A/N : It has been three weeks since my last update but this time it wasn't my fault, I actually finished this chapter a week and a half after my last update. My beta couldn't proof read it sooner, that's why I am only updating now.

As for the other story I started writing, I read all the reviews about it and I decided that I'll wait until I have a few chapters written before posting it.

Thank you for all the feedback in the previous chapter and thanks to pounkcakereal20 and bekki222 for their help.

Merry Christmas!

Chapter 22:

Children were running and screaming everywhere. You could see the joy on each and every kid's face.

Callie was standing in the backyard looking over the children playing with a smile on her face. She looked around at the Lion King decorations covering the whole backyard. At first she was surprised when Arizona told her that Sofia wanted to have a Lion King themed birthday party. But thinking about it she realized that since watching the movie with Arizona the little one had been obsessed with it. She was also pleasantly surprised when she saw that Arizona had prepared everything for the party and she didn't have to do anything.

They were at Meredith and Derek's house in the woods. Arizona told her that Meredith offered to house the party since their apartments were too small for all the guests, and that with the backyard and nothing around them for miles it would be better for the kid to play around and be as loud as they wanted to be without fearing any grumpy neighbors.

It has been two days since Callie left the hospital and she could say that she was feeling extremely good, except for the pain of her scars that came time to time when she was pushing herself too much. However, she didn't have to push herself for too long with Arizona watching her like a hawk, also making sure that she was ok and didn't need anything.

She was brought out of her thoughts when she felt arms wrapped around her from behind and and settling on her baby bump. She immediately recognized who it was and relax into the touch.

"Hey..." she heard Arizona husky voice in her ear sending shivers from head to toe and felt kisses on her neck a few seconds later. She almost moaned but she contained herself because they weren't alone; she loved when Arizona kissed her their, she was mush in the blonde's arms every time.

"Hey yourself." She answered bringing her hands on Arizona's and intertwining their fingers. "Where have you been?" Callie asked Arizona, watching Cristina being chase by Sofia and the other children. The woman not knowing what to do, when she found herself cornered by the children. Looking at her right, she quickly jump on the bouncy house set up to entertain the kids... Not getting out of it so easily, Cristina found herself buried under the weight of little bodies.

"I was on the phone with your Sister." Arizona said bringing Callie's attention to her.

"What? Why?" Callie asked the blonde with a frown, confusion clearly written on her face. She turned around in Arizona's arms to have a better view of the blonde.

"Well, she called to said that she was just getting out of the plane and that she was going to be here in a few with a surprise for me." Arizona explained, Callie was going to question her further when Arizona beat her to it and quickly continued. "I don't know what the surprise is, I try to get her to tell me but she wouldn't budge, so we just have to wait and see." Arizona said bringing Callie closer to her and kissing her cheek.

Callie didn't say anything, she was to busy thinking about what the hell was taking Addison so long. She was supposed to be here an hour ago. She was supposed to bring her the thing she asked her as a favor at the hospital. But with each passing second minute, she was starting to think that Addison hasn't done it. She needed to know what was going on with the redhead. She'll deal with her sister when she's here.

Felling Callie tense in her arms, Arizona took a step back to look at the brunette in the eyes. "What's wrong?" She asked when at the same time someone rang at the door and Callie hurried to go open leaving a confused Arizona behind her. She shrugged and left to play with Sofia, she supposed that if it was something important Callie would have told her what it was.

Opening the door, Callie found a tired Addison. "So?" She asked as soon as she closed the door.

"I got it." The redhead said patting her bag and walking in a room she supposed was one of Meredith and Derek's kid bedroom for some privacy.

Closing the door behind her, Callie turned around and looked at Addison expectantly. "What took you so long?" She asked while the redhead rummaged in her bag taking out a brown envelope and handing it to Callie.

"Well it wasn't easy especially in a such short notice you should be happy he managed to do it." Addison while Callie looked inside the enveloped checking that everything was in order.

"Thank you Addi, you have no idea how much this mean to me." Callie said taking the redhead in her arms and then putting the precious envelope in her bag. "Oh! I almost forgot, did you manage to prepare my apartment?"

"Yep everything is good don't worry." Addison said opening the door and leaving the room "Now I want to see the birthday girl!" she exclaimed walking in direction of the laughter she could here in the backyard.

Arizona saw out of the corner of her eye the brunette stepping out of the house and walking toward her. She turned around to look at her and noticed that the concern and worry that was plastered on her face was replaced instead was a big smile brighter than the sun if it was even possible. She was about to question her about the change of mood but any question she might have flew out of the window the second she was swept in Callie's arms and their lips were crashed together.

