Oh Baby

"Arizona honey, your father and I worry about you and we'd like you to stay with us for a few days, since Callie has Sofia," Barbara stopped by the hospital to see Sofia after school and check on her daughter.

"Mom that's not necessary. April stayed over last night and actually Callie is coming over with Sofia to fix dinner for me." Arizona replies.

"Callie is coming over there to your place? Oh, well then we won't worry about you tonight. But you will call us if you need us?" Barbara asks wrapping an arm around her.

"I promise that I will call you if I need anything." Arizona says resting her head on her Mom's shoulder. "It's really great to have you and Dad here," she adds tearing up.

"Now stop that, or we'll both be a mess." Barbara teases, wiping a tear from her face.

"Pregnancy hormones, I've never been so emotional, it's ridiculous," Arizona says laughing a little.

"Are you going to tell me what happened with Melanie the other day? She came out of that exam room like she'd seen a ghost and then disappeared until right before you came out to tell us what was going on." Barbara says, concerned.

"Well, she's taking some time to think about things. I don't really blame her, I don't know if the roles were reversed if I would date someone pregnant with twins," Arizona explains.

"We asked her about that the other night and it didn't seem to bother her, are you sure it isn't something else?" Barbara asks.

"What else could it be Mom?" Arizona questions, not wanting to tell her what else Melanie said.

"I would think that she'd feel threatened by Callie, I know that the two of you are becoming friends, but Callie has been a bit protective of you. And as soon as she thought there was a problem with those babies, she went right in there to see," Barbara points out. "Now if I were Melanie, I'd be worried about that and it's no secret that you two still care a great deal about each other, despite what you both say, I'm not convinced that either of you has really moved on."

"Mom, this pregnancy has been emotionally confusing for both of us. I didn't realize that it would bring up so many feelings for me and apparently it has for Calliope as well. It's one of the reasons that she's coming over tonight, so that we can talk about them." Arizona explains.

"Well, if the two of you need to talk, then I'll just take Sofia home with me," she says pulling her phone out of her purse to call Callie and arrange it.

"There, done. Now, I'll just go pick her up and take her home." Barbara says slipping her phone back into her purse.

"Thanks Mom," Arizona says hugging her again.

"You have no idea how happy I am to do it, baby." She says kissing the blonde's head.

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"Hey, are you ready to head home?" Callie asks entering the blonde's office.

"I'm just waiting for April, I rode in with her today," Arizona replies smiling at the brunette.

"April just pulled into surgery, I told her that I'd take you...is that okay?" Callie asks crossing over to the desk.

"Oh, of course, but I could've just called my parents," Arizona replies a little nervous now that Callie's right beside her.

"I offered to do it and we do still have plans tonight, right?" Callie questions, worried that maybe she misunderstood why Arizona's Mom was taking Sofia tonight.

"Yes, we do have plans tonight, but instead of you cooking, why don't we go out to dinner?" Arizona suggests.

"As long as you feel up for it, I'd love to take you out to dinner," Callie replies.

"Calliope, I wanted to take you out to dinner to thank you for all your support this week," Arizona replies gathering her things to leave.

Silently, Callie Takes her bag and turns to follow her out of her office. Arizona makes a face and the brunette ignores her.

"Calliope, I can carry my own things," Arizona grumbles behind her.

"But you don't have to, I've got it," Callie replies walking beside her to the elevator.

"Hey, are you headed out?" Alex asks a little confused to see Callie and her leaving together.

"Yes, my car's at home, I rode in with April today." She explains.

"Oh well do you need a ride tomorrow, because I can swing by and get you," Alex offers, then glancing over at Callie, he shrugs, "Just let me know," he adds.

"You all know that I am capable of driving a car, being pregnant does not affect my driving," she says to both of them.

"We know that, but we also know that you hate to drive and Addison mentioned that your blood pressure was a little high lately, so we kind of all decided that we would offer to drive you." Alex admits.

"Seriously?" Arizona says annoyed.

"Arizona, it's no big deal," Alex scoffs. "Besides with your crazy hormones making you cry all the time it's better for everyone that you don't drive right now." He says before walking off.

Walking over to the elevator, Callie looks over at her, "You know that's normal, don't you remember how easily I cried my first trimester?"

"I remember, but the second trimester was a lot more fun," Arizona says playfully to change the subject.

"And you're almost at 12 weeks?" Callie points out playfully as the elevator doors open.

