Fanfic: As Time Goes By (8/?)
Title: As Time Goes By 8
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Callie’s promotion brings a man from Arizona’s past back into her life. This is my first venture into an AU fiction. There are small things that do come from the show, but nothing is spoilery.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I do not intend to profit in any way, shape or form by posting this story. It's for fun, nothing more, and nothing less. Please don't sue me.
A/N: I know nothing about pregnancy, so I’m making all this crap up. I hope that doesn’t take away from the story for anyone. LOL I’m posting this a bit early, JJ only had time to read half of it. I hope she won’t kill me. Anyway, thanks to jj_280391 for being an awesome co-writer. I also got some ideas from greys_ajunkie , so I wanted to say thank you to my LJ person too. :D Enjoy!
Arizona frowned as she and Alice walked into the hospital. Alice was pushing a stroller where Sofia sat with a half-eaten cookie in her hand. Arizona had been feeling really run down lately and she was keeping the pain she was in a secret from everyone. It had started earlier in the week, the sharp pains in her stomach that always lead to an enormous headache. She didn’t want to worry Callie or Alice, plus she knew she had an appoint today, which is where they were heading.
“I hope by the time I’ve had the babies I’ll be able to get into the tank. I feel bad for not letting you take the pleasure in driving the new vehicle that we bought for the kids.” They both chuckled, but then Arizona stopped for a moment, one hand gripping Alice’s arm to keep her steady, the other gripping her stomach. She closed her eyes and forced in a deep a breath. Alice stopped as well and watched Arizona closely. She was worried about the other woman. Arizona was sweating slightly and looked as though she were in a lot of pain. They stood there for a few minutes and then Arizona stood up straight and started waddling toward the elevators.
“How many babies get a tank before they’re even born?” Arizona laughed and glanced over her shoulder at Alice, wondering why she was standing there. Alice blinked and realized she had just stood there, so she quickly caught up to Arizona and laughed softly.
“Not many, that’s for sure.” Alice tapped her fingers nervously on the stroller, deciding whether or not to say something to Arizona. “Uhm, Arizona, are you gonna tell Addison ‘bout the pain you’ve been havin’?”
“I just have another week to go, no reason to call for back up or worry the wardens.” Arizona pulled her bottom lip between her teeth as she went to hit the button for the fifth floor, but Alice stopped her.
“Really, you should tell her. And Addison had called earlier and told me she moved the appointment to another exam room on the second floor.” Alice reached out and pressed the two button and the elevator went to work.
When the doors opened they both stepped out and started heading to the nurse’s station. Addison was standing there, working on a chart. When Alice turned the stroller so that Sofia could see Addison, there was a sudden squeal of delight from the little girl. “Awnt Adwe!” Sofia giggled the words out of her mouth and held her hands out toward Addison. Addison turned and opened her mouth in a delighted smile at Sofia.
“Oh my, is that my little Sofia?” Addison bent over the stroller and reached to Sofia and tickled her. It was a stalling tactic, since Arizona was still waddling over toward them.
“Sowea big girl!” Sofia said and then clapped, part of her mushy cookie splattered all over her and Addison. Addison, Sofia and Alice all laughed and then Alice grabbed a napkin and started to clean the mess. Addison stood up and looked over at Arizona as she finally reached them with a smile.
“Oh, Addison, I’m sorry! I think she’s been sucking on that cookie for the last thirty minutes.” She reached out and pulled some of the cookie out of Addison’s hair and they both laughed. She handed the bit of cookie to Alice, who threw it into the napkin and then tossed the napkin into a nearby trash can.
“Don’t worry about it. Let’s get going.” Addison led them down the hall toward a larger room. Arizona wasn’t really paying attention to where they were going. She had one hand rubbing her belly and the other was rubbing her temple. She had a headache that just refused to go away, really bad heartburn and a stabbing pain in her belly. She had finally just decided she would tell Addison about it during the checkup.
“Oh, I forgot the chart, just right in there, Arizona.” Addison said as she took a step back and let Arizona walk ahead of her and open the door to walk into the room.
“SURPRISE!”
The room Arizona walked into was decorated with a Winnie the Pooh theme and was packed with people. A lot of nurses Arizona recognized as well as doctors, residents and even interns. Callie was clapping and walked toward Arizona with a wide smile. She reached her and kissed her forehead. “Happy baby shower, Arizona! I know you didn’t really want one, but Sofia has a scrapbook from hers and I just thought our three babies should get the same.” Callie was looking into Arizona’s eyes and suddenly felt really unsure of everything.
Arizona’s face was completely passive for several moments before her face contorted into a grimace of pure pain and tears poured out of her eyes. She grabbed at her stomach and bent over, nearly falling, but Callie was quick on her feet and caught her. “Arizona?” Callie looked up at Addison who quickly came over and then gasped. “I think her water just broke, let’s get her upstairs, I’ll call ahead.”
Arizona looked up at Callie with a glare, which was kind of funny to her, considering the look of pain and the tears. She spoke through her teeth, hissing some of the words through the pain she was feeling as well as the anger. “I told you no shower!” She looked over the room, frowning as she sees all eyes on her. She breaks into even more tears. “And now you’ve managed to put me in a place where I’ve soiled myself in front of the entire hospital staff!”
“Arizona, you’re having a baby. Three of them, in fact, all at once, so I don’t really think anyone here thinks that you just peed all over yourself.”
