Chapter Six: Penny For Your Thoughts
Arizona Robbins sat at the desk in her office located in the back of her salon. She was elated that it was Saturday, because the only services she offered in the salon on Saturday were hair/nails. That meant that Saturday was her planning day as well as the day she checked inventory and managed the orders for the store. At the moment, however, there was only one thing she needed to manage. The blonde rolled her pen between her fingers as she mulled over different date options.
The demanding schedules of both the orthopedic surgeon and the salon owner had won the past two weeks. The two women were dying to see one other, and were both exhausted due to their busy schedules and late night phone calls, but Arizona planned to change all of that.
She finally had an off day the following day and she was hoping Callie would have the same following her crazy week at the hospital. Arizona wanted to do something special for the Latina. The blonde had discovered three new ideas and began writing them down when she heard a knock at her office door. "Come in!"
It was Lexie. "Hey 'Zona. I was just letting you know that Mama Robbins called. I put her on line one.
"Thanks, Lex. I appreciate it." Arizona picked the phone up off of the receiver and hit the pound sign, followed by the number one. "Hey, mom."
"Butterfly! It has been too long since I've heard that pretty voice of yours."
"I know, it has been a while. Things have been crazy since i moved back to Seattle and I've been working tirelessly to get the shop in order." Arizona felt bad about not having called her mom since she had been in the city. It was nearing two months since she moved back and she hadn't taken the time to call her mom once.
"There's something different about you. I can hear it in your voice."
"There's nothing different? I don't know what you mean."
"You sound different butterfly. It's a mother's intuition. Something has changed, and I will find out what it is."
Arizona shook her head at her stubborn mother. Barbara Robbins always knew when there was something even slightly different with her babies. She made sure she was very involved in everything. "I'm sure you will mom. Where's the Colonel?"
"You know him, baby. He's out on his Saturday morning three-mile run."
"Of course, how could i forget that?" He ran three miles every Saturday morning. For punishment when Arizona broke curfew on Friday night's growing up, she'd have to go running with him, which was the worst punishment Arizona ever received.
Arizona was broken out of her memory by the ringing of her personal phone. "Mom, I've got to take this. I will talk to you again soon, I promise."
"Mhm. Something is up. A mother knows, butterfly. A mother knows. I will talk to you soon. I love you so much, babygirl."
"I know mom, I love you so much too. Bye." As soon as she hung up her office phone, she answered her cell phone. "Calliope." She said with a smile.
"Hey there, sweetness. How's your day going?"
"It's been pretty slow around here actually. It's about time. I've just finished up the inventory for the day and I'm about to place my order. How about yours?" Arizona couldn't wait to ask the Latina on a date. It will be their third.
"I had a lot of surgeries this morning that I'm still working my way through, but I finally got a second to eat something, call you, and drink another coffee before diving into the next available OR."
"I'm glad you finally got a second. Hey, Callie?"
"Me too. Yeah?"
"I really miss you."
"I know, Arizona. I really miss you too. It's been far too long since our dance party.
"I miss you so much, in fact, I'm going to take you out tonight if you're free."
"Oh, I'm most definitely free. What time should I expect you?"
"Let's say…five?"
Callie smiled to herself. An early date meant more time with Arizona. She would have to find a way to get off in time so that she could go on this date. She wouldn't miss it for the world. "That sounds perfect. I'll see you then."
"Yes, you will. Bye Calliope."
"Bye Arizona." Now she only had to finish three surgeries and get ready for a date with an incredibly hot blonde. Today was going to be a good day.
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Callie was putting the final touches on her outfit of the night. She decided to go casual and wear another one of her leather jackets with a green top underneath it and a pair of skinny jeans. She smiled when she heard a knock on the door, because she knew exactly who it was.
There was a small moment of silence once she opened the door before Callie pulled Arizona inside and pressed her body into the blue wooden door behind her, lips uniting with the blonde woman in front of her. Before they knew it, tongues and teeth were clashing, as the temperature in the room began to rise. Both women quickly became breathless, as Arizona steadied herself and said "As much as I'm loving this, I have a really fun date planned."
Callie smiled at Arizona and offered her hand. "Let's get going then, beautiful."
Once the women made it down the stairs and started walking along the street, Callie got curious. "So what are we doing on this really fun date, Miss Robbins?"
Arizona stopped them in the middle of the sidewalk and handed Callie a penny.
Callie turned the coin on both sides and looked at Arizona quizzically. "Penny for your thoughts?"
