Chapter 21
"Calliope, wake up," Arizona nudges her gently.
"I'm up, I'm up, what? What do you need?" She asks trying to be awake and happy about it.
"It's time," she says leaning up on her elbow and smiling at the brunette.
"Uh, 3:37 am, why did you... wait, it's time?" she repeats excitedly and flings the covers off. "Oh my god, okay, let me get dressed." She says running over to her dresser and grabbing jeans. Then remembering the blonde, she sits on the side of the bed. "Wait, why is it time?" she asks carefully, remembering that they went through this two nights ago and it was indigestion.
Throwing the covers off, Arizona looks down, "my water broke," she says smiling.
"Oh my god, your water broke!" Callie says going over to the closet and grabbing the overnight bag that they prepared two weeks ago. Slipping on her shoes, she spins around to look for her phone. "We should call your parents to come over to get Sofia."
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"Yes, we're 5 minutes away, has Dr Miller responded to the page?" Callie asks.
"She's on her way, just pull up to the ER, we're ready for you," April says excitedly.
"Okay, DeLuca grab that chair and go out and wait for them. I'm right behind you." April says directing him to the ambulance bay entrance.
"Are they here yet?" Jackson asks coming up behind April.
"Not yet, what are you doing here?" She asks surprised to see him.
"Ah, I told DeLuca to page me if Arizona went into labor," he replies.
"You did? Why?" April asks.
"I didn't want to miss this, it's exciting, our friend is having twins," he explains excitedly, following her out the door.
Callie pulls up and Jackson and DeLuca help Arizona out of the car and into the wheelchair. Jackson tells DeLuca to move the car over to the parking lot as Callie comes around the car to go inside with her.
"Miller is upstairs preparing the OR, are you ready?" April asks.
"I've been ready for weeks," Arizona replies grimacing through another contraction.
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"What's going on?" April asks entering the waiting room with Arizona's parents and a sleepy Sofia.
"She delivered the first one and now they're waiting to see if she can deliver the second one, but they may have to do a c-section," Jackson replies.
"Sit here and I'll go check on the baby," April instructs them.
Scrubbing quickly and slipping on a mask and gown, she steps into the OR and heads right over to Alex.
"Alex, is that Timothy? How is he?" she asks.
"He's good, breathing on his own. Dr Miller, how's it going over there?" He asks.
"You're doing great," Callie says encouraging her. "Timothy is pinking up, can you hear him?" she asks.
"Yes," she says breathing hard and smiling at her.
"The sonogram shows that he's in a good position now, Arizona can you give us a push?" She asks.
Groaning and grunting, the blonde pushes and then screams.
"Hold up, he's crowning, just hold on, now go ahead and give me one more good push." Dr Miller says as the blonde begins straining again.
"Hello Nicholas," Dr Miller says holding him up as Alex comes over to get him.
Alex takes the baby back over to the table and begins rubbing him to get him breathing, seconds go by before the baby gasps and then cries out.
"You did it!" Callie says leaning over to kiss the blonde.
"Calliope, we did it. I'm so glad you were here," Arizona replies tearfully. "Now go check on the babies."
Callie looks down at Dr Miller and she nods to her, so the brunette rushes over to the babies.
"They're doing good." Alex says to her, but I need to get them upstairs. "April get Timothy and let's go."
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"They're breathing on their own and we'll be able to see them soon. We can see Arizona now, so let's go." Callie says going over to take Sofia from Daniel. "Are you ready to see Momma, mija?"
Nodding the little girl perks up, "Am I a big sister yet?" she asks.
"You are a big sister," Callie answers. "Now let's go see Momma."
"Darling you look beautiful!" Barbara exclaims as she enters the room and rushes to her daughter's side.
"Thanks Mom," Arizona replies.
Callie sets Sofia on the end of the bed and she looks at Arizona shyly, "Momma, are you okay?" she asks patting her foot.
"I'm great little miss, come here and give me a kiss," Arizona says patting the bed beside her.
Sofia carefully climbs over her and up to sit beside her and give her a hug and kiss. "I love you Momma."
Callie slips around to the other side of the bed and leans in to kiss them both.
The door slides open and Alex and April enter, each holding a baby and Arizona can't help but squeal.
Alex leans in, "Timothy, this is your mom," he says carefully handing her the newborn.
"And here's Nicholas," April says handing him to Callie.
Callie turns and leans in with him so Sofia can see him.
"I'm a big sister!" Sofia says looking from one baby to the other.
April and Alex move back towards the door to let the family have some time with the babies.
Jackson walks up behind them and pulls out his phone to take pictures.
"Jackson, what are you doing?" April asks.
"They're going to want pictures, I know we would." He says smiling down at her.
"You've been really great through this, I know it was hard," she says tearing up.
"It was hard, but look at them. Things work out, you just have to give it time," he says smiling at her tearfully. "We have to believe that," he adds.
Nodding she leans back against him and he wraps an arm around her and kisses her hair.
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"Timothy Daniel Robbins-Torres and Nicholas Daniel Robbins-Torres," Addison says entering the room to see Arizona. "You decided."
"We wanted their names to match ours," Arizona replies, holding out her hand to show a wedding band.
