Chapter 6

The stir fry was cooking on the stove and Callie was currently running around her apartment trying to clean up after the small boy. It seemed that she had made a mistake by telling Mikey that Arizona would be coming over because once they entered the apartment he immediately took all his toys out to show her his favorites. He even hoped she might agree to play with him before he had to go to bed.

Stepping on another action figure the brunette grabbed at her injured foot and growled, "Mikey you have two seconds to clean after yourself or you will be going straight to bed after dinner."

Mikey knew well, when his mother threatened him he knew better than to argue and immediately started taking his toys back to his room.

Before he could finish cleaning his mess there was a knock at the door and he ran as fast as his little would take him. He knew he should wait for his mom to answer the door, but she was in her room getting dressed and he felt he was old enough to answer it.

With one last glance to the Latina's closed bedroom door he figured she just didn't hear the knock that sounded for the second time. Opening the door he could see the blonde looking curiously around as if she got the wrong door. When she looked down Mikey took it upon him to welcome Arizona in. He had been told multiple times that he was the man of the house he might as well step up to the title.

"Hey Airzona. You can come in my Mami's getting dressed that's why she's not here," he grabbed her hand to lead them into his home.

"Are you allowed to open the door Mikey without your Mami's permission?" she could see the small boy shrug his shoulders. He definitely had the Latina's attitude of doing whatever he wanted and deal with the consequences later.

"Can I show you my toys now?" It had been all he could think about. Mikey needed a new person to play with and he loved when his mom would help make buildings out of Legos or wrestle with him but someone like the blonde would be fun to have around too.

"Of course lead the way little man," she followed him into his room to find a blue room covered in pieces of paper of what looked to be the little boy's drawings. Upon inspection she could see most of them were of a blonde super hero and what looked like the little boy. A few had Calliope with a big 'C' on her chest and a red cape around her neck. She chuckled at the boy's fascination with super heroes.

"I like to draw a lot when Erica is here that way I don't bother her," his confession put a sad smile on the blonde's face. She felt bad that he believed he needed to hide away and does something quiet because Callie's girlfriend didn't have the patience to be around Mikey.

"They are really great. Maybe one day you could draw me one and I'll put it in my office."

With a vigorous nod, "I can do that for you."

She sat on the bed as she took in the rest of his room. He had a small bed in the middle of the room and a book shelf right beside it. On top were pictures of what looked like his sonogram and a first birthday, both events she would have loved to have been a part of. Shaking her head the blonde looked at the rest of the room where a dresser stood across from the bed and the rest of the room had been made up of his toys. Arizona had never seen this many toys in her life they were everywhere and they ranged from nerf guns, action figures, cars and blocks.

"What's your favorite thing to play with Mikey," the little boy didn't have to think hard to answer her question.

"I like to build stuff with my Legos," came his gleeful response.

"Ah just like your mother, but she likes to build back people's bones," Seeing that the boy was not just a mini Calliope with curly raven hair, big brown eyes and the most breathtaking smile, but he also had a lot of her personal qualities. Arizona wanted to figure out every single one of them.

They had been so engrossed in seeing who could make the cooler castle that neither noticed the raven haired beauty leaning against the door frame watching them. Callie had been making her way out of the room to check the food when she heard giggling coming from her son's room. She must have been too distracted to hear a knock at the door because sitting next to Mikey was the PEDs surgeon. The way they talked with one another was as if they were old friends. Callie wanted this type of relationship to happen between Mikey and Erica. She knew by dating Erica she was hurting her son, but the brunette was being stubborn and did not want another failed relationship. When she had begun dating the blonde she swore to herself that if this did not work then she would throw in the towel and live the single life.

While the two were building their castles Mikey started asking Arizona questions, "Do you have two mommies or a mom and dad. Ooo or two daddies?"

"I have a mom and dad," she liked that Callie was teaching him diversity instead him of letting him believe families were only made up of moms and dads.