Surprise by the sudden contact, Arizona took some time to respond to the kiss but once she felt the brunette tongue glide over her bottom lip, she started kissing Callie back and didn't hesitate one second to open her mouth and let their tongues meet. The kiss was quickly escalating and Arizona realized that it was inappropriate for a kiss to be shared this deeply at a birthday party full of children. People may be watching them but she didn't want to stop it right now, so she just tried to slow it a little bit.

"Hey guys, look who's here!" Meredith called getting everybody's attention and forcing Callie and Arizona to break apart but they didn't look at who was here right away instead they got lost in each other's eyes.

"What was that for?" Arizona asked once she had caught her breath, "Not that I'm complaining..."

"Can't I kiss my girlfriend?" Callie replied with a cheeky grin making Arizona laugh at her antics.

They finally both turned around to see who was the new incomer and there at the entrance of the backyard stood Aria Torres. However, she wasn't alone, behind her stood someone, his face was hidden by the giant bow he was holding that Arizona supposed was a gift for Sofia since it was wrapped in gift wrap.

Aria was saying hello to everyone and letting the poor man hold not only the big box but also a few other bags that were undoubtedly full of gifts.

The man bent over and put everything he had in his arms on the table with the other gifts.

When he turned over and Callie and Arizona were finally able to see his face, both women gasped. Callie immediately looked at Arizona to see if she wasn't seeing things and the look on the blonde's face confirmed her that it was in fact not an hallucination.

Arizona's jaw dropped and her body froze.

It couldn't be him, could it? It has been so long since she last saw him. She saw him looking everywhere probably looking for her and when he found her and his eyes locked with hers, his face brightened and a big smile appeared making his dimples pop out.

Soon enough Arizona's face was matching his and she started running toward him.

"Tim!" she yelled before jumping in his arms. She hugged him tight, probably cutting his blood flow but neither could care less because it has been so long since they last saw each other. Arizona had dreamed a lot about this moment, the moment when she'll saw her brother again. She wasn't even sure if she would be to see him again but he was here now, in Seattle.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him releasing him from her hold. Everyone was looking at them curiously wondering who this handsome man was and why was the blonde hugging him.

"Well, I heard I was an uncle and today was my niece birthday." He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world before wrapping his arm around her sister shoulders. "So tell me blondie, which one is little Sofia?" he asked, he already knew she was with Aria filling him in and showing him picture he just wanted to mess with his sister. "Ooh let me guess, isn't she the little brunette running over there?" he said to a speechless Arizona. He may know who Sofia was but the thing that he didn't know was that she was biologically Arizona. He retrieved his arm from around Arizona and went over the little girl leaving Arizona behind watching them.

Callie walked to stand near the blonde with her sister not far behind. The other adults went back to their conversation now having figured out who the stranger was.

Arizona said hi to Callie's sister, still watching her brother and daughter.

"So…" Callie started with a playful tone, "That's your brother? He looks like a mix between Mark and my sister." Callie said laughing out loud.

"Hey!" Aria said in mock offense "I'm here and I'm hotter!" she said matter of factly. "Anyway," she said turning toward Arizona, "Do you like my surprise?" The younger brunette asked hopeful.

"Are you kidding? I love it!" Arizona exclaimed seeing her daughter embrace her brother like she's known him her whole life. Seeing that made Arizona smile, she hadn't realized how much she missed him until she saw him standing there smiling at her. "How did you manage that? You don't even know him."

"Well…" Aria started sheepishly, "Actually I haven't done anything, he just bumped into each other at the airport. He asked me how he could get to your place and I recognized the address and here we are."

"Oh, well thank you for bringing him here." Arizona said then looked at Callie, "Come on, I'm going to introduce you." She grabbed Callie's hand and dragged her toward her brother. She was so excited, two of the most important people of her life were going to meet and she couldn't be happier. "Hey Tim!" She called once they were standing next to Tim who was listening to Sofia talk animatedly. He turned around and stood up taking Sofia in his arms making her giggle. He then put her down letting her run away to her friends and straightened up. "Tim, this is Calliope, my girlfriend." Arizona said pointing to the brunette. "Calliope, this is my brother Timothy." Arizona said introducing them.

"Tim is fine." Arizona's brother said. He swatted Callie's hand away and took her in his arms.

"Oh, ok." Callie said surprised by the sudden embrace. "Callie is fine too." She said once Tim released her.

Tim looked at Callie from head to toe, studying the woman who stole his sister's heart and who was apparently making her extremely happy. He was moving his gaze up until he froze on Callie's small baby bump. His eyes widened and he looked at his sister. It seems that Aria forgot to tell him some things.

Arizona looked at her brother afraid that his reaction was going to be the same as their parents. But if he didn't say anything, instead he started talking with Callie. About what, she had no idea, she was too far gone in her thoughts to pay attention. She knew she would need to have a conversation with her brother later.