“No! You don’t get to talk. I said no baby shower!” She looks up and sees the cake, which looks like a big tree, with a house next to it straight out of a Winnie the Pooh book and all the Pooh characters in various places. “Oh, and now I’m going to miss the cake and I really want to eat Eeyore…” She pouted as Callie walked her away from the room, nodding for Alice to stay and enjoy the party.
And thus began the craziest birthing process ever.
Hour One (2pm - Day One)
Arizona was lying on an uncomfortable hospital bed. She was wearing an uncomfortable hospital gown. Her hand was gripping Callie’s hand so tightly, she was certain that Callie was as uncomfortable as she was. Addison was busy doing an exam and trying her best not to upset the beast any more than she already was.
“Arizona, every pregnant woman deserves a shower. So yeah, maybe a surprise shower wasn’t the best way to go, but if I told you about it, you wouldn’t have shown or you would’ve gotten angry at me and I really wanted you to have this experience. My baby shower was so… so… well, for lack of a better word, awesome.” Callie was biting on her lower lip and just doing her best to explain herself.
“I hate surprises. I hate parties. You know that. I thought you had learned from the last experience, but of course not. Well, you know what, Callie, far be it from me to keep you from your party.” She let go Callie’s hand and then pushed her away. “Go and have fun at my baby shower.”
Callie’s jaw dropped and she looked from Arizona to Addison. Addison shrugged her shoulders and decided to not say anything and just keep working on what she was doing. Her hands were roaming Arizona’s belly, checking the placement of each baby.
“And while you’re at it, you may as well go home and get my bag, since it is home and I’m here in labor with your kids who are already not polite enough to wait to do all of this when I was a home or at least alone somewhere! No, Callie’s kids have to make a grand entrance and let the entire hospital know they’re going to enter the world!” Arizona grimaced again, a pain ripping through her body. She looked at Addison who wrote a script real fast and then nodded to the nurse in the room to go get it filled immediately.
Callie sighed at hearing Arizona use her nickname. “Okay, okay, I’ll go and let you calm down some.” She took three steps from the door and then froze in fear and a shiver worked its way down her spine when she heard Arizona, whose voice had dropped into an unfamiliar realm and Callie had to wonder if she was possessed for a moment.
“Calliope Iphigenia Torres. You would actually leave your wife alone while she is being torn apart by the three monsters you created?” The demon in Arizona seemed to melt away and Callie watched as he wife’s lip quivered and then the tears started.
“No, no, Arizona, I’m not going anywhere, except to get my bag,” which Callie picked up and reached inside, grabbing her phone and pulling it out before walking back to Arizona, “so that I can call Alice and ask her bring it by later.” She dialed the number and relayed the information to Alice. She slid her phone into her pocket and took Arizona’s hand into her own again, raising it to her lips for a soft kiss and then she patted it.
“I’m sorry, Calliope.” Arizona grimaced in pain again and then in came the nurse, just in time with some pain meds.
“Yeah, we just need to wait and let nature take its course, guys. I’ll be in and out, but just try to relax, both of you. And Arizona, no killing Callie, I doubt you want to raise four babies all by yourself.” They all chuckled, even Arizona.
Hour Ten (Midnight - Day One)
Callie was sitting beside Arizona, their hands wrapped in one another as they watch some random show on the television. The door squeaked open and in walked Cristina and Meredith. They were both wearing matching grins and Meredith was carrying a gift wrapped box and Cristina had one hand behind her back.
“Well, I think you successfully managed to get out of attending the surprise baby shower.” Meredith chuckled and pulled the standing food tray closer and plopped the box she was holding onto it.
“Seriously, Rollergirl, congratulations on missing out on the Pooh party and all the lame games April thought up. Like who can put a diaper on the fastest and ‘pin-the-sperm-on-the-egg’, which was particularly hilarious, considering the parents are lesbians. There was also a rousing game of baby bingo and a ‘guess the baby picture’ game. I managed to get the picture of me out of there, since Callie had to bail on the party too.” Cristina snickered and she hopped up on the end of the Arizona’s bed, by her feet and pulled out from behind her back a piece of cake with Eeyore sitting on the top. Meredith stood behind the tray which held the box she brought in with her.
Arizona clapped and took the plate with the fork and pushed it right through Eeyore, picked up his head and shoved it into her mouth. “Mmm, that cake is so good!” She took another forkful and held it up to Callie’s lips and Callie opened wide and hummed in the back of her throat as she chewed. “Good, right?” Callie nodded and Arizona went back to the cake. “Thank you for bringing me a piece. It’s like all the reward without the party.” She giggled and Callie just shook her head slightly.
“Alice brought your bag over, which I dropped over there.” Meredith pointed to the chair by the small dresser in the room. “Sofia was being cranky, so she just went home. She said they’ll drop by tomorrow. We loaded the car with all the gifts and Alice said she’d take care of them.”
“And we’re going to hand deliver our gift for the three monsters.” Cristina grinned. Oh, did she ever grin. And then Meredith grinned. And then they looked at each other and they were still grinning. Arizona felt her stomach drop and she glanced at Callie, who was smiling and then back to the two grinning like Cheshire cats.
“Oh, jeeze, Blondie, don’t look so paranoid. We wouldn’t buy you anything inappropriate.” Cristina said while crossing her arms. Arizona lowered her face slightly while raising a brow toward her. Callie couldn’t help but snicker at the look Arizona was pointing toward Cristina. Cristina sighed and then rolled her eyes. “Seriously, you’re going to love these. And Mer and I worked on them for like the past month in our free time.”
