A/N: Hello all. I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas holiday. Here's to a great 2013.

To the Guest comment referencing the spelling of Sophia/Sofia… When I first wrote the first chapter I had accidently misspelled it. I have a real life Sophia that I'm quite fond of and tend to spell it as such usually. I have thought about going back and changing it but the OCD in me wouldn't allow myself to have mismatched spellings. In my other stories it is spelled Sofia. J

Chapter 4

"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.

"Wow! She sure is something else" Arizona laughed as Sophia ran out of the house.

Callie rolled her eyes. "Yeah, she thinks she is pretty clever." She instantly felt awkward that she was in this situation and didn't really know what to say. "Well…this is a bit awkward. Do you want some pancakes? Or I can make something else if you would like."

"No, thank you Calliope, you don't have to go out of your way. Pancakes are fine." Arizona smiled.

Callie made a plate for Arizona and one for herself, then the two women both sat down at the small table in the breakfast nook. The two women sat in uncomfortable silence for what seemed like an eternity before Arizona decided she would have to be the one to make the first move. "So Callie, this is a really beautiful house you have here. How long have you lived here?"

"15 years" Callie's answer was short and sweet. Her frustration mixed with anxiety wouldn't all her to give any more information than what was absolutely necessary.

"That's a long time… And Sophia…She really seems like a great kid. You've obviously done an excellent job raising her." Arizona was trying to keep talking. Small talk. Anything. She couldn't handle sitting there in silence.

"Yeah, she is. But I find it hard to believe that you would come all this way for a teenagers school project." Callie's words were harsh. For the first time the Latina looked the blonde in the eye. "Arizona, why are you really here?"

Arizona wasn't expecting that question…at least not this soon. "To help Sophia. When she called she was so enthusiastic. I… " She tried to answer but was cut off.

"C'mon, we both know that's not entirely true. It may be almost 17 years since I've seen you but I know you wouldn't just drop everything to fly completely across the country to give a presentation at a high school." Callie couldn't help but let her anger burst out. She wanted answers. "Why are you really here, Arizona?"

Arizona could see the hurt in Callie's eyes. It killed her knowing that she was the one that caused that hurt. But Callie had hurt her too. She hoped that after all these years that the pain that she had caused would have gone away by now...or at least eased a bit. "Because since I saw you in Boston…. I haven't been able to get you out of my head for the last three weeks." Arizona unconsciously let out a nervous giggle. "Hell, I haven't been about to get you out of my head for the last 16 years… And seeing you brought back so many feelings…so many memories. And Sophia….My gosh, Calliope, Sophia is amazing. I can't help but wonder what it would have been like if I had stayed. If we would have raised her together…"

"But you left me, Arizona. You ... Left... Me… And now, you don't just get to waltz in here and pretend that nothing ever happened."

"Calliope…I…"

"No, don't Calliope me. I don't want to hear what you have to say. I am 100% certain that if I let you back into my life again you will hurt me again. And I can't do that. It's not just me anymore."

"I'll hurt you? You think I will hurt you?" Arizona couldn't stop the tears that began to fall freely. "I was only in Africa for a month Callie. A month. And when I came back you were already pregnant. I thought you would wait for me. But no…you slept with Mark. You don't think that you didn't hurt me when you couldn't even wait a month before moving on and sleeping with someone else?"

"Arizona…I didn't think you we're coming back. And when you did…you left for good." Callie confided.

"Calliope…I shouldn't have left. And I am so deeply, deeply, deeply sorry for hurting you so much. I am so sorry because I've never stopped loving you. I've never been able to stop thinking about you. I will spend the rest of my life loving you. I will apologize to you every day, if that is what you need. But please, please don't walk away again. I came across the country to be with you. I love you. Please."

"You had to fly all the way across the country to get to me, Arizona, because you flew all that way without ever looking back. You just left. And this might be news to you; I think it kind of is. But you aren't the only one in this relationship, there are two of us. And you came back today but I didn't. Whatever else that happened hasn't changed." Callie walked to the door. "I think you should go."

…..

"And that…Ladies and Gentlemen is a day in the life of a Pediatric Surgeon." Arizona ended her speech. "Any questions?"

The final bell rang an all of the students hurried out of the classroom. Sophia leapt out of her seat and rushed to the front of the class. "Thank you Dr. Robbins… I mean, Arizona. That was awesome!"

"You're welcome. It was my pleasure, Sophia. Arizona smiled at the teenager who was a spitting image of her mother. "Thank you for having me."

"Soo…Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?" Sophia asked trying to make sure that Arizona was around her mother as much as possible while in Seattle, unaware of the conversation that the blonde had with her mother earlier this morning.

"No, Soph, I'm actually headed to the airport pretty soon." Arizona confessed with a dismal tone.

"Really? Already? I thought that you would want to stay a bit longer…" Sophia questioned. She hadn't noticed her mother walk into the room or the annoyed expression on her face.

"Mija, you ready to go?" Callie asked, not really interested in the answer. "Get your stuff we have to run by the hospital to meet your dad."

Sophia could tell that this wasn't good. It was obvious her mother was mad and she wouldn't even look at Arizona. "Umm…okay…" Sophia stopped and looked at Arizona. "Thanks again. It was a very nice to meet you."