Embarrassed Arizona flushes red as they enter the elevator. Callie notices her embarrassment and begins to feel a little uncomfortable herself, but now she's unsure what to say to the blonde, so they ride the elevator in silence.

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"Um, it's still kind of early, why don't I drop you off at your place and then I'll come back around seven to get you for dinner?" Callie suggests as they walk towards the parking lot.

Knocking on the blonde's door an hour or so later, Callie is feeling more relaxed.

"Hey, come in I'm almost ready," Arizona says and disappears down the hall.

Callie looks around the room, she's only been here a few times and usually she's just dropping off Sofia. Arizona has it decorated simply, most of the items Callie's seen before they're from Arizona's trips to Africa. But the brunette stops when she notices a photo album that she's not seen before. Picking it up, she sits down on the couch to look through it and she's surprised to see that it's a collection of photos from when Sofia was a baby, a few from their wedding and then from when they bought the house. The last photo is the one Callie gave her of Sofia and Santa from last year.

Arizona enters the room and immediately realizes that Callie's found the photo album. "Uh, Mom started that for me after my accident and I've been trying to keep it updated..." the blonde explains.

"How come I've never seen this before?" Callie asks softly.

"At first, it was too hard to look at it, all I saw was what I lost, instead of comfort, these photos only brought me anger. It was all I could do not to throw it away at first." Arizona confesses, sitting down beside her. Taking a deep breath, the blonde continues. "One day I pulled it out to look at it and I saw our life together and I realized that the only one taking that from me was me and that was when I started feeling better about everything."

"Arizona," Callie says thickly, tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry that I didn't know. But I am glad that you kept it, I haven't seen many of these pictures in years, look at this one." She says showing her a photo of the blonde and Mark with Sofia, "I would like to get a copy of this one, I don't think I've even seen it before."

"Mom took it, I'll get you a copy," Arizona says smiling and reaching out for the album. Their hands touch and Callie turns her's over, holding it out palm up and the blonde puts her's into it and squeezes. The brunette pulls her in and presses her lips to soft pink ones. Arizona pulls away, "I guess we should talk about this," she says softly.

"We should go to dinner first," Callie says a little nervously. "Or do you want to order in?"

"I just had take out from the place down the street, let me find the menu, it was really good." Arizona replies getting up and going over to her kitchen counter. "Here it is," she says returning to the couch.

"Oh, this looks really good," Callie says, "Let's order and I'll go get it."

Taking their dishes to the kitchen and rinsing them off, Callie hums to herself happily.

"You have to admit, this was a really nice evening," Callie says smiling at her, "Arizona, we can do this. I want to do this with you."

Arizona sits stunned for a minute as she considers it. Then she stands up and goes over to the brunette, "Callie, that doesn't make any sense, we're not together. Why would you want to do this with me?" Arizona asks softly.

"We planned to have a family together and I still want a family," Callie explains.

"Yes, but do you want a family with me?" Arizona asks.

"Arizona, we already have a family together, we are a family." Callie replies, "Do you not want to do this with me?"

"Callie, I want to do this with you, but I need to understand why you want to do this with me," she replies looking down at the counter.

"Wait, you want to do this with me?" Callie asks confused and moving around the counter to stand beside her.

"Calliope, I decided to do this for me because of you. My life changed when I met you, loving you changed me in ways, that still surprise me. I mean, I'm alone and pregnant and it's basically your fault. So you wanting to do this with me? Well that's really amazing but I can't let you do it..." Arizona replies looking into her soft brown eyes.

"Arizona..." Callie interrupts, but the blonde continues.

"I can't let you do it because I think that you doing it means something different to me, than it does to you," she finishes.

"Okay, wait a minute," Callie says taking her hand, "this means everything to me Arizona."

"We broke up because you felt suffocated, you wanted to be free. This is the opposite of being free Calliope, I'm having twins..." Arizona explains carefully, staring down at their joined hands.

"Two years ago we were in a different place, Arizona. Two years ago we had band-aids covering bullet holes," Callie reminds her, "but today we're here together and independently deciding to do this together because, I hope, because we still love each other. Arizona, I want to do this with you because I love you. Am in love with you. I am still in love with you," she says stepping forward.

They both pause a moment, neither fully understanding what they've just said to each other. Until finally, Arizona flashes a smile at the brunette and says, "Calliope I love too."