“We really did. And don’t worry; you can never have too many onesies, especially with three babies. I remember how Zola really went through them fast and that was just on her own.” Meredith laughed and it relaxed Arizona a bit. Meredith pointed at the box. “Should we open that for you?” Arizona nodded and then Cristina grabbed the box and ripped right into it, causing the others to laugh.
Meredith reached into the box and pulled out a large pile of onesies and handed them to Arizona who laughed at the size of the pile. Arizona started to move through them and the large smile on her face slowly turned into a frown. “Really, Cristina? This was your idea, I just know it.” Callie, Cristina and Meredith were all snickering as Arizona looked at all the little clothing. They were in sets of three and apparently, Cristina and Meredith decided it would be awesome to continue making fun of the fact Arizona and Callie were having triplets. The onesies were bright colors and had words or phrases on the front of them.
“Snap, Crackle, Pop.” Arizona deadpanned.
“Rock, Paper, Scissors.” Callie laughed and pulled those three from Arizona’s hands.
“See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.” Meredith giggled. “Those were my favorites.”
“Endoderm, Mesoderm, Ectoderm.” Arizona raised a brow.
“Hey, they’re never too young to learn the three germ layers.” Cristina quickly said.
“Ready, Aim, Fire. Red, Yellow, Green.” Arizona rolled her eyes and continued, “Proton, Electron, Neutron. Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate. One, Two, Three.”
“Incus, Malleus, Stapes, oh hey, the three bones of the middle ear.” Callie chuckled. “I bet you guys think you’re clever.”
Cristina gave Meredith a pointed look. “I told you she’d know.” Meredith chuckled and shrugged.
“Veni, Vidi, Vici. Lion, Witch, Wardrobe. Small, Medium, Large. I can’t believe you guys…” Arizona finally broke a smile and chuckled. “Calliope, our kids are going to have issues, you know.”
“I think they’ll be okay. Besides, this type of gift is more fun for the parents, it’s not like the babies have any idea what they’re wearing.” Everyone laughed at that comment. “Thank you for the onesies guys.”
Cristina laughed, “You’re welcome. We didn’t do Jack, Crissy and Janet because Rollergirl kinda yelled at me when I said it.”
Meredith snickered, “We left out the Three Stooges too.” They talked for a few more minutes before leaving for the night.
Hour Twenty (10am - Day Two)
Nurse Denise Carter walked in and quickly started an exam on Arizona. She was one of the few nurses that Addison would let on the case, because she liked her work. Nurse Carter looked over Arizona’s head and smiled to Callie, who was standing behind her. She battered her eyes and Arizona glanced at Callie and saw that Callie smiled at her winked. She elbowed Callie in the stomach and she doubled over and coughed while giving Arizona a strange look.
“Your fat, pregnant wife is sitting right here, please don’t make eyes at the nurse!” Arizona was crying and swatting Nurse Carter’s hands away from her body. “Stop touching me! Get out!” Arizona grabbed her side and grimaced in pain. “Just call Addison, I want Addison, now!”
Nurse Carter raised her hands in surrender and glanced at Callie, who shook her head and mouthed the word ‘sorry’ to her.
“Oh, right, you’re saying sorry to the nurse because your wife is insane! Why don’t you just go off into the sunset with Nurse Carter?” Arizona was sweating and still grabbing her side. She was trying to breathe and hoping the pain would pass. Callie reached out to wipe her forehead, “Don’t touch me, Callie!”
“Arizona, stop, I love you and you know I’m not interested in anyone else, but yeah, you’re embarrassing me.” Callie was at her wits end and frowned as she finished her sentence. Now she was disappointed with herself on top of everything else, she shouldn’t have said that.
Arizona was crying now, “I’m embarrassing you. I’m so sorry that I’m in so much pain that I say things that would embarrass you. Why don’t you have Alice bring you some ear muffs or better yet, why don’t I just sneeze them out right now so we can all just head home!”
“Arizona, babe, I’m sorry, really, I am.” Callie reached her arms around Arizona and kissed the top of her head. “I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable or undesired, because you know that is far from the truth. We screw like bunnies. I mean, seriously, if one of us had the equipment, we’d have far more than just the four kids we’re about to have. You’re the most desirable person in the universe to me and even more so because you’re carrying my little spawn inside you. My mini-Arizona’s, who I can’t wait to spoil rotten because I bet they’re all going to have your dimples and you know I can’t resist them.” She smiled as she watched Arizona look up at her and then she nodded. She kissed Arizona softly on her lips just as Addison walked in.
“I heard someone had a meltdown. I mean, really Callie, creeping at the nurse I assign to the case? You should know better than that.” Addison said through a laugh as she entered the room. She glanced over Arizona’s chart and sighed. “Things aren’t moving as fast as they should be…” She dropped the chart and then pulled the covers down Arizona’s body so she could touch her belly. She sighed in thought and then shrugged. “Maybe you can take a walk with Callie around the floor and it’ll entice one of those babies to start heading the right away.”
Arizona nodded slightly, “I’d like that because I’ve been cooped up in bed way to long. And hey, I don’t want that nurse on my case anymore. Put him on my case? I trust him.”
Addison nodded and turned to head out and make arrangements.
