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Chapter Sixty-Two

AN: So I just want to take a sec to explain Trevor and address the upset/annoyed guest reviewer. Trevor is not trying to break up/insert himself in Calzona's relationship. Right now he's just another teacher at the school (he doesn't even know about Callie specifically.). I added him because I wanted her to have someone besides Teddy to go to at school. I didn't just add another male for drama. He does have a small role, and it will come about. I will add some more drama/angst, but it won't have to deal with Trevor (he's just another teacher at the school). Sorry for the rant, but I felt I needed to explain. One last thing, I do try to come up with new ideas, but for the most part it's just my computer and me so my ideas are limited to my own (comment or PM a suggestion if you want). Overall it seems most people are enjoying the story so I will continue as is. Thanks and sorry again for the rant.

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Callie's POV

While I've enjoyed the past two weeks with just Noah and Arizona, I miss Sofia so much. We all do. Talking to her for ten minutes each night wasn't enough. I miss hearing her little feet patter throughout the house. I miss going through her nightly routine. I even miss when she tosses Cheerios at me during breakfast, although that is a habit Arizona and I are desperately trying to break. Since she's been gone it's been pretty much business as usual at the Robbins-Torres household. Noah is growing each day, and we took him for his two-month check up. Of course he passed with flying colors and is a completely happy and healthy baby. Arizona went to the doctor's as well for her post-baby check-up and she's fine, and I even snuck into the hospital to get a check-up as well. Since Sofia goes to a pediatrician outside of the hospital, we have to make an appointment for her doctor and Arizona promised to take care of that this week. Tonight my little girl is coming home. Mark is flying with her to Seattle and I can't be more excited. A couple nights I paced around Sof's room with a fussy Noah. Just being in her room reminded me of her. I can only imagine how I'll be when she goes off to college; I can barely manage two weeks without her now. It didn't help that the two weeks she was gone also were my two last weeks of maternity leave. Tomorrow I go back to work. Arizona still has time off before school starts again, so it'll just be her and the kids at home. Being around Noah has made me extra careful and delicate, naturally cause he's a baby, but I seriously need to break a bone or something. No doubt it'll be hard being away from them, but at least work is a nice distraction.

"Callie?"

"Hmm…"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, why you ask?"

"Umm because I've been sitting in your lap for a good five minutes now, and usually we're already to second base by now, but you've barely touched me." To her credit, my hands would totally be all over my wife right now, but the clock just above the television in the basement is catching my eye. Mark and Sofia should be here by now. I've calculated the travel time in the air, plus on the ground coming to the house. I even factored in traffic for this time of the night, yet they aren't here. "The baby monitor is quiet so Noah is still down, I'm not tired, hence me straddling your lap." She says motioning between us. "I know you're not tired because if you have time and energy to watch television then your definitely have the time and energy to make-out with your wife." She says resting her arms on my shoulders.

"It's just that they should be here by now."

"Mark called you when they left Los Angeles. They will be here soon. I miss Sof just as much as you, but I also miss being alone with my wife and right now we have some quiet time and we should take advantage of it." Arizona says placing warm kisses on my neck. "It's been eight very long weeks, Calliope." She whispers in my left ear.

"I know…I miss you."

"I miss you, too." She says leaning back and looking me in my eyes. "Now kiss me." Obeying orders, I capture her lips in an stirring kiss that I've been craving. My hands tighten theirs grasps on her hips and I pull her closer to me. At the contact of our tongues touching, we both let out light moans. Her hips start rolling against me, and what I thought was going to be a slow and steady make-out session has turned into a hot and heavy make-out session. I move my hands under her shirt, and up across her chest.

"Mmmm is today a boob day?" I mumble against her lips.

"What?"

"I mean can I touch them today…ya know last time…" Last time we got in this situation when I touched her breasts she flinched and then told me her breasts were tender and full of milk so we had to stop for a pump break. It was a twenty-minute delay and as if on cue Noah started crying. The mood was officially killed and I've been hesitant about touching her boobs since.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Today is fine. I'm good. Touch away." Once I get the okay my hands continue their trek up her chest to cup her breasts and begin kneading them over her bra. Kissing her again, I groan at the feeling of her warm tongue invading my mouth. Her hip movements become faster in their search for relief. As much as I really want to touch her intimately, I feel like our first time since the baby shouldn't be a quick fuck in a lounge chair in the basement. Maybe it's the sappy-romantic side of me, but I want to take actually take my time with my wife and kiss every inch of her body.

"We should stop." I say reluctantly moving my mouth away from my wife's, as well as my hands away from her chest.

"What? Nooo. We haven't had sex in two months, Calliope!"

"Trust me, I'm fully aware but maybe we could have a date or something first. Just the two of us. You know, connect back emotionally as well?"

"Wait are you serious?"

