"I can't believe that they are actually just allowing us to take him home!" Arizona exclaimed panicked as she packed her bags in her hospital room.
"Baby, it's okay. We can take care of a little baby between us" Callie smiled as she cooed over her son who was in his crib
"Have you ever been left responsible for a brand new baby before? Because I haven't!" Arizona said in a high pitched voice as her nervousness became clear
"Arizona, you're a paediatric surgeon! You're left with tiny babies all the time"
"Yes, but those aren't my children! I get to give them back! I just operate and pass them back"
Callie stood up and made her way across to her girlfriend who was pacing the floor.
"Arizona, look at me" Callie smiled as she embraced her "We're going to be fine. I promise that whatever he throws at us we'll face together. We outnumber him so as long as we stick together then I'm sure we'll kick ass"
"No swearing in front of the baby! That's a dollar in the swear jar" Arizona told her sternly
Callie just laughed and pulled her in for a deep kiss.
"How much do I have to put in the jar if I do this?" Callie questioned as she kissed her way down Arizona's neck
Arizona relaxed into Callie's gentle, loving touch that left her tingling and trembling for more.
"Calliope, that feels so…"
Before Arizona could finish her sentence the door swung open.
"Oh God!" The woman at the door exclaimed
Callie and Arizona sprang apart and Callie's eyes widened in shock
"Mom! Dad! What are you doing here?" Callie asked shocked
"We spoke to Aria…" Carlos said
Callie looked to the floor knowing that her sister would have informed her parents of her fragile state of mind.
"Dad, I'm fine"
"We spoke to Aria and she informed us that you had become a mother Calliope. We knew that if we were to wait for you to call us with an invite then we wouldn't meet out grandson until his 18th birthday"
Callie and Arizona both smiled at Carlos' natural use of the word grandson.
"I was going to call" Callie weakly smiled
"Sure you were" Maria smiled back as she made her way to her daughter and embraced her "You look terrible Mija… you've lost too much weight" Maria whispered into her ear
"Mom, Dad, this is Arizona Robbins…. My fiancée" Callie proudly introduced, ignoring her mothers concern
Maria moved from her daughter and embraced Arizona as Callie made her way to the crib where she picked up her sleeping son.
"And this is our son James Daniel Robbins-Torres" Callie said as she handed the baby to Maria
Maria felt tears running down her cheeks as she held the baby in her arms.
"He's beautiful" Carlos complimented as he stood over his wife "The two of you should be very proud"
Callie and Arizona just looked on lovingly at the moment that was had.
"We have two sets of grandparents here; can't we live the kid with them and go to a hotel tonight?" Arizona whispered into Callie's ear causing her to smirk
"Arizona, we can handle our son. Trust me" Callie said strongly
"Oh I'm not worried about that, I just wanted to show you how much I've missed you…." Arizona flirted into Callie's ear causing Callie to blush
"Everything okay?" Maria asked the whispering two as she looked up from her grandson
"Yep, yeah, yes… everything is good" Callie finally managed to get out "Shall we go home?"
Arizona smiled at her stuttering girlfriend "Yes, let's go home"
Later that day once they were at home Arizona walked into her kitchen to find Maria cooking at her stove.
"Mrs Torres, you don't need to cook" Arizona began
"I've told you to call me Maria" The older Torres smiled "And I'm making my famous chilli, it's hardly cooking"
"Well thank you" Arizona smiled as she put a bottle of pumped breast milk into the refrigerator.
"Where's Calliope?" Maria asked
"Oh she's taking a nap with the baby"
"She does know that you're the one that gave birth and should be taking it easy right?" Maria questioned "Because that girl will have you running around after her!"
Arizona giggled and smiled at her natural chemistry with Callie's mother
"She exhausted. She hasn't slept too much recently" Arizona commented looking around the kitchen for something to distract her.
"She doesn't look well" Maria told Arizona trying to make eye contact with the blond surgeon "Aria told us that Calliope was struggling with some things and that she was in a bad place"
"She was, but there isn't anything to worry about. I promise Mrs… Maria" Arizona corrected herself
"I'm trusting you with her Arizona. My daughter has been through a lot and she makes stupid mistakes a lot of the time. And I'm sure that in your life together she'll do a lot to piss you off!"
Arizona was shocked at the words coming from Maria's mouth
"But, I'm asking you not to give up on her. She loves you. She worships you and she'll give everything to you. I'm just asking that you stand by her through all her craziness and wacky ideas and big, big mouth! You'll need to kick her arse every so often but I'm just asking you to always forgive her" Maria said taking Arizona's hand in hers.
"Always" Arizona whispered
5 YEARS LATER:
"Mama! Mama, Uncle Mark said that he was going to feed me to the donkeys" Jamie said quickly running into Callie's arms
"Oh yeah, well you can tell Uncle Mark that if he does then I'll just have to take Dylan to replace you. And I don't think that Aunt Lexie would be too happy about us taking her son" Callie teased
"What about me?" Jamie asked wide eyed and shocked
"I'm sure you'll be fine living in the donkey's belly" Callie smiled
"You're horrible" Jamie said sulkily causing Callie to laugh out loud
"Okay I promise that I won't let stupid Uncle Mark feed you to anybody okay. Now go and have a good time with your friends, this is your birthday party after all" Callie told her son as he kissed her on the cheek and ran away
"Uncle Mark, my mama said that she's going to kick your ass" Jamie said as he ran by the tall man
"Calliope!" Arizona admonished as she walked from the huge house into the garden "That's another dollar in the swear jar!"
