A/N: I'm sorry it took me so long to update this story. Don't worry I plan on finishing it. It's just that after my finals I got sick and had a surgery and then I needed to catch up with college and pass my second semester finals. Now I'm officially on break so I have all the time in the world to properly finish this story...

There's one chapter left so get ready...

Thanks to my beta and awesome friend pounkcakereal20.

I have been trying to post this chapter all night with my beta, that is the most decent edit i could do.

chapter 24:

An hour later, Arizona had searched all over the hospital with no result. She had looked everywhere, she had check all the floors, all the room, every place she could've think of.

She opened the last door of the last room she still hasn't checked. Holding her breath, she walked inside the room; seeing the room empty she released her breath with a groan of frustration. She didn't know what she was expecting, of course it was empty.

She felt her phone ringing in her pocket and a few second later her pager was also beeping. It had been like that non stop since she stormed out of the daycare.
Frustrated, angry and scared, Arizona grabbed her phone and pager and threw them both across the room.

She couldn't believe how was this possible, how her little girl could have vanished like that in a matter of a day. They had no idea who would've done this. It was like her worst nightmare was becoming reality and she couldn't deal with it being real. She had no idea how she was going to tell Callie if she still didn't know yet. She couldn't do anything; she was racking her brain trying to remember any place or anyone who could have taken Sofia and somehow forgot to tell them but she checked with everyone she knew and no one had no idea what she was talking about.

Releasing a sob she didn't know she was holding, Arizona crumpled to the floor not trying to hold anything in anymore. After a while she fell asleep on the floor clutching at Sofia's monkey tightly.

Back at the daycare, Derek was talking to some Police Officers giving them his statement and a description of Sofia. He had been trying to contact Arizona for the last hour and he had no idea what she was doing. He only hoped she wasn't doing anything stupid. He heard commotion behind him and turning around. Callie barges inside the daycare with Mark, Teddy and Addison behind her, all looking at him with concern written all over their faces.

"What happened? Where's Sofia? Arizona?" Callie quickly asked in one breath.

Derek had no idea how he was supposed to tell his friend that his daughter was missing and that he had no idea where Arizona was? However, he barely had the time to figure what to say when the Police Officer, he had completely forget about, beat him to it. He looked at how his friend's face fall... paling in a matter of seconds as the Officer talked. He watched she tried to remain strong and not loose it completely in front of everyone. Not being able to take it, she brought her hands to her paled as a sheet face covering her mouth. He watched her run out of the room like Arizona had done an hour before. This time however Callie wasn't alone, being followed closely by Teddy and Addison. Mark stayed behind with the Officer trying to get as much information as possible.

After listening to the Officer tell her that her daughter had been missing for most of the afternoon... that they had no idea whatsoever where she was, Callie felt her stomach drop. She immediately felt sick and had to put her hand over her mouth before she rejected everything she had eaten on the Officer.

She didn't let him finish and turned around running out of the daycare to the nearest bathroom. She was lucky to find one just next to the daycare. She fell to her knees not caring about the pain and heaved inside the toilet.

Addison and Teddy had no idea what to do for there friend. Both being as heartbroken and scare after listening to the officer.
Addison walked toward Callie and lifted her hair out of her face while rubbing her hand over the brunette's back. She looked at Teddy fidgeting at the bathroom's entrance. 'Arizona?' she mouthed and received a shrug of the shoulders from Teddy.
They needed to find Arizona because only god knows what the blonde could be doing. As if reading her mind Teddy signaled to Addison that she was going to look after her, and with that she out of the door leaving a broken Callie heaving in the bathroom with Addison.

She had to hurry. She knew that it was only a matter of time before they realized she was missing and they connected the dot. It was only in that laps of time that she could vanish. However, the little brat wouldn't stop crying and was drawing attention to them. The more she was crying and the more she was getting angry. She couldn't believe she actually went through with her plan, there was no turning back now and she knew it.

Opening the back door of her car, she tossed the crying baby in the chair she especially bought for this occasion.

"Shut up or I swear to god I will hurt you!" she yelled at the little girl after she buckled her up in her chair. The sudden yell made her stop crying immediately as she looked up at the mean woman. "Good." She said satisfied and proud of herself. She closed the door and went to the driver seat and settle down before started the car and rushing out of the parking lot and driving away.

She knew where she needed to go and what she had to do. She just hoped that her plan will go as it was supposed to.

