So I've had a review which wasn't very nice so I just want to say it here, if you don't like my story don't read it. This story is made up that's why the characters are different then the show. It's what I want to see happen not what actually is, I want Arizona to open up to others, I want Callie to question her relationship however we all know that isn't going to happen so I write my own story to see it happen.
However to all those writing positive reviews thank you for liking my story, your comments know I'm on the right track and that there are others out there enjoying it as much as I am.
She was about an hour away from her parents when her phone rang again, she had spent the last 2 berating herself about being pissed that Callie and Sof were seeing Penny today, ugh Penny, Pretty Perfect Penny who has taken her place in her family. 'That's enough!' she thinks to herself and physically shakes her head to clear the thoughts before answering her phone
"Hey" a tired voice speaks after she answers and she can't help but be surprised, this was the last person she thought would call
"April, hey" there was a pause then April's cries could be heard through her speakers "oh honey, whats wrong?" her heart broke at the noise
"I did something bad and now I can't breathe and I need to talk to someone but I have no one"
"Calm down, take 3 deep breaths, you've got me, I'm here for you for whatever you need, tell me what happened" she said calmly and waited for the red head to calm down and talk, it took about 2 minutes before she had her breathing under control
"Jackson and I have been doing nothing but argue about this baby, he came to the apartment the other night and we talked until we started arguing him again and basically told him it was my baby and not his. Then I Catherine cornered me after a gruelling surgery and I just told her everything, when I found out, how I hadn't got an ultrasound yet, how it was you and not me that told Jackson and it was actually nice, I thought we were getting along until I heard her tell Dr Webber that he now has grounds to sue me for full custody. Then I did the bad thing, I decided to get in front of it before he could get me and put a restraining order out against him" she finally took a breath and the blonde couldn't help but gasp
"April, no"
"I know and the worst part is I came home from work that night and he had brought a new crib with a note saying that he wanted to stop the fighting and consider it a piece offering" she started crying again and the only thing Arizona could do was just be there for her and give her comforting words. For the next hour they figured out ways that they could work around this, try and fix some of the damage that has been done, they talked until Arizona pulled up into her parents driveway and agreed to talk more later when the blonde had settled in.
While Arizona was spending time with her parents, Callie was sitting at the park watching her daughter run around with a group of other kids she immediately made friends with, her girlfriend was talking with one of the other mothers, who she knew from when she was working at Dillard. As she sat there on the picnic blanket, surrounded by their lunch rubbish, she watched the scene and that feeling of something missing hits her again. Something just didn't seem to fit and she couldn't put her finger on what it was, before she could think any further a small body was suddenly on hers, making her fall onto her back, and her daughter straddling her stomach
"Hey Mami" the little Latina laughs
"Hey Sofia, are you having fun?" she smiles, not moving off the ground and just put her arms behind her head and listened to her daughter tell her all about her new friends, the game they made up and how high she got on the swings. Penny joined them not long after, chasing her daughter around, tackling then tickling her and to anyone else looking in it would look like a family outing but to the brunette something was off, her heart was supposed to race and feel full but right now, it feels the same, sure her heart feels happy, like it does when any of her friends play with the tiny girl but she shouldn't feel like that when it's her girlfriend.
She knows the reason, it's the same reason when she first wakes up in the morning and expects to see blonde hair, and it's the same as in Bailey's scenario when she first pictured happy blue eyes but she knows she can't go back to that, Arizona has always had a hold over her heart and because of that when she broke her, she was broken hard. She does love Penny, but not full force and because of that she's safe, she's in a safe relationship where if they did break up she would be heart broken and would miss her but not to the extent that she did Arizona when they divorced.
"Callie?" she looked up and saw a smiling Sofia and a concerned Penny looking down at her
"Oh hey, what's up?" she shook her head, smiled and brought herself into the now
"We were thinking this day could be topped off with some ice cream" the red head smiled back and picked up the little Latina off her Mami
"I think that's a great idea" she stands up and starts picking up their stuff "what flavour you guys going to get?" they continued talking, walking to the ice cream stand and choosing their cones before going home and spent the rest of the day together.
It was 8 o'clock on the dot when her phone rang, her daughter already had it in her hands waiting for her Mama's goodnight call, Callie sitting on her bed just having finished their bedtime story
"Hey Mama!"
"Hey Sweetie, how was your day?" the blonde asked, already preparing herself for hearing about a day full of Penny talk, which she wasn't wrong about. The little brunette excitedly talked about how they went to the park and made new friends, how Penny and her played chasey, how Penny brought her an ice cream, how Penny sang along to Frozen with her, how Penny cooked them tea and even how Penny drew her a bath. The blondes heart was hurting but she put on fake excitement when answering her daughter, knowing that even though she's hurting her daughter is happy and that's all that matters. They talk for a while more, she told Sofia about her day, how her parents are and how much she misses her, she said goodnight to her sleepy daughter before the phone was picked up by her ex
"Hey" a sorry Callie answered
"I know that voice and you have nothing to apologize for, I asked Sofia about her day and we both know how she doesn't like to miss a detail. Plus I had time to prepare myself, you told me this morning you guys were spending the day together so I knew she'd come up in the conversation" she said sadly
"I know, but still, I know it must hurt, especially after everything that we've talked about lately"
"It does but this is my life now. She's going to be around for a while so I'll have to get used to it and if I finally do, I may be able to move on and knowing you and Sof are happy help with that" she sighs, she's sitting on the bed in the spare room, going through more information about the robotic limb, she had spent majority of the afternoon talking to her parents about it and they were on board,
"Anyways changing subject I talked to my parents about the robotic limb and they said they'll come to Seattle to help out once I get it done. Do you have a rough guess on when I could possibly get the surgery?"
The brunette sighed, rubbing her hand over her face, knowing why the change in subject and couldn't help feel bad. By now she'd moved to her bedroom, looking for some privacy seeing as though her girlfriend was sitting on her couch. "It usually takes about 3 months before surgery, first we have to make sure your ideal candidate, which we already know you are, then we'll need to make new moulds, we'll work on the sensors, see if you've still got nerve feelings and then we'll go from there" she explained going into Dr Torres mode
"Ok, so if we start when I get back I'll tell my parents to come to Seattle in 3 months. How long do you think I'll be off work?" in her head she's already trying to figure out how many mom's she could fit in, in that 3 months
"Probably a month or so, you'll have to stay off it for a few days, we'll do some tests, make sure everything's working like it should then we'll have to get you into PT but it'll take some getting used to, it's not like a prosthetic where you just chuck it on and go, it'll become a part of you again, you'll sleep with it, shower with it and be able to feel with it, so you'll have to re learn how to walk and run again"
They talked for a few more minutes, going over some things that they'll need to officially talk about again later and a few hopes that Arizona would be able to get from it, Callie already thinking about buying her first pair of Heelys in 3 years. It was nearly 9.30 before they stopped talking and said goodnight to each other, the blonde going back to her information and writing a to do list, the brunette going out to her girlfriend, a glass of wine waiting for her. 2 hours later they both went to bed, both their last thoughts before falling asleep were of each other.