A/N- Thank you every one who has put this story under their alerts and favorites. You don't know how happy that makes me. But for everybody who has an issue with the fact that I wrote about Mark POTENTIALLY being the baby daddy, I never wrote it in that that was going to happen 100%. And it's sad that you won't give the story a chance because of it. I knew from the get go what I had in mind for this story, and Mark wasn't part of it. As much as I love his character, this is a story about how Callie and Arizona start a family of their own, with the one they already have. With that said, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
It had been almost three months since Callie and Arizona's first meeting with Dr. Cruz, the fertility specialist. And more than they thought that they could handle happened. And it was a lot more difficult than the couple expected.
A little over a week after the appointment, Mark opted out of being their sperm donor. Arizona was relieved that she wouldn't have to be carrying around a part of Mark for 9 months, but it ruined their set plan. At least him and Lexie were reconnecting, and that is the reason he gave them for his answer.
Mark really didn't want to be brought in to the baby making decision with Callie and Arizona, and who could blame him? He was a good father to Sofia, but he didn't want to have their baby. That meant that they had to decide on a donor.
It took over two weeks to find the ideal donor to father their baby. After the donor was picked, they scheduled a new appointment date for fertilization. Neither of them expected having to wait an extra couple of weeks, but they were finally ready.
Today was the day that the Robbins-Torres family learned if the IVF treatment worked. Callie couldn't make it to the appointment though, because surgery called. Arizona was more nervous than she thought she would be. Her wife wasn't right beside her, where she should be, to get the news that would change their lives.
"Hello, Arizona. How are we feeling today?"
"Honestly? Really nervous."
"That's normal. Today is a big day. Will Callie be joining us today?"
"Unfortunately she was called into surgery and won't be here. I am the one who gets to share the news, good or bad."
"Well, why don't you go ahead and give her good news. The test you took came back positive," she offered with a big smile. Arizona's heart almost stopped. She was pregnant.
It was a surreal feeling, knowing that she was carrying a child inside of her. She couldn't wait to share the news with Callie, and with her parents.
Arizona thought back to the day she came out to her parents. After talking to them, and knowing that she was accepted no matter what, she also let them know that she didn't want to have kids. It took all the courage out of her to make those words come out of her mouth, but they were okay with it because they put all the pressure on her brother.
When he died, they truly lost all hope of ever having grandkids. When they learned that Arizona had little Sofia with Callie, they were overjoyed. She couldn't even imagine how ecstatic they would be, knowing that she was the one pregnant this time.
"I'm….pregnant?"
"You are. Congratulations! I want you to have an ultrasound though. You're only three weeks pregnant, but I'm guessing you want to see the little guy and take a picture home to Callie and Sofia."
"That, uh, that sounds like a great idea."
Arizona was brought into one of the patient rooms in the clinic and took a seat on the patient table. She wanted to call Callie and tell her the good news, but figured she would still be in surgery, so she sent a text instead.
"Hey, beautiful. At the clinic. Great news, I'm pregnant. ~Love you, Arizona."
By the time she finished typing out the message; Dr. Cruz had come in with the ultrasound machine. Arizona got a nervous feeling in her stomach as soon as Dr. Cruz sat down.
"As you know, the gel will feel a little cool but it shouldn't be too bad. Okay, let's get started"
She braced herself for the impact of the cool gel. She couldn't wait to get a picture of the growing human inside of her uterus.
"Everything is looking….hang on," Dr. Cruz stated as she adjusted the monitor.
"Is everything okay? You don't look like you're about to say something good."
"Everything is fine, Arizona. I just had to get a better look at the screen."
"Oh, well, why?"
"Take a look up at the monitor. What do you see?"
"I see… I see more than one embryo." Oh my, multiples? Of course the chances of a multiple birth increases with fertility treatments, but they only wanted, expected, one baby.
"I can count three. Do you agree? This is a pretty big surprise for your wife, huh?"
"I'm pregnant with triplets? How is that possible?"
