Part 6 - Oh this episode made me SO happy, especially the last Calzona scene. I was grinning like an idiot. :) Hope y'all enjoy!

Callie gave a watery smile, unable to tear her eyes from her wife and daughter. The laughter that filled their apartment was a sound Callie hadn't heard in months, and feared she never would again. But here her wife was, sitting happily in her wheelchair, bouncing Sofia on her remaining leg.

That might have been what other people would notice, but to Callie, all she noticed was that smile. Those dimples. That necklace. The carefree, loving tone used to talk to their daughter. No, Callie's attention was never drawn to her wife's leg.

Soon Sofia grew tired of her dance party with her Momma, and wriggled down for some playtime before dinner. Arizona took the chance to manoeuvre herself into the kitchen to help Callie.
"What did you make?" Callie asked, handing Arizona a few plates to place on the table.

"Stuffed peppers. I doubt Little Miss will actually eat them, but they're filled with rice, tomatoes and cheese, so I'm sure she'll at least eat that part. I put some jalapenos in ours."

Callie smiled, quickly pouring some dressing into the salad bowl and tossing the leaves.
"Sounds yummy. Smells yummy."

"Thanks."

After wrestling Sofia away from her toys and into her highchair, the toddler wasted no time in tucking into her dinner, with minimal help from her mothers.

"Oh!" Arizona exclaimed, putting her fork down. Worry flashed across Callie's face.
"What?"
"How did your pitch to Derek go? I forgot to ask."

Callie smiled. She'd missed her wife taking a genuine interest in her day.
"He was less than impressed, honestly. He sat there pouting and looking at his phone. But later he came by and said 'let's toss everything out and come at it again refreshed'. So we're going work on it together now, with Avery."

The blonde nodded, listening to her wife as she took a sip of her wine.
"That's great. You guys will figure it out."

Callie took a breath.
"I hope so." Pausing for a few moments, she spoke again, more softly.
"Can I ask what happened today?"

Arizona frowned slightly before comprehension washed over her features.
"Oh, you mean how I fell face-first in the OR in front of my entire surgical staff?"

Callie's eyes widened in horror, much to Arizona's amusement.
"Yeah, that was pretty much everyone's reaction, so Karev yelled at them all to clear out."

The brunette felt so bad for her wife; a knock like this to her confidence, on her first day back, it was simply devastating.

"Alex kept asking me if I was ok, if I had hurt myself, but I was laughing so hard I could barely answer him."

"Huh?" Now Callie was confused.

"Aside from that lunatic intern who was intent on stalking me with chairs all day, I felt like I was back. Like I was me. I felt so good, that as I finished the surgery, I went to step back onto my left foot. I'd totally forgotten that I don't havea left foot!" The blonde giggled, before taking in the unreadable expression on her wife's face.

"Hey…there will be times that I'm never able to forget, but in surgery I can, and that felt amazing. I didn't think I'd ever be able to do that again. That's why I'm laughing about it." Arizona explained.

The brunette smiled.
"I hate that you had to fall, but I'm so proud of you for getting back up, and I'm so pleased that you forgot about it for a little while. Surgery has been about the only time that I can scrub in, let the world go and forget that Mark's gone. You deserve that escape too."

Arizona smiled. Neither surgeon said it, but they were both hoping that soon they would be able to find that sort of escape with each other again.

As they finished, Arizona scooped Sofia from her highchair and made her way towards the television.
"You're on your own with the clean up, Calliope." She smiled, cocking a raised brow towards her wife.

"What did I do?" Callie asked, smirking.

"I'm betting the lunatic, chair-stalking intern was your idea."