A/N: So a handful of the fics I posted recently are complete, but I will still be updating the other ones. Last night after the episode I wanted to write about Leah, so I sat down and wrote about 5 or 6 chapters. Hope you like it.
Arizona and Leah had actually become really close friends. With Teddy gone and everyone else taking Callie's side, she had been in need of a good friend. Yes, she had slept with Leah, but for her it was more about the friendship and having someone to listen and hang out with since she had no one else.
The problem is that Leah was smitten. Arizona knew it, but she chose to ignore how Leah watched her when she slept or how she was always longingly looking at her from across the room at the hospital.
Arizona was currently noticing that Leah was looking at her all starry eyed and Arizona was trying to ignore it when Callie walked up to her.
"Your girlfriend is practically a pile of goop on the floor staring at you," Callie said as she flipped through a chart.
"She's not my girlfriend," Arizona defended, as she looked at Callie she was actually pretty surprised she was even in the same room as her, let alone talking to her.
"Coulda fooled me. It's all over the hospital you know. Everyone is talking about how you moved on with the cute new intern."
"Callie, I'm lonely and I needed a friend. This is the most you have talked to me outside of plans for Sofia in months."
"I'm lonely too, but you don't see me jumping into bed with interns."
"Maybe we could talk about something else Calliope," Arizona tried.
"I have nothing else to talk to you about. Maybe you should divorce your wife before you start getting all serious with someone else," Callie said as she turned on her heel and stalked away.
Arizona felt like someone had just punched her in the heart. Callie hadn't brought up divorce before. She was still holding out hope until Callie started telling people she was dead. And in all honesty, she hadn't really given up. She wasn't moving on or getting serious with Leah. Leah didn't mean anything to her. Now she felt like she just dug herself an even bigger hole because maybe the thing with Leah is what pushed Callie over the edge to say the d- word.
"Arizona," Leah said as she got really close to her.
"Not now Leah," Arizona said as she also exited the room.
Later that night, Arizona was dropping Sofia off at Callie's after having spent the afternoon and evening with her darling girl.
"We went to the park Mama. Feed ducks!" Sofia squealed as Arizona brought in her backpack.
"Sofia that sounds like so much fun. I'm jealous. I spent the afternoon at the hospital doing paperwork."
"You come too Mama! Come to park with me and Mommy."
"Maybe sometime baby," Callie said as she took the backpack from Arizona, "now go clean up your room and wash up for dinner."
"Okay Mama."
"I'm glad you took her to the park, she loves that."
"Yeah she does. You really should come too sometime," Arizona tried knowing at least Sofia time was fair game.
"That's probably not going to happen Arizona."
"It's not about us Calliope. It's about our little girl and she needs both of her Mommies."
"Well you fucked that up royally didn't you?" Callie spat back.
"I don't know how many times I can say I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Obviously not, you're cheating on me again!" Callie yelled.
"Excuse me?"
"Your screwing that intern now."
"That's not even your business anymore. We aren't together, so it's not cheating. You won't even speak to me."
"Well, you obviously don't care about me if you can move on like that."
"Calliope, I haven't moved on."
"It sure looks like you have."
"I haven't at all. When you mentioned divorce today, I honestly didn't think I could hurt any more than I did before. But when you said I should divorce you, I think a little piece of my heart died."
"If you want to have girlfriends and move on, then it's a courtesy to me to divorce me and let me go."
"I'm not ready to let you go, I'll never be ready to let you go. I love you."
"You don't love me, you just don't want to be alone."
"That's not true. If I didn't want to be alone, I would just move on with someone else. Our relationship is complicated and it hurts and it's all messed up. If I didn't love you with all of my heart, then I would walk away and find someone else to not be alone."
"Oh," was all Callie could come up with to say.
"I won't divorce you."
"We can't just stay married forever," Callie said.
"Yes we can. We can work this out and I want to spend the rest of my life with you just like I did when I said 'I do'."
"Ugh I am just so mad at you!" Callie yelled.
Just then Sofia came out and looked a little scared.
"Mama, don't be mad," Sofia said coming over to them.
"Sofia, honey I'm sorry I was yelling," Callie said scooping her up.
"Mommy," Sofia said turning to Arizona, "Kiss it better."
"Kiss what better?" Arizona said hoping she wasn't talking about Callie.
"Kiss it better. When Mama yell, you kiss her and she happy," Sofia said innocently.
"Sof, I have to go, but I love you," Arizona said as she quickly kissed Sofia and rushed out before the tears started.
Sofia looked at Callie after Arizona left and asked, "Mama, why Mommy not live here now?"
Callie's heart sank a little more. She wanted so badly to save her daughter from hurting because of their problems and she knew Sofia would eventually notice and ask.
"Sometimes even when Mommies love each other very much, they don't stay together."
"Why? You say Mommy perfect."
"I know, but we hurt each other a lot, so Mommy won't live here anymore."
"She never come home?" Sofia asked as she started to cry.
"Baby, don't cry."
"I want Mommy come home."
"I wish she was home too Sof, now how bout that dinner? Pizza?"
"Yeah pizza. Pizza helps make Mommy not sad."
"That's true Sof, that's true."