I've been on vacation the last week for a wedding in my family and I start back at school on Monday, but this story is starting to wind down. I have a sequel done if anybody wants me to post it after this one ends.
Here's a new one for you.
Finally, four weeks later, and I am on summer vacation! Mom is sending me to Seattle before her so she can send some of the stuff to the apartment. When I walked into the airport in Seattle, I see Momma with a smile on her face. I run over to her and hug her.
"I missed you so much, Sof."
"I missed you too, Momma." She wraps an arm around my shoulder and kisses my head and we head to her house. When I walk into the house, I see Uncle Alex, Uncle Derek and Aunt Meredith, Uncle Jackson and Aunt April, and Aunt Bailey.
"Welcome back, kiddo." Alex said.
"Thanks dude." Aunt April hugs me.
"We're glad that you and your mom are coming back to Seattle." She said.
"I am too. I'll be right back." I head upstairs and unpack my suitcase. There is a knock on the door.
"Come in." Momma comes in.
"Everything alright, honey?" She asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Everything's perfect. Almost." I said. She sits down on the bed and I place my suitcase in the closet.
"You know you can tell me anything, Sof. I'm not going anywhere."
"Momma, I'm fine. Honest." She stands up and kisses my forehead and walks out of the room. I grab my phone and text Mom that I am at Momma's house and sit on my bed place my head in my hands when someone is knocking on my door. I sit up.
"Come in." Uncle Alex walks in and hands me a water.
"Here. I thought you would need this."
"Thanks." He sits at the computer desk.
"Uncle Alex, do or did you like Lauren?" I asked him.
"No. I hated her, like you do."
"Does she still work at the hospital?"
"Yes, why?" I have a smile on my face. Perfect.
"Well, remember the 11 year old who had a tumor but he was the size of a five year old?"
"Yeah, he made me page Jo's ex-boyfriend everywhere." He said with a laugh.
"Well, lets do that with Lauren." I said.
"What? Are you crazy? If Arizona finds out-"
"She's not going to." I singly said.
"Okay, but what if Callie finds out about this?"
"Please, Mom wants to break Lauren's hands for calling me a smartass."
"Okay, I'm in." I hug him.
"Thank you."
"When are we doing it?" He asked.
"It starts tomorrow until she leaves, if she leaves." Momma walks in with a plate of pizza for me.
"Here you go. I thought you would be hungry." I take the plate from her.
"Thank you Momma." I said. I take a bite out of the pizza and Momma starts walking out of the room.
"Do you have to work tomorrow?" I asked. Momma turns around and faces me.
"Yes. Do you want to come to the hospital?"
"Sure."
"Great. We leave at 7." She said and walks out of the room and I face Uncle Alex.
"Lets do this." I said.
Later that night, after everyone left, I head downstairs and put my plate in the sink. I sit at the kitchen island with a glass of milk when Momma comes in.
"What are you doing up?" She asked. I look at her then back at the glass.
"I couldn't sleep. You can go back to bed, Momma." I said. She grabs a glass and fills it with water and joins me at the island.
"Are you glad that you are back?" She asked.
"I am. Anywhere is better than Miami." I said.
"Why, what happened?" I look at her.
"A lot, Momma. I got in…four fights three weeks ago. Now, I know that you and Mom hate it when I get in fights."
"I didn't you walk away, like I told you too?"
"I tried. I take two steps and next thing I know, I'm looking up at the ceiling and teachers are hovering over me." I sigh then continue.
"I like it here better because everyone knows who my parents are and they know not to mess with me."
"I get it. Listen, when your Mom comes, we need to sit down, all three of us, to figure out where you are going to finish high school and please, no more fighting." I nod my head in agreement.
The next morning, I head to the hospital with Momma. I walk over to Uncle Alex and hand him a piece of paper.
"Okay, here's a list of names that would make the nurses laugh their heads off." He reads it and laughs.
"God this list is good."
"What are you two doing?" Aunt Bailey asked. I turned around and face her.
"Nothing, Aunt Bailey. Just catching up, that's all." I said with a straight face.
"Hmm." She looks at us and walks away.
"I gotta get going. I'll see you later, Sof." Uncle Alex walks away too and I spot Lauren and glare at her. She spots me and grabs me roughly by the shoulder and starts dragging me.
"Ah, let go of me!" I yelled.
"No! I'm kicking you out of the hospital." She said and digs harder into my shoulder.
"For what? I didn't do anything!" While I was yelling, I spot Momma.
"Momma! Help!" She looks over and runs over.
"Dr. Boswell, unhand my daughter!" She lets go of me and I run over to Momma and stand behind her.
"Arizona, what a lovely surprise." She said.
"You do not touch my daughter again!" Momma said. Uncle Jackson, Uncle Owen, Uncle Derek, Aunt Meredith and Aunt Cristina walk over and stand with Momma and with me behind them.
"You have got to be kidding?! She's not your daughter. She's your ex's love child." I see Momma breathing heavy and I place my hand on her shoulder to try and calm her down.
"You're unbelievable." I said. She turns her head and looks at me.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me. I don't care that you don't like me that's one thing. But telling my mother, who raised me to be a good man in a storm, that she's not my mother, draws the line with not only her, but to me and to my Mom and to every single personnel at this hospital who saved my life the day I was born, that includes Momma."