Hour Twenty Eight (6pm - Day Two)
Alex walked into Arizona’s room while carrying Sofia, Alice was right behind him with the stroller. “Hey Dr. Robbins, check out who came to see you, dude.”
“Sowea!” Sofia clapped in Alex’s arms and then reached out for Arizona. Alex leaned her over and Arizona pulled the little girl into her arms and placed a bunch of kisses all over her face. She giggled in delight. “Ma! Mama!” Sofia giggled when Callie wrapped an arm around her and the other arm around Arizona and they made a Sofia sandwich.
Alex walked over to Arizona’s chart and made a notation. “How bad is the pain? Still having a long time between the pains?”
Callie pulled Sofia into her arms and kissed her cheek. Sofia laid her head on Callie’s shoulder and shoved her thumb into her mouth. Callie pulled it out and Sofia pouted up at her. Callie gave her a look and Sofia gave up and wrapped her arms around Callie’s neck.
Arizona nodded at Alex. “Yeah, no change, even after the walk I took. And it wasn’t a short walk, we went up to peds and I said hi to all my kids. We were walking around for close to two hours.”
“And she was complaining about her ankles the entire time.” Callie deadpanned.
“I’m sure you’d be complaining if you were carrying three people inside you too, Calliope.” Arizona rolled her eyes. Alex just chuckled and made a note in the chart before replacing it. Addison walked in and nodded to Alex, who then walked out of the room.
Once Alex was out of the room, Callie grinned widely and poked her wife’s shoulder. “So, Arizona, I see you asked to have Alex on your case. Is that because you don’t think I find him attractive? Cause, I gotta tell you, babe, he’s got a really nice ass, you know, for a dude.” Arizona’s mouth dropped and she stared at Callie. Alice snickered quietly to herself and just pretended she didn’t hear that. She put all her attention on the magazine she was reading.
“Callie, do you really think it wise to provoke the pregnant woman?” Addison raised a brow and went on with her exam. Things were moving, but still slowly and the slower things were going, the crankier Arizona seemed to become.
“Well, Calliope,” Arizona was talking sternly and crossed her arms over her chest. “I have three babies that you put in me,” Arizona really needed to jab that Callie was part of the IVF process and literally placed the eggs, “and they are getting ready to burst out of my vagina like the baby alien in Aliens, so I think I pretty much have earned the right to have your attention on me and not some random slutty nurse!”
“Nurse Carter isn’t slutty.” Callie defended.
“So not the point.” Arizona, Alice and Addison all said at the same time.
Callie’s jaw dropped. “When did I become the one not woman in the room?”
“When you started thinking with your crotch.” Addison replied without missing a beat.
Arizona and Alice chuckled and Sofia giggled with everyone else and then bounced in Callie’s arm. “Yay! Mama haf baby?”
“Soon, Princess.” She kissed the top of Sofia’s head.
“Hopefully soon,” groaned Arizona in reply as she shifted uncomfortably in the bed and Addison just shook her head slightly.
“You’re doing fine. I’m watching closely, so don’t you worry.” Addison patted her leg and then headed out of the room.
Hour Thirty Two (10pm - Day Two)
Mark walks into the room with a lecherous grin on his face. He’s heading right to Callie when he sees Arizona turn her head and lock a glare on him.
“Oh no, Mark, get out of here! I don’t want the first thing my kids see when they enter this world be a man-whore!” Arizona’s gaze didn’t lighten at all. Callie licked her lips and watched as Mark bravely walked closer to them both. She decided she’d stay out of this fight.
Mark grinned at Arizona and patted her arm gently. “That’s reformed man-whore to you.”
Callie’s eyes widened and she gave Mark an incredulous look. Her brows furrowed and she leaned slightly toward him, “Hey, what gives? You’re not scared her? I’ve been considering getting a priest for an exorcism.” She glanced at Arizona, who was not amused at all, and offered her a huge smile. Arizona just shook her head slightly.
Mark laughed softly and patted Callie’s shoulder. “You think Blondie is bad? You should’ve been there when Lexie was giving birth. Shit, I think I had to change my pants twice and I wanted to just curl up in the corner and pretend I wasn’t there.”
Arizona grabbed Mark’s arm and pinched some of his skin between her fingers roughly. He yelped in pain and felt his knees buckle and he cried out in pain. “Don’t curse around our babies.”
Mark’s eyes widened at her and she finally let go. He had a bruise forming on his skin and his opposite hand quickly moved over and started rubbing the spot. He turned to Callie with wide-eyes, “Holy crap. I’ll get the yellow pages… Think we can get someone to come out at this hour?”
Callie snickered, but quickly stopped when Arizona narrowed a gaze onto her. She swallowed the lump in her throat and then nodded toward the door. “Maybe it’ll be better if you go and not get me in anymore trouble tonight, alright?”
Mark laughed and nodded and then headed out of the room.
“How are you feel, babe?” Callie asked.
“Uncomfortable, in pain, bored out of my mind and horny.” She pouted and looked up at Callie.
“I’m sorry, babe, how about if I rub some lotion on your belly?” Callie asked as she grabbed the lotion out of her bag.
Arizona nodded pathetically and pulled Callie closer with one hand. “I’m sorry for being crazy. I love you, thank you for taking care of me.”
“I love you too, always and forever, in sickness and in health, when you’re crazy because the aliens are coming and not.” She winked and kissed Arizona softly, then made her way to rub Arizona’s belly.
