Carlos did just as he told Arizona he would that night. He, Timmy, and Sofia drove back to the house and they all sat down at the dinner table to Callie's famous chicken enchiladas. However, if you told anyone that morning that the dinner would contain two unusually quiet children and a preoccupied Abuelo nobody would have believed and Arizona shook of the odd behavior chalking it up to tiredness after a long day swimming and playing at the hotel. After saying a good night to a distant Carlos, Callie and Arizona completed their usual night routine with baths and story time for the kids before tucking them in for the night.
Finishing the night of with their own routine Callie's thoughts about the dinner started to resurface as Arizona lied in bed reading her nightly book when she noticed her wife looking perplexed rubbing her hands with lotion walking out of the bathroom. She bit back a smile as she flipped a page. "Yes."
"Tonight was...weird." Callie said confused pacing at the foot of their bed. "Right."
"What are you talking about?" Arizona asked looking up from her book.
"I am talking about our kids at dinner being quiet, our kids who can make conversation about a plastic bag on the floor and the capital of Alaska." Callie rambled on.
"Sweetie...they were just…"Arizona started but stopped when she thought about it. "Okay yeah…it was a little weird."
"Right." Callie stated.
"They spent a whole day playing with your dad, they are just tired." Arizona rationalized.
"What about my dad!" Callie said shaking her hand confused. "Didn't he seem off at dinner too?"
"Your father spent a whole day playing with our kids; I bet he is also tired." Arizona rationalized once more.
"Yeah…" Callie sighed slipping in next to her wife. "Maybe you are right."
"Maybe I am." Arizona smiled going back to her book.
Callie simply laughed looking her wife over once biting her lip. "So…we're reading tonight huh."
"Yes...last night I wanted to read my book and you know exactly what you did distracting me so tonight…book." Arizona said flipping a page.
Callie groaned a bit and grabbed her own book off her night table. "Right."
Down the hall however the children they thought were asleep were as wife awake as ever. That night after getting tucked in by her mommy and mama she laid there awake thinking about what her grandmother said about her. Every time she remembered something she just felt worse and worse. She was soon brought out of her sleepless night when she heard her door creak open slowly. She looked forward to her door opening to see her little brother peaking in.
"Sofia." He said softly.
"Hi." Sofia said back as she sat up in her bed.
"My tummy hurts." Timmy said holding his stomach as he walked over to Sofia's bed and jumped up.
Sofia let out a tiny breath and briefly looked down at her own stomach. "Mine too."
They sat in silence for a few moments, both looking down at their hands before Timmy looked up at his sister once more. "Sof." He said in a small voice.
"Yeah." Sofia said.
"Is there really something wrong with us?" Timmy asked tilting his head.
Sofia not sure what to say simply shrugged her little shoulders. Wondering the same thing deep down, just as confused as her little brother.
"Why did Abuela say all that stuff about us to Abuelo?" Timmy added.
"I don't know Timmy." Sofia answered honestly shaking her head a bit. "She just doesn't like us very much."
"She said that Mama isn't my Mama and Mommy isn't your Mommy." Timmy said squinting his eyes confused up at the ceiling remembering what was said.
Sofia nodded her head, remembering that part too. "That's why my tummy hurts."
"Mine too." Timmy agreed sadly wiping his nose the sleeve of his pajamas before looking at his sister again, who was starring off into space, lost in her own thoughts. "Sofia."
"Huh." Sofia said.
"Maybe we're bad that's why no one likes us." Timmy said as his lips started to quiver.
"She did say that we were mistakes." Sofia said getting just as upset as her little brown eyes began to fill up with big tears, wondering all day if her grandmother was right. Maybe everyone would have been better off without her and Timmy, if they hurt their Mama as much as Abuela said they did. "Maybe Mommy and Mama think we are mistakes too."
The two looked at each other getting more upset by the second before both of them decided they couldn't take it anymore and they hopped off Sofia's bed and ran through the hallway before they barreled into Callie and Arizona's room. Both Callie and Arizona were brought out of their separate books when they heard the sound of the door flinging open and frantic feet barreling towards them.
"Hey, hey…what's the matter?" Arizona asked concerned putting her book down, seeing the tears on her small children's faces.
"Guys what's going on?" Callie asked putting down her book on the nightstand as Sofia and Timmy both scooted over to them on the bed.
"My tummy hurts." Timmy said upset crawling in between Arizona and Callie before burying his head in Arizona's chest.
"Mine too." Sofia said crawling over taking a seat on Callie's legs, a tear falling down her face.
"They do." Callie said softly as she leaned up and wiped some tears from Sofia's face before gently rubbing Sofia's tummy with her hand.
Timmy sniffled back more tears as he looked up at Arizona "We're sorry Mommy."
"Sorry for what?" Arizona asked sweetly getting more concerned by the second.
"We're sorry we're bad, we don't mean to be." Timmy cried.
"You two aren't bad." Arizona argued gently but sternly, the words hitting her stomach like daggers.
"I'm sorry that I'm bad too." Sofia cried as she wiped at her eyes with her little arms before Callie wrapped her arms around Sofia pulling her into a hug. "Please don't hate us…we don't try to be mistakes."
