CHAPTER 6

"Scan day!" Arizona said, as she sat up and beamed at Callie lying in bed next to her.

"Scan day," Callie repeated back to her, equally as excited. Today was the day they were going to see their un-born baby for the first time.

As it had been Mark's turn to have Sofia overnight, and they both weren't due in to work until later they were having a well-earned lie in together before they went in to the hospital.

"So, what are you thinking? Boy or girl?" Arizona said excitedly, as she rubbed her small bump through her t-shirt.

Callie was silent for a moment, her face full of concentration as they both suddenly said loudly at exactly the same time "Boy!" causing them to break in to a fit of hysterical giggles.

Placing her hand over Arizona's rounded stomach, Callie then said "Don't ask me why, but I've just really got this feeling that we're having a boy this time."

"Me too, I'm certain that's it a little dude kicking around in here." Arizona said. She knew it was too early to really feel the baby move around properly, but she was sure she had started to feel the odd flutter.

"Well, maybe we'll find out later," Callie said, before she quickly added playfully. "Oh, and I have a surprise for you too." Just as the phone rang and she pulled back the duvet to climb out of bed to go and answer it.

"Ooh, a surprise, can't wait." Arizona said after her eyes bright and smile brighter.

…..

"Eugh..coffee" Arizona said, wrinkling her nose and looking away as Callie walked back in to the room and handed her a cup.

"Sorry, I forgot, pregnant woman, coffee, not a good combination. I'll go and make you a peppermint tea." Callie replied, as she lifted the offending cup away from Arizona and patted the duvet next to her.

"Thanks….uh oh, I think I'm going to be…." Arizona hastily replied, as she leapt off the bed and in to her and Callie's en-suite bathroom, as she was met with yet another attack of morning sickness.

"I'll be right back with the peppermint tea," Callie said gently through the door, as she winced at the sound of her wife throwing up and swiftly left the room.

Izzie took a deep breath, as she sat anxiously in the OB/GYN office.

"So, Izzie, what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" Kate, her OB/GYN and good friend, said to her with a friendly smile as she looked across at Izzie from where she was sat opposite her, behind her desk.

Izzie hesitated. "This is weird, seeing you like this, when I know you so well." Kate had been her OB/GYN for years and had delivered both her sons, but she had also turned in to one of Izzie's closest friends too.

"Well, today I'm just your doctor and you're my patient," Kate replied kindly.

"Okay," Izzie said, taking a deep breath as she went on to say cautiously. "Well, it's just a routine check. To see if everything is still in….you know, working order." She then paused and laughed awkwardly, as she went on to say. "I guess, if I'm really being honest I want to know if I'll ever be able to have another baby again." Letting out a small sigh of relief that she'd said it out loud.

"Okay, well, I can run some basic tests now and I should have the results for you later today. But we can start with a simple pelvic scan, to check your ovaries."

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As Izzie lay back on the bed and Kate ran the wand over her abdomen she said to Izzie curiously. "I've got to say though, I didn't see this coming, Iz. I thought you and Alex had more than your hands full with the two boys and your decision to return to work now too."

Izzie fidgeted slightly as she replied, "I always wanted four kids, two girls, two boys. Alex wanted two, so we agreed to compromise and we'd leave a third to fate and we'd stop then."

"He doesn't know you're here, does he?" Kate said, as she suddenly froze and frowned at the screen.

"Everything ok?" Izzie said anxiously.

"Everything looks fine," Kate said, smiling back.

….

"Right, well as far as I can see, there are no obvious problems, but you're a doctor Izzie, you don't need me to tell you, that with your medical history the odds are against you. Although you beat them twice, so who knows? But, I think we should review your birth control."

Izzie winced as she sat back on the chair and said quietly "Ah…"

"You're not using any are you?"

"No. We've kind of got lazy for like the last year or so….Does that concern you?" Izzie said, as she looked her friend in the eye.

"Well, it's not great. Perhaps you should come back with Alex, so we can get him tested too."

"No. That won't be necessary, he's fine. There are absolutely no problems with Alex…." Izzie said slightly bitterly, as she thought of how quickly Arizona had fallen pregnant.

"Okay then, but I still think you should talk to him." Kate replied, as she stood up to see Izzie out.

…..

Stepping out in to the corridor, Izzie suddenly spotted Alex in the distance walking towards her. He was in his scrubs and clutching a patient chart, whilst talking busily to two residents following him. He looked up and saw her and said something to the other doctors, before he walked away from them and towards her.

"Iz, what are you doing up here?" he said.

