but right now she couldn't even face her calls.
"I just tried" Casey told his sister. "She wasn't in, neither was Callie"
"Then tomorrow" Arizona smiled. "You can go and apologise for pissing off your girlfriend"
"Hardly fair when I don't know what I did" Casey smirked. "I'm going to go on the Xbox for a bit, you okay down here?" he stood up, glancing down at his sister.
"Sure" Arizona nodded, taking her mobile out of her pocket. Callie hadn't tried contacting her again so Arizona presumed she was interviewing Tim. She flicked through her contacts book until she found her mother's number. Straightening herself up and exhaling, she began to dial home.
"I can't believe this" Callie finally spoke. She glanced at Sofia who was crying uncontrollably. "How could you be so stupid?"
"Callie…" Meredith placed her hand on Callie's arm. Callie shrugged Meredith's hand away as she went closer to her daughter.
"Sofia" Callie tilted her daughter's chin up to meet her own eyes.
"I'm sorry mum" Sofia sobbed, covering her face with her hands.
"What about uni, your exams, your future?" Callie raised her voice a little.
"I can still do it" Sofia gulped. "Just like you did it, I can do it too" she wiped away tears.
"Meredith, can we have a minute?" Callie asked.
"Sure" Meredith nodded leaving the room. Callie sat next to her daughter.
"I'm sorry I shouted at you like that" Callie spoke. "I guess I was just a little shocked"
"I don't want a termination mum" Sofia responded.
"Okay" Callie nodded. "It's not going to be easy Sofia"
"I know" Sofia replied.
"How…far along are you?"
"8 weeks" Sofia told her mum.
"Did you find out tonight?" Callie asked. "When we came here?"
"No" Sofia shook her head. "I've known for a while now"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Callie asked.
"I was scared" Sofia admitted. "I didn't want you to hate me"
"Oh sweetie, I could never hate you" Callie pulled her daughter close to her. "Does Casey know?"
"No" Sofia shook her head. "I keep trying to tell him but all I end up doing is avoiding him"
"I know Casey is a good kid" Callie responded. "But you have to understand that you are both only sixteen. He may not want to raise this baby like you do"
"I know" Sofia replied. "I think that's why I'm so scared of actually telling him"
"Let's go over tonight" Callie told her daughter. "You've been discharged and he has a right to know too. That way if things don't go to plan with you two, I'll be there"
"Okay" Sofia smiled. "Are you still angry at me?"
"I'm shocked Sofia, I thought you weren't having sex with Casey"
"It was just a handful of times" Sofia blushed. "We used protection too mum, I promise"
"Okay" Callie nodded. "Let's go tell Casey then" she held out her hand for Sofia to take.
"Hi" Sofia spoke quietly as Casey came to the door. Behind him, she could see Arizona asleep on the couch. "Can we talk?"
"Sure" Casey nodded, taking Sofia's hand and leading it into the apartment.
"Do you want me to wait in the car Sofia?" Callie asked.
"Come in if you want" Casey told her as Arizona stirred on the couch. "Unless you're here to interrogate Arizona because I don't think she could handle it right now" he gestured to the empty wine bottle on the table.
"Noted" Callie nodded, stepping into the flat. Sofia glanced at her mother with a look of fear in her eyes as she followed Casey through to his room. Callie sat on the couch, waking Arizona in the process.
"Casey" Arizona muttered as her eyes flickered open to reveal it wasn't Casey on the couch at all. "What are you doing here"
"Well I'm not here for you" Callie began.
"Charming" Arizona muttered.
"You've been avoiding my calls" Callie stated the obvious. "But right now that doesn't matter"
"You're acting weird" Arizona sat up straight. "What's wrong"
Callie glanced over at her girlfriend, who was sat with her knees brought up to her chest. Her blonde curls were messy due to her brief nap, a sight Callie had seen numerous times before. Her heart swelled.
"Whatever happens tonight, promise me things won't change between us" Callie began, taking a few deep breaths. Arizona edged closer to her girlfriend.
"I thought things already had" she replied, her head bowed. "Tim told me what he did to Angelo"
"And you turned him in…you did the right thing" Callie added.
"So how's he doing?" Arizona asked. "Did he answer much in the interview?"