"I never even said that!" Callie defended
Callie looked around the garden and smiled to herself. It was Jamie's 5th birthday and she had gone all out. She had hired zoo animals, clowns, magicians, inflatable toys, party games and Disney characters to make this day the best it could be. Over 120 people had turned up to their house to help them celebrate.
"This is amazing Calliope. I have no idea how you're going to outdo yourself next year" Arizona told her wife as she sat next to her
"I think that I may have to start planning it tomorrow" Callie giggled "I mean, Yang is getting her face painted like a tiger, that a once in a life time experience"
Callie could feel Arizona staring at her as they watched everybody enjoying themselves
"What?" Callie asked with a hint of a smile
"Nothing. Just you're awesome" Arizona grinned "Thank you for making the past 5 years and 9 months the best of my life. We've come a long way and created something magical and I love you so much" Arizona said seriously
"Okay, no need to go all mushy on me. You can just thank me later" Callie said suggestively causing Arizona to smack her in the arm
"Mommy I need to pee" Her two year old son said as he came toddling towards her.
Arizona looked into his deep brown eyes and smiled
"Hey, who's a clever boy" Arizona congratulated him as she scooped him into her arms.
"Jayden clever" He told her
"Modest just like his mama too" Arizona sighed as she ran her hands through his thick light brown hair
"You want me to take him?" Callie offered
"No it's okay, I got it" Arizona said as she stood with the boy and walked away
Later that night when everybody had gone home and the house was clean and tidy Callie ventured into Jamie's room to kiss him goodnight.
"Hey boys, shouldn't you be asleep?" She questioned when she saw her two sons sitting in the bed together.
"It's my birthday mama. We get to stay up late" Jamie told her like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Callie smiled and climbed into the bed with her two boys, one either side of her.
"Did you have a good birthday?"
"Yeah, grandpa said that next year he's going to buy me a big motorbike" Jamie said excitedly as Callie rolled her eyes at her father's generous gifts
"Me too" Jayden said "I want one"
Callie just laughed.
"Okay well we'll see about that. How about now we have a bedtime story and you both go to sleep? You've had a long day" Callie told them as they snuggled deeper into her
"So what story do you want? Little Red Riding Hood? Three Little Pigs?"
"No we want the one about Uncle Danny" Jamie said
"Okay, well Uncle Danny was a soldier in the army and he used to fight all of the bad guys and keep everybody safe. Then one day Princess Callie was stuck in a castle and Uncle Danny came to rescue her. He helped her to escape from the nasty castle and introduced her to his sister who was also a princess, her name was Arizona. Arizona was beautiful; she had long blond hair and a super magic smile. As soon as Princess Callie saw Princess Arizona she fell in love"
Jamie giggled at his mother's story
"Did you kiss her?"
"Oh yeah" Callie laughed "Princess Arizona was the best kisser ever"
"Well I should hope so"
Callie and Jamie looked up to see Arizona standing in the doorway.
"It's story time Mommy" Jamie said sleepily
"I can see that" Arizona smiled as she climbed into the bed and lifted a sleeping Jayden into her lap.
"When did Prince Jamie come into the story?" Jamie asked urging the story to continue
"Well Princesses Arizona and Callie loved each other very much and they spent all of their time together. And then one day Princess Arizona got very fat"
"Hey" Arizona moaned
"And then we realised that God had sent us a little prince in Mommy's belly"
"And that was me?" Jamie mumbled almost asleep
"Yes, Prince James Daniel Robbins-Torres was born. He was so perfect and he made Princess Callie so happy"
"I think he's asleep" Arizona noted as a soft snore came from the blond boy "He only likes the part about him"
"He gets that from you"
"I'm offended" Arizona pouted before Callie kissed her softly
"How would you feel about getting fat again?" Callie asked gently
Arizona looked momentarily stunned.
"Are you asking what I think you're asking?"
"Yes. I want to have another baby. I want a little girl, with blond hair and piercing blue eyes and a smile that melts my heart every time she asks for something" Callie told her wife
"You know that I can't guarantee you a baby girl right?"
"Of course I know that, but if we had another boy then that would be great too. We would almost have a soccer team"
"You really want another baby? We're pretty settled in our routine sweetheart, a baby will throw everything up in the air" Arizona pointed out reasonably.
"I'm just asking you to think about it" Callie told her "We don't have to decide anything right now, but I would like to think that there was another baby in our future…. Somewhere down the line"
"Then it's definitely something that we will give a lot of consideration to" Arizona nodded knowing that Callie had won her over all ready with her request.
"You wana take this to our room?" Callie grinned
"I thought you'd never ask" Arizona said as she gently moved the sleeping child from her arms and laid him in the bed next to his big brother
Before they left the room, they admired the two sleeping children.
"This is our family Calliope, we created this. Two happy, peaceful little boys. We made that" Arizona said as Callie wrapped her arms around her waist from behind.
"Yeah we did. I'm so happy that I met you Arizona" Callie said kissing her wife's cheek
"Come on, let's go to bed" Arizona said turning around out of her wife's arm and heading towards their bedroom.
Callie took one last look around Jamie's room and smiled at the picture on the wall of her and Danny in their army uniform.
"Thanks Danny" She whispered before turning the light off and going after her wife.
THE END!
AN: Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing! I've had a blast with this story and am so happy with the response that it received. I hope you all enjoyed it.
Thank you
Janice x