The car ride from Teddy's to the hotel was deathly quiet as the two women could only concentrate on Hurricane Lucia. Every now and then Arizona would look away from the road at her wife in the passenger seat and a breath would get caught in her throat at the look in Callie's eyes. As Arizona went back to the road only one thought entered her mind. This is not going to end well…nope. Soon Arizona and Callie got to the hotel and made their way in and up the elevator to the top suites; they barreled out of the elevator on a mission and headed straight to the first suite. Arizona had to keep herself from jumping as Callie banged on the door with her fist a couple seconds before it opened.
"Calliope, Arizona what are you two doing here?" Carlos asked surprised to see his daughter and daughter-in-law at the door.
"We need to talk." Callie said coldly walking past him into the hotel suite entry. "Mama!"
"Calliope what is going on, you look upset." Carlos asked looking back at his daughter.
"Wow." Arizona smiled sarcastically walking past Carlos into the suite. "Nothing gets past you Carlos."
"I am upset….I am very, very upset." Callie rambled angrily glaring at Carlos before looking around for Lucia. "Mama!"
"Where are Timmy and Sofia?" Carlos asked still confused before getting alarmed. "Are they alright?"
"No Dad, they are not alright. You and your wife managed to crush my kids yesterday!" Callie snapped.
Carlos hearing this got even more confused. "What are you talking about?"
"We are talking about trusting you with our two young children only to find out that after an afternoon with you they think they are horrible mistakes, that they are bad-"Arizona started but Callie soon interrupted angrily.
"Mama!" Callie yelled.
Carlos' face immediately turned white figuring out what had happened. "Arizona…I am so sorry."
Arizona annoyed and angry held up her hand to Carlos. "I really don't want to hear it Carlos, if we had any idea that Lucia was here we never would have let our kids come here."
"MAMA!" Callie screamed.
"Calliope what in heaven's do you think you are doing?" Lucia astonished making her way out of the master bedroom and over to her enraged daughter.
Callie watched her mother smoothly walk over to them and immediately snapped. "Who the hell do you think you are?"
"I beg your pardon." Lucia said.
"It is one thing to spew your venom on me but now you have resorted to my children!" Callie yelled.
"Calliope really." Lucia said sternly as she crossed her arms in front of her chest, not appreciating being yelled at by her daughter.
Callie with smoke coming out of her ears stepped closer to her mother. "Last night my 6 year old and 4 year old were in tears because they overheard their grandmother say that they were mistakes. And that they weren't supposed to be born. That they-"
"Calliope." Lucia interrupted.
"You know what Lucia, I think you better let her finish. And when she is done, it's my turn to give you a piece of my mind you heartless witch." Arizona snapped having enough.
"Excuse me." Lucia raised an eye brow at the woman who has brainwashed her daughter.
Arizona seeing the look on Lucia's face thought it over and then went back to glaring at her. "Oh wait, I meant to say heartless bitch…you heartless bitch."
"Who the hell do you think you are coming in to my suite shouting like a bum on the street!" Lucia snapped coolly glaring at Arizona.
Callie seeing this stepped right in front of Arizona and glared back at Lucia. "You look at my wife like that one more time, and I swear to God I'll make you regret it."
"Calliope honestly, are we still calling her that." Lucia said annoyed shaking her head. "Aren't we a little old to be playing make believe."
"She is my wife…period, as well as the other mother of my children." Calliope snapped back.
"Calliope-" Lucia tried again.
"SHE IS MY WIFE!" Callie yelled at her mother causing her to step back a little. "She is the most important thing that has ever happened to me."
"You are confused." Lucia stated simply.
"I highly doubt Callie's been confused these last 9 years Lucia." Arizona jumped in to her wife's defense.
"What did I tell you about speaking in my hotel." Lucia said coldly to Arizona.
"Lucia this is my hotel." Carlos jumped in smoothly standing in front of his wife. "This is my hotel and I want to hear what my daughter and daughter in law have to say."
Lucia glared at Carlos for a second before turning back to her daughter. "What do you have to say?"
Callie took a deep breath and looked at Arizona who nodded her head supporting her wife. She then turned to Lucia and let out the breath. "Arizona and I want to know exactly what you said yesterday that caused our children to be in tears last night."
"No matter how I felt…It was not my intention for them to overhear." Lucia said.
"Well they did!" Arizona snapped.
"Even though my intention was for them not to hear, everything I said is true." Lucia said coldly.