"I wish I had another Mama," his shoulders dropped in sadness, "Could I meet your parents? I don't have any grandparents and maybe they want to be mine." He was hopeful that she would agree since Callie's family never came around to accepting her life choices.

"Oh…um I'm sure they'd like to meet you since they never had any grandkids of their own, but let me warn you my Mom is going to love you to death and then you might regret wanting to know them." The blonde knew this little boy was already the love of her life. How could anyone not see the innocence of this child who was so full of life she thought to herself?

"And hey Mikey, you don't need two parents to raise a child. Sometimes families just have one and that's okay," Arizona couldn't help but think, could she take that role as Mikey's other mother or was it because his sad brown eyes made her want to give the boy the world just to make him happy.

"I know, but then I could get more cuddles," he said with a shrug as if it was the most obvious thing in the world for needing two parents in his life.

"Well that's a good point Mikey but if I remember correctly your mom's a pretty good at cuddling."

Nodding his head, "She is and she rubs my back when I've had a long day."

"How do you know what a long day is your only four and at the age life is easy and fun," she couldn't help but chuckle at his previous statement.

"No way being four is tough because I have to start learning my words and numbers so I can be the bestest when I go to school," he explained.

"Oh yeah I forgot that can be pretty hard, but you seem like a smart kid Mikey."

"I am," yep he definitely had Callie's cockiness. "Do you have brothers or sisters Arizona?"

It hurt for the blonde to think about the brother she had lost, "I had a brother. He was my best friend, but he went to fight a war to protect his country and died a hero."

Mikey got up to sit in the blondes lap and provide comfort for her loss, "It's okay because now you have your own angel like me." He gave her a big hug and she could feel the pain fade away, "What was your brother's name?"

She smiled, "Timothy, but sometimes I liked to call him Timmy when we were in public and he didn't like it."

"Hey that's just like my super heroes partner, the Amazing T and Mighty Robbin. My Mami even named me after my super hero, because my full name is Michael Robbin Torres," he said with so much pride in his voice.

This fact made the blonde's eyes go wide, but they heard a clearing of a throat by the door that caused them to stop their conversation.

"Mikey it's time for dinner why don't you go wash your hands before we eat," the Latina had to step in before it became too much for Arizona. She could see the tale-tale signs of her wanting to flee if Mikey continued to reveal all this information.

They both made their way to the in-suite bathroom to clean up before joining Callie for dinner. Once everyone was seated Mikey continued to lead most of the discussion as he shared stories about himself. Like his favorite color or movie and his friends in daycare. When dinner was finished the raven haired boy asked if they could all watch a movie before bed.

Perched on either side of the couch with Mikey, cuddled into the blonde Callie sat there observing the two. She couldn't take her eyes off of them. Arizona looked like a natural with her son running her hands through his hair and laughing with him whenever something funny happened in the film.

By the time the movie was over Mikey requested that his mother tell him a story before he went to sleep. Arizona sat at the edge of the bed listening to the story Callie was telling him and couldn't help but think this should have been her life.

Flashback

It was halfway through their intern year and both women were exhausted. The only reason they were still a happy couple was because the two worked in the same hospital. Although it was still difficult for their relationship they still felt as strongly in love as ever.

Callie had told Arizona that on their day off she wanted to ask her a question and the blonde was curious to know what she was coming home to.

Upon entering their home, that they purchased a week after getting married, Arizona could see Callie dancing in the kitchen as she cooked dinner. The brunette was a complete goddess and Arizona couldn't get enough of her.

Stepping into the room she quietly moved behind the other woman until her hands gripped curvy hips and her body was pressed into the Latina's

"You know I find it really sexy to come home and find my hot wife dancing in the kitchen when she's making dinner. Although right now I'm not hungry for food just you," she growled the last part into the taller woman's ear.

Extracting herself from the blonde she spoke, "Nope not now. I have something to talk to you about and then we can have hot sex tonight."

