"Torres, she hates surprise parties!" Alex mentioned while Callie was extremely excited.

"She doesn't hate them. I mean…yes, she does kind of but I want to celebrate her. You know, it's a big step that she's working again and that she's horny and…"

"Whoooaw, stop there. I'm not Mark. Don't tell me such stuff!" Alex held up his hands and wished to get these images of Arizona and Callie having sex out of his mind.

"I know you're not Mark. Nobody can replace him," Callie answered a little madly, "but you're still a friend. But my wife only has one leg because of you. So suck it and help me prepare the party!"

"What? I know I should've been in the plane but it's still not my fault," Alex defended him, "Does Arizona still believe that?" he asked hurt.

"Alex, it was a joke!" Callie translated.

"Oh. Well you suck at making jokes!" He left the room madly while Callie cheered. She loved preparing parties.

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Arizona was exhausted. She walked up the stairs and could already hear lots of people talking in her apartment. She shrieked when Callie opened the door, got out and closed it behind her. "Look, I know you don't like celebrations that have to do with you and that's totally fine with me. But…well, you also know that I love celebrations and preparing them for my loved ones and you are my favorite loved one with Sofia. And…I think it's kind of unfair that I'm not allowed to celebrate you because without you I wouldn't be happy and…well happiness is something we should celebrate. And you're working for a month now and…so…please don't be mad at me but when you come inside some of your favorite people are there and just eat…I prepared food and there is no plan or anything. Just eating and talking. Nothing more," Callie rambled.

"And here I thought I was the rambler," Arizona smiled.
"Surprise!" Callie whispered, "So, you're not mad at me?"

"No, Alex already told me!" Arizona revealed.

"What? Noooo…then it's not a surprise any more," Callie whined, "I'm going to kill him."

Arizona took a deep breath, "How many people?"

"Um…just a few. Your favorite people!"

"How many, Calliope?" Arizona asked again.

"Um…I didn't count but maybe fifteen?" Callie closed her eyes because she thought that Arizona would start to scream at her but she opened one eye again when Arizona didn't say anything.

"I don't get how fifteen isn't many for you but can we please go inside now? It's cold!"

"Yes, yes, of course!" Callie opened the door again.

Arizona looked happy at everyone. There were Meredith, Derek, Bailey, Alex, April, Avery, Owen, Cristina…and she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw her parents and parents in law sitting at the table and laughing with Sofia and Laura.

Arizona turned around and kissed Callie on the mouth, "Thanks!"

Callie nodded and pointed at Alex, "See Karev, she likes it!" Callie whispered while Arizona greeted everyone and finally walked to her parents.

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"Oh honey, you look great," Arizona's parents hugged her tightly.

"Thanks but could you let me breathe again?"

"How we missed this smile," Arizona's mom got tears in her eyes and hugged her daughter again.

"We're so happy that you're okay," Arizona's parents in law hugged her tightly too and kissed her cheek.

"Thank you!" Arizona answered and needed to sit down a minute. Hugging everyone was exhausting.

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A little later everyone was sitting on the ground and laughing. Callie tried hard to explain the word on the card without speaking. She was jumping around like crazy and then crawled on the floor.

"A spider?" Arizona yelled and Callie nodded wildly and jumped up and down.

"A jumping spider!" Bailey said and high fived with her team when it was the right word.

"Why didn't you come from spider to jumping spider? Now we're one behind team number 3," Callie slumped down besides Arizona and pouted.

"I knew it from the beginning but you were too cute to watch!" Arizona whispered into her ear.

Bailey pointed at her nose and then into the sky. "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer!" Callie's father said and everyone looked astonished at him when this was right.

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The day was perfectly fine. After a lot of fun and laughing everyone except of Laura, Arizona's parents and parents in law left their apartment. It had become totally natural that Laura was at their place from time to time.

"So, you helped my daughter through therapy? You must be a great girl," Arizona's mother sat down on the floor where Sofia and Laura were puzzling.

"She is grandma. She's the best!" Sofia answered while Laura just blushed and looked at the puzzle.

"How old are you?" she asked and laughed when her grandchild answered for Laura again.

"She's already seven and I'm turning four soon," Sofia said proudly, "and we got earrings now. Laura cried a lot but I didn't. Not a second."

"Oh, I cried a lot too when I got mine!"

Laura looked up for the first time but when the woman smiled at her, she looked away again. "Okay, girls. Let's have dinner."

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They all sat at the table and started eating the spaghetti. "I just told Laura and Sofia what amazing little girls they are!" Arizona's mom started. Callie and Arizona smiled proudly and nodded.

"I'm awesome!" Sofia said with a full mouth and made everyone laugh. "Are you awesome too?" Sofia looked at Laura who just blushed even more. Everyone could tell that Laura was very shy around strangers.