"Oh my god Calliope," Arizona said with a laugh.
"Seriously, I don't follow."
"We're going on a penny date. Since we had so much fun when our plans fell through on our first date and we ended up in that cute little diner, I thought it would be fun to come up with an idea where we could explore and be a little adventurous….pick a number Calliope."
"Okay… um…seventeen?"
"Okay. So here's the plan. We are going to walk down this road and when we become faced with the option to turn left or right we will flip the penny. Heads is left, tails is right. We will do that every single time we have the option to turn, and based on your number choice we will do that seventeen times. Then, wherever we end up we have our date there. We can visit whatever little shops, restaurants, and tourist attractions are there."
Callie smiled at the amazing woman in front of her. Enamored by her childlike sense of wonder and excitement. It gave Callie goosebumps. "Let's do it." They continued down the first road until they reached its end, and Callie flipped the penny. "Tails."
"Right it is, Calliope."
A few moments later, the women met the end of the second street. Callie handed the coin to Arizona so that she could have a chance to flip it. "Heads."
Callie smirked. "Left it is, Arizona."
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They walked with a slow pace, for the next hour. Taking in the scenery around them and enjoying each other's company as they talked about their childhoods, families, and beautiful areas they found themselves walking past until they reached the end of the seventeenth street they had been on. "Okay Calliope. This is it."
Callie faked a drum roll before the flipped the coin. They both watched it flip in the air and looked as it landed in Callie's hand. "Tails."
"Right it is," Arizona said with a wink.
They turned and were met with the most gorgeous street the women had ever seen. "Wow." The women exclaimed in unison.
There was a long, cobblestone street lined with beautiful trees, creating a canopy above the street itself. The trees were lined with string lights that went across the entire length of the street, and they both knew it would be beautiful once it got dark later in the evening. Arizona looked around in search of a sign so that they knew exactly where they were. "Pioneer Square. I've never been here before."
"Me either, but it is breathtaking."
They looked around at the various antique shops, bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants, and even a glass blowing studio.
"Well, what do you want to do first, Calliope? Tonight is your night, my treat."
The brunette trained her eyes on the two antique shops she had seen the second they turned onto this street, and looked back at arizona with wide eyes anda child like smile before pulling her towards the shops. They took their time, hand in hand, as they made their way through the shop. There was nothing particular on each of their minds, and they had all the time in the world. Towards the back of the shop, Callie spotted something in the corner and let go of Arizona's hadn to make her way toward whatever it was. "What did you find, Calliope?"
"A box of old postcards and old sheet music of hymns. I've always had a fascination with postcards. My abuelo and abuela were separated by distance for a long time due to him beginning a business enterprise. He traveled the world while she stayed home to take care of my father, his younger brother, and his three sisters. He would send her a postcard from wherever he was, just to let her know that he was safe and he loved her more than air." Callie paused and ran her fingers over the postcards in the box. "She kept every single one of them, and I read them so much as a little girl that I memorized them all. I always wanted to find a love like theirs. He could be in one of the most beautiful places in the world, but the only thing on his mind was that nothing in the world was as beautiful a sight as the eyes of his lover back home."
Arizona could only smile at the woman. She amazed her more and more as they spent more time together. "Let's each find a love letter on a post card to take with us, then."
Both women spent a while going through the postcards until they each found one they liked, and Callie picked ten sheets of old, worn hymnal music right before they made their way to check out and continue their date night.
The next stop they made was the glass blowing studio. Callie and Arizona were the only two visitors in the shop. They were closing in 45 minutes but asked if the women wanted a free lesson.
"Sure!" Callie said as she and Arizona made their way to the other side of the counter. The women watched as the man stuck a hollow, stainless steel tube into a furnace and came out with a clear blob of molten glass on the end. He asked the women their favorite colors and Callie smiled before saying "Red and blue."
"That will make a beautiful piece." The man said. "Since we are pressed for time, I will show you how to make a paperweight and it'll be on the house." He took the glass and ran it through a clear gloss before running it through two different colored bowls filled with broken pieces of glass. When he lifted the piece from the bowls, you could tell it had red and blue speckles throughout. When it is mixed together, it will have streaks of purple where the colors have become one."