"What!" Callie snapped angrily back getting pulled back by her wife. "You called my kids bastards."
"They are bastards." Lucia said.
SLAP! And that is all it took for Callie to reach her breaking point and her palm to connect with her mother's cheek in a strong slap. Callie continued to glare at her mother as she watched her stumble backward.
"Calliope!" Arizona said shocked pulling her wife back away from her mother in law, wrapping her arm around Callie's waist.
Lucia just stood there stunned nursing her cheek as Carlos stood speechless looking on. Callie just stared at her mother coldly before biting back her emotion and tears.
"I want you to stay away from me and my family." Callie said.
"Calliope." Carlos tried.
"You will never get the chance again to hurt my children or my wife." Callie said.
Arizona watched the emotion in her wife's eyes and the lack of emotion in her mother in law's eyes before whispering gently in Callie's ear. "Come on Honey…let's go home."
Callie looked coldly at Lucia before nodding her head. "Yeah, let's go."
Callie and Arizona headed towards the door but were stopped by a frantic Carlos. "Girls please."
"Daddy." Callie said holding her hand out stopping her father in his tracks. "I will talk to you later."
"Calliope please." Carlos pleaded.
But Callie just shook her head at her father and left the room storming down the hallway. Arizona let out a sad breath watching her wife leave but before she could follow her Carlos took a hold of her hand stopping her in her tracks. "Arizona."
Arizona reluctantly stopped and looked up at her father in law waiting for him to speak.
"I am terribly sorry for my wife." Carlos apologized.
Arizona just angrily shook her head and bit her lip. "Your wife has done nothing since I've known her but crush my wife down into the ground, and I am sick of it."
"Arizona…" Carlos started but Arizona quickly stopped him.
"My wife is a good man in a storm." Arizona stated.
Carlos nodded his head remembering the first time Arizona told him that.
"And even though I want to protect her she can protect herself." Arizona said coldly to her father in law. "My six year old and four year old however, cannot. And it will be a cold day in hell before I let your wife near my babies again."
Carlos simply stood there speechless as he watched his daughter in law leave down the hallway of the hotel before closing the door.
Standing in her kitchen Callie let out a tired breath as she stood by the island preparing two cups of tea. Thinking about the last couple days she shook her head sadly trying to keep her emotions at attention. How could her mother after all these years still think that she was wrong and immoral. The past 9 years she spent basically without a mother was hard and difficult to deal with, but now it was a whole different thing. How could she say those things about the children that both grew inside of her…the children that are a part of her?
Callie sadly shook her head getting out of her head as she grabbed the two cups of tea and headed out of the kitchen towards the living room where she placed the cups on the coffee table and took a seat on the couch.
Arizona walked in to the living room from the back hallway with a basket full of clean clothes. Even with all the drama surrounding them the past couple days, Sofia still needed a clean soccer jersey free of grass stains for her game the next day. Her eyes immediately went to the back of her wife's head on the couch. She set down the basket and made her way over to her wife slowly slipping in beside her on the couch.
"Calliope." Arizona said slowly studying her wife as she gently placed a piece of Callie's hair behind her ear. "Honey."
Callie simply shrugged her shoulders keeping her tears away not wanting them to fall. "I realized something today."
"What?" Arizona asked softly while running her hand down Callie's hair once more.
"My mother is never going to come around." Callie said shaking her head thinking it over. "All this time I feel like I have been waiting for her to come around and realize that we're just…we're just two people who fell in love."
"Sweetie." Arizona sighed.
"All we did was fall in love!" Callie exclaimed waving her hands frustrated. "That is all we did!"
"Your mom…." Arizona started shaking her head. "Your mom is so blinded by what she thinks is right that she can't see that."
Callie looked at Arizona briefly before nodding her head wiping at the threatening tears on her face. "How can she not totally melt when she sees Sofia and Timothy?"
"Now that…I don't know." Arizona said swallowing her anger once again. "Because those two are too cute for their own good." She then joked trying to lighten the mood.
"Right." Callie laughed letting go.
Arizona laughed too but soon stopped when her wife's laughs turned into sobs. "Sweetheart."
Callie continued to sob as Arizona wrapped her arm around her and rested her forehead on her own. They sat like that for a minute or two giving each other the strength and comfort they needed.
"Grandmothers are supposed to adore their grandchildren." Callie cried.
"I know…I know." Arizona soothed while she ran her hands down Callie's hair.