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Callie’s promotion brings a man from Arizona’s past back into her life. This is my first venture into an AU fiction. There are small things that do come from the show, but nothing is spoilery.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I do not intend to profit in any way, shape or form by posting this story. It's for fun, nothing more, and nothing less. Please don't sue me.
A/N: I know nothing about pregnancy, so I’m making all this crap up. I hope that doesn’t take away from the story for anyone. LOL I’m posting this a bit early, JJ only had time to read half of it. I hope she won’t kill me. Anyway, thanks to jj_280391 for being an awesome co-writer. I also got some ideas from greys_ajunkie , so I wanted to say thank you to my LJ person too. :D Enjoy!
Arizona frowned as she and Alice walked into the hospital. Alice was pushing a stroller where Sofia sat with a half-eaten cookie in her hand. Arizona had been feeling really run down lately and she was keeping the pain she was in a secret from everyone. It had started earlier in the week, the sharp pains in her stomach that always lead to an enormous headache. She didn’t want to worry Callie or Alice, plus she knew she had an appoint today, which is where they were heading.
“I hope by the time I’ve had the babies I’ll be able to get into the tank. I feel bad for not letting you take the pleasure in driving the new vehicle that we bought for the kids.” They both chuckled, but then Arizona stopped for a moment, one hand gripping Alice’s arm to keep her steady, the other gripping her stomach. She closed her eyes and forced in a deep a breath. Alice stopped as well and watched Arizona closely. She was worried about the other woman. Arizona was sweating slightly and looked as though she were in a lot of pain. They stood there for a few minutes and then Arizona stood up straight and started waddling toward the elevators.
“How many babies get a tank before they’re even born?” Arizona laughed and glanced over her shoulder at Alice, wondering why she was standing there. Alice blinked and realized she had just stood there, so she quickly caught up to Arizona and laughed softly.
“Not many, that’s for sure.” Alice tapped her fingers nervously on the stroller, deciding whether or not to say something to Arizona. “Uhm, Arizona, are you gonna tell Addison ‘bout the pain you’ve been havin’?”
“I just have another week to go, no reason to call for back up or worry the wardens.” Arizona pulled her bottom lip between her teeth as she went to hit the button for the fifth floor, but Alice stopped her.
“Really, you should tell her. And Addison had called earlier and told me she moved the appointment to another exam room on the second floor.” Alice reached out and pressed the two button and the elevator went to work.
When the doors opened they both stepped out and started heading to the nurse’s station. Addison was standing there, working on a chart. When Alice turned the stroller so that Sofia could see Addison, there was a sudden squeal of delight from the little girl. “Awnt Adwe!” Sofia giggled the words out of her mouth and held her hands out toward Addison. Addison turned and opened her mouth in a delighted smile at Sofia.
“Oh my, is that my little Sofia?” Addison bent over the stroller and reached to Sofia and tickled her. It was a stalling tactic, since Arizona was still waddling over toward them.
“Sowea big girl!” Sofia said and then clapped, part of her mushy cookie splattered all over her and Addison. Addison, Sofia and Alice all laughed and then Alice grabbed a napkin and started to clean the mess. Addison stood up and looked over at Arizona as she finally reached them with a smile.
“Oh, Addison, I’m sorry! I think she’s been sucking on that cookie for the last thirty minutes.” She reached out and pulled some of the cookie out of Addison’s hair and they both laughed. She handed the bit of cookie to Alice, who threw it into the napkin and then tossed the napkin into a nearby trash can.
“Don’t worry about it. Let’s get going.” Addison led them down the hall toward a larger room. Arizona wasn’t really paying attention to where they were going. She had one hand rubbing her belly and the other was rubbing her temple. She had a headache that just refused to go away, really bad heartburn and a stabbing pain in her belly. She had finally just decided she would tell Addison about it during the checkup.
“Oh, I forgot the chart, just right in there, Arizona.” Addison said as she took a step back and let Arizona walk ahead of her and open the door to walk into the room.
“SURPRISE!”
The room Arizona walked into was decorated with a Winnie the Pooh theme and was packed with people. A lot of nurses Arizona recognized as well as doctors, residents and even interns. Callie was clapping and walked toward Arizona with a wide smile. She reached her and kissed her forehead. “Happy baby shower, Arizona! I know you didn’t really want one, but Sofia has a scrapbook from hers and I just thought our three babies should get the same.” Callie was looking into Arizona’s eyes and suddenly felt really unsure of everything.
Arizona’s face was completely passive for several moments before her face contorted into a grimace of pure pain and tears poured out of her eyes. She grabbed at her stomach and bent over, nearly falling, but Callie was quick on her feet and caught her. “Arizona?” Callie looked up at Addison who quickly came over and then gasped. “I think her water just broke, let’s get her upstairs, I’ll call ahead.”
Arizona looked up at Callie with a glare, which was kind of funny to her, considering the look of pain and the tears. She spoke through her teeth, hissing some of the words through the pain she was feeling as well as the anger. “I told you no shower!” She looked over the room, frowning as she sees all eyes on her. She breaks into even more tears. “And now you’ve managed to put me in a place where I’ve soiled myself in front of the entire hospital staff!”
“Arizona, you’re having a baby. Three of them, in fact, all at once, so I don’t really think anyone here thinks that you just peed all over yourself.”
