AN: Hey guys, I am back. TIAM is back and I can't wait. Like, really can't wait. And I hope you will be on this journey with me. I really don't have that much to say here. This chapter explains itself and, yeah... see for yourself!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. The idea to this story is mine, though.
Quick summary to TIAM1: Callie and Arizona became best friends after Callie lost her whole family at the age of 6. The Menkens adopted her and she lived very close to Arizona from then on. They did everything together, experienced their first kiss, an almost move to Sweden and fell in love with each other. Moved to Cambridge to attend college, moved to Baltimore to attend med school and finally got married. Best friends since college, Teddy and Addie who are also fell in love with each other after being friends for about 2-3 years.
"Hey, Calliope, did y- WHOA!", Arizona barged through the door of the bedroom Callie and she shared for almost a year now, making the Latina jump. She came in there to ask if her wife was sure she had packed enough clothes for their honeymoon – they were supposed to board the plane to Venice tomorrow – and for some reason, she thought that Callie's stack of clothes was pretty small, well smaller than hers and she was positive that it was lacking a very much needed bikini. But the scene that unfolded rightin front of her suddenly darkened blue eyes and made her stop dead in her tracks. "Oh helLO!", came the outburst from pink lips.
Callie, whose hands had been busy tying the chords on the pants of the red bikini she had purchased two days ago, flinched at her wife's words and her fingers let go of the fabric. Hastily grabbing for the chords so she wouldn't be partly naked, she turned around and found her beautiful blonde girl staring at her.
"Well, that is definitely new", she smirked mischievously and stalked over to the brunette. "And I definitely like it." Pale fingers trailed along the hem of the red material that barely covered Callie's breasts. It was something so untypical for her wife. Usually, the Latina made sure that everything was more than just covered, but this was really nice for a change. Pools of blue looked up and deep into chocolate brown orbs before both pairs fluttered close and she leaned in to claim full lips in a lingering kiss. Her hand cupped a full breast and she readily swallowed the whimper that left Callie's mouth.
Pulling away when the lack of oxygen became too much for her, the brunette opened her eyes. A pink bottom lip was trapped between Arizona's white teeth, her cheeks flushed, as well as the skin over her sternum. "I- I thought that-", she stumbled over her own words. "You really like it?" When she'd tried it on in the changing room, she was sure that Arizona would like it, a lot. Her wife loved her body and this nice two-piece adorned her curves really nice. But the moment she wanted to put it in the suitcase, insecurity got the better of her and she thought she'd try it on one last time, deciding whether to go with this or with one of her old bikinis. And even with Arizona's reaction, she was still unsure.
"Very much so", the blonde answered, squeezing the Latina's breasts through the fabric now with both hands, reveling in the feeling of nipples harden against her palm. Noticing that Callie was still holding on to the chords, she let one hand travel south over the Latina's warm skin until she was met with the bikini bottoms. "You know", she said, playing with the two chords, "right now, there's only one thing I'd appreciate more."
"And...", she gulped, "and what would that be?" Her head involuntary fell back and a low moan left her mouth as soft lips attached to her neck. She couldn't stop her breathing from becoming labored, nor could she prevent her heart rate from quickening.
"You know...", Arizona breathed against her wife's neck. "We basically just rocked all of the exams of our first year in med school." Loving the gasp that fell over plump lips as she sucked hard at the brunette's pulse point, she smiled against the caramel flesh and continued, "And today, we're married for eight months. We should celebrate." The last weeks had been so stressful that she honestly thought that college had been a piece of cake compared to what their teachers wanted now. But when she thought about the bigger picture, it would be so worth it in the end. And organizing a study group with Teddy and Addison had helped too. For some classes, studying with friends was somehow easier. "Actually, we need to celebrate. And you need to be naked." Her hand slipped beneath the partly fastened bottom of Callie's new bikini and was immediately met with radiating heat. "I see we're on the same page here."
Teeth sank into the skin over the brunette's collar bone, eliciting another, deeper growl. "Arizona...", she warned, though it sounded more like a plea than a warning due to an already shaky voice.