He then stuck the tube into a hole in the wall where another furnace was located. He quickly explained that it was over two thousand degrees, and its purpose was to melt the pieces of glass into the glass he already had on the end of the tube. When he pulled it out, it was a beautiful circle filled with speckles of red and blue. He lengthened it along a metal table for a moment, and then used tweezers to pull at it. The hot glass resembled taffy as it was manipulated and pulled, changing a few areas of blue and red to gorgeous streaks of purple before their very eyes. He placed it back into the furnace with the molten glass, covering his work with a layer of clear glass. When he pulled it out, he before laid it high in a stand and asked who wanted to blow the glass. Arizona nodded for Callie to go forward, and Callie simply smiled as the man taught her how to blow the glass slowly and steadily until it made a large circle. Arizona could tell how happy Callie was, and she began taking pictures to document their night together.
He took calipers to make a thin ring across the top of the circle, before placing it into a water soaked wooden spoon so that he could smooth all the sides. HE told callie to place a large pair of oven mitts on her hands so that he could detach the paperweight from the tube. He laid the glass in callie's hands, covered by the mitts, and lightly tapped the end of the tube until the paperweight fell of. It looked as if waves of purple, red, and blue were trapped inside this clear bubble. It was beautiful. Sh smiled and showed arizona as theman instructed he rto place it into the kiln so that it could harden and dry completely. He said after 24 hours he could send it to them if they left their address and a phone number.
The two women thanked the man as they left the shop and made their way to the café next door for dinner. It was there they talked until their food was gone, and they drank coffee while the sun set behind the buildings that lined the opposite side of the street. The string lights were lit among the trees when the women paid and began making their way down the street, taking in the beautiful scenery around them when Arizona turned to face Callie.
She looked up at her and culd see her eyes sparkling at the street in front of them. The glowing of the lights across her caramel colored skin and deep chocolate brown eyes was breathtaking, and Arizona couldn't help herself as she stopped them from their walk and leaned up to kiss callie along the side of the cheek. When she pulled back, Callie cupped the underside of Arizona's chin and pulled her into a kiss on the lips. Both women could feel the other's smile through their kiss as their lips touched, drowning the outside world until the women noticed a flash out of the corner of their vision.
They turned to find a woman carrying an old Polaroid camera that had just released a photo. She began speaking as she shook it. "Hi, I'm sorry for intruding on your private moment, but I walk around this area and take candid pictures of the people who visit here. Not many people take candids anymore, and it always made me happy to catch people in their most natural form." The woman smiled as she handed the two women their picture. "I hope the two of you are having a great night. It makes me happy to see two people so in love."
Callie and Arizona both blushed, lost in thought at what the woman said before she left as they ran their eyes across the picture. There they were, in a natural looking embrace with one another. Smal smiles were playing on the edges of their lips as they touched. Both women had a blush ghosting their cheeks while the lights hanging in the trees shimmered in the background—illuminating the area around the two women where the Seattle rain had dampened the cobblestone road beneath them. There was something you could see in the picture happening between the two women, but love was a very strong and scary word. Sure, they both really liked one another, but love? Both women hoped that the other would ignore the comment for now.
"Hey, how about we go back to my place and curl up with a glass of wine before the night ends?"
"I would like that very much, Calliope."
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It was after eleven when they made their way to Callie's apartment. They both kicked their heels off at the door, and Callie told Arizona to make herself comfortable while she fixed them two glasses of wine.
Callie was uncorking the bottle of Moscato she had bought just for Arizona when she felt a presence behind her and the temperature in the room rise as a pair of warm lips kissed her shoulder blade. A pair of arms then wrapped themselves around her waist. She took a deep breath before she spun around and met Arizona's lips so feverishly that it caught the blonde off guard and she let out a moan that only acted to spur Callie on.
Callie quickly lifted the blonde by the waist and sat her ontop of the counter, where the blonde locked her legs behind the brunette's lower back and pulled her in closer so she could kiss her even deeper than she already was.
Their tongues met almost immediately and when the blonde got more of that unique taste that was simply Callie, her arousal began pulsing through her body. She knew that unless Callie stopped her soon, she wouldn't be able to stop herself. It was just after that thought, when Callie's teeth dug nearly perfectly into the flesh of her bottom lip for just a second and she said "Callie…I—"
Callie placed her finger over the blonde's lips when she pulled back and looked straight into Arizona's deep blue eyes, currently darkened with desire. "Arizona, I don't want you to stop."
The sound of Callie's voice laced with lust mixed with her brown eyes being so dark they were nearly black was all Arizona needed. Her hands went from Callie's face to lunging into her short locks of hair. Their teeth clashed slightly as their kisses became hungrier and deeper.