"Really? Still calling Arizona your mother?" I squeeze Momma's shoulder and stand in front of Lauren. I can feel everyone smiling behind me.
"Yeah, I am because that's who she is. I am being a good man in a storm right now. I love Momma, and I protect the things that I love. She can protect herself, but when you or somebody else says that she isn't my mother, someone needs to protect her. And that person is me. I don't care that my Mom and Dad made me, but both of my mothers raised me. And you…you're just a home wrecker and the stupidest, idiotic person I have ever met." I said and I walk back over to Momma. I stand behind her and I place a hand on her shoulder.
"I don't care what she or anyone else says. You are my mother." I whisper in her ear and she places a hand on mine.
"Arizona, take Sofia away from here." Uncle Owen says.
Momma nods her head and head to her office. I sit on the couch and she sits next to me.
"Take off your shirt." I take off the shirt and Momma examines my shoulder and a bruise is forming in the shape of Lauren's hand.
"I don't think anything is torn, but I want to check." I nod my head.
"Do we have to tell Mom about this?" I asked Momma.
"Yes we do." I sigh and grab my phone and call Mom.
"¡Hola meija!"
"Hola Mom. I'm at the hospital right now with Momma and something happened."
"What? Are you okay?" I put the phone on speaker.
"Let's just say I had a run in with Lauren." Mom sighs.
"What did she do?"
"She almost broke my shoulder."
"She did what?!" I look at Momma with the 'help me!' face
"Callie, she's fine. There's some bruising around the collarbone, but I don't think there's any type of tearing in there. I'm gonna take her to the MRI and get her checked out and I will email you the results." Momma said.
"Okay. Thank you."
I get my shoulder checked out and I sit in Momma's office with an ice bag on my shoulder. She comes in and walks over to her light box and places the MRI results up against it.
"Well Sof, you don't have any tearing in your shoulder." I sigh with relief. She sits on the coffee table in front of me and takes the bag off my shoulder and checks it again and hands me my shirt. I lift my arm and groan.
"It's gonna hurt for a while, but your gonna be fine." She said. I nod my head and get the rest of my shirt on and stand up.
"Sofia?" She asked.
"Yeah, Momma?"
"Thank you, baby. For that speech about being a good man in a storm. I raised you well." I smile and Momma stands up and we hug as Uncle Alex walks into the office.
"Sorry to interrupt, but the Gordon kid had a seizure."
"Okay, I'll be right there. Sof, here's ten dollars for lunch and stay out of Lauren's way." I nod my head and Momma leaves. I throw away the bag of ice and head down to the cafeteria. I grab lunch and I sit at a table. Aunt Meredith and Aunt Cristina join me.
"How's your shoulder?" Aunt Meredith asked.
"It's just bruised. Mom's not happy about it." I said. I move the left side of the shirt to show them the bruise.
"Damn. Boswell is strong." Aunt Cristina said.
"Yeah, well, I'm glad that her and Momma are getting divorced." They look at each other then at me with confusion.
"You didn't know that?" I asked.
"No, I didn't." Meredith said.
"Well, maybe Callie will come around and hook back up with Blondie." Aunt Cristina said. Aunt Meredith and I look at her.
"What?" She asked. I shake my head and Uncle Derek joins us.
"So, what exactly is happening to Dr. Boswell?" I asked them.
"She's suspended pending an investigation." Uncle Derek said. That's what I love about Uncle Derek. He comes straight out with it.
"Okay, I know that is gonna sound weird and everything, but I'm trying to get my parents back together." I said. They look at me like I had three heads.
"What, y-you don't think it's a good idea?" I asked while looking at them.
"No, it's a great idea. How can we help?" Uncle Derek asked.
"I…have no idea yet." I said. Momma walks over and sits next to me and takes a bite out of my salad. Something tells me that the Gordon kid didn't make it.
"Sof, your mother wants you to call her when you are done with lunch." I place my hand on hers and squeeze and pull away.
"Okay." I grab my phone and call Mom.
"Sof, I need you to go to the apartment today. There's some stuff arriving." That is the first thing said.
"Hello to you too, Mom. I'm heading over there now." I hang up the phone and stand up.
"Where are you going?" Momma asked.
"Some stuff is arriving from Miami today and Mom wants me to unpack." I said. Then I realized something. I could have Mom and Momma at the apartment together. I kiss Momma's cheek.
"I'll be over there around 6 to pick you up. Here's the key." I grab the key and walk out of the hospital. I walk to the apartment and I see about 30-40 boxes outside.
"This is more than a few boxes." I said. I unlock the door and I start moving boxes into the apartment. While I was moving boxes, Uncle Alex came over and helped. By the time we started unpacking, it was 5:30.
"Hey Sofia?"
"Yeah, Uncle Alex?" I called out from the kitchen.
"What are you gonna do about your room?" I walk into my bedroom and look inside. The walls had pink and purple on them.
"I don't know yet." I said. An hour later, Uncle Alex leaves and the front door opens and Momma walks in.
"Hello?" I walk into the kitchen from my room.
"Hi Momma."
"Wow, you got a lot done here." She said while looking around the apartment.
"Well, Uncle Alex helped."
"You ready to head out? You can finish up tomorrow." I nod my head and we leave.