Confused and alarmed Callie and Arizona looked over the heads of Timmy and Sofia at each other wondering what the hell was going on that had their two precious kids hysterical. Arizona getting choked up swallowed her emotions as Callie looked at their two children once more.
"Okay guys, Mommy and Mama need you to tell us what is going on." Callie said looking back and forth at the crying children.
When neither of the two children said anything Callie looked at Arizona who nodded her head to their daughter.
Callie looked down at the little girl in her arms and gently kissed the top of her head. "Sofia."
"Abuela told Abuelo that she didn't want to be stuck with us like you and Mommy are." Sofia sniffled quietly.
"What?"Callie asked horrified. "Abuela was at the hotel."
Timmy nodded his head and removed it from Arizona's chest looking over at his Mama jumping in to the conversation. "She said that we were mistakes, and that you aren't my Mama and Mommy isn't Sofia's mommy."
Immediately smoke started to come out of Callie's ears as she looked over at a stunned and speechless Arizona.
"Oh my God Calliope." Arizona said.
"She then called us ahh….." Timmy said but looked to Sofia when he couldn't remember what exactly their Abuela called them. "What did she call us Sofia?"
"Bas children." Sofia said confused as she sniffled back her runny nose.
"Bas?" Callie said confused gently placing her hand on Sofia's cheek trying to decipher for a second before realizing what Sofia and Timmy meant by bas children.
"Callie." Arizona said slowly catching on also.
"I'm going to kill her." Callie whispered softly before springing out of bed and heading to her closet.
"Calliope what are you doing?" Arizona asked looking over at her wife.
Callie fuming paced in place for a little before pointing at the door. "I am going down to the hotel to kick the crap out of my mother."
"Honey I know that you are angry, but we both will go deal with your parents tomorrow." Arizona said in hushed tones as she kept hugging Timmy tilting her head at both of her children. "Right now…we are needed here."
Callie looked at both of her children with tear streamed faces and bit back her own tears as she looked up at the ceiling and let out a sad breath as the tears started to fall.
"Callie." Arizona said gently knowing how hard this was on her.
"Okay."Callie said giving in before crawling back into bed kissing Sofia's head as she did. "I want you two to listen to me. You two are great kids, and Mommy and Mama are so blessed that we get to be your Mommies."
"Even though we are bas children?" Sofia asked in a quiet voice.
"You two are not bas children!" Arizona snapped angrily at the notion, regretting it when she saw Sofia cower a little. "You two are the most amazing kids on this whole planet okay." She added choking up, forcing a small smile to her little girl who looked down at her hands once more.
"Really?" Timmy asked.
"Yes really, come here Little Man." Callie said reaching over to her son pulling him into her arms as she rested her cheek on his head as he nestled in. "I love you so much Timmy."
Sofia looked up at her Mama and brother before looking at her hands avoiding her Mommy's eyes.
"Sofia." Arizona said getting the young girl to look at her as she pointed her over with her pointer finger.
Sofia let out a relieved breath as she crawled in the middle of her brother and mommy and pressed into her mommy's arms.
Arizona held on tightly removing her hand only for a second to wipe off a tear as she felt her own shirt getting wet with Sofia's tears. "You are Mommy's Girl you know that."
"She said you weren't Sofia's mommy." Timmy said looking over at his mommy and sister.
Callie hearing this tilted his little chin up so he was looking at her before placing a small kiss on his forehead. "Mommy is Sofia's mommy as much as she is yours. And I am your Mama as much as I am Sofia's mama, okay."
"I know Mama." Timmy said with a small smile before nestling back in his Mama's loving arms.
"Sofia." Arizona said softly in Sofia ear getting the young girl to look up at her. "I have and always will be your Mommy….even when you're a moody teenager." Arizona joked.
She was awarded by a tiny laugh from Sofia and the feeling of the little girl relaxing in her embrace leaving the tension behind, causing her heart to soar. "That's my Girl."
"Why did she say all those things?" Sofia asked in her mommy's chest.
This caught Arizona for a loss of words as she placed a lingering kiss on her head before resting her chin on it. "Your Abuela is confused about some things…she is wrong. We know how awesome our family is."
"We are pretty awesome, Mommy is right." Callie agreed smiling over at her wife.
"Even Mr. Doug." Timmy asked looking up referring to his pet turtle.
"Even Mr. Doug." Callie laughed as she kept hugging her son.
The next morning after the big reveal Arizona slowly woke up to the sun shining through her window on her face and a little foot pressed in to the crook of her neck. "Ooof."
She then discovered her two children completely took over her body Sofia sleeping with half of her body on Arizona's right side and half of Timmy's body on her left…feet smiled at the sight of her children but it soon faded when she remembered why exactly her children were in bed with her in the first place. And just like that the nightmare that was the night before took over Arizona and a feeling of mama bear anger surfaced.
Arizona was soon taken out of her head when she heard a crash from the kitchen. Immediately looking to her left for her wide she knows who the culprit is. After the second crash she let out a breath and looked down at her children making sure they were still sleep. Carefully getting out of bed she quietly made her way out of the room and down the stairs headed to the kitchen, the crashing getting louder as she did.