"Well yeah…I thought…" I offer shyly.

"Sorry, that didn't mean to come off harsh. I just mean it's a romantic idea, but I don't need a candlelit dinner for two to get me in the mood. No grand gesture needed here babe, I just wanna have sex. A chair, a desk, a bed, hell the kitchen counter, I just want you inside of me and me inside of you." Arizona proclaims confidently and boastfully. "Who knows when we'll get quality alone time."

"Okay, well I'll keep all of those places in consideration, but we should still stop. I'm sure we can find some time."

"Callie…" She begins to pout. Trust me, I'm all for having sex, but something about doing it quick and fast in the chair right now just didn't sit well with me. "Saved by the bell." She announces getting off me.

"Sof's here!" We leave the basement and go upstairs to greet our daughter.

"Mama!"

"Aww, Sof I missed you so much baby girl!" I say eagerly taking her from Mark's arms. Feeling her little arms wrap around my neck just melts my heart. "It's so good to see you!" I say kissing her face all over.

"Hi mommy!" Sof says quickly turning her attention to Arizona. Passing her off, I take her bag from Mark.

"Well hello to you too, Cal."

"Hi Mark. You can come in." Moving out the foyer, we all move into the living room to sit down.

"You were supposed to be here like twenty minutes ago."

"We got here as soon as we could, Cal. Where's the little man. Sof couldn't stop talking about NoNo."

"Baby NoNo, daddy." Sofia corrects.

"He's sleeping, I can take you to his room if you want."

"Yeah. Let me see what all the hype's about." He says jokingly. Sofia sits and continues to chat and babble with Arizona about her trip while Mark follows me up to Noah's room.

"He's a handsome little guy, Cal." He says looking in his crib. Noah is passed out on his back in a blue onesie. Just looking at the rise of fall of his chest is calming and soothing.

"Thank you."

"I remember when Sof was that small. I used to stare at her when she slept just to make sure she was okay."

"I know, sometimes I do that with Noah." We watch Noah in silence for a few mores minutes before stepping back out into the hall.

"So I gotta ask, what's he packing under that diaper?"

"What the hell Mark!" I say punching him in the arm.

"I'm just curious about the little guy," He says amused.

"Are you seriously thinking about the size of my two-month olds penis?"

"When you put it like that it sounds weird."

"That's cause it is weird!"

"All I'm saying is that if he was a Sloan he would—"

"Well he isn't a Sloan, so." I say interrupting. "Besides, don't give yourself that much credit. Yours is nothing to boast about." The best way to get Mark to shut up is to challenge his masculinity. Leaving his bruised ego, I step around him to go back downstairs and join my girls who have moved into the kitchen.

"Mama, daddy stay night?"

"No, he has to go back home Sof."

"Daddy stay pweaseee?"

"I can't stay tonight, Sof. If it's okay with your moms I can stop by in the morning before my flight and say goodbye." Mark says joining us in the kitchen, looking at Arizona and I for confirmation.

"Yeah, how about daddy come over and eat breakfast with you tomorrow morning? Sound good?"

"Yay!" Sofia happily cheers, wiggling her little body in her highchair. We talk for a few minutes about their time together before Mark leaves for the night. Arizona and I go about the kitchen preparing dinner while Sofia babbles to herself and us, contentedly keeping herself occupied. After moving to the dining room to eat dinner, we hear Noah wake up so I go check on him. I bring him back downstairs to join us at the table.

"Is he hungry?"

"I think so, maybe I can try the bottle feeding again." When Arizona and I took Noah for his check-up the doctor suggested that we try getting him used to drinking from the bottle. It will help when Arizona goes back to work and won't be around to always feed him, plus it mean she won't have to keep waking up in the night to feed him. More so it will give me the chance to feed Noah and bond with him that way. It hasn't been an easy transition though; he ends up wanting the real thing, meaning Arizona's boob, not milk from a bottle. Sometimes it's disappointing when he won't eat from me but happily eats from Arizona. I guess it's to be expected, but it doesn't make it any easier. I just want him to be able look for me when he's hungry, but at the end of the day as long as he gets fed then I'm okay.

Once he's settled comfortably in my arms, Arizona passes me a ready bottle and I begin coaxing him to drink from it. He starts to drink from it, then stops and spits up a little bit. Wiping his face I pass him to Arizona and let out a disappointing and frustrated sigh.

"I'm sorry, Calliope." She says comforting. "Maybe if I start feeding from the bottle he'll get used to it."

"Yeah you can try that." Naturally he starts eating from the bottle when Arizona has it, so now I'm beginning to think maybe it's just me he doesn't like eating from.

"I'm just going go give Sof a bath." I state excusing myself from the table and picking up Sof.

"We just have to keep trying, Callie. It'll happen."