Driving away, a smirk spread over her face when she saw a frantic blonde woman looking around. She knew exactly what she was looking for because it was her fault if the woman was in this state.

"Sir! Sir!" a young Officer came running in the daycare getting the attention from everyone. The Officer talking to Mark and Derek turned toward the young man waiting for him to explain what he had found.

After a few second trying to catch his breath, the young man redressed himself and held out a piece of paper to his superior. "We looked at the camera footage of the hospital and we found this." He said pointing to what he just gave his superior.

All three men looked at the paper and then they realized that it wasn't a simple paper. It was a picture, a picture of Sofia and someone holding her. The quality wasn't good and they only could see the woman's profile but they immediately recognized who it was.

"Erica."

9 days later:

Callie woke up in her bed after a long night of nightmares. Turning to her side, she sighed seeing the space where Arizona was supposed to be sleeping empty again. She felt the cold sheet and knew that the blonde had been gone for a good part of the night.

She looked at the clock and saw that she woke up just a few minutes before her alarm is suppose to go off. She sighed another time, she hated when she woke up just before her alarm, it was frustrating to say the least. She turned off her alarm and stood up to get ready for the day.

Walking out of her bedroom, she directly went where she knew Arizona was, Sofia's bedroom.
Opening the door, the sight that greeted her eyes was heartbreaking to say the least. The blonde was sitting in Sofia's old rocking chair, her head was falling on the side, and Callie knew that when she wake up it would hurt her. She was holding Sofia's stuffed monkey in a tight grip , she hadn't let go of it since that day. Callie was sure that it was the only thing holding Arizona together. However, it was hard to believe that the blonde hasn't broken down yet, seeing the state she was in.

As quietly as possible, Callie walked toward the blonde trying not to scare her awake. She crouches down in front of her trying to be at the same level. She gently stroked cheek until Arizona stirred awake.

She looked at Callie in the eyes and the brunette could see that the spark that made Arizona's blue eyes so unique... so similar to Sofia at the same time, had disappeared. Leaving her eyes a dull shade of blue-grey.

It was breaking Callie's heart seeing the blond in such a state, she wanted to help her but at the same she was also on the verge of breaking down herself. She didn't know what to do and she knew for certain that if the blonde hadn't been with her she would've lost it a long time ago.

Their parents wanted to come but Arizona exploded, saying that they never care about them and didn't truly accepted them so why would they come now, she didn't need to see their hypocrite faces.

Nine days. That's how long they haven't seen their little girl.

Nine days. Since the day their hearts had been ripped out of their chest.

The days pass taking their hope away with it. They didn't know what to do, as surgeons they were trained to have everything under control and to not let their emotion control them. But here they are hopeless, heartbroken and praying to a god they didn't even know existed that a miracle would happen, that their little girl would be given back to them.

Arizona gave a little smile to Callie, silently thanking her for waking her and stood up leaving Callie in Sofia's room without another glance.

She knew that Arizona was pulling away from her with each passing day and that scared her to no end. She was scared of losing her little girl and the love of her life at the same time. She had a feeling that Arizona was blaming her, and to be honest, she blamed herself too. Rationally she knew that it wasn't her fault but she couldn't stop herself from thinking that it if wasn't for her, none of this would've happen. She is the one that fell in love with Erica and she is the one that married her and she is the one that wanted to have a baby with her.

She was the problem and everything was her fault.

Looking at the retreating form of the blonde, she released the breath she had been holding and went to follow her girlfriend.

They ate breakfast and got ready for work without exchanging more than a few words to each other.
That was also another thing that started happening lately. With each passing day they talked less and less to each other and according to the other surgeons, Callie wasn't the only one Arizona stopped talking to.

Everybody was getting worried for Arizona's mental state. The interns were back to being scared of her and avoiding her like the plague.
Callie heard that she was practically worst than when Callie had been shot and it made the brunette heart break a little more and more guilt.

At the hospital, Arizona quickly changed to her scrubs and kissed Callie goodbye on the cheek with a promise of getting lunch together. Callie knew perfectly well that Arizona would be MIA once again come lunch time.

Today was the day. She had everything ready, she just needed to get to her car and leave this shitty town for good.

She had made all the arrangement necessary and she only had to cross the border without getting caught.

She had a hellish week with the little brat that didn't want to shut her mouth for even a second bringing unwanted attention to them. She has no idea how they haven't been spotted yet. Probably because the police is useless at its job and couldn't find anything even if it was in front of their eyes.

