Future

Chapter 18

Callie's POV: I start to put my jacket on when I notice that Arizona's face is as white as a ghost.

"Is everything ok?" I ask. She still staring at her phone, eyes wide and jaw slightly open. I walk behind her and read what's on her screen. Crap. She turns around and looks up at me.

"Now what?" She asks, somewhat frantically. I walk back around the table and zip up my jacket.

"Let's talk in the car" I say and start to walk out. Arizona hurriedly puts on her jacket and grabs the leftovers and follows me. It's kind of cold out so we half-walk, half-jog, to the car. We jump in quick and I start the car so it warms up. I can tell she's looking at me and I can feel that she's anxious.

"Callie. What are we gonna do? We didn't plan for her to find out so soon." She says. I look back at her.

"Well now we have no choice but to tell her. How do you think she'll react? Good?" I ask. She thinks a bit.

"Well I would think she would want her parents to be together but she's grown so accustomed to us being apart that she doesn't really remember what it was like for us to be together." That leaves us both quiet for a while. I think about how much Sofia missed growing up. Mark died before she could even truly remember him so she grew up without a dad. Her moms were divorced so she was always bouncing from one house to the next. No wonder she's so independent. I look up at Arizona and I can tell she's thinking the same thing I am.

"What about this? We take her out for breakfast tomorrow and we break the news. How does that sound ok?" She asks.

"Yea. That sounds good. You should text her or call her soon before she freaks out." I say and put the car in drive and head back to the hotel.
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The alarm goes off at 7:30 and I roll over and hit the snooze button without opening my eyes. I feel the blankets start to move next to me and Arizona snakes her arms around my waist. I turn around in her arms and wrap my arms around her. She cuddles into me and groans.

"Five more minutes" she groans.

"Five more minutes and then we have to get ready for breakfast. We cuddle for five minutes, her snoring and me rubbing her back and then the alarm goes off again. I turn around and shut it off and shake Arizona a bit to wake her up.

"Come on. Let me get up. We both know I take longer to get ready than you." I laugh and try to pry her arms off of me. "If you don't let go I'm going to be forced to tickle you and you don't want that to happen."

"Is that a threat or a promise" she giggles

"Do you want to find out?" I smirk and she lets go of me and laughs. She flops onto her back and brushes the hair out of her face. I climb out of bed and grab a robe because air is cold on my bare skin. I turn and look back at Arizona who, like usual, is staring back at me.

"What?" I laugh.

"Nothing. You're just amazing." She says and I can feel myself blush.

"And you're a suck up. I'm going to get in the shower."

"Want company?" She asks and throws me a seductive smile.

"As much as I want to say yes, it's already 7:40 and we have to meet Sofia at 8." I say and she crinkles her nose.

"Fine, go shower alone" she says and I walk into the bathroom to shower. After I get the water to the perfect temperature, I slip off my robe and jump in the shower. As I am showering, I can feel myself getting nervous as thoughts run through my head. What if she gets mad that we didn't tell her? What if she already knows? She probably has figured out. What if she doesn't approve? I zone out and I don't even realize that Arizona is knocking on the door.

"Can I come in? I need to do my makeup." She yells through the door.

"Yea." I yell back and continue showering. We are both quiet until she breaks the silence.

"Are you nervous?" She asks.

"Yea." I answer. Silence.

"What if she's mad?" She asks.

"I don't know." I answer. Silence. I finish showering in silence. Grab a towel and wrap it around me and step out of the shower. She turns and looks at me with a toothbrush in her mouth. I can tell she's uneasy. I grab her hand and kiss her forehead.

"Everything is going to happen the way that it happens" I say and she smiles. I can hear her finish brushing her teeth as I get dressed. I get dressed quick and she walks out of the bathroom as I walk in. Within five minutes, we are ready to go. We walk out of the hotel and to our car. We hop in and head towards Sofia's favorite restaurant. We pull in at  8:05 and see that Sofia's car is already here. Before we get out, I pull Arizona in for a kiss. It might be the only time we will be able to kiss for the day, depending on how this goes. She smiles and opens her door and I open mine. We agree silently that it isn't good to walk in holding hands. We open the door and see Sofia sitting in a booth across the room. She hears the ding of the bell on the door ring and she looks up at spots us. She waves and smiles slightly and we both smile back and make our way over to her. She stands up as we get closer to us.

"Good morning, sunshine" Arizona says and gives her and hug and a quick kiss.

"Morning, Momma" she says

"Morning kid" I say and give her a kiss on the head.

"Morning, Mom." She says and we all sit down, Arizona and I on one side and our daughter on the other. We sit quietly for a while, not sure what to say. The waitress comes over and takes our drink orders and gives Arizona and I menus. We both get coffee and Sofia gets chocolate milk. Sofia stares at us, examining us.

"So what's going on?" She finally asks. I glance over at Arizona and she nods. I look back at our daughter, who's patiently waiting for an answer to why her divorced mothers are now sitting in a booth together at breakfast.

"Well your mother and I.." I start to say and grab Arizona's hand that's been resting on the table.

"We are back together" Arizona finishes my sentence and grabs my hand right back. We smile at our daughter, who has a confused look on her face.

"So just like that...boom.....together? No build up or anything?" She asks.

"Well it was pretty low key for awhile," I say.

"Please don't say low key, Mom" she says and laughs a bit. "But it just seemed so sudden." She says.

"And it was. For me, ever since your mother and I spilt up, I had always had a empty feeling. It went away somewhat when I married Carly but it came back again and again. I realized that Mom was the only person that could fill it." She said and smiles at me and I smile back.

"We found our way back to each other" I said.

"I honestly couldn't been any happier." Sofia says and it's like a weight lifted off my shoulders. "But there are so many inconveniences now. Like what about Carly and Mia? And Tim and Emma and Ivana? What's going to happen with them?" She asks.

"Well with Mia and I, we are getting divorced. She cheated on me." I say.

"Oh. I'm sorry" Sofia says.

"It's alright. I don't mind much. But we are looking for an apartment right now for all three of us." I say and she smiles. The waitress comes back with our drinks and takes our orders quick. After she leaves, I sip on my coffee and Arizona adds a bunch of creamer. I laugh at her a bit and go back to drinking my black coffee.

"We were worried about how you would react, Sofia. This is really all new to you." Arizona says.

"I understand. But this is all that I've ever wanted. Ever divorced kid wants their parents back together. The only thing I'm worried about is..." She pauses. "How are you going to tell Tim and Emma?"