SEVEN MONTHS LATER

As the alarm went off, Amelia woke up first and stopped it. She looked over to Arizona, who was still sleeping. She woke her up with a small kiss on the cheek. "Good morning sunshine. How are you?"

Arizona smiled, as she started to wake up. This was certainly a perfect way to wake up every day. "I'm good. How did you sleep?"

"Very well; any morning sickness?"

"No. Not yet anyway."

"That's great. I'll go make coffee, you take your time." Arizona watched her lover walk out of the room and she thought of how great things were. Sofia was coming home in a week for Christmas, Amelia was an amazing partner and she was very grateful for her, especially around this time when she was six months pregnant already. Amelia was dealing with her cranky, bitchy attitude incredibly well. This pregnancy showed Arizona just how much Amelia really loved her and how she was ready to be there no matter what, despite the doubts she had in the beginning.

Arizona stood up and after putting her prosthetic on, she looked down at her belly and smiled to herself, to the life she now has. She looked outside the window and noticed that there was a fresh layer of snow on the streets.

"It's snowing so beautifully," Amelia said, smiling.

"Yeah, I think we can expect something big today."

"Let's not make predictions we don't want to happen," Amelia said, giving her the coffee.

"I'm just saying, every year something big happens around Christmas," Arizona said, sitting down.

"People trying to put lights up their house are really handy."

"Yeah, and not just them," said Arizona. "Ouch," she said, frowning and looking at her stomach. "Someone's in mood for kicking this morning."

"You think we can find out the gender today?" Amelia asked.

"Oh, the gender… it didn't even really cross my mind until now," Arizona admitted. "I didn't know if you wanted to find out or not, so I kind of put the thought aside."

"I want to know. Unless you want it to be a surprise," Amelia said, but she looked like the second option didn't really suit her wishes.

"No, not really; besides, if you want to, I'll ask Karev to examine me," said Arizona, strongly feeling the baby's kicks. "Well, he or she is excited too," she said running a hand over her belly and frowning slightly.

"Hey, be good to Mommy, okay?" Amelia told the baby inside of Arizona's stomach. Her voice was soft and funny and it made Arizona laugh.

After their morning coffee, they got ready and went to work. They spotted Alex in the hall, studying a chart and they went up to talk to him.

"Just the person I wanted to see," said Arizona in the perky voice that's characterized her for so long. "Karev, I need you to do an exam please."

"Sure, who's the patient?"

"Me," she answered. He looked confused at the couple.

"We need you to do an ultrasound," Amelia said. "We'd like to find out whether he baby's a he or a she. And if he or she's feeling good," she added.

"Oh, right. Yes, sure. Let's go."

They went in an exam room and Arizona sat up on the table, holding Amelia's hand tightly. "It's going to be fine," she reassured Arizona.

"Alright, there's the head and brain," Alex said, after a minute that certainly felt like an eternity to both Arizona and Amelia. Arizona could feel her heartbeat going crazy. "…8, 9, 10 fingers," he added. "Aaaand 20 more at his feet."

The two women sighed in relief, but the relief didn't last as long as they wished. "Crap," he said. The worried, scared-to-death looks went back on their faces.

"What?" Amelia asked. "What's wrong?"

"Baby's a girl," he said casually and sort of dissatisfied. "Other than that, it's all good." He was joking, obviously. Amelia closed her eyes, releasing a long held breath.

Arizona punched him hard in the forearm. "ASS,"she said. "You scared the life out of me."

"I'm kidding, she looks beautiful," he said, smiling. He hadn't lost the trace of sarcasm in his voice and attitude he always had. "And here's the heartbeat," he said, turning the monitor towards the two mothers. They both smiled and Arizona could feel her eyes tearing up. She looked at Amelia who was crying too.

"She has a brain," Amelia said, her voice breaking. "She's…" She couldn't continue.

"Thanks, Alex," Arizona said.

"No problem," he said, walking toward the door. Before leaving, he turned and said, "Congratulations, Robbins," he smiled and walked out.

Arizona pulled Amelia's head to her shoulder, saying, "She's our baby girl. And she has a brain and she's healthy," said Arizona her voice quiet and relaxing. Amelia nodded and looked up at Arizona.

"She's going to live."

"She's going to live." Arizona continued, closing her eyes.

Amelia wiped her tears off and kissed Arizona happily. They went to change into their scrubs and in the attending's lounge April and Cristina were talking. When the two surgeons walked in, April almost jumped in Arizona's embrace to hug her and congratulate her. She did the same thing when she found out she was pregnant, and the enthusiasm didn't dull out after six months. Arizona loved April's energy a lot.

"I've heard the news, congratulations!" April said, hugging her friend.

"News travels way too fast in this hospital," Amelia said, joking.

"Come here," April said, congratulating her too.

"Thanks, but Arizona's the real fighter here," Amelia said.

"No, don't say that. You have to deal with my crap every single day," Arizona said truthfully.

"And I'm more than happy to."

"Aww, you guys are so cute," April said.

They all smiled and Cristina congratulated them as well. In her own reserved way, but added a smile to it. She might've not been one to have kids of her own, but it didn't mean she couldn't be happy for her friends.

"Thank you," Amelia said. "How are you and Owen?" she asked politely.

"We're good, thanks," Cristina smiled, leaving the room.