She grabbed her things and the little girl and left the cheap Motel room. She had been jumping from place to place not wanting to get recognize. She saw her picture and Sofia's all over the new, that's why she dyed hers and Sofia's hair red. She also changed her car and had already made fake ID's. All she needed to do now is get to the Mexican border without getting caught. She would get rid of the little brat and start a new life whenever she wants too.

Callie opened the door of their little apartment and wasn't surprised when she found all the lights out.
She threw her bag and keys on the counter next to her and walked to the couch, she tiredly plopped down. Today had been a long day and like she had predicted this morning Arizona wasn't present at lunch.

She missed the blonde, missed finding her when she came home from a long shift, she missed her laugh and the way her smile would light up whenever Callie or Sofia came in the room. She missed their long night talks, she missed her family.

She didn't notice she was crying until she felt water on her hand and realized that it was her tears. She wanted to break down and let it all out, she wanted to feel light and happy again even for just a second and forget that her life is a nightmare. But once again but she knew that she couldn't. She needed to stay strong for the babies that where due any minute now and the blonde that Callie think will never get back.

She took her phone out of her pocket and checked the time; 8:24 pm; she was waiting for a text and was hoping that it would come soon. She knew that what she did was wrong. It was like someone or something was listening to her because the second she was about to put her phone down it started buzzing signaling a new text message.

As soon as she read it she stood up, took her bag and her keys and was out of the door.

She arrived in front of a big house with a white fence around it. She double checked the address to be sure that she really was at the good place. She soon noticed Arizona's car not far in front of her and realized that she wasn't mistaken.
But what would the blonde be doing here? At this time and to who did the house belonged to.
She stepped out of her car and decided that she would go get the answers to the questions she kept asking herself.

On her way to the door, Callie was coming up with all kind of scenarios for the reason why Arizona was here, each one worse than the other. She found the door open and didn't bother to knock. If Arizona was hiding something from her she wanted to have the element of surprise and not let the blonde have the chance to hide whatever she was doing.

She walked inside the house and closing the door behind her she looked to her right and saw a big living room very well furnished. She noticed a few boxes standing in the corner.

"Arizona!" She whispered yell and took a cautious step toward the stairs in front of her. She didn't know what she was doing or where she was going, she was just following the lights.

Once she was up the stairs, she tried to call for Arizona another time but didn't get any answer. She walked to the end of the hallway to the only room lit. She froze reaching the doorway.

The room was a little girl's dream bedroom, everything a little girl could ask for was in this room. Looking around the room, she saw Arizona sitting on the bed in the middle of the room, the blonde was looking at a picture frame.

"Arizona?" She cautiously said. The blonde's head jerked up as she jumped off the bed.

"Calliope? What are you doing here?" Arizona asked surprised and genuinely curious.

Callie had no idea how to explain to the blonde how she got here and why. "I… uh…"

"You followed me!" Arizona said, her face hardened as she looked at Callie. She didn't ask, she stated and Callie just looked down. "Wow!" Arizona faked being surprised "I thought there was trust between us." she was about to go on a rant , Callie knew it just by looking at the blonde.

"Ok, hold on a sec." She stopped the blonde raising her hand. "Look, I'm sorry and I know what I just did is crappy and stupid but how can you blame me? You're never home, I'm always alone. I need you but you're never here. What was I supposed to do huh?" With each word her voice was raising and the tears where now flowing freely from her eyes. "You're aren't the only one hurting, Sofia is my daughter too and I miss her too and I'm as heartbroken as you!" She was now shouting, not letting Arizona say anything. "You can't shut me out, we are in this together and I need you to tell me that everything is going to be okay because I'm this close to completely loose my shit!" She showed her with her fingers how close she was from breaking and took a deep breath trying to calm herself.

They stood there looking at each other, both with tears in their eyes. They knew that in this moment their relationship was being tested and that they were stronger together but both had their reasons to act the way they did.

"I'm home..." Arizona quietly mumbled, Callie barely heard her.

"What?" the brunette asked confused.

"You said I'm never home, but I'm home. This is home" She said gesturing to the house they were in. Callie was looking at Arizona as if she has three heads. Arizona sighed and took a step closer to the brunette. "I'm sorry I neglected you, you are right we need to stick together and don't lose hope because we'll find our little girl. If I was never at the apartment it was because I was here. I bought this house for us and the kids and I've been getting it ready for us to move in before the twins are here."

Callie was speechless, from all the things she imagined, Arizona buying them a house hadn't even cross her mind. She felt guilty for distrusting Arizona, she should've known better.