"Have a good flight, Arizona" Callie said dryly as she led her daughter out of the classroom.

"Goodbye Calliope" Arizona whispered. And with that Callie was out of Arizona's life once again.

….

"Hey! It's my girls!" Mark announced when Sophia and Callie entered the attending locker room.

"Hey Dad!" Sophia said as she gave her father a hug.

"Mark, effective today your daughter will now live with you." Callie was almost on the verge of being serious with that statement. "She is out of control and I can't handle her anymore."

"Mom!" Sophia protested.

"Whoa. Whoa. Ladies, what is going on?" Mark stepped in between the two women, determined to be the mediator.

"Ask your daughter about who she had fly out here to give a presentation at her school?" Callie was furious "Ask her about who was at my front door this morning?"

Mark looked over at his daughter for the answer.

"Arizona…" Sophia shrugged, knowing she was in big trouble.

"Arizona?" Mark was surprised. He knew his daughter was a clever one, but how could she come up with a plan like this? "Sport, can you give your Mom and me a minute alone? How about you go down to the cafeteria and work on your homework, okay?"

"Okay, Dad." The teenager left the room.

"Cal, what happened?" Mark questioned as he sat down beside his best friend.

"One minute we were having breakfast and the next Arizona is standing in my living room." She reached out for a comforting hug from her best friend.

"Did you guys talk?"

"Yeah…"

"And…?"

"And…she said that she is still loved me. That all I'm all she thinks about. And…then I told her I didn't feel the same." Callie began to cry. She did feel the same she just was too afraid that this situation was something that was just broken to be fixed.

"You know what the problem is Callie?" Mark asked. He didn't bother to wait for her to respond. "Blondie bails. When things get tough she bails. And you…you give up. When things get hard you give up too soon and you never want to put up a little fight for what you want. Callie, you haven't been the same since she left. You and I both know that. And after this long, if she is determined enough to stand in front of you and confess how she feels then you have to try to give this another chance…Because if you don't…you will regret it. "

The brunette let the advice her best friend gave her sink in a bit. He was right. None of her relationship ever worked out because no one could ever compare to Arizona. "Mark, I've got to go!" Callie ran out of the hospital in desperate search to find her car as soon as possible.

"Does this mean Sophia is finally all mine for good?" Mark yelled after her.

….

As she ran through the entrance of the Sea-Tac Airport the first thing Callie had to find was an information board. Boston…Boston…Boston. United Airlines flight 3866 to Boston departs at 4:55pm. Callie checked her watch. 4:38. Callie rushed over to the ticket counter. "I need a ticket on flight 3866 to Boston." Callie told the lady behind the counter.

After typing for a brief moment the woman replied "I'm sorry Ma'am, that flight is full."

Callie panicked. "Just give me a ticket…to any flight going anywhere. I just need to catch her…"

"How does Anchorage sound?" the woman asked after what to Callie seemed like a lifetime of typing away at her computer.

"It's fine. It fine…Thanks. I have to hurry." Callie handed the woman her credit card to pay for her ticket, unconsciously tapping her finger on the counter.

Once she received her ticket she Callie ran through security check point. She was thankful that she wore slip on shoes and didn't have anything on her except her purse. She was able to put her purse on the scanner belt and quickly attempted to proceed through the metal detector. The machine wailed an alarming buzz after her first attempt through and the TSA agent sent her back. Frantically, Callie reached in her pockets and retrieved her forgotten keys then tossed them in a bucket to send down the conveyer belt. She ran through the metal detector for the second time. All clear. Just as she passed through the barrier the PA system blared throughout the airport. "United Airlines flight 3866 to Boston is now boarding at gate 28C. We will now begin boarding families and those with disabilities. Again United Airlines flight 3866 to Boston is now boarding at gate 28C."

Callie said a prayer that she hadn't already boarded and began to run as fast as she could down the terminal. Finally, reaching her destination she had to take a moment to catch her breath. She wasn't as young as she used to be. After a few deep breaths she looked up and saw the blonde standing in line about to hand her ticket to the lady at the ticket counter. "ARIZONA….." she yelled. "ARIZONA….WAIT! NO!..."

"Calliope?" Arizona turned around to see who was hysterically calling her name. She got out of line and walked over to the brunette who was standing before her huffing out of breath. "What are you doing here?"

"I… give… up…" Callie struggled to find her words in between her heavy breaths. She reached out to grab Arizona's hands for comfort. "When things get tough, I give up. And I don't fight for what is important to me. And I'm stubborn. I don't like to be the one that gives in. But you came back and I have to fight for you because…because I love you… It's you. It's always been you." Without realizing what her body was doing, Callie leaned forward and pulled Arizona into a deep kiss. It was slow at first and quickly began to build passion. It was amazing. It felt like home. Something that Callie had longed to feel ever since Arizona came back into her life.

"Damn it…Julie." Arizona said as soon as they broke apart.

"Who's Julie?" Callie questioned.

"Callie, I've been so lost in my thoughts that I haven't been able to think straight. When you walked into my life again I forgot about any other than you. Callie… I have a girlfriend. Julie."

A/N: Again, thank you everyone for the comments/feedback thus far.