"Have you ever eaten without your hands?" Callie's father suddenly said.

"Dad!" Callie said alerted and couldn't believe when her father started eating the spaghetti like a pig but she smiled when Sofia and Laura immediately laughed out loud.

"Mom!" Arizona whined when her mom joined in. Soon the kids laughed loudly all the time when they put the spaghetti into their mouths with their hands. "Why exactly did we start this?"

"C'mon, it's fun!" Arizona laughed and grabbed a spaghetti with her hand.

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"Clean your faces!" Callie threw the towel to everyone. "Especially you two. You look like tomatoes!"

"I clean yours and you mine," Laura suggested and giggled when Sofia put the towel onto her face.

"I clean yours and you clean mine?" Arizona suggested and looked down at her wife but instead of using the towel she kissed her wife onto her cheek and then licked a bit sauce off.

"You did not do that? Our parents are in the room next door," Callie laughed, "You got three seconds!"

"Nooo, that's not fair. I don't wear my prosthesis." Arizona whined.

"Here, momma!" Sofia gave it to her fast and immediately Arizona started to walk away fast. She was getting better and better.

"Don't do that!" Arizona pointed at her wife who was on the other side of the table and had a spoon full of sauce.

Neither of them realized that their parents were watching them proudly. Both parents were glad that their kids finally had their happiness back.

"Oh yes, I will do that and then I will lick it off your face!" Callie laughed and started running.

"Nooo…that's not fair." Arizona ran around the table as fast as possible but Callie got her and dragged her to the couch and slumped down on top of her.

Sofia and Laura ran over to them and couldn't stop giggling. Arizona's whole face was red with sauce now while she tried to get free but Callie had a good grip and then Callie started to lick a bit off.

"Ewwww…" Arizona whined but couldn't stop laughing. Finally Callie took a towel and put it on Arizona's face.

"Do you want to help me tickle her? She's very ticklish!" Callie laughed and could feel that Arizona tried to break free which ended in both falling down the couch. "Are you okay?"

"No, it hurts so much." Arizona pretended.

"Oh god, I'm so…you're lying, right?"

"No, no. It hurts, right ummm…" Arizona tried to think of a region but Callie already jumped on her again and started tickling her. The kids joined.

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"Okay, I think it's bedtime for you, Sofia," Callie went into the child's room and looked down at them.

"She already sleeps," Laura whispered and continued puzzling.

"Oh, why didn't you come out?" Callie asked confused and put Sofia into her bed.

"I wanted to puzzle." Laura concentrated, "Tadaaa…done. Now I can come out. Is Alex shift ending soon?"

"Do you want to sit down with us?" Arizona asked Laura who walked shyly to the couch. It was astonishing how shy Laura could be around some people. She was a total contrast to Sofia in that way. "Alex just called, there was an emergency operation and he'll come and get you right after it."

"Okay," Laura answered and sat down at the corner.

"Laura, I heard that you like Disney. Is that true?" Arizona's dad asked sweetly. This little girl reminded him of his own daughter when she was younger.

"Yes…um…sir," Laura whispered.

"That's what our daughter told us. So, we bought this for you," he held up a DVD and gave it to Laura. Laura smiled at him and whispered a thank you.

"Do you want to watch it now?" Callie hoped that Laura would say no. She definitely didn't want to watch a Disney movie now.
"Um..," Laura looked at Arizona and Callie who smiled back at her.

"Say yes. I'm so in the mood for Disney!" Arizona smiled and received a soft elbow punch in her ribs from Callie.

"Yes," Laura said and gave the DVD to Callie.

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"She's adorable!" Arizona and Callie's mom talked to each other during the movie.

"Honestly, why don't we shut down the TV? Nobody is watching that shit and Laura is already asleep!" Callie suggested and went through Laura's hair. Laura was lying with her head in her lap and sleeping peacefully.

"Be quiet, Calliope. I watch it," Arizona shushed her.

"I'm married to a child," Callie laughed when Arizona even got tears in her eyes. "This is a cartoon. How can you cry because of a cartoon?"

"Callie, seriously. You're heartless," Arizona pouted.

"She looks like you!" Arizona and Callie turned around and looked at Arizona's dad who looked down at Laura.

"Huh?" Arizona asked confused.

"Laura. She just looks like you when you were her age. And she's definitely as shy as you were."

"You were shy?" Callie asked perplexed.

"Oh yeah. It took Arizona a while to finally find her voice and become confident," Arizona's mom said.

"Mom, dad, please don't start with old stories," Arizona whined and then nodded, "But she does really look like me as a child. She also has dimples and her hair is finally getting blonde again!"

