Goodbye Callie Torres

Chapter One

If you're reading this it means you now know I've left Grey Sloan memorial hospital and I am now currently in New York. I think this choice was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make but it was also one of the best decisions I have ever made. I'm happy, Sofia is happy, Arizona is happy, and this is all that matters. 

I was sat at home with a glass of wine when Arizona rang the bell. I had no clue it was going to be her stood on the other side of the door when I opened it. She didn't call, she didn't text, she didn't anything. I literally dropped Sofia off at her house that morning and she didn't mention anything to me at all. One minute I was sat on the sofa at home in Seattle with a glass of wine and what felt like a minute later I'm sat on my sofa at home in New York with a glass of champagne celebrating my move with Penny. Although it all seemed to happen so fast it didn't...

"Hi Mumma!"

Oh, my Sofia turned up at the door with Arizona. As soon as I opened the door she came running in and gave me a massive hug. I swear kids give the best hugs. It's like they know when you need them, and you don't realise you do which is what makes them so meaningful.

"What's going on?" I was so confused as to why at 9pm they both decided to turn up at my house. It was Arizona's night to have Sofia after all and nothing seemed to be wrong so there didn't seem to be any reason as to why they turned up but then that's when I realised there was a reason. Arizona isn't a spontaneous person. She either has everything planned weeks in advanced or she must wait to decide, and she cannot keep a secret. It was at that moment when I realised there was something I had to look for and it was at that moment I saw what she had in her hand.

"Plane tickets... bring her back next weekend and I want all summer and every other school year. Oh, I want Christmas this time, but you can have next time and I'll figure out the rest of the details."

Right there and then Arizona just changed everything for me. I was getting my daughter back but why now? The whole point of the custody battle was so I couldn't take Sofia to New York with Penny and I so why now is she letting me take her? She thought so hard to prove she is just as much as Sofia's mother as I am and that she does have a say in what happens to her. I was so confused.

"First, are a-are you saying..."

"We did this wrong. We had a chance to do it right. I missed it."

"Are you saying?"

"I'm saying that, Sofia deserves to have two happy moms. I'm saying let's all be happy."

I think, I'm hoping that through the tears Arizona could tell that what she was doing was making me so happy. I mean she did say after all she wants us all to be happy and how could this not make me happy? She's also right that we had the chance to do this right originally but we both messed that up so bad and I think Sofia suffered the most because of it. Seeing me sad took a toll on her which then made Arizona see through everything. We now have a way. The correct way. A way to make us all happy.

"Thank you!"

Arizona also gives the best hugs. I don't think anyone could understand the weight that had just been lifted off my shoulders. I've got my little girl back and Arizona is happy. I never once thought for a second that all this nonsense of who gets Sofia would come to an end. I thought that one of us would always be miserable. Arizona gets to stay here in Seattle with her people, saving the tiny humans and their mothers and can still see Sofia whenever she wants. She does still have custody after all. And I can now go to New York with my daughter who I love more than anyone in the world and then also go back to being with my second favourite person in the world.