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“good? she’s great, freaking amazing. scrumptious. dont tell mark i said this, but you made a perfect baby. if anyone asks, i’m taking some of the credit.” even if that was physically impossible, arizona could only dream. “if you keep talking like that, i might even let you see what underwear i decided to wear to work today.” then she went onto her tippy toes, lips hovering over her wifes ear for a small “if i even wore any” echoing between them. 

“She really is scrumptious, isn’t she? Those cheeks, ugh.” Callie almost squeed at the thought of that little face but was soon distracted by Arizona’s next words. “Now you’re talking, but if you don’t have any on...I won’t be responsible for my actions.” She teased a little as she tapped her wife’s butt. “Let’s go.” She pulled Arizona towards an on call room and when they stepped inside she smirked and pulled the blonde closer. “I missed you.”

“Callie Torres,” AJ grinned moving to stand and wrap his arm around her.  “I heard congratulations are in order.  Kid and a wedding.  Nicely done.  So please, tell me why you would want to get out of here?”  AJ asked.  “I think we lose patience for them as we get older.”

An arm snaked around his waist as he hugged her and she smiled up at him. “Yeah, perfect kid, perfect wife...wasn’t so easy getting Sofia here but she’s okay now. I almost died the night she was born, Arizona and I had an accident and it was pretty bad.” Callie shrugged and shook her head a little dismissively, “It just feels like sometimes it would be nice to see somewhere new., you know.”

“how do you know that? i’ve read plenty!” only one, it was just one. parenting was supposed to come to you, not from a book. “do you really think corrine would let us leave early? i doubt a class of wine and making out with my wife is a good enough excuse to run out of here.” arizona let out a small laugh, linking their fingers together. “or do we just kick interns out of an on call room and hide there all day?” 

“I read a few when I was bored, but I guess you just learn as you go, right? And for what it’s worth I think we’re doing a pretty good job. She’s doing good.” Callie smiled at the thought of their little girl, she thought back to the crash and how tiny Sofia was and how they’d almost lost her, she forgot that sometimes Arizona had almost lost her too but she didn’t like to dwell on that. “I like your thinking...How busy are you right now? Screw that, you can get someone else to do your work, let’s go find an on-call room and make out...”

“You are an angel sent from above, you know that?” Gabriela said with a laugh, clutching at her hazelnut latte as if her life depended on it. In her mind, it almost did.  There was nothing that was going to set her up better for the morning than this was, especially given the early hour. “Are you sure? I don’t like having a debt to people, even if it is just a coffee. Maybe I’ll surprise you with one someday, so my karma goes back into balance.”

“I’ve heard that before.” Callie spoke with a laugh, she understood that coffee was something that ran through the blood of the people who worked at this time of day, it was just a given at this point so she was happy to help someone get their coffee fix wherever she could. “It’s not a debt, it’s just me doing something for you because I wanted to, but I like a surprise.” 

No. I don’t think that’s something that I have to worry about. She wouldn’t leave Sofia even if she would leave me.

Addison, by a mile...but I would also say Teddy or Olivia Hayes.

I don’t know the answer to that. Maybe one day.

When you know, you know. Right?

Me, Arizona and Addison. I would be lying if I said I hadn’t literally dreamt of it.”

“Nice to see not everything changes.  Interns are still idiots,” AJ mumbled as he plopped down into the chair at the nurses station.  He grabbed a chart and pulled a pen out.  It had already been a long morning, and he had another few hours to go before he could even think about taking a lunch break.  “Remind me again why I came back to this?”

@traumasstart​

Callie laughed and shook her head. “Intern’s will never not be idiots. My tolerance for them is much lower than what it ever used to be, maybe they’ve just got more stupid as time has gone by.” She furrowed her brow as she continued to finish off her chart. “Why did you come back? If I could get out of here you better believe I wouldn’t come back.” She was sort of joking, she loved her job but she couldn’t help but think sometimes that it would be nice to get away.

“You can’t break a hundred?” Gabriela asked, her voice sharp and impatient as she thrust the crumpled bill towards the barista. She’d been waiting in line for her coffee for far longer than she would have hoped to be for being in the hospital this early. For whatever reason she’d been fed this time, she had to be in the hospital for a 7.30am start which in her books wasn’t a good sign when it came to the world of law. Only bad things happened that early, and she’d be damned if she didn’t have a hazelnut latte in her hand when it happened. “Well can I come and pay you later? I’m one of the hospital lawyers, I’m hardly going to run away and never come back.”  (@traumasstart​)

“Here.” Callie spoke as she looked at the other woman. “Put your hundred away, moneybags. Coffee is on me.” She paid for her coffee and the other woman’s before turning to face her again. “One hazelnut latte for you and a flat white for me. Enjoy and you don’t owe me by the way, it’s fine.”

He walks in, a sigh escaping through his lips. Wine sounded good, specially in her company. “That’d be nice too.” He lets himself fall in the couch, melancholy getting the best of him as a low moan of despair breaks through. “I’m done, and tired. I just want to get out of here and have a moment of peace. Let’s run away.” He looks at Callie, the idea showing up in a form of a picture in his mind. “We take Sofia and go anywhere with a beach and no one around. You can bring Arizona but only if she promises not to ruin our perfect peaceful vacation. Will you run away with me, please?”

“isn’t that part of being parents? at least - “ she paused with a small laugh, “that’s what the books told me.” arizona had read some sort of parenting book, but would’ve never admitted it. she had found it in marks apartment and stolen it for just a week. to her knowledge, he had no idea. “it’s been okay, but i’m ready to go home. the wine in our fridge is calling my name.” 

“You never read a parenting book...did you?” Callie raised an eyebrow and the perplexed look on her face was quickly replaced with a wistful smile at the thought of being home with wine, boy was she ready to go home. A few more hours and that’s exactly where she would be, on her couch with a glass of wine and her wife. “Let’s just go now, forget the rest of today.” Wishful thinking, they’d never be able to leave this early.

“Don’t tell Robbins it’s me, she’ll accuse me of treason.” Nathan said with a laugh, knowing full well as her fellow it should probably be her that he invites out for a drink - but there was no harm in getting to know the bosses wife, right? “Do it. Or get Sloan to take Sofia, and both come with me. I’ll be the third wheel, but it’ll be fun.”

“You’d really want to be the third wheel with your boss and her wife? Some may think that’s a little strange. Got anyone you could bring? Could be some sort of strange double date...” She let out a laugh and shook her head. “You just wanna say you went out with a lesbian and her bisexual wife, don’t you?”