“No! You don’t get to talk. I said no baby shower!” She looks up and sees the cake, which looks like a big tree, with a house next to it straight out of a Winnie the Pooh book and all the Pooh characters in various places. “Oh, and now I’m going to miss the cake and I really want to eat Eeyore…” She pouted as Callie walked her away from the room, nodding for Alice to stay and enjoy the party.
And thus began the craziest birthing process ever.
Hour One (2pm - Day One)
Arizona was lying on an uncomfortable hospital bed. She was wearing an uncomfortable hospital gown. Her hand was gripping Callie’s hand so tightly, she was certain that Callie was as uncomfortable as she was. Addison was busy doing an exam and trying her best not to upset the beast any more than she already was.
“Arizona, every pregnant woman deserves a shower. So yeah, maybe a surprise shower wasn’t the best way to go, but if I told you about it, you wouldn’t have shown or you would’ve gotten angry at me and I really wanted you to have this experience. My baby shower was so… so… well, for lack of a better word, awesome.” Callie was biting on her lower lip and just doing her best to explain herself.
“I hate surprises. I hate parties. You know that. I thought you had learned from the last experience, but of course not. Well, you know what, Callie, far be it from me to keep you from your party.” She let go Callie’s hand and then pushed her away. “Go and have fun at my baby shower.”
Callie’s jaw dropped and she looked from Arizona to Addison. Addison shrugged her shoulders and decided to not say anything and just keep working on what she was doing. Her hands were roaming Arizona’s belly, checking the placement of each baby.
“And while you’re at it, you may as well go home and get my bag, since it is home and I’m here in labor with your kids who are already not polite enough to wait to do all of this when I was a home or at least alone somewhere! No, Callie’s kids have to make a grand entrance and let the entire hospital know they’re going to enter the world!” Arizona grimaced again, a pain ripping through her body. She looked at Addison who wrote a script real fast and then nodded to the nurse in the room to go get it filled immediately.
Callie sighed at hearing Arizona use her nickname. “Okay, okay, I’ll go and let you calm down some.” She took three steps from the door and then froze in fear and a shiver worked its way down her spine when she heard Arizona, whose voice had dropped into an unfamiliar realm and Callie had to wonder if she was possessed for a moment.
“Calliope Iphigenia Torres. You would actually leave your wife alone while she is being torn apart by the three monsters you created?” The demon in Arizona seemed to melt away and Callie watched as he wife’s lip quivered and then the tears started.
“No, no, Arizona, I’m not going anywhere, except to get my bag,” which Callie picked up and reached inside, grabbing her phone and pulling it out before walking back to Arizona, “so that I can call Alice and ask her bring it by later.” She dialed the number and relayed the information to Alice. She slid her phone into her pocket and took Arizona’s hand into her own again, raising it to her lips for a soft kiss and then she patted it.
“I’m sorry, Calliope.” Arizona grimaced in pain again and then in came the nurse, just in time with some pain meds.
“Yeah, we just need to wait and let nature take its course, guys. I’ll be in and out, but just try to relax, both of you. And Arizona, no killing Callie, I doubt you want to raise four babies all by yourself.” They all chuckled, even Arizona.
Hour Ten (Midnight - Day One)
Callie was sitting beside Arizona, their hands wrapped in one another as they watch some random show on the television. The door squeaked open and in walked Cristina and Meredith. They were both wearing matching grins and Meredith was carrying a gift wrapped box and Cristina had one hand behind her back.
“Well, I think you successfully managed to get out of attending the surprise baby shower.” Meredith chuckled and pulled the standing food tray closer and plopped the box she was holding onto it.
“Seriously, Rollergirl, congratulations on missing out on the Pooh party and all the lame games April thought up. Like who can put a diaper on the fastest and ‘pin-the-sperm-on-the-egg’, which was particularly hilarious, considering the parents are lesbians. There was also a rousing game of baby bingo and a ‘guess the baby picture’ game. I managed to get the picture of me out of there, since Callie had to bail on the party too.” Cristina snickered and she hopped up on the end of the Arizona’s bed, by her feet and pulled out from behind her back a piece of cake with Eeyore sitting on the top. Meredith stood behind the tray which held the box she brought in with her.
Arizona clapped and took the plate with the fork and pushed it right through Eeyore, picked up his head and shoved it into her mouth. “Mmm, that cake is so good!” She took another forkful and held it up to Callie’s lips and Callie opened wide and hummed in the back of her throat as she chewed. “Good, right?” Callie nodded and Arizona went back to the cake. “Thank you for bringing me a piece. It’s like all the reward without the party.” She giggled and Callie just shook her head slightly.
“Alice brought your bag over, which I dropped over there.” Meredith pointed to the chair by the small dresser in the room. “Sofia was being cranky, so she just went home. She said they’ll drop by tomorrow. We loaded the car with all the gifts and Alice said she’d take care of them.”
“And we’re going to hand deliver our gift for the three monsters.” Cristina grinned. Oh, did she ever grin. And then Meredith grinned. And then they looked at each other and they were still grinning. Arizona felt her stomach drop and she glanced at Callie, who was smiling and then back to the two grinning like Cheshire cats.
“Oh, jeeze, Blondie, don’t look so paranoid. We wouldn’t buy you anything inappropriate.” Cristina said while crossing her arms. Arizona lowered her face slightly while raising a brow toward her. Callie couldn’t help but snicker at the look Arizona was pointing toward Cristina. Cristina sighed and then rolled her eyes. “Seriously, you’re going to love these. And Mer and I worked on them for like the past month in our free time.”