"If you look here, you can see that these embryos have spilt, so you can look forward to an identical pair. Also, the second embryo we implanted has found itself a place in your uterus," she said, pointing to the monitor.
Even though Arizona was a doctor and relied on science for almost everything, none of this was making sense to her. Triplets; triplets that were inside of her growing.
Once again, she was wishing that Callie was by her side, making sense of the news. Behind all the shock, Arizona was happy, but she needed some processing time.
"Wow, triplets. Two thirds, identical; one third, not."
"That seems about right. I'm going to print a picture of the ultrasound to take home. Give you some time for your wife and you to be shocked."
"That sounds really good, thank you."
Callie was still in surgery when she received the text from Arizona. She was more than thrilled. She couldn't wait to tell somebody, and since Addison was too far away to e a great best friend, she went to the next best person, Dr. Miranda Bailey.
Bailey had known they were going to try, so it made sense that she was the first person Callie told. Luckily Callie didn't have to look hard to find her.
"What's that look on your face for?"
"I just got a text from Arizona."
"And? She's at the doctor's, isn't she?"
"Yeah. The text was to let me know that the IVF worked. We're having another baby."
"Congrats, Torres!" Bailey remarked as she pulled Callie in for a hug.
Both of them excited for the, what they knew, one baby. Wait until word gets out that there are, in fact, three of them. There were three tiny humans growing inside of Arizona, and she was the only one that knew.
"How do I tell Callie? Will she be excited or horrified?" Arizona kept asking herself all those kinds of questions after she left the clinic. She couldn't believe she was carrying three.
Arizona looked at the clock in her car and decided to go pick up Sofia from school. She was a kindergartener and school would be over in about an hour, so who would it hurt?
"Mommy!" Sofia yelled when she saw Arizona.
"Hi, baby. You ready to go home?" Sofia shook her head and grabbed Arizona's hand. They walked out of the school and Arizona made sure Sofia was buckled into her booster seat when they made it to the car. Arizona got in the driver side door and started the car.
"So baby girl, how do you feel about having a little brother or sister? Maybe three of them?"
"Really, mommy?"
"Yes Fia."
"Can we play?"
"Of course, but you have to wait until they would be a little older."
"Why?"
"Because when a baby is born, they are too little to play."
"Oh, okay."
"Silly girl."
Sofia then went on to talking about her day at school, forgetting the conversation about siblings. While Arizona was only half listening, she decided on how she would let Callie know. It would be interesting, but at least she would know. I mean, Callie has to know anyways.
After dinner and bath time, Arizona finally got a reluctant Sofia to sleep. Now she just had to stay awake until Callie came home. Luck would have it; she didn't have to wait too terribly long. The apartment door opened a little over 45 minutes later.
"Arizona, are you in here?" Callie called out from the other side of the bedroom door.
"In the bathroom, Callie."
"Hey baby, I got your text," Callie said while walking into the bathroom. She walked in just as Arizona was putting on the last of her pajama attire and Callie pulled her in for a kiss.
"You did, did you?"
"I did, and I couldn't be happier."
If Arizona didn't say it now, she would never be able to tell Callie the news.
"Remember how, after the shooting, we talked about having all those kids and a big family? I think it was ten kids. Anyways, we may be closer to the ten mark than we first thought we would be."
"Arizona, what are you trying to say?"
Arizona only gave Callie a sheepish grin and walked out of the bathroom. She headed towards the nightstand that the picture from her ultrasound was sitting. She picked it up and handed it to her wife.
"What's this?"
"The ultrasound I had right after I sent you the text."
"Really, so what do you… I can see three embry… We're having triplets? We only used two eggs."
"Dr. Cruz said that these two are going to be identical."
"We're having triplets."
Callie couldn't wipe the huge, cheesy grin off her face at that fact. No matter how overwhelmed they were going to be, they were going to have three amazing kids, along with Sofia, in less than 9 months.
They both decided that they would be making phone calls to their parents in the morning to share the good news. Right now, all they really wanted was some sleep. They crawled into bed and fell asleep in each other's arms.
