It was finally Friday and Arizona was called into a late surgery. Maggie had picked up Zola, Bailey and Ellis and Callie would be here any minute to pick up Sofia. Arizona rushed home and was in the shower hoping to be finished before Callie showed up.
Meredith hadn't had any alone time with Callie since their run in and Arizona didn't want it to happen tonight. She didn't want anything to ruin their night. She had just finished up when she heard the doorbell. She threw on her robe and grabbed her crutches and was rushing down the steps when her crutch slipped and she fell. Fortunately it was only 2 steps. Sofia and Meredith rushed in to help as Callie lingered back and was frozen in place as Arizona's robe had fallen open as Callie saw parts of ex wife she hadn't seen in years. Sofia reached out and closed her Momma's robe and asked "Momma are you okay?" As Meredith helped her girlfriend to her feet. "Are you hurt?"
Arizona could see the worry in her daughters eyes and assured her that she was fine. Callie had shaken herself out of her stupor and looked at Arizona with concern "is anything broken?" She stepped closer to Arizona and Meredith said "I think she's good." Callie looked up and took the hint and asked Sofia if she was ready. Sofia looked at her Momma and walked up and hugged her and said "Maybe I should stay? Meredith might need my help taking care of you?"
Arizona hugged her daughter and said "Baby girl, I am so proud of you and how you always want to help. But I am okay, so you go with your Mommy and have fun. Okay?"
The little girl nodded and went to hold her Mommy's hand. She turned to Meredith and said " Mer, will you call me if you or my Momma needs me?" Meredith nodded and kissed the little one on to of her head.
Arizona looked at her ex wife and said "Hey, Callie? My mom is coming in town next week and she said she'd like to take you to lunch one day, If that's okay?" Callie agreed and told the blonde to just have her mother text or call her to set something up.
Once they had left, Meredith said "Okay, should we get you checked out?"
Arizona replied "No, I really am fine." Meredith said "Well it's a good thing because Callie was already checking you out."
Arizona looked horrified " I am so sorry, I didn't mean for that to happen."
Meredith said "Its not your fault, besides I think it's funny. She's not going to get that image out of her head anytime soon, and I have that image anytime I want." As she kissed her girlfriend. "Now, if you are sure you are okay, let's go make a baby." As she stared into blue eyes.
The next day Arizona was walking into the attendings lounge when Gwen asked "Why are you limping?"
Arizona shook her head and said "Its nothing"
Gwen looks skeptical "Nothing doesn't cause a limp. What happened?"
Arizona said "Well first of all, you probably didn't know about this." As she pulled her pant leg up to her shin to show her prosthetic. "I slipped on the stairs last night and bruised my limb. But I'm okay, I'm just going to prop it up for a bit."
Gwen looked shocked "Oh Arizona I am so sorry for prying."
Arizona replied "Don't be, you were just being concerned. I should have told you already but honestly as much as everyone talks around here, I was sure someone would have told you. I was in a plane crash. Well actually there were several of us. Me, Meredith and her husband Derek, Meredith's sister Lexie Grey, Christina Yang, and Sofia's father Mark Sloan. Mark and Lexie didn't survive, we all were injured, were were in the woods for four days. I lost my leg." She shrugged.
Gwen said "Okay so Grey Sloan memorial, I always wondered if there was a connection with Meredith. Wow, no wonder you and Meredith have such an unbreakable bond."
"I've never thought about it like that before. I always have thought of the plane crash as the beginning of the end to mine and Callie's marriage." Arizona said.
"Well, Arizona a traumatic event like that can cause all kinds of issues, even for the most solid relationships. You can't place all the blame on yourself because a relationship consists of more than one person." Gwen placed a supportive hand on Arizona's shoulder causing the blonde to smile "Thank you." She said.
Arizona was standing at gate at the airport waiting for her Mother to get off the plane. She finally saw the older blonde and rushed to hug her. She held her Mom for a long time, trying to control her emotions. She was so happy to see her Mom, it had been a while. She was also nervous how her Mom and Meredith would get along, and how would Sofia feel sharing her Grandma. "Arizona, look at you. You've lost weight. You need to start taking care of yourself." Arizona just smiled. She had missed her Mom.
As they gathered her Mom's luggage and made their way to the car, Arizona begged her Mom to be on her best behavior. Barbara feigned shock.
Arizona said "Mom, please? I love her."
Barbara held her daughters hand and said "If you love her, I'm sure I will too."
On the drive home, Arizona tried to fill her Mom in on everything about the kids and her girlfriend. She wasn't worried about her Mom accepting all the kids because deep down she knew her Mom was born to be a Grandma. She was concerned a little bit about her girlfriend because Meredith's own mother was the total opposite of her own. When they pulled up to the house, Sofia, Zola and Bailey were standing on the porch waiting. As soon as Barbara got out of the car, Sofia squealed "Grandma" and ran up and hugged her. Zola and Bailey hung back hesitantly.
Barbara walked up to the two and bent down and said " You must be Zola and Bailey. I am so glad to meet you."
Bailey looked at her and said "We never had a Grandma before." As he was kicking at the ground.
Barbara pulled them both into a hug "Well you do now." Arizona could see the smiles grow on the little ones faces. She opened the trunk to get the luggage and Bailey came running up "I'll help you Zona, I'm the man of the house." Arizona smiled and handed him the smallest suitcase to carry in.
They walked in the house to hear Ellis crying and Meredith trying to calm her down. Arizona walked right over and Ellis said "Ma" as soon as Arizona held her arms out to the little one she reached and nuzzled her neck "Ma" she said again as she instantly stopped crying.
Meredith shook her head and leaned in to whisper to Ellis. "You came out of my vagina, not hers." The baby just laughed.
Barbara watched the whole interaction and her heart swelled with pride. She loved seeing her daughter interact with her loved ones.
Arizona introduced her girlfriend to her mother and Barbara grabbed Meredith and pulled her into a hug. Barbara told Meredith " Either call me Mom or Barbara. Now Arizona don't hog that baby. Hand her over."
Meredith said "She doesn't take too well to strangers."
Barbara held out her arms out Ellis went straight to her and smiled and babbled.
Meredith turned to her girlfriend and said "I see where you get it from."
The kids gave Barbara a tour of the house and Bailey said "You get to sleep in my room. I cleaned it and everything. I'm gonna stay with Ellis." He told her "Make sure you shut your door at night or you will hear Mommy and Zona doing kissy face."
Barbara looked over at her daughter and her girlfriend who were both blushing and told Bailey "thank you for the advice but I'm sure they won't be loud while I'm here."
Arizona whispered in her girlfriend's ear, "remember, you asked for this."