"So your friend Alex tries to adopt her?" Callie's father asked curiously.

"Yes but they are not making it easy for him because he's a single man but we have hope that they will change their minds. He's really great with her and he hopes that they first let him foster her until he can adopt her. We get answers in a month," Callie answered and yawned.

"Well, how about we all go to bed?" Arizona suggested as she was getting tired to. "Where should we put her? Alex's operation obviously takes longer," Arizona's mother asked and smiled down at the sleeping child.

"Um…let's just put a blanket over her," Callie suggested.

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An hour later Arizona and Callie woke up when they heard someone sobbing. At first they thought that it was Sofia but then they remembered that Laura was still lying on their couch. "I get her," Callie answered and walked outside to see what was wrong with the little girl. Laura was obviously crying in her sleep, so that Callie sat down on the couch and patted her back softly. She hoped that this would just calm down the girl and continue sleeping but instead it woke her up. "Bad dream, huh?" Callie couldn't handle such sad eyes, so she lay down besides her and pulled her closer into her embrace, "Do you remember what it was about?"

"There was a monster and it put me in a cage and never let me out," Laura sobbed into Callie's chest.

"Oh honey, that's horrible. You know what. This couch isn't comfy at all. Let's get into bed with Arizona," Callie pulled the young girl into her arms and walked into her bedroom again. She then lay her down in the middle and could tell that Laura was already half asleep.

"When is Alex coming to get me?" Laura asked with closed eyes but didn't even hear the answer any more.

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"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up," Alex went into Callie and Arizona's apartment at two in the morning after a hard day at work.

"It's okay my dear," Arizona's mother patted Alex arm and then let him in. "Are you hungry?"

Alex looked confused at Arizona's mother. He had never really had a motherly figure and couldn't understand that a woman he didn't even really know would ask him such a question. Actually he was very hungry, he had not had the time to eat while operating.

"I know how it is with kids. Sometimes you just forget your own needs. How about I make you a delicious sandwich with ham and bacon?" Arizona's mother saw the hesitation, "You're not allowed to say no and Laura finally sleeps. Does she always have such nightmares?"

Alex slumped down on the couch and yawned, "Not always but most of the time."

"You're a nice man and I very good to her," the older woman answered and gave her husband a kiss, who was now awake too.

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A little later Alex sat on the couch and ate his sandwich, "It's great. Thanks!"

"You're welcome."

"So, do you have any news about fostering Laura?" Callie's mother now asked. It was absurd that Alex was sitting in the living room, in the middle of the night, with four older people whom he had just met today.

"Not yet," Alex answered sadly and took another bite. He then looked up as Laura jumped tiredly into the room and rubbed her eyes. She wore a big shirt from Callie and immediately sat down on his lap and cuddled closer while her eyes closed again. Alex rubbed her back and then stood up with her in her arms. "Thanks for the sandwich!"

"You're welcome," Arizona's mom said. All of them could see that Laura was attached to Alex.

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The last week with their parents was great but they were also relieved to spend some time alone again. Then one day they received the big and horrible news.

"Alex, where are you? Call us back!" Arizona screamed into the phone and threw her mobile madly on the couch when his mailbox only answered. Again. For the 17th time. She then turned around and talked to the officers. "It's his mailbox but I can assure you that it's not kidnapping. Alex is…"

The officer looked annoyed at her and interrupted: "He doesn't have custody rights, Mrs Robbins. This is a kidnapping situation."

Arizona and Callie looked worried at each other, "He's so stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. He could actually go to jail. What was he thinking? Why didn't he come to us?" Callie walked up and down when they were alone again.

"We need a plan," Arizona said helplessly and jumped up when her mobile phone finally rang. "Alex?"

"Arizona, I'm in trouble," Alex whispered into the phone.

"I already know. Where the hell are you and what happened?" Arizona half screamed into the phone.

"I…I…freaked out and I don't know what to do," Alex stuttered and felt sweat on his forehead.

"Okay, calm down, Alex. Where are you?"

"Oh god, what did I do? I'm so stupid."

"ALEX! Focus. Come back now and we'll find a solution. Alex, this is serious. They think you kidnapped Laura and you could go to jail. They are even assuming sexual abuse. You make it worse if you don't come back."

There was suddenly a weird sound in the phone.

"Arizona? Arizona?" Alex yelled into the phone. He panicked even more when he didn't hear her any more. Immediately he looked for more money in his pocket but couldn't find a cent. "FUCK!"

"This isn't happening, this isn't happening!" Arizona screamed into the phone and threw it onto the ground.

"The police will find him anyways. Karev is such an idiot," Callie yelled furiously and tried to make up a plan that would calm down the whole situation.