Of course we need Callie's pov.

Chapter 45- Callie

I really didn't want to talk to him, but if Daniel said it was alright then I'd at least hear him out. I could tell my mom was nervous, along with Aria, I don't think they've seen each other in like 10 years, if not more. I lead the group into the house and take my seat at the table, my mom follows suit and takes the one she has claimed, Aria doing the same. "sit" mom demands, he looks at her confused "if you want us to hear you out then sit the fuck down" Aria and I both snicker at hearing my mom swear at him. He nods and finally takes a seat, I thought about offering drinks, but don't, Aria and mom both live here, and my father doesn't deserve one. I hear him clear his throat, his voice is soft when he starts talking "I brought you the signed divorce papers, they're in the car" I look over at my mom who just nods. Yes, we are almost free of him. "I came out here today to give them to you and had hope to be able to talk to you both, and having Aria here too" he looks at her, I see her take a deep breath "I want to apologize to all of you, the way I have acted throughout the past 40 years" he shakes his head "it wasn't right"

"what about the last few months?" mom asks

"that's another story entirely" he takes a deep breath and sits back in the chair. "when I found out Calliope was with Arizona, I" he pauses "you don't know this about me, but Daniel and I used to be close" I found myself almost holding my breath as we waited for him to go on. "really close" he says, looking around the kitchen "this place hasn't changed a bit" he says then looks down at the table "Daniel and I we were more than friends, and back then it was" he pauses trying to find the right words.

"Daniel has already explained all that" mom says, "that explains the pictures I found under the bed"

"yeah" he says looking up "I'm sorry Lucia, I love you, but I was never in love with you. My heart as always belonged to Daniel"

"what happened" Aria asks the question before I could, I see my dad take a deep breath "this is the first time I am ever telling this story" I nod, remembering Daniel saying the same thing. "except for my shrink, that is" we nod, and he goes on "when I left for college I had left some letters Danny had wrote me, under my bed in a shoe box. My mom went in cleaning and found the box, she opened it and saw they were letters and left it on my bed. After she told my dad about it, he went in and read them" he paused "when I came home for Christmas, I was so excited to see Danny again, I ran upstairs, to toss my bags in my room, when I got there, there sat that old box, with the letters ripped up. My dad then showed up in the doorway, and told me I was never to see him again"

"wow" I mutter, I never realized that my dad could have loved Daniel, but how could he not, Arizona is just like him and I fell for her. "wait" I speak up "so it's not the fact that I'm with a woman, it's that I'm with Arizona"

"partly, honestly I was jealous" he says looking at me, in his eyes I saw tears start to well up "I was jealous that you could openly be with Arizona when I couldn't even look at Danny" it was weird hearing someone call him Danny, especially when it was my dad calling him that. "I am going to say" he says turning to my mom "you saved me"

"how" she ask

"that night we met" she nods "I was going to go out to the woods and kill myself" this causes us all to gasp. "if you hadn't stop to talk to me" he pauses "I wouldn't be here"

"you loved him that much?" Aria asks, he nods still looking at my mom "I know this is hard to hear, but I hope it explains some of how I have been" my mom nods, she's heard Daniel's side of it so this wasn't a complete shock. "anyway, I do love you, all of you" he says looking around the table, I turn my attention to Aria, and watch her as she says "I know you aren't my real dad, but" she stops, I hear the chair scrape the floor as she stands walking over to him, she wraps her arms around him and whispers something I can't hear. I know it was something kind, because the tears that were welling up in his eyes began to fall. I then turn my attention to my mom, who nods, so I stand and join my sister in hugging my dad. "oh Calliope" he says and wraps me tight "I'm sorry I pushed George on you, I just didn't want you to feel the heartache I felt"

"it's ok daddy, just keep getting help" I say and kiss his cheek, I pull back and he turns to mom "I'll get those papers for you, you can have the divorce, and anything else you want, I" he pauses and wipes his cheek "I don't want anything anymore"

"Carlos" mom says "I don't want anything"

"wait there is something I want, or rather need" he says "I need you both to come back to work, that place has gone downhill since you've left, Mark is trying, but he's not either of you" I look at my mom who shrugs "let me talk to Arizona"

"it'll have to be after the wedding" Aria pipes in "we have a lot of work to do before then"

"wedding?" he says looking at me, I smile and nod "Arizona and I are getting married in a month"

"oh" he deflates again

"you should be there" mom says "walking your daughter down the aisle"

"I'd love nothing more" he smiles, we all let out a sigh of relief, and he stands "I'll get you those papers and be heading out" he says heading towards the door, we follow him out, I can see Arizona and Alex peaking out through the window, and I wave them out. "daddy there's someone I'd like you to officially meet" he turns towards me, and I smile, when Arizona and Alex come out of the kennel, followed by Daniel. I watch as my dad looks at Daniel and they share a small smile. "dad this is Arizona, the love of my life, my soon to be wife, Arizona this is my dad" I could tell Arizona was tense, but she held out her hand and politely said "it's nice to meet you Mr. Torres"

"Carlos" he whispers

"huh?" Arizona cocks her head the way she does when she's confused or didn't hear what you were saying.

"you're marrying my daughter, call me Carlos"

"I'd prefer asshole" Alex mutters and Aria smacks him "what?" I see Aria lean in and whisper something, causing Alex to roll his eyes and shake his head. "Lucia, here are the papers" he says reaching into the car and pulling them out handing them to her. "keep me informed of the wedding plans, and if I can be of any help" Arizona and I both nod "thank you daddy" I smile and watch as he says something to my mom and Aria then leaves.

"holy shit" Arizona says as she finally relaxes "did that just happen?" she asks, I look at Daniel who smiles, I can tell he's battling his own emotions.

"I think we're going to be ok" my mom says as she holds the envelope close to her.

I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with the Carlos and Daniel story line. Do we want to see them try and be together as adults? How do we feel Callie and Arizona would react to that? I do know that Daniel and Lucia will NOT be getting together, in that sense Daniel will only be with Barbara. Let me know what you all think. Thanks for reading, and hopefully the ideas keep coming, so I can keep going with this story.