It's You. It's Always Been You.

Summary: Set in 2027. Arizona left when she found out Callie was pregnant in 2011. (Episode 7x12) Will sparks fly when their paths cross again 16 years later…Or will some things always be unforgiveable?

A/N: Thank you all for the reviews. I want to stress again that I am reposting this story under a new name, in case anyone that hasn't read my profile and may recognize the story. If you didn't get a chance to read it the first time, hope you'll enjoy it now. If you have already read it, then welcome back.

Chapter 3

It had been two weeks since they arrived back in Seattle. They settled back into their usual swing of things, Sophia had her schoolwork to keep her busy. For Callie, her days seemed to never stray from her same routine. Waking up, seeing Sophia off to school, surgery, coming home to make dinner, bed and then starting it over again the next day. The teenager couldn't help but notice how distant her mother had seemed to be over the last couple weeks. When she talked she didn't have that excitement in her voice anymore. Sophia couldn't quite put her finger on it but she could tell something was going on with her mother. And if she had to guess she would say it had something to do with the pretty blue eyed blond that they had met in Boston. Is the Robbin name really just a coincidence? Was Sophia named after Arizona? "Oh my gosh! Mom has that necklace!" Sophia thought to herself. Sophia always loved the gold chain necklace with a heart shaped pendant that was hidden away in her mother's jewelry box but she had never seen her wear it before. Just then, she realized Arizona had been wearing a necklace with that same heart shaped pendant when they were in Boston. From what Sophia could conclude she had to have been a former girlfriend of her mothers. One that her mother was obviously thinking about nonstop... She knew that she had to try to come up with a plan to make her mother happy again.

Sophia watched herself in the mirror as she brushed her teeth and readied herself for bed. As she walked through the house she made sure to turn off all of the lights as she headed up to her room. As she walked down the hall she could see a light on under the door of her mother's room. Sophia carefully put her ear up to the door and could hear soft cries coming from the other side. She gently knocked on the door and entered when she heard the approval of her mother.

"Hey Mama." Sophia said as she crawled in bed with her mother.

"Hi Mija. Did you get all you homework done?" Callie asked with swollen eyes.

"Yeah. All done…I just have to review for my history test tomorrow." The teenager answered
"Mama…?"

"Yeah, baby?"

Sophia pulled out her best puppy dog eyes. "Can I sleep with you? Please…"

"Of course." She chuckled. "I love that you're still not too old to crawl in bed with me." Callie didn't bother to question her daughters desire to sleep with her tonight. All she knew was that she appreciated her closeness at the moment. She wrapped her arms tight around her daughter's waist. "Goodnight, Mija"

"Goodnight Mama." Sophia hugged her mother tight and thought to herself… "I've got to do something…"

….

Arizona had been having a rough couple of weeks. She figured if she focused hard on her work that it would help take her mind off of things. But frankly, nothing was taking her mind off of things…taking her mind off of Callie. She sat at her desk working on a post-op report when her phone rang.

"Hello? Dr. Robbins." she answered.

"Umm…Hi Dr. Robbins? …I…I mean Arizona?"

"Yes. This is her"

"Hi. This is Sophia Torres."

"Sophia? To what do I have this pleasure of speaking with you?" Arizona was surprised to get a phone call from Callie's daughter.

"I'm sorry to call you at work. It was the only number I could find. I…umm…I wanted to make sure to properly thank you. You know, for the tour when we were in Boston and all… And…I also wanted to ask you a question…" Sophia tried to hide the nervousness in her voice. She crossed her fingers and said a little prayer that her plan would work. She figured this was her only shot.

"Yeah, no problem, Sophia. What's up?" Arizona asked.

The young lady let out a deep sigh. Here goes nothing... "I'm a junior at Puget Sound Prep. And we have this big presentation coming up next week where we are supposed to bring in someone that has the same occupation that we want to be. It kind of sounds lame, but I think it's kind of cool. It's way more than just a show and tell kind of thing. I would love to have you come for it. I mean…I know that you are all the way across the country and probably really busy. But you are one the best pediatric surgeons in the country. You won a Carter Madison grant. No one wins those. Nobody… But you did. And I read your article last year in The Journal of Pediatric Surgery about myocardial dysfunction. You're so brilliant!" Sophia was rambling again. "And I have some of my allowance money saved up, so you wouldn't have to worry about the cost. I could even help pay for your flight out…"

"Sophia? Arizona had to interrupt the teenager to get her to stop rambling. "Are you asking me to fly out to Seattle for your school presentation?"

"Yeah…"Sophia answered with a nervous look on her face. "I am."

"Have you talked to you mother about this?" Arizona questioned. The doctor was hesitant to agree. She would give anything to see Calliope again but she didn't want to overstep her bounds.