"That was nice of you," Arizona said.

"That was nice of her," Amelia replied.

As they all changed into their scrubs, Meredith walked in. "Hey, congrats on the baby," she said to the couple. She found out weeks ago too, but finding out the gender and whether they're okay or not is a big and important step.

"Thank you," Arizona said. "I wonder if the nurses know about it yet."

Meredith laughed and asked, "Boy or girl?"

"Girl," Amelia answered. "We've got a gorgeous girl." She smiled widely.

"Well you're radiant," Mer joked.

"I am. I am happy," Amelia answered. Right when she wanted to say something, the pagers went off almost at the same time.

"MVC coming in," April announced. "Let's go."

"What did I tell you?" Arizona told Amelia.

"Yeah, I was hoping you don't always have to be right."

Arizona smiled and they ran to the ER.

"Where do you need me?" Arizona asked Owen.

"Traumas 1 and 4," he said. "Amelia, Trauma 4 please. Oh, congrats to you both," he said to Arizona and Amelia and gave them a small smile.

"They were all so nice," Amelia said.

"Yes, well, it's a baby we're talking of," Arizona said and Amelia laughed, entering the Trauma room.

"What do we have?" Arizona asked Edwards, once she saw the patient.

"Kevin Williams, 5, wound to the abdomen. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt when the cars crashed."

"Classic," Arizona said as she stepped up to examine him. "Abdomen's rigid, order a CT."

"Will do," Stephanie said.

"And muffled heart sounds, page Dr. Yang," Arizona added. "Okay, supervise him and page me when you to the results back." Edwards nodded to the pediatric surgeon.

She went on to Trauma room 4. Amelia was cleaning a head wound and DeLuca was stitching up the patient's arm.

"Johanna Riley, 14, she was driving shotgun and flew out the window when the other car hit them from behind," Andrew said, as Arizona walked in. "She wasn't wearing a seatbelt."

"My God, seriously?" she said as she examined her stomach. "When will parents start being responsible?" She raised her voice. "It's not so hard to tell them to buckle their goddamn seatbelts!" DeLuca stopped and looked at her.

"Dr. Robbins, is everything okay?"

"I've got pregnancy hormones, okay?" Arizona said, still mad. She was examining the abdominal area and frowned as she saw the damage.

"Okay," he said, more to himself. Amelia smiled sneakily at Arizona's behavior.

"Crap, she's going to bleed to death if I don't take her now," Arizona said.

"I'm almost done here," Amelia said.

"DeLuca, book an OR after you're done, please. You're scrubbing in," she said.

"Really?" he said surprised.

"You think I'm in the mood of joking right now?"

"No, ma'am."

"Great," Arizona said louder, exiting the room.

Once she went across the hall, Edwards ran up to her with the scans.

"Dr. Robbins," she said. "Scans for-"

"Oh, Kevin," she said, looking at them. "No bleeding, no surgery needed. You got lucky, boy." She turned to Stephanie and said, "Keep an eye on him and if there are any changes page me. And what did Dr. Yang say?"

"Nothing serious there," She answered.

"Thank God," the blonde surgeon said. "I have surgery but keep me posted."

She scrubbed in and entered the OR room with her baby girl kicking shamelessly. Amelia was up in the gallery, watching her.

"Dr. Shepherd, to what do we owe the pleasure?" She said, looking up to her.

"I wanted to watch you perform the surgery. Plus, she's my patient too," Amelia said.

"Right, sure," Arizona laughed. She knew Amelia was watching her because she was afraid something might happen to her in the surgery, as if she wasn't in a room full of experienced people. "Don't you have surgery?"

"Not at the moment," Amelia said, smiling.

"Alright, ten blade, please," Arizona started.

Hours later they were in the bedroom, Arizona stretched out on the bed.

"You should've taken a break," Amelia said as she was changing into her pyjamas.

"I was fine," Arizona argued, crawling under the covers.

"Complications occurred; it was almost a 6 hour surgery. You almost fainted."

"I did not. I was fine. If you imply that I have to take it any slower because I'm pregnant, then you better take it back. I'm perfectly capable to do what I used to until now, as I will be after the pregnancy," Arizona said. "Besides, the patient's in the ICU, alive and well. That's what matters."

"Alright boss," Amelia said, climbing up the bed and kissing her. "Have it your way," she said, putting her hand on Arizona's stomach. "Oh God," she said, feeling her kicks. "She's strong."

"Oh, yes, very."

"Hey baby girl, I heard you're quite active," she talked to the baby. "But your mom is very strong; stubborn, but strong. You're very lucky to have her as a mother. Me, on the other side, we'll see."

Arizona nudged her shoulder softly, "Hey, don't say that."

Amelia laughed. "Okay, okay, I'll be good too. I'll do my very best," She continued with her low, soft voice. "But we'll be a family all together and one thing I can promise: that you'll be loved and you'll have a village by your side. Okay, that's two things. See? Even better."

"You'll be a great mother, Amelia," Arizona said, as Amelia pulled herself up and looked into Arizona's eyes again. She smiled and Arizona cuddled into her arms, holding her belly with one hand. Amelia put her hand over Arizona's and they fell asleep shortly, despite the baby's constant kicks. It just made them feel safer, to know that she's there and she's okay.