Callie pulled away from Arizona's mouth and began kissing down the side of her neck and running her hands along Arizona's sides when Arizona tried speaking between her extremely labored breaths. "Calliope—bedroom."
Callie placed her hands underneath arizona's ass, clad in a dangerously tight pair of black skinny jeans and carried her to her bedroom, before softly placing her on the bed, laying her back, and covering Arizona's body with her own. She felt Arizona pulling at the hem of her shirt and allowed her to pull it over the top of her head, as she pulled arizona up to a sitting position so that she could rid her of her own shirt. The women pressed their nearly bare upper bodies flush together as they fell back into a heated kiss. They both began unclasping the last piece of clothing on their upper body. They both paused and perused the other for a moment before continuing. "My god, Calliope. You are so incredibly beautiful."
Callie smiled and pushed Arizona onto her back before stating, "I intend to show you how beautiful I think you are.
Arizona and Callie both moaned as their bare chests connected for the first time. Callie kissed Arizona's neck and began to make her way down to her breasts. Arizona held her breath and when Callie flicked a finger over one nipple as she took the other into her mouth, she let out a groan as her body shuddered beneath Callie's touch. She ran her tongue around the blonde's nipple, taking it lightly between her teeth and eliciting a moan from the blonde that send warmth straight to her core.
Arizona couldn't take it any longer. She had to taste Callie. She flipped them, landing on top of the brunette and taking her by surprise. She began kissing the side of Callie's neck and nibbling on her ear before she could protest. As she kissed her way down Callie's chest and across her stomach, she stopped and sat up to unbutton the brunette's jeans.
Reality set in for Callie when she felt the blonde's fingers on the outside of her jeans, and she meekly asked, "Are we moving too fast?
Arizona looked her dead in the eyes. "Calliope, I can't tell you how long I feel like I've waited for this moment. As much as I want your hands on every single inch of my body, I need to fuck you. Right now. Or I might die."
Callie's hips bucked slightly at Arizona's outburst, and she bit her lip before smirking slightly. "No."
"No?" Arizona was confused. She had thought they were on the same page.
Callie giggled at Arizona's confusion and sat up. "I want you to fuck me, Arizona. But we have both waited what feels like forever for this, and I'm wiling to bet we are going to have plenty of time for fast and rough nights of sex with reckless abandon, but that's not what I want right now."
Arizona gulped. "What do you want right now, Calliope?"
Callie looked seductively at Arizona before dropping her voice nearly an entire octave. "Fóllame, Arizona. Pero fóllame despacito."
Arizona felt her knees go weak as Callie's sultry Spanish words went straight to her core, and even though she had absolutely no idea what Callie said, she was positive that she was soaked through her underwear completely, and she had barely been touched. "Wha—what does that mean?" Arizona stuttered.
"It means fuck me, Arizona. But fuck me slowly."
Dear God."I can definitely do that."
With that, Arizona pushed callie back onto the bed before unbuttoning her jeans, pulling htem off her body, and tossing them across the room. She paused a moment an took in the sight of this gorgeous woman. She was lying there, in only a pair of lacy red panties with a slight sheen of sweat across her chest and forehead. Her breathing was labored and she was ready for arizona to slowly have her way with her. It was almost too much for her to handle. It was then that she stood up and removed her own pants. She topped Callie's body with her own, slightly pushing a muscled thigh into Callie's center, which elicited a loud moan from the brunette. Arizona could've come right then just from the sound. She kissed her way down the brunette's neck and made her way down the woman's chest. She took each erect nipple into her mouth, but not quickly. She wasn't going to go fast. Callie wanted her to take her time. She had stripped the brunette of every article of clothing on her body except for one, and now she intended to worship every inch of the beautiful woman's body with her own.
She watched Callie bite her lip as she worshipped her chest, and Arizona ran her hand slowly along the muscles of her abdomen until she reached the hem of her panties. She ran her hand along the front of them, feeling the moisture that had collected on them. This extracted another loud groan from the brunette, and an audible "fuck" from under her breath. Arizona slwowly rubbed on top of her clit through her underwear and watched Callie's face the entire time, until she couldn't take it any longer. She kissed her way down the woman's abdomen, slowly pulling her underwear down. She was met by Callie's sweet smelling arousal for the first time. She spread the brunette's legs as she settled between them and began kissing both sides of her inner thights, making her way slowly toward the Latina's dripping center. The blonde wanted nothing more than to taste Callie, and going slow was doing nothing but increasing her own libido. Arizona kissed both sides of Callie's clit before slowly licking up and down, once. Then twice. When she felt Callie's hips slightly buck she knew Callie seemed to be enjoying it as much as she was. She slid her tongue further down, until it was met with a greater wetness. Groaning, she began tasting every bit of Callie. She struggled to keep from diving in and taking in everything Callie had to give her. So she did just that. She felt Callie's hands in her hair, and kept going until she heard the sweetest and sexiest voice repeating the word she had just learned, minutes ago.