“We really did. And don’t worry; you can never have too many onesies, especially with three babies. I remember how Zola really went through them fast and that was just on her own.” Meredith laughed and it relaxed Arizona a bit. Meredith pointed at the box. “Should we open that for you?” Arizona nodded and then Cristina grabbed the box and ripped right into it, causing the others to laugh.
Meredith reached into the box and pulled out a large pile of onesies and handed them to Arizona who laughed at the size of the pile. Arizona started to move through them and the large smile on her face slowly turned into a frown. “Really, Cristina? This was your idea, I just know it.” Callie, Cristina and Meredith were all snickering as Arizona looked at all the little clothing. They were in sets of three and apparently, Cristina and Meredith decided it would be awesome to continue making fun of the fact Arizona and Callie were having triplets. The onesies were bright colors and had words or phrases on the front of them.
“Snap, Crackle, Pop.” Arizona deadpanned.
“Rock, Paper, Scissors.” Callie laughed and pulled those three from Arizona’s hands.
“See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.” Meredith giggled. “Those were my favorites.”
“Endoderm, Mesoderm, Ectoderm.” Arizona raised a brow.
“Hey, they’re never too young to learn the three germ layers.” Cristina quickly said.
“Ready, Aim, Fire. Red, Yellow, Green.” Arizona rolled her eyes and continued, “Proton, Electron, Neutron. Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate. One, Two, Three.”
“Incus, Malleus, Stapes, oh hey, the three bones of the middle ear.” Callie chuckled. “I bet you guys think you’re clever.”
Cristina gave Meredith a pointed look. “I told you she’d know.” Meredith chuckled and shrugged.
“Veni, Vidi, Vici. Lion, Witch, Wardrobe. Small, Medium, Large. I can’t believe you guys…” Arizona finally broke a smile and chuckled. “Calliope, our kids are going to have issues, you know.”
“I think they’ll be okay. Besides, this type of gift is more fun for the parents, it’s not like the babies have any idea what they’re wearing.” Everyone laughed at that comment. “Thank you for the onesies guys.”
Cristina laughed, “You’re welcome. We didn’t do Jack, Crissy and Janet because Rollergirl kinda yelled at me when I said it.”
Meredith snickered, “We left out the Three Stooges too.” They talked for a few more minutes before leaving for the night.
Hour Twenty (10am - Day Two)
Nurse Denise Carter walked in and quickly started an exam on Arizona. She was one of the few nurses that Addison would let on the case, because she liked her work. Nurse Carter looked over Arizona’s head and smiled to Callie, who was standing behind her. She battered her eyes and Arizona glanced at Callie and saw that Callie smiled at her winked. She elbowed Callie in the stomach and she doubled over and coughed while giving Arizona a strange look.
“Your fat, pregnant wife is sitting right here, please don’t make eyes at the nurse!” Arizona was crying and swatting Nurse Carter’s hands away from her body. “Stop touching me! Get out!” Arizona grabbed her side and grimaced in pain. “Just call Addison, I want Addison, now!”
Nurse Carter raised her hands in surrender and glanced at Callie, who shook her head and mouthed the word ‘sorry’ to her.
“Oh, right, you’re saying sorry to the nurse because your wife is insane! Why don’t you just go off into the sunset with Nurse Carter?” Arizona was sweating and still grabbing her side. She was trying to breathe and hoping the pain would pass. Callie reached out to wipe her forehead, “Don’t touch me, Callie!”
“Arizona, stop, I love you and you know I’m not interested in anyone else, but yeah, you’re embarrassing me.” Callie was at her wits end and frowned as she finished her sentence. Now she was disappointed with herself on top of everything else, she shouldn’t have said that.
Arizona was crying now, “I’m embarrassing you. I’m so sorry that I’m in so much pain that I say things that would embarrass you. Why don’t you have Alice bring you some ear muffs or better yet, why don’t I just sneeze them out right now so we can all just head home!”
“Arizona, babe, I’m sorry, really, I am.” Callie reached her arms around Arizona and kissed the top of her head. “I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable or undesired, because you know that is far from the truth. We screw like bunnies. I mean, seriously, if one of us had the equipment, we’d have far more than just the four kids we’re about to have. You’re the most desirable person in the universe to me and even more so because you’re carrying my little spawn inside you. My mini-Arizona’s, who I can’t wait to spoil rotten because I bet they’re all going to have your dimples and you know I can’t resist them.” She smiled as she watched Arizona look up at her and then she nodded. She kissed Arizona softly on her lips just as Addison walked in.
“I heard someone had a meltdown. I mean, really Callie, creeping at the nurse I assign to the case? You should know better than that.” Addison said through a laugh as she entered the room. She glanced over Arizona’s chart and sighed. “Things aren’t moving as fast as they should be…” She dropped the chart and then pulled the covers down Arizona’s body so she could touch her belly. She sighed in thought and then shrugged. “Maybe you can take a walk with Callie around the floor and it’ll entice one of those babies to start heading the right away.”
Arizona nodded slightly, “I’d like that because I’ve been cooped up in bed way to long. And hey, I don’t want that nurse on my case anymore. Put him on my case? I trust him.”
Addison nodded and turned to head out and make arrangements.
