"That plan crash changed you both. You two have faced so much in such a short time. Much more than most couples face in a lifetime. Tragic events can either bring you together or drive you apart. When we lost Tim , Daniel and I almost separated. "
"Arizona never told me " I say.
"She never knew. Daniel blamed himself for Tim death. He wouldn't talk to me about his feelings he just shutdown. Over 25 years together we were two strangers sharing a house. We would go through the motions." Barbara tells me.
"What changed that kept you together" I ask
"One day I walked into his study and he was crying. I walked over to him and just held him. Nothing was said, once he got control again I walked away. That night when we went to bed he told me that he thought I hated him for pushing our son into the military. He couldn't understand how I could still love him when he cost us our son. He thought that if he did not push the kids so hard about duty and service that Tim may have chosen I different career path. He was filled with so much guilt, it was eating him up inside. It killed me to see the love of my life slowly dieing in front of me from unwarranted guilt. I realized some of that guilt he felt was my fault , I had unintentionally made him feel that way by saying over and over again how I wished he never went into the military not thinking that the reason our son joined in the first place was how he wanted to be just like his dad. See sometimes you get so caught up in your own feelings you forget about how your words can be interpreted by someone else. I apologized to Daniel and we finally started talking honestly about how we were each feeling. We really listened to each. Some of it was hard to hear as far as how we were making each other feel but in the end it made us stronger."
"Wow, and arizona never knew any of this" I ask
"Nope she was having here own issues so we were always a united front when we would talk to her and once were worked everything out there was no reason for her to know."
"Do you think arizona and I did that?"
"Did what dear" Barbara questions me.
"Do you think we assumed things about each other without really knowing or listening to what the other was really saying?"
Before Barbara could answer me her phone rang ,it was Daniel saying arizona was out of surgery, so we headed back upstairs. The ride up was quite both lost in our own we got back to the waiting area Daniel told us they were just moving her into her own room and would lets us see her soon so I gently began to wake Sofia up.
"Sof baby time to wake up, come on baby girl " I say as a rub her back.
She slowly opens her eyes and says "see momma now "
"Yeah baby you can see momma now, " I tell her as she climbs into my lap for me to carry her.
Bailey came out and told us arizona was all settled and we could see her but not for very long she needed her rest. We all headed to her room and went in.
As soon as Sofia saw arizona she was trying to wiggle out of my arms. "Mama, mama" She kept saying.
"Sof you need to be quite mama is still not feeling well ok" , I tell her.
Arizona opened her eyes "hey baby girl, come here"
I gently put sof on Arizona's bed explaining to her she needed to be extra careful because of mama's boo boos. I stand back and watch. Arizona and Sofia have such a strong bond.
"Mama are you ok , I got boo boos too but uncle Alex fixed me up, did they fix you too."
"Yeah baby mama got boo boos but I will be fine. I'm glad you're ok too. I love you so much ." Arizona tells her kissing her cheeks.
"Is she really ok" Arizona asks me.
"Yeah Alex ran every test under the sun she's fine just a couple scrapes." I tell her.
"I'm sorry Callie," she says to me.
"What are you sorry abou?"
"She got hurt in my care" she says
"Arizona it was not your fault it was an accident, that car ran a red light and hit you there was nothing you could have done."
"Thank you for waiting and letting me see her, and I'm sorry I ruined your night " she says.
"You didn't ruin anything ok, your here , sof is here that is all that matters. Nothing is ruined. Well except maybe you car " I say laughing a little trying to lighten the mood.
"And my leg, I guess my prosthetic got damaged in the accident." She tells me.
"Don't worry about that we will get you a better one" I tell her. Her parents step further in the room and Arizona sees them
Barbara came over and hugged her. " I glad you ok baby, "
"Thanks mom I will be fine. Hey dad."
"Hey baby girl, " he leans over and kisses her cheek.
Sofia is still lying next to Arizona and I see her eyes starting to droop. "Sof, baby come on it late and we need to get you home"
"I don't want to I want to stay with mama" she says as she holds onto Arizona tighter.
"Sof, mama needs to rest you can come back tomorrow " I try to tell her.
"No" she says.
" Sof you need to go home with mommy, I will see you in the morning ok. I love you so much" Arizona tells her.
"I want to stay with you, I don't want to go with mommy. " she says with her lip quivering.
"I know baby but I need to rest some more and so do you so please for mama go home with mommy and I will see you in the morning ok." Arizona says.
Finally Sofia says ok and gives her a kiss and tell her she loves her.
"I love you to sweet dreams, " Arizona tells her.
I pick Sof up off the bed being sure to be careful.
"I'm glad your ok, I will bring her back in the morning ", I tell her.
"Thanks again Callie I will see you in the morning." She says.
Daniel and Barbara come over and give Sof a kiss and hugs us both. As Barbara is hugging me I ask her if we can finish our talk. She says she would like that. With that Sof and I head home.