When she reached the kitchen she saw her wife standing behind the island smashing two boxes of captain crunch with a potato masher. "Well the kids got like zero sleep last night so can we not wake them."
But Callie lost in her own anger not able to hear her wife smashed down on the cereal once more.
"Callie." Arizona said softly trying to get her to calm down once more walking further into the kitchen. "You are going to wake up Sofia and Timmy."
Callie took a sharp breath and looked up angrily at her wife but quickly softened her stare when she saw the look of concern on Arizona's face.
"Honey…what are you doing?" Arizona tried again gently.
"I needed to crush something." Callie said going back to being pissed slamming down on the cereal box once more with a potato masher. "No bones here."
"There also will be no breakfast for the kids apparently." Arizona said carefully grabbing the shredded up boxes of cereal getting them away from her wife.
"I just!" Callie said exasperated looking up at the ceiling defeated.
Arizona sighed looked at her wife seeing the look on her face. "I know."
"How could she say those things?" Callie exclaimed angrily wiping at her eye as she did.
Arizona once again lost for word stuck between wanting to be supportive of Callie and wanting her mother in law's head on a silver platter. "She's angry."
"She's a Bitch!"Callie shouted flinging the potato masher across the kitchen.
"Yes…yes she is." Arizona said calmly knowing at a time like this only one of them could be crazy.
"What she called our children…" Callie said losing her breath as she finished the sentence it getting caught in her throat
"Is unforgivable." Arizona agreed nodding her head. "And she needs to be dealt with, which is why Teddy is watching the kids today and we are going to see your parents."
Callie confused shook her head slightly. "Wait...what?"
"Ah-huh." Arizona said pissed nodding her head. "I'm going to call Teddy, I am sure she'll watch the kids today."
"Good...that's good."Callie said thinking it over walking over to her wife.
Arizona studied her wife as she made her way over to her. "Hey…we are going to do what we need to for our family. Okay."
"Okay." Callie agreed taking a deep breath calming her nerves down. "We can do this."
"We can do this."Arizona agreed placing her hand on Callie's cheek.
Callie nodded taking the warmth in from her wife as a tear fell from her cheek. "We can do this."
Teddy smiled walking out of her house at the of two little children coming her way followed by her best friend.
"We're here!" Timmy yelled as he and Sofia barreled up the walkway to Teddy's house where she was waiting smiling at the front door.
"Aunt Teddy! Aunt Teddy!" Sofia smiled looking up at her.
"What, what, what!" Teddy joked.
"We're spending the day with you!" Sofia cheered.
Teddy immediately got a look of shock on her face. "You are!"
"Uh-huh!" Sofia smiled as Arizona placed her hand on the little girl's head.
Timmy looked around Teddy for his favorite uncle. "Where's Uncle Henry."
"He's in the back yard waiting for somebody to play basketball with him; he's been waiting all day." Teddy said.
Basketball!" Sofia cheered running into the house as she did.
"I love basketball!" Timmy cheered as he ran past Teddy. "Uncle Henry!"
"Look at that."Arizona said. "They left their old mom in the dust without even a kiss goodbye for a dumb ball and a basket."
"Oh." Teddy laughed joking sticking out her bottom lip as she did.
"Thank you so much for watching the kids on your day off." Arizona breathed as she ran her hand through her hair.
"Of course, what is up?" Teddy asked wanting the dirt, crossing her arms across her chest as she looked past Arizona to Callie who was fuming in the passenger side of the car. "Why is Callie in the car looking like she's about to murder someone."
Arizona turned to take a look at her wife and nodded her head. "Cause she is."
"I'm sorry." Teddy said confused.
"You know how the kids spent the day with Carlos yesterday at his hotel suite." Arizona said taking a breath.
"Yeah." Teddy said.
"It turns out Lucia was there too" Arizona said through her teeth.
"Lucia." Teddy cringed.
"And Lucia decided to vent to Carlos about how wrong my children and my marriage is. And that basically my whole family is sick and twisted and Sofia and Timmy overheard."
"What!" Teddy exclaimed shocked.
"Uh-huh. Last night they came running into our room bawling thinking that something is wrong with them, because they heard their Abuela call them mistakes. Oh and might I add they heard her say that Callie isn't Timmy's mom, and I'm not Sofia's mom." Arizona said getting angrier by the sentence.
"You know what! Henry can handle the kids; I'm coming with you to lay the smack down on Psycho Granny." Teddy said pissed.
"Oh trust me, Callie and I will lay down plenty of smack." Arizona said laughing angrily.
Teddy nodded her head knowing that Callie and Arizona were more than capable of beating down the Evil Mother-In-Law. "Well you call me if you need anything, and the kids will be just fine with us."
"I have no doubts." Arizona smiled at her friend as she headed down the walkway. But stopped abruptly, turning back to face her friend. "Oh, if we get arrested for assault will you come bail me and my wife out of jail?"
"You got it." Teddy nodded.
"Awesome." Arizona said relieved as she hurried to her car and her ticking time bomb wife.