The two women sat there for another minute as the tears started to lessen. As Callie pulled away she wiped at her eyes taking a breath before looking up at her wife's tear stained face. "I'm sorry Arizona."
"For what?" Arizona asked confused.
Callie tilted her head and reached over with her hand gently wiping Arizona's tears away. "You have been so strong through this whole thing...I haven't been here for you."
"Callie we are partners and there are times when you need me to be the strong one, and there are also times when I need you to be the strong one." Arizona said.
"I know…."Callie drawled. "Thank you."
"You bet." Arizona smiled wiping away the last of Callie's left over tears from her face. "No matter what happens with your mother…I will always be here."
Callie smiled and leaned over to place a soft kiss on Arizona's lips. "I know...I love you"
"I love you too." Arizona smiled leaning over for another kiss.
Soon the innocent sweet kiss turned into a kiss of passion as Arizona demanded Callie's lips to open with her tongue. Callie moaned as Arizona took control of her mouth with her tongue.
Thank God Teddy had the kids over at her…..
"Knock! Knock! I brought back the troops." Teddy smiled as she opened the front door allowing Timmy and Sofia to skip into the house.
"Crap." Callie groaned playfully as she pulled away from an amused Arizona who got up from the couch holding her hand out for Callie to take to help her up.
"Mommy! Mama! We're home!" Timmy called out carrying a bag of kettle corn and a green plastic horn.
Arizona came walking into the entry way with Callie on her tail and bent down in front of their little boy, wiping some brown muck off his face with her hand."We can see that…..all over your face."
"Chocolate pudding." Timmy informed her.
Arizona opened her mouth wide pretending to be hurt as she playfully let out a whine. "Yum, I want some."
"Hi Mama." Sofia smiled as her mama made her way over and bent down to give her a kiss on her head.
"Hi Baby, did you guys have fun?" Callie asked standing back up by her wife.
"Uncle Henry and Aunt Teddy took us to the zoo and the street fair!" Sofia exclaimed.
"No fair, the street fair and the zoo!" Callie cheered wrapping an arm around Arizona's waist giving her a squeeze. Knowing she was just as relieved to see the kids happy and smiling…care free like children should be.
"It was awesome!" Sofia cheered.
"Sounds like." Arizona smiled not being able to help hearing her little girl say her favorite word.
"Uncle Henry won me this horn." Timmy exclaimed before letting out a big blow.
"Oh wow."Callie said nursing her hurt ear as she shook her head a bit. "Thank you Uncle Henry."
"And I got a balloon and a stuffed elephant that I named Walter." Sofia smiled.
"Why Walter?" Arizona laughed confused looking down at the elephant in her arms.
"Cause that's his name." Sofia informed her mommy, wondering why she would ask such a silly question.
"Right, right."Arizona said.
Timmy then looked up at Arizona and started to pull on her jeans wanting her attention. "And Mommy guess what else."
"What?" Arizona asked.
"Aunt Teddy made us her famous Mac and Cheese for lunch." Timmy answered.
"She did huh." Arizona said smiling over to Teddy who nodded her head.
"Yup, my super special top secret recipe." Teddy said.
"Yeah, I tried to sneak a peek at the recipe card but then remembered I can't read." Timmy said disappointed.
"Oh yeah, bummer dude." Callie laughed a hand on Timmy's head holding him still before he tried to run off. "Hey Timmy, what do you say to Aunt Teddy."
"Thanks Aunt Teddy." Timmy said turning around to face Teddy.
"You are welcome young sir." Teddy smiled as Timmy ran off.
Sofia then walked over and latched herself on Teddy's leg looking up at her. "Yeah thanks, and thanks for the talk. I feel a lot better."
"You are very welcome Honey Bunch." Teddy smiled taking the young girl's head in her hands bowing down to kiss her forehead.
Arizona looked at Callie raising an eye brow wondering what they talked about before looking back at Sofia. "Sofia, why don't you go wash up for dinner."
"Okay! I just have to show Walter my room!" Sofia cheered as she runs up the stairs.
"Right, better get him situated." Callie laughed as she watched her disappear before letting out a relieved breath.
"We really don't know how to thank you." Arizona told Teddy.
"No need to thank me, I love those kids." Teddy smiled thinking about the day as she put her hands on her hips. "Can I ask how it went, are you two okay."