"Oh, I just stopped by to say hi to Kate, catch up with the gossip." Izzie said hurriedly, as she smoothed down her short grey dress and fiddled with the ID card around her neck.

"Oh, okay." Was all he had the chance to say, before his beeper went off and he pulled it out of his pocket to quickly scan it.

"Emergency, it's 911, I've got to go," he said, as he leaned in to kiss her quickly on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow. I'm on call here later, remember, so I won't be home tonight."

"Okay, love you." Izzie said.

"Love you too." He replied.

"Oh and don't forget, tomorrow night is date night." Izzie said, grinning at him. She tried to make sure they had at least one date night together every month, where they got a baby sitter and went out just the two of them. But she suddenly felt slightly anxious, as she thought how it would also be the perfect opportunity to bring up the subject of them having another baby, and she had no idea how he was going to react!

Arizona was sat up on the narrow hospital bed. She was shaking slightly with nerves and excitement, as she looked across at Callie, who glanced at her watch before she turned to reach for Arizona's hand, gripping it tightly.

"I'm sure she won't be much longer," Callie said reassuringly, as they continued to wait for their OB/GYN.

"So, I'm still waiting for my surprise." Arizona said, as she looked expectantly at Callie, trying to ease their nerves slightly. Just as the door burst open, and they were met with a familiar waft of strong Chanel perfume.

"Surprise!"

"Addie," Arizona screeched, hardly able to believe who was stood in front of her, as she leapt off the bed to give her old friend a hug.

"Hey, Hollywood," Callie said, as she moved over to hug Addison too.

"What are you doing here?" Arizona said. Addison had become one of her and Callie's closet friends. Despite working in different states they had seemed to have always been there for each other over the ups and downs of the past few turbulent years.

"Doing your ultrasound. Couldn't miss this for the world." Addison replied, as she smiled at them with her perfect glossy red lips.

"Well, I'm flattered, but surely you're not just here for that?" Arizona said, a confused look crossing her face.

"No, I've transferred back." Addison replied.

"Seriously?" Arizona said excitedly.

"Seriously, on a temporary basis to work on a couple of big cases to start with and then, who knows. But right now, I have a pre-natal check and ultrasound to perform," she said, raising her eyebrows as she picked up the wand and switched on the ultrasound machine.

Arizona squeezed Callie's hand even tighter, as she looked at her and grinned. 'This day was getting even better,' she thought.

"So, I have to say guys, I still can't believe you're going to be parents again," Addison said, making small talk. "Which fertility clinic did you use?" She asked, as she squeezed the jelly on to Arizona's rounded stomach.

Arizona and Callie both looked at each other awkwardly, they hadn't prepared for this. Although they both knew it was going to be inevitable that their friends would start asking questions soon. Arizona had been completely unaware Addison would even be here, so this was one conversation she hadn't been planning on.

It was Callie that eventually spoke first, saying. "I guess you're going to find out soon enough anyway, Addie, but we didn't actually use a clinic, Karev's the father of this baby."

Addison nearly dropped the wand right out of her hand then, as she took a step back, and with surprise clearly visible in her voice, she said. "Okay then, not my business," as she held up her hand.

"No, no, it's not what you think. It's our baby. We just used his sperm to…" Arizona said awkwardly.

"Okay, I think I'm aware how that works," Addison said embarrassed, before she added "Like I said, not my business and for the record, Karev's a good guy, you could do a lot worse as the father of your child."

They were all silent then, as Addison concentrated. "There you go, one baby," she said as a grainy image appeared moving around on the screen.

"It's our baby," Arizona said to Callie, as a small tear formed in her eye and she looked across to see Callie's eyes were also glazed over.

"Everything looks perfect." Addison then went on to say, as she glided the wand around, pausing at certain points to get a better look.

"Can you tell the sex?" Arizona said eagerly.

"Well, it's a little early to tell, but let me have a look, sometimes it's obvious." Addison said.

After what seemed an eternity of Addison examining the screen, she eventually said. "Okay, I can't be completely certain, but, I'm fairly sure it's a girl." She paused, waiting for them to take in the news.

"A girl." Arizona said, looking at Callie and smiling, her blue eyes twinkling. "Yay, we're having another girl!"

"Another girl," Callie said, grinning too, instantly imagining a little blonde haired, blue-eyed miniature version of Arizona with cute little dimples and a magical smile.

Arizona was silent for a moment then, as she just started at the image on the screen. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't a little surprised, she had felt certain it was a boy, but nothing was going to spoil this moment, it didn't matter either way. She was carrying a healthy baby with her beautiful wife beside her, everything was perfect!

TO BE CONTINUED….

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