"Despacito. Despacito bebé." Callie said through her moans.
God. Callie was the sexiest woman she had ever seen, but she transcended when she spoke Spanish. It did things to Arizona that she didn't even know how to explain. She slowly licked back up to Callie's clit and began slowly circling around it to the tune of Callie's moans. Just as she began running her fingers around the brunette's opening, she felt Callie start to pull her up. "I want you up here with me. I want to kiss you."
Arizona kissed her clit one last time before kissing her way back up Callie's body, resting herself on Callie's side and pressing her lips onto the brunette's.
Their tongues met, and Callie groaned as she tasted herself on the blonde's mouth. She kissed the side of Arizona's neck and nibbled on her ear before whispering "I want you inside me Arizona."
The blonde gulped and took the brunette's lips with her own once more as she slowly ran her hand down her lover's olive-skinned body, immediately being met with wetness on the tips of her fingers. She pushed them down further, circling her entrance before barely pushing one of them inside, then pushing it in all the way.
Callie whimpered and let out a loud moan. She groaned again when Arizona pulled out,, then thrust back in. After a few more thrusts, she added a second finger and started kissing Callie's new, nibbling on her pulse point. She kept the same rhythm for a few moments when Callie started moaning again. "Fuck, Arizona. Don't stop."
Arizona continued kissing the brunette's neck and thrusting in and out of her when she started speaking Spanish again. "¡Oh Dios mío. Ahí, Ahí, derecho ahí!"
"Come for me, Calliope." It wasn't long before tanned hands found their way into blonde curls, as they tightened almost achingly. Her moans got louder and closer together before she felt Callie tightening around her fingers, followed by her name echoing around the room.
Arizona continued to take her time, as Callie asked, slowly bringing her down from her orgasm. She pulled her fingers out from inside of her and straddled Callie's hips. She knew Callie could feel her heat through her underwear. She nearly came herself at the sound of Callie's orgasm ripping through her, but somehow she held it together. She desperately needed a release though. There was no way she could handle slow right now, and she needed Callie bad. "Calliope—I…" was all she got out before the woman below her slid her hand in between their bodies and onto Arizona's clit after pushing her underwear to the side.
"Jesus, Arizona. You're so wet."
"Callie please—" before she could finish, two fingers slid inside of her, causing Arizona to throw her head back and release a load moan that tore its way from deep inside her body. "Fuck, yes!"
Callie continued thrusting in and out of Arizona as she watched the woman's body writhe above her. She could only stare as Arizona bit her lip, riding her hand. Fuck. This woman is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Callie sat up, taking one of the blonde's nipples between her lips and began thrusting deeper and faster into the blonde, knowing that she despearately needed a release. She began moaning more loudly than before, and Callie could feel her muscles tightening on top of her as she started to say Callie's name. "Yes, right there. Don't stop, Callio—" that was the last thing Callie heard as Arizona let out a load moan and bit the side of her neck in an attempt to muffle her screams.
They stayed there, wrapped around one another, while Arizona rode out her aftershocks. Minutes later, Arizona rolled onto her side and fell onto the mattress. She groaned when Callie's fingers slid out from inside of her. "Oh my god, that was amazing."
Callie laughed, laying next to the blonde. She turned on her side, resting her head on her elbow. She watched the blonde's chest rise and fall with each breath. "Oh my god is right. It was amazing for me too." Callie smiled devilishly before adding. "Are you too tired for round two?"
Arizona turned and saw those dark eyes before topping Callie with her body. "Not if you aren't."
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Four hours, and an outrageous amount of orgasms later, the women laid next to one another, sweaty and exhausted from the endless rounds of sex. "Calliope? Can I stay tonight?"
"Hermosa, did you really think I was going to let you leave? Especially after all of that." Callie pulled the blonde into her front and they cuddled there, bare bodies connected as closely as they could possibly be, and both women remained there until they drifted off to sleep.