"Mhmm", the blonde moaned, soothing the pain she'd caused with her tongue while her digits inched closer and closer to the Latina's core. Hips bucked against her hand as her middle finger dipped lower, briefly flicking her wife's clit and she was met with a relatively loud curse word. With her right hand busy between the brunette's legs, her left shimmied under the material of the top, tweaking a turgid nipple between her fore-finger and thumb.
"Oh God", Callie groaned, the past weeks of being too tired for everything after studying all day catching up to her real quick and she felt the moisture starting to pool in her bikini bottoms. The things the blonde could do to her. The Latina was sure that the blonde would someday be the sweet, sweet death of her.
Using two fingers now to circle a pulsing bundle of nerves, Arizona happily focused her lips back onto her wife's neck, altering between nibbling, sucking and licking the delicious skin. And with Callie's lips so close against her ear and the moans and profanities coming out of that mouth, it overshadowed the knocking on the front door.
Somewhere in her fogged and dizzied mind though, Callie noticed the shallow sound coming from the front door, and although she wasn't sure if it was just her brain playing tricks on her, she reluctantly yet gently pushed the blonde away. "Arizona, there is-" She was cut off by her own gasp as two fingers entered her without warning. "FUCK!"
Slowly thrusting in and out of her wife, Arizona smiled against the skin as the body started to rock with her every move until she was pushed away again. "What are you doing?", she wondered, wanting to close the gap the Latina had put between them in an instant but was held at arm's length.
"There's some-", she panted, "someone at- at the door." Shaking her head to clear it, she opened her eyes as another knocking sound reached her ears. "There's knocking."
Narrowing her eyes, Arizona's paid closer attention and then she could hear it too. "Oh... are we expecting someone?" she asked, pulling her hand completely out of the Latina's bikini bottoms and licked her wife's arousal off her digits. "I swear if this is Teddy or Addie, I'm going to shut the door right in their faces. I love them but I won't be mad if I don't have to see them for another few hours or until after our honeymoon. Because those faces remind me too much of lab classes and studying", the blonde groaned. After all, today was the first day they had slept in and not even glanced at all their notes.
Light chuckles erupted Callie's lips at the blonde's words, but she knew that her best friend had surprised her girlfriend with a two days trip to New York to go shopping and they'd left about two three hours ago. "Nope, not expecting anyone, but it's definitely not those two. Why don't you check the door and I get, uhm... dressed?", she offered.
"Why don't I check who is there, send whoever it is away and come back to finish what I started?", Arizona offered and dragged her finger over her wife's clad sex before leaving the room. "On my way!", she said louder when there was yet another knock. Who would be so insistent? She probably would have left already. Opening the door, she was met with a stressed out Emilia and a bouncing little Sarita.
"Aaaai-zona!", the toddler beamed. She had made really good progress in her ability to talk and pronounce words, but she was still having troubles with the blonde's name, mostly because of the 'R'. Now it sounded more like Ai-zona. And for some reason, she had made a step backwards with Callie's name, neither of them minded though. After all, Sarita was not even three years old and they'd learned already that every child learned everything at their own pace.
"Hi, cutie pie", Arizona smiled and knelt down to nudge the little Latina's nose with her finger before tousling her hair. Getting back up, she smiled at the girl's mother. "I assume you're not here to wave us bye bye for the honeymoon", she laughed.
"No, unfortunately not and I am so sorry for that", Emilia answered. "I know you're probably packing and have probably much better plans for your first free day, but I would be really thankful if you could watch Sarita for a few hours, I-"
"Of course", the blonde interrupted her before the other woman could tell her the reason for needing their service as Sarita's babysitter. "You know we love watching her. And we kinda missed her the last weeks." Aside from very few emergencies, they hadn't seen the little Latina that much. Emilia had put her into daycare more often than not because she wanted to give them enough space to study and knew very well that her daughter would not let them if they would watch her.
"Ai-zona?", the little girl addressed the blonde, her mother completely forgotten already and tugged at the leg of her pants to get the younger woman's attention. "Ai-zona bwaid!"
Picking up the toddler, chubby hands immediately went to the blonde's braid that was dangling over her shoulder. "That's right, cutie." Callie had done a masterpiece on her hair this morning, braided it from the top on the right side of her head over to the left and then all the way down. It looked amazing. "Do you like it?"