With a nod, "Okay well let's hurry up then."

Both women worked quickly in finishing the meal before sitting at their breakfast bar since they had yet to purchase a table.

The meal was filled with their individual day and work. Arizona told the brunette how she had just watched a bowel resection on a newborn and couldn't believe how small her little organs were. Callie on the other hand was allowed to scrub in on an open femur repair and had adrenaline pumping through her veins as they stayed clear of nicking the femoral artery.

When dinner was finished and the wives had cleaned and put the dishes away they sat in their living room enjoying a glass of wine.

"So what did you want to ask me Calliope?" Arizona looked into brown eyes and could see the worry etched into the brow of the other woman.

"Okay I've been thinking a lot lately that maybe our family isn't complete. Don't get me wrong I enjoy it just being you and me, but I can't help imagining a little blonde blue eyed child with your dimples running around our house. I get it we're young and extremely busy, but we will always be busy with work so it doesn't really matter," she looked at the blonde for an answer but her face was blank of any emotion.

"Calliope I don't know. You're right we will always have our jobs, but how is that right to bring a child into our home when they will have to be stuck in daycare all day."

"Well when we become more established in our careers we can cut back on the time we spend at the hospital. But can't you see this has been my dream since I was a little girl and I don't want a family with anyone else Arizona." Callie didn't think the blonde would be hard to fight on this, she volunteered with a kid's program through med school how she not wanted kids was beyond her.

"Can I think about this? I don't want to dismiss your dream, but I also need some time to wrap my head around us having a baby okay?"

Nodding her head in agreement, "Of course Arizona if that's what you need then that's fine but please think about it."

It had been almost a month and whenever Callie brought up anything about having a baby it would result in a fight or one of them walking out on the other.

Arizona couldn't take the fighting anymore and knew her reasons for not wanting a kid weren't really that great they were just selfish. Plus she made vows to this woman promising to give her everything and she knew it was time to suck it up and get over herself.

The blonde hadn't seen much of her wife since she had chosen to stay longer hours at the hospital to avoid another argument. But now Arizona had time before her next surgery she was asked to scrub in and she just saw her wife enter an on-call room. It was now or never.

When she opened the door to the small room she could see her wife already spread out on the tiny bed. She took off her lab coat and shoes before squeezing beside Callie.

The brunette knew it was Arizona without having to open her eyes, "Arizona I'm trying to sleep and I am in no mood to deal with whatever you have to say to me."

"Actually I think you might want to hear what I have to say," this got Callie to look at her wife. Swallowing the lump in her throat Arizona continued, "I've been a monster and it was not right of me to fight with you. Plus Timmy told me it was time to get my head out of my ass. So that's what I'm doing Calliope. I want a family with you. Every time I close my eyes I can see little Calliope's running around and maybe a little me," she smiled at the image. "And before you say anything I'm not doing this so we stop fighting it's because I realize I really want this just as much as you. I'm just a little scared of what could happen to our child. I don't think I'd make it if they were hurt and that's why I've been so against it." She could feel tears pulling in her eyes at the pain of what losing a child would do to them.

"Arizona the chances of something awful happening to our child are slim. You know Arizona you'd be the best Mama to our kids. I really don't think there is anything to worry about."

With a shuddering breath Arizona let the tears that were building in her eyes fall. "Calliope I love you and I'm so sorry for being awful to you."

"Hey all is forgiven. I get it you were trying to figure everything out. Yeah I wish you would have come to me and just talk like we should do, but it's fine," she said as she pressed a firm kiss to salty lips.

The blonde quickly climbed on to her wife to deepen the kiss. She could feel strong hands move down her sides to rest at the small of her back. Arizona quickly pulled away to smile down at her wife, "I really miss kissing you."

"Me too. Can we not go weeks without doing this?"

"Yes, I don't ever want to go a day without kissing you," she said as she pecked plump lips. "So we are really going to have a baby?"