After the party was over, Arizona found herself in her apartment with her brother. It has been a while since she has been here, she was practically living at Callie's place now. He was going to stay at Arizona's place while Aria said that she wanted to stay at the hotel.

They set up the guest bedroom for Sofia who wanted to have a sleepover with her Uncle. She just met him and was already attached to him. However, when she went to grab some things from Callie's place the brunette started acting strange not letting Arizona. Saying that she should stay with her brother and that she will get her things together.

Now Arizona was sitting on a lounge chair in her balcony nursing a beer with her brother sitting next to her. It wasn't cold for this time of the year and the sky was so clear, you could see the stars.

"I'm really glad you're here Timmy." Arizona said resting her head on her brother's shoulder.

"Yeah me too." He said taking a sip of his beer.

"When did you come back?" Arizona asked curiously. She wondered why she hadn't heard about him until now.

"Umm, a couple of weeks, I think." He answered and Arizona lifted her head to look at him in the eyes.

"What? Why didn't you tell? I thought you were still over there." Arizona said upset that her brother didn't think to call her sooner. He had been worried sick for him.

"Well I wanted to, but then got here and I found the parents upset saying that you were playing house," He started and he felt his sister tense next to him. "I tried to justify and so I fought with them and then I spent time with my girls. I tried to call you but then I realized I didn't have a phone and I decided that I'll just come see you, it's better than just talking over the phone. Being the lucky guy that I am, the day I decide to come is Sofia's birthday." Tim finished with a laugh.

Arizona was silent for a while playing with her beer. She was so sick of her parents' behavior, they should be happy for her instead of doing whatever they were doing.

"I'm not playing house." She said getting her brother's attention. "Sofia is my daughter and Callie is pregnant with my twins."

"I know, you don't have to justify yourself to me."

"But I do because Sofia is not just my daughter because she calls me 'mommy,' she is my daughter because I love her and she is biologically mine."

"Oh" was all Tim was able to say, "Ho-"

"You remember what we did at the fertility center?"

"Oh, oh!" To say he was shocked was an understatement, he couldn't believe it. What were the odds of this happening, practically close to zero and yet it happened? He had no idea what to say except that it was awesome and now that he really thought about it, Sofia did looked a lot like a mini Arizona. "Well I'm happy for you sis, I'm glad you found someone like Callie, she seems nice and Sofia is a great kid. A real firecracker and can't imagine how it's gonna be with the twins." He said looking at his sister. Arizona saw that he was genuinely happy for her and she didn't expect any less from her brother, they always were on the same level. Hearing this coming from his mouth brought tears to her eyes and she wiped them off before engulfing her brother in a bear hug.

"Thank you, Timmy." She said in his neck.

"You don't have to thank me, I didn't do anything." He said rubbing her back. Arizona didn't answer, and just nodded.

After this emotional moment, the siblings talked about lighter things and caught up on the things they missed in each others life. Arizona asked about her niece and sister in law before promising to come see them soon.

They talked and played with Sofia until Callie came and said that she needed Arizona for something and that it was time for diner anyway.

Callie asked if Tim wanted to stay with him and Sofia for dinner but the tall man decline the offer, saying that no one was invited to Sofia and his pajama party which got backed up by Sofia who was standing beside him and bobbing her head up and down.

Callie was unlocking her apartment door with Arizona standing next to her. Once the door opened, Arizona tried to step inside but Callie hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned around looking at the brunette confusion written on her face.

"What it is?"

"I have a surprise inside for you and I need you to close your eyes." Callie said a little bit guiltily. She knew the blonde hated surprises. Remembering the time she found out they were expecting twins…

"Pleeease?" She pleaded when she saw that Arizona was about to argue.

Arizona closed her mouth huffing and her closed her eyes. "No peeking." Callie instructed taking Arizona's hand and gently helped her avoid colliding with a chair or a table.

When Arizona was finally able to open her eyes, she found herself in Callie's bedroom. Her mouth hung open when she saw rose petals and lit candles everywhere with Callie standing in the middle of the room looking all vulnerable with her hands behind her back. It looks like she was trying to hide something.

When Callie saw that Arizona wasn't going to say anything, she decided that it was now or never. If she didn't do it now she might never have the courage to do it again. So she took a deep breath and taking a stepping closer to a stunned Arizona.

"Arizona, I know that we've been together for 7 months and it may seem quick, but the first time I saw you, I knew. You were like coming up for fresh air. It's like I was drowning and you saved me. We've been through so much and we're still here. Someone told me that when you know, you know. And I know-"

"Are you Proposing?" Arizona said magically founding her voice back, looking at Callie wide eyed.

"I…"

A/N: duh…duh…

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