"Uh huuuuuuh", she nodded eagerly. "Sawita bwaid too?"
Before Arizona could answer the toddler's question, Emilia cleared her throat. "I really have to hurry, it's kind of an emergency case I have to take over for one of my fellow lawyers. Do you mind taking her to the park? She could really use some time outside since we spent the last few days in our apartment. I should be done in about four to five hours."
"Emilia, don't worry,really. We got this, really. You do your job and pick her up when you can", she assured the girl's mother. "And if you have to stay longer, just text me. I am sure we can handle dinner", she added with a wink. It wouldn't happen for the first time, but between the two of them, it was easy to entertain the little Latina and make a nice dinner.
"Ai-zona, bwaid?", Sarita asked again, this time a little whiny.
Laughing, Emilia combed her fingers through her daughter's hair. "I see I am not needed anymore. Thank you, Arizona. You two are worth your weight in gold. I don't know what I would do without you."
"Say bye bye to mamá, Sarita", the blonde just said with another giggle and waved after the woman, the toddler mirroring her move. When she closed the door, deep big brown eyes stared at her. "You really want that braid, huh?"
"Yes", she simply stated.
"Callie did that. We have to ask her, but I am sure she'll do you hair too."
"Whew Cawwie?", the girl asked, wriggling in the blonde's arms as the door to the couple's bedroom opened and Callie came into view, now dressed in more than just a tiny bikini. "Caawwwwiiiieeeee! Sawita bwaid too!", she shrieked excitedly, her voice high pitched. "Pweeeease?"
"Hola, princesa", the brunette smiled when she noticed that the toddler was there too and walked up to her wife and the girl. "What are we talking about?"
"Ai-zona bwaid, Sawita bwaid too!", the little Latina exclaimed, playing with blonde hair.
"I told her that you did my hair and that you might be convinced into doing hers as well. She really likes it", Arizona answered, a wide smile plastered on her lips. "It would look really cute on her, ya know?"
Tilting her head to the side, Callie pretended to think about it. "Is that so?", she asked the toddler, who nodded and gave her another 'uh huh'. "Well, I think that won't be a problem."
"YAY!", Sarita exclaimed loudly. A word she'd clearly adapted from the blonde, since Arizona used it a lot of times and almost every day.
"Okay, cutie pie. I'll put you down on one of the stools, okay? You have to sit extra extra still while Callie does your hair, okay? Do you think you can do that?" Receiving an immediate nod, she put the girl down and left the two Latinas alone for a short moment to get the brush and a hair tie. Placing both of it on the breakfast bar, she looked first at her wife, then at the toddler and then at her wife again, opting to get a camera and take a picture to keep that moment forever. She couldn't keep the grin inside, even if she'd tried, and it made her dimples pop deep into her cheeks.
After carefully brushing through the dark brown hair of the little girl, Callie went to work, completely focused on braiding the silky tresses who easily slipped through her fingers a couple of times. But Sarita sat surprisingly still until she started to giggle out of nowhere. Quirking a sculpted eyebrow at the sudden move, Callie looked up from her fingers. "Arizona! Stop making faces!", she laughed, the blonde's face contorted into a funny grimace before the three of them laughed even more and the brunette had to start anew with braiding the girl's hair.
A-C-T
It had been about five hours later that the clock stroke 6pm and the girls were back at the apartment, trying to have dinner. Sarita had wanted noodles, much to Arizona's happiness, but Callie had put her foot down on vegetables and chicken, which had made her wife and the toddler pout for at least ten minutes. So, while Callie had made dinner, Arizona had engaged the little girl in a really simple game of Memory – letting her win most of the time – and had instantly been taken back to her childhood and the beginning of her and her wife's friendship. They had spent hour after hour playing Memory or colouring when they were little. Some of their artworks had made it to the fridge and eventually into the bin, but she still had the picture Callie had drawn for her all those years ago on her nightstand and she protected it with everything she had when the Latina tried to tell her to finally throw it away. It was one of her treasures.
"Sarita, please, eat your beans and potatoes", the brunette tried to argue with a stubborn and also really tired toddler. Spending the whole afternoon in the park had been a blast for the little Latina.