Arizona had bought the house a few days before Sofia's disappearance and spending all her free time here working on the house was the only thing keeping her from going crazy and interrogate anyone she sees about Sofia. She avoided Callie because she was ashamed. She had failed her family and couldn't keep her baby safe. Every time she looked at Callie's face she was reminded of her failure and of the two little lives that were soon going to be here and be her responsibility.
She had spent the three first days of Sofia's disappearance harassing the police and trying to get as much information as possible. She didn't understand how they weren't able to find Erica. She couldn't just have vanished with her daughter. The third day she was so frustrated with the police incapabilities that she insulted them which resulted in her being arrested and spending the night in a cell. Since this day she spent her time either at work or here.

"I know we never talked about it but the apartment is too small and we don't have any room for the twins. I wanted to surprise you but I guess you surprised me." Arizona said with a small smile, she took Callie's hand and showed her the room they were in, "This is Sofia's room, I might've gone a little over board…" She tried to look sheepish. Callie still haven said anything, she was processing. "The room next to it is the twins and ours in at the end of the hallway." Arizona continued explaining. "I-" she didn't get to finish because the second she opened her mouth, Callie engulfed her in the tightest hug she ever had. Arizona didn't hesitate to immediately wrap her arms around Callie. She closed her eyes and had a big smile on her face.

"Thank you." Callie said her voice thick with emotion. Arizona just hummed, enjoying the hug. She was glad that Callie liked the house so far.

They were still both in each other's arms when they both heard a splash. Arizona's eyes flew open and Callie stopped breathing for a few second.

Slowly disentangling themselves from the hug, they both looked down between them. There they saw it, a pool of water at Callie's feet. Arizona slowly raised her head her eyes meeting Callie's wide one

"Oh my god!" They both said at the same time.

She was only driving now. She was supposed to be out of town a long time ago but the little brat decided that she was going to be sick and threw up everywhere. So she had to clean her and give her some medication. If she wanted to get a lot of money out of this she needed the little girl to be perfect.

In her hurry to get out of here as quickly as possible, she was driving way over the speed limit. A few minutes later she heard a police car and then saw it behind her signaling her to stop.

This day couldn't get any worse. She sighed and stopped on the side of the road. While waiting for the police officer, she turned toward Sofia and told her to stay quiet. Even though the little girl was smart for a two years old and understood that she had to stay quiet, she didn't the importance of listening to Erica nor the consequences.

"AHHHH!" Callie screamed. She was holding onto Arizona while the blonde was helping her get into the car.

"Breath baby, we're not far from the hospital." Arizona ran to the driver side and climbed in the car.
As soon as she was buckled in she started the car and speeded toward the hospital. Halfway they had to stop at a red light, Callie told Arizona to not stop and go faster but the blonde didn't want to risk it. Even though it was late and they weren't a lot of car on the road, she didn't want to put her girlfriend's and babies' life in unnecessary danger.

"Hi officer." Erica said so sweetly it could give someone diabetes.

"Did you know that you were driving way over the speed limit?" The Officer asked.

"I'm sorry sir but my little girl is sick and I wanted to take her to the Hospital as soon as possible"

Sofia was looking out of the window when something in front of her caught her eyes making her jump up and down. "Mama, Mama, Mama!" she started exclaiming and clapping her hands.

Erica looked at what Sofia was looking at, her eyes widened and she cursed under her breath.

"May I have your license and registration Madame?" the Officer asked not paying attention to the excited little girl. He just wanted to get over with this shit and go home. His shift was almost over when Erica passed in front of him driving like a mad man.

Erica didn't listen to the officer and started her car and tailing out of here. Sofia didn't stop squealing and it was getting on Erica's nerve. She turned around and fix the little girl with a glare before telling her to shut her mouth. She turned back to the road and her eyes went wide.

Everything went dark before she even got the chance to do anything.

As soon as the light turned green, Arizona started the car and sped until she reached the speed limit. She may be in a hurry but she wasn't going to get herself pulled over.

She looked at Callie and told her that everything was going to be ok and was showing her how to breath in and out. Callie turned to look at her and was about to snap at her telling her that it was all her fault when she was blinded by a light coming from Arizona's left. Her eyes widened before she yelled Arizona's name and the blonde barely had the time to look at what Callie was looking at before her eyes widened.

Everything went dark before she even got the chance to do anything.

A/N: I really do love cliffhangers

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