"I know, I'll just meet you upstairs. Bath time, Sof!"

"Bubbles time!"

After bath time and subsequent nightly reading, Sof and I join Arizona and Noah in our bedroom. Noah is lying on his stomach; getting some much needed tummy time. Arizona is on the floor with him and next Sofia joins them on the floor too. While he can't really hold small toys yet, he does move them around with his hands and Sofia plays with him as much as she can. The rest of the evening is quiet; with Arizona reading Sofia a nighttime story in our bed while Noah rests carefully on my chest. Gone are the days of late night sushi dates for two, they have happily been replaced with story and cuddles for four.

"Mama! Mama! Look!" Sofia says scurrying into the bathroom where I'm in the middle of fixing my hair for work.

"Sofia, why don't you have a shirt on?" I ask lifting her up to sit on the counter. Sofia just shrugs and giggles.

"I have her shirt." Arizona says walking into the bathroom with the missing garment. "I was changing her and when I put her down she dashed out the room before I could get it on her."

"Someone thinks she's sneaky, huh?" I say kissing the top of Sof's head. Arizona puts her shirt on and I finish touching up my hair. The doorbell rings and I take Sofia with me to open it.

"I have muffins!" Mark says greeting us with a box of breakfast treats.

"Daddy!" She says flinging herself into Mark's arms. Leading us into the kitchen I put on a pot of coffee.

"How's my Sofster this morning?"

"She's apparently been a ball of energy this morning." I start, cutting a muffin up in small pieces for Sof to eat. "She came into the bathroom this morning shirtless."

"Aw, that's cute." He comments putting her in her seat.

"Really?" I ask giving him a pointed glare, "You want your daughter to get in the habit of running around without her shirt on?"

"Huh…you make a good point. You going into work today?"

"Yep! It's my first day back."

"Wow, it's a big day."

"I guess. I'm happy to go back, but it sucks that I won't be around all day anymore. I mean look at that cute face." I smile looking at Noah who's being carried in by Arizona. I take him from her arms and hold him up in the air for a few seconds. "Look at my big boy! He's so handsome isn't he?! I'm not ready to leave him yet. I don't want to leave Sof either. Arizona tell me not to go to work."

"I could tell you that, but we both know you want to go back." She says giving me a kiss on the cheek.

"It won't be that bad, Callie. You'll be back home before you know it." Mark says.

"If everything goes well this morning maybe we'll come visit you for lunch if your not too busy."

"Ooohhh I like that idea. Just text me before hand." Thirty minutes later Mark and I both left, me off to work and him back to California. During the drive over I kept thinking about my family at home, but as soon as I was back in the hospital with my navy scrubs and white coat on and handed one of the new electronic tablets with my latest surgery I was back in badass orthopedic surgeon mode.

"Glad your back, Callie. I'm on your service this week."

"You were on my service when I left two month ago."

"I guess I have a thing for ortho." Lexie says scrubbing in next to me.

"You know your boyfriend was at my house this morning."

"Boyfriend, what boyfriend. I don't have a boyfriend."

"Relax Lexie, I was talking about Mark."

"Ohhh, well we're not together. I mean we are, but we aren't. It's confusing."

"Is it a long distance relationship?"

"Kinda, but we haven't labeled it that. I don't know what we are."

"Okayyy then…well whatever it is I hope it works out well for you guys."

"Thanks. So you ready for your first surgery back?"

"Simple hip replacement. I think I can handle it." I say with a cocky grin before moving into the operating room. Like I figured the hip replacement went well and so did the next two surgeries after that.

"Busy morning Dr. Torres." Emily, one of my most trusted ortho nurses, greets me at the nurse's station. "Good to be back?"

"Very good."

"Liking the new tablets? We got them last week. Chief was very excited."

"I can only imagine, but now I can't yell at interns if I can't read their handwriting. That was always a favorite pastime of mine." I say laughing. "Do you want to see a picture of my new kid?" Without giving her a chance to answer I pull out my phone. "Of course you do, he's adorable who wouldn't." I pick one of the dozens of photos I've taken of Noah and pass it over to her.

"He's very adorable, Dr. Torres."

"I know, right?" I say with a huge grin on my face.

"I think your wife just texted you." Emily says passing my phone back.

Hey Sof's doctor called and got a last minute opening. We are headed there now, so we'll probably miss lunch. Sorry, see you at home. Love you.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah, the family was going to come visit me but something came up."

I understand, tell me how it goes. Love you guys. I type back. My pager goes off alerting me of a new case, but I scrunch my face at who it's from.

"I'll be back Emily." I say excusing myself. Making my way up to the designated floor, I approach the nurse's desk. "I got a page from Dr. Meyers."

