Okay, this is really my first chaptered fiction, so forgive me if I don't update very often, but I will try my best. It's rated M for future chapters. Now, we all know that Callie's father has already accepted her for who she is, but not in this fiction. No, in this fiction, Mr. Torres has no idea that Callie has even started dating women, let alone marrying one. Also, Callie and her father will be meeting Arizona's father. Plenty of drama to come soon people, please read and review.
Chapter One: The Proposal
The apartment was still, quiet. The only sound that could be heard was Callie's bare feet gently slapping against the floor as she paced back and forth in the living room. There was a look of absorption plastered on her face. She was tense, and uneasy awaiting the arrival of the blonde peds surgeon. Earlier that day, Callie had acted on an impulse. She spent a pretty penny on an engagement ring; indeed, an engagement ring. Now the realization of that she had done was hitting her rigorously. The small diamond ring with the platinum band was taunting her from the pocket of her sweat pants where it was now hoarded away. When she was at the jewelers today, it wasn't possible for her to feel more assured about this decision. But now, she wasn't so sure anymore. Was it too soon? Would Arizona completely freak out, and not in the good way?
All of her thoughts, every single one of them, froze in her mind when she heard the knob of the front door turn. Crap. In a split second, her thoughts went a million miles in a flash. The blonde beauty smiled after stepping into the apartment to find Callie standing completely immobile in the middle of the living room. She couldn't even smile back, the anxiety had consumed her.
"You okay, Calliope?" Arizona asked, noticing the uneasy look on Callie's face.
Hearing her girlfriend's soft, sweet tone, Callie nodded her head, snapping into reality, away from her thoughts for a moment, "Yeah, I'm good," that nervous chuckle that Arizona knew far too well was released from the brunette's mouth. She didn't believe that she was as 'good' as she claimed to be.
Arizona shut the front door and stepped into the apartment a few more feet more, removing her jacket and draping it over the back of a chair, setting her purse down with it. "Well, guess what," Arizona paused, deciding to overlook her girlfriend's off behavior with a little good news, "Cristina and Owen are both on call tonight," her tone became playful and a smirk spread across her face as she approached Callie slowly, "So we have the place to ourselves all - night - long," she let her words get as soft as a whisper, her lips close to Callie's ear. Arizona inched her body closer to her girlfriend's, but Callie backed away, leaving the blonde standing there with a concerned frown on her face where a seductive smirk had once been. "Calliope," Arizona paused, her tone a little firmer now, "What's wrong?"
Callie let out a sigh. She wanted more than anything to spend the night making love to her girlfriend, but she wouldn't be able to enjoy it knowing she had that engagement ring. Her brown orbs studied the floor for a moment before scanning up Arizona's figure to her gorgeous blue eyes.
"Calliope," Arizona repeated, impatient for an answer.
"I bought a ring today," Callie started, feeling her heart thumping in her throat. She noticed Arizona's concerned frown form into a confused one, and she continued., "An engagement ring. I bought one," suddenly, the frown on Arizona's face disappeared completely, "I'm an impulsive person, Arizona. So, I don't know if buying a ring was a mistake, and I don't know if I'm rushing things with us. But what I do know," Callie sighed for a moment, locking eyes with the peds surgeon, "What I do know is that I love you, and you make me feel like the luckiest woman in the world. And you don't even have to do anything to make me feel that way, you can just look at me, and I feel it," a half smile crept onto her lips at the sight of Arizona's eyes starting to get moist, and the tiniest smile coming into view. "I have no idea how the future will unfold, and I don't know what challenges we will face, okay? All I know is, whatever the future has in store for me, I want you to be there. I love you, Arizona," Callie approached her girlfriend and took both of her hands, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you," Callie's smile grew wider, letting go of the blonde's hands to take the black, velvet box from her pocket. She noticed the sparkle in Arizona's eyes as they grew wider, and a large smile spread on her face as Callie opened the box to reveal the small diamond. "So, what do you say? Will you marry me, Arizona Robbins?"
Arizona looked up from the ring to Callie's face, and she let out a joyful chuckle before she nodded her head, blonde curls bouncing gently around her face, "Calliope," she paused, wanting to say something heartfelt, she wanted to say what she was feeling at that very moment," You have no idea," she stopped, wiping the tears from her eyes that have no yet fallen. She couldn't put her feelings in to words, "Of course I will."
Callie smiled a satisfied smile. She was no longer nervous, she was completely ecstatic that Arizona had displayed the reaction Callie was hoping for. The brunette grasped the back of her girlfriend's - fiancé's - neck gently and pulled her into a soft kiss. After a moment, Callie pulled her lips away and took Arizona's hand in hers after removing the ring from the velvet casing and slid it onto her finger.
The blonde's blue eyes were twinkling as she looked at the ring in awe, then back up to Callie, "I can't believe this is happening. A few moments ago I was standing here with my girlfriend, and now I'm standing here with my fiancé," the same smile plastered onto her face.
"I know right. It's like… surreal. A good surreal, not the freaky surreal," Callie replied, letting out a soft chuckle.
A comfortable silence filled the air as they stared deep into each others' eyes. A smirk formed on Callie's lips and she let her hand trail up the porcelain skin on Arizona's arm, "So," a playful tone began to take over, "Cristina and Owen are on call tonight, huh?" One of her eyebrows were cocked and Arizona mirrored her facial expression.
"All night," she answered, smiling a toothy smile.