"Desset?", Sarita asked, her eyes already heavy with fatigue and the fork of her kids cutlery with Disney's Yasmin on it almost falling out of her hand. Another thing she had definitely picked up from the blonde – always asking for dessert before dinner.
Shaking her head, Callie took the partly plastic fork up and picked up some beans. "No sweetie. We all have to eat our veggies, isn't that right, Arizona?", she asked, glancing sideways at the blonde, noticing that her wife also had left most of her vegetables on her plate. The chicken was completely gone, though.
"Right!", Arizona exclaimed immediately and shoveled some beans in her mouth. "Mhmm, Sarita", she smiled as she was ripped away from her thoughts about how lovingly Callie was with the toddler. When the girl's eyes fluttered close again, blue eyes found Callie. "I think she's too tired to eat any more, Calliope." It didn't surprise her, though. She felt tired too after playfully chasing after the toddler, never running fast enough to catch her instantly. Sarita also loved the slides and the swings so she'd 'climbed' the stair with her over and over again while Callie had caught her at the end of the slide and pushed the both of them on the swing, the little Latina safely positioned on her lap.
"Sawita tiwed", the toddler confirmed right on cue before a yawn left her little mouth. "Tiwed."
"Okay cutie pie." Pushing the chair back to stand up, Callie picked the little Latina up and was just about to carry her over to their couch and put her down when there was a firm knock on the door. "That's-"
"Probably Emilia, I know", Arizona, who had been smiling at how motherly Callie was with the girl, cut her off and immediately made her way to the door to open it. "Come on in", she smiled when she saw that they had been right with their guess.
"You had dinner already?", Emilia asked. She had tried as best as she could to be home earlier. But, as most of the time, work did not go the way she planned it and meetings took longer, phone calls came in and the whole schedule went overboard, especially, when it wasn't her own schedule but someone else's and she just helped out.
"Yeah. Actually, she'd just finished", the blonde explained. "We were all hungry after the park so Callie made dinner for us. Sarita didn't eat much of her veggies, though, but we tried."
"That's okay. These days it's all about pasta and sweets", the woman laughed. "She didn't give you a hard time with dinner, did she? She can be really picky."
Walking up to the door with Sarita in her arms, the little head on her shoulder and the small hands clinging onto the Latina's shirt, Callie answered, "Don't worry. We managed. She asked for dessert a few minutes ago, but she's almost dead to the world." She softly brushed some loose strands out of the little girl's face. "She was too bouncy and running around on her little legs all day."
"That will only give us an early night too", Emilia laughed. "But she didn't give you any troubles?"
"Nope, she's been an angel all day. We played, we had fun and Sarita sure loved her new hair style", Arizona answered, cupping the toddler's cheek with her hand. "Hey cutie pie. Look, mamá is here."
"Ma-má?", the little Latina slurred in her pre-sleep state, her eyes still closed as she snuggled even deeper into Callie's arms. "Sweep."
Emilia reached out and picked her daughter up from the Latina's arms. "I better go and take her upstairs. Thank you for watching her, you have no idea how much that helped."
"It's fine", both young women said in unison and started to laugh. "Honestly, we had fun too. And once we're back, we'll be happy to watch her again", Callie assured her. She leaned in and pressed a light kiss to the forehead of the little girl who didn't even stir when Arizona mirrored her. "Bye Sarita."
"We should have dinner when you get back", Emilia said, "I am sure Gaspar would love to hear some stories about Venice and Rome. He's always had a thing for Italy, but we've never made it there, actually, because he is afraid of flying. Maybe it will finally give him the last push."
"I am sure that can be arranged", the blonde nodded. "Bye Sarita. Sleep tight."
"Bye you two. Enjoy the break", Emilia replied and then walked off with her daughter slumbering in her arms.
Closing the door, Arizona leaned against it and watched as Callie went back to the breakfast bar and sat down to finish her dinner. She chewed on her bottom lip, tried to will back the thoughts that were filling her mind every time she'd spent a day or even just a few hours with Callie and the toddler. It always gave her this fuzzy feeling and made her smile. It felt so homey, they were so in tune and before she could stop herself, the words toppled over her lips, "I want to have a baby."
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