Arizona arrived home late due to a surgery and decided she was going to try to FaceTime Sofia. She knew she was about a half hour later than she normally was but she was hoping the little one was still up. Callie answered and was not happy. "Arizona, its almost past her bedtime. You can't just call whenever you want. If you really wanted to talk to Sofia, you would make the effort to call when it isn't bedtime."
"I understand that Callie but my surgery ran late and I just would really like to speak to her." Arizona pleaded.
Callie informed the blonde that Sofia was already asleep. "Okay Callie, would it be possible for her to call me in the morning before school?" Callie replied that she would try, but wasn't making any promises because mornings were always so hectic. Arizona thanked her and hung up.
She was angry and she started to cry. She knew the only reason that mornings were hectic was because Callie wasn't a morning person and often overslept. Sofia was very responsible and was able to get herself ready with almost no help.
She texted Meredith and told her about her conversation with Callie. This upset Meredith as she knew how much Arizona was missing Sofia and Callie knew how unpredictable a surgeons schedule is. When she was sure that Arizona had calmed down she told her she would talk to her later.
She immediately picked up her phone and called Callie. "Hey Meredith, how are you? Everything going okay back at Grey Sloan?"
"No Callie, everything is not okay here. Arizona is really upset. She is Sofia's other mother. She is entitled to talk to her. She won custody Callie and she still let you take Sofia. What are you doing?"
Callie was not expecting that. She immediately became defensive "I can't believe that she ran to you with this. Did she think that because you are my friend that she could come to you and have you scold me?"
Meredith replied "No Callie, you have this all wrong. Arizona is my friend too. Although I am not quite sure I know who you are anymore. The Callie I knew wouldn't act like this. She wouldn't hurt her daughter by keeping her mother from her."
"I'm not keeping Sofia from Arizona, she called past Sofia's bedtime. Last week she called from your house and got her wound up and I had a hard time getting her settled back down. Is it so hard for her Arizona to follow a schedule?"
Meredith told her friend "Yes Callie it is, we are surgeons you know how that is. Arizona especially since she is the only fetal surgeon in the northwest."
"Well Meredith maybe Arizona shouldn't have chosen fetal surgery over her family then." Meredith told her old friend " Please Callie, have Sofia call her in the morning." Callie agreed.
Meredith ended the call. She had no idea how Arizona had been dealing with Callie when she was behaving like this. Especially since she gave up her daughter. She made a mental note to talk to Arizona about this. She felt the need to protect Arizona.