"Oh…Yeah…yeah." Sophia blushed. She was thankful that the woman on the other end of the line couldn't see her face. It would be a dead giveaway that she wasn't telling the truth. "Totally. She said you are the best there is and that it was worth a shot to invite you. But, I understand if you say no. I could ask Dr. Stark at Seattle Grace. He certainly isn't my first choice. He went to a state school for starters and he has hardly published anything… but I could ask him."

"When is it?"

"Next Friday" Sophia sighed. "This isn't going to work…Why would I even think she would fall for this." she thought to herself.

"Well, I don't know. It is kind of last minute." Arizona started but she just didn't have the heart to say no. "But, I've heard about Dr. Stark from an old colleague of mine. From what I hear he isn't really the personable type… and like you said… he hasn't really published many articles…"

"So does that mean you'll do?" Sophia excitedly asked.

"Yes. I'll do it. Let me get some things in order and reschedule a couple surgeries and I will see you Friday."

"Thanks Arizona! This is going to be super awesome! I'll see you soon!"

"Yesss!" Sophia cheered when she hung up the phone. Hurdle number one complete.

Operation Get Arizona to Seattle is in the works!

…

As Friday approached Sophia started to panic. She knew that she would be in trouble once her mother got wind of her plan and she knew she had to come clean. Can't back out now…

"Soo…Mom, Who is your favorite person in the whole wide world?" Sophia asked as she entered the kitchen to find her mother making pancakes. She figured she should get as much sucking up in as possible before she broke the news to her mother. She figured she was on the right track to be grounded until she was 30.

"You of course! Do you want plain pancakes or chocolate chip?"

"Chocolate chip." Sophia answered quickly before she stumbled to find the right words. "You know Mom, I've been thinking. About you….and Arizona."

Callie stopped dead in her tracks and turned to look at her daughter. "Have you now? And what is it exactly that you've been thinking about?"

"Well…I'm pretty sure that you and she used to be a couple, a pretty serious one at that. And I know….I think I know that she left Seattle not long before I was born…. And I'm pretty sure my middle name is Robbin with two B's…after her. Am I right?" Sophia probed.

Callie sighed. She turned off the stove burner and walked over and took a seat on the bar stool beside her daughter. "It depends on how you define pretty serious. A little before. And yes. But why are we having this conversation?" She gave her daughter the look with the arched eyebrow.

"Mom, I know you don't really want to talk about it but I know you've been sad ever since we've got back from Boston. And if you still care about her that much you should try to talk to her. Maybe there was a reason that we ran into her and maybe she wants to see you too."

"Sophia, Arizona and I hadn't seen each other for a very long time." Callie got up out of her seat and started nervously cleaning up the kitchen. "Besides, she lives over 3000 miles away. There's no point in keeping in contact with her now."

"Mom, I have to tell you something" Sophia confessed. "And please, don't be mad at me"

Callie turned off the tap water and grabbed a towel to dry her hands. She looked at the teenager with a stern look. "Tell me what, Sophia?"

"Do you remember the presentation for Mr. Merriweather's class? You know the one where I was supposed to bring in a pediatric surgeon to give a lecture to the class and you told me it would be a good idea to ask Dr. Stark?" Sophia tried to give a forced smile. She was praying inside that her mother wasn't about to freak out on her. "Well, I umm….I… I asked her to come out to help with my presentation at school. And I kind of led her to believe that it was your idea to invite her out here. And she said yes…" the teenage looked past her mother at the clock that was on the wall behind her. "And… she should be here any minute now…"

Callie was fighting hard to not to lose her temper. "Here? She will be here any minute now? Sophia, are you serious? I can't believe…" Callie's words were cut off by a knock at the door. "Is that her? Sophia, you are so grounded until you are 30! Oh my God!" With that Callie ran off to her bedroom to rush and change out of her robe and into something halfway decent. As she passed by the mirror she had to check herself out. Running a quick hand through her hair she couldn't help but think … "Oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. Look at my hair!"

When Callie emerged from her bedroom there was Arizona standing in her living room. Blonde hair… Dimples… Breathtakingly beautiful, just like she always was. "Arizona…"

"Calliope. Hi." Arizona smiled and pulled the brunette into a quick hug. "It is good to see you again."

"Hi Arizona…It certainly is a surprise to see you again." Callie looked over to Sophia with a glare and a raised an eyebrow.

"Wait, you didn't know I was coming?" Arizona questioned when she saw the exchange between mother and daughter. The two older women both looked over at the teenager who was standing in the corner smiling like a Cheshire cat.

"Oh wow! Look at the time! I better get to school. Arizona, see you at one?" with that the teenager grabbed her backpack and dashed out of the house. "And Calliope, maybe you ought to offer Arizona some of your famous pancakes?" she yelled over her shoulder.

A/N: Hope you guys enjoy this installment! Again, thank you everyone for the constructive comments/feedback.