"Mmhmm," replied the brunette. "Are you sure this is what you want?"

"Absolutely there is no doubt in my mind Calliope."

By the end of their intern year they agreed to start the treatments for Callie to get pregnant with their child. They were already halfway through their first year of residency and were finding that it was a lot harder than they had hoped for. With four failed treatments they agreed the fifth would be the last time they would try before taking a break and coming back when money was more available to them.

A month after their last visit and Callie had that same feeling that their test was going to be negative. So instead of telling her wife she went and had her blood drawn during her lunch break. She was going to wait for the results but had been paged to the ER.

Arizona was on her way to find Callie, when she received a page that her blood scans had been complete. She started making her way down the hall to pick up the scans when she realized she never ordered any. This caught her interest so the blonde continued to make her way to the lab and just see what this was all about.

Sure enough her wife's name was on the envelope and was informed that they had tried to reach , but she wasn't answering so that was why the blonde had been paged.

Arizona didn't know whether or not she should open it but thought what's hers is mine and vice versa. When she ripped open the envelope she gasped at what she saw and ran down to look for her wife.

After asking nurses and other doctors where the brunette was she finally found her as she burst through the ER doors.

"Gesh Arizona could you make a more dramatic entrance than that?" asked the brunette as she was helping repair a dislocated shoulder.

"You took a blood test," it was all she could say as she was still in shock.

"Uh yeah how did you know about that?" Callie was waiting for an answer but the blonde just stared at her with the results in her hand. "Well I'm guessing it's bad since you're not saying anything and it's fine I don't need your sympathy anymore Arizona this was stupid of us to think it would be easy to get pregnant."

"No you're HCG levels were high Calliope."

The brunette turned away from her patient to look at the blonde, "Arizona, don't joke with me that's not even funny."

"I'm not. Calliope we're going to have a baby."

The smile that took over the brunette's face was breathtaking, "Oh my God! I'm pregnant."

Present

Callie could see the distant look take over the blonde's face as she kissed her sleeping son. "Penny for your thoughts?"

The blonde looked up into brown eyes, "Sorry just got distracted. You have a really great kid Calliope."

"Yeah well he's surrounded by a lot of great people that love him. I don't think I could have done it without them," explained the ortho surgeon.

"I have no doubt that people don't love him. He's just like you."

"I don't know if that's a good thing though. You thought I could get angry just wait until Mikey shows his true colors than you'll be frightened."

The blonde chuckled at the thought, "Well I think I could handle his temper. I did pretty well when I was with you."

"If shutting me up with kisses is what you call handling my temper than okay," smirked the brunette.

Arizona had a sly grin on her face, "Well I don't remember you ever complaining about it."

"Hmm that's true, but I'll tell you now it doesn't work for me," retorted the brunette.

By now they had made their way to the living room and unconsciously were unaware of the fact that they had been gravitating towards the other.

The blonde tilted her head before replying, "Maybe you're kissing the wrong person than," she smiled when the other woman looked like she wanted to agree with her.

"If I'm kissing the wrong person maybe you could show me who the right person is," Callie knew she was royally fucking up but her life was in a tailspin of emotions and she had no clue how to stop.

As they moved closer the brunette could feel the smaller woman's breath was over her face as she leant forward to place a kiss on those addicting lips, "Mami. Mami."

With a groan Callie moved toward her son's room, "Duty calls."

"Yeah well I should get going. It's getting late now," the blonde moved towards the door at a fast pace, but before she could leave she felt a firm hand pull her back.

Callie placed a soft kiss on small lips, "I think your right."

AN: So is Callie finally going to leave Erica? Keep reviewing and thanks for all of the support. Those who made suggestions I tried to follow what you said and I hope it was better.

AN2: I have a couple other stories I want to upload and I just want to make it known now that I'm not giving up on this one I just want to challenge myself.