"Well you know I couldn't talk to you about that even if I wanted to" Callie replied. "But I wasn't at the interview, I was in the hospital with Sofia"
"Really?" Arizona sat up straighter. "Is everything alright?"
"I don't know" Callie sighed. "I really don't know".
"Sof, you're scaring me" Casey told his girlfriend. "Please look at me" he pleaded but Sofia couldn't bring herself to make eye contact with him. The pair of them were sat down on Casey's bed.
"I'm sorry" Sofia whispered.
"Are you breaking up with me?" Casey asked. "What did I do?" he added, trying to take Sofia's hands in his own.
"I'm…I'm not breaking up with you" Sofia told him. "But once I tell you this, you might be the one breaking up with me"
"I won't" Casey shook his head firmly. "Sofia, I love you and you're scaring me so please just tell me what's on your mind and we can get through this together"
"What if we can't Casey?" Sofia questioned as Casey wiped the tears from her own eyes. "Just because we love each other doesn't mean we can work things out"
"What is wrong Sofia, please tell me" Casey asked.
"I'm pregnant".
"They've been up there a while" Callie muttered checking the time on her phone. There hadn't been much noise from Casey's room but surely Sofia had told Casey by now.
"Why are you here?" Arizona asked again. "Is Sofia sick? Is she here to break up with Casey?"
"It's...it's not my news to share Arizona" Callie exhaled.
"You can't just come in here and sit right next to me making weird small talk like we haven't been girlfriends for months Callie" Arizona shook her head. "Look at me"
"I would tell you if I could" Callie told Arizona. "Trust me"
"I do trust you, but that doesn't mean having you here right now isn't the most frustrating thing" Arizona muttered.
"She isn't sick and she isn't here to break up with Casey" Callie replied.
"Well thank you for finally answering some of my questions" Arizona muttered as Casey and Sofia both came downstairs. It was obvious both of them had been crying.
"What's up Casey?" Arizona asked, going to her brother's side. "What the hell is going on?" she glanced at the three others in the room.
"Well, it's up to you to share the news" Callie glanced at Sofia and Casey.
"Sofia and I are having a baby" Casey glanced at his older sister whose mouth fell open.
"What do you mean you're having a baby?" she questioned.
"I'm um…pregnant" Sofia added quietly. Sofia, Casey and Callie all watched Arizona as she struggled to come to terms with the news.
"Get out" she finally muttered. "All of you get out"
"Arizona…" Casey began, shocked that his sister had taken the news so badly.
"Come on" Callie responded. "I think Arizona just needs some time to get her head around things, Casey you can stay at ours for the night…on the couch" she added quickly. Casey nodded rushing off to his room to grab clothes and a toothbrush. He glanced at his sister again who was looking anywhere but in his direction.
"Don't hate me" Casey begged his sister as he left the apartment. "I know you're mad, but you're my sister and I love you and I need you" he added. "So please, don't hate me" he finished, slamming the door shut behind him.
Callie was lying in her bed, with an almost empty glass of wine. She figured she needed a big glass after the day she'd had today. Her favourite TV drama was playing on the screen but Callie really wasn't paying much attention to it at all. Her phone vibrated and Callie's heart lifted when she saw it was a message from Arizona.
I'm sorry for the way I was before.
Callie smiled as she typed her reply.
It came as a shock to me too. But we can do this, we can all do it together.
A couple of moments later a reply came.
I know. They're going to need our help.
Callie struggled to think of her reply at first but then a second text came through from Arizona.
And to what you said earlier about things not changing between us. They won't. I am hopelessly in love with you Callie Torres.
Callie couldn't stop the huge grin forming on her face as she read the last line of Arizona's text.
I thought you didn't do soppy texts?
Almost instantly, a reply came.
You're the exception.
Callie smiled again, glad that Arizona had seemingly calmed down from her shock earlier. Callie would be lying if she said she was completely thrilled with the idea but she knew it would take time. It took her own parents a good few months when they found out she was pregnant with Sofia.
Come by tomorrow. I think all four of us need to have a talk about what's going to happen and how things will change.
Callie placed her phone to one side as flicked through the TV channels. She needed something a lot lighter hearted at the moment. Once she had settled on a late-night comedy show, her phone buzzed again.
I agree. See you tomorrow Callie.