"Okay, one sec." The nurse informs me. I was confused as to why Dr. Meyers would page me. Being an employee of the hospital we get discounted health care and check-ups. I was here last week when Dr. Meyers completed my health exam. She said everything was fine, but now I'm starting to question that if I'm back here again.

"Dr. Torres you can go back to her office now."

"Thank you."

"Dr. Torres, it's good to see you again." Dr. Meyer says welcoming me into her office.

"Please, call me Callie."

"Of course, Callie. Have a seat, I have something I want to talk to you about."

"Umm, okay." Nervously sitting down, I start fidgeting with my hands.

"So I got your lab results back from your appointment earlier. Normally I wouldn't call you back in if everything was normal, but something came up in your blood work."

"Uh huh…"

"Your cholesterol levels came back alarming high, and matched with your blood pressure level I had some concerns." She says reading my open file on her desk.

"Like what?" I ask hesitantly.

"About your heart, specifically coronary heart disease. It's common in men and women."

"I know. Heart disease is the number one killer in men and women."

"Just to be clear, I'm not diagnosing you with CHD, at least not yet, but I want to do some more tests. High blood pressure and cholesterol are just a few symptoms of CHD. Stress can also contribute. I know you just had a new baby. Along with joy and excitement, a baby can bring stress. Emotional and financial. I'm not saying that's the case for you, but it wouldn't be uncommon. Do you know if high cholesterol runs in your family?"

"Umm..I'm—I'm not sure."

"It might explain it, looking at your records from the past years you've been borderline. Food can also raise your levels. I know being doctors sometimes we don't always have the time to eat properly, especially when you have long days full of surgeries. It's also noted that you developed preeclampsia when you were pregnant with Sofia. That's a direct cause for high blood pressure."

"I mean my pregnancy wasn't smooth sailing, but we managed. We monitored my blood pressure the entire time."

"That's good, but the cholesterol, blood pressure, stress, and preeclampsia are all factors of CHD. I want to look at your heart to make sure it's receiving the proper oxygen and blood flow."

"So an echocardiography?"

"Correct. We can schedule it when you have some free time, but the quicker the better." Dr. Meyers informs me. All of this news is surprising to me. I knew about the preeclampsia with Sofia, the doctors said it usually occurs in women who are pregnant for the first time, but everything else is new to my ears. "We can do it this afternoon. I'm scheduled to get off at five, but I can stay longer to complete the test."

"That would be great. I'll be here, but I'll get a cardio doctor to administer it. Shouldn't take more then an hour."

"I do bones, so cardio isn't my expertise. What happens if the echocardiography is inconclusive?"

"Most likely a coronary angiography. That would give us the best answer."

"So why not just do that first." I say with a little edge in my voice.

"Because if we don't have to then we don't need to. It's a procedure and you'll have to stay overnight. I don't want to poke you with needles unless I have to. If the echocardiography is clear or doesn't show direct signs of CHD then we can look at different options to help monitor your levels." She says directly. "Callie I can tell you're nervous, but you don't need to worry yet. Let's see how the test goes today and then we will move forward."

"Yeah okay."

"So I'll see you around five?"

"Yeah, around five." I confirm standing up to shake her hand. "Thank you, Dr. Meyers." Exiting her office I send Arizona a quick text letting her know that I'll be home later then usual then head down to the pit to find some more work. The rest of the day goes as normal, a few small surgeries and soon five o'clock rolls around. Like Dr. Meyers said, the echocardiography didn't take long and soon I'm in my car on the way home with a promise to check in with Dr. Meyers to talk about my results soon.

"Arizona?" I could out upon entering my home.

"Callie, come upstairs quick!" By the sense of urgency in her voice I quickly make my way upstairs. I see Arizona, Noah, and Sofia lying on the floor smiling. "Sof, do it again so your mama can see." Joining them on the floor, Sofia kisses Noah's little belly and then his forehead, making Noah wiggle around. "Did you see it?!"

"He totally just smiled!"

"NoNo smile, mama!"

"It just happened twenty minutes ago." Arizona says excitedly. "We were just playing on the floor and then Sof kissed him twice and he smiled! I tried to do it, but it didn't work. I've been making Sof do it ever since."

"Sof's got the magic touch. How was your day?" I ask giving my wife a kiss as well as my daughter.

"Ice cweam!"

"Yeah, Sof got ice cream after her doctors appointment because she had to get a shot."

"Oh yeah, how was that?"

"It was good. She's perfectly healthy. Just like the rest of us." If only she knew what I learned today. Dr. Meyers said not to worry yet, so I'll try not to. I won't tell Arizona anything until I hear back about the test today. Truthfully I'm a little nervous myself, and if I tell Arizona she might become nervous and paranoid too. That's the last thing I want. "You must've had a busy first day back if you had to stay late."

"It was eventful, but I'm happy to be back home." I say picking up Noah and giving him a snuggle.

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