"You guys got married? When?" Addison asks surprised.
"Two weeks ago, don't tell anyone, we just went down to city hall, April and Alex went with us and of course my parents were there." Arizona explains.
"Well, aren't you two just full of surprises! Congratulations," Addison says leaning in to hug her.
"What about you? I can't believe you're here already?" Arizona remarks.
"You're kidding right? Callie's worse than Mark, she called me at 4 am and told me to get on a plane!" Addison says sitting down on the bed.
"Well, since you're here..." Arizona says smiling, "You've seen Timothy and Nicholas?"
"Your sons are gorgeous and healthy," Addison replies. "Callie and your Mom were holding them when I left, I think there's a line down the hall though." she teases.
"Addison, thank you for everything." Arizona replies, tears filling her eyes.
"You're welcome," Addison says getting up and going over to hug her lightly.
"Hey, are you ready for visitors?" Callie asks stepping in with Arizona's parents each carrying a baby.
"Yes, bring them over here!" She says excitedly as her parents each hand her a baby.
Callie steps back to take a picture and then she motions for Arizona's parents to move in for another shot.
Addison goes over and takes Callie's phone, "Let me get one of all of you," she says.
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"Calliope!" Arizona calls out.
"Almost ready, hold on just a second." Callie says, messing with the tripod.
"Just call Dad, he can take the picture," Arizona says laughing at the brunette.
"No, I've got it lined up now, she says taking Nicholas back from the blonde as the camera flashes. "Damn, I mean shoot, that wasn't long enough," she says going back over to mess with the camera.
Arizona nudges Sofia to get the phone off the table and hand it to her.
"Dad? Can you come over and help Callie for a minute?" Arizona asks, then hangs up the phone.
"I can't believe you did that, I said that I have it," Callie mutters.
"Cal, you've been trying to take this picture for almost a half hour," Arizona says getting up and going over to kiss her and Nicholas.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I just wanted to do it myself." She says pouting.
"I know, but I can't sit in this chair any longer," Arizona says as her Dad walks in the house.
"What's going on here?" He asks looking around the room.
"We're trying to take a family photo, but I can't get the timer set right," Callie explains, "Would you please take the picture, Dad?"
"You bet," he says stepping up to the tripod and waiting for them to get settled before taking the picture.
"Okay, let me see it," Callie says going over to the camera and handing off Nicholas to Daniel.
"Oh, that's perfect!" she says, leaning over and kissing his cheek.
"Thank god!" Arizona says dramatically, then to Sofia she adds, "Okay little miss, we're done with the picture, you can go change clothes."
"Can I go over to Grandma and Grandpa's now?" Sofia asks.
"If it's alright with them, Dad?" Arizona says.
"Oh it's fine, why doesn't she just stay the night with us and I'll take her to school in the morning." He suggests.
"Oh let me help her pack her overnight bag!" Callie says heading down the hall.
"Dad, thank you so much." Arizona replies going over to him.
"Carlos called, he's flying in tomorrow." Daniel says.
"He called you?" Arizona asks confused.
"Yes, he returned my call and I told him to get his ass on a plane and come see his daughter and her family." Daniel explains.
"Why would you do that, Dad?" Arizona asks.
"Arizona, I am a father and a grandfather, trust me, it was time for him to know." Daniel replies.
"I hope you're right. What time will he be here?" She asks softly.
"I'm picking him up after I drop Sofia off at school, I'll text you when we're on the way." He says, looking over to Callie and Sofia coming back down the hall.
"Okay, now Miss Sofia are you ready to go see Grandma?" he asks taking her hand.
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Nervously Arizona checks her phone again.
"Arizona Robbins, what's going on? You've checked your phone fifty times in the last ten minutes?" Callie asks.
"Uh, do you remember when we talked about calling your dad and letting him know that we were married and everything?" She asks.
"Yeah, but we haven't done it, because I'm not ready. Wait, what did you do?" Callie asks.
On the table Arizona's phone buzzes. "Uh, I didn't do anything, but my Dad did," she replies.
"Your Dad did what, exactly?" Callie asks as the front door opens.
"Mija!" Carlos says entering the house and stopping to look around.
"Daddy?" Callie says looking over at Arizona, "Daddy why are you here?"
"I'm here to see my family," he says kissing her before walking over to Arizona and kissing her as well. "Now where are my grandsons?"
"In here," Daniel says leading him down the hall to the nursery.
Callie turns around to Arizona, "his grandsons? You dad told him everything?" she asks.
"He did, I just found out yesterday and I didn't want you to worry about it, so I didn't tell you." She says cringing.
"We'll talk about that later," Callie says turning around to see the two men coming back down the hall each with a baby.
"I have Nicholas, you have Timothy." Daniel says looking over at the other baby.
"No, it's the other way Dad," Arizona says going over to him and checking the baby.
"They are beautiful and perfect," Carlos says sitting down on the couch. "Now what's this I hear about you to getting married at city hall?" He asks.
"Dad we already did the big wedding, this time we just did it simply." Callie explains.
"You and I are going to have a discussion later," he says firmly to her. "Arizona, welcome back to the family," he adds.