Hour Twenty Eight (6pm - Day Two)
Alex walked into Arizona’s room while carrying Sofia, Alice was right behind him with the stroller. “Hey Dr. Robbins, check out who came to see you, dude.”
“Sowea!” Sofia clapped in Alex’s arms and then reached out for Arizona. Alex leaned her over and Arizona pulled the little girl into her arms and placed a bunch of kisses all over her face. She giggled in delight. “Ma! Mama!” Sofia giggled when Callie wrapped an arm around her and the other arm around Arizona and they made a Sofia sandwich.
Alex walked over to Arizona’s chart and made a notation. “How bad is the pain? Still having a long time between the pains?”
Callie pulled Sofia into her arms and kissed her cheek. Sofia laid her head on Callie’s shoulder and shoved her thumb into her mouth. Callie pulled it out and Sofia pouted up at her. Callie gave her a look and Sofia gave up and wrapped her arms around Callie’s neck.
Arizona nodded at Alex. “Yeah, no change, even after the walk I took. And it wasn’t a short walk, we went up to peds and I said hi to all my kids. We were walking around for close to two hours.”
“And she was complaining about her ankles the entire time.” Callie deadpanned.
“I’m sure you’d be complaining if you were carrying three people inside you too, Calliope.” Arizona rolled her eyes. Alex just chuckled and made a note in the chart before replacing it. Addison walked in and nodded to Alex, who then walked out of the room.
Once Alex was out of the room, Callie grinned widely and poked her wife’s shoulder. “So, Arizona, I see you asked to have Alex on your case. Is that because you don’t think I find him attractive? Cause, I gotta tell you, babe, he’s got a really nice ass, you know, for a dude.” Arizona’s mouth dropped and she stared at Callie. Alice snickered quietly to herself and just pretended she didn’t hear that. She put all her attention on the magazine she was reading.
“Callie, do you really think it wise to provoke the pregnant woman?” Addison raised a brow and went on with her exam. Things were moving, but still slowly and the slower things were going, the crankier Arizona seemed to become.
“Well, Calliope,” Arizona was talking sternly and crossed her arms over her chest. “I have three babies that you put in me,” Arizona really needed to jab that Callie was part of the IVF process and literally placed the eggs, “and they are getting ready to burst out of my vagina like the baby alien in Aliens, so I think I pretty much have earned the right to have your attention on me and not some random slutty nurse!”
“Nurse Carter isn’t slutty.” Callie defended.
“So not the point.” Arizona, Alice and Addison all said at the same time.
Callie’s jaw dropped. “When did I become the one not woman in the room?”
“When you started thinking with your crotch.” Addison replied without missing a beat.
Arizona and Alice chuckled and Sofia giggled with everyone else and then bounced in Callie’s arm. “Yay! Mama haf baby?”
“Soon, Princess.” She kissed the top of Sofia’s head.
“Hopefully soon,” groaned Arizona in reply as she shifted uncomfortably in the bed and Addison just shook her head slightly.
“You’re doing fine. I’m watching closely, so don’t you worry.” Addison patted her leg and then headed out of the room.
Hour Thirty Two (10pm - Day Two)
Mark walks into the room with a lecherous grin on his face. He’s heading right to Callie when he sees Arizona turn her head and lock a glare on him.
“Oh no, Mark, get out of here! I don’t want the first thing my kids see when they enter this world be a man-whore!” Arizona’s gaze didn’t lighten at all. Callie licked her lips and watched as Mark bravely walked closer to them both. She decided she’d stay out of this fight.
Mark grinned at Arizona and patted her arm gently. “That’s reformed man-whore to you.”
Callie’s eyes widened and she gave Mark an incredulous look. Her brows furrowed and she leaned slightly toward him, “Hey, what gives? You’re not scared her? I’ve been considering getting a priest for an exorcism.” She glanced at Arizona, who was not amused at all, and offered her a huge smile. Arizona just shook her head slightly.
Mark laughed softly and patted Callie’s shoulder. “You think Blondie is bad? You should’ve been there when Lexie was giving birth. Shit, I think I had to change my pants twice and I wanted to just curl up in the corner and pretend I wasn’t there.”
Arizona grabbed Mark’s arm and pinched some of his skin between her fingers roughly. He yelped in pain and felt his knees buckle and he cried out in pain. “Don’t curse around our babies.”
Mark’s eyes widened at her and she finally let go. He had a bruise forming on his skin and his opposite hand quickly moved over and started rubbing the spot. He turned to Callie with wide-eyes, “Holy crap. I’ll get the yellow pages… Think we can get someone to come out at this hour?”
Callie snickered, but quickly stopped when Arizona narrowed a gaze onto her. She swallowed the lump in her throat and then nodded toward the door. “Maybe it’ll be better if you go and not get me in anymore trouble tonight, alright?”
Mark laughed and nodded and then headed out of the room.
“How are you feel, babe?” Callie asked.
“Uncomfortable, in pain, bored out of my mind and horny.” She pouted and looked up at Callie.
“I’m sorry, babe, how about if I rub some lotion on your belly?” Callie asked as she grabbed the lotion out of her bag.
Arizona nodded pathetically and pulled Callie closer with one hand. “I’m sorry for being crazy. I love you, thank you for taking care of me.”
“I love you too, always and forever, in sickness and in health, when you’re crazy because the aliens are coming and not.” She winked and kissed Arizona softly, then made her way to rub Arizona’s belly.