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It's August which means there's about 58 days before season 14 starts…YAY!
Callie's POV.
It's still really early. Sofia and Aaron should have 30 minutes of sleep still. I'm at the door of the apartment. I have their clothes. I don't know what Sof will do for the day. She'll probably want to spend it with Arizona and make up for lost time but I know Arizona have to into the hospital. I go in using the key Arizona gave me. It looks as though they are all still a sleep. I check in Cristina/ Sofia's old room to see if Sof is there but no one's there. When I open our old room, I see one of my dreams. I always used to dream of what it would have been like if Arizona was still around. Aaron was in the middle of Sofia and Arizona. Arizona had a protective hand over the both of them. I can't lie, this gives me so much happiness. Arizona woke up with messy hair. Damn she is still as beautiful as ever. I hold my finger in front of my lips, suggesting to her that she must ssssshhhh. She gets up and we make our way over to the kitchen. She makes us coffee and even though we are still uncomfortable around each other, we talked like civilised humans.
"I was surprised that you let them stay."
"I was surprised that I let them. I'm still so angry at you but I can't keep them away from you. If they want to see you, then by all means they must. If they do not want to, then we won't force them. You have to understand that they are my first priority. I don't think about myself anymore, I think about what's good for them."
"I know and I understand. I just want to thank you."
"What's your plan here Arizona? What are you going to do after Aria? "
"Well having them in my arms last night made me want to stay here. I want to be here with them but if that's not what you want, I'll go back to LA. I do however want to still see them. So I was going to ask you if it's okay with you, for me to come to Grey Sloan"
"I think you should think about your kids and not what I feel."
"It's important for me that you are okay with it."
"I won't treat you bad. I just don't want you to think that we are friends. We are not. For now let's at least be to parents trying to raise our kids right."
"Okay Callie."
"So what are you doing today?"
"I'm checking in on Aria. I'll be done at the hospital at 2. I wanted to take the kids for ice cream and then come back here and watch a movie or something. I figured you'll be working, so I might as well take them."
"Sounds good to me I'll come get them after my shift then. We should go wake them up and start the day. "
Arizona's POV
I got a chance to bath Aaron and Callie bathed Sofia. We got them dressed and we walked into the hospital like a real family. This is the way it's supposed to be. I went to check on Aria and everything seemed okay. We did scans again because we wanted to maybe remove the rest of the tumour. Instead we saw that it won't be in the baby's best interest to remove the rest. I discussed it with Aria. It was all still up to Aria to decide whether or not she'll wait to remove the tumour. She decided to wait. Bailey and I both agreed that it would be in her best interest to stay at the hospital for the rest of the week. I got done at about two and went to go get my kids. The day was amazing. I think I might have given Aaron too much sugar because he is not switching off. Callie will be here soon and he is still running up and down like a crazy person.
Callie came and the kids didn't want to go but I promised to come spend the Saturday with them. Then Callie said something about dinner at Mer's house on Friday evening. The kids will be going with her and she said Mer invited me too.
The week was easy to get through. I went to check on Aria every day. On Thursday I spoke with Bailey who is chief of surgery, explaining to her where I'm at with Callie and I asked to have my job back. She said she'll talk to the board. I'm on the board and so is Callie, so Bailey asked the rest of the members. On Friday on my way to the dinner Derek call to tell me that they would love to have me back but it's all up to me and Callie. I arrived at the dinner with a bottle of wine. Callie and the kids were already there. Sofia and Aaron didn't see me; they were too busy playing with Zola and Bailey. I asked Callie to meet me outside because I wanted to tell her I'm staying before anyone else tells her. When I went over to her, Meredith and Alex; Alex had a grin on his face. I asked to talk to her outside and then in typical Alex fashion he says, "Are you two hitting it again." Thank God Callie just laughed at him and we walked away to go sit on the porch. The same porch where I held Sofia when Callie refused to let me see her. We sat beside each other and watched on as everybody stared at us. Luckily Bailey came and moved them all away. Callie was sitting a bit closer than usual but still not as close I'd want her to be.
"So what's up?"
"Well Derek said they'd be pleased to have me back but you and I should just sort it out between us."
"There's nothing to sort out. You'll be back in Seattle and we'll co-parent."
"So you are okay with this?"
"I'm fine with it. Sofia will be over the moon. I don't think Aaron knows much at this point."
"Thank you Callie, for allowing me to stay. For making it possible for me to see the kids. You don't have to be so kind. If I were you I'd be angry. I mean I'm still hurt because you never told me. You went through so much alone and here you are still being nice to me."
"Don't read too much into it. I'm doing it for the kids and only for them."
"Okay Callie, if you say so. Listen, I'm going to hug you now while no one's watching. Is that okay? Just to say thank you."
"Yes of course."
I was surprised that she said yes. So I leaned in to hug her and she hugged back. It wasn't a long hug but it was what I needed. She pulled back and Sofia came running out with Zola but they stood still in the door frame. She was super excited.
"Mommy ! Mommy!."
I didn't give her any attention. My attention was focused on Callie to see her response as to why Sofia was shouting at her. Callie looked at me surprised and I don't know why she is looking at me that why. Then she started to giggle.
"Arizona, your daughter is calling you."
I had no answer for her. I was shocked. I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out. She just called me mommy.
"I'm mama so I guess you are mommy."
I still couldn't speak then Sofia and Zola came closer.
"Mommy, I was calling you. Come see what Zola and I did. "
My heart was bursting with joy.
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