"Seeing my two kids care free and happy again has made me more than okay." Callie nodded swallowing back happy tears as Arizona placed her hand on her back rubbing gently.
"Yeah…you and Sofia had a talk."Arizona said.
Teddy nodded her head and let out a sigh. "She just wanted some reassurance that she didn't mess everything up when she was born."
"Oh my Baby." Arizona breathed looking over to Callie who was shaking her head upset looking at the ceiling.
"What'd you tell her?" Callie asked.
"That nothing could be farther from the truth, that she is an amazing little girl." Teddy said opening the front door once more.
"Well, thank you so much." Arizona said as she stepped closer to her best friend and gave her a hug.
"Anytime." Teddy smiled as she hugged Arizona before pulling away and looking over to Callie behind Arizona. "If there is anything else I can do, just call."
"Will do, see ya tomorrow." Teddy waved good bye as she left.
Arizona waved bye as she closed the door before turning back to face Callie who tilted her head at her. "You still okay?"
Callie simply took a deep breath and held her hand out for Arizona to take. Arizona smiled and walked over slipping her hand in Callie's, intertwining their fingers together. Callie smiled looking down at their hands before looking up at her beautifully dimpled wife, immediately receiving a feeling of relief and pure love.
"How's everything going in here?"Callie asked looking around Sofia's light purple room as she walked in with her wife close behind.
"Good, Walter loves our room." Sofia smiled as she looked back at her newest stuffed animal on her rocking chair.
"Well, that's good….did you get washed up?" Arizona asked as she walked over to Sofia's bed and took a seat.
"Uh-huh." Sofia nodded her head.
"Good, before we figure out dinner, Mommy and I want to talk to you for a second Baby." Callie said taking a seat on the bed reaching out her hand for Sofia to take.
"About what?" Sofia asked confused taking her Mama's hand and going over to the bed taking a seat in the middle of Arizona and Callie.
"About how amazing you are." Callie said.
Sofia confused looked up at her Mama. "What?"
"About you being one of the two best things to happen to Mama and me." Arizona said wrapping her arm around Sofia giving her a squeeze.
"I am….you don't regret having me." Sofia said quietly wiping at her eye with her hand.
"Not for a second, not ever." Callie said sweetly but sternly as she placed her hand under Sofia's chin getting her to look at her. "Baby I remember the first time Mommy and I saw your heart beat when you were still in my tummy…..we were the happiest we had ever been."
Arizona nodded her head in agreement and blinked back a few tears as she choked up. "And the first time your Mama and I were able to hold you in our arms, we were about to burst with joy."
"Really." Sofia smiled.
"Yup, you are one very loved little girl Sofia Robbin Sloan Torres." Arizona said hugging Sofia kissing her head as she does.
"Hey, what about me!" Timmy pouted at the door.
Callie and Arizona both let out a laugh as Callie reached for him and pulled him towards her. "We could never forget you! You are one very loved little boy Timothy Luis Robbin Torres…..who is still covered in pudding."
"I like pudding Mama!" Timmy exclaimed.
"Well….I like tickles!" Callie laughed as she tickled his sides getting him to laugh a bit.
"Mama!" Timmy laughed as Callie got up and picked him up in her arms.
Sofia looked at her mama and brother and then at her mommy and could see that look in her eye. "Don't even think about it Mommy."
"What?" Arizona asked innocently before grabbing a hold of Sofia pulling her in her arms before peppering kisses on her most ticklish spot on her neck. "This."
"Mommy!" Sofia laughed as Arizona stood up with her in her arms.
"There now that we got that out of the way, I think the four of us should go pick up a pizza for dinner and rent a movie." Callie said looking back at Sofia and Arizona before at Timmy in her arms.
"Alright!" Timmy cheered as Callie put him down and he hustled out of the room.
"Woo Hoo!" Sofia cheered too as Arizona set her down and she headed out of the room too. "I love our family!"
Arizona and Callie both laughed at their children before getting quiet and facing each other. Callie then reached for Arizona's hand and placed a kiss on it. "I love our family too."
"Me three." Arizona smiled.
"Mama! Mommy!" Sofia yelled from downstairs waiting impatiently to go.
"Come on the pizza's gonna get cold!" Timmy yelled too.
Arizona let out a giggle and started to head out of the room pulling Callie behind her. "We better get going Mama, can't have cold pizza on our hands."
"Right behind you Mommy…right behind you." Callie smiled knowing that she wouldn't change her life for anything….nothing at all.
THE END